Two Months Later: OPEN

[irritated]

🧙 WHO: Hikaru Hitachiin and any unfortunates.
⚔️️ WHAT: Quests, a troublesome fox, bad customer service, and who knows. It's all magic.
🕒 WHEN: All of February
🗺️ WHERE: Around the city
⚠️ WARNINGS: None other than Yoshiha being awful



Cupid's Arrows
[If there is anything Hikaru loves more setting people up for a joke, it's setting them up in a relationship. Mostly because Hikaru likes to meddle more than he's a romantic at heart. Luckily, the Host Club has always been passionate about playing matchmaker.

And now is his time to shine. Not that Hikaru knows much about shooting arrows. Hikaru's list of skills is long but most athletic skills he's lacking in. Still, with the rest of the Host Club, they want to make this month special. Love is important isn't it? Of course it is. There's millions of songs about it and it isn't bad to set people up. It's doing them a favor.

So maybe you look a little down. A little sad. Maybe you just look like a very easy target for Hikaru but you are getting shot at. Time to fall in love! You're welcome.]

Working 9-5
[Hikaru had found some jobs worth doing for tailors but all Hikaru could do was hear his mother harping on him about using his valuable skill for something as basic as rip and tears for people. Hikaru couldn't disagree. If he was going to sew, it was going to be for something worth it. For as many skills as he does have, he's very picky about where they get used. But considering that he needs gold, he's finally taken up a job at a beauty retailer, and miraculously, as a beauty consultant. Judging people and telling them what they're doing wrong? Perfect.

But he does not have the customer service skills for this job. All of his advice is pretty harsh, all things considered. Maybe you overhear him telling a customer:] Are you colorblind? You really think I want to put blue eyeshadow on you? You want this person to notice you, not your horrible make-up. You won't even listen to me about your oily skin? It isn't even an insult.

[It goes without saying that by the end of the day, after a few customers have complained about Hikaru's horrible customer service, he's leaving the store arguing:] Well, I quit anyway!

[Yeah, he was fired. No shock there.]

She's Always a Lady
[Yoshiha isn't always with Hikaru. Sometimes she's disappeared but this time, Yoshiha went out with him as he went to pick up some things. But when she disappears from his side near the edge of the forest, Hikaru looks around and sees she's chosen another victim. She's really annoying but Hikaru just lets her pull as many pranks as she wants because who is he to get in the way of another prankster?

Yoshiha has transformed into a beautiful woman, crying as she sits on the ground. There's a cloak around her to hide her tail but it is hard to miss her soft sobs. As soon as your character goes to help, maybe putting a hand on her shoulder or just keeps insisting on asking what's wrong, she turns around and has the face of an ugly demon as she screams before turning back into a cute little red fox. As she's rolling around, laughing, Hikaru finally shows up sighing.]

Seriously, get a new joke, Yoshiha. That one's old. [He looks to your character.] You good? You don't look dead.

Not!Date Coffee Date — Closed to Ren
[Hikaru doesn't know why he's still bothering with this cafe. It isn't like he ever likes anything they offer because there's always some issue. But it's the only place he can afford right now and it isn't like he can make his own fancy coffee.

When his name is called, he goes to get his coffee before sitting down at a nearby table. One sip and he's scowling. Still not good but he's going to continue to drink it as he scrolls through his device.]

Comments

Working 9-5

[whatsamada]

[As Ken was wandering around the area, he had a lot on his mind. Between trying his best not to feel homesick and trying his best to act like a normal kid, it was clear he needed to sort a lot of own feelings out. Hoping that a walk around would help clear his thoughts, that's when he heard somebody yelling in the distance.

Being curious, he couldn't help but see what was going on. But as he saw somebody storming outside the store, he just stared at the person. He knew it was rude to stare but...how could he not after hearing all that shouting?]

[irritated]

[Hikaru notices the staring because of course he does. Who doesn't notice when they're being stared at. Not that he knows this person is Ken because he hasn't met him in person. This is the first time.

What a great first meeting!]

Do you have something to say?

[Hikaru's emotions are already riled up and okay, this is clearly somebody younger than him but Hikaru's emotional maturity isn't the best.]

[whatsamada]

[Alas, if Ken only knew he was the one whom he talked to online. Perhaps this first meeting wouldn’t be so awkward!

It was at that moment Ken realized he had been caught! It was what he gets for staring! Taking a slight jump, he needed to think of something to say.]

No, I don’t! Sorry, I was just wondering what happened!

[Because whatever caused all that shouting must have been serious!]

[irritated]

What happened was I got fired for doing my job! [Ugh, he's so frustrated!] Why come to a place to ask for a consultation and then not take the advice? "Be nicer" they said but I wasn't even being mean. I was being honest. Why should I agree with somebody's horrible make-up tips if it'll make them look bad? I was helping.

[And he was being very, very rudely blunt about it. Absolutely no customer service skills to be had here.]

Working 9-5

[beautyrest]

[Aurora had watched the third girl run crying from Hikaru's harsh criticisms and tilted her head as the last one looked about ready to slap him but just shook and hurried to find a manager instead.

She had lived sixteen years with Flora and Merryweather, his critiques were nothing compared to the comments her aunts threw at one another.

Finally, she came up to Hikaru.]

Hello, may I trouble you, for a moment?

[irritated]

[Hikaru doesn't think much of Aurora coming up to him since he is at work. Usually when people come up to him, it's to ask him for a price or where some item is. That's naturally what he assumes she's here for even if he just had some customer get angry at him.]

Yeah, what are you looking for? [A bit blunt to be speaking to a customer!]

[beautyrest]

[Again, nothing on Merryweather and Flora.]

I think, if you continue as you do, you will find that someone will eventually be far less inclined to just run away in tears. I do not wish to see you get in trouble.

[irritated]

[There are a lot of ways to take Aurora's comment.] What, like, hit me or something? Talk about overreacting. I'm not even being that mean.

[Growing up in the world of high fashion as he did, constructive criticism is necessary but it's critical. Always. And Hikaru doesn't know how to be delicate.]

I don't even know why they're crying. If you come for help then take the help or don't ask for it in the first place.

She's Always a Lady

[bakudan_bambino]

[Gokudera isn't too keen on being alone outsie of the city considering that nothing good has happened the last few times he was by himself. He's still sore. His familiar is with him, just invisible and lumbering about and/or dragging itself against the ground and stopping occasionally to splash a webbed paw in a puddle or in some mud. He's just foraging, digging up wild garlic or collecting some mushrooms where he can to help the city's potion shop. With so many natives of this world getting sick, and having been helped by the shopkeeper, he's not just going to sit by when he could help. It's quiet work, except for the crying he hears.

That seems a little more pressing than collecting some plants. Gokudera looks to see who may be in trouble, remembering the unfortunate circumstance he and Yamamoto had ran across a few days earlier.]

Larry, keep a look out.

[The Lariosauro sticks out its tongue as it appears, then turns and moves away to survey the area. If the woman is in trouble, Larry will make sure no one else shows up to make things worse!

It will likely run into Hikaru before Gokudera encounters the crying woman. Larry's just laying about, stops when it sees Hikaru, then splashes mud at him playfully before rolling again. Looking like a log instead of the strange creature it actually is. Yeah... just a log rolling about. It seems oddly animated for an inanimate object.]

[irritated]

[Hikaru did not think that letting Yoshiha do what she wanted meant that he would end up with a...

He isn't entirely sure what this thing is? Is it a log? Why is it moving? He hates this place and its stupid magic. He never thought he'd hate a place worse than he'd disliked Lunatia but this really took the cake. Especially when he starts to get mud splashed at him and he's trying to quietly move away so he doesn't ruin Yoshiha's prank.

Yoshiha, though, is still keeping that cloak tight around her as she just cries harder because she's magic like that and knows her prank could get away from her if Hikaru ruins it. She's crying so hard, Gokudera, please come help her.]

[bakudan_bambino]

[When Hikaru moves away, the log just rolls closer to him, almost seeming to grow substantially bigger the closer it gets. Larry wants to play! A prank, or just a game of chase, or anything, honestly! The creature is rolling about, and Gokudera feels a little sorry for whatever it is pursuing, but he's a bit too preoccupied.]

Are you alright?

[Gokudera asks as he approaches the crying woman, awkward about coming close because he's not so sure what to do. Usually, children cry around him and they're easy enough to dismiss.]

Uh... excuse me... Do you need help? [She doesn't look injured, and there isn't anything around her to give him a hint at her distress. He moves closer to her, kneeling down and expression open and gently concerned.]

[irritated]

[What is wrong with this place? Seriously, why is this happening? Why is the log getting bigger? Hikaru's assuming it is not a log and something else. What? He doesn't know but he's still trying to get away and if it's a game of chase that Larry wants then that's what he's getting as Hikaru is desperately trying to get away.

But when Yoshiha turns to Gokudera, finally letting the cloak fall down, it's that of a withered human face and bulging eyes, cacking madly before POOF there is a laughing fox in its place as she rolls around.

Hikaru is finally running out into the open.] Yoshiha, help?! [But all Yoshiha does is look over and start laughing more. She's not helping. All of this is much more amusing and Hikaru isn't in any real danger.]

cupid's arrow

[intrapid]

[ No, he is not welcome. Easy target as Karma looks like, a middle-schooler leaned against a wall with one hand in his pocket as he sips his drink through a straw from a carton, he pulls forward by instinct before he even registers the sound of the arrow going fwip! through the air at him. The hand comes out of his pocket, brandishing a knife that flashes and cuts the arrow straight out of the air before it can reach him, broken pieces falling to his feet as he hops a little to avoid the point landing on him.

...

Sharp golden eyes dart towards where the arrow had been shot, trying to find the person he must now kill in retaliation. ]

Come here. It's only fair I get a shot too, isn't it?

[irritated]

[Well, shit. He definitely did not choose the right person. Immediately he's tossing the bow away because he's not getting caught redhanded when apparently there's some guy wanting to kill him now?

Nobody told him this was what was going to happen!

However, a Hitachiin is a pro at improvising so he tries to calm down and comes out, looking behind him, confused (because he's going to pretend he's just an innocent passerby) before seeing this person ahead with a knife.]

Whoa, whoa?! What is with everybody and the sharp objects?! Some guy just tried to shoot me with an arrow and now you with a knife?!

[It's a dangerous world and he is not above lying.]

[intrapid]

[ Karma is Mister Bullshit, he can smell lies from miles away, especially when this is where that arrow came from and there just isn't a clear line of fire to convince Karma that somebody was trying to shoot Hikaru but missed and Karma was right there behind him. ]

Heh. Yeah, what is is with everybody?

[ He lowers the knife, almost as if to put it away, but instead flips it in the air, catches it, playing. ]

What'd you do to make somebody want to shoot you with an arrow in the first place?

[irritated]

Well, you know, it's that quest thing. Everybody's doing it. For the whole loving feeling and all that.

[Maybe this is just a bad case of peer pressure, Karma. Ever think of that?]

So I didn't do anything. [He's innocent and he watches that knife.] So you can't take it personally.

Not!Date Coffee Date

[saxsongs]

[Ren hears Hikaru's name being said and glances over to the direction of the register. He hadn't really been planning on staying at the cafe today, but he's curious and so approaches the table after getting his own coffee.]

Excuse me, is this seat available?

[irritated]

[Hikaru wasn't expecting anybody and he looks up at Ren, frowning, before answering because Hikaru's not a very sociable type.]

Uh, why? There's loads of other tables. [So why with him?]

[saxsongs]

[Ren's half-sure they might have met in Lunatia once upon a time, but he doesn't say that as a reason. Instead he might as well go straight into what he's after.]

I wanted to talk to you... about Taichi.

Working 9-5 - as promised, a fashion disaster to critique

[colchismagecraft]

[Caster was looking around the makeup section of the store in something of a daze - now that the cupid arrow Archer had struck her with was starting to wear off, she began to wonder what on earth she was doing here...why had she wanted to impress Archer of all people??

Well, she was soon distracted from her thoughts by hearing this young man giving a customer a quite brutal verbal dressing-down. As the latest young woman ran away, she found herself wondering over. More out of morbid curiosity than anything else.]

...You seem to be enjoying that far too much.

the promised time comes...

[irritated]

[He sees Caster and you know what? Yikes. This is the biggest yikes so far. By now he assumes that wherever she's from, this is just how they all dress but why? The cloak thing isn't doing her any favors and he's just looking her up and down.]

This is for make-up consultation but I'd offer the fashion advice for free.

[He is judging and he is judging hard.]

Haha :) He's welcome to judge the other one too if he wants to make Mukuro cry

[colchismagecraft]

[In what would probably frustrate him even more, Caster looked like she might not be too unattractive if she didn't wear that huge, all-concealing cloak. And go around looking like a suspicious evil witch from a fairytale, anyway.

She had definitely noticed his judging stare - one she was all too familiar with for completely different reasons - and her lips twisted into a scowl.]

Hmph. You certainly look as if you have something you wish to say, boy.

[Fashion and make-up advice, really? What did this have to do with her?

You're over here by the counter, Caster, that's what.]

Working 9-5 - and here's the other one

[corpsewarblade]

[Now Mukuro had been on enough quests to get a bit of money together, it became apparent that she would need to stock up on her makeup supplies - the meagre offerings that she'd arrived with really didn't cut it on their own, especially not if she was hoping to pass as an actual Fashionista.

And so, a girl wearing an actually decently coordinated outfit, was slowly edging her way closer to the makeup counter - and to Hikaru. It was here that she was presented with a dizzying array of options, including some she'd never heard of.

What on earth was lipliner? What was the difference between concealer, foundation and face powder? Didn't they all do the same thing? What did primer have to do with this?]

Uhhh... oh wow, um...

[It didn't help that, on closer observation...her concealer and eyeliner looked like it had been applied by someone doing their best to copy from a YouTube video. Technically it was fine, but the actual concepts were a bit lost on her.]

[irritated]

[The outfit isn't terrible although not something Hikaru would ever choose to put on somebody. The make-up, however? Nope. Unfortunately for Mukuro, Hikaru is before the time of beauty youtubers and so her make-up looks like she just read some magazine articles and there was a very poor attempt made.

Looking her up and down, appraising her but not positively at all, he speaks up.]

You here for help because you look like you need it. [If he sounds like he's judging it's because he is definitely judging.]

[corpsewarblade]

Huh- Sorry...

[Yup, she could definitely sense the judging in his tone. And her shoulders sank for a moment before she tried to bolster herself back up. She knew her sister wouldn't get disheartened this easily!]

So, like, I got dumped in this place with hardly any makeup! And that seriously won't do for a Fashionista like me, you know? So I thought I'd swing by and pick up some more stuff~