Such things should be dealt with with poise and rationality.

[doesnotbrood]

Who; doesnotbrood and tereteindahouse
What; Freaked out from being lost in the forest then returning home to chaos, Junpei fled to an abandoned house. Fenris should really learn to make his places look lived in.
Where; Fenris' house, at the end of a winding lane
When; Friday, Midday
Rating; eh, PG
Status; Closed;;Ongoing

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[tereteindahouse]

"Not cool. Not cool not cool not cool man!!" Junpei was pissed. No, no Junpei was beyond pissed! He was ultra super mega pissed off with his senpai. "Replaced with a MONKEY?"

It had been too much. Okay, sure, he wasn't the best. At anything really. But he thought that maybe, just maybe, he had some sort of respect from the other persona users. Evidently not.

"Noooo, I'm just Stupei. Gaaaah!"

He screamed at the top of his lungs as he stormed out of the house they shared, letting himself become lost in the underworld once more. Since when was a damn monkey around? He comes home and somebody messed with his room, there's dogs all over the place, and Akihiko-senpai announces across the whole damned network that he was found crying in a convenience store. It just wasn't right! Junpei was so caught up in thought he lost track of where he was, only stopping to wipe at his eyes. Stupid dust getting in them. He didn't need people thinking he was crying again and to avoid it he ducked into an abandoned house.

"Man. This place sucks." He let himself relax against the door, sitting on the floor and banging his head against the wood with a loud thump before wiping at the stupid wet stuff coming from his eyes. He was outdone by a damned monkey.

[doesnotbrood]

From his room, Fenris had heard the door open, and then the slumping, the the muttering as though whomever had entered was only speaking to themselves. The locking of doors was not something that ever occurred to him, but he'd never thought of someone coming in, let alone so loudly.

He closed his book, marking his place with a stray bit of paper, and moved to the door, looking out of the room from a crack so he might see the intruder without announcing his presence. It was boy, and one he had seen on the device but never spoken with.

Strange. He pushed the door open further, stepping into the hallway.

"May I help you?"

[tereteindahouse]

Stupid, stupid, stupid. He was in the middle of getting the last of that stupid thing out of his eye when a voice made him freeze up.

Oh maaaan. Junpei looked up from his seat on the floor, his eyes resting on the... person in front of him? After some of the things he had seen the person's appearance shouldn't really be shocking but the dude had pointy elf ears!

"Uuuh."

He turned his head to the left, to the right, his eyes widening.

"Awww man, you live here don't you? Dammit. I'm sorry. I-I thought the place was one of the abandoned ones."

[doesnotbrood]

It was a strange concept, living somewhere. He had no basis for comparison, so he supposed this place was as good a home as any.

He shrugged slightly. "I suppose, yes. Who are you?"

[tereteindahouse]

"Uh, besides the dude who apparently just broke into your house?"

This guy was taking things pretty well considering some stranger entered his house. If the circumstances were reversed he'd have his bat in hand right now. As if to make sure, Junpei glanced over the pointy eared guy, making sure he didn't have any obvious weapons.

"I-I'm Junpei. Uh.... I probably shouldn't be asking this buuut are you an elf or an alien?"

[doesnotbrood]

His house. It was still such a vague and alien concept. He wasn't sure if he liked the idea or not. Still, he supposed the human boy had a point. It was normal for someone to be angry when another stumbled into their home unannounced.

But was this home? It was never a simple thing to discern. What was home to someone who couldn't even remember if he'd ever had one?

His musing over the situation was interrupted, though, but a very strange question. "Well, I suppose I am both. Are you native to this place?"

[tereteindahouse]

"Uh. Noooo way. I actually arrived here not too long ago."

This guy was being pretty cool with the fact that there was a stranger in his house. It was real. For a minute Junpei just stared at those awesome pointy ears before grinning.

"I'm from Japan. I mean... The same place that my friends are from. Minato, Akihiko-senpai, Mitsuru-senpai, Fuuka-chan, and Shinjiro-senpai you may know, they've been here longer than me. What about you? You're not from here if you're an alien, right? Dude, what sort of world are you from?"

[doesnotbrood]

He nodded. "Mitsuru has told me a bit about her world." But he wasn't certain how to answer the rest. "What sort of world is my own? It's difficult to say. I have no point of reference."

[tereteindahouse]

"What about using this place as a point in reference? Are elves really common where you're from? We usually just have stories and movies about you guys but it's 'long, long ago there was a more intelligent, superior race'. Sooooo I always thought elves weren't real."

At least he was forgetting about Akihiko and his stupid money friend. Junpei was smiling, his spirits lifted up a bit. This place was so cool!

[doesnotbrood]

He tilted his head to the side curiously. "Intelligent and superior? These are the tales your people tell of elves?" He really couldn't believe it. It was so drastically different from how elves in his own world were treated, how he'd been treated, it just didn't compute.

[tereteindahouse]

"Well, I mean. The best ones are. Dude, tales about elves are actually pretty varied. There's that one book that has them as house slave types, then Santa has little elves that he has make toys. That never made sense to me. But all the cool ones in the movies are smart and powerful. There's this one movie where one of the main heroes is a badass elf."

He just met a real life elf. This day was quickly getting better.

[doesnotbrood]

"The first is closest to the truth." His eyes hardened. "My people were enslaved by the Tevinter Imperium. Maybe of us still are." He shrugged slightly. "History tells of a time before our oppression when we were powerful and immortal, but I believe they are simply that. Stories."

[tereteindahouse]

"Ouch. Sorry man. Er. Elf." Junpei felt embarrassed and scratched behind his ears awkwardly. "So... were you? I mean, you look like you could hold your own against anybody. Or it could just be that you have awesome tattoos."

[doesnotbrood]

"Was I what?" His eyes narrowed. "A slave? Yes. I was. These markings are from that time. I was forged into a living weapon by my master." The venom in his voice is thick. "Do you have any further questions?"

[tereteindahouse]

STUPID STUPID JUNPEI! He raised his hands in a placating gesture, frowning. "Dude, I'm sorry. I-I didn't think before I spoke. I am soooo sorry."

Blushing in embarrassment, Junpei stood up slowly, brushing himself off. "Listen, I'm really sorry. We've gotten off on the wrong foot. Can we try it again?"

He continued on with only a stop for breath. It figured anything he said today just made things worse. Poor guy.

"The name's Junpei and I have this bad habit of sticking my foot in my mouth."

[doesnotbrood]

He put a hand to the bridge of his nose and turned away slightly. "I...apologize. That anger is not meant for you." He looked back to the boy. "My name is Fenris."