Piercing 016 ♥ Kaidou Kio ♥ [In Person]

[want_a_chupa]

[Kio has been in the Louvre since early yesterday morning. Since there are no opening/closing hours in this version of Paris he probably won't leave until the Author drags them back to the Manor. Which he desperately hopes is never. Presently he is seated before this statue, with his sketch book opened. The page is scattered with tiny

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[pinnd_buttrfly]

[Yes, the Manor's other artist is also hanging out for another afternoon in the Louvre. Despite how enjoyable it is to walk around the streets of Paris alone, it's been hard to keep himself away from this place. He's never considered himself one to gawk at art: the subject he's in school for is really just a hobby, anyway, to go alongside his life as a Fighter. But Soubi can appreciate beauty, when he sees it. That's what he's going to see. On his way back to the halls of Japanese art, he's found this large chamber, and Kio. He calls to him in a hushed museum-voice.]

Kio. Are you sketching that?

[want_a_chupa]

[Kio smiles in his direction]

Mm!

[His museum voice is...less museum-y]

[pinnd_buttrfly]

[He approaches it slowly, arms crossed, appraising it.]

You always paint humans, don't you?

[want_a_chupa]

Not always, I just like drawing people the best.

[pinnd_buttrfly]

[A nod, as Soubi looks around the room.]

This isn't our Paris. Not the one in our world.

[want_a_chupa]

Mm! I know.

[pinnd_buttrfly]

[He sits down next to Kio, gracefully.]

Does this statue have ears in our world?

[want_a_chupa]

[Kio shakes his head]

No

[pinnd_buttrfly]

Hm.

[He squints at the name of the statue. It's in French, but since written French looks a lot like English, he can pick out vaguely what it says.]

Truth, hm? I don't remember reading about this statue.

[Probably because he spent half of last term as a vegetable.]

[want_a_chupa]

It's a Bernini, not one of his best known but still worth studying.

[pinnd_buttrfly]

Mm. I don't remember him; I must have missed him.

[want_a_chupa]

He's amazing. He makes life out of marble.

[pinnd_buttrfly]

Mm. Was he on the exam I never took?

[want_a_chupa]

[Kio scratches his head with a pencil]

I think so.

[Laugh]

Kio-chan can be such a ditz!

[pinnd_buttrfly]

Mm. You can.

[He stands up.]

Isn't Winged Victory in this museum?

[want_a_chupa]

Mm! The Nike of Samothrace! I saw it already, have you?