BRB BEING SOME KIND OF REBELLIOUS KID.

[testosteroned]

Characters: Kanji and vatheon
Location: The alcohol store 8|a
Time: Right now baby.
Style: Action for extra manriness.
Status: OPEN.

BERSERKER | testosteroned
LVL 18
[ HP: 95% ] | [ MP: 100% ]

[ See Kanji, dressed in his Berserker outfit (think animal skins, bare arms and chest, skull helmet on :|a) staring at the liquor displayed behind glass. He

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BRB JOINING IN REBELLIOUS KID SHENANIGANS

[limitless_land]

Dark Knight/Paladin
LVL 24
[HP: 90%] | [MP: 85%]

[There is a familiar looking Dark Knight/Paladin passing by, and he heard that Kanji. Consider him incredulous of your actions.]

...Do I even want to know?

[Then again, he's been tempted to pick the habit back up lately, too.]

NOW IT'S A PARTY

[testosteroned]

[ . . . Kanji does a double-take. ]

Caden? [ As he stares at his face a bit more, Kanji realizes it couldn't be Caden. He was taller, older looking. But the face - it was so familiar. The eyes too. Kanji shakes his head. ]

No, wait. S-Sorry, never mind. Thought you were uhh, somebody else.

[ Kanji rubs the back of his head and stares back at the store. ]

How the hell should I know if you wanna know? I don't care. [ He grumbles. ]

WHOOT \o/

[limitless_land]

It happens a lot.

[He just shrugs it off. Normally it was Caden who was getting confused for him; Riku had a feeling that it would happen eventually.]

So you've met my replica. Is he still being suicidal?

[...And for Riku, that's as close to concern he's going to sound for that little brat. He too eyes the store, shaking his head.]

...You do know you can go in there, right?

[testosteroned]

Your...replica? Shit, so you're - you're his...[ Kanji turns to face him fully now, the alcohol store briefly forgotten. This was the guy he was cloned from, or something of that sort. Kanji looks at him, hard and cold, and crosses his arms. ]

Last time I saw him? Hell yeah he was. Tried to knock some damn sense into him, dunno how he is now. Idiot.

[ He clicks his tongue and pauses. Then, back to Caden's original, err, guy. ]

What? Oh, y-yeah, yeah. [ He loses the cool facade for a moment and stares at the ground. ] I uhh, was just thinkin' of what to get.

[limitless_land]

His 'real thing,' yeah. [He doesn't seem to be all that phased by the look fixated on him, but that could mean precious little when it came to situations such as these. ...So he still wasn't alright in the head. Figures, but still. A flicker of concern crosses his features briefly before he collected himself again.

He leans against the wall of the store, hands in his pockets.]

Figures. The ones that created him did all they could to manipulate and distort what he is at his core. He's just unlucky enough to have inherited my stubborn streak.

[And now he knew one of the two responsible for it was within the bubble. Things wouldn't be pretty the next time they met.

Also, yes- that was a smirk that played across his lips.] The name's Riku, by the way.

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[ Kanji shakes his head in brief amusement, though he still wasn't smiling. ] Yeah, stubborn.

And I sorta figured Riku's the name I'd get from ya. He kept shoutin' it out when we fought - [ He trails off. ] Err, I mean. W-When we met. [ He coughs. No need to tell this guy it was an all-out brawl most of the time they got to talking about Caden and identity. ] ...Tch. And did those bastards pay for what they did to the kid?

[ He approaches, slowly distancing himself from the liquor store. ] Name's Kanji. Kanji Tatsumi.

[limitless_land]

[...Yeah, that made him chuckle.]

Sounds like Caden, alright. Always looking for a fight. Every time he came across someone in the outside world, it was a fight. [...When did he start sounding like a disapproving yet amused older brother? It's fake; the one who tried to kill him once before! Yet he still is talking like this, which is new for him. ...Great; he's growing soft.] Those who took part in his creation faded to nothing, yeah. A friend of mine and I saw to that.

[He shrugs, gesturing to the side as Kanji approaches. He recognized his face- it was one of the many that appeared in Caden's thought bubble as he-

...As he faded away again.

No; don't think about that. He's back, now. Death is meaningless, here- Failure, however, wasn't. Thank Light that the curse made him able to keep his sanity and appearance, because that other face was one he didn't want anyone to see.] Nice to meet you, Kanji.

[testosteroned]

Hope I hit him hard enough so he stops bein' stupid. [ He can't help but smirk. He put up a good fight at least. Wasn't at all boring. ] Here's to you guys beatin' the crap outta the people who made Caden so damn reckless then. Darkness, fadin' to nothing...man, you guys say the same things, y'know that?

[ So, he looks back at the liquor store. This was a little awkward. Didn't expect to meet Caden's original person all of a sudden. He used to think he had a lot to say to him, but it was more to the people who screwed him over. ]

[limitless_land]

If you didn't, then it's my turn. [It's never boring, but the desperation in the way Caden fights was a little too nostalgic for his tastes.] Most people like us have a hard time saying 'death.'

[Screwed all of them over, man. You don't know the half of the story from what he can see. He takes a few steps away, closer to the liquor store.] Well? You going to go in or not?

[testosteroned]

Oh. S-Sorry. Didn't know you meant that. [ Kanji's not too keen on death either. Not from what he's seen in Inaba. But he has the balls to say what he actually means. Not that he judges these guys. Death isn't exactly the lightest of topics to tread on, so if they wanna refer to kicking the bucket as darkness and fading, then why the hell not right? ]

[ Kanji shrugs one shoulder. ] Y-Yeah, just uhh, gimme a minute. [ Besides gathering courage, he's also thinking of what to get. Just a beer? Will his Senpai get into trouble because of his underage drinking? Oh man. That's the last thing he'd want to happen. ]

[limitless_land]

Don't worry about it. They had to be stopped. [Not like he's thrilled about it, but when in a tight spot... you do what you have to to stay alive. Though, he really wished he hadn't been possessed at that one moment.] It's just when their kind dies, their dark beings fade into nothingness. That is, if they even have a sort of existence as shadows in the first place.

[...Was that... pity? in his voice just now?]

[He looks over his shoulder at Kanji, eyebrow raised. Was someone still uncertain about it, or is he scared?] ...Is this your first time? [Pffft.] There's no age limit, if that's what you're worried about.

[testosteroned]

Their kind? Man, you gotta tell me about this whole darkness fading shadow shit sometime. Doubt I'll get a good answer from Caden. [ And he was serious here - their definition of shadows were way different from what the Investigation Team used the term for. He was genuinely curious about it. ]

No...age limit? [ His eyes were almost comically wide. ] You've got to be kiddin' me. No damn age limit?! Who told you that?!

[limitless_land]

I'll do my best to explain. Caden didn't exactly get the chance to learn as much as I did about them, after all. [Shadows are a type of Heartless, man. ...and be careful; 'curiosity killed the cat,' and all.]

A local who saw me 'eyeing' this place a month ago. ...Well, assumed I was. [Have a faint smirk at the eye thing, man.]

[testosteroned]

...Well, since there ain't no age limit to drinkin' here, y-you wanna go get a beer in there? [ A smirk. ] Then maybe you can go tell me 'bout that Darkness shit.

[limitless_land]

[He shrugs.] Sure. [He holds the door open, letting the other go inside first. Hm... How much could he tell without interfering with the world order? Even though it was pretty screwed in this place, anyway.]

[testosteroned]

[ He enters and walks up to the counter. Somehow, having somebody there with him balanced out his fear. ]

Hey, over here! Uh, two bottles of beer. [ He coughs. Don't forget your - ] Please. [ - there we go. Keep it cool, Tatsumi. Keep it cool. ]