19th Candid Photo

[pygmalion_perv]

[It's two days after the Thanksgiving ordeal, and Hachibe has naturally spent most of his Saturday running around town trying to check up on the people he cares about after the turkey ordeal.  In the course of making his rounds, he visited the house of a newly-droned Seychelles.  He didn't even need to have a conversation with her to be able to tell what was wrong, because as soon as he saw her, she was wearing a pair of sneakers instead of her usual beach sandals.

It's been a rough couple of weeks for this poor pervert.  So many of the girls he'd found his perfect parts on have been droned recently.  And sure, the parts are still there, but they seem so hollow without the personalities behind them.  Something just feels wrong about admiring drones like that.  In any case, Hachibe can be found moping around on the front porch of his house more or less all day Saturday.  He's got headphones on and seems to be listening to something on a cassette deck while he absentmindedly shuffles through a pile of close-up pictures of ears and feet.]

"I hate this town."

Comments

[iinchoucat.livejournal.com]

Only looking at the physical features of a girl, instead of the way they act on a daily basis. Ah, but I guess you can't take a picture of a personality. I apologize if I offended you in saying this.

[pygmalion-perv.livejournal.com]

"No, I guess it makes sense. But it's more complicated than that for me. It's not like I don't consider personality at all, but I just can't manage to feel romantically attracted to someone with none of the physical traits I'm looking for. Like, there's this girl back home with my ideal waistline... she's really annoying, and always trying to get me to go out with her. But she's too pushy about it and always has to have things her own way, so I try to stay away from her when I can.

I guess it sounds weird to other people, but I've been this way for as long as I can remember. Dad was the same way too, but he found his ideal woman when he married my mom, so that's always given me hope and confidence that what I'm doing isn't wrong. And I'll do anything to protect the people with my precious parts and keep them out of harm's way. Some creepy stalker guys will do anything just to touch a girl they like, even if it hurts her... I hate people like that. If you love the part, you have to love the girl too, because if she wasn't there, the part wouldn't be either."

[He laughs a little, rubbing the back of his head.]

"I'm rambling, though. That probably didn't make any sense."

[iinchoucat.livejournal.com]

[She listens intently, taking in every word he says. Finally-]

I think it makes perfect sense.

[pygmalion-perv.livejournal.com]

Really?

[iinchoucat.livejournal.com]

Really. Some men are just that way and it isn't something to fault you for.

[pygmalion-perv.livejournal.com]

I actually used to get made fun of a lot for it when I was a little kid, and I didn't have very many friends. One day I decided I'd just stop caring about what other people thought and be proud of who I am. A lot of people misunderstand and think I'm just a pervert, but I can't be anyone other than me, y'know? So I don't apologize for it. And I think that attitude helped me open up more with people and make more friends. Being honest with yourself is really important.

[iinchoucat.livejournal.com]

Oh. You aren't a pervert?

[Yeah now she's skeptical, considering you sort of admitted to watching porn the first time she met you in the car.]

[pygmalion-perv.livejournal.com]

Oh, yeah, I definitely am. But I like to think I treat the girls a lot better than most.

[iinchoucat.livejournal.com]

If you treasure the 'parts' of a girl, then I suppose you can be. Slightly.

[pygmalion-perv.livejournal.com]

Yeah, definitely not gonna argue with that!