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[masakados]

Who: Naoki (masakados) & Yang (flaredo)
When: IC: 11/28, OOC: 3/06, forward-dated!
Where: a nice empty lot
What: idk some demons and some legs and stuff like that
Rating/Warning: None?!

[Naoki's starting to learn a few things about Yang the longer that he spends time with her. One of these things is that she seems to remember well even the things he thinks she says completely jokingly-- like how they talked about coaxing bellyrubs from one of his demons. How she's going to do that, he's not sure, but hey, there can't be any harm in letting her give it a shot if she's even a bit serious. Especially since he's here in case Yurlungur gets any ideas of trying to eat any magatsuhi.

Tearing his curious gaze away from the outfit she's switched to today, he props his hand on his hip.]

Since you dressed up and all, I could let you try it out. Buuuut, it's not too late to call it off either. [And they can get on to training! He looks again at her clothes, secretly admiring (where he's sure Yurlungur won't). It's different and fresh and er anyway back on track he's completely focused on the topic on hand.]

Comments

[masakados]

[Mostly she says. He looks after her with an amused shake of his head, going over to Long to perch on his tail:] You're not sulking, are you? [To which he gets an amused snuffle.

Yurlungur's twisted to watch Yang apprehensively with two big pairs of eyes.

...but the compliment works apparently because Yurlungur does give itself a little shake like look at how shiny and rainbow he is:] Bᴇᴄᴀᴜsᴇ I ᴄᴀɴ ʜᴇᴀʟ ᴍʏ sᴋɪɴ ᴏғ ᴇᴠᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇ sʟɪɢʜᴛᴇsᴛ sᴄᴜғғɪɴɢ.

[flaredo]

So that's it... I wish I could do that. [ And she gives the snake an affectionate pat. ]

But thanks for a good fight. You did amazingly.

[masakados]

[Look at that. So easily won over, Naoki's thinking as Yurlungur reacts to the patting with a cautious stare at first... and then lets her do as she will.

Because she's complimenting him!!]

Hᴍᴍ-- ʏᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ ᴡᴇʟᴄᴏᴍᴇ. Wᴇʀᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ɪɴ ᴀᴡᴇ ᴏғ ᴍʏ ᴇʟᴇᴄᴛʀɪᴄɪᴛʏ?

[flaredo]

Totally. I can still feel my arms tingling!

[ That darling. ]

[masakados]

[Yurlungur wriggles happily... and then moves to loop through the air around her.] Fᴜᴀʜᴀ, ᴛʜᴀᴛ'sss ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜsᴇ ᴍɪɴᴇ ɪs ᴛʜᴇ sᴛʀᴏɴɢᴇsᴛ!

[Demons are smug. So susceptible to flattery.

Naoki's shaking his head. And he's giving Long a shove with a face as the dragon says in a laughing tone: Yᴏᴜɴɢsᴛᴇʀ, ᴅɪᴅ ᴛʜᴏᴜ ᴇɴᴊᴏʏ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ᴄʜᴀᴛᴛɪɴɢ?]

[flaredo]

[ He's lucky Yang is missing that comment; she's too busy laughing as Yurlungur loops around her. ]

Just be a little merciful on me next time, okay? I want to get strong enough to give you a real fight!

[masakados]

[Naoki's very glad she's missing too, okay, he doesn't need any more reasons for her to tease him. He flops back on Long's body, stretching and closing his eyes.

Yurlungur quits his looping long enough to peer at her with one of his heads, eyes gleaming.] Ssssɪɴᴄᴇ ʏᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ ᴀsᴋɪɴɢ... I sssᴜᴘᴘᴏsᴇ I ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴅᴏ ᴛʜᴀᴛ. Fᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ sᴀᴋᴇ ᴏғ ᴀ ʀᴇᴀʟ ғɪɢʜᴛ.

[flaredo]

Thanks. [ sincerely; her voice warms. ] I promise, I'll give it all I've got.

[masakados]

[Yurlungur makes a pleased sound at that, and he sweeps his way around her, like an affectionate animal. Mind, one that can use electricity like no-one's business and can talk and all but still.

Naoki calls over with a laugh in his voice and a smile:] You two're looking friendly again.

[flaredo]

Yep! I think we've become good buddies.

[ PROUD SMILE. ]

[masakados]

[Naoki rolls off of Long with a chuckle and the dragon lifts himself up slowly, peering down at them. He nods his snout in acknowledgement before disappearing in a flash of light, at Naoki's wave of the hand.]

Great. Now, no more fighting--except for the training.

[flaredo]

The best kind of fighting! [ She offers a jaunty salute. ] Thank Long for me later too, okay?

[masakados]

I will. He'll probably be happy you didn't forget an "old geezer" like him.

[He beckons with a hand and Yurlungur weaves over to him. The demon moves abruptly, though, coasting over one of Naoki's palms-- so he got a little treat of magatsuhi. Now and again it doesn't hurt.

And then the snake disappears in a flash of light.]

[flaredo]

... Well! That was a thing!

[ It's been a day. ]

[masakados]

Yep.

[He gestures with a jab of his thumb.] Wanna head back to the residential district?

[flaredo]

Yeah... I'd say we had a good day! [ and she'll cheerily offer her arm. ]

[masakados]

[Naoki looks at that offered arm...

But ahh, what the hell. Is he getting used to her? Maybe. Bit by bit. He'll move to hook his arm through Yang's with a little shake of his head.]

Yep-- you even started on the road of becoming electric resistant. [And, a liiittle:] It was fun today.

[flaredo]

It was! See, you're not much of a lone wolf anymore-- and isn't it more fun?

[ And she tugs him into a lively stroll. What an escort. ]

[masakados]

I'm still a little lone wolf-ey. It's too cool to give up completely.

[But his expression is relaxed, and he says it with a joking tone of voice.] ...But, I like hanging out with you.

[Though when he says that, he sounds oddly nostalgic.]

[flaredo]

... If you say it with that kind of voice, it sounds like you're about to start talking about the good old days.

[ Just a guess, though. ]

[masakados]

I mean, I could.

[Naoki chuckles and shrugs the shoulder of his free arm lightly, hand lifting. There's something a little conflicted in his expression, but the sense of nostalgia wins out.]

Though me and my friends didn't do exactly the same kinds of things.

[flaredo]

You and your friends didn't punch each other? That's a shame.

[ No, she doesn't really mean it. ]

[masakados]

Nope. We weren't very good with punches anyhow.

[He hesitates a moment like he doesn't know if he should be talking about this, but plows on.] We'd just go to movies, shopping, sit around and do homework... we never actually did it, though. Chiaki always gave me and Isamu a hard time for it when we'd do something else, like play games.

Or we'd hang around school. I'm pretty sure that one was just 'cause Isamu had a crush on our homeroom teacher.

[flaredo]

A hot homeroom teacher, huh? None of ours really had that going for them.

[ ... Yeah, she can't imagine Weiss swooning over Oobleck or Port. But she's definitely listening avidly. ]

But that's about the same as us, back home. Except we were definitely drowning in homework most of the time. So you weren't a study bug?

[masakados]

She was popular with everyone 'cause she was interesting too-- though I'm not sure they all had crushes on her like Isamu.

[He finds it a little easier to talk the more he says, to his surprise.]

Studying just wasn't my thing. I mean, I liked reading certain things. [...] I think occult stuff's interesting. Though I'm not into it as I used to be because I'm kinda living it now.