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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! )

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[kimihiros]

(honestly? kimihiro's response wasn't much different. he wouldn't shut up while he cleaned, nagging nonstop while he scrubbed whatever green monstrosity was lurking in the sink.

he hasn't been here for much long either, just enough to get a room cleaned and the main points of the void explored. he was just making it back to his room when he heard the complaint, nodding in solidarity when he approached.)

I was told there is no health inspector in this place. All of them are like this, apparently.

[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]

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?

[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.

[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?

[kimihiros]

I'm Kimihiro Watanuki. (he's used to most people using his last name, but at least there it is, she can have a choice! not many people call him by his first name.

again, arashi compliments him and he shakes his head.) I'm nothing much.

[selfloveable]

You're a treasure, Kimihiro-chan. ( positive reinforcement. ) Nice boys are wonderful to meet... Heehee, if you turned out to be hardworking too - why, I don't think I'd be able to handle it!

( , she would not necessarily flirt with him but she would not Not flirt with him, you dig it )

[kimihiros]

I'm a shop owner, if that counts?

(he laughs a little, completely oblivious to the fact that there is flirting, after all. if there's one thing kimihiro is, that would be hardworking. he cooks, he cleans, he grants wishes...)

[selfloveable]

( Stop Stop You're Reaching All Of Her Standards )

At your age? ...Sorry, you like, just don't look that much older than me. ( She shouldn't assume!! After all she recently met a little girl who is God, Actually. ) That's so impressive though! What do you sell? Perfume?

( he looks like a perfume guy )

[kimihiros]

I'm old enough to be your great-grandfather, if I'm totally upfront. (oops. it is true, though. at the age of a hundred and something, he does stand among one of the oldest of the void, and definitely the oldest human, from what he knows.) I grant wishes with magic, to put it in simple terms.

[selfloveable]

( jk real tag )

...I see! ( we still don't have time to unpack all of that, and arashi will have to decide if she's still allowed to flirt A Little. izumi would probably make a face at her, but kimihiro looks their age? maybe it's okay? ) That's awfully nice of you, but if it's a shop... Everything has a price, right?

[kimihiros]

You're absolutely right. Wishes can be granted if it's possible for me to grant them and for the customer to pay for them.

(what a smart girl! kimihiro is already smiling, proud of her by default. it's good when people get it straight up.)

[selfloveable]

( not to brag but arashi does score well on tests. but standardized testing also relies mostly on memorization, which she's aces at, so, okay. )

Hmmm... So the prices aren't like, set-in-stone then? Well, I guess it'd be hard to like, have the same price for "I wish I had a new bike" and "I wish I could see my friend again"...

( yeah......... yeah )

What's the biggest wish you've ever granted? Unless that's a breach of customer confidentiality.

[kimihiros]

No, there was a learning curve. I notoriously botched the prices when I started.

(and it nearly killed him several times! good thing he is much more experienced now.)

That's a matter of subjectivity, is it not? I have helped an unborn soul cross the bridge into the next life and I have helped a woman meet their beloved. Things like that are what the shop deals with most.

[selfloveable]

So you deal with things that miiight not be the easiest things to accomplish on someone's own, huh.

( arashi hmms softly, lacing her fingers together. )

...Kimihiro-chan, have you ever had someone wish they were in a different body before?

[kimihiros]

Something along those lines, yes. Often supernatural in nature, but not reserved to.

(the question had his eyebrows raise. he has attended to thousands of wishes over the past few years, but that one has never happened before.)

Not yet. I'm sure I could somehow accomplish it, but the payment would be way higher than one could wish for. Bigger wishes, higher prices.

(he doesn't make the rules...)

[selfloveable]

( well, that's only natural she supposes. )

I see... I was just curious. There's some pretty popular movies that like, have body-switching as a plot device. ( moving on, ) They make it look soooo easy... Not to mention like, dramas that have people go back in time and be someone else too — and then they fall in love with someone from the past and it's soooo sad! But like, totally romantic~!

[kimihiros]

Well, technically, that, I could accomplish. I have a Mokona at home, this tiny, alcoholic creature. He can send people through dimensions, through time. Good movie plot, maybe?