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Who: Izaya and whoever wants to interact
Where: Plaza. Probably near the elevator.
When: Evening about.
Style: Action. Because.
Status: Open

[It's not that unusual to see Izaya looking happy. It's just unusual to see him lugging so much shit with him. Okay, it's not a lot, but by his standard- it's too much.

There's a telescope slung around his shoulder, a blanket under the other arm, and then a basket filled with who knows what, probably heads of dullahans or something, in his spare hand.

He's peering up at the bubble as he makes his way towards the elevator.

When. Oh no. A book that had been crammed into the top of the basket topples out. The tragedy.

But look.

Izaya keeps walking. Wow, his attention must be elsewhere pretty intense. And what is that book anyway? It looks weird. Are those instructions on human sacrifice------!!!

Actually it's just a fairy tale. But who can read kanji anyway? Aw look at the fairies-]

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[Oh hey Ruca, you adorable little thing, it's been a while and Izaya's face brightens up at the sound of your voice.]

Nya, Ruca! [You're such a considerate little guy. He snatches his book and that's when he notices-]

My, is that a sword!

[Dude, you barely look like you can hold a book, let alone a huge sword. Izaya's kind of impressed.]

_{[Ruca is happy to see you, too. He smiles a little...

...Then suddenly, he gets all awkward, because-]}

Yes, it's a sword. A broadsword, to be exact.

_{[and let's add that this sword's really heavy, but Ruca doesn't seem to have any problems carrying it around. Such is power of the Overlord Asura!]}

Oooooh. Wow. It looks so heavy!

[Observation made. He looks even more impressed now.]

Do you really fight with that? Ruca! I never knew. You've been holding out on me with some secrets!

N-no, I... I...

_{[he has a lot of secrets he would never tell you. But how is he going to say that to you now.]}

A-anyway, I do fight with it... But you see, there's a lot of monsters in my world... so... _{[he's so nervous. Avoiding eye contact!]} Um, b-besides, it's... it's not that heavy... _{[nope, not at all. Especially that so far the only person able to lift this thing is Ruca himself. For everyone else that sword was way too heavy.]}

[Probably for the best. Telling Izaya you have secrets is like putting your hand in a shark's mouth. Not a good idea.]

Ahh! So Ruca isn't as useless as one might think! Nnn? What's wrong, Ruca? [Don't do that. Izaya is going to notice.] What are you so anxious about? You could use that sword to impress people. Why hide it?

Of course I'm not useless...

_{[he sounds hurt. He really does. Why does nobody believe in him?!

...Oh sure, he doesn't believe in himself, too, but that's a complete different matter!]}

...Impress people? _{[he glances at the sword on his back.]} I don't think there is much to be impressed about this. _{[his voice is so oddly calm and the look in his eyes seems to be distant.]} I'd rather not use this sword at all...

Aw, I didn't mean that out to say like you were. You just come across as more or less defensive. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing.

[Yes it is. Look at the predators you attract.]

Really? I'm very impressed by it! I don't think even my dumb boyfriend could lift that and he can pull out whole street signs. So I think it's really impressive. And in general, so is anyone who can wield a sword. It's difficult, I know.

[Stop being such an open book, Ruca. You have him more interested.]

Oh? Why is that...?

_{[it is definitely a bad thing.]}

...Your boyfriend? _{[... he thinks that's the first time he's heard Izaya mention he had a boyfriend?]} ...Wait, he really can pull out whole street signs?

_{[wow. now that's what you can call a strong guy.]}

...I don't want to fight anyone. Back home... _{[looking sad.]} I had to fight a lot.

[Oh, huh.]

Did I say that? [He sounds a bit surprised. After a moment though, he merely shrugs.] Yeah, he can. He's thrown whole vending machines and even cars before- uh. You don't really seem like you come from a world with cars though. Anyway. He's really strong.

[That's one word for it.]

You don't seem much like a fighter. [He's agreeing with you here. He can get why that'd upset you.] Well then if you don't want to fight anyone then why are you practicing? Just in case?

No, we don't have... cars in my world. Or vending machines. But he does sound like he's really strong.

_{[definitely not someone you would want to anger.]}

I'm not much of a fighter actually, but the situation... forced me to fight. _{[he sighs a bit.]} But I'm practicing just in case. Even though I don't like fighting... that doesn't mean I wouldn't fight if I had to. I've heard the city was attacked in the past, so I thought that if something like that would happen again, I want to be prepared.

Oh. That would make sense...Do you know what a car is then? They're kind of a neat contraption. Same with trains and things like that.

[You've got that right.]

Ah so you're the hero type. So many of those around Vatheon. Makes us lesser people feel really safe. Are you apart of that Defense Group then?

I've never seen one, but I think I've heard something about it. And we do have trains back home.

_{[suddenly he looks embarrassed.]}

W-what... I'm not a hero type or anything like that. _{[he's not! Not at all!]} I'm just doing what I can. Nothing more than that... But yes... I am a part of the defense group.

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