Waking the Dead 2.0 || August 19, 2063 || Friday

[icarusalsoflew]

[This one disappears for about thirty minutes, and returns as quietly as he left with two briefcases. He doesn't explain where he went, but from how he ducks into Hikaru's room for about fifteen minutes after that, it can probably be inferred that he fetched a few things from Falner.

Looks like he'll be staying at the Tower while he has taken control of his Brother's body. You're usually going to spot him hovering around, smoking, working through a glass of rum, eyes crimson-ringed and glowing oddly in all lights (or lack thereof) watching... who knows what he's watching? And that suit he's wearing - three-piece, black, pin-striped, with ghostly faces and smoke occasionally moving over the "fabric" - is pretty nice, creepiness aside.

Please excuse him if you find him suddenly popping in on you. It's just what he does.]


OOC Notes:
+ Drop starters as you please! I'll have Death haunt you accordingly. ♥
+ Feel free to do other stuff among yourselves here as well.
+ Do note that Makoto's out and solid for this evening too, so you can bug him or ping me if you want him to come around and bother you.

Comments

LMFAO

[larue]

[ Okay, so he just barely managed to catch that. You've a mean arm.

He's also a little bit bigger than you.

So yeah, he's whacking you right back and making his way back on that bed because the closer he is, the less room you'll have :P ]

[ktotheatothez]

Well, it basically means the relative discomfort that someone feels in a situation.

[ Shrug, smile, smoke. ]

It takes a lot to make me squick-y.

[atlas_shrugged]

[ Yeah, there was that. Kaz's awakening as a card wasn't anything like the books in the Arcana stated. ]

People forge themselves into sterner stuff, Kaz. You'll be tougher than carbon steel before you know it.

[ A pat on the back, then addressing that last part. ] How's Cluedo on that angle going? [ Deliberately trying to lighten the mood even though intent on discussing this serious matter with you ]

[atlas_shrugged]

Kind of felt that too.

[ A drag of his cigarette. ]

Sounds like something people might compare to a fantasy novel or a video game.

[ A slow, thoughtful exhale ]

But humor me if I say it reminds me of Hitler. [ Different enemy. Same deranged, malevolent designs ]

[ktotheatothez]

I know whodunnit: a Coffin on an African Plain with a big-ass sword.

[ He chuckles. ]

That's as far as I got. Jessie's probably looking into it, but I can't sit around and wait for him to figure out what I am.

[atlas_shrugged]

[ Brig laughs at that too ]

Then I guess the Hounds are going to have to go CSI and solve this Cold Case. You're the Alpha on this one.

#actual5yearolds

[bostova]

[ Like she'll concede and let you win, Josh!

The closer you are, the more horrible she can get. Because she will try and shove again, like the immature little girl she actually is. (You also don't want to hear Anya's running commentary.) ]

[icarusalsoflew]

Ah.

[Hum. You learn something new every day.]

Why "squick"?

[ktotheatothez]

That's three references to three different shows, man.

[ He's still snickering. ]

[ktotheatothez]

Y'know I don't actually know? I just heard it once from one of my former instructors at Quincy's. One of those carry-over slang words from the 2010s, I guess... Kinda like YOLO, but not as silly.

#warpuppies

[larue]

[ You can try but using the same trick on him won't work. He's got your pillow fight strategy pegged and he'll do what he can to maneuver around it.

Have a pillow whacking you solidly on your hip/butt then, Yulia, and then a Josh pinning you down with said pillow across your chest.

Yes, your height difference might not be that far, but he is heavy and pretty broad along the shoulder. ]

[icarusalsoflew]

YOLO...

[Where has he heard that before.

Enlighten him, plz.]

#srynotsry

[bostova]

[ She lets out an embarrassing squeak when Josh pins her down on her bed. For a moment, her eyes are wide and she's staring up at Joshua, surprised-- but then a familiar memory comes to mind: her, wrestling and tumbling around with a giant housecat, and then an idea strikes her.

She-- hasn't played this trick in a long time, and certainly not to any of the Hounds, but... it was a sure trick to get Changing Breed Lynxes to stop sitting on you (or at least that particular Changing Breed, at least).

(sorry joshua)

So the next thing you know, Joshua, Yulia's hand is lightly moving up your arm to your cheek, and that surprised look on her face softens, and--Hikaru, please forgive her--her voice low and silky--- ]

Joshua...

[bladeweaver]

[That actually makes him laugh a little bit, because of how right you are, even down to the other parts.]

World we live in, it is practically a fantasy setting. But we all know what usually happens to a Hitler in such settings: blown apart by machine guns, blown up by errant magic, stuff like that. It never seems to work out for someone like that, and it doesn't seem like it'll work differently in this real world. We're around to make sure of that.

[He claps Brig on the back, at that.]

[ktotheatothez]

"You only live once", or so the expression went. I don't think it applies to most people anymore.

#ginustomoyanjosh

[larue]

[ He stiffens when her hand tracks a path up his arm and a look of confusion crosses his face as he actually follows it at first and then--

--totally backing away now.

And falling back off that bed. ]

[icarusalsoflew]

Ah.

[...Huh.]

No, it does not. Why does it carry on, then?

congrats this is the first time i'm using this icon (iirc)

[bostova]

[ Yulia is actually surprised that it worked. So surprised that she lets out a snort of laughter, which is promptly cut off by her hands flying to cover her mouth. She curls up to her side though, shoulders shaking as she's trying not to laugh so hard, but she can't.

Yeah, Josh. She's laughing at you.

So hard.

Right now.

Damn, she should have taken a picture of your face! ]

[atlas_shrugged]

[ A laugh ] Yeah, thankfully, there are people like us to make sure of that. [ Brig takes a sip of his beer ]

So what's been keeping you up tonight? Looks like you had plenty on your mind before I joined you.

LMFAO YAY

[larue]

[ It's a good thing then that you can't see the disgruntled look on his face as he pushes himself up from the floor. It's a good thing the fall wasn't too far, but damn, his butt hurts.

That was foul, Yules. But you're laughing anyway, so it's all good? ]

Yules??????????????????!!

[bostova]

[ Give her five more minutes, she'll recover soon! ]

idk anymore #hugaskamay

[larue]

[ That's okay, he's kind of joining in on that laughter -- because honestly, you rarely do unless it's to make fun of people and this certainly counts as that, but still. ]

I concede. You win.

[ktotheatothez]

[ He scratches at the back of his head, because it doesn't anymore. ]

Um... I don't think people say it anymore. It's the first time I've said it since pop-history 102 and St. Quincy's. Fifty years and even street-slang's evolved I guess.

[icarusalsoflew]

Then what do people say often now, in your country?

[You appear to know much about this thing. That makes sense to Death: you are rather young in comparison to your blade mates, both in mannerisms and in thinking.]

if we don't get more threads like this i will quit you

[bostova]

[ She's still giggling when she pushes herself up so she can gloat at Josh. ]

Of course I win. I always win! [ Proud little bitch. ]