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[Today in ye olde open post, there is a tiny kid up in your character's business or alternatively your character is up there in his business! He might seem familiar or he might not, but no matter what the case he seems kind of timid. Approach?

Choose your poison (Which would be the actual bitty Kyousuke or the Feather version) and setting, feel free to treat this as a voice test too.]

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[ ... Don't tell her that her knight, her dream-savior with that impossibly bright Line, is some shy doormat. ]

Did you grow up under a rock? [ Yes, Patch, insult your one hope of getting out of here. ]

A bridal carry is where you dress up as a bride and promise to marry someone. If you seem dedicated enough, they'll let you carry them.

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[Not only is he quite the doormat, he's already taken in a sense- sorry Patch, but there's only one Queen for this little boy.]

But I'm too young to get married... [And Fujiko-san would kill me if I told her about this!] Can't I just carry you on my back?

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[ Don't tell Fujiko, then. :| ]

Patch isn't a sack. [ How rude. While her gaze remains deadpan, her tone of 'voice' is clearly pouting. ] You're not getting married now. There's no audience! [ She shakes her head, sighing mentally. ]

It's a promise, silly. Promises last years.

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You'd wait that long for me? [It's an earnest question, one that could only be asked by a child who believes himself to have many years ahead.

But it still feels wrong. He could just lie to get them both out of here yet he hesitates, trying to think of a better way to put it.] I'm sorry that you thought about it that way, but I could do that bridal carry if you want. [There! Nothing said about marriage, surely nothing can go wrong.]

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Mmhm. Patch doesn't mind waiting! So long as you behave well. [ Nothing can go wrong, because that criteria isn't shady at all. She'll take him up on his offer, though, if only to poke fun at his meekness. ]

Hold your arms out. Like this. [ She'll demonstrate. ]

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Mmm, it's a promise! [It's a promise Kyousuke doesn't mind striving forwards to, since he wants to meet his Queen someday and he wants her to be proud of him.

...and maybe in the future he'll be so strong that Fujiko can't pull a fast one on a girl he's talking to. Maybe. He holds out his hands faithfully and with a determined smile, wanting to get it right.] Like this, right?

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[ Poor boy, so adorable. So naive. She'd smile if she wasn't a lineface. ]

Like that. That's how you bridal carry someone. [ A beat. ] Now pick me up. Be careful, Patch is a delicate maiden. A broken Patch costs thirty million euros to replace. [ So don't break her, crush her, or let her fall. ]

But don't worry! Patch trusts you, superhero. [ Because it's a dream. Whatever happens, she'll just wake up after. ]

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Ehh...but I don't have thirty million euros, Patch-san! [Kyousuke does a double take after hearing that, but he'll scoop Patch up anyway and hope for the best- his life depends on it and Fujiko is totally going to kill him if he bankrupts her dad and drops a girl to boot!]

Hang on tight to my shoulders, I might need to use my power to break through and I'll need a free hand. Ready?