[Video] [Filtered from Lup Taaco]

[barold]

[There's a fidgety middle-aged man on your screens, a bespectacled man who looks like he has absolutely no clue what he's doing. Evidenced by the fact that only about half of his face is even in frame.]

Hello. Uh, no that's... G-Greetings! No that's worse...

[He sighs.]

Okay. Say that you, uh... completely hypothetically... haven't really seen your significant other in a while. Couple months. 'Cause of somethin' you did. Hy-Hypothetically. And you're hypothetically lookin' to get'em a little somethin' now that you're uh, back together again. Just a little present, like, nothin' special, j-just somethin' nice t'show y'love'em.

Your hypothetical significant other also already has everythin'. And they're magic.

[Barry hasn't gotten any answers yet, and he already looks demoralized.]

Any suggestions would be appreciated. Uh. Thanks for yer time. How do I make it stop record--

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[barold]

Laura...

[Barry can't help it. This young lady just melts his heart.]

Y'all are real sweet. Thank you for that. I know she does... [but...] Sh-She also really likes presents.

[outofthefire]

[and he makes her feel like all that business with BOB and Nighttime Laura is far in the past.

she giggles] I know. Boy, do I! She had a pretty good pile of presents for her birthday. Let's see. . . do you know how to make bracelets out of embroidery thread and beads?

[barold]

... Oh wow. I forgot all about those! I haven't made bracelets like that since...

[And here we see an aging man, wringing his brain to recall those halcyon days of youth.]

Man, I musta been seven or eight back then. Temple camp. [He laughs.] I dunno if I remember how t'do that still.

[outofthefire]

If you need a refresher course, I could help with that. It would be jewelry and everyone loves jewelry. And it would be personal, because you made it yourself.

[barold]

I'd love that, Laura. That's real sweet of you t'offer. Thank you.

... I'm assumin' there's thread and beads t'be found in th'city?

[outofthefire]

It's no problem. I'm happy to help.

I don't know, but I'll turn the shops upside down until I find them.

[barold]

Aw, Laura…

[Gosh, she’s real sweet. Barry smiles at the sight of her on the phone screen.] Y’don’t gotta do that alone. Maybe we can go lookin’ together? Then y’can show me how y’make bracelets like that.

[outofthefire]

[she is here. it's easier here to be Daytime Laura. and she smiles back] That sounds good to me. Which island are you on, so I can meet up with you?