Odds and Ends

[thanklesswork]

[Action - Morning - Near the Hotel]

[BANG. BANG. BANG. What sounds like firecrackers going off can be heard just around the hotel. Is it under attack? Has a crazed gunman broken in and threatens the Prospero Persona-users and more? No, the Kid just happened to buy himself a pair of pistols recently and setup a miniature shooting range in an alley not too far away. And his targets? They happen to be the several dozen (nearly hundred)now-empty bottles of booze that the Kid has been snatching since he got settled in.

He'd normally have enough sense to do this further away from where folks would be disturbed...but finding a quiet spot where nobody would mind gunshots and bottles shattering seemed few and far inbetween. So he'll be keeping this up until someone from the hotel staff tells him to stop or they'd call the police.

Until then, has he woken you up abruptly? The sound of gunshots making you think real danger is nearby, only to find a Kid up to no good? Go ahead and let him know.]

[Action - Evening - Shopping District]

[So after answering a few questions to concerned citizens and apologizing to folks in the hotel, Kid goes out shopping later that night. Hotel food only went so far, after all. Thing is, he doesn't know much about cooking considering he's lived on rations for most of his life. Or freshly slaughtered animals. So most of what he buys is a lot of instant foods with some packed meat. And how does he carry it? Why, not with a cart or basket, but by putting as many bags on himself that his shoulders and arms could carry. If you happen to see a humanoid figure made of shopping bags, it's probably the Kid.]

[Video - Late Evening - Dark Hour in twenty minutes]

[The Kid turns on the feed and is plainly standing in the middle of his room, which is still an ungodly mess but doesn't have any bottles of booze laying around anymore. He's loading up both of his pistols and strapping his hammer to his back as he speaks up.]

Going Shadow huntin'. Anyone wanna come?

Comments

[Late Evening] [Video]

[hachitaro]

I'm up for it. Haven't gone out in a bit.

[It's kind of a pain to try to go out when your Persona is kind of useless except for telling you what to hit.]

[Late Evening] [Video]

[thanklesswork]

[What a coincidence, Kid's Persona is only good at hitting things. Crime-fighting duo over here.]

Right. What do you usually fight with, stranger?

[Late Evening] [Video]

[hachitaro]

[Wonderful.]

Usually just my fists. I can be adaptable, but I'm not really trained in one thing specifically.

My name's Taro, by the way. What's yours?

[Late Evening] [Video]

[thanklesswork]

I use anything folks can call a weapon and doesn't have much to it. Just watch out for the bigger, nasty ones and you'll do fine.

Kid.

[Late Evening] [Video]

[hachitaro]

Will do. Kid, huh? Where should I meet you?

[Late Evening] [Video]

[thanklesswork]

Front of the hotel's fine. Bring whatever you need and try not to get in the way of my hammer.

[That...sounded a little more forceful than he meant. He tries to collect himself.]

Sorry. On edge.

[Late Evening] [Video] -> [Action]

[hachitaro]

Nah, it's fine. It didn't come off that bad.

[He cracks his knuckles.]

I'll be there soon.

[And so he is, practically bouncing. He looks excited to be actually doing something aside from homework.]

[Morning] [Action]

[battlefrontleader]

[The sound of guns going off caught Yuri's attention; so she went quickly to find the source of the noise. Finding Kid shooting pistols at bottles; Yuri leaned on a nearby wall.]

Nice shoots.

[Morning] [Action]

[thanklesswork]

[Kid looks on over and sees a girl with a curious face and a colorful head. He lowers the two pistols before twirling them around on his fingers and putting them in their holster.]

Thanks. I've had a lot of practice.

[Morning] [Action]

[battlefrontleader]

[Yuri gives a slight frown as she watches him put away his guns before simply walking over.]

Is it safe to be shooting right next to a hotel?

[Morning] [Action]

[thanklesswork]

Dunno. I haven't missed yet.

[The several bullets caught in the wall behind the stack of now-shattered bottles say otherwise. Still, there's not that many.]

[Morning] [Action]

[battlefrontleader]

[ Yuri nods, before shifting her eyes to his guns]

Where did you get them?

[Morning] [Action]

[thanklesswork]

Same place everyone else gets their wares. Had to, otherwise there'd be a lotta paperwork. Hate paperwork.

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[breatheinthefog]

What are you doing.

2

[thanklesswork]

Shoppin'.

[breatheinthefog]

Food?

[thanklesswork]

Lots.

[breatheinthefog]

Is it someone's birthday? You said you got lots of food on birthdays.

[thanklesswork]

[That was before everyone died, really. That and he has no idea where his birthday is on this place's calendar.]

Naw. Just tired of waitin' on hotel meals all the time.

[Video]

[monohoshizao]

I suppose I need some work in teamwork. Is there a slot open for an old warrior?

[Video]

[thanklesswork]

If you can smash or rip apart Shadows, you're a welcome part of the team.

[Video]

[monohoshizao]

Excellent answer. Might I know the name of this kind person?

[Video]

[thanklesswork]

Just call me Kid. Nobody here uses my real name anyways.

[Video]

[monohoshizao]

Funny, considering most of Servants here use their title to cover their identity as well.

Kojiro Sasaki, or Assassin of the Fifth War. The pleasure's all mine.

[Video]

[thanklesswork]

Servants...? I ain't somebody's maid, if that's what you're askin'.

Pleased to meet you then, stranger.