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Post by Inkar Mun on Oct 19, 2024 20:49:48 GMT -8
Inkar smiled at him and said, "It would probably go a long way with a lot of our younger siblings if you asked them to go do something with you. I don't know with Aiday, she doesn't want much to do with any of us these days, though she does come to family dinners more often than not. But the not-twins would probably respond well, especially Erasyl, and Aibek obviously likes spending time with you, but I think that you've already mostly figured that one out. Anara is obviously one of the easier ones, but honestly, right now Serik might be more responsive to you than to me. I don't think that he feels like you've abandoned him."
She smiled at Timur's choice and said, slightly teasing, "If you wear that to the first family dinner after we get back, when we bring presents, I suspect it will make conversations happen."
She didn't know if he'd take her seriously, but she figured that it was a good option to give him.
She headed to the front to pay, and once she had everything in the bag that she'd brought with her, she asked Timur, "So where to next around here?"
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Post by Timur Mun on Oct 20, 2024 12:20:00 GMT -8
Timur considered wearing the hoodie to a family dinner. "I think the family would have a heart attack. I'm normally not this... colorful." He had colors in his wardrobe, in fact he had multiple colors, he didn't stick to just one or two, but he seldomly wore multiple colors at a time, usually sticking to solid colors and the occasional plaid patterns.
He paid for his new hoodie, going out of the store to look around. "That place had a lot of cute stationary things, and... that one is more of an actual gift/souvenir shop, though it has the prices to match. But that's where I got some of the specifically French things."
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Post by Inkar Mun on Oct 21, 2024 16:13:12 GMT -8
Inkar giggled and said, "It would probably be good for you and them to see you wearing it. They'll get to see you in a bit of a different light."
She wasn't going to push him about it, but she did think that it would be a good change to disrupt his own expectations around their family. He'd made a lot of progress with connecting with their younger siblings, but it was still definitely a work in progress.
After his explanations about the shops, she said, "I'm happy to check out both. I figure I can find things for the rest of our siblings as we go, plus some things for myself."
[[OOC: I feel like this thread is also running out of steam a little bit. Do we want to wrap it up, or do we want to jump forward to the family dinner when they get back from Paris? Or do you have something else that you want to cover in Paris?]]
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Post by Timur Mun on Oct 22, 2024 9:59:50 GMT -8
[[OOC: I'm gonna go ahead and skip to when they get back. The family dinner sounds like it'll be fun.]]
The Friday after he and Inkar returned from Paris, Timur was still adjusting back to Washington time. He'd made it through the first week back to work though, and nothing had caught on fire while he was gone or jet-lagged, so he counted it as a win. He was half tempted to skip family dinner for this week so he could sleep more, but part of the reason he went right back to work was to get himself back onto his regular schedule.
He had unpacked and washed everything, so as he was looking for clothes that weren't work clothes, his hands lingered over the Pride hoodie he had grabbed. It was only slightly chilly today, so really the hoodie might end up being too warm, but he could wear it to dinner. Still, he was nervous about how his family would react. His big thing about being an intentionally forgotten older sibling was that he didn't bring attention to himself. He'd couldn't remember a time when he had the entire family's attention. He took a deep breath and pulled it off the hanger, sliding it on over his very plain blue tank top. He switched from his work pants to jeans and then headed out to the common area. "Inkar, are you just about ready to go to dinner?" He called to his sister hesitantly.
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Post by Inkar Mun on Oct 23, 2024 12:52:42 GMT -8
Inkar emerged from her room wearing jeans, her own hoodie, and a black tank top under it, carrying a tote bag of the gifts she'd accumulated for their siblings and parents in Paris. She grinned at Timur and said, "I'm ready, was just about to come out and get shoes anyhow."
She added, "I approve of the outfit, we match."
She looked around and said, "Do you have your gifts ready to go?"
She was looking forward to this family dinner for the most part. She knew that the not-twins were excited for it. Erasyl had been texting her all sorts of questions about the Olympics, and both of the not-twins knew that she had something for them. Probably so did everyone else, but these days, she talked to Erasyl and Inzhu the most, she figured that it was something about their ages and the fact that they both tended to turn to her for advice over their mom.
She went ahead over to the door to get her shoes on and waited there for Timur to be ready to go so that they could go ahead on over. She was really curious to see how Timur handled the interactions with siblings especially being the bearer of gifts and wearing the hoodie that was part of their kind of matching set.
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Post by Timur Mun on Oct 23, 2024 14:42:04 GMT -8
Timur lowered his head sheepishly, letting out a short laugh. "I guess we do."
He pointed towards the front door. "I put them by the shoes earlier so I wouldn't forget." He explained, following her to the door and slipping on some flats before grabbing the bag of his own souvenirs, and heading to his car. He was nervous about being out like this, not because it was clearly pride merch, but because he normally wasn't this colorful. It felt like he was out of his element, but in a small-step-out-of-his-comfort-zone kind of way, it wasn't a bad feeling. Still, he was very curious what his family would say.
He was fairly quiet on the way to their family's home, opening the front door and taking off his shoes, calling out, "Mom? Inkar and I are here."
"Oh, hello! Dinner's almost ready, most of the kids are in the living room watching a movie." Aliya called back.
Timur took a deep breath and looked at Inkar, "Shall we start dispersing souvenirs now, or after dinner?"
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Post by Inkar Mun on Oct 30, 2024 22:09:53 GMT -8
Inkar called out her own greetings, and then laughed a little bit as Erasyl came down the stairs from his room slightly faster than he possibly should have, almost barreling into her with a hug, "Inkar, you were so cool, it was so great watching you, I'm so proud of you."
He paused for his first actual breath, looking at her and Timur properly for the first time since their arrival and taking in the hoodies, grinning at Inkar's and eyes going slightly wide with pleased surprise at Timur's. He said tentatively, voice a lot smaller, "I like your hoodies. There are souvenirs?"
Inkar wrapped an arm around Erasyl, pleased at how excited he was and glad to be home. She said, "Good to see you, and I appreciated all the support you and everyone were sending. Yes, there are souvenirs, and I'm glad you like the hoodies."
She turned to Timur and said, "I think that we should go ahead and start giving them out, and I guess Erasyl gets his first because he's the most enthusiastic to see us."
She pulled out her little present for Erasyl, double checking that she had his present and not Inzhu's, and handed it to him. He was still looking at Timur's hoodie in slight awe, clearly trying to figure out what specifically he wanted to ask Timur. But he got his present from her open pretty quickly to reveal his own hoodie and he said gleefully, "You got me one? Now we all match! I've got the same pattern as you and the same colors as Timur?"
He tossed it on over his t-shirt after meticulously snapping the tags off and dropping them in the bag the present had been in. He threw his arms around Inkar a second time, "Thank you!"
Inkar laughed and squeezed him back, steering them towards the living room where many of their other siblings would be, though Aiday wasn't at the house yet, they'd apparently beaten her there. She called out to her other siblings, "We've got presents for you from Paris."
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Post by Timur Mun on Nov 3, 2024 11:54:25 GMT -8
Timur was a bit overwhelmed by just Erasyl's reaction, so he was nervous to see how the other siblings would react. It was a rather endearing reaction, though, and he couldn't help but smile. He then remembered he also had a gift for Erasyl, finding it in his bag and offering it to the younger boy. "I uh... Also got you something. I hope you like it." He said, feeling somewhat sheepish.
Inzhu was the next to show up, smiling at Inkar but eying Timur's hoodie as well. She finally tore her eyes away to look at Inkar. "You did great." She praised, giving her sister a hug. "I heard you brought us gifts?" She added, giving them both a slightly teasing look.
Timur found her gift and offered it to her. "Hope you like it..." He muttered.
Inzhu took it gently and opened it. "Oooh chocolate!" She said excitedly, immediately opening it to try one. "Oh my god, Erasyl, try one, these are so good." She pulled out the phone case, looking it over. "Oh, I was needing a new one, thank you, Timur." She said politely, then looked to Inkar expectantly, finally noticing Inkar and now Erasyl had similar hoodies. "I hope you got me one, too!" She pouted.
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