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...

Comments

[deathbylipstick]

"Your names match? That is very nice." She didn't sound insincere at all. Her eyes lingered on him for a second, committing his appearance to memory, before moving back to Minako. "Well, I have a proposition for us. Since neither seems to be moving on a particular track, would you mind terribly if I joined Minato and you for a while?" If she wanted to be successful in this city, after all, it simply would not do to just keep dwelling on her old friends forever. There had to be some new blood.

[greatseal]

"Well, we are twins..." Minako that is completely not obvious from looking at you two. "And, of course! I'm sure he won't mind at all either."

/sliiiiides in discretely. this is discrete, right?

[fools_journey]

It is as if he feels the eyes on him even in his sleep, for he stirs a bit. But what really wakes him up is the jerk of the train putting its breaks on in preparation for an upcoming stop. Blinking dazedly, he sits up, peering around. The first thing he notices is that his sister isn't sitting next to him anymore, but his worry is quickly assuaged as he sees her talking with someone else - and that someone else catches his attention all the more.

Grey skin and orange horns? He wonders if she's one of the nicer demons or if she's another person drawn from their world to here. But either way, he's not sure it'd be polite to interrupt their conversation, so he just waits, rubbing his eyes a bit in an attempt to help wake himself up. He has got to stop falling asleep everywhere! Someday he hopes to have energy again...

The most discrete.

[deathbylipstick]

Note to self: when back home, look up words 'brother' and 'twins'. In the meantime, Kanaya merely nodded along. A second later, Minato started waking up again. "...It seems that you will have the opportunity to ask him yourself," she pointed out.

[greatseal]

She'd be happy to explain if she asked... but Minako unfortunately is still under the assumption that aliens understand human family units.

At Kanaya's words, she turns and sees the sleeper actually showing signs of life. "Oh... good, you woke up! Minato, this is Kanaya... she's also exploring the city and I thought we could all go together."

[fools_journey]

Stifling a yawn as he makes himself sit up a little straighter, Minato nods to Kanaya. "Ah -- pleased to meet you." He pauses a moment, processing what his sister just said, and then he nods again with a faint smile. "Sounds fun."

[deathbylipstick]

"It is a pleasure to meet you, too." She held up a hand in greeting, since Minako had already gone to the trouble of introducing her. "Thank you for letting me travel along with you. If I may ask, which housing district are you in?"

[greatseal]

"I'm in Libra, but he's in Pisces..." That obviously already makes some things difficult. "It would have been nice if we could pick, but we'll manage somehow."

[fools_journey]

Minato nodded in return to the hand lift and put his own hands back into his pockets. "Where are you living?"

[deathbylipstick]

"I currently reside in Libra 5-03," she said, having already committed the room to memory after a couple of days. "That would put me in closer proximity to Minako, of course."

[greatseal]

"Just a little ways away... but I'm sure he'll be over often enough."

She glances at Minato as she says this. He will come over sometimes, right?

[fools_journey]

He nods, shooting her a look that says 'why do you doubt me?'

[deathbylipstick]

Kanaya smiles at their little exchange. "If you don't mind, I believe I will come to visit you on occasion as well."

[greatseal]

"That'd be great!"

Now was probably the time to get to know their new acquaintance better. "What kinds of hobbies do you have, Kanaya-chan?"

[fools_journey]

"I don't mind."

He likes visitors. Unless he's asleep. Then he doesn't like them as much, but he's not going to say that. Kanaya just might... have to knock a little loudly on his door. But he's otherwise quiet, listening while his sister does most of the getting-to-know-you questioning.

[deathbylipstick]

"Hobbies?" Kanaya had quite a lot of those. "Well, I'm fond of designing and creating clothing, primarily. Another of my favored activities is gardening. And I am quite fond of books." She stopped herself there, predicting a rant coming on; she remembered Lizzie's response to her rambling, and it wouldn't do to have two people staring at her uncomprehendingly.

[greatseal]

"I've never done much gardening myself..." Aside from watering the flowers when Theo asked. "But I was in a 'Fashion Club' at school. Well, it was just me and one other student, but we had fun designing and making things."

[fools_journey]

"It started out with three students, though. Unfortunately the third had to return home partway through the term, so it was just us in the end..." Minato is in agreement with his sister that it seems easiest to hide that they are from different worlds, but he doesn't want to lie and say he wasn't in a club when he was. It occurs to him with this slip that he and Minako really need to discuss who they each knew and didn't know...

[deathbylipstick]

"A club?" Like, with other people? "How lucky for you. Even with only a few other people, that sounds like a very enjoyable experience." It sounded as if Minato was the 'other student' Minako mentioned; any other person might have thought it odd that Minako would talk about her brother like a stranger, Kanaya didn't point it out. "Perhaps you two could try to open up that club again here in Hinoto-Ri; with the variety of people living here, I'm sure there are many who are still interested in those arts."

[greatseal]

Minako is thrown a little off-guard - of all the things she'd done, she hadn't expected Fashion Club with Bebe to be something Minato had been interested in, too. But since Kanaya doesn't seem to have noticed or acknowledged her slip, she doesn't draw attention to it by explaining further and continues, full speed ahead. "Would you want to join it if we did?"

[fools_journey]

"It'd probably be a bit different from a school club here..."

In that it wouldn't have to meet after school and wouldn't have any sort of backing - space or funding provided by someone else.

[deathbylipstick]

"Of course I would." Kanaya smiled. She was fortunate enough to have someone who shared her interests as a next-door neighbor, but... oh. Speaking of Lizzie... "I have a friend who is presently looking into founding a boarding school for girls," she said. "When she finds a premises on which to build her school, I am sure she will agree to let you two use some rented space to hold the meetings, even if they are unisex."

[greatseal]

"Oh, that'd be great! We'd still have to find equipment, like sewing machines..." That might get a little expensive. "But it'd be easier to have a space than to try and use someone's apartment."

[fools_journey]

"We'd be able to hand sew at first if need be..." Or knit or crochet or something. They don't already have enough extraneous craft skills, clearly!

[deathbylipstick]

"Yes. A public space would make it easier for everyone." She'd certainly hate to clean up after so many people in her tiny apartment. "Perhaps we can look into selling what we make for funding."