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[It's only an instant before Star Platinum appears, erupting from the general vicinity of Jotaro's shoulder like Athena bursting forth from the head of Zeus. And it's much easier to manage a human being than it is a monster, so it's relatively simple for Star to get around behind Rohan and lift him up by the waist, with big gloved hands on either side supporting him in such a way that his feet are still touching the ground, but his legs aren't responsible for holding up his weight while he balances over them.]
Try that. To figure it out, I mean. Let Star help you with supporting your weight while you figure out your balance again.
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What would we do without Star Platinum as my training wheels? [ Rohan huffs and wiggles his toes in the air before he finds his light bearings on the floor to step forward. It's easier this time. ]
I'm not saying that I thought this was going to be easy, but I'm glad that I thought of making three of my outfits from home to compensate. I wouldn't have to steal your pants.
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[Star stays with him, helping to keep him upright and supported while he figures things out; meanwhile Jotaro kind of gets out of the way a bit, and absently glances down at his own clawed, scaled hands — now a distinctly monstrous contrast to Rohan's.]
You wouldn't fit in my pants anyway. Where do you want to go from here, do you want Star to just walk you around a little, or have you got somewhere you need to end up?
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[ Rohan is already putting what weight he can on his feet. What a refreshing feeling it is. At first he is looking down again as if to watch himself move, and then he is looking all the way up again at the gargoyle he can no long see eye to eye with on the same level. ]
Do I look as different as I think I do?
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[He reaches carefully, taking painstaking care to avoid letting his claws get too close to Rohan's skin, but seeks to hold his face and stroke the side of his thumb up against Rohan's face up near the corner of his eye.]
I got used to you with the scales. And I guess I kind of...just didn't think too hard about the tail and everything. Or I guess, I thought about it, and it was there, but it was always a little different from you somehow. Like a Stand being a little different, even though it's a part of you.
Right now you just look like you. I'm not going to say I like you better or worse one way or another. But you look good. It's nice to see your legs again.
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It's nice to HAVE them again. I'm just happy it didn't turn into an 'I throw up on myself and melt' thing again. I feel better for now. And I'm glad that you--... [ Hold up. Not gonna get sentimental because he can't forget something: ]
Remember when we talked about the cave you and Josuke explored? What would you think about going back there? I was telling Josuke about the time you and I talked about going hypothetically out to sea and it came up.
I want to see it.
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[However. As much as he would like to stay on the topic of Rohan and his everything, his interest in THE CAVE ends up taking precedence.]
...Really? You want to go see it for yourself?
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Yes. I want to know what it brings to the table about Ryslig. A keener eye might be able to dig up some mysteries for solving. Plus, I can draw what I find. The park and the lake are getting old. [ Anything to sound more dramatic and needy. ]
Is a pirate cave not romantic enough for you?
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[Or they're magic and they move. But he didn't really catch that at the time, being more preoccupied with other Concerns.]
The only thing is it'd be a lot of wilderness camping, it's not like there's a hotel there or anything. You're okay with that?
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[ Man, fuck sleeping outside. ]
I was thinking of maybe waiting to go until I get my snake body back. Cold as it may be, I stick to things better when we are navigating.
[ He sticks his hands on his hips. ] What, you don't think I can handle camping??
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[He smiles faintly, the hint of a grin playing about the corners of his mouth as the amusement washes over him.]
I think you can handle anything. The question is how much complaining am I going to have to listen to while we're at it.
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[ He will complain. Rohan hoists himself up onto his toes and turns in a complete, unwobbly circle. ]
I don't want to break these while I have them. [ Pretty ballerina feet, man. ]
I'm feeling better already.
We could even dance.
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[HE KNOWS YOU.]
...I don't really know how. To dance, I mean, except — uh.
[He glances away instinctively, a sheepish look flickering across his expression.]
I used to be able to moonwalk, but that's about it.
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I don't think the moonwalk is going to work with your Death Toes right there.
I was mostly kidding but if you wanted to try, you can't make a fool of yourself in my room.
[ You sure can. ]
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[He casts around for a minute, though, then backs up a little bit and holds out one of his clawed hands, palm-up, in apparent offer.]
Just be quick on your feet in case it starts to look like I'm going to step on your feet or kick you in the shins or something. You brought this on yourself, and I don't want to have to go ask Mana to fix your feet after you've just gotten them back to begin with.
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If she has to fix them, I'll just keep the legs for a little longer.
[ It's not even a dance. It's a weird sway of a movement disguised as one. ]
Let me ask you... Is it weird that I think seeing myself as what I'm supposed to be is more unusual than seeing myself as a snake?
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[It's very apparent that Jotaro's idea of dancing is going to be more along the lines of moving in slow circles while holding hands, possibly to a rhythm that at least one of them is following, but there's a kind of lazy playfulness to it, too, the way he pulls his wings in close and makes at least a token effort at moving according to some kind of beat.]
People who go to prison for years sometimes have a hard time acting "normal" again, because they're not used to the freedom. People who go to war have a hard time being civilians again. When you get used to living a certain way...it can be hard to change from that, even if you know the change is for the better. Or the change is becoming something right instead of wrong.
I think as long as you don't start deciding that your snake tail is what's right, it's not that surprising to think of it as what's usual. At least not around here.
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It's just going to go back to being that way again in a few weeks. I want to enjoy it while it lasts but it's so strange to see and feel... Barring that, I don't have scales everywhere either. I don't think the legs are the most drastic change after all when I think of what my hands used to look like.
Or not being cold all the time.
It's like changing to something new all over again. Just... Quieter.
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[He moves them through another partial turn, feeling strangely gawky and clunky with all his monster attributes in comparison to Rohan's much smaller frame.]
You made the scales look good, for...what it's worth. Mine just look like something grew partway over me, but yours always looked...you really pulled it off. You always pull everything off, it's one of your talents.
we can prooooobably round it off at the next post if that sound good!
[ His eyes turn to Jotaro's scales. He's never had a bad thing to say about them since they came in.
Except when he bled all over the apartment. ]
It's called handling things with grace, Jotaro. It takes practice. You've gotten along just fine. Don't try so hard and it will feel better. More natural.
Now be quiet and dance with me for a little while before I tell you what I'm doing with my leftover snake tail.
[ That will be an Adventure. ]
sounds good to me!
[And that's...oddly romantic, almost, but he does as he's told and quiets, in favor of just kind of idly moving Rohan around the room in those weaving circles instead.]