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[isdf]

HELLO

"Greetings. This is Kisaragi Yuma."

GOODBYE

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[isdf]

[Hello? That's a terrible reason.]

Whether I'm good or not has nothing to do with it. The seatbelt is there for your safety. Reclining like that is dangerous.

[handfast]

But if you're a good driver, then I don't need to worry about my safety.

[ what kind of terrible logic.... ]

We're not even going that fast anyway.

[isdf]

[He just explained why that doesn't matter. Is Hak ignoring him? This level of selective hearing is worrisome.]

That doesn't matter. If someone were to run into us at a greater speed, the damage would still be considerable to an ordinary person.

[handfast]

Wouldn't it be better if I didn't have my seatbelt then? That way I could jump from the car before they hit us.

[ guy who has never been in a car before this week and therefore does not understand how car crashes work ]

[isdf]

Jumping out of a moving vehicle is also dangerous. Furthermore, you wouldn't be able to leave if the crash were to come from your side.

[handfast]

Then I would just jump out your side.

[ oh but—he sits up a little. points forward and to the left. ]

Think that guy's leaving. [ free parking space?? ]

[isdf]

[He is driving, so Hak can't jump out his side. Does Hak understand how a car works?]

I see him.

[After confirming Hak's view, the car crawls to a stop. Yuma turns on the indicator and waits. Behind them, the horns blare even louder.]

[handfast]

[ hak will be a good child again and pull his seat back up into a sitting position. mostly so he can roll down his window and stick his head out to yell: ]

Shut up! We're trying to park here!

[isdf]

[This is not the behavior of a good child.]

It's not good to harass other drivers, Hak.

[handfast]

They're the ones harassing us first.

[ he is simply retaliating? ]

[isdf]

We'll be parking soon. Engaging them won't be necessary.

[The car that's trying to back out is, however, clearly being driven by a novice. This is already the third attempt, and the maneuver seems as uncertain as those before it.]

[handfast]

[ .........yeah okay. ]

By 'soon' you mean in the next year?

[isdf]

The gas will run out long before that much time has passed.

[They might be here for a while, though. He watches the car struggle some more.]

They seem to lack experience . . .

[handfast]

[ hmmmmm.... ]

Maybe you should give them some pointers.

[ just shout it out the window, yuma ]

[isdf]

[That's improper.]

I will wait three more minutes.

[Patience is a virtue. Yuma waits as promised, not bothered in the slightest by the blaring horns behind them. It's also fairly busy in front, making moving forward almost pointless even if he were to keep going.

The car that's trying to back out continues to struggle. It's almost impressive how many ineffectual maneuvers they've made.]

[handfast]

[ ohhhhhh my godddddddddddddddddddd

while yuma waits patiently, hak immediately gets bored and starts toying with whatever he can. he rolls down and up the windows. he changes the radio station. he turns the volume knob up and down. starts blasting the heat. ]

[isdf]

[Hak is doing so much in the span of three minutes. Yuma doesn't react until the last antic.]

Are you cold?

[handfast]

No, I'm bored. Has it been long enough yet?

[isdf]

Not yet. There are still 28 seconds left.

[handfast]

[ THAT IS SO PRECISE



but fine he will silently wait until those 28 seconds are up ]

[isdf]

[28 seconds later, the car is still struggling. Yuma shifts to park, gets out of their designated car, and approaches the other driver on their side. After some back-and-forth, the driver comes out while Yuma takes over.

The latter pulls the car out of its parking spot in a single, fluid motion, then bids the faceless form goodbye before returning to Hak's side.]

The space is clear. I will commence parking now.

[And he does it just as cleanly as when he backed out!]

[handfast]

[ thinks about his own trip to bostco behind the wheel and how that ended up


lightly applauds yuma's efforts at parking so neatly. ]

Not bad. You still could have gone faster though.

[ everyone's a critic......but yay hooray they have parked and now they can go to bostco and i will free you from this old thread. ]