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 Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 2:27 am
"Huh. Yeah, that would definitely be the smart thing to do." Kirin was rather surprised at exactly how logical that was. And then scowled when he realised that would also make him a target. Even though he'd skipped the official 'organ ring' list, the Negaverse would have a list of all students from Barren Pines, and it wouldn't be hard to compare them to the student rosters of the 'real' schools in Destiny City.
Of course, Sue was on that list, too, and Sue didn't even have the benefit of any powers to go with his magical catboy transformation. "Better get Astraea or one of the other cats to get on the headlaser training. Before the Negaverse decides to target Sue Gottschalk and see if he's a Zodiac in disguise. What're you gonna do if youma show up on your doorstep?"
Kirin doubted that Sue wanted to have a Zodiac bodyguard full time, considering who half of them were and also Sue's appreciation of solitude. But if the Negaverse had such plans in motion, well, Sue needed to be able to strike back somehow.
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Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 4:26 am
And at that moment - crummy motel room be damned, living off of instant ramen also be damned - Sue suddenly felt a pang of thankfulness that his mother wasn't living in Destiny City. Because Kirin was absolutely right. If his guess was right, and the Negaverse was checking names off the survivor's list, Sue - and Kirin, and his friends, and all the Zodiacs - would be figuring that out soon enough.
"Yeah. Well. Just a supposition, anyway, you know." Sue shrugged like it didn't disturb him, but from the way he just knocked back nearly the full can of beer in one swing of his arm, the thought had gotten to him.
Something else was getting to him too, though - he wasn't quite so steady now as he was prior to pulling the tab on that first beer. Sue was a fair-sized guy, and he sure as hell wouldn't call himself a lightweight - but, you know, he wasn't the sort to hide a fake ID in his wallet. He'd drink if there was alcohol, but he didn't seek it out. And his head was swimming in it now. Not that it was the only thing, either.
"So uh - where's the bathroom?"
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Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 3:08 am
"Uh, back that way." Twisting awkwardly over the back of the couch, Kirin waved an arm at the far corner of the apartment. "Past the kitchen, door on the left."
Perhaps the beer was casting a haze over Kirin's mind, because it didn't occur to him that what he meant as 'the door just to the left of the kitchen' could be just as easily interpreted as 'the left-most door at the back of the apartment' which would instead lead to Kirin's bedroom.
Settling back into the couch, Kirin mulled over the idea of the Negaverse coming knocking at his door. His sanctuary was looking less and less secure. "If the bastards break anything, I'll kill them all," he said with a dark scowl.
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Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 6:33 am
Well, it sure seemed like that back room was the one Kirin was pointing to, didn't it? Granted, it was hard to tell for sure with as broad a gesture as an arm-wave, but Sue had confidence he hadn't misinterpreted. "Right," the boy grunted as he stood, "be right back." And proceeded, somewhat sluggishly, right to the door into Kirin's room. He hadn't even gotten a look around before the door shut behind him.
At which point he finally stalled. He was getting pretty fuzzy-headed, granted... but even so. Bathrooms didn't usually have beds and dressers and the like, did they? Not sane ones, for damned sure. Sue blinked and scanned the room. Kirin had said on the left, right...?
The door reopened, and Sue stepped clear of the room. "Wrong door," he mumbled, correcting his course after a moment of confusion. No big deal, right?
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Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 2:21 am
After a few moments, Kirin decided it might be an idea to keep an eye on his tipsy friend (and maybe laugh to himself as Sue wove back and forth as he went). Kirin turned around in time to see Sue open the wrong door. It took a few moments for his brain to catch up and send him rapid-fire images of how things could go very wrong depending on what Sue might notice present in there - girl's clothes, girl's underwear, photos of his mom and happy boy-kid Kirin, <******** starseeds in his top drawer.
"No, hey, wait!" Kirin yelped, waving an arm at Sue while trying to leap over the couch to stop him. Which might have worked had alcohol not been part of the equation. As it was, there was a frantic scrabbling as Kirin leant over the back of the couch - and tumbled over, landing unceremoniously in a tangle of limbs. He was just in time to watch an upside-down Sue walk out of his upside-down bedroom.
"Wrong door," the upside-down (and kind of blurry) Sue mumbled.
Kirin waved an arm at the correct door, presenting an air of dignity and an I-completely-meant-to-do-that composure. "Carry on," he croaked.
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Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 12:06 am
This time, at least, Sue successfully navigated the challenge of perfectly logical floor planning to the bathroom. A few minutes later, a few splashes of water on the face, and he emerged a relieved - and somewhat sheepish - individual.
"Thinkin' I'd better be on my way," Sue announced, slurring only slightly. "Long ways home from here, y'know." That, and he'd probably get lost on the way if he dared even one more drink. Knowing his luck, he'd probably run into a youma on the way home, anyway; or worse, Luna. "But uhm -- Kirin, have you got my number? I don't have one of those fancy cell phone the Lunars've got, but landlines have their place. Figure, I'm gonna dig into the survivor's list, make sure people are still survivors. I'm sure you'll want to hear if that's not the case."
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Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 6:21 am
By the time Sue emerged from the bathroom, Kirin had managed to right himself and take a seat on the couch once more. His head swung up as Sue mentioned his plan to leave - something Kirin would not normally have been opposed to (especially after such a close call), were it not for Sue slurring his words.
"Are you sure you're gonna be right to make your way back?" Kirin asked. There was an unspoken, blunt, 'You're ******** tipsy, if not on your way to plastered, you know.' He didn't know how far 'a long ways' was, but it seemed to Kirin like it was TOO far. "You can sleep it off on the couch, if you want. I've got an errand to run - hospital visiting hours should be over, so I'm right to break and enter - but, y'know, if you wanna crash..." The picture of nonchalant, Kirin looked away and scratched at the side of his nose.
Kirin fished through the pockets of his skirt, retrieving a slim black phone. He flipped the top open and passed it over to Sue (no tossing of breakable electronics while both their reactions were impaired). "Stick your number in? Sucks about the phones. Even if you Zodiacs get something of your own, from what Kitty Meow-Mix was saying, they won't work to contact each other? Stupid." Not that he wanted to talk to the Zodiac senshi. God, there was zero chance Andeon wouldn't start prank calling, or worse yet, attempting to booty call, every other senshi he could get a hold of. His other (better?) half would probably be willing to assist him in both endeavours.
"You should see if there's some secret kitty-handshake-communication magic. Y'know, when you ask about the headlasering." Kirin may have been a little stuck on the idea of headlasers. They were ******** AWESOME and clearly Sue needed to learn this because Astraea was not allowed to be more awesome than Sue (Zue?) with his armour and actual usefulness and not-sucking-as-a-person-slash-cat.
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