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[godsoffortune]

Who: Everyone!
What: Ageswapping
When: July 15-17
Where: Everywhere
Summary: A breach in the space-time continuum is messing things up.

Continuing from HERE!

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[erogappa]

[ Okay, that part he understands. ]

But that's not fair! They shoulda thrown the other guy out, not you! The guy who was fighting in the first place.

[ This is beyond stressful. Gojyo fumbles his stolen pack of cigarettes out of his pocket -- there's only three in there, and they're pretty badly creased and twisted, but they're his and it makes him feel all grown up to have them.

He pulls one out, considers it, then offers the pack to Doku. ]

Here.

[royaltyloyalty]

[ Gojyo having cigarettes even at this age doesn't surprise him so much - the surprise is in being offered them. ]

What? You don't have to give me anything, even after everything I told you.

[ He pushes his hand against the pack, but more to get Gojyo's hand back towards himself. ]

That kinda stuff... I'm not gonna say it doesn't matter, but the clan's not here, so it's not like it can happen all over again either. Keep your stuff, man.

[erogappa]

[ And just like that, the sad and somber mood is broken. ]

I wasn't givin' you one 'cause you told me that stuff! [ He stuffs the pack roughly back into his pocket, then jams his own unlit cigarette between his lips, effectively muffling himself. ] I was just sharin' to be nice!

[ Grown ups. Ugh. He lights his cigarette with barely a cough, and blows twin jets of annoyed smoke out of his nose in Doku's direction. So there. ]

[royaltyloyalty]

[ He smirks a bit. That sort of huffy attitude is definitely preferable to somber stuff. ]

Sorry, sorry - I don't smoke a lot, so I don't know how that works.

[ But likewise, it's why he's not put out by the 'gift' being rescinded. ]

[erogappa]

[ He sucks down a searing lungful and exhales it off to the side (from his throat this time -- too much blowing smoke out of his nose will give him a headache.) ]

You're not gonna tell me I'm too little? That it'll... [ What did the other people earlier today say? ] ...it'll make me stay short an' girls won't like me?

[royaltyloyalty]

[ Doku shakes his head. Truth is that he didn't think there was any point giving Gojyo crap about it since he'd - eventually, hopefully - become an adult again, plus they could probably get away with plenty of things in Heaven that they couldn't before. ]

Nah. Rough enough you can't remember everything about yourself. I'm not gonna tell you what to do.

[ Just kinda watch and make sure it doesn't become something that could get him killed. A weird thought since Gojyo's treated as already dead by the Heavens, but he keeps hoping that's not true either. Maybe it's denial. He can't help it after all he's done. ]

[erogappa]

[ The guy's being nice enough again, but Gojyo stiff huffs, letting himself feel momentarily sorry for himself. ]

I can't remember anything about myself, 'cept my name. I'm Sha Gojyo, an' I'm a human, an' I'm a kid... I'm a boy... [ Feeling less and less sorry for himself all the time, he's reaching for things that he knows. ] I can beat up other kids twice my size, an' I like octopus...

[ Oh, right. ] What's your name?

[royaltyloyalty]

[ Human? Ah... yeah, about that... He really wants to clarify that but feels like he can't. If Gojyo doesn't know it, he can't possibly go down that road. And it's hardly the most sunshiney of topics either, so he ultimately decides to let it go.

He crosses his arms over his chest, but in a relaxed sort of mood mirroring Gojyo's calmer attitude. ]

Dokugakuji. Doku for short. But if it gets late and you don't have anywhere to stay, you can call me on these phones they gave us - it's just a different name on there. One I didn't pick - Ksitigarbha. Just look up the K's, it's the longest one on there.

[ He says not realizing yet that there's a Konohanasakuyahime. ]

[erogappa]

[ That earns Doku a disdainful eyebrow. ]

We just met, [ --he says, like it's the most obvious thing in the world. Dude might be a cool youkai and all, but he's hardly going home with some strange man.

And wait, did he just say... ]

Shitty garbage? Your name is shitty garbage?

[royaltyloyalty]

No, my name isn't shitty garbage. It's my title, get it right.

[ Just for that Gojyo gets a real hair ruffle. ]

And hey at least you'll remember it!

[erogappa]

[ Just for that, Shitty Garbage gets his arm smacked away. But it doesn't stop Gojyo's laughing. ]

You must'a really pissed somebody off!

[royaltyloyalty]

[ At least they're both laughing. ]

Only people who deserved it. No regrets.

[ Big dumb grin now. ]

I should go check on my shinki, but since you'll remember my title now - you know how to reach me.