[ Ponta is at the park, a bit off from the main pathways and doing something that may be of interest to Rita - he's testing his ability.
The same bottle of orange soda that he had during the trial is opened in his hand, and the soda is floating - notably, it's not dragon-shaped this time. Instead, it's flying shapeless loopings, or merging into different animals (none as detailed as the dragon was), or even just hovering in a perfect cube.
Ponta is looking up at it with a pretty blank expression, occasionally sighing. ]
[ Ponta gives Rita a nod in greeting, but for once he doesn't instantly break into his trademark smile. He was too lost in thought to switch gears that quickly. ]
Kinda. Turns out the dragon shape was just because that's what I expected it to take, but I can make it form just about anything.
It can carry anything that is light enough to float in the bubble, and it can push stuff with quite a bit of force if I focus well enough. No luck on projectiles.
[ The orange soda blob encloses the pen in its body and, once Rita lets go of it, places it perfectly center of its 'body'. Then it makes the pen spin in there. Just for fun. ]
Bottleman competitions. But I quit doing those seriously anyway, so maybe it shouldn't matter if Dragogina stays like this or not...
[ We're at the art museum, though Ponta doesn't seem especially impressed with what he sees here. In fact, there's a bubble hanging right over his head just saying I don't get it...
But it's a new location and a new location means something to do. Ponta looks at Rita and shrugs. ]
... guess I feel more cultured for having seen all this?
[ Reading her thought bubble just makes him laugh. ]
Okay, seems we're both just being polite about it.
[ Currently he's staring at a still life that... appeals to him marginally more than the rest because he likes fruit! But like, real fruit are better. ]
I was hoping I'd learn something of value by coming here, but that seems to have been a waste of time.
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Week 1, Monday
The same bottle of orange soda that he had during the trial is opened in his hand, and the soda is floating - notably, it's not dragon-shaped this time. Instead, it's flying shapeless loopings, or merging into different animals (none as detailed as the dragon was), or even just hovering in a perfect cube.
Ponta is looking up at it with a pretty blank expression, occasionally sighing. ]
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Practicing that power of yours?
[She studies the shapes thoughtfully...]
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Kinda. Turns out the dragon shape was just because that's what I expected it to take, but I can make it form just about anything.
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[so why does it seem like he's not that thrilled about it...]
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[ He makes the soda split up mid-air and form four separate flower-like shapes. ]
It's just that this specific bottle of soda really isn't supposed to stay liquid. I kinda wonder what they did to it, to make it stuck this way.
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[ He realizes a second later that this means absolutely nothing to Rita. ]
It's meant to connect to the bottle and form a device that shoots bottle caps.
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[She's going to go up to the shape and try to touch it with her hand. Liquefied plastic??]
... Why bottle caps?
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At the question, Ponta shrugs. ]
The CEO of the Bottleman Association is obsessed with caps, I guess? And it kinda took off.
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[poking at it...]
Can it shoot projectiles like this? Or... do anything?
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[ Which is usually its whole purpose... ]
I wonder if it'll ever turn back to normal...
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What did you use it for before?
[shooting bottlecaps???]
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Bottleman competitions. But I quit doing those seriously anyway, so maybe it shouldn't matter if Dragogina stays like this or not...
Week 5, Tuesday
But it's a new location and a new location means something to do. Ponta looks at Rita and shrugs. ]
... guess I feel more cultured for having seen all this?
[ He is not convinced. ]
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[ It's just pictures of people and landscapes and whatever.
Rita matches the shrug. She does not "get" art, either. ]
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Okay, seems we're both just being polite about it.
[ Currently he's staring at a still life that... appeals to him marginally more than the rest because he likes fruit! But like, real fruit are better. ]
I was hoping I'd learn something of value by coming here, but that seems to have been a waste of time.
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[ I wonder if I could convince someone to draw some fruit graffiti... ]
It feels like they really wanted to convey their love for the fruit. That's a lot easier to understand than all the abstract stuff.