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You only see what your eyes want to see. [Open]

Jun 30, 2009 04:26

Characters: Ulquiorra and absolutely anybody in the area from any ship who might get a kick out of bothering this asocial little git?
Content: Ulquiorra, after getting confirmed as a new crew member of the Fiertia, gets his bearings of the makeshift Market town that has built up around the races.
Setting: Anywhere in the market town; he'll be on ( Read more... )

≠ gin ichimaru, ≠ sai, ≠ cirucci thunderwitch, ulquiorra schiffer

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forged_smile June 30 2009, 22:29:57 UTC

Sai, having not long been confirmed as a new member to a crew himself, was also walking around the market town. He'd excused himself to swing back and take another look at the art supplies stall he'd passed up earlier in favour of the Winding Way. He'd been assigned a room, which held a desk that he now aimed to fill full of ink, paper, scrolls and brushes.

He handed over a reasonable amount of cash in exchange for the brown bag full of supplies, and as he turned to walk from the stall back to the ship, he nearly crashed into the pale man walking close to him.

Hm. Deja vu. He really ought to start looking where he was going. This bumping into total strangers thing really wasn't like him. Maybe he was just too distracted.

He looked to meet the eyes of the man next to him and he raised his free hand in way of apology.

"Apologies. I was a little distracted for a moment."

murcielago June 30 2009, 23:10:58 UTC

Ulquiorra closed his eyes at the moment of impact, but he managed not to look irritated at all. He was, a little. Some idiot walking into you when they're not looking where they're supposed to be going is going to annoy anybody, but the Arrancar kept that to himself and simply stepped back.

He made eye contact with the other boy, but his pupils didn't react at all to the refocusing. His facial expression didn't alter, either.

"Watch where you're going." Was all he said, his words coming out lazy.

forged_smile June 30 2009, 23:26:47 UTC

Sai brushed himself off before he met the shorter man's eyes. His own expression was neutral for a moment, before he tilted his head and it morphed into his typical, soft, friendly smile. As usual, it didn't reach his eyes.

"Ah, I'll take that as acceptance of my apology?"

He did tell him he was distracted... And he had apologised. What else was there left to do?

murcielago June 30 2009, 23:42:23 UTC

In stark contrast, Ulquiorra did not attempt a fake smile to sate the other. While their real expressions might have been similar, Ulquiorra did not see the need or reason to bother with false presentations for the benefit of other people.

"You may take it as you like." He replied, genuinely not caring if he took it as that or not.

As far as he was concerned, he'd already been deemed an idiot in his eyes forever, simply for being so unobservant as to walk into somebody else. Ulquiorra had made the attempt to move, but it appeared that Sai's distracted clumsiness was a little too much for his short-notice skills of avoidance. He wasn't entirely blameless, but he certainly didn't see it that way.

forged_smile June 30 2009, 23:51:23 UTC

Of course, Sai's smile, although seemingly innocence in his eyes, could often be, and often had, been seen as more of a gesture to annoy than to please. Right now, the line between the two were beginning to blur.

He shrugged. It didn't really bother him all that much. Although, he hated to waste a perfectly good apology on somebody who didn't want it.

"In that case, if you don't want it, I'll take it back. You were quite close, after all."

murcielago July 1 2009, 00:09:39 UTC

Ulquiorra tilted his head back at that. His expression didn't alter --no, not a single change happened to those black lips of his at the movement, and his eyebrows didn't so much as twitch in response either. Still, there was something in his stance, in his very presence that changed at Sai's words. It was invisible, but something about the way he looked at the boy in front of him made it very clear that he didn't appreciate being given any shred of blame for that little faux pas he'd performed when he'd walked into him.

"Hn." Somehow, in that single syllable, there was a mocking note in his voice.

forged_smile July 1 2009, 00:26:21 UTC

The only thing about Sai that changed was his smile. It left his lips completely, emphasising the complete lack of emotion in his eyes. It wasn't because he was intimidated, just that he knew his smile would not help this situation.

He failed to pick up the mocking tone in his voice, and instead took it as a noise of indifference. He didn't see what the problem was. He apologised, this man didn't want it, so he took it back. Somebody was to blame, and any other normal person would have moved on.

He blinked once, slowly. "Can I help you?"

murcielago July 1 2009, 01:03:25 UTC

Ulquiorra didn't move, or take a step back or away. No, there was nothing Sai could do for him, short of giving him the information on everybody he needed information on, but he thought about it briefly all the same.

Ah, that might be a useful thing to ask.

"Which crew are you with?" He asked, his voice deep and cold.

He had to make sure that he wasn't doing anything socially terrible with one of the people he had to share a ship with, after all.

forged_smile July 1 2009, 01:09:40 UTC

Half expecting no answer at all, it still didn't surprise Sai that he wasn't done with him. He felt like he might have to offer another apology by the time this was finished with. He'd be loathe to dish out a second, of course.

No bothering with his smile, he kept his eyes on his as he spoke.

"The Winding Way."

He didn't feel like he should dish out any more information. That's all he'd asked for, after all.

murcielago July 1 2009, 13:59:19 UTC

Ulquiorra didn't acknowledge the answer visibly. He held his eyes on the somewhat blank ones of the other boy for a bare moment longer and then carried on walking in the direction he was heading in before Sai's little slip up.

As far as he was concerned, he was not even worth his time.

forged_smile July 1 2009, 15:28:35 UTC

Sai stared after him, having never left his gaze. He watched him walk away, and he was curious. It seemed to sai that this person was very much like the people he'd spent most of his childhood around. Detached, unemotional and uncaring. His eyes flickered to his sword for a moment, glancing for other clues that could potentially lead to links with a group much like the one Sai had belonged to.

Maybe he was thinking about it too hard. Maybe he was just a... jerk? Somebody had called him that once, and it seemed fitting now. He cleared his throat and called after him.

"What about you?"

murcielago July 1 2009, 20:59:48 UTC

He pressed forward two steps before the voice halted him. Looking over his shoulder, he gazed back at him.

"The Fiertia." He said simply.

He didn't quite understand why he wanted to know.

forged_smile July 1 2009, 22:09:04 UTC

He stared at him once more, meeting his gaze. He simply nodded once and gave a little shrug of the shoulders.

"Ah. I see."

Well, that was good news. Everybody he'd met so far on the Way seemed friendly enough. It would have been a shame to ruin the record so early on.

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