in which everyone wants to kill rhinestone for crap he didn't do
[Rhinestone is holding a bit of an impromptu concert in the lobby. He's sitting on a ledge about five feet up and blissfully performing a variety of ukulele-based love songs. A gaggle of NPC fangirls is watching him in infatuated awe.
Little does he know that there are at least three people who want to kill someone who looks pretty much exactly like ( Read more... )
Little does he know that there are at least three people who want to kill someone who looks pretty much exactly like ( Read more... )
...a concert featuring that guy.
Wait.
That guy.
He grips his cup of coffee really, really tightly. He may be trying to phase one addiction out with another.
Someone is trying to kill you with his eyes, Rhinestone.]
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CRAP.
He stops in the middle of a song and makes...this face, causing his fangirls to murmur uncertainly and look over at Red.]
...
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[He shrinks back in his seat slightly when the fangirls look at him. Too many witnesses, can't set him on fire.
Besides, there's a chance Phoneutria might jump out of nowhere and stop him, again. He really hasn't had good luck with Kaisers, lately.
...would they even believe him? Shou was nowhere in sight, this time, and... It wasn't his business. He keeps his glare on Fubuki for a moment, and takes a long, rattling breath... but he doesn't move from his seat.
In a way, he looks oddly defeated.]
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He hops off his ledge, leaving behind a scribbled sign reading 10JOIN! (BACK IN 15 MINS.), and heads over to sit down a chair away from Red.]
Hey...I know we got off on the wrong foot, and you probably don't want me around, but could you tell me what bothers you so much about me?
[...he doesn't really sound like a promoter.]
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Maybe it was just a coincidence? There's bound to be more than one freak that gets off on being called that.
Kaiser seemed to care about him. That was pretty telling.
So the only thing he has to go on is what he actually saw.
He debates telling Fubuki off, or just death glaring at him forever, but...]
...when I was that runt's age...
I called someone master too.
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That's...because of the place you and Ryou ended up in, right? The underground.
[There's that pained look again. Could it be possible that this guy actually does care?]
...He calls me that by himself. It...doesn't mean anything like that.
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I know he does.
He does it because he wants to.
That's what I hate.
[He touches the red sphere on the collar that he's still wearing, despite, presumably, being free of his promoter.]
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It means that he looks up to me, that I'm his teacher...I guess that he trusts me, too.
But maybe that's what bothers you.
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NO it isn't!
[...aww, he's still a Manjoume under all that leather and scarring.]
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They'll just fuck it up.
[He lowers his head. That was almost more... self-loathing than defensive, like maybe he's the one that screwed up with someone's trust recently.]
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But sometimes they won't, and that makes it worth it.
[...that probably wasn't the response Red was expecting.]
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[He glares sullenly at his coffee.
Worth it...
His defensive glare falters into a faintly sad expression, and he mumbles raspingly to himself.]
I don't think she'd agree.
[oh
oh
oh
there's a ~she~]
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This looks like a job for THE LOVE MAGICIAN.]
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Tell me all about it.
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[He doesn't realize Fubuki heard his angsty mumbling.]
...there's nothing to talk about.
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