niteo_logs | (no subject)

Entry tags:

(no subject)

Characters: CLOSED;

tothelastbreath and

looseleafbook,

alma_karma whenever they get around to kidnapping him in the name of good grooming habits, and maybe

promisedlotus if he's cool with getting a haircut.
When: July 11th
Where: Nesreca apartments
Rating: DANDELIONS AND PUPPIES until Kanda opens his mouth.
Summary: Just a bunch of boys cutting each other's hair, with or without permission. What can go wrong, seriously. Also, action spam format. Aaaaall the action spam.

[Truth is, Allen doesn't really care if his hair gets cut or not.

Truth is, Nesreca has this hideous way of encouraging him not to care very much about most things pertaining to himself.

What he does care about, however, is making good on his verbal promise to Lavi, especially after circumstances have caused him to fall short of keeping the previous one. So when late morning finally rolls around, he splashes some water on his face in an attempt to wash away the fatigue, tries on a smile in a grimy window pane (stretch it, hold it, steady now), and makes his way to room 905 with the pair of surgical scissors they'd found all those weeks ago.]

Lavi? [ Knock knock. ] Are you up?

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[...You had best not be stabbing your friend with those surgical scissors, Allen Walker. But there's no need to hold on that tightly since the descent down to the ground is rather slow and unhurried, the only frightening thing is the height perhaps. Or the sudden exposure to the elements when one had been looking forward to walking down eight other flights of stairs?

Minutes later they reach the ground floor and Lavi's smiling like there's nothing at all wrong in the world. Despite everything that is.]

See! Not too bad at all!

[Run, Lavi. Run quickly before the belts find you.]

[Don't worry, their pointy tips are angled away from Lavi, though more by chance than design. After the initial heart-stopping, stomach-heaving lurch of finding thin air under his feet, it quickly hits Allen that they aren't travelling at the breakneck speed he's expecting, that Lavi is exercising some rather precise control.

Oh. Well.

This just went from potentially fatal to kind of ridiculous. Slowly, he relaxes his grip on Lavi's shirt, in this subtle I didn't just do that kind of way, but not completely in case Lavi loses his hold somehow.

Speaking of, he feels all sorts of ridiculous just... dangling... from Lavi's arm like this, so he reaches around (again, awkwardly) to close a hand around Tettsui's handle. They make it to ground without further mishaps.]

[Twitch goes a white eyebrow at that blithe comment.]

No, it wasn't.

[with all of his English pleasantness:] What's coming next may be, though!

[―Fear not for your life, he isn't honestly aggravated. A little impressed, even, but what are bros without timely threats of bodily harm.]

[E-eep. Le-letting go of Allen, hammer away in its holster.]

It's just it was quicker than the stairs, Allen! I won't do it again, [Without more warning] honest!

[Holding his hands up in surrender mode.]

[Hands up, you say? That's all the more reason for his smile to carve its way that fraction wider for the briefest glimpse of teeth ― and reach to jab Lavi in his unguarded ribs.]

Suppose I can find it in my heart to spare your hair today, then.

[carrying on a lot more sincerely:] Oh, but I meant it when I said it wasn't too bad -- you did get much better at it.

[Grunts and wraps his arms around his ribs to protect them.] And I humbly thank you for this pardon.

[Grin brightens a little.] Told you.

You shouldn't.

[So very simply, because sometimes simple is best ― let them wonder. Still, it's all just a part of their mutual ribbing. Allen won't actually strive to make a mess of Lavi's hair.]

Have you tried travelling longer distances with it?

[Who knows, it may come in handy now that Lavi's driving skills appear to be several notches above 'lethal'. He's walking over to a low, broken stone wall as he speaks. One of them can sit on it while the other trims.]

[Yeah, but he'd rather take it now instead of later when Allen might be less forgiving of the matter.

F-following. Going to make the giant sit are you? Hope it's got a low section in that broken mess.] I use it to travel back here every night after my explorations in the north now.

[There probably is. If not, the ground is always an option!]

[still teasing:] That's odd, would've thought I'd hear you coming.

[All of that screaming and everything. Jokes aside, it's good to know Lavi has some mode of transportation back to the apartments. Allen doesn't much like the thought of anyone out in the ruins of Nesreca at night.]

I'll start keeping an eye out for you.

[He hands the scissors over as he speaks, handle-first. Lavi's the one who knows what he's doing, might as well have him start.]

[Ground hurts. :|]

I don't scream myself, Allen. Not unless I'm actually falling. [Slight tongue being stuck out at you as he takes the scissors.]

Lights out at night would be nice when winter comes if I'm still looking around by then. [Waits for Allen to sit before he wraps the blanket around his shoulders.]

Ready?

[Be a big boy, Lavi!]

[Allen's expression dims slightly along with the mention of winter. He has already been through one, determined he wouldn't be here long enough to see the seasons change, but look at them now.]

[Thankfully, the shift is subtle and doesn't last long. He's quirking an eyebrow at Lavi soon enough, tone light.]

Oh, this I have to see.

[And you can bet he'll be looking, not to prove or disprove Lavi's claim like it sounds, but simply to show him a welcoming face. Don't get too distracted if you're zipping home one day and happen to see Allen waving at you from his window.]

There's a lot of ground to cover, but not that much to note. I don't think it'll take that long.

[With that, he sits, tilting his head back to look up at Lavi when the blanket's in place.]

[ grinning a little uneasily ] I was until you asked. But alright, go for it.

[No. The ground hurts. You have to hit it too.

But they don't get a choice, it's been said there's no way out of this place and Sasuke had been here for the longest out of them before he was...eaten. ~~How is Hoshi going to bring him back that way, man.~~ Might as well take the passing seasons as a bitter pill, one we don't want but have to take. Just like so many other things that they come up against.

Offended tone, still kidding but.] Hey! You're saying it like you expect me to fall and hurt myself! [Of course after this he'll have Naoto on the back of his hammer behind him.] I've got another direction to go after north at least, we go far enough east and we'll find the ocean.

[Allen gets an easy grin in return.] I'll cut only a little first, that way if more needs to be cut off I can cut it.

[~~IDEK perhaps he will return a zombie, or maybe deaths here don't affect anything back home.~~]

―The ocean?

[A spark of blank surprise, followed by this look of oh well. Allen supposes he really, really, really should have thought of this, especially with the river and everything. It's supposed to lead somewhere, right?]

[Kind of embarrassed now.]

Ah, I didn't... Think of that. [ but he perks soon enough, sounding hopeful ] We should try, see if it helps any.

[Every new avenue is an appreciated one when you don't have many to begin with. A way out over the water, perhaps? At least a new source of food?]

[ settling back down and reminding himself to hold still ] Sounds good to me.

[Lavi hums softly, beginning to cut and the scissors making soft 'snip, snip' noises.] Basic geography, to the south of us is India and below that the ocean as well, or a gulf anyway. But it could take a while, Russia is a huge country and takes up most of Asia.

[Fresh eyes, fresh ideas. They make a difference.] Maybe after things calm down again. Everything still feels a bit...off. [He shrugs slightly, having no other way to explain all the tension in the air.

[A quiet hum in place of a nod, still holding still as bits of white hair fall on the blanket in soft flurries.]

I wonder how close we are to the coast. It's hard to tell from the maps.

[And it's not like the Russian Empire back home ever had cities named Nesreca or Credinta.]

[musing aloud:] If we can leave the city, find someplace where they won't know us and at least live there until we we can go home...

[It would make life better for everyone, but at the same time, Allen gets the feeling the clue they need is right here in Nesreca. If they could at least get the children and non-combatants somewhere safe, though...]

[At Lavi's observation, he lowers his gaze to his knees guiltily, but only because it's probably hard for Lavi to catch it at that angle.]

I don't doubt they will soon. Tyki's been doing alright.

[It's not the only source of tension, of course, but it's the one they can talk openly about. Besides, he plans to check on Lenalee after this.]

I'll pack up for a week and take a trip east to see how far it is. Or if I can find another town that we do know of.

[Laughs softly.] It'd be nice to live somewhere we're not hated or feared. It didn't used to be that way here and it shouldn't.

[Puts his hands down, ruffling out Allen's hair and then moves to a new section.]

That's good, any signs of him cheering up to his normal "rankle Exorcist chains" self yet?

[immediately:] You should take--[ someone with you, in case something happens out there in the unfamiliar terrain and they're much too far away to help. but he also gets that this is an expedition that will go much faster for one than two, and truth be told, it'll be hard to gather a week's worth of supplies for two people. ]--Tim with you. [ tilting his face up again with an encouraging smile ] I'm sure he can do without me for a week, and he's handy.

[Doesn't need to sleep, doesn't need to eat, comes armed with a handsome maw of very. Sharp. Teeth. He takes the ruffling without complaint this time, as he knows Lavi means well and er, he is in possession of those scissors.]

Not yet, but I don't blame him. [in something close to a murmur:] He's all by himself here.

Edited 2011-07-18 05:48 (UTC)

[Don't trust that he can take care of himself, Allen? He has to get supplies together, have to spend some time doing that. But Lavi will want to really spend a week going out and a week coming back.

Lavi pauses and blinks, looking at Allen.] You sure that's okay, Allen? Not that I don't mind Tim's company but what would Cross say if he came looking for the butterball?

[He was actually making sure Allen's hair looked alright as he cut it. But the ruffle can definitely be to cheer him up as well.]

And it could very well be the other way around one day. Just one of us and the majority of the population being Noah.

[It's not a matter of trust, he's just concerned. There's no guarantee that the network extends beyond the fringes of Nesreca (going by how it's powered by Credinta's townhall, it probably doesn't), and they're in an unfamiliar world in an unfamiliar time. The Rose Cross means nothing here, they can't count on allies in the outside world to help Lavi if he does run into trouble. Allen would insist on going along if his presence in Nesreca weren't needed.]

[firmly:] Yes. If Master--[ it's spoken with the slightest note of tension, things between them are prickly at the moment ]--says anything, I'll just tell him to deal with it.

[There it is, that edge of brat, but then he sobers slightly.]

He'll have to, he already gave Tim to me.

[A bit of that prerecorded message he never told anyone about, except Link, who only overheard it because... Well. It's his job.]

[somewhat reserved:] I've thought of it.

[And he knows they would never have been as benevolent as he has been to them. It all looks grossly unfair in comparison, so he can't help but wonder if Lenalee (a pang at the mere thought of her name) has good reason to think he might value the Noah's humanity over his friends' well-being.]

If it does come to that-- I just hope Tyki and Rhode will remember how we gave them a chance.

Edited 2011-07-18 06:16 (UTC)

[He gets out to the real world and suddenly getting calls to his device because it's someone's old number and there's an angry ex. That would be his luck. But he could also take one of the Kandas with him. That way they wouldn't try to kill each other.

Lavi picks up on it but he just hums again, knowing that if Allen wanted to talk about it that he would. Then again sometimes he just keeps quiet. This doesn't sound like something he needs to stick his nose into though, this is something between the two of them.]

He did now? That's good, Tim deserves a master that won't leave him alone.

[Not that he thinks badly of Cross. Well, he does but yeah. Not so that Tim would attack him for talking bad about Cross.]

If they don't leave and come back not remembering a thing.

[--That's a thought. Bringing one of the Kandas along, that is, depressing and highly inappropriate jokes of spares aside. Maybe they can do that instead.]

Mm. [ dishing up a slice of a smile, nothing in his voice to betray his thoughts on the matter: ] Said he's always planned on giving Tim to me.

[He holds out a hand for the golem in question to perch on (not finger, Tim doesn't quite fit anymore), then nudges it slightly in Lavi's direction.]

I'm sure he can leave me alone for a week or two.

[Sighs then, a gusty sound that stirs his bangs, because something is always liable to go wrong.]

We'll just have to hope they will.

[Or, now that Rhode's gone, see if Tyki at least is willing to leave some kind of message behind for himself, should he ever leave and return again. Allen isn't sure how convincing that will be, though.]

Edited 2011-08-02 08:43 (UTC)

[It's a thought, one that still hasn't been acted on but probably will soon.]

He is rather helpful to have around unless he's eating things he shouldn't.

[Tugs on a bit of hair.] But can you do without Tim for a week or two? [A wiry grin on Lavi's face as he moves around to trim those unruly bangs.]

One of those 'time will tell' things. Always get too impatient for them.

/APPLAUDS THE PRETTY

1/3 GLAD YOU LIKED.

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

1/2

no subject

no subject

1/2

2/2

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

/)_(\ so late slkjfld;

/clings to anyway