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[smilingbullet]

Who: D2 & You
When: July 27th
Where: Tokyo, Lakshmi’s temple, Far Shore
What: Some shopping and post-shopping planting. Plus some wandering with maps.


(( Day | Tokyo 1 ))
[ Sometimes, you need to buy some new clothes and well, sometimes they don’t need to be serious. Things have been feeling sort of serious lately too, because D2 lost his second God not long ago. Then there was yesterday, too.

So he’s scouting out various clothing stores - often the kinds that tourists like - and there are t-shirts plenty with ridiculously misplaced words on them, like “GRAY” written with hot pink letters on a very green background, or “mouse” written under the picture of a cat, or random kaomojis, or silly images or dumb puns.

He’s at a mirror, holding up one ridiculous shirt after the other in front of him to see what they look like more closely. ]

Cute, right?

[ Probably more stupid. The shirt he’s looking at. ]


(( Day | Tokyo 2 ))
[ But he’s not only looking for some funny clothes. He’s also looking around in 100 yen shops, and other cheap places, like street vendors or souvenir shops, at things that are not as wearable.

Well. The cheesy sunglasses and beaded bracelets might be, but not the colorful flower pots or the phone straps or plushies or cheap “statues” or wagashi or other random items.

On the other hand, he does pay one visit that actually has a purpose, at a garden shop, where he’s looking at things to fill those pots with. Like small trees or plants that will go all over as they grow. And/or that are colorful. Now, he can’t tell flowers apart very well but the cinnamon trees are important.

Watch it or he’ll drag you in to be taste advice again. ]


(( Evening | Lakshmi’s Temple ))
[ Eventually he’s home (though at various points he’s been going back and forth because of transportation issues), sitting beside one of the ponds with plant dirt, the plants he has purchased, and the pots. Because he’s busy replanting them all nicely and carefully, as he hums many a random song or other. His voice is more on the average end, nothing remarkable or anything, but he’s at least having fun with the songs, and that’s the point anyway.

His two cats are lazily napping beside him, Kau wela curled up just beside him in the shadow of one of his knees where he sits cross-legged in the grass, and Kupuna a little further away, where she can bask in the sun.

Later, he’s going to decorate his room with all these flowers and the small trees. ]


(( Late Evening | Far Shore ))
[ But he’s got some updating of his maps to do as well, so once he’s finished with replanting, he cleans up a little and heads out with the hard-plastic folder he keeps the maps in, and pens to remove and add any temples that may need to be removed or added.

At a point he ends up drifting to the location where Anpao’s temple used to be, and at another point, where The Morrigan’s castle used to be. But he doesn’t stay at either place for very long. ]

Comments

Lakshmi's Temple

[clothes_make_the_man]

[At some point, Forrest makes his way out into the garden, having heard the humming from inside the temple. He stands and watches D2 at work for a little while until he's pointed his way, and then smiles back at him.]

Settling in nicely, I see.

[smilingbullet]

[ While he notices that someone is approaching (he’s not familiar enough to Forrest’s footsteps to know it’s him without looking yet) he continues replanting the plant with the very pink flowers before he looks up. He brushes some hair out of his eye. ]

Yeah, I think so. You have been very kind to me, it helps.

[clothes_make_the_man]

What kind of plant is that? It's very pretty.

[Pink is kind of his thing.]

Tokyo II

[irregular]

[Carnations.

[Fuchsia.

[Dahlia. Ball Dahlia. That's Waterlily Dahia next to it.

[Now that? Agapanthus.

[Honestly, Ken thinks it would be kind of nice to run into a plant he doesn't know. That had been the whole point of the trip, after all - to see exactly how far he could push this totally useless superpower. Ox-eye daisy, marguerite, gerbera: he's dead, he's good at punching people, he wakes up and goes running for half an hour because it seems like the right thing to do, and he can name just about any flower you happen to throw at him. One of these things, or so Ken thinks, is absolutely not like the others.

[D2 is a welcome distraction, if only because he's carrying far too much.]

You need any help with that tree?

[smilingbullet]

[ That's a lot of Dahlia.

To be honest, D2 probably should have found himself a shopping cart right from the start. Not that he couldn't go get one now, but he also doesn't want to leave the plants and tools alone, since the staff would forget about him and might just go back with them.

Not that he's not strong, but that doesn't mean that it gets a bit difficult to carry things at a certain point. ]

Oh! Yeah, I think I might.

[irregular]

Thought so. Big plants are a bit of a pain.

[He says that like he knows it for sure...

[Well, it's common sense, surely? It's a tree. Of course it's going to be annoying as Hell to haul something like that around the place. The leaves'd get in your face and the pot's gotta be heavy and what if you got dirt on you? Seriously, place like this should offer aprons or something. Aprons make sense.]

Um... do you wanna wait here while I go get a cart? Or something? I mean, are you still looking round?

Tokyo I

[redmare]

[Chinatsu wasn't having any luck in this store, letting out a sigh as she released another shirt from her grasp. letting it swinging back in pace on the rack. She was about to leave when the guy next to her suddenly spoke up. Was he talking to her? She didn't see anyone else around. More importantly, was he being sarcastic?]

Uh...sure? Depends what kind of cute you're going for?

[smilingbullet]

[ While D2 was definitely not sarcastic, he was a little amused. But he preferred to not take things outside of work seriously, it made things a little easier, less of a strain. ]

What kind? Cute is cute, right?

[ Grotesque cute is totally the same as fluffy cute, right? Well, no, he knows it's not, but cute is cute, still. ]

[redmare]

Like...there's funny cute..and...cutesy..cute--okay I don't know.

[She's never had to answer this kind of question before.]

That blue one suits you more though.

Tokyo 2

[fadingsunshine]

[In the garden shop, there's a familiar face who's examining the flowers. Kaya is holding her own phone, and she takes photos of the ones that interest her the most. Her pocket dictionary is sticking out of her handbag, just in case she encounters unknown kanji.

She's in a pretty good mood.]

[smilingbullet]

[ He spots her while he’s trying to decide if he should buy a Chinese aster that’s white with purple tips, or a chinese aster that’s baby pink. He puts down the two flowers on top of a bag of dirt that’s in the shopping cart he ended up getting after some time of browsing, where he has some other flowers already. ]

Kaya.

[fadingsunshine]

[She jumps a bit when she hears her name. The surprise on her face turns into a big grin when she sees who it is.]

D2! What a surprise to see you here! [She glances at the contents of the shopping cart.] Ooh, those are so pretty. Are you buying them?

I'm glad to see you because we have to catch up. If you're not too busy with your flower shopping; otherwise we can talk later.

Tokyo I

[chickshades]

[ D2 had helped him out at the mall the last time they were there. In more ways than one, actually. First rescuing him from that idiot vendor, and then giving him input on new sunglasses. So Bandou doesn't really mind tagging along to repay the favor. ]

They're all really stupid.

[ But in that kind of 'so bad it's good' type of humor. ]

[smilingbullet]

[ These kinds of things always gets more enjoyable with company!

He grins widely and laughs at the comment. ]

But that’s what makes them cute, you know.

[chickshades]

I don't know if I'd call them cute.

tokyo 2

[declamando]

[Maria's temple already has a good range of plants, but there's still definitely space for more, and a nice area set aside near the front of it that could make for a nice fruit or vegetable garden. It's for that reason Maria finds herself at the garden store as well, looking over a few varieties of fruit tree with a somewhat critical frown.

When she notices a blond head on the other side of the display, though, she leans around it, waving a little when she recognises him.]

Fancy meeting you here. Looking for plants this time?

[smilingbullet]

[ Because his hands are rather full with a couple of different colors of flowers that he’s trying to choose between, he can’t wave back. But he does nod at her politely, and smiles. ]

Hello, I didn’t expect to see you here. Or a lot of people from Far Shore. Yeah, I am.

[declamando]

I suppose it's only natural that people from the Far Shore would run into each other here occasionally, though in a city this big it happens more often than I'd expect.

[There's an almost apologetically amused note to her tone, as if she isn't quite sure how it happened herself. It disappears soon enough as she goes on, though.] Are you looking for anything in particular?

Tokyo 1

[reformedsinner]

[Is there something wrong with hot pink on a green background? It's a nice shade of green, in Hakkai's opinion, and even if he's only here picking up a few extra pairs of socks for Ayumu and some towels for the school, he can't resist commenting.]

Hmm, I think that color goes well with your hair.

[He nods at the one under it, which has a series of what appear to be completely random English words superimposed in different fonts and sizes across a picture of a gas pump, and adds:] And the design is quite nice on that one, too....

[smilingbullet]

[ There’s definitely nothing wrong with it, D2 likes it. He does have a god who’s even more engaged with his previous one now though (and Grell was pretty engaged) so he was thinking a second opinion could be good. Though in the end he’d go with what he felt was the best, either way…

But that a friend seems to agree with the choice, that makes him happy. ]

You think so? Does green and pink go with yellow?

[ He sort of knows the color wheel, but he’s still got some learning to do, there. ]

Ooh, yeah, that’s pretty cool. [ He picks up the shirt and holds it up against Hakkai. ] I think it’d suit you.

[reformedsinner]

I think so! [Green, pink and yellow: why, it could be a floral bouquet, and those are widely acknowledged to look good.

Right? He looks down at the shirt Carl's suggesting for him with bemusement.]

Would it? I'm not sure it's my style....

[And he can only read about a quarter of it even when it's not upside down.]

tokyo 1

[kokuyoyo]

[Chikusa is often prowling around various Far Shore shops, often in order to find new hats- one of which is a nice brown beanie that he's currently wearing. He's still flicking through them all when he hears the question directed at him, and he looks up.]

[....Well, that's sure a shirt.]

....Does it matter if the language makes sense or not...

[smilingbullet]

[ Kakimoto Chikusa, alias The Beanie Collector. Doesn't that have a nice ring to it? It's gotta be the best Hero Name.

D2 looks back down at the shirt in his hands, looks at the print that’s upside-down to him, and them back up at Chikusa. ]

No? Not as far as I know.

Tokyo 2

[nopixiedust]

[Wendy is around for reasons of her own, which all have to do with gathering some things to brighten up Hibiki's temple. With everything that's going on.... She thinks the place could use it. So when she sees D2 looking over some plants, she hops up a little and waves.]

Hey!

[smilingbullet]

[ There sure are a lot of people from the Far Shore around town today, it’s pretty fun to run into a lot of them over here.

He looks up from the plants and grins, raising a hand to his bangs in a cheerful little salute. ]

Wendy! Hey! You’re running around the place too?