[action] not-so-secret completely off-season santa

[ahappylie]

Who: Okita vs Everyone
Broadcast: No
Action: Everywhere on the Fleet
When: During the drift

[He was asleep for so long that he had very little time on the planet. But he only needed a little time to get what he needed. Just after the drift begins and the planet is a distant spark on the horizon, he starts flitting from ship to ship and cabin to cabin to find people.

Action for Goldstone
For the members of his crew, he has a little gift for everyone. He'll be coming by crew cabins or finding people at their stations, anywhere they are, so he can deliver a little handwrapped present with a smile.

Action for the Fleet
With his main gifts given out, he'll start shuttling over to ships at random. Wonder what that noise is in the cargo bay? What about that weird banging noise in the kitchen? Well it's the Fleet's resident samurai, piglet in tow, and he's leaving little gift baskets for each ship - candy, non-perishables like dried fruit and canned goods, shower gel, a flamingo hat, random weird junk like these things, etc. Whatever he could buy down on the planet, he's stuffed into baskets and is leaving them on every ship for everyone.

Or you could find him wandering the Iskaulit with Saizou trailing behind passing out brightly colored candies. Who knows what flavors they are - maybe Floot Loops.]

Comments

[ahappylie]

[He shrugs.]

It never hurts to have new hobbies.

[a beat]

I started learning these things called "emoticons." It's been fascinating.

[noprophecies]

Can clothing be considered a hobby?

[she's honestly curious]

Those are the . . . little faces with letters, yes? I'm vaguely familiar with those.

[ahappylie]

If it can't, then the women in the court have a loooot of explaining to do.

[Seriously, so much clothes go up into the noble classes and what happens to it all????]

And yes! Aren't they cute? I'm learning how to use them from Fie-san.

[noprophecies]

In my experience, it is less a hobby and more that women need to look different every day.

[she says, as though she doesn't see the point]

Cute? I suppose they are, sometimes . . .

[ahappylie]

[Need? Weird. Then again, he's been poor most of his life and has always preferred simple attire anyway. He always just thought it looked fun to play dress up all the time - like Yamazaki did. ..Even if that was for missions and not, well, fun.]

Why need? I thought it just looked fun - same as with the little faces. An interesting way to express yourself.

[noprophecies]

You are asking the wrong person about clothing. [maybe need was the wrong word, but she can't think of a better one] And about expressing oneself - I do not like either.

[ahappylie]

[He laughs at that. Tempest is certainly an introverted person, but that just means she has different ways of expressing herself - quieter ways.]

It's alright. I don't exactly understand clothing either. But perhaps we can figure it out together sometime.

[noprophecies]

Figure it out together? [what does that even mean. Wait, she thinks she knows what it means . . . ] Do you want to go clothing shopping together?

[maybe not]

[ahappylie]

[UHUHU SHE SUGGESTED IT, NOT HIM. NO TAKE BACKS.]

I'd love to!

[Shopping trip, shopping trip! Please tell him that pink glitter t-shirts aren't a thing he should wear because he'll buy all of them.]

Perhaps the next time we're at a planet with a large shopping area?

[noprophecies]

You - wait, what?

[was she just tricked into going shopping? GOD DAMMIT]

I . . . sure. If I feel up to it.

[god dammit]

[ahappylie]

[Look, he tricked a demon into keeping a pig pillow. Do you think he can't trick her into going shopping? This is happening now, Tempest. Be ready.

Okita smiles mischievously, holding out his pinky.]

Now, you can't invite me out shopping and then revoke the invite! That's just not nice.

[noprophecies]

I did not invite you, you twisted my words into an invite.

[she's not going to make this easy for you sir]

[ahappylie]

[He pulls his best sulking face and sticks out his lower lip.]

But now I'm all excited to go shopping with you... It won't be fun without you there.

[noprophecies]

It will not be fun with me there, either.

[she's a fun killer, trust her on this]

[ahappylie]

[That's exactly why he likes her though!]

Then if there's no change in the fun whether you come or not, you might as well come, don't you think? It's better to have two people when you go shopping.

[noprophecies]

[she hates that he keeps twisting her logic around, ugh]

. . . I will think about it.

[that's the most you'll get out of her, dammit]

[ahappylie]

[Succumb to his shitty friendship!!]

Thank you~ I'll be sure to save up some more credits for our trip.

[Because "think about it" is the same "yes, we're going because you're dragging me out" to him. He smiles and then gives Tempest a wave.]

Well, I should let you get back to your reading. Now that I have a possible shopping trip in our future.

[noprophecies]

[THE WORST]

I suppose I could do with some warmer clothes . . . [she says as though she doesn't already own more than enough of that already]

Yes, let me read and regret my decisions.

[ahappylie]

[MWAHAHAHA TOO LATE TO GO BACK NOW

She's admitted she needs to go shopping and now Okita is going to drag her around the next time they're somewhere that has a clothes shop and he's not, you know, dead.]

Have fun doing both~

[He smiles wide and gives her a childish wave before swinging off the doorframe to disappear down the hall.]