Hajime | 001

[beautifies]

Who: Hajime and YOU!
Location: Arrives in the plaza and moves from there
Time: All is quiet on New Year's Daaaaaaay...
Style: I'll match whatever you throw at me. ♥
Status: OPEN LIKE THE WINDOWWWWWWW TO THE WALLLLLLL

[There's a soaking teen walking around the plaza. He appears none too happy, whether it's the way he flicks the water free from his wrists and legs or the way his grimace furrows lower and lower down his face. He looks around but rather than shock, he appears...quite comfortable.]

Vatheon again. Hmph. Once again, this place has brought me at such an inconvenient time. Of all days, it has to be New Year...

[He takes his glasses off to wipe them dry but he can't even manage that properly with a soaking shirt. He fiddles with it for a bit before catching his reflection off a pool of water. More importantly...

His hair.

Seriously, do you know how long he spends styling his hair in the mornings? To wet it like this...]

This... This is a travesty! To spend the first day of the new year like this... My first words of the year...

[And thus starts Hajime's not-so-silent battle to find proper hair products. Of course, he's not about to put his masculinity on the line. Anybody might find him acting suspiciously around town.]

Comments

[disastergirl]

[lkjkd. She actually jumped when he snatched it like that. Of course, only a split second later she just kept on talking as if that never happened.]

If it's really none of my concern, then you can hand me my towel back now. [holds her hand out.]

After all, there wouldn't be much point to sticking around otherwise, now would there?

[beautifies]

Tch.

[Fine. You wanna talk like that? He'll use it quickly and throw it at her. He shouldn't be inconveniencing a woman anyway.]

Here.

[disastergirl]

[And when he threw it back it hit her in the face. Oh dear.]

Hmph! You really haven't changed at all, have you? And what do you think you're doing, tossing it back at me like that? That's no way to treat a lady!

[beautifies]

[He glares. He feelings about women are Complex. Don't you lecture him about what he should or shouldn't do.]

Next time, be sure to catch it!

[disastergirl]

[That had a zero percent chance of happening, unfortunately. orz ]

I held out my hand for a reason! [POUT.] You're the one who threw it at me in the first place...

[beautifies]

[That's okay. Even though he says otherwise, he likes a strong willed woman.]

You told me to return it. You specified nothing more.

[disastergirl]

[Ooh Mr. Hajime ooh. ...wait no.]

Now you're just nitpicking! Why were you wandering around in the first place, anyway?

[Because asking a second time would totally help.]

[beautifies]

[Let's do it. And I mean your makeup.]

What does it look like? I've returned here once again. How long has it been since I left? It appears nothing much has changed.

[disastergirl]

[What makeup :V ]

It's been months. Or something like that, anyway.

...The only big change that's happened lately is the elevator that goes to the island on the surface. [She doesn't look very happy about that news, though.]

[beautifies]

[The makeup he's about to put on your face.]

How many months? [He's not particularly concerned but it was closer to a year back in his home world, so...]

An elevator to the surface? [He's clearly shocked to hear this. And maybe...hopeful?] So, it's an exit?

[disastergirl]

Around three? I don't know, I've been trying to avoid thinking about when people leave! [tsun!]

[pauses and bites her lip.] If it really was an exit, no one would be here anymore. You can go up there on your own if you want to.

[beautifies]

That's it? It seems that time passes more slowly here than in my home world.

[Not even catching that you were waiting for him. :))]

You're hesitant to talk about it. What's up there that could possibly be worse than being down here?

[disastergirl]

That's it! ...Probably. I don't have a clue why you're so far ahead, though.

[and she prefers it that way dgkjdkfl]

Some people were kidnapped from that island not long after the elevator was built. If I were you, I wouldn't go up there without a good reason!

[beautifies]

Who knows. I doubt this world follows any kind of order.

If they were kidnapped, then you don't know what happened to them. They could be safe for all you know.

[disastergirl]

They're back now, but they were still gone for around a week or so. None of them remembered what happened during that time either.

...As far as I know, anyway!

[beautifies]

[...you are a bad liar.]

You were one of those who went to the surface?

[disastergirl]

[...yeah, pretty much.]

Does it really matter if I was or not? It's all over and done with either way!

[beautifies]

[Oh, you.]

Then why hide the fact at all?

[disastergirl]

Because I want to.

[Uh.]

Now that you have the gist of what happened, there's no point in talking about it anymore.

[beautifies]

They tampered with your memories and you want to forget it ever happened? I can't forgive that. To involve a woman in this... It's disgraceful.

[Marching off to set this straight. Fight him. N-Not that he cares or anything!!]

[disastergirl]

Hey, hold on a second!

[She didn't stand directly in his way, but she did keep step with him. ... Well, there really wasn't much point in continuing the charade any longer anyway.]

I already feel enough like a weakling for getting caught in the first place! I don't need you to rub it in by going off and doing...whatever you're going to do!

[Luckily (?) for him she was still absolutely rubbish at recognizing those tsun tendencies of his!]

[beautifies]

You're a woman. Somebody should have protected you! In any case, I'll find out who is responsible for this by myself.

[Don't try to stop him. He will reclaim your honor!]

[disastergirl]

[She will try regardless! o9 ]

I don't want other people to protect me! You're not going to find anything or anyone if you run off like this anyway!

[beautifies]

It's too late to say such things. It should be simple enough if I see it for myself, right?

[disastergirl]

Ugh! [foot stomp!] Why do you have to be so stubborn!?

[LOOK WHO'S TALKING]