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[tomodachi]

[Good afternoon Luceti, how are you? Do you like having nice, clean buildings or houses that don't have childish graffiti drawn on the sides? Well too bad because today, you may find Crow writing or drawing things on the sides of different buildings, whether it's a shop, one of the community housing buildings, or heck maybe even your house, once he thinks he's used up the sides of his own house. (Sorry, Seto and Firo...)

He's bored and this is something he likes doing...but he's not entirely aware of how much this might bother the people who own whichever building he's using as a canvas. (Not like it matters, it'll go away like how damage to most buildings do here, right?) They range from words, to drawings of birds, ferris wheels (it's been a year since he arrived, he's feeling a little nostalgic for home), or even people. Mostly either people he knows, or...pirates. Why not, today felt like a good day for drawing pirates with their ships and treasure and stuff. However, they are not exactly masterpieces, and he's not exactly using just paint (more like that and crayons or markers or whatever else he got his hands on), but at least he tries and that's what matters!

He'll be at this all day, so you can catch him drawing stuff at any time, anywhere. Feel like telling him to go away, or are you the deviant sort that wants to join in and draw some stuff too?]

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[foundafamily]

Relax, I just told you I wasn't gonna do anything about it yet.

But, you know, since it's yours, cleanin' it up is your responsibility.

[tomodachi]

Fine, but only when I feel like cleaning it up later.

[In other words watch us leave it here forever until Luceti gets rid of it or something.]

[foundafamily]

[He shakes his head, sighing.]

You're hopeless...

At least it's just ours, I guess.

[Or is it?]

[tomodachi]

[IT'S A MYSTERY--well, only as long as Crow doesn't let slip that he was drawing on some other houses earlier.

Crow turns his attention back to his drawings now, looking at them for a moment. He's trying to decide if he wants to add anything else up onto the wall...]

[foundafamily]

[Firo watches Crow, debating whether to throw in the towel and go back inside. He decides to stick around; oddly enough, he'd rather hang out and bicker with Crow than be by himself right now.]

What else could you do to that poor wall?

[tomodachi]

Huh? [Oh you're still here.] I'm sure I could draw more stuff if I think of something. Or do you have a problem with that too?

[foundafamily]

If I said I did, that'd only encourage you, wouldn't it?

[He shakes his head.]

Do you take requests?

[tomodachi]

Requests? [Firo wants us to draw something for him?] Like what?

[foundafamily]

...Can you draw a beehive?

[It was what the Alveare had on their sign back home and he misses seeing it.]

[tomodachi]

A beehive? [He looks a little confused.

...There is a high probability that he doesn't know exactly what a beehive is, Firo.]

[foundafamily]

You know, like a thing bees live in.

[He raises his hands and opens his mouth as if he's going to try and describe it, but he doesn't really know how. He frowns, then holds out one hand to Crow while refusing to make eye contact.]

...Hand it over. I'll draw it for you.

[tomodachi]

[He gives Firo a slightly suspicious look, not yet relinquishing any of his drawing utensils yet.]

If I hand this over, how do I know that you're gonna give it back when you're done with it? [You were pretty adamant a second ago about him not drawing on the walls here, how does he know that this isn't a trick so that you can take his stuff and keep him from drawing any further on the house?]

[foundafamily]

If I was smart, I wouldn't give it back.

[He sighs and runs his other hand through his hair.]

But right now all I'm plannin' on doin' is showing you what it looks like, so you can relax, okay?

[tomodachi]

[Crow stares at him for the longest moment, as if trying to tell if Firo is tricking him or not, before he finally holds it out for Firo to borrow.]

Alright, but you better give it back when you're done, got it?

[And besides, now he's kind of curious to know what this beehive you're going to draw looks like.]

[foundafamily]

I will, I will.

[He takes it from Crow and leans over to start scribbling on an uncovered section of the wall.

Finished, he stands back and admires his work. It's pretty lopsided and probably looks more like a squashed, multi-layered cake than anything else.]

That.

[tomodachi]

[...Headtilts at it.]

That's supposed to be a beehive?

[foundafamily]

[Firo frowns at Crow; he knows he's no artist, but he suddenly feels a bit defensive.]

Yeah, it is. I mean, that's basically how they're shaped.

We've got one on our sign back home, so I'd see it every day.

[This makes him an expert! (No it doesn't). He doesn't realize that not specifying the "we" might be confusing to Crow.]

[tomodachi]

[Yeah, it is confusing him a little.]

A sign? What kind of sign was it? [What's a beehive supposed to represent on a sign anyway?]

[foundafamily]

The sign for Alveare.

[He pauses, then finally remembers that it's not common knowledge.]

It's my Family's restaurant back home. The name means "beehive", so...

[tomodachi]

Oh. [Okay now he gets it.] ...That's kind of a weird name.

[foundafamily]

Not really, if you know the place. See, back in the days when alcohol was illegal, we had to hide it behind a little honey shop. And the honey's not completely for show, Sena puts it in all the food, too.

[tomodachi]

Huh...okay, I guess that makes sense. [He thinks? (Does he even know what honey is, or what alcohol is and why it was illegal...)]

[foundafamily]

[He nods, finally smiling as he thinks back to home.]

I should try out some of her recipes for you guys sometime; see what you think.

[tomodachi]

[Recipes? That's...a food related thing, right? That gets a slight shrug from Crow.]

Seto would probably like that, I think.

[foundafamily]

[He raises an eyebrow.]

What about you?