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[skaterbrain]

[Various beeps and thumps]

--mmit! How you get this-- UGH!

[WHOMP!]

There, you workin'? Jeez, wh-- --stu-- --da-- --hym--!!

[Filter against Rhyme - 1% strength]

....Man, this thing's dumb. Whateva' happened to jus' usin' the Internet and yo' phones, huh? Least that thing made some sorta senses.

[sigh]

Aight, look. I ain't good at this stuff, but I need someone who is. My-- ... My partner's b-day's comin' up and a party's where it's at, yo.

So anyone who knows Rhyme? Let's do this thing and do it right.

Comments

[voice]

[so_shik]

...um, Beat? We're friends, right? Which means I can tell you anything...?

[voice]

[skaterbrain]

Ch'yeah! 'Less you gonna tie me to a chair again, we coo' yo. Wassup?

[voice]

[so_shik]

Okay...well. ...Beat, your filter? [It really, really sucks. Like it's super-bad, bro. But she stops herself from saying all of that.]

You really want to plan something nice for her?

[voice]

[skaterbrain]

I know, right?! I can't believe it worked! [:D RIGHT? ISN'T HE THE BESTEST HACKER?????]

An'...yeah. For all a' you really, but yanno, it's...

...Well, it's not like me n' her are gonna age like everyone else, but it'd be nice, yanno?

[voice]

[so_shik]

[...brb watching her entire freaking soul shatter.]

Why don't you come by the shop? I might have some ideas. [And then she can get him off the journals before he embarrasses himself.]

[voice --> action]

[skaterbrain]

Aight! Catch ya!

[He flips the journal closed, grabs his hat and his board, and - after putting another dent in the staircase wall - heads out across Luceti toward the boutique. He'll arrive about 5 to 10 minutes later, running up to the steps and jumping them to get to the door.]

Yo, Shiki!

[action]

[so_shik]

[He might find it a little cramped once he makes his way into the actual shop, but Shiki's sitting behind the til, Mr. Mew perched on the edge and waiting for him. She waves, leaning forward to examine Beat more closely.]

Record time. I think that's your best yet.

[action]

[skaterbrain]

[Yeah, this is cramped. He's like a moose after all and, even after leaving his board at the door, he has to step gingerly through the place. Even he knows better than to trample Shiki's pieces.]

Ch'yeah! I'm gettin' to know the streets betta' and usin' the roofs cuts down on time by a lot!

[Beat is so proud of himself for destroying the peace of others. Really, he is.]

So what ideas you got?

[Voice]

[rollypolyclover]

Ohhh, a birthday party. There'll be cake. Yotsuba is coming.

[No, stop it Yotsuba. Don't invite yourself to a birthday party of someone you don't even know. That is very silly.]

[Voice]

[skaterbrain]

Sup, Yotsu! Yup, there'll be cake. Dunno what kind. Whatchu think?

[Voice]

[rollypolyclover]

Uhmm... [CHOICES.] Strawberry, chocolate and banana cake! And vanilla, lots of vanilla because everyone likes vanilla even if they say they don't! They're liars! Beat should get a vanilla cake with everything else!

[Voice]

[skaterbrain]

Tha's a lotta flavors, huh? Maybe I should get a lotta cakes to cover 'em all. Or cupcakes!


...I wonder if Rhyme likes cupcakes.

[Voice]

[rollypolyclover]

Yeah, get lots of cakes! Enough for each flavour and two banana because Yotsuba likes banana!

... Cupcakes rhymes with cupsnakes. [Yup.]

[action]

[so_shik]

...the roofs? How do y--okay never mind, I don't want to know.

Wellll...are you sure Rhyme really wants anything special?

[action]

[skaterbrain]

[He shrugs in response to her first question and then scratches his head to the second.]

No, but it's her birthday. Ain't you supposed to get special things for yo' birthday? Last year I got her that bell, but there ain't nothing like that here so...

[Voice]

[skaterbrain]

Ha! Tha's a pretty good rhyme, yo.

An' aight, I'll see if the store's got banana cakes for you and some of Rhyme's favorite, too.

[action]

[so_shik]

What's to say you can't just make her something?

[Voice]

[rollypolyclover]

It is, it's top notch, give it a prize!

Yotsuba didn't know rhymes had favourites. What are they like?

[voice]

[godbent]

When specifically is this? [So we can work out where it ought to be or something]

[mischiefbreeder]

A party for your partner, eh? [Partners, huh? Gold knew there was a reason he liked you, Beat.]