30 - Pepe

[radiantwingedone]

Who: Duke and anyone ever-
When: 4/13 (After no-longer part of Host Club, at least)
Where: Library, on way to library, somewhere shady and reading
What: Duke's actually out of the house! ... and in the library.
[ Style ]

[ So he'd been worrying people by not leaving the house, and since he didn't have a purpose in leaving the house daily - albeit one that he'd been ignoring recently - Duke is out and about today.

Mostly to the library. Even if he had been reading at .. home, and he would just be reading at the library, clearly the change in location was going to mean something.

At least, that was his plan. Hopefully actually going out and about helps lighten worries.

... Even if he casually skirts the hostclub just for reactions. ]

Comments

[symmetrophile]

[It happens either on Duke's way to the Library or on his way back, but it begins with the sound of sputtering bursts of air guttering out of small turbines in the air, and then:]

Beelzebub?! What's wro--

[And there's a startled cry, as something surges forward, does a large loop-the-loop in the air, dropping its rider -- a youth with white stripes in his dark hair -- only to catch him on its way back around.

Which just means as the flying skateboard careens on its way towards Duke, the 'rider' is clinging to the board with the sort of wide-eyed staring that suggests this was the last thing he had expected to do today.

It's a miracle he doesn't actually crash into Duke.

Rather, Kid is clotheslined right out of the air by a lamp post, and he lands in a painful heap on the ground at his feet. It's the sort of landing that should leave a regular teenager with terrible injuries and a long red smear on the pavement, but there's neither of these.

However, he still groans. Wow, that. Really hurt.]

[ladyinscarlet]

[An has come to the library to look for something to read. It may get somewhat boring when she's on call the clinic. In the end that's good, because it means her patients are doing well, but she must still do her job.

As she looks for books, she finds Duke, entirely absorbed in a book. After a moment's hesitation, she decides to greet him.]

Good afternoon, Duke. How have you been doing?

[beauchevalier]

[Angelo is sitting outside on a beach near the host club taking a break when his eyes see Duke. He doesn't say a word, he simply sits there on the bench and eats his lunch. He's cooled down since their talk, but he still doesn't excuse what he did.]

[bootsweremadeforcasting]

[Duke had been absent from the club. Jade didn't want to admit curiosity, but the club had been so constant in the people that he found it odd that someone didn't show up.

He knew Duke vaguely enough to know that the man would be in the library, so in the library he would search. Finding him was no small task, but within a good span, he spotted the man and approached him with a knock on the bookshelf he was by.]

Mind if I intrude~?

[relinquishing]

[Between Zelda's arguement with him about the man and his absence from the club as a whole, it wasn't much of a surprise that seeing Duke cross right in front of the club windows immediately caught Guy's attention. Not that he could leave his station at this very moment - he didn't plan to, anyways - but as soon as he manages the break, he's slipping over to the library, quietly peeking around the bookcases until he finds Duke.

He lets out a tired sigh, hands on his hips.]

Hey, Duke... I don't mean to interrupt or anything. But are you doing alright?

[booyaka_boom]

*Soon as Selphie's eyesight had recovered from her unfortunate incident with Lloyd, she was desperate to do all the things she though she'd never get to do again, and that included reading. So Selphie's in the library too, only maybe that little bit less quiet than some. It seems she's found a book that she'd like, but it's a little too high up for her. She tries on her tiptoes, tries jumping up and down, and she's about to try climbing in a moment, glancing around to see if any one else is near by. She sees Duke, and recognises him as the one from the video that the other Zelos showed. Hmm... She'll ask for help if the climbing goes badly...*