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And maybe it’s because, well...!
Bavan is the city, in Ryslig! But it is also still very much not big city in a way that he always thought of it.
He still lives in a place with shitty tech; just how much was he gonna expect, here...!
Hell, he kind of... parses the last part before anything else, here.
And he could answer that! Right away! “Ha ha, you’ve... ‘met’ my folks - you think I ever got to do it before?!’
But... pff, he iiiiiis... learning a bit at a time how to be ingratiating! Yeah, haa, hell, give the girl something she might extra-want to hear...!]
Haha well HELL, you already know what kind of music I dig!!!!
But like we talked about, I was never a looks side of things guy before, you know
I guess you could SAY I got me a little inspiration
[And... honestly?
He has... no fucking clue this might be the case?
He only lets his own thoughts and plans get so concrete when he knows he can’t... entertain them.
He thinks to himself, “I’ve always wanted to do this!”
It is unlikely to be in any small part who made him seriously think about and picture it. Now that he can do it.]
You’ve just snooped and stuff though, huh????
Haven’t gone and got any new shit I didn’t notice
[Phrasing he... might like to revise in retrospect, but, ahh...
The way this is going?!
He still mentally feels like he’s sitting damn pretty, ha-ha hooooly shit he knew bringing this up was a good idea...!]
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her design is busy enough as it is!!
[That said, she does have to sit back for a moment and think about this...]
hmm, hmm, hmm... what place would ibuki trust most to give lucas the best experience with his first piercings...
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...
oh wait! no, i know! ibuki has the best idea ever!
how about she comes down to the shack with some needles and does it all for you!?
who better to do your piercings than bavan's top metalhead, right!?!?!?
I STILL FEEL LIKE I NEED TO APOLOGIZE EVERY TIME THIS IS THE MOST TONALLY APPROPRIATE ICON.
But! She knows that he's not the...
...well, that he is the aesthetic type. To some extent. Just not. In that way.
And such, will be unlikely to mind that that goes riiiiiight in one ear and out the other and leaves in the fact that the bottom line is "so, I'm gonna have to take a shot in the dark..."
...Eeeexcept apparently not?
Couple little kicks of his leg as he leans in to the laptop, cooome on girl, you can do it...
...And oh!
That... that sure does. Sound like an option...!]
Haha
Well I'm guessing if anyone would know how to get her done it sure WOULD be YOU, sounds like a plan!!
[ -- About the "all" thing!]
Not that I'm wanting anything all fancy or anything! I was pretty much just thinking, like
An ear thing or two??? I dunno, you know all that stuff better than I do
[The whole... fact that he doesn't know much more than a nebulous "LET ME DO THIS" is something he's not taking into account on a. Thought in place now of "well, shit, why did I not think to do it myself???"]
SOMETIMES, THE FACE IS NECESSARY
oh boy, if you're undecided, that's EVEN BETTER!!! ibuki can pick the best thing for you, and get you all sorts of punked out!
that's punked, not punk'd, of course!
so that's two earrings so far, right. do you want'em both in one ear? the right ear, probably! that's the one guys always go for, for some reason... but ibuki thinks going for the left ear would be new and fresh since everyone else goes right!
are you sure you only want two? ibuki's a dab hand with a needle, promise, so we could do more than two!
aaaand if we wait until you're a vamp again, you won't even bleed all that much!!
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If he frickin' remembers to.]
Uh
Yeah I was thinking the same one and I guess the right???? Why would going left make such a difference
I don't know MAYBE three?? Just remembered that I got alot of ear as a vamp so yeah.
Trust me I'm not scared of it hurting or anything when we can't die and I've had WAY worse than a little needle, you know that, but I'm just saying that I've never seen a man get as blinged up as let's just say you if you get where I'm coming from
[Not in person, anyhoo.
Meanwhile, ah.
Still shying away from a bit of show because it's girly, are we.]
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are you getting sticky about it because you think it's... girly??
you've never seen a "man" get as blinged up as me, after all... is that it????
[There might be a tinge of offensive in her tone, were this face to face. Because she's definitely a little offended.]
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BASED ON THE ELLIPSES AND THE... YOU KNOW...]
Why is "man" in quotes
[That's...
...that's not all he has to say. It's just -- the first thing that stands out to peg.]
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she can totally tell.
she can tell that's what you're STICKY about.
you're getting STICKY about it, like you've just been rolling in FUNK that's been out for a WEEK, and now it's ibuki's time to wash all that off and make you realize that it's not just a girl thing to get all pierced up like the best of us!!!
like, haven't you even peeped at the dudes who make the music you listened to???
they're probably all like, ten piercings per ear and three in their nose and their eyebrows are just stitched up with metal and ibuki's even heard of people getting stuff like their FINGERS pierced just because it's COOL!!!!
even back where YOU come from, all-dude metal bands get super duper EXTRA blinged up! ibuki loves keeping up with that overseas stuff, and that means their looks too, y'know - how else does ibuki get inspiration for her stage makeup?? she can't go JUST for the stuff that's around her, that gets blase and played out!!
and plus, ibuki's inspiration for her normal, everyday look is from visual kei stuff back where SHE comes from, which is waaaaay populated by guys!
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All little of a roll off the bases of the prongs of each hoof, with a fall over his eyes and a tuck of a finger in, yeah, okay, now, what's your point, I frickin' know you wanna make one...!
...And a full-body heave of a breath that frickin' widens his eyes like he's just been fuckin' inflated, NO SHIT, I've been in a funk all week...!
-- She.
...However.
Does...
Straight up get him with that.
His mind...
...fuckin' blanks.
To open up, y'know, to... recollection. He frickin'... looks around himself.
Like he's gonna catch photos on the ground and somehow be able to ask them if she's right. If she's really-really right; is this really that much of a rock-culture... thing, even with guys...!
Ssssssuffice to say, though!
He's not gonna get that.
And THUS...!
He -- looks back up at his computer screen.
Squinting super-super hard as the tip of a claw straight-up drags into his... goat-mouth. The lift of a brow and the widening of eyes...!
Combination of the thoughts of where more exactly are you going/have you gone with this and ohh, god, if you're genuinely angry, I'm gonna smash stuff...!
...An... extra pop there, though.
Aaaand... admittedly? A kind of thought of "well, Asian guys, they're... the way they are."
He tips his head to himself.
But... his ears... turn.
And with a shuffling settle comes the typing of an:]
Ok, ok
So
What do you think would work, like, four??
Five?????
Like I said, I don't have a reflection when I'm a vampire, I don't fucking know what'd look good on me anymore
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There's definitely some motion, tail included.]
oh yeah, ibuki forgot you've got the whole antique vampire thing going on, without having a reflection! we'll have to do something about that, too!
give ibuki a bit and she'll think of something, but for now we're focusing on getting you properly punked up!
hoooow does five total sound? three in one, two in the other!
they don't have to be super fancy to start with, either, and actually it'd be a really good idea to start with like, rings or something while they heal, since fancy ones can get caught on stuff or poke people if you're not careful!
ibuki should have a warning label for how sharp her needles are, heheh.
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Another point, however! Yeah, they’re both — creative people, they get around shit, let’s stick to the point...
Speaking of which!]
Well sharper’s probably better anyway right??? Wouldn’t wanna have to go getting stuff caught or ripping it up!!
Not for something like THIS anyway!!!
Though I guess that’d look pretty badass too but anyway it would fuck with the whole putting stuff IN my ears thing.
And alright!!
I accept your terms, lady.
Ughh I kinda wish I could say let’s just get it over with but my ears are totally fucking different now, I guess I don’t know how it would translate??
This better be temporary shit like Mana’s but if I gotta go to her to get magicked back I WILL even though it sucks because I was saving shit for something else god DAMN IT!!!!!
I fucking HATE being a goat.
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and then back into people earrings!
hell, they even change into perfect lil fox earrings when ibuki goes into fox mode! they don't get any smaller or anything, but somehow everything just lines up the way it needs to, and it's AAAAWESOME
so we could totally do it with your cute floppy goat ears!
[She may or may not just want to play with his floppy goat ears.]
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...A — nother thing he had... really not thought about before! How that works, but — ]
Ok you got a point but my ears right now are all weirdly shaped and BIG AND LONG, how are you gonna be sure you’re finding stuff the right way?????
[Big and long as opposed to...?]
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plus, if we hold your ear upward and long and stuff, it'll look just like a person ear!
just, you know, long and stuff!
it'll be fiiiiine, promise!!!!! you just gotta trust me!
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But... again, however! She’s... trotting our the points...!]
Nah, I do!
Ok then, let’s get down to business.
I don’t know if you can do like tonight or something but whatever, we’re on!!!
[He... is actually hype, because let him be excited about something right now, dammit!
It’s less about the piercings themselves than it is about the “it’s something to do, it’s something new to do, and Ibuki’s coming over!”, but still.]
Not gonna go for any of that weird stuff right off the bat though, right??
Like the most I was thinking about is stuff along the bottom
Though now that’s just to start off with, I guess
[He mmmmight still be a little sticky. But...!
It’ll grow on him.
Frogs in boiling water.]
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Even letting out a big, dramatic "hmmmmmm", as if someone else was here to hear her.]
wellllll ibuki wouldn't say it's "weird" stuff... it's just stuff!
good stuff, in ibuki's opinion!
but no, we're starting off with all five!
you gotta do it all at once, or it could heal funny! like, if you tried to do another later but it's all scarry and leathery where you wanna put the new one or something?
so all five at once!
ibuki will be over in a bit with the supplies! no less than fifteen minutes, too!!
[He should probably hype himself up or something.]
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HE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO SAY BUT:]
Have you always wanted to do this
[AND HE... SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER THAN TO ASSUME HE'D GET A RESPONSE TO THAT.
There's a period during which he does just pace for a bit!
Hyped indeed, mind, but...!
In any case, he opens his door straight up to her as soon as he hears her steps.
He doesn't say a word, but, well...!
That's because he knows she'll have a word.
And it won't take long for her to bring that out...!
What do you have to say about wanting to punch holes in me...?]
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Hopefully he was expecting that.
They're now in "greeting through hugs" territory.
That said, the hug isn't fast but it's brief, and she peels away to walk right into the place like she also lives there or something.
Which she sort of does in spirit, but also, not really.]
Sooo, we're gonna do three in one ear, two in the other, right? Ibuki was thinking with the way your face looks nooormally - like, not as goaty as it is now, just the normal amount of goaty - it should be three in the right, two in the left!
That way everything seems like it's all... balanced, or whatever!
And she was also thinking, for in the future, we could do gauges too, like hers! They don't have to be big but they'd be wicked, right!?
[Said as she spins to flop down on the ratty old sofa, giving him a beaming grin.]
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He was expecting her to be over, indeed, on principle! Yeah, he did ask "I dunno if you want to do it tonight", but if she doesn't say anything indicating she doesn't, well, it'll be tonight...!
He's been kind of pacing for a little bit with an ever-growing-and-pushing-against-itself swell in his chest ever since she... well? Didn't say it wouldn't be now...!
And so, at the very first sound at the door, he fuckin' races-stalks over...!'
That one little mental flash of it's you...!
Cognition!
And then another one of...
...Haa, god, he...
...He does expect it.
But there's still -- something she's going to feel. And likewise knows, in probablity, likewise, that she's gonna feel.
A momentary little shock away.
It's...always been there. And before they got this far, it... would have only been superficial.
Nahh, though, now, it is a full stop - out of I don't know if you really want me to touch you as much as I want to touch you...!
...But... by contrast to that?
The change between that and the before is just about as full as the change between the I don't know and the I respond.
You can hug Ibuki whenever you want! she said!
So he frickin' well squeezes her...!
Turns however much he can with her before she starts to detach, on her own end. All of this, too, is... likely stuff she's used to. Freeze, then tight hold, then you can go - do whatever you're gonna do.
She... might as well live there, though. Lucas... ain't never had much of a sense of home that meant anything to him outside of a broad thought of "Ryslig!"
Any space that's ever been his has just been a place he plays in. And, well, Ibuki is someone he plays with! He turns a hoofstep into the doorway to pivot and watch her as she enters.
For the most part, with a... simple and plain tense between his brows. A bit of a show of teeth.
Just... the tension between yeah, I get you, I do know you know your stuff...! and I don't.
As he treads on up to her, though... still... holding that look more than a smile for hers, apart from a... tilt of his head and bat of one ear as if to defy balance, he... just brings up:]
-- Howww'd that be balanced -- ?
[There's a... deeper squint and a pull-up of lips away from his teeth as he latches onto mention of "goaty".
He's not... even insulted by that!
He just... doesn't get it.
Or how it'd connect to the subject at hand.
Heck, the subject of gauges is probably gonna come up sooner than that.]
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Well, with the way your face is normally, it's like... um...
... Y'know how sometimes some parts of some peoples' faces can be a little higher or a little lower than other parts?
Like that. Having more stuff on one side can help that look a little better!
[And with that, she leans in, back of one hand coming up next to her mouth as she speaks in a conspiratory whisper:]
Between you and me, that's why Ibuki tries to make sure her eyebrows are all neat and tidy; one of them can sometimes be a little wild and higher than the other, and it makes everything all out of whack!
Everyone likes looking at an even face, y'know?
[That hand leaves her face, to instead pat the sofa next to her.]
Now, c'mon and sit next to me, okay?
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And additional bare of teeth on one side.
And waggle of one ear.
Okay, so... is his face asymmetrical?
(Gee, I wonder.)
Is that what she's... trying to say? Not that he minds, but -- you know...! He's just... trying to get it...!
-- Cut off with a preemptive dart in of his head on that change of posture! That is an I gotta little secret for ya pose -- he would know...!
Just an... even display of the ends of front teeth, as...
...nah, he doesn't get it!
What... is she talking about, her eyebrows, they... both always look the same, to him...!
A... slow, slow, idle fall of his head aside...!
('Eyy, sure you're not considering the idea that... the reason that her eyebrows look symmetrical to you is that she tries to make sure her eyebrows look symmetrical?)
His jaws... start to part, however, as she pats.
And... eyelids weight and drop - oh-kay... business-mode... - as he trots over.
Incongruously cowlike tail... not so much lashing as wiggling behind him as he does, indeed, sit. A... tiny little squeezy "nnngghh-uuuuhhh-uuuuh...!" vocalized grunt as legs bend his scrawny-ass posterior onto the couch cushion and hands set on the tops of each thigh and his head... partway cranes down to face her off a partway-extended neck.
Tail... slowing but increasing ferocity of lashes, behind him.
The tip moves behind him like the brush-end of an aggressive painter.
Painting a big and dark and heavy night sky over the top of a great and wide canvas.
He pfkhheh -- ...!s in a dying tone. To dispel... whatever the hell kinda restlessness it is going on. Turns his head hard, and opens his eyes wider, on the simple taut-bound-burbling question of:]
Ya done this before -- ?!
[With a little ending tying-up-to-silence.
And when I say taut, I mean taut.
It isn't out of nervousness.
He really does have it in him to only be so scared of pain.
It's... filling in a space before...
...some other sorta conflict can come in that he can't really place.]
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But they only hurt a teensy, tiny, little bit - promise!
[With that, she dips down to go rifling through that bag, pulling out a set of...
Uh, well. It's her normal, travel sewing kit.
With sewing needles.
And a lighter, which she happily places on her thigh with some playful hums, going instead to get a good sized needle out...]
... You're not scared, right? 'Cause you can always say no... but you never seemed like someone who was all that bugged by a little pinch or two, so Ibuki has a lot of faith in you!
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There is ears go... lifting.
In something like a hover. A faint wobble in upright position like an object just slightly off-balance.
As his eyes start widely and lower jaw start... descending.
...Just about as she does, however.
When she sits back up?
That look... transfers back on up to her equipment.
And pff, hey - he's not gonna question the fact that it's... sewing stuff she's gotten out! It's a simple job she's gotta do, right? Impale things? And a lighter's got its first-aid utility! On both kinds'a counts, like he's never had to kinda-sorta make due before...!
Nah, as she's getting around to getting her shit on out and pulled together, he falls forward.
On the verge of a tip like a tree or weighted branch with weight... still not quite held steady somewhere in his chest. Just a collection of energy. Hands lacing palms-in between and over his knees, one black-nailed thumb sweeping and circling over the back of one.
His head... tips lowered - switch fallen to drop a beam into place with the faint rock and bounce at the bottom of a hinge - and his look flattens a little when she says the word "scared". In some... incidental response to a challenge.
You callin' me a wimp...?
Which, you know, she isn't! He knows she isn't! Just... kinda reflex!
And -- on that last bit, he jerks and wheezes one high, ugly, cynical giggle. A squinch of his eyes, the rap of each hoof off the floor in succession - clop, clop...! - and a push off each to sit up higher...!
The pad of that thumb sweeping down.]
-- III ever told you 'bout what the old man would do whenever he caught me doin' something he didn't like back on the farm -- ?!
[It pushes through a grill to set a burble flowing thin and deep in the dips and flows in his drawl past a clog in a stream as he... falls back in.
Ears turning high and up in...!
Come on - answer me!
In... context? It's setting up a fuckin' boast.
He's told this little tidbit to Bert before and... even a stranger out of just wanting to throw shade around. On the former, kind of for pity points, and on the latter, kind of... just to well. Throw things. And hear how they crash against a wall. Who the fuck wants to be the guy who bitched to the girl who he wanted to think he was cool about how much I haaaaate my mom and dad.]
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That question, though, gets her to pause for a moment - looking up at him with a bit of confusion.]
... No?
Why? What'd he do?
[There's some actual concern in her face, asking that; letting the flame go out on the lighter as she lowers both hands down toward her lap.
This doesn't sound like pleasant conversation, after all...]
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