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I must have gotten careless in my old age. How foolish of me.
[They are making up for all those years of underwhelming birthdays. Get used to it, kid.]
You're welcome, though I am pretty sure I've told you before there is no such thing as too much trouble when it comes to a friend.
Is everyone pampering you as much as I am assuming they are?
[Because, if not, he's going to have words with said people.]
You're welcome, though I am pretty sure I've told you before there is no such thing as too much trouble when it comes to a friend.
Is everyone pampering you as much as I am assuming they are?
[Because, if not, he's going to have words with said people.]
I don't know if I would go quite that far, but it's been nice.
[Which, in Kakyoinese, probably means he's being spoiled rotten. Good.]
What is the craziest gift you've been given so far?
What is the craziest gift you've been given so far?
Well, you've certainly won for the most extravagant so far. Buccellati came close, he gave me a really nice jacket.
But Fugo indirectly taught me how to curse in Italian by giving me flash cards, and it's pretty difficult to beat that.
But Fugo indirectly taught me how to curse in Italian by giving me flash cards, and it's pretty difficult to beat that.
[Diarmuid laughs.]
I wasn't really going for extravagant. Just useful, but I am really glad you like it. I wasn't sure if it would seem boring in amongst the rest of your gifts. You have a group of very talented friends, you know.
Did he? If I had known you were collecting swear words in different languages, I would have made you some flash cards with Gaelic curses on them. We were pretty creative when it came to making them up.
...
Of course, there is always next year.
I wasn't really going for extravagant. Just useful, but I am really glad you like it. I wasn't sure if it would seem boring in amongst the rest of your gifts. You have a group of very talented friends, you know.
Did he? If I had known you were collecting swear words in different languages, I would have made you some flash cards with Gaelic curses on them. We were pretty creative when it came to making them up.
...
Of course, there is always next year.
You're asking me to dress up for you? Like the last time, or something else?
[But the lightheartedness gradually takes a backseat as he settles into the attention he's being offered, shifting and adjusting until he's comfortable with his head propped against Kakyoin's and his hands skimming slow and methodical circles over the redhead's scars.]
...You know I want you to do what's right for you. Whether it's keeping them, erasing them...if one day you wake up and change your mind, I'll still support you in it. Just so long as they're not hurting you. That's the only thing, so as long as they're not...then the rest is your decision, and I don't have or need or want a say in it.
[But the lightheartedness gradually takes a backseat as he settles into the attention he's being offered, shifting and adjusting until he's comfortable with his head propped against Kakyoin's and his hands skimming slow and methodical circles over the redhead's scars.]
...You know I want you to do what's right for you. Whether it's keeping them, erasing them...if one day you wake up and change your mind, I'll still support you in it. Just so long as they're not hurting you. That's the only thing, so as long as they're not...then the rest is your decision, and I don't have or need or want a say in it.
Something like last time would be fun. You could use a different shade of lipstick though--that last one was way too light, I think.
[Kakyoin listened with a small smile, hand starting to move in a comforting gesture through his hair again. He didn't freeze up this time, instead calmly picking back up with the more serious line of thought.]
I promised you when you first got here that I would tell you if I had a difficult time and needed help, or if it was a problem. I meant that, and I've never once tried to hide anything from you when it comes to this. When it hurts, I'll tell you. If it ever hurts so much that I can't keep going, or I hold the rest of you back--then I won't argue, and I'll talk to Giorno about it.
But I'm okay. Right now, and most of the time--it doesn't hurt anymore. I promise that I'm not in pain, so you shouldn't worry or think that I might be.
[Kakyoin listened with a small smile, hand starting to move in a comforting gesture through his hair again. He didn't freeze up this time, instead calmly picking back up with the more serious line of thought.]
I promised you when you first got here that I would tell you if I had a difficult time and needed help, or if it was a problem. I meant that, and I've never once tried to hide anything from you when it comes to this. When it hurts, I'll tell you. If it ever hurts so much that I can't keep going, or I hold the rest of you back--then I won't argue, and I'll talk to Giorno about it.
But I'm okay. Right now, and most of the time--it doesn't hurt anymore. I promise that I'm not in pain, so you shouldn't worry or think that I might be.
Don't be ridiculous. It isn't boring at all.
Is that right? I would never pass up an opportunity to learn something new, just for future reference.
Is that right? I would never pass up an opportunity to learn something new, just for future reference.
I know. I just worry. But I'm always going to worry about you, regardless. I love you, so I couldn't feel any other way.
[He hums softly.]
I think that pin is going to end up being as much a gift for me as it is for you. So it's not the only thing I have for showing you.
[He hums softly.]
I think that pin is going to end up being as much a gift for me as it is for you. So it's not the only thing I have for showing you.
I love you too, Jojo. It's fine if you're worried because of that, I just don't want you to overdo it for both your sake and mine.
[Worrying about worrying. This was a new level of ridiculous.]
It's not, huh? What else is there?
[Worrying about worrying. This was a new level of ridiculous.]
It's not, huh? What else is there?
I guess I'll have to. Good thing I'm extremely organized.
Something for you to help me figure out.
[He shifts, reaching back to the same place from which he retrieved the first box, and this time he produces what appears to be...a Game Boy Color.]
Look. It's a video game you can carry around with you...I guess.
[He shifts, reaching back to the same place from which he retrieved the first box, and this time he produces what appears to be...a Game Boy Color.]
Look. It's a video game you can carry around with you...I guess.
What?
[WHAT IS THIS WITCHCRAFT]
Are you serious? Where'd you get something like that?
[WHAT IS THIS WITCHCRAFT]
Are you serious? Where'd you get something like that?
Emporium. It looked interesting so I figured out how to pay the price for it and brought it back with me.
[WITNESS IT, NOODLEBAE. WITNESS IT.]
Figured I had the arcade already, so I might as well snatch up a...carry-around arcade. Video game. Thing. Too.
[WITNESS IT, NOODLEBAE. WITNESS IT.]
Figured I had the arcade already, so I might as well snatch up a...carry-around arcade. Video game. Thing. Too.
That's really cool...I guess it makes sense that things like this must exist eventually, with whatever kind of technological advancements might happen in the future.
[Look at this kid. He is practically sparkling with stars in his eyes over here.]
So what kind of game is it?
[Look at this kid. He is practically sparkling with stars in his eyes over here.]
So what kind of game is it?
O-oh...really? [HE HAS THE BEST BOYFRIEND EVER] Thanks.
[let's just find the power switch and turn that sucker on, we are on an adventure of nerdiness today.]
[let's just find the power switch and turn that sucker on, we are on an adventure of nerdiness today.]
Go mbeadh cosa gloine fút agus go mbrise an ghloine!
This one has always been one of my favorites because it is unnecessarily poetic. Care to guess what I am saying?
[Yeah, good luck with that. Gaelic is not one of those languages that has words that sound like anything other that...well, Gaelic.]
This one has always been one of my favorites because it is unnecessarily poetic. Care to guess what I am saying?
[Yeah, good luck with that. Gaelic is not one of those languages that has words that sound like anything other that...well, Gaelic.]
I couldn't even begin to guess how to pronounce it, much less translate it. I'm pretty sure Japanese doesn't even have half the sounds I'm assuming are in there.
You're probably right.
[Diarmuid laughs and then takes a moment to send Kakyoin a short voice clip of himself staying the curse.]
It means, 'May you have glass legs and may the glass break!' Like I said, needlessly poetic, but it gets the point across.
A more modern one I learned thanks to the Grail is 'Go n-ithe an cat thú, is go n-ithe an diabhal an cat.'
[There is some English sprinkled in there Kakyoin might be able to pick out when Diarmuid sends along the second voice clip.]
It means 'May the cat eat you and may the devil eat the cat.'
[Diarmuid laughs and then takes a moment to send Kakyoin a short voice clip of himself staying the curse.]
It means, 'May you have glass legs and may the glass break!' Like I said, needlessly poetic, but it gets the point across.
A more modern one I learned thanks to the Grail is 'Go n-ithe an cat thú, is go n-ithe an diabhal an cat.'
[There is some English sprinkled in there Kakyoin might be able to pick out when Diarmuid sends along the second voice clip.]
It means 'May the cat eat you and may the devil eat the cat.'
That is certainly a colorful way of insulting someone. Why even bring the poor cat into it?
I don't believe we have a lot of phrases like that--usually for us just being impolite is a serious insult in itself.
I don't believe we have a lot of phrases like that--usually for us just being impolite is a serious insult in itself.
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