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ursawhiner) wrote2015-04-12 05:14 pm
ursawhiner) wrote2015-04-12 05:14 pm
This…is not the sixteenth house. [The simple realization helps everything fall into place, and he sheepishly lowers his guitar. No offense, Dipper, but that particular song wasn’t meant for you.
After a moment, his gaze settles onto the instrument, and something else clicks.]
So that was you just now?
After a moment, his gaze settles onto the instrument, and something else clicks.]
So that was you just now?
This is Heropa 18. 16 is next door.
[He waves at the hopefully still sleeping house.]
And yeah, that was me. I play the sousaphone.
[He waves at the hopefully still sleeping house.]
And yeah, that was me. I play the sousaphone.
[He turns to look at the house Dipper gestures toward.
...That sure is Heropa 16 there.]
Oh. My mistake. I wondered if it was something like that the moment I heard your...sousaphone.
[He should probably excuse himself, but Manolo lets his curiosity get the better of him.]
That type of music...what do you call it?
...That sure is Heropa 16 there.]
Oh. My mistake. I wondered if it was something like that the moment I heard your...sousaphone.
[He should probably excuse himself, but Manolo lets his curiosity get the better of him.]
That type of music...what do you call it?
Oh, that was polka. Sousaphone is usually used more for marching band stuff, though.
[Dipper is very good at marching in place.]
[Dipper is very good at marching in place.]
Polka, huh. Very European, it's nice. You should play for Joaquin sometime, I think he might enjoy it!
[He grins at the thought. A lot of people back home were in love with European culture, but Joaquin is half German, so such things may rest a little closer to his heart than, say, Manolo's.]
Are you in a band, then?
[He grins at the thought. A lot of people back home were in love with European culture, but Joaquin is half German, so such things may rest a little closer to his heart than, say, Manolo's.]
Are you in a band, then?
Uh, sure. I'm not really used to performing solo, though.
[There's a reason Dipper went out into the woods to practice near a giant tooth.]
I was in the school band back home. I was going to join the one here too, but...
[He shrugs. Heropa High School is apparently not for the Pines.]
[There's a reason Dipper went out into the woods to practice near a giant tooth.]
I was in the school band back home. I was going to join the one here too, but...
[He shrugs. Heropa High School is apparently not for the Pines.]
[Manolo almost takea that first comment as shyness, but he already knows Dipper has no problem sharing his talent -- at the very least, he'll easily drown out a lost man's very sincere love ballad.]
You still can, can't you? Join a band, I mean.
You still can, can't you? Join a band, I mean.
Most bands don't really want a sousaphone. It's not exactly a common instrument.
[Dipper could always go back to school. Maybe he can go to some kind of band camp in the summer?]
Were you um. Trying to play that song for someone?
[Dipper could always go back to school. Maybe he can go to some kind of band camp in the summer?]
Were you um. Trying to play that song for someone?
But that's what makes it so great! [He thinks so, anyway. No one would really describe Manolo as conventional or normal, though.
When Dipper asks about the song, he glances at his guitar with a tight-lipped smile.] Ahah...yeah. I wanted to sing to Maria Posada of Heropa 16.
When Dipper asks about the song, he glances at his guitar with a tight-lipped smile.] Ahah...yeah. I wanted to sing to Maria Posada of Heropa 16.
Oh. It's a pretty nice song. But maybe you should try it when people aren't sleeping?
[Like you're one to talk, Dipper.]
[Like you're one to talk, Dipper.]
Why, thank you! I made it with her in mind. [He lifts his guitar again, gazing at it with a fond expression.]
Sorry. I thought singing during the nighttime might be more romantic, hahah...
Sorry. I thought singing during the nighttime might be more romantic, hahah...
I think I've seen it in movies. But usually they get the right house. And it's not like, 1 in the morning.
[Dipper wonders briefly if he should sousaphone romantically at Ken, but imagines the reaction from the rest of Nonah 5 and discards the idea immediately.]
[Dipper wonders briefly if he should sousaphone romantically at Ken, but imagines the reaction from the rest of Nonah 5 and discards the idea immediately.]
[Just play from your heart, Dipper!! Nothing could possibly go wrong....]
Really? I haven't seen enough movies, I guess. [He was just being himself.] I'll, uh, try not to wake you up again.
Really? I haven't seen enough movies, I guess. [He was just being himself.] I'll, uh, try not to wake you up again.
Don't worry about it. I kind of went overboard too.
[Says the child with a sousaphone wrapped around his middle.]
[Says the child with a sousaphone wrapped around his middle.]
Hahah, that's fine! You know, we should play together sometime.
Guitar and sousaphone... I guess it could work. Maybe during the daytime next time.
Good luck with your.. serenading? I bet whoever you're singing to will really like it.
Hah! Thank you, that is certainly the hope of every guitarrista.
[By the time this happens Ken probably has gotten his hamster. There's a large cage in the room that wasn't there before Dipper ported out, and inside it are a couple of small round rodents. One of them is stubbornly trying to climb the outside of his wheel while the other is napping. A new addition to the Nonah Zoo.
On one day when Dipper is visiting, Ken takes a moment to add food to the hamsters' cage and gets up to join Dipper on the bean bag. Or try to, at least, before he plops down... then wiggles uncomfortably. And again.
And again until he slides off to sit on the floor, back leaning against the bag, and looks up at Dipper with a thoughtful frown.]
You got bigger.
On one day when Dipper is visiting, Ken takes a moment to add food to the hamsters' cage and gets up to join Dipper on the bean bag. Or try to, at least, before he plops down... then wiggles uncomfortably. And again.
And again until he slides off to sit on the floor, back leaning against the bag, and looks up at Dipper with a thoughtful frown.]
You got bigger.
[Most of Dipper's attention is on his book, though he does distractedly try to make some space for Ken on the bean bag. When Ken slides off, he's still focused on his reading and thus, doesn't look up even when Ken actually speaks to him.]
Uh... No? We left the shrink ray back in the Shack.
Uh... No? We left the shrink ray back in the Shack.
I don't mean it like that. [He thinks after the fact that he must be so used to the Pines now, with how he didn't even think to react to the shrink ray, but for now he reaches up to poke Dipper's side.]
I mean, you grew bigger. You're too big for this room now.
I mean, you grew bigger. You're too big for this room now.
[The poke makes him jerk back in surprise, and Dipper glares at Ken briefly, before the words sink in.]
You make it sound like I'm a giant! I guess I must have had a growth spurt?
[He hasn't noticed much difference himself, besides hitting random corners and tripping over himself a bit more.]
You make it sound like I'm a giant! I guess I must have had a growth spurt?
[He hasn't noticed much difference himself, besides hitting random corners and tripping over himself a bit more.]
Huh.
[Dipper looks considering for a moment, before his smile turns a bit sly.]
...Maybe you've shrunk. I've heard that happens.
[Dipper looks considering for a moment, before his smile turns a bit sly.]
...Maybe you've shrunk. I've heard that happens.
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