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Who: Inigo, Tidus (aka the two shared braincells duo) and you!
Where: The standard coach
When: Horseshoe 17
What: Inigo and Tidus are handing out free stuff because Tidus is the train's official sugar daddy.
Warnings: Probably nothing, will edit if necessary.

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Hey guys, forget about that public breakdown the other day. Today Inigo is on the ICP with a big smile, seeming as cheerful as ever. It's fine. It's cool.

"Good day, everyone! Tidus and I brought some things back with us from Irivar to share with everyone. So why not come over to the standard coach and see if there's anything you'd like to take with you, hm? We have quite the selection! Oh, and.. erm, Taiki, Roland, Bryn and Della.. If you could make sure to come see us, we'd appreciate it! Otherwise I might have to send Ti--"

Before Inigo can even finish the sentence, there's an offscreen obviously very Tidus-y voice calling out, "Inigo! Ask for Sakura too!"

Inigo huffs, turning his gaze to the off screen source. "I was getting to that!" (No he wasn't.) Apparently he accidentally pulled his ticket off the ICP as he starts moving away from it too, because the feed just cuts out. Just come get some sweet stuff.

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Their set-up in the standard car is a simple, if messy, one. They have a few of their offered freebies on the same table they occupy, each guy facing the other, sat by the wall. From the immediate front, fragrant bags sit no bigger than a palm, a variety of scents better to tell when held to the nose. Whetstones sit stacked mostly on top of one another, and then a cluster of hair ribbons and circular hair ties behind them. Behind the bags are a few scent oils--basically, perfumes, if not very big. There's a few to choose from, but...

...not as many as there are the soaps, which take up a half of the table in their choice. It's like a lush shop here of choice, different colours and sizes.

And Inigo and Tidus? Sit there, either playing cards or fiddling through the paper craft book available from the art supplies where the old library used to be.

A chalkboard sits balanced, with the words 'FREE 2 TAKE' written in big letters. In case you missed the public announcement.

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Come up, and have a look. Ask about what they've got.

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Or while you're here, maybe you can help Tidus, who pipes up to ask-

"Hey, quick question. How long 'til you're comfortable hugging someone?"

(ooc: as a note, all threads on this will be threeways! please enjoy trying to handle both teens at once. you can't seperate them.)

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Lea smiled at Tidus, then a bit less certainly at the other young man. He was familiar with Tidus, but couldn't recall speaking to the other before. The question itself got a bit of a quirked eyebrow though. "Hmm?", he said. "Well, I'm generally OK with giving them most any time. Though I usually like to make sure the other person is OK with it first, unless I see that they're obviously upset; then I tend to just go for broke. They can always smack me or something later if they didn't want it."

"Anyway, what brought this up? You want one?"

The lack of recognition is mutual. Sure, when you've been as long on the train as Inigo has been, you've seen pretty much everyone at least once. But Inigo sure doesn't recall speaking to Lea before either.

Then again, the other seems to have a decent opinion on hugs. Not to mention that, despite the familiar red hair, he sure is having a way better attiude than another certain redhead here on the train.

"Yes."

Inigo knows this is probably a dumb idea, teasing Tidus over this. But he feels kind of embarrassed that Tidus is just asking people about this so casually, so the least Tidus ought to do is feel the same embarrassment in turn. So he's making sure to quickly speak up before Tidus can open his mouth--

"He really wanted a hug. You can't deprive him of that, right?"

Tidus is listening to Lea, trying to take this seriously; even wondering if he would just hug someone who's upset (that doesn't sound bad, does it? but maybe you should talk to them first, then hug!), except for Inigo-

Inigo. Opening his mouth. Before Tidus gets to about the desire for a hug. Tidus shoots Inigo a look and that mouth of his that is continuing to speak!, and it's like some dumb challenge is sparked in him.

"He's deflectin', he's the one who wants the hug. Go on, get a hug! I bet Lea's all nice and toasty with all that fire in him. Go on, Inigo. I'm the bad hugger here."

Did Lea just get involved in the middle of a bro tiff...

Looking from one to the other, Lea was definitely getting the feeling he'd stumbled into the middle of something, yes. He smiled, amused and maybe a bit mischievous. "Well how about I just hug both of you then?", he said. "You know, cover all my bases."

Hah. This bro tiff is about to be heavily balanced in favour of Inigo, isn't it? Sure, he isn't desperately enough to hug just about any random stranger (.. mostly) upon first meeting them, but he sure knows who is going to squirm more over this idea of Lea hugging them both. And it sure isn't him!

Inigo casts a glance over at Tidus.

It's on, bro.

Then he looks back over at Lea, smiling. "Sounds great to me! Go right ahead."

why do all his friends suck in the same way!!

They both earn the most unimpressed look from Tidus, and he knows exactly what they're up to (trying to hug him, obviously!!) and, just to show how little he is going to cooperate, he shoves himself closer to the wall in his side of the booth.

"I'm not coming out," he states dryly.

Lea will have to shove himself onto the couch with him if he wants to get him!

Lea just laughed a bit at Tidus' reluctance. "Well, guess we know who was telling the truth now," he said. "Don't worry about it though; if you really don't want one, it's fine. I can take a hint."

He was still smiling as he turned back to Inigo. "If you still want one though, I'm down for it," he said. "Though I should probably actually introduce myself first. My name's Lea; got it memorized?"

Inigo waves his hand, slightly dismissively.

"It's fine. We can always hug sometime later." You know, when they're a bit closer. Not that he minds hugging strangers, but the real good part about hugs is when you do it with someone you at the very least have warm fuzzy friendship feelings for, right?

"I'm Inigo, and I.. do..? I guess?" He shoots a questioning look Tidus's way. Is this some modern thing he doesn't understand? Please help translate, if you're over the whole hug thing? "Is it that hard to remember? It's quite a short name!"

"Nothing personal," he says to Lea, not wanting to be cold about the whole thing. Not to a warm guy like the redhead, obviously!

But here bro, let Tidus - with a snort - explain that for you. "He's not being literal. But hey, you're not being a cold guy, are ya? You're really putting Lea on the spot here promising him hugs."

Come on, Inigo. Don't play with Lea's empty arms like that!

"Yeah," Lea said. "It's kinda a catch phrase. Though it doesn't catch as much here as it did back home."

As for the actual point of the conversation. "Eh, it's fine," he said with regards to both of their desires to put off hugs for now. "I prefer hugging my friends to people I just met too, so it can wait. And honestly I was mostly messing with you guys a bit anyway, since I definitely seem to have stumbled into the middle of something. Not that I wouldn't have gone along with it if one of you had wanted a hug for real, mind you. But I'm kinda curious as to how this got started now."

It's a good thing Lea is so quick to say that it's fine, because Tidus's words are about to get Inigo to stammer. Mostly since he feels like Tidus may still be pulling his leg here, but then there's the possibility of Lea being hurt for real if he doesn't hug him now! Maybe he should do it after all?

Thankfully that's solved rather neatly by Lea saying he'd prefer to wait. See, he's fine!

"Tidus has been asking that to pretty much everyone who's been passing by."

That's apparently all the explanation Inigo provides. Getting into the details is much too embarrassing - not to mention it'll probably make him feel like the weirdo here for liking to hug all over again. He's not burning his hand on that stove, thanks.

Wow to be sulky about nothing, bro! Tidus just shrugs, not seeing it being much about anything at all. It was simple, right?

"Inigo complains about how little I hug or the way or who I hug. So I'm just asking what people think about it! You don't learn anything if you don't ask."

Right? So Inigo should shove that huffy icon of his and be more humble.

"Ah, I gotcha," Lea said. "Honestly, there's nothing weird about either liking or not liking hugs, far as I'm concerned. It's just a personal preference thing; like some people like scary movies, and other people just don't."

"It usually is better to ask first though, if you're not reasonably sure whether a person likes it or not, especially here on the train. It's easy to step on people's toes- metaphorically and literally- in such tight quarters, so asking is just a good way of avoiding doing that without meaning to."

OH YEAH, YOU KNOW WHERE INIGO IS GOING TO SHOVE THAT HUFFY ICON?

In Tidus's arms, apparently. Because he listens to what Lea is saying, still looking a bit sulky about the whole thing. And despite the fact he turned down the idea of hugging Lea right away only a few moments ago, Inigo instantly looks over at Tidus the moment Lea stops speaking.

"Tidus."

He sounds so serious.

"Can I hug you." CAN HE, BRO? Look, he's asking! Like Lea told him to! He's being good!

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