OPEN

[sisconning]

Who: [OPEN] Nesso (sisconning) & ANYONE -- multiple options
(One prompt closed to Elza (lionly)
When: Sometime around today (IC: December 18th...ish)
Where: Around the pleasure district
What: Nesso the cage dancer works hard for the money, okay? Even if a proper knight can't help but be a little mortified hanging around the pleasure district
Rating/Warning: Body glitter. Oontz oontz oontz.

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[Option 1: In the Club]

[It's not that Nesso really enjoys his job. In fact, he's only now starting to get over what can only be called stage fright. Give him a sword, give him an enemy, he'll manage it without batting an eye. But dancing? In front of people? Wearing very little save hot pants and body glitter?

Mortifying. But it pays the bills, and his little family here is important. So he does it.

Now he's waiting for his stage call, sitting back and nursing a beer, robe drawn loose about him and making his attire at least a bit more decent. Or at least a bit less indecent. It's with a heavy sigh that he glances to the side,] This really is a normal place for people to come, in the modern world? [Feel free to discuss the merits of exotic dancing with Nesso. Unless you're a familiar face. Then he's just going to stare and blush mortified.]



[Option 2: On the outskirts of the pleasure district]
[Nesso makes his way out of the more scandalous district quickly as he can, but just within it, he's realized something fairly crucial is missing.

A frantic patdown of his coat and pants and pockets and he begins turning in quick circles.] Ah... where is it? It's not...

[Any passersby will be stopped with an apologetic,] Have you seen a keycard? I know I just had it. [No his keys his money this isn't good.]



[Option 3: Closed to Elza]
[Another night of work is finished, and with a fully relieved slump of his shoulders Nesso makes his way off of his little platform, done with dancing. He's ready to shower, rinse away the glitter and the sweat and make his way back home to make sure that Elza and Zara and Mary are doing well.

His mind is already running over it -- and the few errands he thinks he ought to do on the way (they're out of bread, he thinks) -- so he's distracted enough that he very nearly bowls straight into the man in front of him. But he stops just short, starting on an apology before the identity of who he's encountered strikes him.

Oh. Oh no. Nonono. Not good. This is his biggest kept secret ever. Okay? EVER.] E-Elza?! [He's blushing a shade redder than even his hair and wondering if this is perhaps a nightmare. It feels like one.]

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[lionly]

[He doesn't always get to pick where he works at nights, no, that's up to the security company that he works for. Sometimes it'll be a bar, or a club, or a more decent establishment. Tonight it's a club in the pleasure district and by the end of the night he's tired but wide-awake.

He wants a drink before he goes back, really, hoping it'll be good enough to help him to sleep, and swings into the nearest place without caring and thEN

there's his captain dddddoing a thing annnnnnd what and they collide before he even has a chance to process and]

[lionly]

[he wants to laugh he wants to laugh so hard he wants to laugh]

[lionly]

[But he is a knight. A BASTION OF RESTRAINT, OF PROPRIETY. So instead he schools his face into the sort of expression he makes whenever Nesso starts talking about his sister, something that looks perfectly composed and attentive.]

--Evening, Nesso. Maa, maybe it's closer to morning. So this is where you've been working, is it?

[look at his captain................ he's glittery]

[sisconning]

[Nesso is a bastion of flustered and blushing right now, that is the only thing he seems capable of at all. And staring. Because yup. This is Elza. His most trusted second in command who is acting like everything is normal.

While Nesso is half naked and glittery.

Nightmare. Why hasn't he woken up yet?] That... I...

[Well.] Yes.

[Hold on though hang on just a second.] What are you doing here?

[lionly]

[Look at him look at all of the glitter is that much glitter normal goodness gracious he's sparkling like anything. It's almost creating a glare and Elza has never wanted to laugh so hard in his life.

However, Nesso looks blushing and embarrassed so he's doing his very best.]

Aaah, me? Well, I was working security at a building close to here... I wanted to grab a drink somewhere before heading back to the apartment.

[sisconning]

[It is so much glitter. He's horrified by himself. At all times. It's even worse under the lights, Elza. So worse. Wait.

How much did Elza see? Did he see him dancing? Oh god why why is this his life.]

This isn't the most upstanding establishment, Elza!

[Wow he knows how hypocritical that explanation was.]

2!!

[amemory]

[why is totsuka in the pleasure district, that should be the real question here, but he's on the outskirts too and close enough to be hailed by Nesso --]

I haven't seen anything like that around, but -- [he comes to a stop, adjusting the strap of his guitar case more securely over his shoulder before] Do you remember the last time you had it?

[sisconning]

[That should always be the question. So much scandal.]

Aaah... [A dismayed sound as Nesso rakes a hand through his hair.]

Oh. That's a good idea. I... [He doesn't remember at all.] I must have had it at work. Before I changed...

[Ugh no is it at his work that's the worst he doesn't want to go back to that place. He avoids it as much as he can. For the sake of his dignity.]

[amemory]

[BACK TO THE STRIP CLUB NESSO!!!!]

...You didn't bump into anyone on the way here, did you? Maybe it was a thief?! [it's detective totsuka hour]

2

[puerilely]

[ Shuu is mentally five years old, there's no good reason at all for him to be in the Pleasure District..

But near it? Well, sure. He enjoys wandering around quite a bit, after all, although he does blink when a human he only vaguely recognizes speaks up to him. What, does he look like he's open to helping you?? ]

A keycard..? [ Nope, he hasn't, if his tone is anything to go by. Although even if he had, he might have said he didn't and threw it into some body of water lately just to make stuff harder for this guy, whoops. ]

Wha-t.. are you saying you lost it?

[sisconning]

[Oh it's this guy. The one who turned out to have secret magic powers and be way too un-horrified by overly sexual teachers turning into bugs. Seriously. That still creeps Nesso out, the sexy teacher turned bug thing.]

Yes. I mean, no. I hope not. It must be around here somewhere. I know I had it in my pocket.

[So it must be around. ...please don't have thrown it in the water he doesn't know how he'd even get a new one he wouldn't even be able to get in his house.] Which I guess that means I lost it.

[puerilely]

How terrible..

[ He doesn't sound like he thinks it's terrible. At all. If anything, he sounds vaguely excited?! This is the stuff Shuu lives for. ]

Do you maybe need some help looking for it..? [ He's totally going to step on it and try to crack it in two.

Never trust Shuu Nagumo. Ever. Never trust any Nagumo, in fact. ]

[sisconning]

If you would, I'd appreciate the help. I'm not even sure where to start.

[Except to, well, flail and stomp around. It's not working well for him at all. He sighs and sets his hands on his hips.]

But if I don't find it, I'll have to wake up my roommates to get in. And I'm not sure how to get it replaced.

[puerilely]

Uh-huh, that sounds terrible! Imagine the terrible moods they'd be in if they were woken up like that.. [ Yeah, the worst thing ever. Clearly. He doesn't give two shits and a doggy about it whatsoever.. ]

But they always say you have to retrace your steps to find things, right..? Where have you been after you last saw it or used it?

[ option 2 ]

[pure_confidence]

[ If only Peggy was actually interested in hitting up the host clubs in the district, but, alas. She has no real interest in such things and nary a mission to send her there. Instead, she'll just take pause at the young man a few feet down the road from here and clear her throat. ]

Did you happen to lose something, sir? Perhaps I could help you look for it.

[ because while it may be suspicious that Peggy is still out and about at this time of the night but, in truth, she's just an early riser. All the better to get some work done, wouldn't one agree? ]

[sisconning]

[No, it's for the best that she isn't. Those places are way too salacious for proper ladies! Or proper gentlemen. OR most people so far as Nesso's medieval nobility sensibilities are concerned.

He stops his turning in circles at the sound of her voice, turning towards her with a grateful smile.]

I did. My key... card... The one with everything important on it.

[It's a problem.] If you wouldn't mind, I'd be grateful. If I can't find it, I'll have some trouble getting anywhere I think. [He just hopes he didn't leave it at work he doesn't want to go back there.]

[pure_confidence]

[ at least they're in sound agreement on what a man's (and woman's) sensibilities should be, but Peggy simply nods and starts scanning Nesso first rather than the road. ]

Of course I don't mind helping a fellow man out, but...

[ she paused and then sighed ]

Have you thoroughly checked your person? It's not uncommon to tuck it away unaware otherwise I'd suggest we start retracing your steps.

2

[regives]

[ Leanne hardly, if ever, goes to the Pleasure District since the last time she had gone. And even before then she always kept her usual walks to the outskirts, which is how she happens to come across an unfamiliar face. ]

A keycard? Hm.. can't say I have. [ But she's not going to just leave at that, fortunately. ] I wasn't paying too much attention though, you lost it around here right? I'll help you find it.

[sisconning]

[Outskirts are so much safer. Wow. Super so much safer. Nesso sure would be happy to never set foot in it again. But a job is a job.]

Aah... [A heavy sigh at first. Well if she hasn't seen it-- but oh. Help!]

I think it must have been around here. I couldn't have left it at work... So it must be around.

[regives]

[ at least his sister isn't there???

But that's breaking the fourth wall, Leanne doesn't have that kind of info. ]

Well let's see.. [ She's already scanning the ground, eyes wandering from one place to the next while taking careful steps. ] You didn't leave your job and buy something along the way, did you?

[sisconning]

[He's grateful Fiona can't see it. Really. He'd never recover. It's a knowledge he lives with all the time.]

No, nothing on the way. I was headed straight home. I did stop by a store before work though. [Hmm. But no he thinks he had it when he left there.]

Unless it was stolen. [From his work locker? Who knows.]

2

[sunshrouded]

[yo wassup Nesso, Tenka normally doesn't even wander around here but he as probably chilling with one of his bros and even now, he's faintly buzzed when he's approached by the other]

Hmm? Nesso-kun?

[and now Tenka's just rubbing at his eye] What're you doing here anyway....

[sisconning]

[Nesso stops his useless looking around and verging on flailing about his lost keycard. He looks up and is distracted by a familiar face.]

I...

[Crap. Not like he wants to admit he's on his way back from work.]

I think I've lost my card. Unless I left it-- [Wait no crap it probably is, isn't it? Back at work.]

[sunshrouded]

[ . . . . . . . you're lucky that Tenka's note entirely sober otherwise he'd notice Nesso's distress a bit more.]

Left it....?

What did you do, visit a brothel or something?

Didn't know you had it in you!! Good man!!!

[HAVE A HEARTY PAT ON THE BACK, BRUH]

[sisconning]

What??

[Hold on his face is working itself into its most scandalized, eyes widening. No no no. He stares at him for a moment before shaking his head.]

Of course not! There's no way! [Excuse your face he is saving himself for his sister, thank you.]