[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

[flaredo]

... [ Yang glances down at the happy penguin thing in her lap-- but makes no effort to move him, instead focusing her gaze on him and not on Yusuke. This was part of why she hadn't wanted to see people. It might have been months later, but she wasn't ready for the questions or the judgments.

Even when the stump was unavoidable. ]

Sorry. I don't really want to talk about it.

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[Yusuke was about to open his mouth, to press the issue and find out what in the hell had happened, when... he abruptly snaps it shut again. The need to know was killing him, but she had respected his wishes when he was feeling like shit, so the least he could do was do the same for her. Everything began to make a little more sense now-- why she was missing for so long, why she didn't want to see anyone-- but now that he was aware of it, he wish he hadn't found out.

Even Puu was beginning to feel the heavy, unsure blanket of emotions settling upon Yusuke, and he squirms a little on Yang's lap, his expression worried and unsure. A small, nubby arm pats at whatever part of her was closest to reach, in some sort of odd sympathy.

All Yusuke can really do is nod, stuffing his hands into his pockets.]

... fine. I can respect that.

Think I can join you on that stoop, though? I had a long day chasing after that little fatass on your lap.

[flaredo]

[ It's for the best, anyway. Yang's own opinion on the matter is that, short of a few people who deserved to know (like her own boyfriend), no one else really needs to hear the whole long, painful story. Telling it wasn't going to make her feel any better. It wasn't going to give anyone the grandest of ideas on how to make the situation any better, either. Because the truth was... bad things had happened, and they'd happened all at once, and now nothing could be done about it.

She shifts a bit, just to let Yusuke settle down there if he wants, her one arm going out to make sure the fatass penguin doesn't go tumbling out of her lap. ]

Go ahead.

[ ... But how did a fatass outrun you, Yusuke-- ]

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[Look, he's a very, very fast flyer, okay?

But Yusuke lowers himself down on the space she created, letting out a heavy sigh as he sits. He shoots a glance over at her, and then at Puu, still settled upon her lap. The change was unsettling. Granted, they had only talked once-- and even then, it was mostly her talking, and him being moody and out of it thanks to his own issues-- but this didn't seem like her. Ruby had said that they had gone home, and vague 'things' had happened, but just what could have went down to change her so drastically?

... of course, this wasn't any of his business, though. He knew how hard it was to speak of something you'd rather forget, even if getting it out into the open helped to an extent, especially if it was someone you hardly knew.

So, he did what he did best when it came to these elephants in the room-- make dumb jokes and avoid them all together.]

Sooo... looks like you've officially met the distraction penguin-thing. Probably not as good as a distraction dog, but he gets the job done.

Sorry he's kind of annoying, though. I think he's still getting used to the place.

[flaredo]

[ Well. If nothing else, even if Yang doesn't smile, there's a slowly lifted eyebrow-- the first sign of something other than exhaustion or grief or frustration that she's displayed. But how can she not be somewhat skeptical here? This... thing, in her lap, she's pretty sure... ]

This... are you sure it's a penguin?

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[It's a start, at least! Yusuke isn't expecting to create any miracles here, but he's glad he got some form of a reaction from her.]

Kiiiiiind of? I mean, it's got a beak and tiny arms and little feet, right? So it's close.

Or we can call it a baby phoenix if you wanna get fancy.

[flaredo]

I thought phoenixes were supposed to be on fire.

[ You know. Mythical fire birds? Not fuzzy blue penguins with dog ears? ]

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[WHY YOU WANNA GET TECHNICAL HERE YANG, GOD.]

He's a baby phoenix, duh. He'll probably set himself on fire when he gets older or something.

... and hopefully nowhere near my house because that would suck.

[flaredo]

Do you normally keep them as pets?

[ LOOK, IT'S ADMITTEDLY PRETTY HELLA WEIRD. ]

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[IT... IS, BUT YUSUKE CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER EXCUSE.]

Uh... probably? Who wouldn't want a pet phoenix? They're huge and can't die and they're always on fire.

... well, the fire part's a bit of a deal-breaker, but you gotta admit they'd be cool pets.

[flaredo]

Maybe... he doesn't look like he's going to hit the cool part anytime soon, though.

[ She's... got to tell it like it is. ]

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[RUDE. Though Yusuke would probably say the same in her position so he can't get TOO mad.]

You sure about that? He got totally bad-ass and grown-up in ViViD. Saved a bunch of people in the crazy sandhouse they had too.

Maybe they got a restriction on babies in there or something?

[Or, y'know, CERES coded him smaller for the city and let him loose in the games, but-- not explaining all that to her right now.]

[flaredo]

... How does that work? He grew up in ViViD, but then out here, he's...

[ Well. This. Floppy pudgy thing. ]

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[Yang, stop insulting his bird son]

Beats the hell outta me. I know squat about how that place works. Maybe they figured he was too big to keep around here and just... de-aged him or something.

[Which was the truth, pretty much, even if it made little sense.

Meanwhile, Puu's getting tired from the conversation, and starts to doze in her lap. He wobbles a bit, before resting against Yang's arm. Yusuke debates on scooping him up, to not bother her any further, but... who knows? Maybe a dose of cute, snoozing baby penguin could be nice.]

Like he's a pain in the ass, but at least he's easy to store in an apartment.

[flaredo]

He doesn't look like he'll burn anything like this, either.

[ ... well. It's not like the little sucker's heavy, so if he's going to nap, she'll let him stay there. It's kind of cute like this. ]