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Llujah did not really consider himself "artsy." Sure, he liked it, and it was fun at times, but it took sooo looong! Besides that, there was always an imminent danger of his precious clothes getting messy. That was a definite no-no. So, today Llu decided that it would be better to look at art than actually participate in it. He went through the line and got his ticket. Once he was officially inside, he took a long look around. Colorful paintings decorated each wall, and there were small groups of people meandering about the museum, as well as a few singular people. Noting all of these details, Llu began his walk around the art museum.

The first thing he noticed was a display on the wall very near the entrance where the maps were. He made his way over to it and took a map, peering at it curiously, wondering to himself which part of the museum he should explore first. Next to him, Llu noticed another person right next to him, about Llu's same age. He was shiny, like he was made of some type of metal, and he had long shaggy hair. He was looking at his own map, and the Greed spawn could not help but overhear his thoughts as he spoke them out loud. He turned to the strange boy and smiled kindly. "Heya. If you want, I could share a guide with you."

Llu giggled at the silvery boy beside him. "We could just share a tour guide. I think that would be best, don't you?" Without waiting for an answer, the Greed spawn began to look around for the tour guides. As he did, he was startled slightly by the boy speaking beside him. He turned around, slightly embarrassed, but smiling. "Vali, huh? That's a cool name! My name is Llujah! It's nice to meet you!"

He began looking around the large museum lobby again, not seeing any signs labeled, "Tour Guides." He pouted a bit and looked to Vali. "Hey, do you see where the tour guides are?" As he spoke these words, Llu noticed how the Vali's hair covered his eyes. Llu began to wonder how the boy could see anything at all...

Llujah looked back to Vali and giggled a bit, blushing at the boy's ompliment of his name. "Thanks! It comes from the word 'hallelujah,' but my actual name is just Llujah." The Greed spawn swished his tail from side to side in his happiness. This Vali kid was so sweet! He was pretty cute, too... But mostly sweet.

Llu took another look at the map he held in his hand. It did in fact say that the tour guides were available at the front desk. He smiled at Vali and began walking towards the front desk. "Well, then, let's go find out!" He made his way over to the desk and smiled at the receptionist. "Excuse me, are there any tour guides available?"

Llujah smiled and blushed. He was embarrassed by all of the compliments, but he didn't mind. It felt nice to be complimented on once in a while! He giggled. "Thank you very much. Vali is a really nice name, too. It sounds very strong." It seemed polite to compliment the Sloth boy back, even though he really thought that it was a plain name. Nice, but plain. Of course, there was no need to tell him that...

Llu's eyebrows raised at the woman at the desk. He then chuckled a bit. "Huh? Oh... I-I'm not a woman. I'm a guy." His eyes strayed downward until he was staring at his own shoes. Great. Just great. Now what would Vali think? Llujah didn't mind people thinking that he was a girl... Sometimes, he preferred it that way. On the other hand, the whole gender-confusion thing would get into the mix and calamity would ensue. Llu sighed a bit. All of this for the small comfort of wearing a skirt.

In an effort to attract attention away from the fact that he had a Y chromosome, Llu grinned at the receptionist and dug his hand into his skirt pocket, pulling out a ten dollar bill. "Oh, that's alright! We can have an audio tour! It's no trouble, right?" Llu looked expectantly to Vali, then turned back to the woman and gulped a bit. Hopefully, his being male wouldn't repulse Vali so much that Llu would have spent ten dollars for nothing.

Llujah gingerly took hold of the audio box and the two headphones and looked to Vali, who had suggested that he buy Llu a drink. The Greed spawn smiled happily and nodded, even though on the inside he still felt like Jell-O. Vali didn't seem to be too fazed by the fact that he was male, but Llu couldn't be sure. As he walked alongside the metallic boy, he grimaced a bit and looked up at him.

"Um... Y-you're not mad at me, are you, Vali?" He looked away for a second. "I mean, I deceived you, kinda, and I didn't tell you beforehand that I wasn't a girl and... well..." Llu trailed off, unsure of what to say next. To avoid saying anything else stupid, he popped his own headphones into the audio box and placed the set carefully on his ears, trying not to snag them on his horns, halo, or earrings.

"Hmm..." Llu looked around for a place to begin their personal tour together. He pointed in a random direction. "How about that way? There are a bunch of statues over there."

Llujah walked and paused in sync with Vali as best as he could. He did not want to damage the audio tour, to sticking together would be the best plan. He blinked at the boy beside him in slight astonishment and surprise. When he had finished answering Llu's query, the Greed spawn smiled and chuckled thankfully. "I see... Thank you, Vali. I appreciate that you understand. After all, it's not like gender really matters... except maybe in dressing rooms." He snickered. "I still always get weird looks when I go shopping because of that." He wore an amused expression on his face as he recalled the humorous memory while continuing on.

When they arrived at their first destination, Llu found himself looking up at an intricately carved statue. "'The Kiss...'" he murmured. The statue seemed so very lifelike with the muscles and curves so delicately carved out of the stone. It was odd for Llu to concentrate on the actual art of it all. It seemed like the two lovers were almost real. Blinking his dual-colored eyes, the spawn snapped out of his trance and looked to Vali. "This is interesting and all, but what do you want to look at next?"

Llujah grinned at Vali at laughed at his comment. "I suppose some people would do that, and it could go the other way around." He reached up his hand to finger at the tilted halo around his left horn. "...But people are allowed to do what makes them feel comfortable. If that means wearing woman's clothes and dressing in the men's room, then so be it." He nodded and twitched his tail. It was a bit embarrassing to be talking about a topic as cross-dressing in such a public place like an art museum, but Llu tried not to think about that.

The Greed spawn did his best to keep his pace matched to Vali's. Vali was a good deal taller than him and his legs were longer, so it seemed like Llu had to speed-walk to be able to keep up. One of the more brightly-lit statues in the corner caught Llu's attention and he turned in that direction. "Let's check out that one." As he neared it, Llu recognized the statue as the famous "Venus de Milo." It was obviously a replica, but it was interesting nevertheless.