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[bedbathandme]

Characters: BB and OPEN
Location: Around Death City: Holocaust Mall, Papercut Books, and other stores.
Rating: I guess PG-13, just because he is from Death Note? It could end up being G though. /shrug
Time: Oct. 25, throughout the day.
Description: Beyond Birthday attempts to shake off some post-incarceration symptoms by steeping himself in what

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Bookstore?

[blue_wayfinder]

The bookshelf in Aqua's room back in the Land of Departure had been filled with magic tomes, books on history and lore, and others on myths and beliefs of other worlds. The library in Death City had a lot of books on similar subjects, and when she wasn't training or on patrol it was always a treat to sit there and just read.

But she still wasn't used to having a whole apartment to herself, and she thought maybe filling the empty bookshelf in it with books might make it feel more homey to her. Or, failing that, give her something to do if she got lonely in there.

She ended up somewhere closer to the back of the shop, with a large book titled, "The Encyclopedia of Things That Never Were" tucked under one arm, while the other trailed over the bindings of the books on the shelf beside her.

[bedbathandme]

B didn't seem to notice the young lady at first, apparently absorbed in his reading.

However, she might soon sense something moving beneath her line of vision. The volume of the comic he'd been reading was added to a stack of things he'd already read, and now... he was scuttling past her on all fours to grab the next one off of the bottom shelf near where she was standing, like some kind of demented crab.

"Pardon me!" He excused, yoinking the book and literally reversing.

[blue_wayfinder]

She was considering pulling another book out of the shelf when she noticed the movement. She had gotten used to seeing some odd things in her time as a Keyblade Master...and some even stranger ones since arriving in Death City, so Aqua looked at this new person with more curiosity than anything.

Her hand dropped from the book on the shelf and she made her way over to the boy. She dropped into a crouch, and laid the book she was still carrying over her knees.

"Hello."

[bedbathandme]

He had already reached his stuffed buddies, but since he had reversed without turning around, he was still facing Aqua - he tilted his head a bit when she came down to his level. He noted the title of the book she was carrying, as well. 'Things that never were?' How strange.

"Hello," he replied - or repeated? - as he made eye contact. Her appearance stood out to him though. For one thing, she was awfully ... blue. He stared a bit, but decided to see what she wanted to say to him first.

Grocery shopping, heh.

[strengthtohelp]

Noa needed to do his grocery shopping for the week as well. He appreciated that food was free since he was looking for a job. With that being the case, he learned quickly he still needed to consider what he took home. If he brought everything he wanted in one go, he could easily forget about one or a few items and let them rot. He took no more than two brown paper bags these days, so seeing this pale man with shaggy hair plucking food stuffs off the shelves to his heart's content made him chuckle. "It looks like you're enjoying yourself here," he said with a laugh.

[bedbathandme]

As his hands lifted a box full of strawberry rhubarb pie, Beyond Birthday's head turned to face the fellow that was having a chuckle at him. B was not embarrassed, or even phased by this.

"Really?" He glanced innocuously between the pie, and the rest of the things in the cart. Then he shrugged.

"Hm. I thought it was an ordinary shopping trip, yet I must confess, I am certainly looking forward to some of this."

[strengthtohelp]

He tipped his head to the side. "Either that, or you can't decide what you can do without for the meantime," he said, gesturing at all the items the other man had gathered. "Are you new to Death City?"

[bedbathandme]

... Was he implying he didn't know how to do his own shopping? Kind of annoying. Life skills were at least something he thought B had more of than L. He decided not to dignify it further.

"Yes, I am."

Holocaust Mall

[daddyscythe]

Spirit was doing his usual rounds around the city that day (especially important if a lot of people would be out tomorrow), his route taking him through the financial section to make sure the banks were doing well with the influx of additional guests, and all the way to the commercial district to make sure that no guests had caused trouble there anytime within the last week. It would be a pain if their own residents started feeling neglected in favor of the new guys, anyway.

The red light district, Spirit skipped today, because being seen there at any time of the day was bad for him now that he was trying to prove to Maka that he was going to be a faithful daddy from now on.

It was in the middle of the mall that he noticed a familiar face among the thin crowd. "Hey, Ryuuga!" Spirit called cheerfully.

[bedbathandme]

Spirit again. B didn't laugh, but he did think it was funny that they were meeting so soon, and to have him confirm that the disguise was solid without even meaning to. No, he didn't mind seeing him again. He smiled and raised a hand in greeting, but didn't say anything. He was curious to see if he'd still be fooled even after drawing close, and didn't want the differences in their speaking voices to let the cat out of the bag. Granted, B was good at mimicking L's tone, too, but nobody could be one hundred percent perfect.

[daddyscythe]

Spirit had never actually met L long or often enough to properly recognize his face, and unfortunately, Spirit met so many people on a daily basis that he could never remember all the finer detail. He was very, very fooled.

"You're looking cheerful today," he commented, grinning from ear to ear. "How's the agency? Getting on well?"

[bedbathandme]

Of course, B took it with a grain of salt, since Spirit didn't exactly seem like the brightest crayon in the box, but it still felt kind of good. His skills didn't fade!

"From the sound of it, yes. Perhaps I'll even join it myself one day," he commented absently, not caring too much if it outed him as "Ryuzaki" instead of "Ryuuga" now that he'd gotten the initial reaction chalked down.

[bedbathandme]

It wasn't as though he hadn't noticed someone standing there, but Beyond Birthday hadn't bothered to give a glance to the young fellow that was staring at him. He also hadn't bothered when he came to all but get in his face, but the name "Ryuuga" was enough to get his attention. His head lifted and he stared up at the boy

[bedbathandme]

The agency? So this was Asahi after all.But... agency or not, was there a reason for him bossing L around like this? Who did this kid think he was, anyway? B's eyes narrowed a bit, despite himself.

"Freakish?" He questioned, although inside his head, it was more of an absent throw-in. "What exactly is there to explain? Especially,"

He shut the manga, tilting his head.

"Since you and I had no such agreement. Of this I am certain."

After all, how could they have? This was the first time B had ever met him.

Mall?

[islovedbydeath]

Misa was at the mall, trying to find an outfit for Halloween. Yes, she still intended to help Matty find a costume, of course, but girls always took longer when it came to clothes shopping, right? So the idol was browsing the costume section as she caught sight of a familiar mop of hair and clothes passing. Plain white shirt and blue jeans. The slouched posture. Looked like L all right.

"..Ryuuga-san?" she called, assuming it was the sleuth detective and using his assumed persona while in Death City.

[bedbathandme]

B stared curiously at the Halloween costumes. Americans tended to do interesting things for Halloween, didn't they? And this was ~magical America~, so it had to go double. With the skills at makeup he possessed, would it not be a crime to abstain from using them for amazing halloween effects?

Well, of course it wouldn't be. And for the third time that day, he was mistaken for L. Death City was on a roll. He'd also never heard of any female acquaintances, he thought as he turned to face Misa.

And then he stared a bit. She was ... ridiculously cute.

"Well, almost," he finally answered, pulling on his lip. His character did not break any more than his gaze did.

[islovedbydeath]

"Almost? Of course it's Ryuuga, silly! Did you come to help Misa with choosing her outfit?" Not too terribly likely, of course. More a coincidence in timing if anything. That or Light sent him out to find her and get her to hurry up because he missed her. Which could be it.

"Do you think Misa should be a nurse or get some material and make a Gothic Lolita dress for Halloween?" she asked, showing him the nurse outfit on it's hanger in front of her.

[bedbathandme]

Oh, of course it's Ryuuga. Well.

"Silly? My mistake," B said with a shrug, rolling with it. Which lead him to his next move - staring at the nurse costume like a deer in the headlights.

What the hell was he supposed to do with this? L probably wouldn't care, he thought. But B was all for cute girls in cute costumes, so after a moment of decision, he tilted his head.

"Mmm... I don't doubt that you could look good in a nurse's costume, but I think you can do better."

She seemed to have good fashion sense - this was the correct answer, right?