05 - if we walk together, we'll be filled with so much more courage - OPEN

[preciousmemories]

Who: Bar HOMRA residents (Anna, Mikoto, Shiro, Tatara) (+ Ronald Knox) and YOU!
When: Curse week, even during the day.
Where: Bar HOMRA and just outside
Style: [action pls]
Status: OPEN!
What: Curse week shenanigans + an open Bar post

Bar HOMRA's doors are always open to anyone who feels they need a bit of a drink. Nothing's changed about that, even after Izumo left.

This week, though, there's something a bit different outside the door: Anna. If she knows you or you look nice (or are wearing red or look friendly) and you look cold, she will grab your hand and tug insistently until you go into the bar with her.

Why? Because Tatara and King are getting cold too, since Tatara isn't exactly reserved with affectionate contact with his friends. They're the Red Clan. They like being warm. They will make sure you're warm too, if it means they'll be warm.

If you're really interested in a drink, there is a bartender still. If you really want, he'll help you keep warm. He's lonely and in need of hugs after all.

So come and get a drink later in the day, or get warmed up at any time. It's not like they keep regular sleeping hours. Just don't try to eat the fish.

((ooc: If you want a certain person, specify! Otherwise at least Tatara will say something \o\))

Comments

[hardknoxlife]

[ Not to mention they look awesome in suits. ]

Course not! Doesn't even seem to work right here.

[ And motioning towards the door. ]

I've actually got her parked outside if you want to take a quick butchers for yourself.

[doctor_dragoon]

... Parked?

[But he said it was a scythe. Does not compute.]

[diehardreaper]

Yeah. I can't take her in with me. She'll prolly scuff up the floor and there'll be hell to pay if Mister Kusanagi comes back.

[ And vaulting himself over the bar, making his way to the door. ]

Come on then. Just outside.

[doctor_dragoon]

[Yukio watches Ronald land before shrugging to himself and following the reaper toward the door.]

[diehardreaper]

[ By the time Yukio reaches him, he's standing right outside and ready to sling an arm around him the minute he comes over. ]

There she is. Isn't she a beaut?

[ and he's staring at a well polished, rather well maintained shiny red...

lawnmower.

Yep. A lawnmower.

The motorized kind you have to push. ]

[doctor_dragoon]

[Yukio stops dead, the warmth from Ron's arm distracting him for only a moment when he sees the... scythe? Is he serious?]

... Ron-san. That's a lawnmower.

[diehardreaper]

Yeah, I know. She's legal though! Had to go through all the bloody paperwork and everything but all absolutely worth it. I was in a bit of a tizzy when we first arrived. Salt water doesn't do her any good at all.

[ The point, Ronald, you're missing it.

But then his boss uses a tree pruner and his other senior uses a chainsaw. ]

[doctor_dragoon]

[Ron's so proud, like a father talking up his child. And Yukio is baffled.]

... Your scythe is a lawnmower.

[diehardreaper]

Yeah. What of it?

[ Blinking innocently. Now he's baffled. ]

You didn't think we all used sickles, did you?

[doctor_dragoon]

That is what I picture when someone says "scythe".

[diehardreaper]

[ S... so cute... so naive... But then he doesn't really know anything about your brand of reaper lore, does he? ]


Cor, no! I wager the name stuck but you only use a sickle when you're still in training. When you've passed your exams, that's when you get a proper Death Scythe.

[ Says so right on the shiny gold plate on the face of the mower. ]

[doctor_dragoon]

I've never heard of such a thing.

[He continues to frown at the lawnmower for a few moments, but his curiosity soon gets the better of him. He gestures toward the Death Scythe.]

Do you mind if I take a closer look?

[diehardreaper]

Different in every world, I noticed. Met a bunch who operate the same way we do save for what they use. Something bout Shika-- shiki-- she-- I forget.

[ Hands stuffed in his pockets though as he nods at the question. ]

Course you can! We can't reap in this world though. Seems the coral took from her the thing that makes her a real Death Scythe...

[doctor_dragoon]

Shinigami, probably.

[Heading on over there and have a look, then.]

And what is it that makes it a Death Scythe?

[diehardreaper]

Close. I know that's what they call us. Shikigami, I'd wager. Summons.

[ A shrug as he folds his arms over the handles of his scythe. ]

The reap, of course! Take away her ability to reap and she's just a mower. Right handy though zipping about town on her, I've got to say.

[doctor_dragoon]

How do you define "reap"?

[diehardreaper]

[ Ooh! He knew this one! Of course he did! ]

See, mate, when anyone gets cut by a Death Scythe from our world, chances are you'll get a viewing of the person's cinematic record. They're kind of like... ah... I wager they call them "movies" from your time. You know? Moving pictures? Except they're moving pictures of the person's life.

Can't seem to do any of that here. Not that we've reason to, mind.

[doctor_dragoon]

Movies. [Nodnod.] You're the ones who then pass judgement?

[diehardreaper]

If they get another shot at life, yeah. If they're important enough. Where they go after's a different department's job.

[ Saying this as if he was just talking about a normal 9-to-5 job. ]

M'just in Dispatch, mind. We handle the collections.

[doctor_dragoon]

It all sounds very... orderly.

[diehardreaper]

It does, doesn't it?

[ Yay bureaucracy! ]

My boss'd be in a tizzy if anything wasn't filed just so. We've reports to take care of, paperwork, forms... that sort of rubbish.

[doctor_dragoon]

Well, if it helps to keep things orderly...

[Yukio is a fan of properly filed paperwork.]

It is a pretty big job. Things would get messy quickly without proper organization, I imagine.