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Audio Post - UN: FormerVillager

Good morning my fellows along for a rather interesting ride. My name of Nida Nomura, and I was until recently a resident of a lovely [and oh the depth of the sarcasm in his voice, so deep, so strong, if his sarcasm was water you could host an Olympic diving competition in it.] little village with terrible little armbands and colors and oh boy the doppelgängers.

If any of that, or the word Iteration without it meaning a robot means something to you, please let me know. I think there are more of us here than I had expected, because I could swear I keep running into you. Figure we should figure out who from our wonderful little home is here. Who knows, maybe even throw together another Young Adult Club meeting, with music this time.

[And that earns a brief chuckle from him. Like it’s some sort of private joke.]

And, things allowing, we can use my room.

[That gets a heartier laugh before the audio recording cuts off.]

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Dude. That’s such a good idea! Guess I know what I’m saving up for next.

[Well fuck.]

Yeah, you do that. And hey, mind if I ask you about some of your customs back home?

Uh ... yeah, sure. What kinds of customs do you wanna know about?

Are there items that buying for people in a relationship would imply too much? Like in my world a ring is used for proposals between men and women. I mean, he was so happy when I gave him earrings but I don’t know what that says. Granted our world has no customs for such hinfs between men on my world.

[can you hear the sound of tommy’s jaw dropping.]

Dude. Are you gonna propose to Billy?

[No, yes, maybe? Fuck that wasn’t ENTIRELY what he was asking. Distract, distract!]

What? No! Shit, Tommy I am asking what I can get him that doesn’t say that! We’ve only been dating a few months! Hyne, Tommy, what do you think I am? Your culture might be different than ours.

How the hell am I supposed to know?! You start asking about rings and proposals and your boyfriend, anyone’s gonna think that’s what you’re asking about. Jeez.

Listen to my words?

Also, if I wanted to do that, I’d ask you what your ring size was.

I did!

[whatever. tommy sighs loudly and makes a sound of mild disgust but decides to just move on.]

Yes, as far as I know, dudes give each other engagement rings just like they give ladies engagement rings. I’ve never been engaged or dated a dude but that’s what I hear. So if that’s not what you’re going for, don’t get Billy a ring.

Cool. So I can get him anything.

[The ring size can wait. And questions about what sort of ring is customary. He isn’t wrong to say it is way beyond too early. Isn’t really thinking of it that way. Not yet.]

What about you? Your birthday is around too.

Oh ... huh. Yeah, I guess it would be.

[guess who forgot about his own birthday!]

I dunno, we never really did birthday stuff when I was a kid. Seems kinda silly to start now.

Yeah, Seifer and Rin didn’t let me get away with that. Why do you think I would let you?

[They hadn’t been wrong then. It was something that people should enjoy.]

Don’t make me buy you a terrible sweater in the middle of the summer.