chainjailer: (disguise)
Kurapika ([personal profile] chainjailer) wrote in [community profile] estoria2015-04-01 08:06 pm

[OPEN] Survelliance and Lolita Cafes

Who: Kurapika and YOU!
When: Dec 13th~16th
Where: Cosplay cafe, CERES research tower, residential district
What: Trying to snoop into/get hired at the research tower. Also, crossdressing.
Rating/Warning: None.

a; cosplay lolita cafe
[For once, the crossdressing was not his idea. Kurapika had earnest such an infamous reputation at his job because of his temper, the only way to remedy it had been to give him a professional make-over, from boyish aristocrat to classic lolita. He was now the designated tsundere--twin-tailed wig and all.

It was completely degrading. Kurapika loathed every moment of it, but the customers who sat at his tables loved it. Lucky for him he wouldn't have to deal with this job much longer, if his plans for the CERES Research Tower pulled through...

For now though, he was begrudgingly waiting his next table, eyebrows knit with irritation.]
May I take your order?

b; research tower
[Kurapika was wearing another one of his disguises again, this time dressed up as a modest secretary. He figured it was an innocuous enough role to infiltrate CERES with, and it--hopefully--kept his identity hidden.

But before heading inside he hung out nearby, asking anyone who looked like they were heading into the building:]
Excuse me. Do you work here?

c; residential district/choose your own adventure
[As he made his way through the residential district, Kurapika was carrying a bag full of candles, tea, flowers, and one mysterious cake box. So many candles. Did he not have lights in his apartment?

(He didn't, actually. He took all his light bulbs out after realizing they might have surveillance devices in them.)]
punchestumors: (:3)

Aaaaaaay

[personal profile] punchestumors 2015-04-02 01:44 am (UTC)(link)
[As he asks, the menu lowers, and who should be behind it but his buddy Leorio! His coworkers at the mall did say there were some cute girls here. He grins a bit at the sight of the pretty brunette waitress... lucky him, she was totally his type!]

I'll have some black tea, thanks!

[there's a beat, but before 'she' can leave, he takes a furtive glance around the room and then cheerfully quips]

Hey miss, for such a cutie, you're looking pretty pissed off. You need me to beat someone up for you?
punchestumors: (you done good)

[personal profile] punchestumors 2015-04-02 02:19 am (UTC)(link)
[He laughs.]

Come on, that's just impossible... [actually with Leorio's ability it probably isn't, but like he's gonna fess up to that. It's not going to be so easy to flirt with this one, though, is it?

Oh well. He'll pull out a spare pen. eh?]
punchestumors: (bwah?)

[personal profile] punchestumors 2015-04-02 07:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[oh please. He thinks you're a hot waitress, you really think the face is what he's focusing on right now? Though that condescending voice should be sounding familiar. He finally looks up to glare indignantly - and here comes a shock]

- What the hell?! What are you doing here, Kurapika?
punchestumors: (the zodiacs are assholes)

[personal profile] punchestumors 2015-04-02 07:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[what else but his petite frame and beautiful legs!! Which is now going to be really confusing, so thanks a lot.

He shoves aside the notebook and whispers loudly]


Don't shh me! You're the one breaking stuff! Anyway, what's with that getup? I didn't recognize you at all...
punchestumors: (sigh)

[personal profile] punchestumors 2015-04-02 08:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, but I thought you were a waiter, not a waitress!

[though he guesses that explains his bag.]

Oi, are you into this kinda thing? Dressing up?

[between this and york shin... he's gotta wonder]
punchestumors: (munch)

[personal profile] punchestumors 2015-04-02 08:39 pm (UTC)(link)
I know that. [Especially since he actually had a crossdressing dream, what on earth] But when it happens more than once...
punchestumors: (snarky)

[personal profile] punchestumors 2015-04-02 08:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, well there's such a thing as too good of a disguise, you know....

[If it fools Leorio into thinking he's a cute girl it is definitely too much]
punchestumors: (are you for real with this shit)

[personal profile] punchestumors 2015-04-02 09:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[Gingerly picking up the note.....This is so awkward. And it still reads like a pick up. WHY. He doesn't even know what parts of the restaurant are in Kurapika's section or not, where should he go?? He just stares at Kurapika walking away looking dumbfounded.]
punchestumors: (grump)

[personal profile] punchestumors 2015-04-04 01:29 am (UTC)(link)
[And here's Leorio coming around the corner]

Okay, I'm here. Not sure why I'm here, but yo.
punchestumors: (no seriously what)

[personal profile] punchestumors 2015-04-05 10:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Um. Misunderstandings? I already got that you're dressing up like a twin tailed girl, how much deeper does this hole even go?

[does he want them to be cleared up, is what he is asking. But he's following along, because well, they're going to the same place anyway...]

meriter: (heroic sacrifices suck)

b!

[personal profile] meriter 2015-04-02 02:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Unlike Kurapika, who has enough common sense to properly deck out for the occasion, Elliot's just in his regular stuffy attire, every ruffly cuff a callback to his inadequacy to accurately read a situation. In any case, he doesn't even make it to the entrance — and when he's accosted, he merely swivels to face the stranger with every intention to use extortion to the best of his capabilities.

The question's nothing short of unexpected, though. Elliot could just answer it, all implications notwithstanding, but being emotionally obtuse is never that simple. ]


I don't recognize you. What are you here for?

[ JUST THE USUAL, dodging an answer while springing yet another inquiry one misstep away from trespassing research grounds, because that's always a fun way to start the day. ]
meriter: (why are you the way you are)

[personal profile] meriter 2015-04-05 08:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Why? [ Elliot doesn't overtly appear like he works anywhere, derisive hellion that he is, but at least he hasn't bolted off the first minute he was spotted?! Come to think of it, the guy he's approached by doesn't fit the profile of a security guard — he's spent plenty of time hanging around the area to get acquainted.

He rubs at the flat of his nose. ]
The working hours at the research center star early, don't they? Private information wouldn't be readily accessible just because you managed to sneak in.

[ It's not as much an answer as it is an admittance, in any case. ]
meriter: (scowling 2: electric boogaloo)

[personal profile] meriter 2015-04-05 09:37 pm (UTC)(link)
You don't work here.

... I don't plan to out you. [ Or he'd give himself away in the process. It's a precarious position.

He half-asses just about everything, so that explains his discernible lack of composure in the matter as his expression knots into half-cooled discomposure. He's spent the last few weeks traipsing around, never getting close enough for comfort. It's better that he kept his distance, anyhow — no use ruining what was bound to work. But in the wake of Kaoru's sister disappearing, he evidently jumped the gun, warranting the notice of another. Suspicions had only accrued in the wake of the recent disappearances.

Elliot eyes him in lukewarm appraisal. ]
If it's something worth talking about, then I'm not disinclined.
meriter: (porcupine extraordinaire)

[personal profile] meriter 2015-04-08 09:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[ YOU KNOW, maybe Elliot doesn't care about the end goal anymore. Maybe he just wants to see Kurapika burn??? Anyone with more than an iota of common sense that doesn't automatically bend the way he wants gets on this dork's (s)hit list, anyways.

Yeah, CERES officials are probably live-taping it as they speak. This mission was a bust. ]


Then you don't have to be furtive about it. Directness is key.

[ DESPITE THE FACT HE WAS CREEPING AROUND HIMSELF ... ] What, so you can rail on me? You don't provide much to go on.
puerilely: maybe he's born with it maybe it's maybelline (cutest little shit of the sengoku era)

A

[personal profile] puerilely 2015-04-04 04:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Shuu thinks Kurapika's makeover is hilarious, okay. Not like Shuu isn't a crossdresser here at the cafe as well, but he passes for a girl much more easily with his kind of hair and pitch of voice. It's why the moment he puts on girl clothes (which he doesn't even mind, they're cute) he just instantly looks like a girl. The fact he has half of his chest no longer hanging out just helps with the whole looking girly thing, really. ]

Hmm..? Why are you acting like that? [ He'll speak up the moment Kurapika's done with waiting the table, but while they're still in the restaurant, so the other can't just punch him in the face for it. ] That's not cute at all...
puerilely: you can't just ask people why they're not hagureoni!!! (oh my god shutendouji-san)

[personal profile] puerilely 2015-04-05 03:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Really? But I'm not the one who made up a whole act..

[ Okay, so maybe the tsundere thing was just semi-dumped on the other, but he's at least bothered to go along with it. Somewhat. Shuu didn't even get an act since he's just.. naturally cute.. when he's not being a little shit anyway. But even that's easy to cover up here with a teehee, I'm so clumsy kind of deal. ]

It's maybe a little strange [ WHICH HE'S SAYING JUST TO EXPLICITLY POINT IT OUT.. ] but.. it's almost as if oyu're more invested in this than me! What a surprise, huh?
puerilely: do you really expect a kid to actually eat their vegetables (yachiyo eat my carrots for me!!!)

[personal profile] puerilely 2015-04-05 08:48 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Guess what fact Shuu hadn't figured out just yet.

Yeah. ]


You even picked a name for it?

[ It's taking just about everything he's got to not burst out into laughter right then and there.. it wouldn't exactly fit his cute image, but god, that's funny. ]
puerilely: "might as well be a girl" (Default)

[personal profile] puerilely 2015-04-08 07:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Ehh..? [ He just stretches that sound a little, like he just can't get why Kurapika wouldn't want it associated with all this!! It's almost as if there's something embarrassing about this.. gosh, who would have known.. not angelic little Shuu over here, nope. ]

Didn't you just want a cuter name, maybe..? Hm? No-ri-ko-chan?