~self-exploration~

[halfcocked]

[in this flat patch of grass in the . . . who the hell knows where the middle of camp even is anymore. SOMEWHERE IN CAMP, not far from his relocated cabin, whatever. but there's a nice flat patch in the sun, and on it there's a blanket spread out with a small amount of food--a picnic for one or two--and a Noah

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[littlestsoldier]

...

[halfcocked]

[!] Oh hey, it's you!

[littlestsoldier]

It's me... What are you doing?

[halfcocked]

Trying to decide what to get done next. What do you think? After we talked about tattoos last week . . . but maybe I'll pierce something instead . . .

[littlestsoldier]

*Taking a seat next to* Lip piercing, maybe?

[halfcocked]

I got that down . . . [has a list of ideas] I like that, but I can't decide if I want something I can not show sometimes. Like my tongue or one of my nipples.

[littlestsoldier]

Tongue might be good... Why get something done only to not show it off though? Seems pointless to me.

[halfcocked]

I would show it off, but I could decide if I wanted to! That's the point! If I didn't feel like it I could keep it covered. I guess for a guy with a face like yours that's a foreign concept . . . [tapping his own cheek, the same one Michael has tattooed]

[littlestsoldier]

Why put something on your body that you would ever want covered though? That's what I don't get.

[halfcocked]

[shrugs] Sometimes I like private stuff. I don't always show the one on my arm. But I know it's there, that's what matters.

[littlestsoldier]

I can get that. I'm leaning towards the piercing though. 'Cause if you don't know one hundred percent what you want tattooed, then you shouldn't do it just to do it, see?

[halfcocked]

Yeah . . . if I think of something, I'll do it, but I can't think of anything as good as the one I have. Why'd you pick a dragon?

[littlestsoldier]

Lots of reasons. It was also the timing that was a big deal to me. I can't really imagine it not being there now...

[halfcocked]

You look really damn weird without it.

[littlestsoldier]

You mean when I'm deaged? Yeah, I don't look right without it. It doesn't look like me. And that's how it should be.

[halfcocked]

You mean something that works so good I wouldn't look like me without it?