RUPERT;

[goalsides]

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[goalsides]

[yeah me too rupert. this is why taichi is looking at him and not the screen as well.]

Well, a play's a little different. When you're doing something live, you don't get to stop. But movies are made so that people can stop if they mess up or if they decide they want to do something else with the scene. It takes way longer to make a movie than a play, I think.

[heartlands]

[he blinks.]

Wait, so - how does that work? What happens if they mess up, exactly?

[goalsides]

Uh...I guess the director just goes "CUT!" really loud and the camera stops so they can set up and try again.

[heartlands]

...What's a camera?

[i'm sorry this keeps happening to taichi specifically]

—Oh, is that the thing on our phones that can make portraits instantly?

[goalsides]

[it's fine sometimes you have a baby dinosaur who had to learn about earth things too.]

Yeah, like that. Where I'm from there're things called video cameras, too. It's like taking a bunch of portraits in motion and creating something that looks like that. [he gestures to the tv.

and then makes a face.]

Except this looks like it got a bunch of special effects that made it worse, so it's not exactly like that.

[heartlands]

Special effects... So, not all of them look like this?

[thank god]

[goalsides]

No, this was a very specific way of screwing this up. A lot of movies have people that look like us. [i.e. normal and not weird cgi cat faces.]

[heartlands]

Of all the things to pick... I knew this school was suspicious.

[this is apparently what confirmed it for him]

[goalsides]

[rupert...there's a laugh.]

Yeah, you're right. [but ah.] Is this your first time at a school, or do they have those where you're from?

[heartlands]

It's pretty much my first time...? I mean, I had tutors, but not, like, a completely different building that I went to every day to learn stuff. What about you? I mean, I'm guessing you went to one, but.

[goalsides]

It's similar. The curriculum was way different, and we were always in one classroom throughout the day except for lunch and clubs. Our school was pretty big and it wasn't that far from where we lived, so I usually biked there. We also had classes six days a week.

[can't believe his life is about to be ruined with five days of class and then a murder trial saturdays.]

[heartlands]

Biked...?

[but, also:]

That sounds - pretty intense. Six days a week, really? How long did you have to stay?

[goalsides]

It's...never mind, it's not that important. [he will find a bike and show rupert someday maybe.]

Saturdays were usually half-days, but we started pretty early in the morning and would go into the afternoon. I had practice before and after school so I spent a lot of time there.

[heartlands]

That sounds... well, time consuming, obviously. What were you practicing, though?

[goalsides]

Soccer. [and because he's had to explain this:] It's a game with a ball that you kick around. Do you guys have sports?

[heartlands]

Oh, yeah! Like - jousting? But that's pretty different than kicking a ball around...

[goalsides]

Jousting's like...with a spear, right? I think I saw it in a movie once. [thanks taichi.] There's a field out by the gym. I could teach you to play sometime. You can't be any worse than Agumon.

[it's a light jest, but also. agumon has probably popped a few soccer balls in his life, it's fine.]

[heartlands]

Yeah, or a lance.

[but more importantly—]

Sure, I'd try it out! I'm not really athletic, but... [also:] Who's Agumon?

[goalsides]

Yeah, that. [same thing? except not really. he doesn't seem to mind if rupert lacks athletic ability, but he does grin at the question.]

Agumon's my partner.

[heartlands]

[thinking, thinking...]

Oh, are you and Yamato from the same place? He mentioned something about that, too. I mean - not your specific partner, but the idea.

[goalsides]

[there's a nod.]

Yeah. We met our partners at the same time. His is Gabumon. Kind of looks like a dog and a lizard combined.

[heartlands]

I... cannot even imagine what that might look like, but it sounds neat! What about yours?

[goalsides]

[it gets him to laugh.]

You'd have to ask Yamato and keep in mind he's incredibly biased. [this may have come up between the two of them already, or he's just dunking on his friend. probably both. but hm..]

Agumon kind of looks like a small dinosaur. [which is his default answer, but then he thinks about byleth's comparison.] Or like...kind of like Porridge? But he's more yellow and stands on two legs and he doesn't have wings in that form. Taller, too. He and Gabumon both come up to about our knees.

[heartlands]

Aw... He sounds cute! Where'd you meet him?

[goalsides]

[he doesn't seem to mind sharing! also this is better than talking about cats.]

There's this other world that's connected to ours. We all met our partners there about six years ago.