Worst log ever

[echo_of_a_jedi]

Who: Meetra and OPEN
Where: Pisces Floor 9 Laundromat
Summary: Laundry
Warnings: Mundanity

As much as she was concerned with unraveling the mysteries of this city, today was Saturday, and Meetra had learned that Saturday was the day for doing mundane chores you normally don't think about when working a steady job or saving the galaxy.

Particularly, it was a day for buying yourself more than one set of clothes, like after she first got here, or washing them, like right now. In particular, Meetra was out of her usual robe and wearing a black t-shirt and gray sweatpants that would probably be disconcerting to anyone she knew at home, or anyone who had wardrobe expectations of Jedi. On the other hand, they were comfortable enough to wear under her robe that it's not like anyone would normally notice. So attired, she was meditating on the circular motion of the coin-operated washing machine. And by meditating we mean staring at it.

"Something about this seems inefficient, but I can't put my finger on it..."

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[sky_child]

A light rustle is heard nearby.

Someone else had been watching the circular motion of the coin-operated washing mashine...for several seconds...and then...it just happened...it always does...

(Translation: that light rustle is coming from the kid sleeping in a nearby chair.)

[echo_of_a_jedi]

Well, it is pretty hypnotic.

...Meetra leaves the kid alone for a while, but once his machine stops, she's going to assume he wants to move his clothes to a dryer and try to gently shake him awake.

[sky_child]

Mr. Sleepyhead's eyes flutter open with the obligatory post-dozing haze. "Hhhuh?"

[echo_of_a_jedi]

"I think your clothes are done," she says, calmly.

[greyerrant]

Loken walks up, having caught her scent as he wandered somewhat randomly around the apartments, seeking out familiar faces.

"We had menials for most of the maintenance of our non-armor clothing, where I am from. As you were a general, I expect you had similar privileges?"

He looks at the quasi-hypnotic washer

"At times like this I'm glad I wear very little other than mesh, a loincloth, and my armor. Uniforms and clothes seem very difficult to maintain. I am lucky enough to have a techpriest here to keep my armor in good condition."

And he has no shame in parading around in a loincloth most of the time, but since he's so dedicated to his duty people have rarely seen him like that. In this case, fortunately for meetra, he is wearing his armor.

[echo_of_a_jedi]

"...thank you for sharing that, captain."

'Please continue wearing your armor' is heavily implied.

[greyerrant]

Loken gives her the special scowl to acknowledge he catches her snark and rumbles.

"I was making conversation."

[echo_of_a_jedi]

"Fine, fine. But seriously, you don't even have a dress uniform?" she asks. "Or something to wear around the barracks? It's got to be uncomfortable to be clammed up in metal all the time."

[fools_journey]

"... happy laundry day," came a sigh from Meetra's left.

It seemed that a sleeping looking teenager was putting his clothes in the washer next to Meetra's and felt the need to comment on the joyous mundane tasks that everyone has to do at some point. After putting the coins in his machine and starting it up, he sighed and flopped back onto one of the benches in the place.

[echo_of_a_jedi]

"Is this a holiday on this planet?" she asked, only half-joking.

She turned to look at the kid. She hadn't met him before...'

"Do you live on this floor, too?"

Wow I am an idiot and somehow misread 9 as 6... whoops. Well....

[fools_journey]

He shakes his head to both the questions. "No. ... my floor's laundry room is out of service today. A pipe broke. I think."

He wasn't really sure. Just that it was flooded, and walking through water to get to the washers wasn't appealing to him, so he'd come up to try a different laundry room.

Happens all the time. Didn't mean for this to be closed to 9th floor people either

[echo_of_a_jedi]

"Well, welcome to the ninth story, then. I'm Meetra Surik," she said, nodding a bit in place of a bow. Somehow, this didn't seem like the place for formal greetings.

[pistolsakimbo]

Oh, hey, guess who else decided to do laundry today. Rune was bouncing as she made her way into the laundry room, carrying a small bundle of clothes... because she only really owned... one outfit. Well, two now, counting her costume, but she wasn't going to try to wear that again.

...okay, three. She had to buy the sweater and jeans she was wearing so she could wash her normal clothes.

"Hi, Meetra!" she exclaimed happily, dumping her bag into a washer. Okay, now how did this machinery work...

[echo_of_a_jedi]

"For some reason, you need coin currency for this," Meetra said, holding up a 20-yen coin, in case Rune didn't have any.

[pistolsakimbo]

"Oohhh..." Rune replied, fishing around her pockets with no luck, first. She let out a sheepish noise, accepting the coin and popping it into the washing machine. She frowned at it, pressing a few buttons, before letting out a happy noise as it started up.

She paused, rocking back on her heels for a moment.

"...you know, this is the first time I've ever used 'money'."

[echo_of_a_jedi]

"You haven't really missed much," she said, "but it's usually pretty necessary in a big city like this. You lived out in the wilderness in your world, right?"

She'd inferred as much from earlier conversations, anyway, even if she couldn't remember Rune stating that outright.

[belfire]

Kazuya found it strangely hilarious that a Demon King would have to do mundane things like laundry, but even though he didn't really give off...humans smells any more, his cape and clothes still got dirty and dusty from fighting and general use. So Saturday Kazuya hauled himself off to the laundromat, bag of dirty clothes in tow.

He felt exposed without his cape. He looked like a normal teenager again.

He stepped in to see a woman staring at the washing machine in a strange looking trance. Kazuya just gave her a passing look before claiming the unused washing machine next to her. Once he loaded up his clothes and turned it on, he glanced at the woman to see if she stirred at all during all that.

She hadn't.

...kind of creepy.

"You alive there or should I get a doctor to call the time of death?"

[echo_of_a_jedi]

"I'm perfectly fine. Just meditating," she said, without looking up.

"You're the guy who was trying to use magic on my first night here, right?" she asked. She'd have recognized that strange mind anywhere, let alone when she's allowing her senses to wander.

[belfire]

"..."

Kazuya squinted before blinking abruptly.

"Oh! Yeah! Huh, I didn't recognise you without your cloak and dagger."

[demifemme]

Sometimes one can't afford more clothes. That would be the case of Shura, who is currently hogging two washing machines; one for whites and her green dress, one for dark colours like her shorts.

Which means that yes, all she was wearing was a wide bath towel with two pins holding it closed. That would explain why she was trying to rush by using two machines.

[echo_of_a_jedi]

Well, this stood to reason. It was still not a sight Meetra was expecting today.

"Do you...need a hand, Shura?" she asked, not really sure how to react to this situation. "Or a robe?"

[demifemme]

"A robe would be great," she admitted. "I really need to find a way to make money to get clothes."

[deathboss]

"Yeah they still have the coin-operated stuff on them even if it's free," Eikichi explained as he stood nearby. "That and someone usually keeps putting closes in and forgetting them."

But enough about that, he flashed her his best smile.

"I don't think we've met before, chica! The name's Eikichi Mishina, but I prefer to go by my stage name, Michel!"

[echo_of_a_jedi]

"Meetra Surik. You're an actor, then?" she asked, amused by the sudden increase in local flamboyance levels but only just showing it.

[deathboss]

"A singer in my band, Gas Chamber, actually."

Please hold the applause. He didn't need it right now, that could come later.

"Well Meetra, would you like Michel to show you how they work?"