[OPEN] did you miss me?

[sunshrouded]

Who: Tenka aka "Dad Extraordinaire" (sunshrouded) & ALL OF Y'ALL TBH
When: Sliiiiightly forward-dated to 2/15, so right after the Nexus Code event!
Where: assorted... Kumounji House & entertainment district mostly!
What: Guess who's back (back again), Tenka's back. Tell a friend. -- also he fulfill his dream of becoming a Sidequest Dispenser.
Rating/Warning: just your usual brand of tenka idiocy, maybe some tears, probably some punching

[a. closed to kumounji house residents ; farts back into existence]

[Tenka doesn't have a calendar in his room.

Why would he?

But what he does have, when he materializes in his futon, wearing the same robe that he went to bed with, is a vague feeling of dread. He went through a weird sequence of dreams, he thinks. Sitting through that powerpoint again and then -- after that there was a weird space where he could walk through entire buildings. Where he started to feel... intangible again. It was remniscent enough of the time that he lost his body that he felt chills.

Yet his preoccupation with himself was short. After all, Shirasu was there.

Shirasu was there and wasn't there all at once -- he was in that space, unresponsive even as Tenka yelled at him and tried to punch him. But there was no returning punch, no weary purple eyes, not even a motion of acknowledgment. He was well and truly there and.... not.

So Tenka is tired as he walks out into the living room then, settling himself at their low table and slumping over it, just as he would've three weeks ago.

His first word upon his return:]

Teeeeaaaaaaaa.

[ . . . . . well?]

[b. semi-open to adoptees & others ; emerges from the void for noogies]

[Most people just knock or ring a doorbell. Maybe knock three times in small bursts if they're feeling antsy. But here's Tenka, banging on the door instead, complete with yelling:]

Heeeeyyyyy!! Is anyone in there?! Hellooooo?

[At least it's a voice you probably haven't heard in a while.

Someone clued him in that he's been gone for 3 weeks. So he's got about 3 weeks of visits to make up for, he thinks.

(Punch him.)]

[c. OPEN ; tell me what you see ]

[If nothing else, you might've seen this guy's face around. Yet he appears to no longer be Missing and is instead sitting on a bench somewhere. He seems to be puzzling over something very, very deeply. Feel free to bug him if you know him when he's still in the middle of his work of art (which consists of nothing more than a few brush strokes).

Because otherwise he's going to sit up suddenly and thrust out the page to you. It's definitely the kanji for 'lake'. But here's time for messing with the language mechanism and/or an impromptu Rorschach test:]

What does this look like to you?

[What a quack.]

[d. OPEN ; quest master tenka, disaster in the making]

Hey, you!!

[Doesn't that sound like a promising start to a conversation....

Alas, escape is futile as Tenka completely messes up the rhythm of the closest person's day as he steps in front of them and offers them the sunniest grin. (Don't trust it.)]

You look like you've got some free time. Think you can help a guy out with something?

[Sidequest: start!]

[e. choose your own adventure, hit me with anything, i can take it! ]

Comments

[sunshrouded]

[ . . . . . is he just seeing things then? Are people randomly bloody? Is this like a late CERES glitch?]

Did you.... fight anyone recently?

[HOW DOES HE SAY THIS KINDLY IF SHE DOESN'T SEEM TO SEE IT]

[kirkwalled]

[ leave her and her blood smear alone. it's a fashion statement.

but oh, uh. she rubs the back of her neck, looking up and thinking. ]

A... few times, yes. [ then she starts counting off on her hands. ] There was a man at Novus earlier. Tried to bite me, very unfortunate. Shattered all his front teeth, he was quite upset. Yesterday, a very ghastly woman at the cafe. Really! Who tries to fight the server when you go to a restaurant catering to insults? Where is the logic? Then there was Sousei but it wasn't nearly as bad with him this time. Ah, who else, who else...?

[ a beat and she looks rather thoughtful ]

I suppose I get into a lot of fights, don't I? Ahahaha...

[sunshrouded]

[ . . . You know, that's a long list. Tenka would be impressed by it normally. In fact, he seems to start off not fazed for a second--]

Oh Novus, the bar? Yeah, that area in general is kinda nasty business. Why I'm trying to get away from it to be hone--

Wait.

Sousei?!

[kirkwalled]

[ she just blinks. don't you want to talk about how impressive she is some more? ]

Yes, do you know him? Swishy brown hair, nice face, doesn't really smile for some strange reason. I honestly don't understand why, I am a funny person and yet he never laughs at my jokes! Not once! Even Fenris laughs at my jokes, damnit. I haven't a clue what I'm doing wrong here.

[sunshrouded]

That's okay, I'm a riot and he never laughs at me unless I'm in pain and only if he's the one who caused the pain. He's kind of an ass.

He's my partner though, so I guess he's alright. Even though I've met rocks with nicer personalities.

[Whoa, such affection.

He was going to talk about how Hawke apparently fought Sousei though but he got distracted by insulting Sousei. The life and times of Tenka Kumou, everybody.]

[kirkwalled]

[ hawke was weirdly enough about to defend sousei to tenka because whoa, where do you come from saying such douchey things about sousei! she'll fight you too!

but ... oh. have a flat look though anyway. ]

Ah... you're Tenka.

[ the most unimpressed tone. ]

I wonder why he missed you so terribly when you appear to be the type of man to talk so abhorrently over someone you care for. Well, supposedly care for. And you even talk this way to a stranger, in fact! Really what an... interesting man you seem to be, ser.

[ so unimpressed. ]

[sunshrouded]

[why are you so unimpressed?????

Tenka just.... snorts a bit at that though. Does he look ashamed? Nah.]

If you think he missed me terribly, then I guess you didn't actually ask him much about me.

[They insult each other. It's how they work. Yet Tenka continues on, just as casually.]

Sousei's the best person I know. But he knows that already. We've been best friends for as long as I can remember [aside from a ten year gap] -- you don't talk about your best friends like that?

[kirkwalled]

[ she found him overworking himself in the dojo just because you weren't there, tenka!! and she's pretty sure he's the reason sousei fight club'd with her, okay.

but also she shrugs. ]

Of course I do, he wouldn't expect anything less. [ varric also wrote an entire novel about her life for profit so like. ] But not to those I've barely exchanged names with. Those people, I punch in the face.

[ you don't even know her name yet and you insulted sousei! she doesn't do that to varric. but, she expects everyone else to do that to her and does it to herself. hawke's got weird standards. ]

Nevertheless, to make this a touch less uncomfortable for me -- let me introduce myself. My name is Hawke, serah.

[sunshrouded]

[That much gets Tenka to laugh. Punching people in the face. Sounds like a solid solution to him. But.... well, he's easy-going as ever. He gives her a grin once she does introduce herself.]

Hawke. Nice to meet you, even though I guess you already technically know who I am.

[He's about to pick up the last trail of conversation, something about "you've already met Sousei" and so that's why Tenka doesn't care if he badmouths him. Sometimes total strangers who know nothing about Sousei will get a slightly nicer version. Sometimes.

Yet instead of picking that up, he instead shrugs his shoulders and speaks honestly.]

Thanks for distracting him. I was wondering why he was so beat up but.... [He waves a hand.] I guess you gave him something else to focus on. He probably needed it.

[Not exactly the healthiest but???? .... It worked.]

[kirkwalled]

[ tenka, you're such a shitty friend! but he does get points back for the thanks and she just shrugs, tucking her hands into her pockets as she rocks on her feet a little. ]

It was mutually beneficial. Replace one physical stress reliever with another, you get the same effects.

[ a slow shithead smile spreads across her face. get the innuendo, tenka. get it.

but she moves on after. ]

That said, do you not have a request or are you stopping just anyone walking down the street for a chat?

[sunshrouded]

[ . . . .

He got the innuendo.

He got it.

And then he blinks slowly and raises his fan to rest at his shoulder.]

Hawke-chan.... [ that already sounds wrong ]

What're your intentions with my partner?

[ did you find his libido????? ]

[kirkwalled]

[ ahahaha oh shit. hawke blinks and then her eyebrows rise as she realizes what he's asking, the smile from earlier turning into a grin. she holds her hands up innocently. ]

An unfortunate amount of friendship.

[ no, she did not find his libido. ]

[sunshrouded]

[ . . . . . . . he's seriously considering what to say here.

Well, that's good? It would be weird if Sousei changed that much in three weeks. But also--]

.... I'm sorry he's an idiot.....?

[???????

she doesn't seem bad and she said 'unfortunate' so]

[kirkwalled]

[ hawke's just going to shrug! to shrug and go -- ]

Oh, no. I don't feel bad. It's just a waste of a very nice face.

[sunshrouded]

[ . . . . . don't tell him that his best friend has a nice face? He's just gonna squint because--]

I dunno, I spend more of my time wanting to punch it.

[kirkwalled]

[ JUST 'CAUSE YOU CAN'T SEE IT ]

Well, I have and let me assure you, it's an incredibly satisfying thing to do.

[sunshrouded]

[are you assuming that he never has--]

Bahahaha, you're preaching to the choir, Hawke-chan!!

[beating up sousei is becoming a very popular hobby]