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( open ) we're just like how rousseau depicted man in the plain state of nature

Who: Shuu, Kaoru and you!
When: 14/11 IC; 6/2 OOC; aka today.
Where: The grocery store, the park and pretty much anywhere else around town you want.
What: Life with the Nagumos™. Today you can be part of their little sitcom by running into the two terrible demons around town.
Rating/Warning: Should be none.. other than S for Shitbabies... It's a little known fact that the N in Nagumo stands for Nope.

a - grocery store;
[GOOD MORNING CEREAL. Today it's Get Shit Done Day, which means Kaoru's out and about on the usual shopping routine for the week, restocking various household items and packing groceries into the cart. Nothing new here! What is new is this rude shitty punk who decided to tag along for the ride this time... The one that Kaoru is pointedly ignoring while leaving the cart off to the side of aisles to go peruse the shelves.]

[ And as anyone who knows said punk would know, leaving him alone is never a good idea.. it's probably why he's over here, throwing more and more stuff into the cart - most notably pretty much anything sweet or generally not very healthy.

In fact, if you're near, you might even find the guy turning towards you, two different kinds of bags of sweets in both of his hands. ]

He-y, I was wondering, which one is better..? [ .. he hums for a moment, but then answers before you probably even have a chance to answer-- ] It's both, right? [ AND INTO THE CART THEY GO.. you are truly faced with candy mountain here, friend. The stuff of legends. ]

b - park;
[Not even the park can escape Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum. Nope, Kaoru's been roped into flower-weaving shenanigans, which is frankly a little horrific after everything that had happened during the last event with flowers... Being a pranking shithead was fun at the time, but the aftermath was A Struggle™, okay.

Anyway, anyone wandering through the center path will be able to see one (1) reluctant demon and one (1) moron demon sitting off to the side in a patch of flowers, apparently making crowns... HOW BENIGN. Eventually, Kaoru puts the one in hand down, half-finished.]

Shuu-san... How much longer do you want to stay here? There are still other errands to finish.

[ Shuu doesn't seem as close to finished with it.. but he does look oddly focused on it?! There's apparently some dedication to these flower crowns going on here, and he shifts a little to hold his over Kaoru's head, as if he's trying to look how it'd fit. ]

Just a little bit more..! [ Judging by how far along he is, that probably means at least half an hour more, though.. but he doesn't seem concerned. ]

Ahh, it's just like I thought.. pink really suits you, Kaoru!

[ Someone please save Kaoru from his flowery fate.. ]

[Kaoru will save himself from his flower fate okay TIME TO CALL OVER YOU, INNOCENT BYSTANDER. With a hand outstretched toward the path:]

Ah— Excuse me! Do you have a moment to spare? [Don't come over it's a trap.]

c - around town;
[Those errands are going to be left perpetually unfinished, because apparently there are other things to do?! STUPID THINGS. By this point there's probably only one person here who still has a strong well of patience left and it isn't Kaoru. Do you know how much self-control it takes to maintain an air of quiet distress instead of open agitation when being literally dragged all over the city?? The answer is probably more than Kaoru has, even though a valiant effort is being made.

But oops, what's this?? The moron parade seems to be heading in your direction for some reason...!]

Hey, you over there..!

[ Polite as ever.. but they sure do just patter over to you. Or rather, Shuu patters over to you while bodily dragging Kaoru along for the ride. At least one of the two of them is smiling widely. (Hint: it's not Kaoru.) ]

Hmm, so.. how do I say this..

[ Shuu tilts his head back and forth a few times, like he's thinking, but then he speaks on. ]

This over here is my adorable granddaughter Kaoru, and I'm a little worried about her ability to make friends.. so, would you be interested in becoming her friend? Oh-- and if you already are friends, please get along well, for the sake of a poor worried family member too..! [ the chance that any of this is genuine is about 0,00001%, but hey, at least he manages to bring it fairly convincingly. ]

( ooc: JUST FOR REFERENCE'S SAKE these will obviously be threeway threads!! two for the price of one in one thread, aren't you lucky... )

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[ Spirited is.. a fairly good word for Tenka. Not that Shuu minds spirited, honestly. Humans automatically start out with negative points for him since he doesn't like them, but at least this one's personality doesn't seem to be too terrible.. he's not boring, anyway.

Besides, there's something much more important to be learned from Tenka's antics here. He knows Kaoru, and he gets along with Kaoru - so this is one of the people Kaoru is trying to deceive. Which means that Shuu's Got The Power over here now, and he grins widely just at the idea that Kaoru's fate is in his clumsy five year old hands right here and now.

Even if the grin just makes him seem like he's in a good mood. ]

Ten-ka-san! You know Kaoru's a jokester [ HE'S NOT IN ANY WAY ] so she's just making a joke right now.. I'm not that old, right..?

[ He doesn't like being called a baby, sure, but old man is another part of the spectrum he doesn't care to explore. ]

It's just a difference of a few hunderd years, but it seems that Tenka-san's dealing with something like that as well..? [ Pleasing smile!! ]

[Spirited. Definitely spirited. So spirited that he's down to make jokes around demons without really realizing that they're demons. Please have mercy on him.]

Haaaa? But if you're a great-great-grandfather you've gotta be pretty ancient, old man! [Nevermind that Shuu seriously looks absurdly fresh-faced and cute enough to pass for a girl. Tenka doesn't care about that.

He's also... opting not to talk much about his family for once! At least for now. Instead, he just laughs and tries to get something else in order first.]

Guess you could say that - but hey oji-san [he doesn't mean it rudely okay] I don't even know your name yet. Not fair to get me going on my family tree if I don't even know who I'm telling! Kaoru-chan, does your ancestor have a name?

[Kaoru will have mercy on him, at least... No promises about grandpa Shuu though.]

The few hundred years of difference is why he would seem so much older. That aside, I believe that the two of us are the same age. [GENTLY LOOPING HIS FREE ARM AROUND SHUU'S WHILE SPEAKING and smiling in a warm and pleasant way! The gesture probably comes off as endearing, but in reality he's just getting into attack posture in case he needs to suddenly fling Shuu into the sun or possibly break his arm.

As for the question:] This is Shuu. I hope that you can treat him as kindly as you've treated me, Tenka-san. [Because he's a fragile, delicate old man...

Also guess who also noticed that SOMEONE HERE WHO TALKS ON FOREVER ABOUT FAMILIES is actually being more reticent about families...! It's Kaoru, who will save that conversation for a time when Shuu isn't so... here. Being himself.]

[ O...

Oji-san...

That's something he calls other people, not the other way around?! Who does this human even think he is, going around and calling a demon that as if it's nothing. Besides, this guy looks way older than he is to begin with.. yeah, that pretty much does piss off Shuu, although he realises very well that Kaoru is not hooking arms for the heck of it. That's totally a "move and I'll break that arm" kind of gesture, and while Shuu knows a broken arm would just heal, it's still nothing he wants to deal with..

But he's still boiling right under the surface. Boiling. ]

Hmm, that's right.. [ THE PA IN HIS TONE IS SO THICK YOU COULD CUT IT. ] It's better to treat people you only just met kindly, isn't it? Like.. not calling them old, for example..

[ shuu rn on the inside let's be real here. ]

[Y'know, it's a coin toss if Tenka would've held back even if he knew Shuu was a demon. That might say something about what level of dumbass Tenka is. Goodbye, world.

But if Tenka notices the passive-aggressiveness (and boy, he does. it's a little hard to miss) he doesn't... say anything about it. It's more in his nature to kind of just keep trucking along with his sunny self. Sorry about that Shuu, except not really.]

Ahh, so he's not that old. [So he just nods in understanding then, giving Shuu a grin.] I got it, I got it. Don't take it too harshly, Shuu-kun! Just gets confusing when you introduce Kaoru-chan as your granddaughter, you know?

[At least Shuu's got the message, so Kaoru doesn't even have to tighten his grip or anything! Good work team.]

I'm certain that Tenka-san meant no harm. If he teases you, it means he likes you.

[THOUGH TENKA SEEMS TO LIKE EVERYONE SO?! Everyone is fair teasing game, probably... The sooner Shuu gets used to that, the better ~~Tenka's chances of survival are~~.]

[ Tenka seems to understand that he needs to back off a little at least.. there's just Certain Things that you don't do when it comes to Shuu, and talking about his age is definitely one of those things. He calms down a little as he manages to wrestle his arm back from Kaoru - at least it's obvious he's not about to try and break Tenka's neck on the spot.

Yet, anyway. ]

Shouldn't people be used to the fact that people can arrive here from different times..? Tenka-san said something similar only a few moments ago.. [ Translated into non-pa-as-shit speech: tenka, you're a huge moron. ]

[Tenka is a huge moron and that's just a fact that the world must deal with. Still though, he's just chuckling faintly-]

Right, right, but even I wasn't sure how to address my great-great-great-great-great-great-grandsomething [that's probably not even the correct number of greats] when I first met him.

[Still though, he just waves a hand.]

So what time are you from, Shuu-kun? Kaoru-chan's already a bit behind my time, so I guess you're even further back?

[DON'T BE RUDE TO TENKA, god... At least he's a champ at taking things in stride, so it's not like Kaoru actually has to say much or do a lot of apologizing.

Tenka will get an inquisitive look at "great grandsomething" though, what the heck does that even mean... But Kaoru won't say anything aloud yet, since the conversation has turned to Shuu.]

[ At least one time he could be a shit without adding a new boobytrap to the collection Kaoru is already planning out in their shared apartment..

So instead he just focuses on Tenka, replying pretty normally now the other guy isn't calling him an olD MAN anymore and is instead using a little more proper honorifics. (He doesn't even mind the -kun unless it's explicitly making fun of him for being a baby..) ]

I don't-- [ .. really know about the way people count years, but it's probably a little weird to explicitly call himself a demon when he's claming to be Kaoru's family and Kaoru is trying to keep up a ruse.. see, this is why it's a pain in the ass!! ] -- really know how far it is behind your time.. have you heard of the Battle of Sekigahara before? That's the last thing that was going on in my time before I found myself here instead.

[are you a baby or an old man, shuu. make up your mind. except his words do cement his Old Man status in Tenka's head]

Ah! So you're from that period.... Tokugawa Ieyasu and Ishida Mitsunari and all that, right?

[old man old man old man old man]

That's really cool, Shuu-kun!

[Shuu sure is making An Effort on his part, isn't he... Good work grandpa baby, Kaoru is vaguely appreciative (no...)

Kaoru also has to actively work to stifle a laugh at "that's really cool"... IT SURE IS...]

I haven't met anyone from an earlier time period yet, I believe... Ah— for Japan, at least. [Some of these Europeans wandering around seem Old As Balls.]

[ Oh no, Tenka.. No.. Don't say the m-word. Don't go there, you might just end up awakening the slumbering murderchild in Shuu. At least he's mellowed out a little since he's already sort of died in that battle, but there's still a mental twitch just at the name.. ]

Ah, so you remember that name..? Ishida Mitsunari.. I did not know that man would be remembered in the future.. [ Because he almost killed him and he would have gotten away with it too if it wasn't for those demons and their stupid otome protagonist!! ]

[What just happened.

Well, at the very least, even though Tenka's the type to trip over his words randomly and doesn't always come off as the brightest, at least he can read a mood pretty well when he wants to. So the switch at the mention of Mitsunari earns his curiosity. Did Shuu fight under the Tokugawa then?]

My old man beat a bunch of history into my head - sometimes literally - but Sekigahara was a pretty big battle in general.

[Okay cool, we're sailing, Tenka hasn't put his foot in his mouth--]

So you're not a fan of Ishida then, Shuu-kun? Was he a dick or something?

[Shit. Though he seems to realize a moment later:] Oh, sorry, Kaoru-chan!! Cover your ears!

[This is the first time that Kaoru's heard of any of this Ishida Mitsunari business too?! CURIOUSER AND CURIOUSER. But for real, Shuu's now the recipient of a genuinely confused and mildly interested look. Tell them both your tales...

Of course, Tenka's sudden interjection has Kaoru's attention snapping back, and one hand is raised in polite dismissal of his apology.]

Thank you for your consideration, Tenka-san. [But if Kaoru's ears are covered, how will he hear the SURELY FANTASTIC story that will accompany this reaction??]

[ You're worried about the wrong shitlord here, Tenka.. it's more likely that Shuu is the one who's having his innocence sullied here than Kaoru, after all. In fact, he probably doesn't even know what the word means.. but that's why he's just opting to ignore it since he's too busy being buttmad over the mention of ISHIDA MITSUNARIIIIIII. ]

I almost killed him. [ And he would've gotten away with it too if it wasn't for those meddling demons and their otome protag..

But yes, just casually dropping that as a fact there. Despite the fact that Shuu looks like he couldn't even beat up his own shadow if he tried. ]

He was with the people who were responsible for destroying our village, so.. he had to pay. [ Of course it's more than just the village, but Shuu sure doesn't feel like explaining the whole deal with his dad to Tenka of all people. Or to any human, really. ]

[ . . . . yeah admittedly, Tenka's not sure what to make of that. Really? This guy is capable of almost killing people? Then again, it was the Sengoku era and legitimately everyone and their mothers had to pick up swords. So apparently even this guy had to fight.

Weird, how Kaoru is so delicate despite ancestry!!!! (haha tenka, run)]

Ah... Right, revenge is the typical first reaction, isn't it.

[Which is why he understands to a degree... still though, he shakes his head.] It was a really bloody time, wasn't it?

[Shuu is totally a delicate flower too okay, the ancestry definitely gives away nothing...!!

But Kaoru just remains silent regarding that topic, fingers weaving together and brow furrowing a little. Since he wasn't alive in the Sengoku era, it's not something that can be spoken about directly anyway, even though Kaoru's already aware of some pieces of this story now that Shuu's talked about it a little more. Humans cause trouble for them no matter what the year is... But that's something delicate and private, and Kaoru generally trusts that Shuu won't say anything further to a human and a stranger, so he doesn't even get a warning look - just one that's a little dour, which could easily be attributed to the sudden negative downswing in topic.

Instead of making any direct commentary on the village or humans or the general bloody state of affairs that seem to haunt them, there's only a quiet, contemplative:] Even though it can be difficult in this city, the peaceful times are something that many could benefit from.

Edited 2015-02-22 11:03 (UTC)

[ Shuu just gives pretty much the same look back in Kaoru's direction.. what, do you really think he's just going to tell that stuff to the first human that comes along!! Or even if he would, he'd have to beat the living shit out of that human afterwards and he has no reason to carry that kind of grudge against Tenka..

Besides, this is a topic that's much more fun than IshiDA MITSUNARI'S UGLY MUG GOD HE HATES THAT GUY so Shuu easily switches over to it. His over the top cheer is a little more forced this time, but whatever... look at everything he does for you, Kaoru. Sort of. ]

Yeah, the games here are super fun compared to back home..!

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( open ) we're just like how rousseau depicted man in the plain state of nature

good lord poor tenka

tenka vs the nagumos

BYE TENKa.........

drops a pile of sand on top of him.. gently buries him..

good night sweet prince... may flights of demons carry thee to thy rest

gently plays nearer my god to thee on a harpsichord

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