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Date and Time: Afternoon of the seventh
Location: A certain ruined restaurant with a tarp on the roof
Characters: Asch, Kido, and their tagalongs
Summary: A bunch of teenagers try to fix a roof.
Warnings: Teenagers.

[Sometimes, life happens. Sometimes, the things that happen involve suddenly having to move into a building with a leaky roof, somehow bringing your replica along for the ride.

Seriously, what was he thinking with that one. He ought to kick the idiot out, but at least Luke's willing to work for his keep, which is more than can be said of his roommates back in the Initiative building. And speaking of work -

He's not sure quite how many people Kido was planning on bringing to fix the roof, so their one table is piled with food in the downstairs, burnt-out part of the restaurant. The least he can do is provide lunch, after all, since they're coming to fix the roof on relatively short notice. There's a ladder still propped up against the side of the building outside, and he set up the tarps this morning to provide cover over whoever's working on the leak. There's not much left to do but wait for them to arrive.

And so he props the door open and grabs a piece of fruit from the table, sitting on the floor near the entry to wait.]

Comments

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[Shintaro remembers Asch -- not that he knows the guys name whups -- and thinks oh maybe they might be siblings! So that must be the grumpier red-haired man's name, right?

(If you leave it to Shintaro, he'll probably assume all redheads are related at this point because they're the only two redheads he's met so far.)]

Do you have a bed?

[chosenfake]

[The grumpy one is a good way to refer to Asch. Luke is his sunny-eyed twin, currently trying not to trip as he slides the mattress across the floor. He's pretty strong, but the mattress is unwieldy at best. And kind of floppy.]

Um... not really. I wonder if he'll let me stay here until the housing is all sorted out...

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Hmm... [He pushes the door open further, then uses his free hand to try pushing the mattress a little for Luke.] Why wouldn't he? Isn't he your brother or something?

[chosenfake]

[Your efforts are appreciated, little guy. Luke stops for a moment, blinking and looking a little out of sorts.]

My... brother?

[He wishes.]

He's not... it's complicated.

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Huh? Oh!

Oh, you aren't...? Sorry. I don't see foreigners that often, so I just kind of assumed...

[chosenfake]

Foreigners? What do you mean? We're all pretty foreign here, I think.

[He'd rather talk about that than why he and Asch look like twins. Meanwhile, the mattress is through the door, and Luke moves it against the wall for now.]

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Most people where I'm from, we're all Japanese...

S-sorry, forget about it! Do you need anything else?

[chosenfake]

... Japanese? [... This guy is kind of nervous and flighty. Luke should give him a break.]

Uh, nope, that's it for now. Thanks. I'll head upstairs and see what Asch is up to.

[He turns, then stops.]

I'm Luke, by the way. I didn't catch your name.

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It's an ethnicity.

Oh, I'm Kisaragi. Shintaro Kisaragi. You can call me Shintaro, since my sister's here and it'd get confusing.

[chosenfake]

O... oh. [Like someone from a country? Okay.]

Nice to meet you, Shintaro. Thanks again!

[and off he goes]