I wanted to be a lumberjack...

[fools_journey]

Who: Minako & Minato Arisato and YOU
Where: Starting in Pisces and moving around the city!
Summary: Minako drags Minato out of bed to explore! And hopefully they'll run into more people on the way...
Warnings: uncalled for violence with pillows none

ooc: first thread reserved for Minako's wake-up call, but otherwise the twins will be out and about. Please feel free to threadjack or start a new thread if you want them to run into your character or wish to run into them!



Earlier...

Oh, how wonderful it was to finally have been allowed to go to their apartments and get some sleep! If he were awake, Minato would have barely remembered staggering through the door and collapsing on his bed. Or futon. Whatever it was. It didn't really matter to him presently, as he was sound asleep, still in his (singed and smokey) school uniform. At least he'd remembered to remove his shoes, though he did seem to have forgotten to lock his door.



Later...

With the sleepyhead up, washed, in clean clothes and out the door, it was time for the two of them to explore! Apartments were all well and good, but there was so much more to the city than mere residential districts. So of course that meant it was time to find the subway station, hop on a tube and go exploring!

Besides, knowing where things were was the first step in finding a good place to get a job, get food to eat, engage in various activities to raise one's social stats, etc...

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[fools_journey]

Minato doesn't want Shinjiro to do anything about being alive except maybe enjoy it. Do something he never got a chance to before, perhaps. But really, once Minato gets over the strangeness, he'll be nothing but happy that at least one Shinjiro gets some extra time and that his sister gets to spend some extra time with someone she obviously cares for. Whether it's just the care of a friend and comrade or something more, Minato has yet to discern, but he's working on that in his observations.

In the meanwhile, though, he wouldn't have expected real answers if he'd voiced his questions anyway, least of all to that last question of being okay. No one can predict the future, and Minato knows as well as anyone how transitory things can be. One can be okay for now but then something can happen to change that permanently and vice versa. He just hopes that maybe a (sort of) fresh start might help Shinjiro somehow...

But either way, he has every intention of watching for himself - and not just keeping an eye on Shinjiro but of course on his sister, as well - and all of those he considers friends. Which, given his track record, will eventually include at least one person for every arcana!

He'll come to his own conclusions and support his friends in his own way, but he still... wonders.

But soon enough the moment has passed and his sister is grabbing his arm and dragging him closer (he doesn't even bother with token resistance), and he is at a loss for what to say. Talk about himself? What is there to say...? Not that he thinks nothing he does is of interest to Shinjiro, but there's no starting point with such a broad question!

However, luckily Shinjiro comes to his rescue, and Minato nods, smiling a little and actually bringing a hand out of his pocket to fiddle with the mp3 player dangling around his neck for just a moment.

"All kinds. Playing it and singing, too."

Look! A couple details right there. That's enough for conversation... right?

[greatseal]

Minako looks over at him with interest, since that's not a topic they'd discussed yet. Although they'd both enjoyed music when they were little, which seemed to have culminated in them even buying the same brand of headphones and wearing them the same way (although she's pretty sure that mutual habit came from observing a certain relative they had both stayed with at some point), six was too young to develop much in the way of taste or talents. "You play music? What instrument?"

/breaks turn order for this reply!

[fools_journey]

"Ah... the violin," he answers with a shrug. "I didn't join the music club at Gekkoukan, though." He adds that detail to forestall any questions about it, figuring that the lack of time for practice or concerts should be apparent.

break away~

[themortalhalf]

Good on him. Clubs were a waste of time. Or so Shinjiro told himself. Not that he had ever bothered to participate in any. Hell if he knew how any of them managed to budget their time between school, clubs, and Tartarus to begin with.

He finally leads them out of the back alleys, stopping and reorienting himself for a few seconds before choosing to walk in a northernly direction. Less trouble that way, and nearer to decent society.

"You bother to even join anything?"

His words, of course, though knife-sharp, are only as harsh as one interprets them to be.

[greatseal]

"I'm sure Mitsuru-senpai got him to join Student Council." If she'd had enough confidence in him to make him the leader, she's sure he would've been asked that particular favor as well. And Mitsuru has a way of making you do your best to please her.

[fools_journey]

Minato nods in answer to Minako's remark. "Mitsuru-senpai doesn't take no for an answer..." There's a pause, then, as he thinks about what counts. "Mm, I ran track and was part of the art and fashion clubs."

He is the most overtly stereotypically masculine guy you will ever meet, Shinjiro. Having an overloaded and meticulously balanced schedule, it seems, is another thing he shares in common with his sister. Though perhaps maybe he didn't manage quite so well, if his habit of falling asleep in class from time to time is any indication...

Still, he doesn't seem particularly defensive in response to Shinjiro's pointed question. He's well aware that the way he carries himself and the way he acts doesn't exactly give the impression of a high energy, very social student. But there's a place even for the quiet slouchy ones in clubs and social activities.

[themortalhalf]

So Minato was basically part of the "misunderstood creative soul brigade" plus a little bit of running and model guinea pig work.

Well, whatever floats his boat.

Not like Minato looks like he has a lot of testosterone in his system anyway. Probably had gotten bullied into submission by excess melatonin a long time ago. Hell, Minato probably doesn't eat right either, not if he's at all familiar with the dorm's horrendous dining habits. That might help explain Minato's perpetually drowsy look.

"You go running with Aki then?"

He knew Minako had, occasionally.

[fools_journey]

He is totally a misunderstood creative soul. Can't you see how tortured he is? No? ... well, neither can he. He just rolled a die went for the club that gave him the option to muck about with paints from time to time. And draw zombies when he was supposed to be drawing statues. But this isn't about art - this is about exercise, and in any event, Minato gives something between a nod and a shrug.

"Mm. Sometimes."

Not every morning and definitely not on the mornings of exams or when he has a cold, but definitely a few times a week. In fact, they'll even be taking it up again in the future...

[greatseal]

Once Minato mentions his participation on the Track team, Minako is suddenly reminded of a throwaway line from Yuko during the summer fellowship.

'I'd prefer a thin guy, but he'd have to be athletic... And there's no one at our school who fits that description.'

...Well, it seems in some world, at least, she got her wish.

She doesn't want to embarrass Minato by mentioning this though, so instead- "We should all go running together here sometime, then."