001 // audio & action

[antwort]

[ Do you hear that Luceti? ]

A-AAAAAH!

[ That's the sound of your peaceful evening being interrupted by a yowling new feather. And a lot of splashing. ]

I don't want to die! [ The book slaps down wetly against the rim of the fountain. Anyone lucky enough to be in the square is greeted the the sight of a red-eyed, sopping wet new feather trying to scramble out of it, brightly colored wings flapping uselessly behind him. He's not having much luck of it. ]

W... where am I?! Konatsu? Lt. Hyuuga? [ A beat, and then a slightly higher pitched, more distressed. ] Teito? This isn't funny! I-it's a really bad joke! This is too far, even for someone like you!

[ And then the panic dies down a little, replaced instead with a terribly confused silence. Any who were fortunate enough to witness it are greeted with a baffled stare, his eyes moving slowly to the wings. ] Where... Is this...?

Comments

[generalflirt]

Seconded.

[ There's more to say, but for now? The agree. ]

so then i moved SORRY FOR THE DELAY

[antwort]

[ Small, bite-sized portions of bad news are always best. Shuri glances out over the people, mouth twisting slightly.

He seems to have had enough unpleasant thoughts of war for the day. Or maybe a lifetime. ]

It should all be fine.

it's cool it's cool

[generalflirt]

[ He nods, looking over at Shuri again, studying him. It's... actually quire surreal to see the guy unchanged (mostly? probably? he's not 100% sure but he thinks so) to how he saw him before. He might have gone through some more stuff back home, but he hasn't been here in years. The rhythm is totally different. It's mostly on him (he, Masaomi, had changed) but... still ]

[antwort]

[ Shuri would say that he hasn't changed much - but he has. He's younger than he was, recently sixteen as opposed to the near eighteen year old he was. Softer, too, lacking the scars and wear and tear that came from a life in Luceti. Wakaba Oak's protection had kept him safer there on the battlefield, without promise of revival, than being here ever did.

But there's something slightly more mature. Maybe it's the hangover, maybe it's the sense that people are not all what they seem and suddenly he's gone from being the child of one of the most powerful men in the world to having to try to take his place. It's a stillness that wasn't there before.

Of course, the moment is ruined when he lets out a loud, petulant sigh. ]

I want a shower.

[generalflirt]

I bet you do, you stink.

[ Let's make that moment totally ruined ]

[antwort]

I do not stink!

[generalflirt]

Do too, wine-breath!

[antwort]

I do not! You can't even smell it.

[ He says, while subtly trying to smell his own breath. Does he smell?? He was just in the fountain so that should make him clean right.

Unless the fountain is grimy and unkept oh god! ]

[generalflirt]

Oh, you so can. And could that be vomit I smell too?

[ Eyebrow waggle ]

[antwort]

Definitely not!!

[ Mortified. ]

[generalflirt]

Right, right! Anyway, you can head on to my apartment for now if you want.

[antwort]

Hmm? Fine. [ He gets up, dusting himself off with a grumpy mumble under his breath. ] I don't smell like vomit.

[generalflirt]

Okay, follow me then.

[ And Masaomi brushes back his hair a little bit at this. He gets up himself, and then puts his hands in his pockets ]

[antwort]

Lead the way.

[ And he'll follow like he has total confidence in where they're going. ]

[generalflirt]

[ Well it won't be that hard. It's just a walk out of the Square and then over towards the Flame Building. Not hard... at all..

They might chat while doing it, but whatevs ]

[antwort]

[ Well, he still could be an axe murderer. Or a monster. Or this could all be a dream.

Probably not, though. ]

The clouds look high here.

[generalflirt]

The clouds...? Dude, did you get mushrooms?

[antwort]

What do mushrooms have to do with anything? [ That's the polar opposite of the sky, Masaomi. That's the ground. Obviously! ]

[generalflirt]

Because I'm saying you could be high!

[antwort]

Aren't mushrooms low?

[generalflirt]

Dude. Keep up with it.

[antwort]

Keep with what?! Don't say nonsense things!

[generalflirt]

"Get high" means that you get like intoxicated and see shit!

[antwort]

[ How dare you insinuate that I, a member of the Oak family, would ever be intoxicated!

Nevermind he showed up that way. ]

I'm not! And we're clearly lower!

[generalflirt]

So what, you're from Laputa normally?!