[OPEN] What a wonderful world such would be...

[nyantan]

Who: AU Shiki + YOU guest starring Joshua, Joshua, and Neku in closed threads
Where: Virgo + the kids apartments
Summary: Shiki's string has been unfortunately tangled with Joshua's, causing some rather drastic changes in her mentality and personality.
Warnings: Inevitable swearing at least


[OPEN]

Shiki can be found wandering aimlessly throughout Virgo district, face masked neutral and exuding an uncharacteristically closed and generally unapproachable demeanor. Her personality isn't the only thing off today, either; instead of her usual skirts and shorts and flowy layered tops, today Shiki is wearing black dress pants with a nicely fitted cut, and a light green button up dress skirt with the sleeves rolled up to her elbows. Instead of pinning her hair back, it's loose around her face, with her bangs swept to favor her right eye as if attempting to somewhat cover it. Her hands are stuffed in her pockets and her posture a little slouched as she generally tries to keep her face down as she moves about the district, as if trying to avoid eye contact and keep to herself. This is... certainly odd for the usually open and friendly girl. What in the world is her problem?

[CLOSED TO OU JOSHUA]

Sorry Joshua, but someone's gone and occupied one of your brooding spots, and it certainly isn't the other Joshua. Of all the people in Hinoto-Ri to be usurping on your turf it's actually Shiki, looking a little less than pleased as she observes the town below her from the top of 104. She had wanted to fly up here for a bit of respite, but no matter how hard she tried and concentrated, she could barely get her feet off of the ground, maybe a few inches if anything! Thus she had gone for a rather unpleasant walk up several flights of stairs to reach the top of the building and had settled down for a pout, hand cupping her chin and legs crossed and dangling off the side of the building into the open air. What a horrible place, constantly repressing her powers like this... it was bad enough she wasn't free to take on her real form, and now this!

[CLOSED TO AU NEKU AND AU JOSHUA]

Sorry Neku, your princess is in another castle. Knocking on that door just might not greet you with exactly the person you'd been hoping to find...

Comments

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[componere]

... Interesting. Joshua was up here for a solo think, but the opportunity to take his mind off of things with someone else's neuroses wasn't exactly unwelcome. At least, that was his thought before he saw exactly who the newcomer was. Ugh. Ugh. No, no, no. He's got half a mind to leave her to her own devices - anything to get away from that week - but then she'd get it into her head that this was her space, mm? The other Josh was welcome to it. This one didn't get an invitation.

So he'll snap his phone shut, the crack traveling through the air like a bullet, then stick it in his pocket as he saunters up, hand in his back pocket. "Terrible, isn't it?"

hullo OuO

[nyantan]

Surprisingly, Shiki doesn't seem phased in the slightest about the other Joshua's sudden appearance; the most he gets is a small minuscule flicker of annoyance across her expression, and she merely looks back over her shoulder at him with an otherwise carefully masked expression. She wasn't exactly too happy to see him, but she wouldn't go shooing him away or anything-- after all, he was the original, she had no right. The taste of jealousy sours her mouth a bit, but Shiki ignores it as she addresses his question.

"What, the city?"

Because if so, her real self was right on the money. Cities... she hated cities. The only city she liked was her city, and that wasn't really hers, now was it? It was his.

[feelingepic]

Ever since all of this had started, people have been acting... really weird. For Neku, everything seemed perfectly fine, but... the weirdest part of it was, he hadn't seen Shiki in a couple of days. And they usually saw each other every day. So, of course, this meant he needed to pay a visit.

He's totally knocking on that door. His other hand is kind of preoccupied with holding a box containing a couple sushi rolls. He figured it might be nice to have lunch or something.

[shibuyasmusic]

Unfortunately for Neku, the one who answers the door isn't, in fact, his girlfriend at all, but probably the last face he'd expected to see. Opening the door on the other side is, instead, Joshua. And what's perhaps more surprising to see is that instead of the sad and moody face he's usually wearing, he's actually wearing more of an expression of delighted surprise.

"Neku!" Joshua gives a small and sort of shy smile, looking away as he brushes his hair out of his face. Noticeably, he's used one of Shiki's hair clips to pin some of his hair out of his face. "I wasn't expecting you! Did you want to come in?" The Composer glances down at the food in Neku's hands. "Oh! Did you bring some lunch?"

[feelingepic]

... yeah. Definitely the last face he expected to see at this door, anyway. For a second he wonders if he went to Josh's apartment instead, but... no, there's no way he could have made that kind of mistake. He's gone to Shiki's apartment tons of times. He knows exactly where it is, and he knows exactly where he is.

So, of course, Joshua opening the door instead of Shiki is going to take a moment to process. Please wait... ... ... ...

"... uh." And Neku is dumbfounded. Utterly dumbfounded. He glances down at the box of sushi, then back up at Josh - is he wearing one of Shiki's hair clips? - with a frown. "... isn't Shiki here?"

[shibuyasmusic]

"Shiki?" Joshua looks behind him in confusion. "Not to my knowledge... Why would she be?" He looks back at Neku and shakes his head. "Didn't you come to see me anyway? I haven't talked to you in a while... I was starting to miss you..." And Joshua shyly pushes some of his hair back again.

"Oh, I've been trying to design some new summer fashions if you want to take a look, while you're here. It's starting to get warm so I figured I would get busy before June. I can't seem to get them right, though..." Joshua gives a small sigh and steps back to actually let Neku inside. "Maybe you could help me out?"

[bondsofsuffering]

Hey, it's one of those collared people. He does remember being interested in meeting them because they're clones, but thanks to his memories currently being a mess, he's not entirely sure if that's really by his own will or not anymore.

But, well. It can't hurt to chat up a cute girl, can it? Even if she does seem to be trying to make herself look as unapproachable as humanly possible.

"My, that's a sour look. Something got you down?"

[nyantan]

Oh wonderful, a stranger wanted to speak to her. Holding back an exasperated sigh and keeping her expression carefully guarded, she looks up at him without making direct eye contact, hands still stuffed in her back pockets.

"Not particularly, no. Why do you ask?"

[bondsofsuffering]

"You just seemed to be in a bad mood. But maybe I read it wrongly?"

Bullshit. But he's just going to keep the conversation flowing as naturally as possible, an easy smile on his face.