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[scepterho]

Date & Time: December 16-ish? Anytime.
Location: Winter Wonderland!
Characters: Saruhiko Fushimi, acquaintances and whoever else feels like crashing
Summary: The moon sucks and he’s got a guy to stalk.
Warnings: Surliness.

( munakata never said fushimi couldn’t leave the moon base. he also never said to inform him of any future travel plans. and really, nothing the king could have said would have stopped him regardless, so here he is. he first procures a nice shack far away from too many people for a base of operations.

then he sets out on his journey. but this is a big frozen wasteland, and even certain extremely loud people can be hard to find. so along the way he may be spotted doing one of several things, like sitting at a fire and, uh, throwing knives at any cats or other small animals which approach to scare them off, or peering at a nearby yeti from around a tree. otherwise he’s just got the “stalking” look about him, slowly making his way around populated areas in an obvious investigation of some kind. )

( ooc: you can actually write whatever starter you want if you don’t like the sound of all that. do your worst. )

Comments

[redsea]

Yes. I can walk from here.

[ Kougyoku doesn't want to stay with him any longer. She walks ahead, but before Fushimi can take his leave, she turns around. ]

You're not exactly Yata's friend, right?

[ Although he claimed he was, Kougyoku could tell there something off "A friend of a friend is a friend," they told her, so... ]

Then, is it okay if I make you my enemy?

[scepterho]

( he looks back down at his shoes at her first question. because, no, not exactly, not anymore.

but her next question earns a moment of silence. right when it's about to get awkward he begins chuckling, still staring straight down. it isn't the loose, crazy laugh he tends to let out whenever yata's concerned--it's quieter. perhaps no less unsettling for that fact, though. )

Ah, now it all makes sense. ( what is that supposed to mean? he's not telling, but he does look her straight in the eye. ) Declaring people important after just meeting them once again, are we? Thanks for asking my permission, but no. Someone like you isn't worth the effort.

[redsea]

[ She immediately brandishes her hairpin at him. The accessory begins to glow, but only for a moment. She won't let her emotions rule over her. Not this time.

There will be other opportunities, but for now... ]

I am Kougyoku Ren, Eighth Imperial Princess of the Kou Empire, Conqueror of the 45th Dungeon, Vinea. [ Not that those titles matter anymore, but when she insists on them, it doesn't mean she wants to be friends. More importantly, she isn't just anybody. ] I'll do as I wish.

[ Telling him that will bite her back someday.

Satisfied with that introduction, she puts her hairpin back in its place and turns her back toward him. The walk home feels somewhat longer than usual. ]

[scepterho]

( he just watches her go, not having reacted any way in particular when she revealed her hairpin.

he can make things glow too, princess. scary.

she's an annoying homra lapdog like the rest of them, it seems, but in hindsight he has to admit that was kinda entertaining. the princess defending the naive knight-in-distress.

and he has to be grateful, in a way. now he knows where misaki lives. )