[4th Scene] [In Person for Violet]

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[Anyone out around the festival in the evening in Violet might notice someone tall, slim, in a silver and lavender kimono, silver-opal hair partly done up, full makeup, and preened to the hilt; a slightly less dead looking than usual Feebas carried in one arm with gold ribbons running through his “fin”, while a Pidgeotto hops along behind.]

[Yes,

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[dead_black_eyes]

[That's totally a woman. But something's a little... off, about her. So L does what L does best, and stares.]

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[silver_lucifer]

[That looks like another one on the tally - he hadn't started out doing this intentionally, but it'd become quite entertaining, and he gave L his most genial smile.]

[Of course, SAYING SOMETHING made it a little harder, even with having a slightly higher range anyway and trying to make it ambiguous...]

May I help you, sir?

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[dead_black_eyes]

You probably couldn't.

[L says so in an absentminded, cheerful tone, before taking pause and seeming to reconsider his abrupt-sounding sentence.]

It's just that I don't need help. But your outfit is interesting...

[If only because Kuja seems to be a little lacking in the feminine curves department.]

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[silver_lucifer]

Why thank you - it's the local tradition, so I hear; I admit, I'm still new to it.

[Fun fact: It's actually part of how a kimono or yukata is traditionally worn for a girl to be a little curve-concealing! :D Because some styles apparently just have to make trolling easier.]

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[dead_black_eyes]

Well, you wear it like you're not.

[It's probably the closest L can come to an appropriate compliment.]

I'll admit I'm not terribly clear on the purpose of this festival...

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[silver_lucifer]

Why thank you. [There's a partial bow.]

Among other things, it's a festival for wishes... something I'd imagine everyone has.

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[dead_black_eyes]

Wishes? That's rather fanciful. It's mostly for children, I imagine.

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[silver_lucifer]

Really? I've found it to be more of a human condition, to want something more than what one has, even go to great lengths to try to achieve some "wish". [Not that Kuja has any experience in using that to own advantage or anything.]

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[dead_black_eyes]

I always thought that what differentiated a "wish" from a "plan" or a "goal" was the fact that wishes are generally somewhere near the border of "unattainable."

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[silver_lucifer]

Usually, but depending on the wish, those boundaries can end up being very fluid things - all it might take is a small change in circumstances for the "impossible" to be "attainable".

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[dead_black_eyes]

No world operates on extremes and general information alone; of course there are always exceptions. That hardly means that such exceptions are the norm.

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[silver_lucifer]

Perhaps you're taking "wishes" too extemporaneously? After all, depending on one's situation, a "Wish" could be as simple as "I want my family to stay together like this", or as ephemeral as "I want power" or "I want to decide my own fate". It's a rare person that doesn't desire something they're not sure how to attain.

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[dead_black_eyes]

What are you wishing for today?

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[silver_lucifer]

[Kuja just smiles~] Now now~ a lady must keep her secrets~

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[dead_black_eyes]

When women play coy, it often means that it has something to do with sex. Right...?

[It's a bit of a shot in the dark... but L happens to be one of those people who just doesn't wish for things he's not almost positive he can attain.]

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[silver_lucifer]

[And at -that-, he almost laughs.] Oh, on that you're dead wrong.