Day 171 | Freedom, at last.

[individuating]

Who: Hikaru Hitachiin and EVERYONE
Open: Open
When: Day 171
Where: Absolutely everywhere inside the Bastion.
What: Hikaru is finally all healed up from his crash landing, and is out on a mission to meet everyone he possibly can.
Format: Any; I'll match.
Warnings: Super sneaky ninja Kaoru may be called in to avert disaster if Hikaru starts making messes with people. Swearing, probably. Warnings will be edited as they become needed!


It feels so good to finally, finally be out of the hospital. 17 days - yes, he was counting - of being cooped up with nothing to do besides absorb the apparent fact that his world had ended. It had gotten to the point where he had honestly thought he would go insane from sheer lack of things to do.

It's with great relish that Hikaru strides through the Bastion, exploring and generally getting to know the place. He's seeking out the other people who have been brought here; Kaoru's told him very little about anyone, but somehow still managed to assure him that they were mostly good people.

In typical Hitachiin fashion, Hikaru will make a nuisance of himself wherever he goes. If there's something to be touched, it will be fiddled with. If someone looks like they're deep in concentration, he will most likely be determined to distract them. For more subtle cases, he will hover over people's shoulders, and he will pretend to be on a safari and stare at them from a distance until they notice him. He may also wander into people's residencies without knocking, if their door is open.

Aside from the brace on his right arm, there is no trace of injury left on Hikaru, and he is otherwise exactly identical to Kaoru. He doesn't know how many people - if any - have been informed of his appearance yet, but he guesses he's going to find out pretty soon.

Comments

[dontyoujustwish]

Hikaru can encounter Anya not far outside of the onsen, still toweling off her hair. Hair which she should really find a way to dye back to its natural brown, because after nearly two months, those roots are showing something awful.

She doesn't take him for a newcomer because she's fairly certain she's seen him around. Consequently, that curious look he has can only mean one thing.

"Were you spying on me in there, too?"

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Hikaru's definitely staring, but probably not for usual reasons. Holy shit he's glad his hair hadn't been dyed before he was brought to this place.

He shakes his head in the negative, holding his hands in front of him in an 'X'.

"Bzzt, wrong. I'm just suffering mild trauma from your dye job."

His arms fall back to his sides, and he tilts his head curiously.

"What do you mean by 'too'?"

[dontyoujustwish]

"When you find the salon around here, kid, you let me know."

A little disgruntled by that remark, she nevertheless continues on quite matter-of-factly.

"Even with the two inches of roots, I know I'm still very attractive. I thought maybe you'd been stalking me a while."

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"Seriously?" No way, lady. No amount of good looks can make up for that amount of regrowth. Maybe if she didn't have those two inches of brown, Hikaru might understand her theory of stalkers. As it is, his standards for aesthetics is ridiculously high and that hair is ruining everything for him.

"How many perverts are here, exactly? There must be a lot, for there to be any interested in you." Bottom of the barrel, and all that.

[dontyoujustwish]

"Excuse me?" That was his chance to get off the hook for that remark, not make it worse.

"I have sex regularly here, never mind the men who only wish they were involved. I'm sure that's more than anyone could say for you. Did you sprain that hand from too much masturbating?"

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"Keep your dirty mind off my body, thanks." It's suddenly become really obvious who the actual pervert here is. He raises his hands to his shoulder-height in a shrug, looking at her with a raised eyebrow.

"You seem a bit eager to share all your private details, though. Isn't that something only defensive people who are unhappy with themselves do?"

[dontyoujustwish]

"They're only private if I choose to make them private. I'm pefectly happy with myself and the fact that I'm having better sex than you."

So there.

[individuating]

"You know the more you say it the less believable it is, right?" He drops his hands, turning around with a dismissive wave.

"Anyway, I don't actually care about anything you're saying, so I'm just gonna go somewhere else. Have fun making up boyfriends, Insecure Pervert-san."

[dontyoujustwish]

"Are you calling me a liar?" There is no way she's letting him get away with being that offensive.

"Is this some kind of double-standard? Would you find it more believable if I were a man boasting my sexual conquests?"

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"Not really. Anyone who talks so much would be the same."

He waves at her dismissively again, beginning to walk away casually. Insulting people and expecting to get away with it is pretty much his everyday life.

"See you later, pervert."

[dontyoujustwish]

"Don't you walk away from me!"

Her anger is not merely verbal, because that definitely is a shoe flying at the back of Hikaru's head.

[individuating]

A direct hit! Hikaru stumbles forward a step in surprise, blinking rapidly. Did she just--? She totally did.

He whirls around, scowling, and picks the shoe up. She is not getting it back.

"What the hell is wrong with you?!"

[dontyoujustwish]

"What's wrong with me is that some teenager who's unlikely ever to be with a woman is questioning my word."

She's got the other shoe in hand already, because she doesn't have much use for a single shoe if he's not going to give the other back.

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"There's something really wrong with you!" He's ready to dodge the second shoe if thrown, and clutches the first one tightly with barely restrained anger. Who the hell does this woman think she is?

"What kind of grown woman spends her time thinking about the sex life of a teenager?! Pedo! Pervert! Sexual deviant! You should get your head checked out!"

He'll think of more words to describe his thoughts on this subject; just give him a moment. Though it's not that sex bothers him, or even that he cares about his age - he's just using whatever's at his disposal to take shots at her.

[dontyoujustwish]

Please, as if it took more than two seconds to come to the conclusion that she's talking to a virgin. Anya spends most of her time thinking about her own sex life, thanks.

"There's something wrong with most of the human race when you can't talk about the natural functions your bodies were designed for! Especially when you try to force your own prudishness on me, like it's so wrong for me to enjoy myself that I couldn't possibly be honest about it!"

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"I think it's pretty normal to not want to talk about sex with an old hag! My grandmother looks younger than you do!" He turns around again, determined to actually leave this time, regardless of whether she throws that second shoe at him.

"Go find some other kid to perv on, you creep!"

[dontyoujustwish]

"Your insults are becoming uncreative and nonsensical!" Seriously, why is he comparing her to what must be his undead or immortal grandmother?

"I shouldn't be surprised that running away is the only way you think you can win this!"

[individuating]

No--no he is not responding to that, except to flip her off as he stalks away. He is determined to not respond, he is keeping his mouth shut and leaving.

The amount of self-control it takes to not turn around and continue bickering is almost more than Hikaru has in him, but he promised Kaoru he would try to avoid getting into any fights.

He won't be coming back to the onsen any time soon at least, that's for sure.

[dontyoujustwish]

Anya lets him go at that.

Well, letting him go being a relative term, as his departure is accompanied by the hurling of the other shoe.

At least he has a complete pair now.