ishikirimaru

[bakaomi]

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[bakaomi]

[ he does mind, actually? fuck off, grandpa

except getting to know the other people in this game is kind of important. so. ]

There's not much to look at.

[ritualization]

No? Then I take it this is a kind of scenery you're already familiar with... Shishimaru, wasn't it?

[grandpa is not fucking off, sorry, you've got company now.]

[bakaomi]

Uh huh.

[ he just gestures as some of the buildings, as an invisible car zooms by. ]

It's like a city.

[ritualization]

[well, he's still more talkative than ookurikara. ishikirimaru hums thoughtfully, peering off in the direction that invisible car went.]

The cities I've been in were nothing like this. Is it similar to your home?

[bakaomi]

If you ignore all the invisible people.

[ he glances at ishi. ]

...

[ritualization]

...And perhaps some of the visible ones?

[he says it with that same little smile as usual, though.]

[bakaomi]

Yeah.

You look pretty weird.

[ritualization]

I suppose I do stand out a bit, here, but it's what I am used to wearing.

[he manifested like this, okay.]

[bakaomi]

Huh.

[ he pauses




and then he's just suddenly hugging him. ]

[ritualization]

Ah-

[that was

entirely unexpected?

but he's gotten used to dealing with this from kids, so ishi accepts the hug easily enough, giving him a little pat on the shoulder. hm. maybe this place is making him homesick?]

[bakaomi]

[ later on taka is going to want to die

but for now, for whatever reason, he seems to also accept this

very nice hug. ]

[ritualization]

[they're just having a nice hug in this street, that's sure happening!

ishi lets this continue for another few moments before straightening, smiling down at him gently.]

There we are. Do you feel better?

[bakaomi]

... I don't know?

[ he just felt like hugging ishi? and he still doesn't seem weirded out by it, but he's not entirely sure why he wanted to hug him. ]

[ritualization]

We can always go somewhere a little different, if that would help. I understand that familiar atmospheres in an unfamiliar place don't always ease one's mind.

[yeah he definitely is just assuming taka is really homesick or something.]

[bakaomi]

What? No, it's--

[ he can't explain what it is because he doesn't fucking know ]

Nothing.

[ritualization]

Very well, then.

[it doesn't sound like nothing, but he also knows interrogating someone his age on that Does Not Work, so.]

But if it's nothing, then surely we should find something else to occupy ourselves with.

[bakaomi]

I haven't checked out the bar.

[ because he's 15 ]

[ritualization]

[i mean i'm pretty sure he's not from eras with drinking ages and taka isn't that much of a kid by past standards? so. this is fine.]

Nor have I. It's at least worth seeing, if nothing else.

[so he gestures for taka to come along, they're going to the bar and ishi is here to supervise.]

[bakaomi]

[ i guess the green duo are just

going to this fucking seedy ass bar together then after hugging ]

[ritualization]

[they sure are, how the fk did we get here they just met

but ishi pauses after they walk in, taking a moment to look around the place.]

It's a bit... louder than I expected.

[it's the music, mostly. he proceeds inside, though, still taking the place in.]

[bakaomi]

[ taka does not mind the music, but he also goes to fuckin rock concerts and stuff so

this is not that loud in comparison. ]

You get used to it or you go deaf.

[ritualization]

Then the only choice is to get used to it, I suppose.

[because he's sure not going for the other option!

time to investigate the arcade games, because he also is not going directly for the bar. that can wait.]

[bakaomi]

[ he follows along

... and he also seems a tiny bit more cheerful that it's the games they're headed to. just a bit. ]

You play?

[ritualization]

I can't say that I do. These are unfamiliar to me-- though if you don't mind showing me how, I can certainly try.

[he's just over here because they're very noticeable, honestly, but he doesn't miss the way taka cheers up slightly at them. teach local grandpa how to game, y/n]

[bakaomi]

Then...

[ he walks to a racing game, the kind that has a steering wheel and everything. ]

Sit here.