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[kamenriderkabuto]

That was a mess, wasn't it? The monsters, I mean. If things get that bad around here often, I can understand why you'd feel the need to bring me here. A world with no sun can never prosper.

Unfortunately, I'm not really in much of a position to help out at the moment.

[He pauses for a moment, putting on a pair of red-tinted sunglasses.]

You caught me at a bad time. I'm still on vacation, I'm afraid.

[Annnd feed off, yo'.]

[Action]

[If you happen to out and about today, you'll mostly definitely come across this guy. Except it seems his talk of being on vacation was completely serious, since wherever it is you run into him he's sitting in a worn out looking deck chair with his hands behind his head and enjoying the sub-par weather.

Seriously guys. Vacation time. Important.]

[ooc: reply through either the network or just happen to run into him, whatever works!]

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[onemoredeath]

[ People burning bodies to the left, people yelling about armies to the right, and people running around looking for stones. This day has certainly been interesting although Takegami had spent most of it cleaning up and going through the loot he had collected from Russia. So strolling through the debris and rubble was a very modernly dressed Japanese man, fingers covered in bling, bling in the ears, and a few fresh scabs on his fingers from fighting.

He had to stop walking when he noticed the man sitting in a deck chair, relaxing. And then he had to laugh. ]

You forgot the drink with an umbrella in it.

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[chittybang]

You're going to catch a cold out here!

[ Asami approaches with her last bit of shopping for a long, long time, because both her wallet and her desire for a particular expense demand it. But it's worth it, the bag of cosmetics in the same hand that carries a tea, and the other hand holds an umbrella over her head. She stops by the guy vegging out like he's enjoying a warm afternoon in the sun.

It might be a little weird, and so a cause for concern. She follows up her statement when she's a bit closer. ]

Are you doing all right?

[kamenriderkabuto]

[Oh hey, sup. He turns his head towards Takegami once he hears him speak, then gives him a little shrug and shake of his head in response.]

A little too cliche, don't you think?

[onemoredeath]

I think having some ladies in bikinis oiling up your back would be a little more cliche. Or a reflective piece of tin to help with getting a tan.

[kamenriderkabuto]

[The concerned tone definitely surprises him, but he doesn't really show it. He remains seated in the casual posture he'd been in the entire time, tossing his head to the side Asami is standing.]

If it was too cold, I wouldn't be out here, would I?

[kamenriderkabuto]

If that's the case I may as well go the full distance and wear a pair of swimming shorts.

But I don't think the weather is right for any of those suggestions.

[onemoredeath]

It never stopped people in Alaska to sunbathe in the snow.

[ A smile and a flick of his fingers. ]

Ah, but manners. You are new here, yes?

[chittybang]

I guess not.

[ She says it with a light-hearted chuckle. ]

Are you sure you don't want some hot tea or anything?

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[totallytrustworthy]

[Vacation. Here? She can hardly believe her eyes. Truth be told she might even be a bit jealous that anyone's capable of it.

So without a moment of hesitation (because what is personal space, really) she slips up beside him to sit down cross-legged just next to that chair.]

Seriously, mate? In this weather?

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[a_million_blossoms]

[Not far from the deck chair, a small creature - well, small by Byakuya's standards, it still looks like a raptor - starts getting closer. Except it looks like it's running from something.

And then, a man - it looks like a man - ... appears. There's a 'bzzt' sound, and before there was no one, and now there is this guy, wearing a black kimono, a black hakama, a white haori with the japanese number 6 in a diamond shape between his shoulder blade, and a strange hairstyle.

He's also holding a katana, and uses it to properly slice up the beast, moving around it too fast for the eyes to see. One second he's in front, the next in the back, and his strokes are way too fast.

When he's done, in about five seconds, the beast is dead, and he shakes the blood from his blade before sheathing it.

Just cleaning up the last of the critters. All in a day's work. But when he feels the energy coming from what appears to be a human, he turns around, just to check.]

Action;

[emptysword]

...

[...He's going to just stare at you, granny-boy.]

You're serious about being in a vacation are you.

[He's not the brightest bulb in the world, whoops.]

[kamenriderkabuto]

That's right. I showed up a few days ago.

What about you?

[kamenriderkabuto]

Hm. Now that you mention it, tea sounds good.

[Though, again, he thinks she's awfully considerate for a stranger. He pushes himself out of his chair, standing.]

Although going somewhere with more than one chair might be a better idea.

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[kamenriderkabuto]

[And he doesn't seem all that bothered by her actions, either. Instead, he just acknowledges her showing up by tilting his head a little in her direction.]

What can I say? I've had a busy year. It makes anything seem like a vacation in comparison.

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[kamenriderkabuto]

[He didn't seem to realize the creature had been nearby in the first place, but the truth of the matter is he's just arrogant enough to believe it wasn't a threat.

Besides, everything worked out. Someone else took care of it, so he felt there really was no cause for alarm. Instead, he merely calls out to the Shinigami from where he's sitting, not moving even to look at him. His tone of voice is calm as ever.]

Is something the matter?

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[kamenriderkabuto]

It's not France, but it'll do.

[He turns in the boy's direction from his seat.]

There's always somewhere worse out there, after all. You should be grateful you're here and not there.

[onemoredeath]

I have been here for almost eight months.

[totallytrustworthy]

Not sure I want to know what you were up to back home, then, to think this place so great.

New in town, yeah?

[kamenriderkabuto]

Are things always this bad around here?

[kamenriderkabuto]

That's right; I arrived a few days ago. I take it you're not?

[totallytrustworthy]

Nah. Been here about two months now. Which, I might add, haven't always been this calm.

Suppose I could do with adopting some of that optimism of yours. [She lifts a hand, holding it out towards him.] Chloe Frazer, love. Good to meet you.

[kamenriderkabuto]

[He holds his arm out to her, taking a hold of her hand and shaking it in return.]

Tendou Souji. It's a pleasure.

So, when you said things aren't always this calm, I hope you mean right now and aren't referring to the monster invasion.

In that case I don't want to know what's been going on here if you'd consider that calm.

[Little callback joke, there.]

[totallytrustworthy]

[A clever one at that. We wins a polite little grin as she drops her hand back down at her side.]

To be fair it's a hell of a lot better than being bombed to death.

[kamenriderkabuto]

...personal experience back home, or here?

[Cause the latter would be...probably something to worry about.]

[totallytrustworthy]

Oh here, of course.

[Nice, Chloe. Just make the place seem like a box of sunshine.]

Not that I didn't get my fair share of explosives back home, but the ones here were-- yeah, way, way worse.