How many kids you think will be there...? Is it for every kid in the city? From little kid age to like— Ercole-not-so-kid age, or what?
[ Because Ercole is hardly a kid, surely seventeen, maybe even eighteen, yet spent his time picking on preteens for no reason. And going to school with someone like Ercole along with every other age group at the same time just seems... overwhelming. Alberto doesn't even realize how he's already physically shying away from the thought of it, doesn't hear the skepticism in his voice, as he idly pours another bowlful of water over his head. ]
I'm not really sure...but everyone in my summer school class is the same age as me. There are kids of other ages in the building, but they all seem to go to different rooms. So maybe that's why the school is so big? To divide up the different ages?
[ This draws a short silence from Alberto, who swishes the tip of his tail over the side of the tub, fidgeting as he's reconsidering his preconception about human school a bit. If it's not all the kids, all at once, all the time — maybe that's not so bad. His idea of human school seemed maybe more overwhelming than it actually is, from the sounds of it — not that that's necessarily any more convincing that he should attend... At least at this juncture. He dumps another bowl of water over himself. ]
...So everyone's the same age— learning the same stuff, at the same time— and everyone's human... yeah? By the time real school starts, you'll be all caught up with the rest of the humans, then, huh. ...Nice.
[ He's glad for Luca, he is; but still, there's the faintest hint of something not quite dejected in his tone, but a certain familiar resistance — jealousy? — apprehension. Some mix. Nothing at all surprising, nor new, even in this world. But just in engaging as much as he is: it's progress? ]
[ Alberto gives a twitch of a smile in the corners of his lips, gazing at Luca with sly narrowed eyes. ]
Heh. Yeah— everyone but you. ...Aaand any other secret monsters you don't know about yet, ehhh~? Bet you're not the only one, ha!
[ After all, if there's one, why not two? That was true in Portorosso in their case, technically. And if there's two, why not three?! He wants to be optimistic here. Aaand crack a joke to cover up anything that makes him even the slightest bit uneasy ever, of course... Because far be it for Alberto to be "the other secret monster" in this scenario and go to school with Luca. Oof... ]
[Thinking that there might be other secret monsters at school is pretty exciting and makes him look forward to school that much more. After all, why would he necessarily be the only monster there? He's met other non-human kids in this place, after all.]
I bet there's plenty of other monster kids there! I wonder if I'll be able to figure out who they are.
Well, not if they're as good at human-ing as us, you won't! Ha!
[ He flashes Luca a smug, conspiratorial grin. He has full confidence they can keep this up as easily as they have so far... Little does he know, tomorrow starts a whole domino effect of exposure and discovery. But for now he can enjoy his last ego trip about his "human-ing" for a while. ]
Oh, right. Well, I guess we'll just have to wait and see how good at humaning they are, won't we?
[Assuming, of course, that they weren't the only monsters there, but at this point he's fairly certain they won't be now that the idea's gotten into his head.]
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Date: 2022-08-30 07:45 am (UTC)[ Because Ercole is hardly a kid, surely seventeen, maybe even eighteen, yet spent his time picking on preteens for no reason. And going to school with someone like Ercole along with every other age group at the same time just seems... overwhelming. Alberto doesn't even realize how he's already physically shying away from the thought of it, doesn't hear the skepticism in his voice, as he idly pours another bowlful of water over his head. ]
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Date: 2022-08-31 01:13 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-09-03 11:54 pm (UTC)...So everyone's the same age— learning the same stuff, at the same time— and everyone's human... yeah? By the time real school starts, you'll be all caught up with the rest of the humans, then, huh. ...Nice.
[ He's glad for Luca, he is; but still, there's the faintest hint of something not quite dejected in his tone, but a certain familiar resistance — jealousy? — apprehension. Some mix. Nothing at all surprising, nor new, even in this world. But just in engaging as much as he is: it's progress? ]
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Date: 2022-09-05 04:08 pm (UTC)[And it's not like the people at the school knew he wasn't human.
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Date: 2022-09-05 09:26 pm (UTC)Heh. Yeah— everyone but you. ...Aaand any other secret monsters you don't know about yet, ehhh~? Bet you're not the only one, ha!
[ After all, if there's one, why not two? That was true in Portorosso in their case, technically. And if there's two, why not three?! He wants to be optimistic here. Aaand crack a joke to cover up anything that makes him even the slightest bit uneasy ever, of course... Because far be it for Alberto to be "the other secret monster" in this scenario and go to school with Luca. Oof... ]
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Date: 2022-09-07 01:11 pm (UTC)[Thinking that there might be other secret monsters at school is pretty exciting and makes him look forward to school that much more. After all, why would he necessarily be the only monster there? He's met other non-human kids in this place, after all.]
I bet there's plenty of other monster kids there! I wonder if I'll be able to figure out who they are.
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Date: 2022-09-07 03:54 pm (UTC)[ He flashes Luca a smug, conspiratorial grin. He has full confidence they can keep this up as easily as they have so far... Little does he know, tomorrow starts a whole domino effect of exposure and discovery. But for now he can enjoy his last ego trip about his "human-ing" for a while. ]
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Date: 2022-09-08 12:42 pm (UTC)[Assuming, of course, that they weren't the only monsters there, but at this point he's fairly certain they won't be now that the idea's gotten into his head.]