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[selfloveable]

Who: Arashi & you
What: A few open prompts as she gets comfy in the void
Where: Merlaut Apartments, Lemon Cello Church
When: Time is just a concept!! (somewhere in November)
Content Warnings: N/A

「i. home sweet home sweet...」

( The thing she's best at is "memorization," but the void's general lack of respect for distances is making that a little... hard... Has she gotten turned around a couple of times? Yes. Did she still manage to find her way to the station and then, after waiting on the train to move, get to the apartments? Also yes.

Wow, living on her own... It'll be kind of lonely, since she's gotten used to having roommates, but hey! She's a big girl. She can handle it.


Except every room that's open looks the same for one, and for two, is also like. Messy as hell. She's making a face as she looks in, and when she ventures in further to check it out... better... her disgust is Extremely clear to hear down the hall. )

Ugh... Is there like, someone I can talk to about this? The manager or something?

( ARE THERE... ANY OTHER PLACES TO STAY.......... PLEASE. )

「ii. ngl they're cute」

( Admittedly, what catches Arashi's attention first in the church is - somewhat predictably - the cakes. They're just so cute and delicious looking... Even if she's not partaking in any, as much as she seriously wants to.

What she actually gets stuck on are the spiky severed teddy bear heads. She's sort of just been watching them work, trying to decide if they're cute or not. They act like Ritsu, and they look like something that Mika'd like, so she's kind of endeared to them on principle, but they're still sort of creepy.

Arashi's nothing if not gentle though, so at least she gets to sit with them once she comes back with cake from the case. )

...Heehee, you're not so bad after all, huh? ( She's Still Not Petting Them Though. They can have her cake, but that's all. ) How long do you think it'll take to repair this place? Mmm... I mean, at your rate, probably a while...

( ? why not just have a conversation with one, why not )

「iii. they're kinda cute pt2」

( In a brilliant show of genius, Arashi's decided to... lure some of the cacteddies out of the church via food. Or she's trying. They're not very receptive to it really, kind of preferring laying around to being up and walking, but uh

considering she's full of little needles, it's sufficient to say that picking them up did Not go well!!! So LURING THEM IT IS. Someone just get her a Pokéball it'll be easier. Make sure it's a cute one though. No friend of hers is going to be stuck in a Boring Normal or Ugly one. )

Pspsps... Come on, Teddy-chan... Heehee, we'll become the best of friends if you come live with me, I can promise you that much. Ooh, I won't even make you lift a finger if you don't want to either!

「iv. wildcard」

( anything, anything at all. )

(ooc: to talk about anything specific, pp me on plurk at coordination! )

Comments

[selfloveable]

( hi babe.

and of course he would have... that's her izumi-chan!! )

Maybe I'll become the manager then... Ooh, but they've gotta be mean little ladies, don't they? I'd hate being one... ( ... ) But you'd fit the role perfectly, Izumi-chan ♪

( not bullying if true after all. she glances at his bag... oooh... )

Are the products here any good? I seriously don't wanna try one and then like, have my skin break out because it didn't play nice.

[selfloveable]

( kimihiro you get her.... you really get her..... )

Ew. ( no manager, no health inspector... it really is just whoever was unlucky enough to get plucked or - whatever. ) Ugh... I'm already totally dreading doing this for my own room, but I'd feel soooo bad if anyone else showed up and had to deal with all this muck... Has anyone else considered cleaning these rooms before people go picking them out before?

[kimihiros]

That would be the smart thing to do, but I just got here too. I was told this world doesn't understand diseases and the such yet, but this is a health crisis waiting to happen. (he sighs, but after all, he gets her... he truly truly does... he is still rather unhappy about the amount of hours he had up in his room.) Guess we arrived around the same time, since you're picking things.

[selfloveable]

( hey leo if you want such a good deal why don't you come live with her!!!!!!!!

jk she wouldn't take him, especially since his sudden shout did spook the cacteddy again. arashi at least raises her arms in time to keep her lovely face from being needled, but she looks... put out. she's not mad she's just disappointed )

My my... Maybe they aren't interested in free room and board. ( technically everything here is that, so it makes sense... ) But they are awfully interested in all these broken walls. It's too bad someone as cute and sweet as me isn't strong enough to break anything for them to go gaga over!

( except, you know, )

[selfloveable]

( ooh, is that a cute little robot...? there sure is just about everything here. )

As long as you're quiet, make sure they know where you are, and don't make any sudden movements, then mmhmm! It totally seems that way. They're really friendly. ( or: they're not aggressive. same thing. ) Do you want to pet one?

[selfloveable]

Then let me treat you as a friend, okay? ( with a little wink. ) Do you like sweets?

[selfloveable]

Sure thing. Do you have any preferences...? Favorite colors, things you're interested in, all those kinds of things.

( resident friendmaker arashi narukami )

[selfloveable]

( Oh, and she's so polite... )

Well, I hope we just don't have one and it isn't a ghost manager or something like that... Oooh! ( terrifying!! ) Sorry for the trouble, honey. Honestly, I'm starting to think we might benefit from having some people volunteer their time to clean rooms so that poor newbies like me aren't totally revolted when they go to find somewhere to stay.

[selfloveable]

Looks like it! ( It'd be so nice if she had a roommate, but she totally couldn't intrude on anyone else's space... Besides, they're total strangers.

so she'll skip on asking that question, giving him a little wave instead. time to become Less Of Strangers. ) I don't know if we'll end up neighbors, but like, at least we're apartment-mates, right~? I'm Arashi Narukami, but you can call me Naruko ☆ Or Naru-chan, or Aranee... Anything that's totally cute, okay?

[forceofnature]

Good question. Why don't you ask where it goes in us, first.

[She sips, sipping her drink loudly.]

This world hasn't figured out 'digestion' yet. And thank goodness for that.

[bazooker]

Of course! I'd love to have some cake when we finish cleaning up!

[A beat] Ah, in that case! Let me treat you to some tea afterwards! It'll be lovely with the cake!

[selfloveable]

( A moment of serious contemplation...

Before Arashi lightly claps her hands (because otherwise the bears might spook again). Ahaha! )

It's something we're better off not thinking tooooo hard about, right? ( quickly becoming her most subscribed coping mechanism. ) But... I've gotta ask - what do you mean the world hasn't figured it out? Like, doesn't it have laws and all? Like... Theory of relativity, or momentum, or gravity and all that wordy stuff?

[fluffyharpy]

Oh um...

[Lysandra wasn't expecting that and has to think a second before actually speaking again.]

I like feathers and things with that motif. Color-wise, I guess I like green and orange.

[kimihiros]

We're on the room above, Naru-chan. (he smiles, already picking up that since she's allowed it, and well, it actually is pretty cute such as herself.) It's cute, I'll stick with this one.

[forceofnature]

Nope.

[Viridi shrugs.]

...Oh, I think it figured out 'linear time' a while back. This is the primordial void. Those concepts haven't quite made it in yet, so it's going around stealing stuff from our worlds in the meantime.

It's extremely stupid.

[More slurping.]

[obsessiveness]

Hah? I may be desperate for an actual job, but not like that. You can't even get paid bitching at people to keep it down or whatever the hell managers are supposed to do!

[ he's just proving her point more and more...

at the mention of beauty products, izumi digs into his bag and pulls out a compact at random. ]

It doesn't even have a specific brand, so how should I know? [ shrugs. ] Well, I can at least try this stuff out on you before I can decide whether they're good enough for my face. Where's your room?

[bachagain]

[ oh my gggOOOOOD. leo's quick enough to also raise his arms to get the majority of the needles there, too, though he isn't entirely spared. ]

Ooooouch, what the heck!

[ aaaaaaaa. give him a second to brush and pick the needles off of himself, and then look on over to naru. that's... that's a look. and to that, leo's just gonna

pick a needle off her sleeve when he can, as if that'll solve the "neesan shakes her head disapprovingly" vibes going on here.

he's helping ]

Aren'tcha stronger than you look anyway?

[ NEVERMIND, ]

[selfloveable]

( HEY!!!! )

It's rude to remind a lady of that! Honestly, you didn't learn anything from the charming, silver-tongued Italians, did you? ( she's disappointed but for an entirely different reason now ig ) Sigh... Let's regroup and figure out a different plan of attack... I mean, another idea.

( yes she said the word "sigh" )

[selfloveable]

...So it's like a baby learning from its parents? That's kind of cute.

( I'm sorry? )

I wonder if there's a way to teach it things instead... Like, you know, how parents get their kids to stand up by holding them and teaching them how to walk and all that? And how babies learn how to talk just by hearing other people and interacting with them. Maybe we can teach the primordial void baby different rules and stuff.




( I'M SORRY? )

[forceofnature]

Um, ew? No.

As somebody deeply connected with the cycle of life and growth, I'm super offended. Don't compare my carefully detailed plans for organismal maturation to this disaster hell.

This place is more like a blind monkey throwing its own poop.

[selfloveable]

Oh, my, I hadn't meant to offend! I'm totally sorry.

( and she is!!!!! she really is. the follow-up comparison makes her face scrunch though, uh. )

...I'm guessing you've been here long enough to figure that out... I'll like, concede. ( her optimism will not waver however she will continue to secretly hope they can teach the primordial void baby the laws of the land. ) Organismal maturation?

[selfloveable]

( he's just proving her point more and more...

and she isn't fond of being a guinea pig, but on the other hand: getting her makeup done by izumi...!! she'll sigh and wave him down to her room, which is at least somewhat cleaned up thanks to her and haru's hard work.

there is also a very ugly little john ball sitting front and center on her desk. )

This is it... It's like, so not me yet, but I'll fix it up right as rain soon enough. ( flowers and photographs and a nice mirror...! ) Haru-chan — have you met her? She's like, super cute and nice and has really fluffy hair, like a sheep — helped me clean it.

[selfloveable]

( ...♪ yep, kimihiro's officially someone she likes. )

What a nice boy... If only everyone was more like you. ( ...oh— ) And what can I call you?

[selfloveable]

( Feathery motif, green, and orange. Definitely no way to fit all of those together in one gift, and she's not going to try because that would be garish, so she'll have to go a little more out of her way... That'll be okay. )

And who am I getting them for? ( ...heehee. ) I'm Arashi Narukami - the pleasure's all mine, sweetie.

[selfloveable]

( ooh!! )

That would be absolutely divine, Haru-chan! Maybe we could even get it to-go and have a nice little picnic somewhere pretty... Like, somewhere with tooons of flowers... I guess that'd be the lake ooor the church, right?

( girls what happened to cleaning )