[OPEN] bird bird's the word

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Who: Yusuke 'has a furby for a soul' Urameshi (fingerbanged) & YOU!
When: IC - 7/4 for the first part, anytime through 7/14 for the second | OOC - 5/8 and until the interlude, probably??
Where: A CERESbucks close to one of the apartments, and then anywhere/everywhere in Cerealia!
What: A trip to the local coffee shop grants Yusuke one (1) penguin-shaped Spirit Beast! Also a catch-all throughout the month for anyone who wants to meet/run into Yusuke and his smol creature.
Rating/Warning: YUSUKE BEING YUSUKE aka chances of bad language, punches, and generally bratty teenage boy-isms, sprinkled with cute flying pudgeballs getting into people's business

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A: Would you like to make that coffee order a combo? (7/4)

[Ah, coffee shops.

The strong smell of a good brew filtering through the air, a quiet atmosphere with unobtrusive music, lots of comfortable seats and adorable pastries... a perfect place to center yourself before a long day at work. Or maybe you're catching up with some reading and studying for school? Perhaps you're just waiting in line for some coffee, a quick pick-me-up before other errands or something to put the spark of life into the tired shell called a body.

Unfortunately, that peaceful lull is about to be broken, as a small, blue penguin-like creature flutters wildly out of one of the bathrooms, making loud 'PUUUU!!' noises of distress. It flaps haphazardly around the shop, slamming into tables, upsetting cups of coffee and plates of croissants, getting tangled up in a few unlucky customers, much like a fat, agitated pigeon. If one was spiritually keen or able to sense auras on things, the animal feels exactly the same as someone else in the store right now, who is currently dropping the iced coffee they were nursing in shock at the sudden chaos.]

P... Puu? Why're you--??

[At the sound of his name, Puu beelines for Yusuke, divebombing into his arms and letting out a happy cry. Yusuke looks down at his spirit beast for a moment, dumbfounded, before turning his eye on the aftermath.]

... oh jeez.



B: You're like a 'get people into danger' tour guide (7/4-7/14)

[Wherever you are, whatever you may be doing-- meditating, going shopping, eating a tasty sandwich, disposing corpses... er, robot pieces-- you're going to have an unexpected companion joining you! Maybe Puu will be landing in your lap, or stealing a piece of bacon from your burger, or conveniently sitting on top of that last scrap of helper-bot you need to destroy... it's all relatively innocent, even if it's a bit obtrusive. Whether or not Puu's made too much of a nuisance of himself, though, it all ends the same... Yusuke running up and scooping the tiny blue penguin-thing away, looking mildly irritated.]

Dammit, how'd Keiko even keep an eye on you in the first place? I'm gonna have to find a leash for your fat ass if you keep doing this crap!

Anyway, er... sorry about that. Stupid thing's still getting used to this place.


C: Wildcard???

[Basically this is a catch-all log for most of May in regards to Puu, so if you want to plan anything aside from this, hit me up over at Urameshi!!]

Comments

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[... this is true! But Yusuke wasn't about to let someone go and attack Puu, despite his attitude about him around others.

Yusuke picks up on that hint of sarcasm, and he rolls his eyes, though he's not about to disagree with Zer0's opinion.]

Pffft, definitely. Next thing you know, we're gonna have super nice and helpful robot pals who do anything we want them too! Oh wait-- looks like that idea's currently dead and scattered around the city.

[That said, though, Yusuke wasn't entirely sure whether Zer0 was one of them or not. Their energy didn't feel like that of a robot's, but it was hard to tell if they were human either.]

But yeah, he's mine. What's it to you?

[faceplate]

[ zer0 tips their head at the weird penguin again, interest obvious in the cant of their head. ]

Very realistic. Could model target practice on its behavior.

[ it doesn't appear to zer0 to be a cybuddy... so no, they don't really believe yusuke. ]

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[Well, at least he tried! It was a less embarrassing answer than 'this is a physical reflection of my soul', anyway.

Yusuke crinkles his nose a bit, not entirely trusting this curiosity of Zer0's. His wariness was filtering into Puu's emotions too, causing the little creature to stop squirming and letting out a worried 'Puuuu' in response.]

Maybe. Though anyone trying to hit a target based on this thing's flight patterns are just asking for a headache.

But, like I said-- he's not for practice. If you want to shoot at things so badly, go to one of those stupid games, instead.

[faceplate]

Like you said, the games are stupid. Lost interest.

[ part of zer0 is messing with someone who's wary of them. the other part is really, genuinely interested. the creature is weird enough that they could have some fun with trying to knock it down. why does this kid care so much about a weird bird, anyway? ]

But your bird is new.

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[Probably because it's the only thing from home he has here aside from his clothes?? Not that being openly defensive about his squishy, cute companion was going to do much for his image, but he had to get his point across.]

Yeah, well, so are the robots. Go and fool with them and see if they'll be a good substitute instead.

If you want to use this thing as a target, you gotta go through me first. Got it?

[faceplate]

[ zer0's chopped up a couple of those robots, both for fun and for pay. (well, "pay".) but, given that they're not getting the time of day talking about this... weird bird thing, they'll change the subject. ]

Anything else strange?

[ their tone becomes lighter, more conversational, almost with a flip of a switch. ]

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[The sudden switch of subject was unexpected, but Yusuke wasn't sure whether this was a distraction on Zer0's part or just general niceties. He was going to keep his guard up, regardless, keeping a solid hold on Puu in the meantime.]

... you mean around here? Recently? What ISN'T strange in this friggin' place?

[faceplate]

I meant things that have touched you personally. Those.

[ the whole place is weird, sure. but zer0 suspects there's a specific field of things that yusuke would consider odder than usual, and if he has firsthand experience, even better. ]

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[He crinkles his nose for a moment, not sure where this conversation was heading, but considering it anyway.]

Aside from having to kick my clone's ass? Or watching some stranger magically bust it's kneecaps and hands in front of my eyes?

Honestly, not much, but I'm not about to hold my breath. I'm still wondering whether that stupid post that went up recently has any connection to those ghosts somehow.

[faceplate]

[ hmm. it's enough information for zer0 to keep, even if they can't work too much off of it. the post yusuke's mentioning—now that's something. ]

Could be.

[ they don't nod or move in response other than that, however. ]

You believe in ghosts?

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[The silence is thick enough to cut with a butter knife as Yusuke gives Zer0 a good, long look, debating how much information he really wants to tell this robotic stranger.]

... well, considering all the crap that's gone down back home, I'd be stupid not to. People don't always settle their crap before they die, right? So it makes sense that they'd stick around.

[faceplate]

If you believe in spirits. Or nothing could stick.

[ bodies decay. without something to become a ghost, there'd be no one to carry out that unfinished business. ]