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[erythristic]

grell izunia

if you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need. / aka dr. sutcliffe

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[sharplydressed]

Mm, I hope you don't mind green.

[That's usually what they keep on hand, since he makes it for himself and Yasusada nearly every morning...

He'll go over to pour them both a cup, and after setting them on the table, he'll briefly disappear into his room. When he reemerges, he's carefully carrying a katana.]

Here. Weird enough on its own, right? Since it's not... I mean, it doesn't look like something you could just pick up at a store, yeah? Even if you went to one of those places that sell real metal ones for novelty.

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[though she doesn't drink from the cup yet, she looks it over before the sword comes out. that takes all her attention away from the tea, and cautiously she reaches out towards it, seeing if he'll allow her to touch it.]

No, this is...this doesn't seem like something you'd go and give to someone or hang on the wall.

[it seems real. and that's the weird thing.]

[sharplydressed]

[He actually seems a little reluctant to hand it over, though that part will be clear soon enough and he does eventually hold it out toward her.]

Yeah, that's not even the most bizarre part. That award totally goes to "surprise! You can feel it when people touch this weird old sword!"

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You can feel it? Like, if I do this-

[and she lays a hand on it, but gently, because he is her friend:]

You actually feel that?

[pardon her for looking confused as anything about that new fact of life. his eyes, she can take, that's been happening, but feeling through a sword....that's a new one.]

[sharplydressed]

[Truly, she's a good bean. He looks a little discomforted, but it's less because it's actually uncomfortable and more because it's just so bizarre, seeing this inanimate object lying there and being able to feel her hand as clearly as if she'd just reached out to grab his own.]

Mmhm. Like... pressure, body temp, all of that stuff.

[IT'S WILD.]

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[her touch doesn't last long - she removes it with a look of concern, now reaching for his actual hand to hold and try to give some comfort that way.]

I can't even begin to think of an explanation. Of course I don't think you're lying to me - what reason would you even have, April Fool's was days ago - but that sounds like nothing short of magic. And magic doesn't exist.

[sharplydressed]

[He gives her hand a little, reflexive squeeze. It does seem to help him, at least... He's a pretty tactile person by nature and having something to ground himself with that isn't related to his new weapon arm is comforting.]

I'd have come up with a prank that wasn't so stupid, if I wanted to prank you at all... Anyway, I figured it was the same-- whatever's happening that's making fruit dance around and changing people's eye color.

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The both of us.

[to be so changed. that uncertainty, that strangeness...it wasn't fun, and it wasn't funny.]

But it's so random, as though things fall down by chance. Why do some people change and others don't? I've been thinking about this for the past month, and there's no answer...

Are you planning to wear the sword around from now on?

[sharplydressed]

Mm, who knows... Maybe the key to finding the answer to that is figuring out why Retrospec chose us all to be "testers" for this stupid app or whatever in the first place.

[His shoulders hike up a little in a small shrug, and he glances back toward the sword. Does he plan on doing that?

...No, not really. He shakes his head.]

Ideally? No, 'cause that's gonna get me some weird looks and I don't really feel much better carrying it around outside anyway. I'm trying to think of a nice place to keep it indoors for now. Somewhere that's at least kind of hidden.

[This will change once he actually feels a connection to the sword rather than just being able to feel through it BUT HE DOESN'T KNOW THAT YET. A poor, unfortunate soul.]

[erythristic]

Where would Yasusada not even think to look for anything? Start there.

[since that'll probably be his best bet for hidden anything. though who really knows....]

[sharplydressed]

Yasusada doesn't go into my closet, so that's where I have been keeping it. We just kinda have nosy guests sometimes, y'know?

[Like YATO. And Baren who isn't even here yet but is probably NPCing his way through Kashuu's shit like a menace anyway.]

There aren't many places to hide something in an apartment this small, either.

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Padlock it if you need to. It shouldn't be too hard to mount a latch on a door...ah, but that might be against the terms of your lease to attach something like that to your closet...maybe some sort of way of hiding it under your bed?

[if she had to hide something weird, she'd go there first.]

[sharplydressed]

Like... putting it in some kinda container or something first, maybe? Eh, but it's usually the things like that that snoopers get to first, huh?

[Surely the lure of a closed container will be too much for the curious...!]

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If they see it in the first place. You could cover it with fabric or something so it just looks like a pile of sorts.

[she's trying, ok.]

[sharplydressed]

Oh... Y'know, that might actually work. People like metaphoric dirty laundry, not literal dirty laundry.

[He'll just throw some of Yasusada's ugly old clothes down there that he'd probably eventually throw out during a closet clean anyway. PERFECT.]

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Not that it necessarily has to be dirty. You have to touch it, after all.

[don't let dirty clothes fester on your voodoo sword.]

But those are all the quick ideas I have at the moment.

[sharplydressed]

Don't worry, actual dirty laundry isn't getting anywhere near this thing.

[Even if it wouldn't make him smell like dirty laundry and he's not even sure he'd be able to feel it the way he feels people's hands, HE'S NOT RISKING IT...]

But thanks, seriously. I kinda, like... panicked. [Panicked and went "well I guess I'm stuck with this sword attached to my hip for the rest of my life", so any alternative at all is welcome, honestly.]

...I'd still super appreciate any outfit ideas you might have too, though. Just in case.

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[she nods sympathetically. when you end up calling in sick and panicking around your house when your eyes change color, you understand what it is to need help with this sort of thing.]

That depends on the impression you want to make. Stylish and suave, or effortlessly cute? I know you have things to match both.

[sharplydressed]

Effortlessly cute.

[He says immediately, despite the fact that his normal style definitely tends to lean toward the former. ...He pauses for a second after having said that, actually.]

...Stylish might fit better with an actual weapon, though.

[erythristic]

Let's do both. I'm certain if anyone could wear a sword and make it cute, it'd be you.

[she believes in him completely.]

In any case, we need to start with red for at least one base piece and a few accessories.

[sharplydressed]

[HER BELIEF GIVES HIM STRENGTH.]

I don't even think I have any reds that exactly match this shade... It's pretty dark.

[He likes red, but he also tends to lean toward brightass shades of it, or blood red, because of course. The sheath is a much darker color, not that it makes it any less pretty.]

Mm... How big d'you think we should go for the base piece anyway? Like tank top big, or entire pair of pants big?

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Tank top. Pants would be too much unless we then went careful on the rest of the reds. Probably something dark for the bottom half...oh, and something red in your hair, of course.

[it'd complement his new eyes as a bonus.]

Shoes....could go either way.

[sharplydressed]

[Just talking about fashion is enough to at least somewhat snap him out of his funk... The power of cute things.]

Ooh, that's a good pick... I think I have some fake roses that I could use. And I just got this new pair of shoes - they're kind of like Louboutin with the red soles and everything else being black.

[But obviously not The Louboutin because his poor college ass doesn't have $800+ to blow on one pair of shoes. Yet.]

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Oh, those would be perfect...I'm already beginning to see how it'd all come together. Do you want to make your earrings gold? To match the little details in the sword.

[as if either of them can afford shoes that pricey. she may be a doctor, but she's conservative with her savings.]

[sharplydressed]

[One day, Grell. One day they'll have enough money to blow on shoes that could cover rent. One day.

But for now, Kashuu seems entirely satisfied with this outfit they're cooking up, even if it lacks the jaw-dropping price points of something Designer Chic.]

That'd be a nice touch, I think. I have a few pairs, so can you help me pick one out?