Call Me Out Post

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Potential prompts:
Hospital visit - are you the patient? The doctor? A peer seeking consult?
Fetch quest - Yeah, just get me some of these, shouldn't be any trouble...
Dungeon crawl - hope you're prepared for that boss waiting at the end.
At the playground - those slides look pretty fun.
Stuck in a puzzle room - Seek a way out!
Go wild - make up your own!

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Emil!

[dentistwannabe]

[If Milagro hadn't been so insistent on him going, Jaime wouldn't have bothered with the annual crafts fair at the church. As it was, he kind of needed Christmas gifts - and he also didn't want to go alone. So he'd asked Emil!

Granted, he might've phrased it slightly more positively, but a crafts fair is a crafts fair... and Jaime's pretty sure some of these vendors are high on something.] See anything you like so far?

[knightofcourage]

Maybe. Just things for my friends so far.

[Would Marta take it the wrong way if he bought her something? Could be worth it anyway. Presea might enjoy some of the items here, too.]

What about you, have you found anything?

[dentistwannabe]

Nothing yet. [He'd been eying the homemade jellies, not to mention those hot chocolate mixes from the church youth group. The handmade glass mirrors might be weird, and he's not even touching the glass roosters, but the sweaters and food seem harmless enough.]

I think I'll stick to the mall for my parents, but my sister might like the chocolate. [... Maybe he'll buy that glass rooster after all. It'd be a hilarious gift for Paco or one of the Titans.]

[knightofcourage]

You make it sound so easy. I'd like to get more for my friends, but I can't find anything that I know they'd definitely like.

[dentistwannabe]

Anything here, or just in general? If it's the former, I... ["completely understand"] I'd imagine it might be difficult.

[These people worked really hard on their junk, so Jaime can't outright insult them! Plus, he thinks the hippies would try to give him some "special brownies."] Lloyd's a blacksmith, right? Maybe you could find him some tools for his forge or something.

[knightofcourage]

I didn't think of that, but it sounds like a good idea. Thanks!

[That leaves...still a lot of people. And Jaime himself, among other people. But hey, Emil would rather have too many friends to shop for than too few.]

Is there something like that here? Maybe it doesn't matter...there's no way I'm going to find something for everyone here anyway.

[dentistwannabe]

No problem! I don't know Lloyd that well, but you'll always need new tools.

It's also the church crafts fair. I'd be surprised if we found something for one person. [Okay, so maybe his insults are getting less subtle the longer they're in here. Jaime thinks about it for a moment, before he motions for Emil to follow him towards the glass rooster booth.

He's buying one for Paco and/or the Titans!]

[knightofcourage]

[Emil's about to reply, but when Jaime motions to follow he complies, eying the items in the booth as they enter.]

Are you looking for something here?

[dentistwannabe]

I think I'm gonna get the rooster. [He grins, pulling out his wallet to pay for it.] If Paco doesn't like it, one of the Titans will.

[knightofcourage]

Your friends have weird taste.

[He thinks it's serious.]

[dentistwannabe]

Nah, I've just got a weird sense of humor. The fun part'll be watching them open it at our Christmas party. [Jaime has acquired +1 glass rooster. "Are you sure you want to buy this? It looks rather strange, even for a glass rooster."]

[knightofcourage]

Why's that? ...Have you ever fought something like it?

[Because who even knows when it comes to adventure.]

[dentistwannabe]

Nah. It's just something they'd find funny.

[Jaime honestly hopes he won't fight something like this.] You've never given people gag gifts?

[knightofcourage]

[Uh.]

No. Should I have?

[dentistwannabe]

Nah. Just means you're a better person than I am.

[Heading for the chocolate stand now!] ... You do know what those are, right?

[knightofcourage]

[Got it in one.]

N-not really.

[dentistwannabe]

[He figured as much!] They're joke presents. You know how certain people like certain things, right? A gag gift is so unexpected - and not something you'd give that person - that it's actually kinda funny.

Thus, the glass rooster. Paco thinks I'll get him a video game, while the Titans expect some of Mom's homebaked cookies. None of them'll think twice about this thing.

[knightofcourage]

Oh.

[Emil imagines himself giving something like that to Marta. ...No, maybe not a good idea. He can see Lloyd or Genis taking such a gift well, though.]

I guess it takes a certain kind of person to receive one of those.

[dentistwannabe]

Definitely. I wouldn't go around giving gag gifts to Mom unless I knew she could take it okay.

If they've got a good sense of humor, they might find it funny.

[knightofcourage]

Maybe I should get something like that for Lloyd. He'd probably think it was funny...I think.

[dentistwannabe]

From what I've heard, he and that... pink guy? [He means Zelos.] They'd like funny gifts.

If you want to, you can. I won't stop you.

[knightofcourage]

[It takes a second for Emil to understand the meaning of "that pink guy", but when he does he laughs.]

Getting one for Zelos might be a better idea, actually. It fits him.

[dentistwannabe]

Then get him something! If you don't find it here, we can stop by the mall real quick and see if there's something that'd be funny.

[Jaime: the kid with all the right priorities.]

[knightofcourage]

Okay. I'd rather just find something here, though.

[He's already looking around, trying to imagine how Zelos would react to a tacky-looking mask (actually, it's not that different from Lloyd's...) or a unicorn hat.]

[dentistwannabe]

What does he like? We could always grab the exact opposite.

[As it is, Jaime knows very little - except that Zelos is more feminine than most of the girls in Jaime's life, which is hilarious in itself.]