Semi-Open

[fontechnician]

Who: Guy and various
What: Electrical mishaps, shopping on the Near Shore, temple visiting
When: May 8-9
Where: Mahakala's temple, GuanYin's temple, Near Shore
Warnings: None at the moment, will update if necessary

[Closed to anyone at Mahakala's temple (May 8 morning)]

[He'd asked about getting a generator to attempt to solve the issue with the lighting inside the temple about a week and a half ago, but it was only recently he'd actually acquired one. Sure, he probably could've borrowed one of the ones in the shed, but those were (probably) being used.

Everything seemed to be going well at first--the battery-powered lights were still up, but so too were a couple cheap floor lamps, all plugged into the generator via a power strip. Everything was good until Guy decided to go into the kitchen for just a few seconds.

He doesn't notice the lamps suddenly dimming, but he does hear the loud pops and the thud as part of the generator explodes off and half of the thing suddenly catches on fire.

What.]


[Open (May 8 morning-afternoon)]

[In the wake of the generator catastrophe, Guy's supposed to be looking for a replacement generator. Instead, he's managed to get himself distracted by...an entire electronics store. Oops.

And then later, most of a hardware store. Double oops. He's bad at this shopping thing today.]


[Closed to Jade and/or Watanuki (May 9 late morning)]

[It's taken a bit of searching and some asking around, but he's finally found the temple he's looking for. Hopefully. Only one way to find out.

Knock knock, anyone home?]

Comments

Jade and Wata here!

[cleanmemory]

[ Jade was holed up in his room, but he wouldn't be for very long. It was almost lunch time. He knew the best way to lure him out by now: the smell of curry. Most likely, he was probably being roused now, as it was at a simmer and waiting to be served. ]

[ What he did not expect was the rap rap rapping on his temple door, and so, the young god made his way to the front of the temple. A sort of long walk, but he had gotten used to sensing the presence of others. He looked up to the doors. He felt someone on the other side. ]

[ So he answered. ]

[ He pried the door open, peeking out. The yukata-wearing god looked over Guy--and recognized him. He opened the door a little wider. ]

Hello, Guy-san. [ And he offered the other a smile. ] ...Are you here to see Jade?

[fontechnician]

[Success! And he even gets to talk to the god before Jade.]

Hello, sir. I am, is he here?

[Even if he wasn't, Guy wouldn't be opposed to staying and chatting with his god instead.]

[cleanmemory]

Oh, he's here. [ And he folded his arms over his stomach. ] I'm in the process of luring him out of his room. If he could, he'd stay locked up there forever. [ But, he offered Guy a smile. ]

How have you been? Please, [ And he opened the doors more. ] Come in.

[commoncurtissy]

[Jade does indeed smell the curry wafting through the house. He doesn't know what it is, but the combination of those spices were particularly pleasing to his senses and curry was quickly becoming his favorite dish.

Though, he knows Watanuki makes it when he wants to make him be social or something.

Oh well, it's an equivalent exchange.

He comes out of his room to head to the dining room.]

[fontechnician]

I can see that. He seems like he might be the type to do that.

[He'll take that offer to come in, not moving too far past the threshold, but glancing further into the temple to see if he can spot Jade.]

I'm doing well. Yourself?

1/2

[cleanmemory]

I'm fine, thank you for asking. [ He knows where Jade is. Lurking, probably. He begins to lead Guy through the massive courtyard of his temple, heading towards the residence quarters. ] I'm glad you've come to visit Jade. He needs to get to know more people.

[ When the came to the residence building, he opened the door up. The smell of curry wafted through the doorway and out towards the sky. ]

Just follow the smell. [ And then he turned and-- ]

2/2

[cleanmemory]

JADE GET YOUR ASS DOWN HERE! STOP BEING A SHUT IN! YOUR FRIEND IS HERE!

[ Now no matter where he was in the whole temple, he'd hear him. ]

[commoncurtissy]

[He could ignore that shriek and pretend that he didn't hear him. But in order to do that, he would have to actually be deaf. He just wanted to eat some curry and compile research. Is that so hard for a man to do?

And who on earth is he talking about? He doesn't have friends.

He sighs and walks to where the screech came from.]

Yes, my lord?

[Oh. It's Guy. While he wouldn't call him a friend, he definitely isn't an unwelcome sight.]

Hello Guy. I suggest bringing earplugs when you come to visit.

[fontechnician]

[Such a nice courtyard. And such a nice curry, if the smell is anything to go by. He hasn't tried to make curry himself yet, but he has had pre-made stuff from a couple Near Shore convenience stores. Maybe he should try.]

Follow the--

[He cuts himself off, not expecting the yell, and is sufficiently startled and confused when Jade does show up.]

Hello...maybe next time, yeah. Ah...how are you, Jade?

[cleanmemory]

Don't just stand around talking, you two. [ He may be somewhat of a dictator when it comes to the care of others. ] There's dinner to be had.

I've already set the table for two. Guy-san, you may have my spot.

[commoncurtissy]

[This is what he lives with.]

Ah~ It seems no one is spared from my god's mother henning.

[He starts heading back to the dining room.]

And I'm fine, Guy. What about yourself?

[fontechnician]

No, it's alright, I don't want to take your place.

[And it's only lunchtime, Mr. Hen.]

[Then to Jade, while following him:] It doesn't bother me. [It's the sudden yelling that does.] It's nice.

I'm doing fine.

[cleanmemory]

I said you're taking my place, Guy-san. [ But he bustled off, into the kitchen to start serving food. ]

[existentialcrisis]

[ Ukoku shuffles out of the back of the temple somewhere in a bathrobe and pajama pants (graced with a print of monkeys throwing oranges), a cigarette in one hand and a cup of coffee in the other. Good morning.

For a long moment he just watches, sipping his coffee, standing a healthy distance away from the greenish smoke pouring out of the generator. It sure is on fire. ]

Hey, Guy?

[fontechnician]

[What is your fashion sense, Ukoku?

It's a good thing the temple isn't very large, because as it is, Guy has just barely enough time to disconnect the lights from the burning generator and has almost extinguished it with a spare blanket by the the time Ukoku speaks up.]

H-hey...sorry, I...I don't know what happened, it suddenly exploded...

[Sorry for the smoke too, none of this went as planned at all.]

[existentialcrisis]

No no, there's no need to apologize. [ He's a little more subdued than usual, but nothing about him suggests that he's upset (he's taking a very leisurely drag off his cigarette)—visibly, at least, he's just unruffled. ]

That might be toxic smoke, though. I wouldn't bother putting it out, if I were you. [ He probably could have said this sooner. ]

[fontechnician]

[His guilt is slightly lessened, thank you Ukoku. And he vaguely notices the change in attitude, but attributes it to just waking up.]

...Huh?

[Yes, he could have mentioned that sooner. And speaking of toxic, there's also that cigarette. Hypocrisy.]

Well, it'll run out of fuel eventually...it'll scorch the floor if I let it burn, though.

[There's an implied 'do you mind that'? there.]

[existentialcrisis]

[ He waves vaguely with his cigarette. Whatever. ] I'm not worried about it if you're not. [ At least not that particular non-sigiled part of the floor. ] Don't die over a generator fire. Just leave it.

[ Just leave a thing a dangerous thing in the middle of the temple on fire, it's fine. ] For future reference, though, if you want to burn anything down, just make sure it's in one of the side rooms, okay?

[fontechnician]

[Of course he isn't that worried. Guy, however, still is.]

I'm more worried about catching anything on fire...

[Not that there really is anything near it to catch on fire, aside from what it was plugged into--actually, he's going to abandon his attempts to extinguish the generator to move the lamps and cords further away.]

I never intended to burn anything...! But that's...nice to know, thanks...

[He debates for a few seconds whether the suggestion (order?) to just leave it is a trick or not, but eventually decides on 'no'.]

Like I said, it'll run out of fuel eventually...you want any breakfast?

[existentialcrisis]

[ While Guy talks Ukoku just silently drinks his coffee and watches him move around that plume of (toxic, still toxic) smoke with mild interest. ]

You worry too much, Guy. [ It's probably pointless to say this, but that's okay. He starts to shuffle toward the kitchen. ] Are you cooking?

[fontechnician]

No I don't.

[Yes he does. He just doesn't count minor worries as actual worrying, at least for the purposes of this conversation.

Coughing a little, he also heads for the kitchen. Probably shouldn't have stayed close to the smoke for that long.]

I'm going to try. [He might set something on fire.] You like fish?

[existentialcrisis]

Yes you do!

[ "I'm going to try" does not bode well. ]

I hate it. What else do you have?

[ Not really, and if Guy were going to cook at someone else's temple Ukoku would have cheerfully encouraged him to burn as much fish as he wanted, but today he has things to do here. ]

[fontechnician]

[Joke fail. He can cook, have some faith (haha) in him.]

Uh...toast, preserves, miso, rice...I think we might have some cereal.

[He's listing foods off as he walks, opening the refrigerator to check it by the time he gets to:] Eggs. And maybe pancakes.

[existentialcrisis]

Toast is fine.

[ Can't screw up toast…he doesn't have a lot of faith, it's true. He sits down at the table, lounging in one of the art-object chairs like it's actually comfortable, and reaches for an ash tray. At least there are ash trays now!! ]

So what do you think, is the generators-inside experiment a success?

[fontechnician]

Got it.

[Such a rude caretaker. He'll get his toast either way, though, and as soon as that's in the toaster, Guy's heating up water for tea and soup for himself. And there's some kind of preserves in the fridge, he just has to find them.]

For about ten seconds. I'm not sure why the generator overloaded like that...perhaps it truly is electrical lights that are the issue.