RP Log - Patrick, Shut Up
Who: Pluto, Tsuzuki, Patrick, Byakko, Neil
When: Thursday or Friday
Where: Clothing store
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: major Gundam 00 spoilers
Notes: none
Summary: Patrick comes in for clothing, starts trying to flirt with another beautiful woman, and needs to learn to shut up.
Tsuzuki chuckled as he directed his fuda birds to flit around the counters, barely out of reach for their furry pursuer. Watching it was too amusing to resist.
Fluffy mewed at the birds, chasing after them. The gray cat was amused by the birds that were flying around the clothing store. Of course she was being careful to avoid the clothes as she chased after them.
Pluto was keeping an eye on Fluffy from where she was sewing in the back room, unable to keep from laughing at the cat's antics. She knew Fluffy wouldn't actually knock anything over, and it was rather cute to see her chasing the birds.
The door to the clothing store opened and in strolled Patrick. He had been wandering around in his A-LAW's uniform and the Island's heat was really starting to get to him. "Hello?" he glanced around the room eyes landing on Fluffy. "Well hello there."
One of the birds had to swoop up quickly to avoid hitting him in the face. "Ah, sorry!" Tsuzuki called out from behind the counter.
Fluffy stopped, distracted by the new person. She mewed up at him.
Pluto recognized the newest arrival from the description Neptune had given her, doing her best to keep just out of sight for now. She didn't want to have to deal with any flirting at the moment.
Patrick leaned down petting Fluffy on the head a bit before turning to find Tsuzuki. "Oh don't worry about it." he grinned turning back to the cat. "Is she yours?"
"Nope, just wandered in here to play," he said with a smile, gesturing to the birds. "But they are. So, what can I do for you?"
Fluffy purred at being pet then wandered off to try and find the birds again.
Pluto remained in back, the only sound of her presence being the unmistakable sound of a sewing machine being used. Yes, she was sewing something for herself again.
"Wow, the birds are really pretty as well." Patrick smiled up at them then moved over to the counter. "I am new around here and I need some new clothing. This uniform will be the death of me here. What do you suggest?”
"Well, we have all sorts of clothing, but maybe shorts and t-shirts would be your best bet?" Tsuzuki said, glancing to the various areas where those clothes were kept. "I'm Tsuzuki Asato."
Giving up on the birds for the moment, now distracted, Fluffy mewed and headed to find Pluto in the back room.
Pluto smiled from where she was at the sewing machine, shutting the machine off for now that Fluffy was around.
He glanced around the room as well noticing Fluffy. His eyes followed her as her walked into the back room getting a glance of Pluto. A smirk graced his lips as he turned back to Tsuzuki."Patrick Mannequin."
"It's a pleasure to meet you," Tsuzuki said with a wide smile. He walked out from behind the counter. "So, what sorts of clothes do you usually wear?"
Fluffy hopped up onto an empty table near Pluto and lay down, her tail hanging off the table.
Pluto couldn't help but chuckle softly, reaching over to pet Fluffy. With her sewing set aside for now, she just kept an eye to make sure that cat hair didn't get all over the outfit she was working on.
The red head paused for a moment thinking. "Well normally jeans and t-shirts. Sometimes sweatshirts if it is cold or something." His eyes caught Fluffy’s tail hanging off the table and a hand moving to pet the cat he wished he could get a better look at the lady back there.
He led him over towards where those clothes were kept, incidentally where there was a better view of the back room as well. "I'd hold off on the sweatshirts until it gets colder."
Pluto continued petting Fluffy, oblivious of the fact that she could be seen a little bit easier now. At least she was trying to keep the cat hair off things...
Fluffy simply purred happily at being pet.
"Yeah that’s what I figured. Does it actually get all that cold here?" He followed behind Tsuzuki, but kept his eyes on the back room grinning ear to ear once Pluto came into sight
"No, not really. It snowed around the holidays, but that was the only time." Tsuzuki glanced up in time to see the grin and tipped his head in confusion. "What is it?"
Patrick shook his head focusing back on Tsuzuki. "Oh nothing, I just noticed a very pretty woman in the back there."
"You mean Lady Pluto?" he asked without remembering to correct himself.
Pluto felt that now would be the best time, or at least most appropriate time, to come out. She was clad in her uniform today while she worked on clothing, since it was fairly cool and suitable for the climate. "Tsuzuki, I told you before that I'm simply Pluto. Or Miss Pluto, if you have to insist on the formalities."
Fluffy hopped up and followed Pluto.
Tsuzuki ducked his head. "Sorry L-Miss Pluto. I forget."
Patrick started to stare enjoying what he was seeing. His eyes traveled up and down her then stopped on her face. "You are very beautiful Miss. Pluto. I am Patrick Mannequin." He finished with a wink.
Pluto couldn't help but become a little uncomfortable under Patrick's scrutiny, only now wishing that she had worn something other than her Senshi uniform. "I have heard of you from one of my sisters-in-arms, Mr. Mannequin."
Tsuzuki frowned faintly, having noticed the look-over. It wasn't exactly a polite thing to do to a lady.
Oh?” he smiled trying to think of who this sister-in-arms could be. “Was she as lovely as you?” he had seen some woman walking around but now he was wondering who actually would of talk to her about him.
"I believe you would know her as Neptune." Pluto smiled faintly, glad that her sister had indeed warned her about this particular resident.
"We should probably finish getting your new clothes," Tsuzuki said, interrupting with a pleasant tone. "You don't want to boil in those much longer."
"Sure," he waved at the other man agreeing but his eyes never left Pluto. "Neptune is a very lovely woman as well," Patrick paused for a moment in thought. "Would you come along with us? I would really appreciate your opinion on the clothing as well Miss. Pluto~"
Pluto sighed, having a feeling she wasn't going to be able to get out of this. "I suppose, although Tsuzuki is better than I am at men's clothing at times for obvious reasons. You can just call me Pluto like everyone else, except Tsuzuki. He insists on the formality."
"It's only appropriate to respect you, Miss Pluto," Tsuzuki said before turning back to Patrick. "We can hardly get things that fit you if you stay over here."
"Well let’s look then!" Patrick urged Tsuzuki to lead the way as he stayed back by Pluto.
Pluto sighed, moving ahead to at least be in the area of the men's clothing. She also resolved that if she found who insisted that the Senshi wore mini-skirts, she was going to kill them.
Fluffy followed after the parade of people going to look at clothes.
The shinigami pulled a couple of things that looked to be about Patrick's size off the shelves, handing them to him. "Here, why don't you go try these on?"
Patrick didn't hear Tsuzuki at first since he was too busy staring at Pluto's backside. He was quite happy that the skirt really was that short. But the clothing hitting him did catch his attention. "Alrighty then. Give me a second and I'll be right back." He winked at the two of them then making his way over to the dressing room.
Fluffy mewed after him and walked over to look at when Tsuzuki had been looking at.
Pluto sighed, putting her face in her hands. "Tsuzuki...please, do something to get his eyes off me."
"I could see if Byakko'd come in," he suggested, only half joking. "He'd be a good distraction."
Pluto nodded, she was desperate for any sort of distraction. "He likes to flirt with women. Maybe Byakko could distract him, if he's even awake..."
Tsuzuki nodded, starting on his quietest summons. It hadn't worked before, but he hadn't tried since the shiki's arrival on the island either.
Rather than a flashy entrance to the summons, Byakko walked in, easily pushing open the door in human form. A hand was buried in his white hair ruffling it as a yawn escaped him. Both eyes were closed, but one opened revealing strange red eye. "Did you need me?"
Fluffy mewed at Byakko and bounded over.
He chuckled at his shiki's state. "Sorry to wake you, Byakko, but we need a distraction for Miss Pluto. Our customer's a little too interested in her."
Pluto walked behind Byakko, using him as a sort of shield. "He's a flirt. Neptune warned me about him."
"I think I like these~" came Patrick’s voice as he appeared out of the dressing room. "What do you think Miss. Plut-" he paused eyeing the new comer in front of Pluto. The red head frowned a bit.
The shiki eyed the stranger for a minute before turning a pointed look to Tsuzuki. "Wasn't there something like this before? Calling me for something the other shiki would definitely harass you for?" Moving closer to Patrick, Byakko studied him. "Hello human. I'm Byakko."
Tsuzuki smiled sheepishly and didn't apologize. Byakko was nicer about it than the others.
Fluffy stayed back with Pluto, looking up at her.
Pluto was grateful to Byakko, and picked up Fluffy while she had the chance to. She whispered, "Byakko, I really owe you for this."
Fluffy mewed, snuggling.
“Uh… Hello there. I am Patrick.” He tried to peer around the shiki at Pluto but he was failing at it. “Do you mind moving a little? I wanted to get Miss. Pluto’s opinion on these clothes.” Patrick crossed his arms looking a bit displeased.
"You really should be asking Tsuzuki for an opinion on your clothes, he can handle it just fine." Came her voice, giving Fluffy a final petting before setting the cat back down on the ground.
Fluffy mewed and wandered off.
"It looks pretty good on you," Tsuzuki said, circling around him and further blocking his view.
"But I wanted your opinion on them Miss. Pluto..." he sighs looking disheartened that everyone seems to be getting in his way.
Pluto sighed, "Can you simply stand there and not ogle me this time?"
Byakko smiled at Patrick, it wasn't a good smile. "Sorry to disappoint but Miss Pluto has a lot of other things to do. So, I'm here to make sure she can do them. Besides, you're capable of dressing yourself aren't you, Human?" Emphasize on the human part.
He gathered up some other things, ready to hand them to Patrick.
Pluto used her chance to disappear towards the women's clothing, so she could check on a few things.
Oh now Patrick was confused. He didn’t remember ogling anyone. Looking at and complimenting yes. Ogling not so much. And why did this new person keep calling him a human? He looked up at Byakko. “Would you stop calling me Human? My name is Patrick!”
"But a human is what you are, right? I'll call you that since you're the reason I was woken from my seven day sleep. Now, run along and pick out some clothes." Byakko growled dangerously, a white and black striped tail whipping back and forth.
Patrick took a step backwards not liking the growl, and was that he a tail he saw? Great now he was seeing things. The heat must really be getting to him. "Geez no need to be so angry," he glances over at Tsuzuki. "Can I see those clothes as well?"
"That's why I picked them out," Tsuzuki said, cheerfully handing them to him.
Pluto smiled over at Byakko, making a note to make sure to give the shiki a good meal for his troubles.
Byakko grumbled. "I'm cranky...not angry." The shiki also wandered off a little ways before changing into a normal sized white tiger. "Here, Fluffy....come cuddle with the big kitty."
Fluffy mewed from she had gone and bounded over happily.
Patrick took the clothing nodding in thanks, then made his way back to the dressing room looking over his shoulder nervously as he went. He frowned seeing Pluto smiling at Byakko. He began to wonder if maybe they are a couple. But once the man turned into a tiger, Patrick just froze and dropped the clothing he was holding. “Wha-what the!?”
"That's just Byakko's other form," Tsuzuki said with a chuckle. "He spends just as much time in that one."
Pluto let out a sigh of relief, glad that Patrick got a scare. "Byakko is a shikigami. You are the only human in this store, Patrick."
Patrick just stands there staring at the three looking terrified. "Wha...how?! You too Pluto?"
Gently picking Fluffy up, the tiger dropped her onto his back. He wandered closer to Pluto, red eyes clearly stating that he would be a barrier between the two. "Usually in the human world I'm much bigger." Lying down, his tail playfully flicked Fluffy
Pluto nodded, sighing a little. "I am a Guardian, not a human. I watch over Time and Space just as Neptune watches over the seas."
Fluffy mewed happily, batting at the tail that was flicking her, occasionally trying to catch it.
Tsuzuki walked over to scratch his shiki's ears. "I used to be human, just not anymore."
The red head could feel his jaw slowly sinking as he stared. He just had to be dreaming. He glanced at Tsuzuki. "You look like a human to me." he then turned to Pluto. "And you are definitely a beautiful woman. I don't see how you guys could say you aren't humans."
"Let's just say that we "appear" human, but our skills are beyond that of what you can accomplish unless it's by something you've created." Byakko occasionally let Fluffy catch his tail, before pulling it away.
He chuckled. "I'm a shinigami, a god of death. But don't worry, because I'm on vacation."
Fluffy mewed, having wanted to hold onto that tail.
Pluto sighed, not wanting to reveal exactly what she was beyond just a Senshi. "And I am a Senshi, who appears human but who is not. No human has dark green hair or red eyes..."
"Your hair looked black to me. Plus my eyes are purple-ish so red isn't that odd..." he didn't like the idea of him being the only human here.
Pluto blushed, looking off to the side. "Are you from the same world as others here? There are people here with differently colored eyes, including red."
The shiki sensed Patrick's shift. "If you don't like being alone in here, then you should move faster."
"I doubt any of us would want to hurt you," Tsuzuki assured with a smile. Despite his duty, he still came off as innocent and naive.
Byakko muttered under his breath, something only Pluto and Fluffy would hear. "I wouldn't mind gnawing on you a bit."
"I came from a place that has these giant mobile suits! I was actually the Ace of the AEU!" he likes the way this conversation could go. "I mean I actually took out one of the hated Gundams during the first war!" Patrick pauses for a moment in thought. "It was the green one. I actually almost got the larger one as well, but my team was called back." A smug smirk appears on his face looking at everyone in the room.
Pluto's expression fell dramatically, changing into a look of horror. She hadn't spent much time in the hangar, but she did know that Neil's Gundam was green. And that he had been injured when protecting Tieria. It didn't take much for her to put what Patrick told her together with what she knew already.
It was at that unfortunate point that Neil entered the clothing store, having come to visit Pluto. He froze when he heard what Patrick had said. That little... It was HIS fault! "So the AEU was it?" Neil remarked, moving closer to where the others were standing, his features cold.
Tsuzuki didn't have to know what they were talking about to realize that things had suddenly gotten tense. He focused on Byakko's fur instead.
Patrick stood there eyes closed not bothering really to pay attention to Neil. "Yeah! I was the ACE of the A.E.U Patrick Colasour~" if it was possible, Patrick's smirk would of grown.
Byakko chuckled, an ear flicking. "Wrong thing to say, Human." The shiki knew about the machines in the hanger and that tensions were high between some of the people who owned them.
Pluto's look remained horrified, and she managed to get out a harsh, "Don't go around bragging about such things."
Neil, however, was already at the point of taking it one step further. "Nice to know," he remarked. That was all the checking he needed to do to know Patrick was from his world. Without another thought, he pulled his fist back and decked Patrick.
The shinigami stared at them with wide eyes. Even when there were reasons, he didn't like it when people fought (despite his library destroying fights with Terazuma).
Observant eyes flicked back and forth between Neil and Patrick before staying on Neil. "Do you hit everyone from your world?"
Fluffy mewed at Byakko, moving to lay partially on the tiger's head.
Patrick heard a nice crunching noise from his noise and stumbled backwards a bit. "What the hell! You hit me!" His hand was now covering his nose, he could feel the blood starting to drip. “What the heck did I do to you!?”
"What the hell did you do to me?" Neil asked, glaring angrily at Patrick. He was definitely in his angry mode and he was a bit scarier that way. "You're the reason I lost my eye, you jackass! And you tried to kill my friend!"
Pluto shivered as she watched Neil, only able to take it for a few minutes before looking down at the clothing on the rack in front of her. She didn't like what she was seeing, but she wasn't going to do anything to stop it. She had the feeling Neil had to get this out, and the sooner, the better.
Patrick stared at Neil even more confused now than ever. "I don't know what you are talking about! And how am I the reason you lost your eye!? I don't even know you!" he pulled his hand back away from his face not caring for the moment about his nose.
The shiki tsked, and shook his head, being careful not to knock Fluffy off. "Humans and their wars."
Tsuzuki tried to catch Pluto's eye, nodding towards the back room. He could take care of this. She didn't need to see it.
Neil crossed his arms continuing to glare at Patrick. "You seem to have a short memory. You were just bragging about 'taking out' my Gundam."
Pluto saw the movement in the corner of her eye, looking over at Tsuzuki. She nodded to him, whispering as she passed the shinigami. "Please let me know when Neil leaves. I'll go talk to him."
"Of course."
Fluffy, oblivious kitty that she was, swatted at Byakko's ear playfully then snuggled.
Pluto flashed Tsuzuki a smile before disappearing into the back, letting the boys do what they needed to.
The red head froze for a moment staring at Neil. "You are a Gundam pilot?" he blinked a bit then frowned in anger. "Well sorry I almost took out your Gundam. Maybe you shouldn't of been fighting if you weren't prepared to be defeated!"
Byakko stood, giving Tsuzuki a questioning look to see if his shinigami wanted him to interfere should a fight break out. No words were needed between the two, they'd been together too long for that.
Neil stared at him. "I was defeated," he said coldly. "I was killed in our world trying to avenge the people I cared about after being seriously injured because you were trying to stab a DISABLED mobile suit. Can you say that?"
Tsuzuki looked back at him with a tiny nod. If things got too much further, they'd pull them apart.
"Well I was there protecting my Taisa from being injured!" He glared at Neil. "I have to protect her because of you crazy Gundam pilots started showing up and causing trouble. Besides," he paused for a moment, "you mean to tell me you didn't think something could happen to you in battle!? It's not my fault you got in the way." With this said, Patrick crossed his arms.
Looking between the two, Byakko was already deciding who he would take.
"Crazy?!" Neil snapped. "We did our best not to kill people! And we didn't go around bragging when we did injure someone like blood-thirsty perverts! I did what I did to save my friend's life! I was well-aware something could happen to me! I was always aware of that!"
"Then why the heck are you yelling at me!? It's not like I was attacking innocents! I was trying to stop you from attacking us!" Patrick threw his hands down getting irritated. "And it’s not like you guys wouldn't of shot us down as well! It was a war! You kill or be killed!"
That was it...Byakko had enough of the yelling. Moving, the tiger picked Neil up by the scruff of his shirt, and left the store, growing to his full size just outside to as to properly carry him. "Calm down, Neil. You aren't in your world anymore, the fight between you two is over." Gently he set the man down on his feet, making sure to block the entrance.
Neil glared back at the door, but he wasn't going to try and go back in. Angrily, he stormed off.
Fluffy, still perched on Byakko's head, mewed confusedly.
At the same time, Tsuzuki took hold of Patrick and picked him up off of the ground, his own feet leaving the floor to make sure he couldn't get free. "That's enough. You shouldn't aggravate him like that."
Patrick's head spun looking at Tsuzuki in disbelief. All he was telling them what happened in the war. The guy started freaking out and attacking him on his own. Why was he being blamed for it all? "He shouldn't of starting yelling at me! Plus I think he broke my nose!" His hand moved to touch the bruising area wincing when he did
"You were bragging about hurting him," he pointed out, setting Patrick back down onto the floor. Just out of a whim, he remained in the air. "You said it was a war, but that's still not very good to brag about."
Changing back into a human, Byakko reached up to pet the confused cat. Once more he entered the shop, giving Tsuzuki a look that said Neil was gone. Byakko ducked into the back where Pluto was. "Neil left. We broke them apart before things got too bad."
Pluto sighed, nodding slightly. "I'll go talk to Neil. Thank you for breaking them apart."
Byakko shrugged. "It's something I'm used to from back home. Touda and Suzaku fight all the time. Besides, Tsuzuki doesn't like fighting and he likes it here because it's so peaceful, I'm just protecting that."
"Still, thank you for doing it." Pluto managed a faint, if nervous, smile. "I didn't want to see it."
Patrick frowned. It's not like he was going out of his way to hurt the guy, he was telling them his accomplishments in the war. He sighed grabbing the glove from his uniform and began to clean up his face. "Didn't mean he had to attack me and call me all those horrible things. I don't go around beating up people who were on the other side during the war...."
Tsuzuki sighed, flying over to get one of the handkerchiefs they stocked. Getting it damp, he pushed the glove away to start cleaning Patrick's face as one would a child.
The shiki eyed Pluto for a minute. "That makes you a little like Tsuzuki in that aspect. I can respect that. If you ever need me to break up a fight between them, just call me. Or you know...want him to stop eye-balling you."
Pluto nodded, "Thank you, Byakko. I really should go find Neil...and I will make dinner for you sometime. Your choice of meat." She flashed a thankful smile, then headed out into the store before any more time was wasted.
Fluffy mewed as Pluto left, still playing Byakko's hat.
"Oh you don't have to," he tries to pull away."I can do it myself...thank you though." He hangs his head a bit a little upset by what happened. "Sorry about that... I didn't mean to start a fight in your store."
Tsuzuki chuckled, placing a firm hand on his shoulder to keep him in place. "It's alright. At least the store is still here."
Byakko came back into the store's front room, leaning up against the desk. "Tsuzuki has a habit of destroying places when I get called in."
Patrick glances over to Byakko not a bit surprised, being as he was a large cat a moment ago. With a sigh, Patrick looked down at the shirt he was wearing seeing that he got some blood on it. The red heads eyes drooped. "I will buy these by the way, and the others as well."
"Everything in the stores is free," Tsuzuki said, sending a pout towards his shiki. He wasn't the one destroying everything.
A pink tongue stuck out at Tsuzuki. The shiki only did as commanded by the shini who summoned them, but he wasn't about to voice that out loud. "Everything on the island is free. But they make you work for it."
"Really? That is so odd!" he blinked looking at the two of them. "Does that I mean I have to go find myself a job?"
"It does actually. But there are some pretty nice ones." Tsuzuki was happy with his job, and not solely because he got to work with Lady Pluto.
"Tch...find a job? No, the island will give one to you. It's not like that much happens around here." Byakko reached up and petted Fluffy.
Fluffy purred happily.
"I was offered mine by Miss Pluto," Tsuzuki said, tipping his head. He hadn't just been assigned one.
"Ah... well I guess I should go look around. hen or something?" He smiled at Tsuzuki but winced when his nose moved a bit.
"If you wait the island will give you one, although you may not like it. My job sucks...not that I've been to it in a while."
Tsuzuki frowned a little at the wince. "Maybe you should visit the healer's hut. Humans don't heal very quickly and that looks like it hurts."
"Healer's hut?" has no idea who or where that is.
Byakko yawned, still tired even after sleeping so long. Stretching out on the desk, he used his arms as a pillow, preparing for a nap.
He nodded. "I've only been there the once myself because I heal without help, but they patch people up pretty nicely."
Fluffy hopped down and curled up by Byakko.
"Could you tell me where it is?" Patrick is clueless and has no idea where to go. Plus his nose was really starting to hurt now too.
Tsuzuki thought for a moment, trying to remember. "It's one of the closer huts to the shops, a bit bigger than the others I think..."
Shifting into his smallest form of tiger, he curled up next to Fluffy, intent on staying there until...whenever.
"Alright then." He moves away and and over to where the clothing was and starts to fold it. "Are you sure I can take these?" He feels a bit bad taking it all.
The shinigami waved him out the door. "Of course. It's what a clothing store is for."
Patrick flashed the best smile he could with his bruised up face. "Thank you Mr. Tsuzuki!" He waved goodbye and headed out on the hunt for this hut.
When: Thursday or Friday
Where: Clothing store
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: major Gundam 00 spoilers
Notes: none
Summary: Patrick comes in for clothing, starts trying to flirt with another beautiful woman, and needs to learn to shut up.
Tsuzuki chuckled as he directed his fuda birds to flit around the counters, barely out of reach for their furry pursuer. Watching it was too amusing to resist.
Fluffy mewed at the birds, chasing after them. The gray cat was amused by the birds that were flying around the clothing store. Of course she was being careful to avoid the clothes as she chased after them.
Pluto was keeping an eye on Fluffy from where she was sewing in the back room, unable to keep from laughing at the cat's antics. She knew Fluffy wouldn't actually knock anything over, and it was rather cute to see her chasing the birds.
The door to the clothing store opened and in strolled Patrick. He had been wandering around in his A-LAW's uniform and the Island's heat was really starting to get to him. "Hello?" he glanced around the room eyes landing on Fluffy. "Well hello there."
One of the birds had to swoop up quickly to avoid hitting him in the face. "Ah, sorry!" Tsuzuki called out from behind the counter.
Fluffy stopped, distracted by the new person. She mewed up at him.
Pluto recognized the newest arrival from the description Neptune had given her, doing her best to keep just out of sight for now. She didn't want to have to deal with any flirting at the moment.
Patrick leaned down petting Fluffy on the head a bit before turning to find Tsuzuki. "Oh don't worry about it." he grinned turning back to the cat. "Is she yours?"
"Nope, just wandered in here to play," he said with a smile, gesturing to the birds. "But they are. So, what can I do for you?"
Fluffy purred at being pet then wandered off to try and find the birds again.
Pluto remained in back, the only sound of her presence being the unmistakable sound of a sewing machine being used. Yes, she was sewing something for herself again.
"Wow, the birds are really pretty as well." Patrick smiled up at them then moved over to the counter. "I am new around here and I need some new clothing. This uniform will be the death of me here. What do you suggest?”
"Well, we have all sorts of clothing, but maybe shorts and t-shirts would be your best bet?" Tsuzuki said, glancing to the various areas where those clothes were kept. "I'm Tsuzuki Asato."
Giving up on the birds for the moment, now distracted, Fluffy mewed and headed to find Pluto in the back room.
Pluto smiled from where she was at the sewing machine, shutting the machine off for now that Fluffy was around.
He glanced around the room as well noticing Fluffy. His eyes followed her as her walked into the back room getting a glance of Pluto. A smirk graced his lips as he turned back to Tsuzuki."Patrick Mannequin."
"It's a pleasure to meet you," Tsuzuki said with a wide smile. He walked out from behind the counter. "So, what sorts of clothes do you usually wear?"
Fluffy hopped up onto an empty table near Pluto and lay down, her tail hanging off the table.
Pluto couldn't help but chuckle softly, reaching over to pet Fluffy. With her sewing set aside for now, she just kept an eye to make sure that cat hair didn't get all over the outfit she was working on.
The red head paused for a moment thinking. "Well normally jeans and t-shirts. Sometimes sweatshirts if it is cold or something." His eyes caught Fluffy’s tail hanging off the table and a hand moving to pet the cat he wished he could get a better look at the lady back there.
He led him over towards where those clothes were kept, incidentally where there was a better view of the back room as well. "I'd hold off on the sweatshirts until it gets colder."
Pluto continued petting Fluffy, oblivious of the fact that she could be seen a little bit easier now. At least she was trying to keep the cat hair off things...
Fluffy simply purred happily at being pet.
"Yeah that’s what I figured. Does it actually get all that cold here?" He followed behind Tsuzuki, but kept his eyes on the back room grinning ear to ear once Pluto came into sight
"No, not really. It snowed around the holidays, but that was the only time." Tsuzuki glanced up in time to see the grin and tipped his head in confusion. "What is it?"
Patrick shook his head focusing back on Tsuzuki. "Oh nothing, I just noticed a very pretty woman in the back there."
"You mean Lady Pluto?" he asked without remembering to correct himself.
Pluto felt that now would be the best time, or at least most appropriate time, to come out. She was clad in her uniform today while she worked on clothing, since it was fairly cool and suitable for the climate. "Tsuzuki, I told you before that I'm simply Pluto. Or Miss Pluto, if you have to insist on the formalities."
Fluffy hopped up and followed Pluto.
Tsuzuki ducked his head. "Sorry L-Miss Pluto. I forget."
Patrick started to stare enjoying what he was seeing. His eyes traveled up and down her then stopped on her face. "You are very beautiful Miss. Pluto. I am Patrick Mannequin." He finished with a wink.
Pluto couldn't help but become a little uncomfortable under Patrick's scrutiny, only now wishing that she had worn something other than her Senshi uniform. "I have heard of you from one of my sisters-in-arms, Mr. Mannequin."
Tsuzuki frowned faintly, having noticed the look-over. It wasn't exactly a polite thing to do to a lady.
Oh?” he smiled trying to think of who this sister-in-arms could be. “Was she as lovely as you?” he had seen some woman walking around but now he was wondering who actually would of talk to her about him.
"I believe you would know her as Neptune." Pluto smiled faintly, glad that her sister had indeed warned her about this particular resident.
"We should probably finish getting your new clothes," Tsuzuki said, interrupting with a pleasant tone. "You don't want to boil in those much longer."
"Sure," he waved at the other man agreeing but his eyes never left Pluto. "Neptune is a very lovely woman as well," Patrick paused for a moment in thought. "Would you come along with us? I would really appreciate your opinion on the clothing as well Miss. Pluto~"
Pluto sighed, having a feeling she wasn't going to be able to get out of this. "I suppose, although Tsuzuki is better than I am at men's clothing at times for obvious reasons. You can just call me Pluto like everyone else, except Tsuzuki. He insists on the formality."
"It's only appropriate to respect you, Miss Pluto," Tsuzuki said before turning back to Patrick. "We can hardly get things that fit you if you stay over here."
"Well let’s look then!" Patrick urged Tsuzuki to lead the way as he stayed back by Pluto.
Pluto sighed, moving ahead to at least be in the area of the men's clothing. She also resolved that if she found who insisted that the Senshi wore mini-skirts, she was going to kill them.
Fluffy followed after the parade of people going to look at clothes.
The shinigami pulled a couple of things that looked to be about Patrick's size off the shelves, handing them to him. "Here, why don't you go try these on?"
Patrick didn't hear Tsuzuki at first since he was too busy staring at Pluto's backside. He was quite happy that the skirt really was that short. But the clothing hitting him did catch his attention. "Alrighty then. Give me a second and I'll be right back." He winked at the two of them then making his way over to the dressing room.
Fluffy mewed after him and walked over to look at when Tsuzuki had been looking at.
Pluto sighed, putting her face in her hands. "Tsuzuki...please, do something to get his eyes off me."
"I could see if Byakko'd come in," he suggested, only half joking. "He'd be a good distraction."
Pluto nodded, she was desperate for any sort of distraction. "He likes to flirt with women. Maybe Byakko could distract him, if he's even awake..."
Tsuzuki nodded, starting on his quietest summons. It hadn't worked before, but he hadn't tried since the shiki's arrival on the island either.
Rather than a flashy entrance to the summons, Byakko walked in, easily pushing open the door in human form. A hand was buried in his white hair ruffling it as a yawn escaped him. Both eyes were closed, but one opened revealing strange red eye. "Did you need me?"
Fluffy mewed at Byakko and bounded over.
He chuckled at his shiki's state. "Sorry to wake you, Byakko, but we need a distraction for Miss Pluto. Our customer's a little too interested in her."
Pluto walked behind Byakko, using him as a sort of shield. "He's a flirt. Neptune warned me about him."
"I think I like these~" came Patrick’s voice as he appeared out of the dressing room. "What do you think Miss. Plut-" he paused eyeing the new comer in front of Pluto. The red head frowned a bit.
The shiki eyed the stranger for a minute before turning a pointed look to Tsuzuki. "Wasn't there something like this before? Calling me for something the other shiki would definitely harass you for?" Moving closer to Patrick, Byakko studied him. "Hello human. I'm Byakko."
Tsuzuki smiled sheepishly and didn't apologize. Byakko was nicer about it than the others.
Fluffy stayed back with Pluto, looking up at her.
Pluto was grateful to Byakko, and picked up Fluffy while she had the chance to. She whispered, "Byakko, I really owe you for this."
Fluffy mewed, snuggling.
“Uh… Hello there. I am Patrick.” He tried to peer around the shiki at Pluto but he was failing at it. “Do you mind moving a little? I wanted to get Miss. Pluto’s opinion on these clothes.” Patrick crossed his arms looking a bit displeased.
"You really should be asking Tsuzuki for an opinion on your clothes, he can handle it just fine." Came her voice, giving Fluffy a final petting before setting the cat back down on the ground.
Fluffy mewed and wandered off.
"It looks pretty good on you," Tsuzuki said, circling around him and further blocking his view.
"But I wanted your opinion on them Miss. Pluto..." he sighs looking disheartened that everyone seems to be getting in his way.
Pluto sighed, "Can you simply stand there and not ogle me this time?"
Byakko smiled at Patrick, it wasn't a good smile. "Sorry to disappoint but Miss Pluto has a lot of other things to do. So, I'm here to make sure she can do them. Besides, you're capable of dressing yourself aren't you, Human?" Emphasize on the human part.
He gathered up some other things, ready to hand them to Patrick.
Pluto used her chance to disappear towards the women's clothing, so she could check on a few things.
Oh now Patrick was confused. He didn’t remember ogling anyone. Looking at and complimenting yes. Ogling not so much. And why did this new person keep calling him a human? He looked up at Byakko. “Would you stop calling me Human? My name is Patrick!”
"But a human is what you are, right? I'll call you that since you're the reason I was woken from my seven day sleep. Now, run along and pick out some clothes." Byakko growled dangerously, a white and black striped tail whipping back and forth.
Patrick took a step backwards not liking the growl, and was that he a tail he saw? Great now he was seeing things. The heat must really be getting to him. "Geez no need to be so angry," he glances over at Tsuzuki. "Can I see those clothes as well?"
"That's why I picked them out," Tsuzuki said, cheerfully handing them to him.
Pluto smiled over at Byakko, making a note to make sure to give the shiki a good meal for his troubles.
Byakko grumbled. "I'm cranky...not angry." The shiki also wandered off a little ways before changing into a normal sized white tiger. "Here, Fluffy....come cuddle with the big kitty."
Fluffy mewed from she had gone and bounded over happily.
Patrick took the clothing nodding in thanks, then made his way back to the dressing room looking over his shoulder nervously as he went. He frowned seeing Pluto smiling at Byakko. He began to wonder if maybe they are a couple. But once the man turned into a tiger, Patrick just froze and dropped the clothing he was holding. “Wha-what the!?”
"That's just Byakko's other form," Tsuzuki said with a chuckle. "He spends just as much time in that one."
Pluto let out a sigh of relief, glad that Patrick got a scare. "Byakko is a shikigami. You are the only human in this store, Patrick."
Patrick just stands there staring at the three looking terrified. "Wha...how?! You too Pluto?"
Gently picking Fluffy up, the tiger dropped her onto his back. He wandered closer to Pluto, red eyes clearly stating that he would be a barrier between the two. "Usually in the human world I'm much bigger." Lying down, his tail playfully flicked Fluffy
Pluto nodded, sighing a little. "I am a Guardian, not a human. I watch over Time and Space just as Neptune watches over the seas."
Fluffy mewed happily, batting at the tail that was flicking her, occasionally trying to catch it.
Tsuzuki walked over to scratch his shiki's ears. "I used to be human, just not anymore."
The red head could feel his jaw slowly sinking as he stared. He just had to be dreaming. He glanced at Tsuzuki. "You look like a human to me." he then turned to Pluto. "And you are definitely a beautiful woman. I don't see how you guys could say you aren't humans."
"Let's just say that we "appear" human, but our skills are beyond that of what you can accomplish unless it's by something you've created." Byakko occasionally let Fluffy catch his tail, before pulling it away.
He chuckled. "I'm a shinigami, a god of death. But don't worry, because I'm on vacation."
Fluffy mewed, having wanted to hold onto that tail.
Pluto sighed, not wanting to reveal exactly what she was beyond just a Senshi. "And I am a Senshi, who appears human but who is not. No human has dark green hair or red eyes..."
"Your hair looked black to me. Plus my eyes are purple-ish so red isn't that odd..." he didn't like the idea of him being the only human here.
Pluto blushed, looking off to the side. "Are you from the same world as others here? There are people here with differently colored eyes, including red."
The shiki sensed Patrick's shift. "If you don't like being alone in here, then you should move faster."
"I doubt any of us would want to hurt you," Tsuzuki assured with a smile. Despite his duty, he still came off as innocent and naive.
Byakko muttered under his breath, something only Pluto and Fluffy would hear. "I wouldn't mind gnawing on you a bit."
"I came from a place that has these giant mobile suits! I was actually the Ace of the AEU!" he likes the way this conversation could go. "I mean I actually took out one of the hated Gundams during the first war!" Patrick pauses for a moment in thought. "It was the green one. I actually almost got the larger one as well, but my team was called back." A smug smirk appears on his face looking at everyone in the room.
Pluto's expression fell dramatically, changing into a look of horror. She hadn't spent much time in the hangar, but she did know that Neil's Gundam was green. And that he had been injured when protecting Tieria. It didn't take much for her to put what Patrick told her together with what she knew already.
It was at that unfortunate point that Neil entered the clothing store, having come to visit Pluto. He froze when he heard what Patrick had said. That little... It was HIS fault! "So the AEU was it?" Neil remarked, moving closer to where the others were standing, his features cold.
Tsuzuki didn't have to know what they were talking about to realize that things had suddenly gotten tense. He focused on Byakko's fur instead.
Patrick stood there eyes closed not bothering really to pay attention to Neil. "Yeah! I was the ACE of the A.E.U Patrick Colasour~" if it was possible, Patrick's smirk would of grown.
Byakko chuckled, an ear flicking. "Wrong thing to say, Human." The shiki knew about the machines in the hanger and that tensions were high between some of the people who owned them.
Pluto's look remained horrified, and she managed to get out a harsh, "Don't go around bragging about such things."
Neil, however, was already at the point of taking it one step further. "Nice to know," he remarked. That was all the checking he needed to do to know Patrick was from his world. Without another thought, he pulled his fist back and decked Patrick.
The shinigami stared at them with wide eyes. Even when there were reasons, he didn't like it when people fought (despite his library destroying fights with Terazuma).
Observant eyes flicked back and forth between Neil and Patrick before staying on Neil. "Do you hit everyone from your world?"
Fluffy mewed at Byakko, moving to lay partially on the tiger's head.
Patrick heard a nice crunching noise from his noise and stumbled backwards a bit. "What the hell! You hit me!" His hand was now covering his nose, he could feel the blood starting to drip. “What the heck did I do to you!?”
"What the hell did you do to me?" Neil asked, glaring angrily at Patrick. He was definitely in his angry mode and he was a bit scarier that way. "You're the reason I lost my eye, you jackass! And you tried to kill my friend!"
Pluto shivered as she watched Neil, only able to take it for a few minutes before looking down at the clothing on the rack in front of her. She didn't like what she was seeing, but she wasn't going to do anything to stop it. She had the feeling Neil had to get this out, and the sooner, the better.
Patrick stared at Neil even more confused now than ever. "I don't know what you are talking about! And how am I the reason you lost your eye!? I don't even know you!" he pulled his hand back away from his face not caring for the moment about his nose.
The shiki tsked, and shook his head, being careful not to knock Fluffy off. "Humans and their wars."
Tsuzuki tried to catch Pluto's eye, nodding towards the back room. He could take care of this. She didn't need to see it.
Neil crossed his arms continuing to glare at Patrick. "You seem to have a short memory. You were just bragging about 'taking out' my Gundam."
Pluto saw the movement in the corner of her eye, looking over at Tsuzuki. She nodded to him, whispering as she passed the shinigami. "Please let me know when Neil leaves. I'll go talk to him."
"Of course."
Fluffy, oblivious kitty that she was, swatted at Byakko's ear playfully then snuggled.
Pluto flashed Tsuzuki a smile before disappearing into the back, letting the boys do what they needed to.
The red head froze for a moment staring at Neil. "You are a Gundam pilot?" he blinked a bit then frowned in anger. "Well sorry I almost took out your Gundam. Maybe you shouldn't of been fighting if you weren't prepared to be defeated!"
Byakko stood, giving Tsuzuki a questioning look to see if his shinigami wanted him to interfere should a fight break out. No words were needed between the two, they'd been together too long for that.
Neil stared at him. "I was defeated," he said coldly. "I was killed in our world trying to avenge the people I cared about after being seriously injured because you were trying to stab a DISABLED mobile suit. Can you say that?"
Tsuzuki looked back at him with a tiny nod. If things got too much further, they'd pull them apart.
"Well I was there protecting my Taisa from being injured!" He glared at Neil. "I have to protect her because of you crazy Gundam pilots started showing up and causing trouble. Besides," he paused for a moment, "you mean to tell me you didn't think something could happen to you in battle!? It's not my fault you got in the way." With this said, Patrick crossed his arms.
Looking between the two, Byakko was already deciding who he would take.
"Crazy?!" Neil snapped. "We did our best not to kill people! And we didn't go around bragging when we did injure someone like blood-thirsty perverts! I did what I did to save my friend's life! I was well-aware something could happen to me! I was always aware of that!"
"Then why the heck are you yelling at me!? It's not like I was attacking innocents! I was trying to stop you from attacking us!" Patrick threw his hands down getting irritated. "And it’s not like you guys wouldn't of shot us down as well! It was a war! You kill or be killed!"
That was it...Byakko had enough of the yelling. Moving, the tiger picked Neil up by the scruff of his shirt, and left the store, growing to his full size just outside to as to properly carry him. "Calm down, Neil. You aren't in your world anymore, the fight between you two is over." Gently he set the man down on his feet, making sure to block the entrance.
Neil glared back at the door, but he wasn't going to try and go back in. Angrily, he stormed off.
Fluffy, still perched on Byakko's head, mewed confusedly.
At the same time, Tsuzuki took hold of Patrick and picked him up off of the ground, his own feet leaving the floor to make sure he couldn't get free. "That's enough. You shouldn't aggravate him like that."
Patrick's head spun looking at Tsuzuki in disbelief. All he was telling them what happened in the war. The guy started freaking out and attacking him on his own. Why was he being blamed for it all? "He shouldn't of starting yelling at me! Plus I think he broke my nose!" His hand moved to touch the bruising area wincing when he did
"You were bragging about hurting him," he pointed out, setting Patrick back down onto the floor. Just out of a whim, he remained in the air. "You said it was a war, but that's still not very good to brag about."
Changing back into a human, Byakko reached up to pet the confused cat. Once more he entered the shop, giving Tsuzuki a look that said Neil was gone. Byakko ducked into the back where Pluto was. "Neil left. We broke them apart before things got too bad."
Pluto sighed, nodding slightly. "I'll go talk to Neil. Thank you for breaking them apart."
Byakko shrugged. "It's something I'm used to from back home. Touda and Suzaku fight all the time. Besides, Tsuzuki doesn't like fighting and he likes it here because it's so peaceful, I'm just protecting that."
"Still, thank you for doing it." Pluto managed a faint, if nervous, smile. "I didn't want to see it."
Patrick frowned. It's not like he was going out of his way to hurt the guy, he was telling them his accomplishments in the war. He sighed grabbing the glove from his uniform and began to clean up his face. "Didn't mean he had to attack me and call me all those horrible things. I don't go around beating up people who were on the other side during the war...."
Tsuzuki sighed, flying over to get one of the handkerchiefs they stocked. Getting it damp, he pushed the glove away to start cleaning Patrick's face as one would a child.
The shiki eyed Pluto for a minute. "That makes you a little like Tsuzuki in that aspect. I can respect that. If you ever need me to break up a fight between them, just call me. Or you know...want him to stop eye-balling you."
Pluto nodded, "Thank you, Byakko. I really should go find Neil...and I will make dinner for you sometime. Your choice of meat." She flashed a thankful smile, then headed out into the store before any more time was wasted.
Fluffy mewed as Pluto left, still playing Byakko's hat.
"Oh you don't have to," he tries to pull away."I can do it myself...thank you though." He hangs his head a bit a little upset by what happened. "Sorry about that... I didn't mean to start a fight in your store."
Tsuzuki chuckled, placing a firm hand on his shoulder to keep him in place. "It's alright. At least the store is still here."
Byakko came back into the store's front room, leaning up against the desk. "Tsuzuki has a habit of destroying places when I get called in."
Patrick glances over to Byakko not a bit surprised, being as he was a large cat a moment ago. With a sigh, Patrick looked down at the shirt he was wearing seeing that he got some blood on it. The red heads eyes drooped. "I will buy these by the way, and the others as well."
"Everything in the stores is free," Tsuzuki said, sending a pout towards his shiki. He wasn't the one destroying everything.
A pink tongue stuck out at Tsuzuki. The shiki only did as commanded by the shini who summoned them, but he wasn't about to voice that out loud. "Everything on the island is free. But they make you work for it."
"Really? That is so odd!" he blinked looking at the two of them. "Does that I mean I have to go find myself a job?"
"It does actually. But there are some pretty nice ones." Tsuzuki was happy with his job, and not solely because he got to work with Lady Pluto.
"Tch...find a job? No, the island will give one to you. It's not like that much happens around here." Byakko reached up and petted Fluffy.
Fluffy purred happily.
"I was offered mine by Miss Pluto," Tsuzuki said, tipping his head. He hadn't just been assigned one.
"Ah... well I guess I should go look around. hen or something?" He smiled at Tsuzuki but winced when his nose moved a bit.
"If you wait the island will give you one, although you may not like it. My job sucks...not that I've been to it in a while."
Tsuzuki frowned a little at the wince. "Maybe you should visit the healer's hut. Humans don't heal very quickly and that looks like it hurts."
"Healer's hut?" has no idea who or where that is.
Byakko yawned, still tired even after sleeping so long. Stretching out on the desk, he used his arms as a pillow, preparing for a nap.
He nodded. "I've only been there the once myself because I heal without help, but they patch people up pretty nicely."
Fluffy hopped down and curled up by Byakko.
"Could you tell me where it is?" Patrick is clueless and has no idea where to go. Plus his nose was really starting to hurt now too.
Tsuzuki thought for a moment, trying to remember. "It's one of the closer huts to the shops, a bit bigger than the others I think..."
Shifting into his smallest form of tiger, he curled up next to Fluffy, intent on staying there until...whenever.
"Alright then." He moves away and and over to where the clothing was and starts to fold it. "Are you sure I can take these?" He feels a bit bad taking it all.
The shinigami waved him out the door. "Of course. It's what a clothing store is for."
Patrick flashed the best smile he could with his bruised up face. "Thank you Mr. Tsuzuki!" He waved goodbye and headed out on the hunt for this hut.