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[notbunaga]

WHO: Akinobu and Karkat (alienates)
WHERE: A food court in tisse.
WHEN: 10/03
WHAT: Karkat has absolutely no intention of getting stabbed today
WARNINGS: none, he isn't getting stabbed. not really.

[One would think that, quiet as she is, Aki would know when not to open her mouth to avoid unfortunate situations. She'd decided to stop by the food court today to pick up something to eat for lunch. It wasn't so much that she forget to bring lunch to work today that it was she was just too lazy to do it. It was either ensure she has food for the next day or video games. Video games won.

Nobody ever said she had her priorities straight.

But she's off to the nearest seating area she can find to eat her food when she spots a familiar face seated nearby - Karkat to be exact, not a face she's happy to recognise - and this is where her ability to keep her words to herself fails her, because rather than just ignore him and keep walking...]

Alright, now I know you're stalking me.

Comments

[alienates]

[ honestly at this point karkat runs into aki more than he runs into his actual friends? he is probably cursed or something. she seems like the kind of person who would curse you. he is pretty sure he actually accused her of that at some point, but most of their conversations are just a blur of them flinging insults at each other back and forth so it's hard to keep track.

anyway. he, like her, had stopped by to grab lunch. he is 100% skipping school today like an awful student and he had not been expecting to run into anyone he knows, so. seeing her makes him pause for more reasons than one. ]

Bullshit. I was here first, you're the one following me around like one of those creepy ghost girls in scary movies.

[notbunaga]

If I was a creepy ghost girl, I'd get around by passing through TVs instead of taking the bus.

[It'd save on money, wouldn't be nearly as crowded and honestly? You could go literally anywhere. Maybe even expand into things like smartphones. Anything with a screen. Fast travel IRL.

Now she just regrets her human existence...

Anyway. She just.

Sits down at his table.]

Shouldn't you be at school?

[alienates]

I'm sick.

[ he fake coughs.

cough cough. ]

And if you were a ghost girl, shouldn't you just be sticking to one house and haunting it instead of me? Go lower the real estate value of some nice suburban home.

[notbunaga]

Oh yeah, that makes sense. I totally forgot about that old home remedy of going to food court when you're sick. Granny Taira always said it'd cure anything.

[It's true, she doesn't particularly like Karkat. She should by all rights just leave.

But something compels her to stay.]

Look, it's not like I'm going to play the concerned adult here. My friend skips school all the time and I don't stop her either.

[alienates]

You should consider being a better influence on her. They say your school years are your most formative.

[ he does not sound like he believes that. also, that said friend constantly makes karkat skip with her, so he doesn't have room to talk either. ]

[notbunaga]

You're right. I never skipped school and look how I turned out; I'll be sure to encourage her more.

[Clearly you want more Nobus around right.]

[alienates]

Don't you fucking dare. I do not need two of you popping out of the ground where I go, like the world's worst daisies that need restraining orders.

[ actually... ]

How... old are you anyway...?

[notbunaga]

I'm 19. I'll be 20 in June.

[She gives him a Look. That if he's got anything to say about it he should keep it to himself.]

[alienates]

[ he has so many short jokes to make but something else she just said is far more important. ]

Wait. When in June?

[ HIS BIRTHDAY IS ALSO IN JUNE he needs to make sure they don't have the same birthday or else he may die. ]

joshua and judah - whatever date suits you guys

[notbunaga]

[So it's just a totally normal day in the arcade, people coming in and out as usual. It's not often she gets a day where at least one person she doesn't recognise comes by, and as Judah comes into the building (with a friend? That's new) the trend continues. Although she's sure Yuuko will stop by eventually...maybe Anya too. That's just how they are.

But considering Judah's general attitude and the fact he's usually by himself, she can't help but comment.]

Hey, be careful Judah. If you keep walking so close to that guy, people might start to think you have friends.

Good question....

[thirtybits]

Oh - crap.

[Without missing a beat he jumps away from Joshua until he puts another meter between them.]

Thanks, that was a close one. I don't even know him, he just keeps following me.

[No offense Josh]

judah.....

[meshiakh]

[ Look at the shock in his face. Look. At it. Judah... Judah!!! How could you?! Is it because he bought a uselessly bright coloured mat for their apartment yesterday? Or the milk he spilled this morning? Or is it becauseー ]

No no no, Judah, Judah! [ Whichever it is, he can't let that go! He rushes right to Judah's side, bumping him by the arm from the sheer force. ] I'm your friend, right? Your friend?!! [ Sudden switch to Arabic. ] Your best friend!!! [ Joshua has no chill. ]

[notbunaga]

...

[Wow, okay. She'd meant it as a little jab more than anything, so the fact he went along with it...

Well, no, it's funny? If it were her friends she'd do the same thing. But still.

This new guy sure is...lively.]

...did I kick off a lover's quarrel by accident?

[thirtybits]

Definitely not, he asked if he's my best friend, which...

[He'd keep up the joke but....Joshua is so innocent, how can he?]

-Sorry, yes! This is Joshua, my roommate and best friend. And as you can see he brings out the best in even my shriveled heart.

[meshiakh]

[ Lover's quarrel?! That's notー Ah! Judah! Judah...!! He was in the verge of tears, he will cry if you denied him again. (And again.) (Wait that's Peter.)

His head follows the mystery girl to Judah, from Judah to the girl, like he's in some tennis match. ]

Your heart isn't shriveled! [ A pause. ] ...Is it? [ Did Judah mean literally? He needs to know! But before that, he makes a point to greet the girl when Judah introduces him. ] Um, hi! I'm Joshua Josephs, you can call me Jojo! [ ...But shriveled heart is still a Very Important Matter, so he's gonna wait for the answer, Judah. By staring at you intensely. With his most Johnny Depp angle. Though then again he's also curious about the girl at the same time ー he's always more than happy to make new friends! What do, his head is busy again... Right, left, right, left. ]

[notbunaga]

[...oh dear.

Could it be the best friend of a cynical, grumpy motherfucker is a high energy, cheerful person? Where has she seen this before.]

Yeah. ...hi jojo. I'm Akinobu. Just call me Aki.

[The whole time she says this she's staring at Judah.

As if to say "really this is your best friend"]

4/3 actually since it's after midnight; yato

[notbunaga]

[Regardless of whether or not Anya was able to help her track down a certain stray they both know, Nobu eventually finds him. It's like 2AM. It's probably dangerous to be walking around at this time of night, but she really just doesn't care.

But that isn't to say she's calm about all this. General demeanour aside, she's absolutely livid beneath it all. For a few minutes she even just watches him in silence.]

...

[Eventually though, she wakes him with a jolt.

A literal jolt, not painful exactly, but definitely really uncomfortable and startling. When he does wake up, he'll feel something around his neck...]

Wake up.

[goen]

[ It's been a long, long day, so when eventually Nobu finds him, Yato is dead to the world on his favorite park bench, still wearing the tracksuit and boots slowly becoming customary to his appearance.

He'll wake up quick-like, though, slapping a hand to his neck as he sits up in an instant. ]

Ow! What the hell?

[ It doesn't hurt, but it sure isn't pleasant. He tries to squeeze a couple fingers under the thing around his neck and twists to look at Nobu. ]

Aki! What are you...

[notbunaga]

Be quiet.

[It's said in her usual firm tone...almost. There's something intense about it. It's the difference between the firmness of a school teacher demanding children behave and the firmness of someone robbing you at gunpoint.

She is, as of now, the latter.]

I didn't come all this way to talk. I only came here to give you what you deserve.

[goen]

[ Ohhh shit. He isn't even going to try playing dumb. Yuuko definitely told her...

Impulse to run: strong. ]

And that is...?

[notbunaga]

[Shocks him again]

[goen]

[ FPEKFMM FUCK

He springs up to his feet and squeezes more fingers under the collar in an attempt to create space away from his neck. ]

Stop that!

[notbunaga]

I won't.

[As much as she wants to get closer and up in his face about this, she isnt gonna risk him taking the button for it from her.]

You hurt my Yuuko. You deserve this.

[zap]

[goen]

[ Lfkm;mb MORE FUCKS ]

Can't you slap me or something like a normal person?!

[ He was willing to accept a simple punishment, but this is starting to PISS HIM OFF. ]

[notbunaga]

I won't. I'm going to keep doing this until I stop being mad at you.

[So.

Zap.]