[Closed] Spirits High and Low: Workin' for the Weekend

[topgun_textiles]

Who: Kanji, Naomi, Okuyasu, Dante must dine, Naoto, Snow White, Kuja, Red and Adrien
When: Throughout October
Where: Hisan, Lavode, Kiddilion, Nakagawa, Sparks Golsaucia
What: Things are gettin' a little spooky in Vaikuntha! Kanji's not the sharpest crayon in the box, but that doesn't stop him from helping anybody he can with what he's got!
Warnings/Notes: Kanji's got a dirty mouth. Okuyasu's got a dirty mouth. Red's got dog puns. Cover the eyes of the children, before they F-bomb you at the dinner table.




"Shit... still ain't enough." He scowled at the number down on the corner of the iMog display. He'd been saving up for something, but wasn't realizing just how expensive it truly was. He'd worked extra hours, dunked in commissions almost daily, and flexed every last brain cell using the budgeting tips he'd learned from his mother, ever the businesswoman.

Hell, if it weren't for her, Junes would have turned its eyes on devouring Tatsumi Textiles like it had with so many of its neighbors. Couldn't top her dye technique, that's for sure.

"Ufufuuuu... planning a secret shopping trip for you-know-who? Starlight's coming up, kupo... and don't you dare forget to pick up something for me!" From her little hammock, Crepe Suzette the moogle looked away from her notepad, a rather comically oversized quill brought to pause from scratching away a few notes.

"None'a your business! I already got my Christmas stuff worked out, anyway. Even for you."

"So thoughtful, kupo! Now, I suppose I should do you a favor and speak with Cristo..."

"Naoto's moogle? What for?"

Suzette stared at him. Then, with a sigh, she went back to her notebook, the quill scratching continuing. "Never you mind, brute. If you're short on the shine, you just have to dig around for rumors and perhaps take on a few quests, kupo. There's never a shortage of work for a tank, especially one that's nearly mastered two tanking Asterisks, kupo! So get off your butt and let's get going! I never liked being idle, kupo."

Kanji shrugged and tucked away the slate. Might as well head out now. With her writing implements stowed away, Suzette found a perch in the hood of the boy's sweatshirt, wiggled to get comfortable, and hoped he knew where he needed to go first.


[ooc: Second verse, same as the first. Top-levels are each individual quest.]

Comments

[mech_and_mutt]

[Now THAT was a horseman. Or... horsemog. Or somethin'. Red snickered giddily at Kanji's handiwork, but drummed a finger against the big nut in response.]

Nah, the Kupo Nut's fine for that. Don't think he'd feel right without that big moogle nose.

Does he need a mouth, too? One word, Kanji: fangs.

[topgun_textiles]

Riiight. Right. Okay, one sec...

[Crescent shaped slash for the bottom part of the mouth, but he needed a minute to start forming the top part with the fangs intact. Why not a fangy grin to go with the evil eyebrows of manliness?]

[mech_and_mutt]

Oh! Wait wait wait...

[Red rummaged around on the ground for a few seconds, peeking through the grass for-- AH, there's that other kupo nut that had been thrown his way. He'll just pick it up, hit it with a nearby rock to crack it in half, and...

doof, doof

pointed little semi-spheres were jammed in the top of the pumpkin in facsimile of ears.]

Hey, it's startin' to come together!

[topgun_textiles]

Yeah, it actually looks badass...! Just needs some kinda... pom-pom thingie.

[He looked out over the fields.]

Whadda we got that's like a pom-pom?

[mech_and_mutt]

Uh... shoot, that's gonna be tricky. Maybe some'a those wheat stalks over there? --no, that'd be too pointy...

[Red's eyes join Kanji's in scanning the fields, albeit with his hand still on their mog... model's gourd. Can't risk the little psycho running around and slinging nuts again.]

Uaagh, there isn't a whole lot of fluffy material to be found out here, is there...

[topgun_textiles]

...Hmm... fluffy...

[He leaned and sort of inspected Red for just a moment, until he reached out and snatched a tuft of loose fur.]

There! Fluffy!

[mech_and_mutt]

OW!!

[Enjoy having a dog bap you on the head, Kanji.]

Y'ever heard of askin' before ya do somethin' like that?!

[topgun_textiles]

Oh. ...Ya weren't shedding.

[He made a face and brushed off his jacket.]

Then where the hell'd all this fur on my clothes come from!?

[mech_and_mutt]

It's been a rough week, okay.

[topgun_textiles]

Oh... uh... well, we got pom-pom material...

Look, I'm sorry, a'right!? Sheesh.

[mech_and_mutt]

Fine, fine, just get that thing on his gourd so we can go home.

[He delicately rubs his eye, fluttering his eyelid open.]

Unless you feel like makin' up a block of magic ice for me.

[topgun_textiles]

[He took a stalk of seeding grass and plunked it right in, wrapping the dog fur around it. With his hands free, he brought them together to coalesce some ice aether and press it into a solid form. This rough ball of ice was what he'd hand to Red.]

There ya go. ...What the...!?

[The spirit between them had begun to fade.]

[mech_and_mutt]

[...Well, it was better than nothing. That'll soothe his eye, at least. His other hand poked the vanishing apparition, only to have Red suddenly jerk back as it went right though its form.]

...Wait, he's leavin'?

Did we just beat 'im by decorating a pumpkin?!

[No, seriously. What just happened.]

[topgun_textiles]

...Dude, we gave the headless ghost a head.

So he didn't wanna snatch off people's heads for a gross collection or somethin'? Dude just wanted a melon?

[mech_and_mutt]

Or a pumpkin.

[You'd think SOMEONE would have thought of that. But no, he had to take a kupo nut to the eye for it.

Beat. Red rubs behind his head as the wind blows.]

...fine you get one.

[topgun_textiles]

[He blinked at Red.]

What, a pumpkin?

[mech_and_mutt]

A pet. I'll give you one. And I'm bein' generous.

Hurry up before I change my mind.

[topgun_textiles]

R-really? ...

[Well, who was he to turn that down? He was surprisingly gentle when he reached out and ruffled one of those big ol' ears, his face turning bright red. He had to cover his face with his hood.]

I-it's so FLUFFY...!!

[mech_and_mutt]

[...Doggone it. Red was hoping that this whole thing would make more sense and be more comfortable in light of that whole humans-and-dogs-are-best-friends... thing, but it felt just as awkward as ever.

After a few more seconds, Red just walked out from under Kanji's hand.]

Let's just go get some burgers or something.

[topgun_textiles]

I'm down.

[But Kanji put his hands to his own cheeks and needed a moment. He was so fluffy...]

A'right. A'right I'm good. I know where to get some kickass burgers, but we'd need to catch an airship.