The Morning Blues

The Morning Blues
Date of Scene:	04 December 2012
Location:	Fluorgis - Shard Seekers HQ
Synopsis:	Shiki wakes up. Priel does another bad thing. Reize is caught in the middle!
Cast of Characters:	Priel Aylin, Shiki Misaki, Reize Seatlan

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Shiki Misaki has posed:
Boy, is it ever Tuesday.

Shiki Misaki has taken a little time to step back and smell the roses, following a schedule of some considerable adventure and imperilment and the like in the last couple months. Seeing that she was onto a good thing with the clothing repair business, she's been establishing her seamstress skills rather than her stabbing skills. It helps that there hasn't been any sign of the Reapers- or at least any that have reached her ears.

And so, another morning begins in Fluorgis.

"Reeeize! I'm gonna take a shower, do you need to use the bathroom?"

Reize Seatlan has posed:
"ZZZzzzZZzz..."
Reize has been knocked out. It's morning. What do you expect out of the boy? He is in a deep sleep. So deep that nothing seems like it can wake him.
It takes a couple of moments, but emerging from his bed is the wonderful beagle, Dandy. The small puppy reaches up for the bed, climbing on it and it hops on the boy's stomach. It whimpers, presses its nose to the boy's face.
"ZZzzzZZZzzz..."
Reize is in a deep sleep.
Dandy, however, barks out towards Shiki.

Shiki Misaki has posed:
"...well, ok, if you're sure..." Shiki says, entirely to herself. She shrugs and wanders off.

Mr. Mew busies himself with getting some dog food ready. Can openers: one thing you can operate without opposeable thumbs if you know how (and are animated by psychokinesis). This doesn't count as mass hysteria because he's not a real cat.

Shiki tosses her hat on a coatrack and shrugs. Not my fault if a queue forms behind me, Seatlan~

Thank goodness for copper, eh? Running water. You don't know how you take it for granted until you've got to make an effort to have it.

Priel Aylin has posed:
It has been more than a while since anyone has heard anything regarding the young adventurer by the name of Priel. With no significant ties to anyone in this new work, she saw no need to inform anyone of her whereabouts or plans, thus leading to what many people would love to call 'a very welcome peace'.

But alas, all good things must eventually come to an end. And in this case, the relative peace that the Shard Seekers had found themselves was going to go down the drain, and fast.

"Ah, it's been a while since I set foot into this rinky dink city~" The red haired girl mused aloud as she walked through the streets, a travel sack slung over her shoulder. It seemed that her appearanced changed slightly in the time she was gone. Her hair was loose, flowing down her back freely, and the fangs in her mouth her a bit more prominent. Her wardrobe remained mostly the same, with one change; the white skirt from before was replaced with one of black color, a golden lining encircling the hem.

but the most striking changes of all definitely had to be the long tail swaying about behind her and the black talons protruding from her fingers. If it wasn't obvious that Priel wasn't human before...well, it sure was now.

Eventually, she comes to a stop in front of their very headquarters, looking up at the building curiously. "Huh, so this is where those morons stay..." And then without further ado, she let herself inside, offering no greeting or call out to warn anyone of her presence. After all, Ivo had told her that if she needed a place to stay or if she needed to use the facilities, the place was open to her. And now she planned to make good on that offer. She was too lazy to bother with an inn right now anyway. "Phew! It's bee a while since I've been in a city...I need a shower."

And so the girl nodded to herself, confirming her goal before heading off for the bathroom...

Shiki Misaki has posed:
It sure is peaceful. It's so nice to put those days when you were being chased by carnivorous, terrible things, across the desert. And we've sure encountered more than our fair share of THOSE, HAVEN'T WE, REIZE? >:(

Shiki hasn't even seen any lizards with big teeth in weeks. She's also not run across her worst friend, which means she is similarly unaware of Priel becoming just as horrible on the outside as she is on the inside, or somesuch poetic nonsense. As such, surely her guard against those sort of terrible things is down, which will surely be to her disadvantage!

Mr. Mew's back is CONVENIENTLY TURNED when Priel walks in like she owns the place, otherwise he would surely... do... something, like, I don't know, throw the lid of the dog food can at her, maybe. Something involving minimal effort.

And so Priel will be able to walk into the bathrooms and hear someone else is already in the showers, perhaps to pounce on Shiki, at her most vulnerable! Won't someone save her?!

Reize Seatlan has posed:
Dandy, unable to wake the head of the Shard Seekers, goes through a different approach. he dog tugs along the boy's shirt. It chomps down against the boy, tugging against him.

...Suddenly, the beagle's ears perk. It departs from Reize, quickly running into the lobby for food that is being opened up by the wonderful Mr. Mew!

Meanwhile,
"ZzZZzzz..." As the dog leaves, the door opens, and this triggers a bird flying off. And as that bird flies off, a ball moves inside of the boy's room...

Priel Aylin has posed:
Priel did notice that silly stuffed toy working in the kitchen as she passed. But with it's back turned, she paid the thing no mind as walked right on by as she eventually entered the bathrooms. It wasn't much longer before she noticed that someone seemed to already be inside. "Oh, someone here already? How disappointing..."

Her eyes roamed across the immediate area before eventually coming across a very distinct hat. That sort of thing only belonged to one person she knew! ...And if the shower was currently in use, then...

"Ohooooo~?" Well now, this had suddenly become a very interesting situation. If she was right, then it was Shiki in the shower right now. Oh boy, this was too much. So exploitable! ...But how to exploit it? Well, first thing's first, time to take a...closer look~

And so the girl set her travel bag down, before quietly taking a couple steps closer to glance into the shower area and confirm her findings...

Shiki Misaki has posed:
Personally, Mr. Mew thinks that Shiki's gotten too complacent recently, and she could probably use a good shock to the system. He didn't make anything resembling effort to stop Priel from entering because, technically speaking, as a Player she could wake up at any given time of the day or night with some insane, arbitrary quest to fulfil, and if she's been sewing for three weeks she might forget how to... stand there and mime attacks... while he does the fighting OK maybe Mr. Mew's just a jerk.

He is, after all, an independant being with his own thought processes. Obviously.

Back to the shower.

Shiki sure is showering! There's even an extensive assortment of lady cosmetics and stuff nearby.

Like ten bottles.
Seriously, there's a lot of stuff.
I don't know why women need it all.

Reize Seatlan has posed:
And the ball gets rolling...
The ball hits the bed. And soon, the bed begins to wobble. As the bed wobbles, a shoe falls off of the other bed.
When that shoe falls, it slams against a springboard, which sends a larger and heavier looking ball flying.
The ball lands right on a stack of books. A slight tilt leads for a large stack of books to edge near the sleeping boy.
Just waiting.

Priel Aylin has posed:
Seeing all of those bottles of lady products, not even Priel could tell why any girl would need all of that. Then again, it was not like she was exactly the shining example for females everywhere.

Oh well, the fight DID give her a very evil idea however. With all of those bottles, she was sure that Shiki wouldn't notice if the contents had been changed...And so, concocting a devious plot, she returned to her travel bag, kneeling down and rummaging through it for something specific.

"Aha, here we are~" The girl spoke triumphantly and she produced a clear bottle of...blue liquid. It looked slimy and there were bits of other stuff in it. Lord knew what exactly it was.

Oh wait, she did. It was apparently the essence of a slime monster. Contact with skin usually would produce an itching sensation with the wonderful added effect of turning your skin blue temporarily.

Now what exactly could Priel be planning to do with this?

Well, she was heading back to the bottles...taking the one closest to the shower...emptying it's contents...pouring the slime essence in...and now she was sneaking back out of sight to wait.

"Ehehehehe~ this is going to be glorious~" She half giggled, half whispered to herself, waiting for that telltale cry of indignation...

Shiki Misaki has posed:
Mr. Mew stands in front of Reize's room and waits. Then he revises his stance, and peeks around the door frame. Either way, he's /gotta/ see this.

Elsewhere, far away from stuffed cats trying to emulate the cruelty of the living kind, Shiki is washin' her hair. Do you know, in the old days, she had to pick grit out of her hair in the mornings? And let's not even get into that day she fell asleep on top of a discarded hot dog.

And now, Shiki falls into the terrible pitfall of having so many bottles of stuff: you forget which one is which and what does what.

Time passes.

wait for it wait for it wait for it


"WHAT THE PFARGTL AUGH"

The sound of a bottle being hurled across the room with great force! "WHAT THE HECK? STUPID CHEAP-ASS DISCOUNT SHOWER GEL?!"

Reize Seatlan has posed:
And the shout is the final nail in the coffin.
As the indignant cries echo, those books? They finally tilt over....
And drop down on Reize like a sack of bricks. The boy's eyes widen and he chokes. "Agggghghhhh!!!!" He clutches onto his stomach, comical tears swelling.
Godwhy...

Priel Aylin has posed:
And there it was. Hearing that yell followed by the sight of the bottle clattering against the opposite wall, cap flying off and blue slime slowly oozing out onto the floor, Priel knew that her ploy had successfully been completed.

Now don't laugh, don't laugh, don't laugh....! Aw hell, who was she kidding? Of course she was going to laugh!

"BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" And laugh she did, sparing no further concern for her stealth, the girl ended up having to hold her sides as she stumbled out into clear view for Shiki to see.

"E-Enjoying that new shower gel? ...Pffft! Ahahahahahaha!" Unable to resist for much longer after that question, a fresh bout of laugher came forth. Oh this was brilliant! Utterly immature, but hilarious nonetheless.

And that was all that mattered of course.

It helped that she could also hear a brief cry of pain elsewhere, it sounded like their leader; Reize. Oh boy! This was like a chain reaction! Maybe Lily would trip over her own feet and faceplant somewhere next?

She'd pay money to see that.

...Actually no, she wouldn't. But still!

Shiki Misaki has posed:
"AUGH IT'S YOU"

Shiki is currently mottled blue, like some horrible Violet Bearegarde, but even worse is the fact that Priel's here! In the bathroom! Looking at her! Well, not /really/ looking at her because she's too busy laughing but /still/!

Shiki wails and covers herself up, and grabs a bottle or two to throw at Priel.

"Mr. Meeeew! Reeeeeeize!" she wails at the top of her voice, swinging her shampoo around by the neck. Then she realises:

"WAIT DON'T ACTUALLY COME IN HERE THOUGH. I MEAN. GET OVER HERE BUT DON'T. JUST DO SOMETHING."

Reize Seatlan has posed:
God. My everything. Why.

Reize groans in pain, then he hears Shiki's shout. Getting up from the bed, Reize charges in full pajamas. "I'm coming Shiki..!" Reize is charging.

Reize heroically charges. He runs into the hall and then he charges... Until Dandy gets in the way. "Gah!"

Dandy yelps and runs past Reize. As the boy mutters, he turns towards the door. "Whooooaaa!!!"

And the door opens. Then Reize falls on his face. "Oof!"

And he sees Priel.

>:( "YOU!!!!!"

And then he sees Shiki.

*o_o* "..Uhh..."

Priel Aylin has posed:
"Ahahahaha!, b-but how can you just--"

BONK.

The first shampoo bottle bounces off of Priel's head as she is too busy laughing it up to bother dodging. That wakes her up enough to sidestep the second bottle, avoiding another head injury. ...Not that it was much of an injury to begin with. But alas.

"Ow! Hahaha! Come on! You look wonderful with blue skin~" She cooed, her laughing dying down to a chuckle now as she calmed down enough to give Shiki a straight look. She didn't seem to care that the other was naked. Nope. Not at all.

And then came Reize, like the hero he was...standing in the open doorway. ".....Oh my~" Priel started, bringing a hand to cover her mouth as she feigned surprise. "Hello there, idiot leader~" The girl greeted, fluttering her other hand at him in greeting. "Come to see your girlfriend's new makeover? Do come in. It IS rather striking now, is it not~?"

Nope, Priel was no helping whatsoever.

Not as if that was anything new now.

Shiki Misaki has posed:
See, I warned you about that puppy. I told you, dogs.

It was just too good to last, wasn't it? Shiki is backed into a corner, here! It's a big pinch! And she knows someone else she'd like to give a big pinch to.

She reaches for another bottle, when Reize comes crashing in. Now she's got double the trouble, and in addition to blue she's going to turn even pinker than she already was. Shiki covers herself up as best she possibly can, which isn't much considering she's only got two hands, and she can't carry up all the blue patches either, and she doesn't even have anywhere she can run off to, so basically all she can /do/ is stand there.

And that's when Mr. Mew walks in with a towel.

Reize Seatlan has posed:
 !!!

Reize immediately turns round to roll out of the bathroom.

"Sorry Shiki!!!"

He stands outside of the room,"Get out, Priel! Why are you even here?!" He grumbles, looking irritated. Reize is still pretty upset about that whole taking all of the treasure that could had gotten the Shard Seekers in the charts as far as clans go.

Priel Aylin has posed:
"Fine, fiiiiiine~" Shrugging at that, Priel knelt down, tail swaying momentarily, as she took up her own bag again and stepped out of the bathroom, finally giving Shiki the privacy she so desperately needed.

Not that it particularly mattered at this point.

"As for why I'm here..." She started, trailing off in a mocking cliffhanger as she stood outside the bathroom, closing the door as well. "...Well, let's just say that your babysitter invited me~"

With that said, all else Reize was offered was a wide smile that certainly suggested terrible things.

But then, her smiles never were pleasant, were they?

Shiki Misaki has posed:
Mr Mew, you're my only friend.

Shiki snatches up the towel gratefully offered to her by her constant companion and the only person she can really trust, which is a bit sad really. Shower ruined, and also blue, she covers herself up and sits on a stool while Priel saunters out and shuts the door on her.

And she smells bad, she grumbles to herself, looking in a mirror.

Cheer up, Shiki, it could have been worse. She could have replaced your shower gel with garlic.

Reize Seatlan has posed:
Blink.

Reize looks at Priel as she finally steps out. Then, he peers at her closer as she mentions about a certain babysitter. Wait, a baby sitter?

"We have no baby sitter! We..." Wait a second. There is only one person who has been overly friendly with Priel. The one person who would evne go as far as inviting her into th headquarters.

...
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"IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII -VVVVVVVVVVVOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!"

Priel Aylin has posed:
"Ding ding ding! You win the prize~!"

Priel spoke cheerfully, winking as Reize came to this realization about his friend and partner. "Your babysitter, Ivo, told me that if I needed a place to stay or if I needed to use the facilities, I was welcome to it. So here I am~"

Ivo, what have you done?

"I was going to have myself a nice shower when I found your girlfriend here already within." A nonchalant shrug followed that statement and then Priel simply dropped her bag to the floor.

"Miss me~?"

Shiki Misaki has posed:
"GALLLLLLLVAAAAAAAAAAAN!"

He has a surname, after all.

"Reize, tell her she can't stay here!" she shouts, still from inside the bathroom. "I can't fall asleep with her in the house! I'll wake up and find myself covered in barbeque sauce!"

Mr. Mew walks outside and stands in front of the door, and decides to repurpose that can-opener as a defensive weapon. None shall pass.