[Oh, it's something you're born with? That makes sense to Hajime, and he just nods. So it's like a talent, then, just... a talent they don't have on Earth. Vaguely, he has to wonder just how important someone like Ezra could be to Hope's Peak, but... that's a moot question. It's not like they can just book a space shuttle home for a visit.]
Oh yeah, sure, I'd believe you're a space-wizard trainee.
[Ryuji gets a by-now-familiar exasperated stare, then Hajime just rolls his eyes and returns his attention to Ezra.]
Yeah, we hadn't really decided what to do. Did you ever have sleepovers with your friends? What did you guys do?
I mean, sure. If you're a Padawan, you do have to call me Master Bridger, though.
[There's no way they can know he's never been properly knighted, shhhhhh.
Hajime's question throws him off for a second, but he quickly thinks of a response that isn't as sad as well, I didn't have friends growing up and then I fought in a war and all the other people my age were also fighting so.]
Actually, I used to share a room with a Lasat, and I know you guys don't have them on Earth, but think really big, really purple, and really smelly. So... not really the fun sleepover type. What about you two?
[It's not even a full 2 seconds after he says it that Ryuji plainly, bluntly, throws it out there in the open to make sure that there's absolutely no confusion whatsoever here-]
Not happenin'.
[Even if you were the Last Jedi and Ryuji could figure out how to start bending mess hall spoons with his brain powers.
And it's kind of weird... also, that Ryuji seemed to have the most normal? Is that even the right word, considering they were criminals, type of life back home in high school.]
Yeah, it happened a lot, to be honest. I mean, we were always out late. Hajime... did the trains stop running after midnight in your Earth, too?
It kinda came down to necessity sometimes.
[You know... getting home from the metaverse at 3 in the morning wasn't exactly conducive to decent sleep schedules. Even if Ren's cat protested against that very thing, every damn chance he got.]
[Hajime just laughs at Ryuji's firm instance that it's not going to happen. No playing around with that, huh?
But oh, the focus is on him now, and he brings a hand to his chin. Did the trains stop running?]
Uh... yeah, I think so. I didn't really stay out that late, so like I said before, I haven't really had any sleepovers since I was a kid.
[It's the nicer way of saying he didn't have any friends whose places he could crash at. What the fuck, how is Ryuji the most normal teen of them all??]
Kind of wish whatever made my Gamegirl show up dropped off, I don't know, a baseball or something. Or at least something more multiplayer-friendly.
[But oh, that reminds him-]
Hey, Ezra, what kind of games did people your age play on Lothal?
Guess you'll never learn how to do a Jedi mind trick...
[Even with the different universes things, it's pretty obvious that they're both way more normal than him. At least from what he can tell. It's also weird to know that there's a universe out there with a normal Ezra, if not because of what Palpatine showed him, then because there are infinite possibilities.
He hugs a pillow to his chest, wondering if he should tell the truth, tell a sorta lie, or tell a complete lie. Lots of options here.]
Grav-ball, dejarik, stuff like that. Apparently there's some similarities with Earth stuff. Like chess? We both have chess.
[Ezra's about to ask what Earth games are like or talk about how dejarik's much better than chess when another thought hits him.]
Okay. If you could have anything show up here, what would it be? Obviously people are out of the question and yeah, a way out or a ship or anything like that. But a baseball, or some food from back home. I'm drawing a blank right now, but I mean, I've got the Emperor and.... uh, other stuff too.
[The pillow to chest move doesn't go unnoticed, but he commits this to be a (relatively) judgment-free zone. Instead, Ryuji closes his eyes and smiles to himself.]
We have chess back home. It's pretty boring.
[Well, he should also admit-]
And I'm not that good at thinking ahead. I tend to live in the what's needed right now kinda mindset. Oh, there's also shogi. That's probably more important to my culture than chess is, but from what I know, it's kinda the same.
[What does he miss from home?
It's his mom. Second to that? Ramen, probably. Because that, too, reminded him of her.]
I dunno. I was always kinda poor, so I never really had a ton of stuff to begin with. I guess I'd say my Play Storm Sigma and video game collection.
[He opens one eye and looks over at Ezra, then at Hajime. They're all teenage boys, right?]
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Oh yeah, sure, I'd believe you're a space-wizard trainee.
[Ryuji gets a by-now-familiar exasperated stare, then Hajime just rolls his eyes and returns his attention to Ezra.]
Yeah, we hadn't really decided what to do. Did you ever have sleepovers with your friends? What did you guys do?
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[There's no way they can know he's never been properly knighted, shhhhhh.
Hajime's question throws him off for a second, but he quickly thinks of a response that isn't as sad as well, I didn't have friends growing up and then I fought in a war and all the other people my age were also fighting so.]
Actually, I used to share a room with a Lasat, and I know you guys don't have them on Earth, but think really big, really purple, and really smelly. So... not really the fun sleepover type. What about you two?
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Not happenin'.
[Even if you were the Last Jedi and Ryuji could figure out how to start bending mess hall spoons with his brain powers.
And it's kind of weird... also, that Ryuji seemed to have the most normal? Is that even the right word, considering they were criminals, type of life back home in high school.]
Yeah, it happened a lot, to be honest. I mean, we were always out late. Hajime... did the trains stop running after midnight in your Earth, too?
It kinda came down to necessity sometimes.
[You know... getting home from the metaverse at 3 in the morning wasn't exactly conducive to decent sleep schedules. Even if Ren's cat protested against that very thing, every damn chance he got.]
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But oh, the focus is on him now, and he brings a hand to his chin. Did the trains stop running?]
Uh... yeah, I think so. I didn't really stay out that late, so like I said before, I haven't really had any sleepovers since I was a kid.
[It's the nicer way of saying he didn't have any friends whose places he could crash at. What the fuck, how is Ryuji the most normal teen of them all??]
Kind of wish whatever made my Gamegirl show up dropped off, I don't know, a baseball or something. Or at least something more multiplayer-friendly.
[But oh, that reminds him-]
Hey, Ezra, what kind of games did people your age play on Lothal?
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[Even with the different universes things, it's pretty obvious that they're both way more normal than him. At least from what he can tell. It's also weird to know that there's a universe out there with a normal Ezra, if not because of what Palpatine showed him, then because there are infinite possibilities.
He hugs a pillow to his chest, wondering if he should tell the truth, tell a sorta lie, or tell a complete lie. Lots of options here.]
Grav-ball, dejarik, stuff like that. Apparently there's some similarities with Earth stuff. Like chess? We both have chess.
[Ezra's about to ask what Earth games are like or talk about how dejarik's much better than chess when another thought hits him.]
Okay. If you could have anything show up here, what would it be? Obviously people are out of the question and yeah, a way out or a ship or anything like that. But a baseball, or some food from back home. I'm drawing a blank right now, but I mean, I've got the Emperor and.... uh, other stuff too.
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We have chess back home. It's pretty boring.
[Well, he should also admit-]
And I'm not that good at thinking ahead. I tend to live in the what's needed right now kinda mindset. Oh, there's also shogi. That's probably more important to my culture than chess is, but from what I know, it's kinda the same.
[What does he miss from home?
It's his mom. Second to that? Ramen, probably. Because that, too, reminded him of her.]
I dunno. I was always kinda poor, so I never really had a ton of stuff to begin with. I guess I'd say my Play Storm Sigma and video game collection.
[He opens one eye and looks over at Ezra, then at Hajime. They're all teenage boys, right?]
Or my kinda small hentai collection.
[There, he said it.]