[Open] they see me trollin'

[coughcoughshank]

Characters: Daitou and YOU
Date/Time: Mid-morning to afternoon of March 11th
Location: In the Bazaar, and Captain Planet if you'd like
Rating: PG 13
Summary: With the arrival of the funny fruit and their hilarious effects, Dai gets his trollface on.

Comments

Surprise me XD

[bloody_pens]

Rick had his hands clasped together behind his head as he wandered the Bazaar, pondering what to make for him and Genius for dinner tonight. His mood had generally been improving since that incident, but there were still ups and downs... and it felt like the downs were hitting harder and harder. He hated feeling like this.

Trying his hardest to avoid the temptation to stop at the liquor stall and picking out something to quaff after dinner, he instead turned toward the food stalls for inspiration, the smell of chicken enticing him. Maybe stir fry would work...

He then saw a young man passing out what appeared to be fruit samples and casually walked toward him, hearing his stomach give a little growl at the thought.

The dice say 5 - Moonwalk berry!

[coughcoughshank]

Daitou knew he should probably feel at least a little ashamed of what he was doing - but it was so much fun. And he had enough 'normal' fruit mixed in that so far nobody had caught on. Someone else was approaching him, now, and he gave the stranger a warm, friendly - and above all, innocent - smile. "Hello! Would you like some fruit?" He held the basket out - sometimes it was fun to see what people picked on their own.

YAY

[bloody_pens]

"Why the heck not?" Rick agreed, eyeing the fruit inside the basket. He couldn't really tell what was what, as some of them appeared to be coated in sugar or chocolate- and some that weren't looked just plain strange. "Let's see..."

He only vaguely remembered a mention of people getting strange side-effects from eating odd fruit over his journals, but this young man wouldn't purposely prepare and hand out fruit like that to people... would he?

"This one looks good," said Rick, choosing a large purple berry sprinkled with sugar. "Thanks, buddy."

[coughcoughshank]

"You're welcome!" Daitou replied cheerily. "Those ones are good - they taste like a bunch of different berries, all at once." Which was true. It just wasn't all they did - the delicious berries seemed to make people walk backwards as they tried to walk forwards, as far as he'd been able to see. It was strange to watch - but amusing, too.

#1, rainbow! :D And... mid-morning.

[iattractmushi]

Cloud had wanted to get some time to himself, to try and get his head straight about what he'd seen in the dream and how that meshed with the theory he'd already had half-formed--what proof was there, exactly, that they aren't all dead? That this wasn't some sort of afterlife? A really terrible one, but still. An afterlife

[coughcoughshank]

Daitou had already given out a few fruit samples - and thankfully, had managed to escape into the crowds before his targets had quite grasped what had happened. He was glancing around looking for another suitable person when someone nearly walked right into him.

"Oh!" He looked over in surprise. "Hello, Cloud-san! Would you like some fruit? They're quite good." He reached around in the basket, and pulled out a hard-shelled fruit, with a slight iridescent sheen to the outside, and offered it to Cloud. He was kind of curious what change the hair-color fruit would have on someone with white hair. He'd been half tempted to sneak it to Tian, but in the end, had decided it was not worth risking the dragon's ire. Cloud was a much safer victim, though.

[iattractmushi]

Cloud blinked at the unusual-looking fruit that Daitou held out to him. The younger man was lucky Cloud hadn't so much as glanced through his journal since his return; otherwise, he would have been far more suspicious of strange fruit.

As it was, he accepted it gingerly and inspected it closely, without trying to break the hard shell. "What is it?" That strange sheen to the surface of the fruit wasn't making him any less cautious... though he had come up here to get food. And he hadn't eaten in at least a day, though who knew how long he'd been asleep? He hadn't asked anyone. Either way, he was pretty hungry...

[coughcoughshank]

"Oh, you haven't noticed? The Tree started bearing fruit!" Daitou's voice was cheerful and utterly sincere. "They're a little odd looking, but very tasty!" He was really starting to realize the ease with which lying like this came to him - and found himself remarkably guilt-free about the whole thing.

[azhdarchidae]

Above was on Captain Planet at midafternoon, standing over a sheet, holding it taut with clawed feet and hands. There was a small and shrinking pile of large intact fruits on one side, a small and more scattered but growing pile of mangled fruit on her other side. She was picking up intact fruits with the tip of her beak, piercing/cutting them, and rubbing them on the sheet, then examining the stain, if there was one, and tossing that fruit aside with a flick of her head. Her beak tip was dark and dripping now.

As a pterosaur she didn't really have anything in the way of facial expressions, but there was the sense, if anyone was close enough to pick up on her projections, of great concentration. She was on a mission.

7 - Sparklepire, if you want one from his basket :D

[coughcoughshank]

Daitou had headed over to Captain Planet for a small break from the Bazaar. He was enjoying himself, but there were a lot of people - and he thought the last one might have been on to him - so a change of location. would be good.

He hadn't expected to find the strange lizard-bird-thing he'd seen soaring above the islands once or twice sitting there with a sheet full of fruit, though. He was pretty certain it was safe, though his last encounter with things that flew and had sharp bits had left him cautious. Hanging back just out of easy claw range, he waved to see if the creature noticed. "Hello."

[azhdarchidae]

Normally Above would have noticed him coming; her eyes were set far enough apart to give her a rather wide field of view, and reaching for and flicking the fruits meant that that field of view caught a glance of just about everywhere.

As it was, she was so intent on her task that when he spoke she startled, enormous head coming up, neck curling into an S-shape like a wary heron, to stare down at him through both eyes over the tip of her beak.

Her claw range wasn't terribly far; though her limbs were long, they weren't particularly flexible, and her claws themselves were short and not all that sharp. Her beak range, now...

But, after a moment, she snorted, a sound made odd and resonant by the hollow cavity in her beak, and uncurled, head turning so that she saw him through only one eye. < Don't scare people like that. >

She glanced at what she was doing, and felt compelled to explain. < I am, > she said loftily, < experimenting. >

[coughcoughshank]

Daitou tensed as well as the huge head suddenly true back, very aware that he did not have a sword with him today. But while the snort was odd, it didn't sound dangerous, and as the big flying creature relaxed, so did he - though hearing it speak into his mind was strange.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to," he said sincerely. He took a step closer to look at the fruit-stained sheet. "Experimenting? How so?"

surprise me :D

[forgotmyforge]

Flame was making her way through the Bazaar with an air of purpose, but she wasn't hurrying. She was enjoying the slightly warmer air and pondering the weekend -- maybe it would be nice to take a hike or something, get out of the house like she couldn't really enjoy when it was cold.

When she saw Daitou, she waved at him cheerfully. She was glad to see him back in his normal body again. It seemed to fit him much better.

Dice say 8 - FACIAL HAIR.

[coughcoughshank]

Daitou gave the blonde woman a cheerful wave in return. "Hello, Flame-san!" There was more risk in passing out the fruit to people who knew him - but risk was fun, too. "Are you enjoying the weather? I'm happy that it's finally started to be warm out."

well this will be fun XD

[forgotmyforge]

"I love it!" she answered, grinning and gesturing widely at the bright sky as if in example. "Spring is on its way, definitely. I see you're out enjoying it."

/cues up Yakety Sax?

[coughcoughshank]

"Mmhmm!" Daitou replied. "And the Tree's started bearing all this tasty fruit, too. Would you like some as well?" He offered the basket out, cheery smile not fading in the slightest.

1; afternoon

[andcountry]

Okay, the quickest way to Cephiro's heart? Probably to offer him fruit.

Or to be an adorable little girl with pink pigtails who sells candy. But even candy isn't as awesome as fruit.

He really likes fruit.

So, of course as he was walking through the bizarre, he did give a lingering, slightly longing - but silent - glance to Daitou's basket as he wandered by.

You pick the color!

[coughcoughshank]

Daitou noticed that longing look - perfect. He grinned, and met the boy's eyes. "Would you like some? They're really tasty - especially the ones with the smooth shells." The boy had white hair, too - maybe his would turn lots of different colors like Cloud-san's had earlier.

I was going to go with a mouse-brown. >D

[andcountry]

"Really?" Cephiro paused and tilted his head. Well... maybe one little piece wouldn't hurt. He came closer.

"Um... how much?"

Clef gets boring hair XD Also Dai totally thinks he's 12

[coughcoughshank]

For a brief second, Daitou considering naming some outrageous sum and seeing if the child would actually pay it - but he probably didn't have that much money. "Oh, they're free! I just felt like sharing with everyone else."