[like any good, helpful guy would do!! and before the hair guy goes into yet another lecture on proper wig handling. the guy is waaayy too passionate about those things.
best way to go about getting to where ryuuga is is by taking the fastest route. no point in keeping the guy waiting after dumping itchy as hell fake hair on his head. this is why riku casually jumps off the roof. around midfall, he vanishes and reappears right by ryuuga. fast as fast gets and no better way to travel!]
[He's dealt with people (and Horrors, but that's a whole other can of worms) that are surprisingly passionate about weirder things, so he knows how it goes.
Ryuuga's used to the flashy movement, but when Riku disappears, he's genuinely shocked until he reappears next to him. He doesn't jump - he's seen movement techniques that are faster than he can catch, though it's still something he's not used to.]
What're you doing up there, anyway? [He holds out the wig for Riku to take back, head tilted slightly in confusion. This is a grown-ass man, ladies and gentlemen.]
[best adult meets best almost adult. truly a friendship meant to be. ryuuga also scored some points for not jumping at the reappearing. most people tend to at least start. riku takes the wig and does a quick once-over of it. yup, still a wig and still in one piece. as soon as he's done making these genius observations, he looks back toward ryuuga.]
Working. The life of a stunt-double isn't all dodging bullets and jumping off roofs; you gotta look the part, too.
[in this case it means looking like the star of a soap opera who is in the middle of getting shot at by a mysterious stranger (who turns out to be his long lost twin but shhh spoilers)!!]
[then again, lead actor instead of lead actor's stunt double does fit way more. he's total lead material. got the rude and sassy brat part down already.]
But then again, the only reason I picked this one is cause the other choices were way worse.
[Hey - he asked, and even then, he's pretty sure that Riku wasn't actually offended by it.
Hopefully.]
Dare I ask?
[He really must've lucked out, then - only one of his didn't really make sense to him (a jouster?), and he actually ended up taking the other two together. Granted the reason for that was more or less to keep himself busy than anything, plus the courier gig especially helped to give him a good idea of the layout of the colony.]
okay, not offended at all. it takes way more than that to press any of his buttons the wrong way. the question doesn't bug him, either, as unpleasant as the memory of the other occupation choice is. all riku does is give ryuuga the most deadpan look as he utters the two words that should never be next to the other in the same sentence.]
Mascara tester.
[never again. sure, the stuff brought out his eyes like crazy, but his eyes are already lovely enough using the natural, way way less painful method, thanks.]
[Never said he was the brightest bulb in the box. At least if you need someone to beat up demons, he's your best shot?
god help us all
He isn't trying to laugh, honest! So covering the face with a hand to hide that smirk that's creeping up on him.]
Can imagine it would be. Never really put anything like that near my eyes, so can't say for sure. [And he's pretty sure it's not anywhere near as bad as taking a sword to the face but. Y'know. He's trying not to kill the lighthearted mood.]
[but what if taking the demons downs involves using his brain, hmm? what then??
that trying not to laugh works about as well as trying to set water on fire. in other words, riku isn't fooled. yeah, yeah laugh it up. but it can't be a light-hearted mood if only one of them are having a good time so time to change that.]
I could hook you up if you wanna give it a shot.
[he jabs a finger up toward the roof where the current set is.]
The make-up guys probably have more than enough of the stuff to spare.
[Well... he'll figure something out. He's got good instincts, just a total dumbass at times.
Besides, next time he botches a landing or he witnesses Jinga being a pain in the ass to him, he'll give him free reign to laugh - though the latter would probably end in an all-out brawl between the Knight and Horror, so at least it'll be a show for about ten seconds before they start ramping it up. Whoops.
His gaze flicks upward, and he lowers the hand from his face to shrug.]
Think I'll be just fine without it, though the offer's appreciated.
[all proper heroes have to be dumbasses sometimes. hero rulebook says so.]
Always happy to help a guy out.
[the smirk vanishes as riku glances down at the wig. spotting a small tear in it gets an immediate sigh. no wonder it came off. when the tearing happened, who knows. what he does know, though, is that the wardrobe guys are gonna give him an earfull about it. funtimes.]
Wish someone would help me out and save me from dealing with the wardrobe guys about patching this up.
[And some more than others. But that's neither here or there at this point.
Ryuuga glances down at the wig as well. While he's done disguises before for missions, he never really had to deal with a wig before, so this is a new experience for him. But he can imagine what might happen if Riku's found out.]
Well, I mean technically it fell onto my head, so... [Shrug?]
[what will happen is another threat of shaving his head and just hot gluing the wig to it, that's what. they're very touchy-feely about their stuff. the fact that the stunt double does stunting doesn't make a lick of difference to them. such is the suffering of riku.]
Trust me on this, demons like them might be too much for you to handle. They're not nearly as friendly as our ghost friend from awhile back.
[as much as it'd make his life easier to blame ryuuga's head, riku's not nearly cruel enough.]
[Hey, he's offering to take the blame on this one, but if Riku wants to take responsibility, he won't stop him, either. Good life lessons for all? I guess??]
[too true. doing your own stunts tops the coolness scale]
That bad.
[hey, riku's trying to be somewhat nice by sparing him from that hell! that said, he does get an idea. if ryuuga wants to make up for things, well, there are different ways than facing the wrath of make-up artists.]
But if you really wanna help out, I could use a bite to eat after dealing with the demons.
[Freeloading is a terrible habit of his back home - it's not like some of his predecessors, who could pretty much just buy anything they wanted. (seriously Kouga, you buy out an entire theater to make sure nobody got caught in the crossfire to take out one Horror. Really, bro?)]
Facing things head-on works for me. Makes things a lot simpler. [Honestly in the grand scale of things, buying food for people was peanuts. He's just being difficult.]
I can do that. Meet back here or you got somewhere specific in mind?
[must be nice to be as well off as that kouga guy. sadly, it looks like ryuuga and riku are in the same 'we're heroes but don't get paid enough for it' boat. keyblade masters don't really get paid per evil villain defeated, nice as it'd be.]
There's a burger joint down the block if you wanna start heading there.
[nothing too pricey or too fancy, but with decent tasting burgers. are they tasty enough make up for dealing with wardrobe demons? potentially. a good burger makes everything better, doubly so when it's free.]
[good burgers are the best compensation for things, hopefully for this, too.
thus, riku leaves to go face the wrath of the evil hair dresser guys. considering how exasperated he appears after coming to the spot, it ended about as fun as expected. as soon as he spots ryuuga, he heads on over.]
[managing to get through a plate that fast? not bad, not bad at all. riku smirks a little in return.]
Planning on it. Don't expect me to hold back.
[well, he doesn't plan on eating ryuuga out of house and home. that said, the burgers here are good, he is pretty hungry and he isn't the one paying. a couple burgers are definitely gonna happen so let's get things started. riku begins walking on over to the registers.]
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Then I guess I'll take that one off your hands.
[like any good, helpful guy would do!! and before the hair guy goes into yet another lecture on proper wig handling. the guy is waaayy too passionate about those things.
best way to go about getting to where ryuuga is is by taking the fastest route. no point in keeping the guy waiting after dumping itchy as hell fake hair on his head. this is why riku casually jumps off the roof. around midfall, he vanishes and reappears right by ryuuga. fast as fast gets and no better way to travel!]
Wigs aren't worth the hassle, anyway.
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Ryuuga's used to the flashy movement, but when Riku disappears, he's genuinely shocked until he reappears next to him. He doesn't jump - he's seen movement techniques that are faster than he can catch, though it's still something he's not used to.]
What're you doing up there, anyway? [He holds out the wig for Riku to take back, head tilted slightly in confusion. This is a grown-ass man, ladies and gentlemen.]
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Working. The life of a stunt-double isn't all dodging bullets and jumping off roofs; you gotta look the part, too.
[in this case it means looking like the star of a soap opera who is in the middle of getting shot at by a mysterious stranger (who turns out to be his long lost twin but shhh spoilers)!!]
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I mean, it's not exactly something I would've seen you doing, but I guess if it gives you something to do...
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Thanks for the vote of confidence.
[then again, lead actor instead of lead actor's stunt double does fit way more. he's total lead material. got the rude and sassy brat part down already.]
But then again, the only reason I picked this one is cause the other choices were way worse.
[mascara tester.... never again.]
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Hopefully.]
Dare I ask?
[He really must've lucked out, then - only one of his didn't really make sense to him (a jouster?), and he actually ended up taking the other two together. Granted the reason for that was more or less to keep himself busy than anything, plus the courier gig especially helped to give him a good idea of the layout of the colony.]
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okay, not offended at all. it takes way more than that to press any of his buttons the wrong way. the question doesn't bug him, either, as unpleasant as the memory of the other occupation choice is. all riku does is give ryuuga the most deadpan look as he utters the two words that should never be next to the other in the same sentence.]
Mascara tester.
[never again. sure, the stuff brought out his eyes like crazy, but his eyes are already lovely enough using the natural, way way less painful method, thanks.]
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Back up the funbus.
It takes Ryuuga a few moments to realize just what Riku's implying (more like outright saying, you nerd) and his eyes widen in surprise. Oh.
Oh.]
Huh. That ... that's definitely a choice.
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A bad choice.
[riku the mascara tester was a thing for all of a day. the memory gets a small cringe in response. ugh, it makes his eye hurt just thinking about it.]
The stuff's annoying to get on and even more annoying to get off.
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god help us allHe isn't trying to laugh, honest! So covering the face with a hand to hide that smirk that's creeping up on him.]
Can imagine it would be. Never really put anything like that near my eyes, so can't say for sure. [And he's pretty sure it's not anywhere near as bad as taking a sword to the face but. Y'know. He's trying not to kill the lighthearted mood.]
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that trying not to laugh works about as well as trying to set water on fire. in other words, riku isn't fooled. yeah, yeah laugh it up. but it can't be a light-hearted mood if only one of them are having a good time so time to change that.]
I could hook you up if you wanna give it a shot.
[he jabs a finger up toward the roof where the current set is.]
The make-up guys probably have more than enough of the stuff to spare.
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Besides, next time he botches a landing or he witnesses Jinga being a pain in the ass to him, he'll give him free reign to laugh - though the latter would probably end in an all-out brawl between the Knight and Horror, so at least it'll be a show for about ten seconds before they start ramping it up. Whoops.
His gaze flicks upward, and he lowers the hand from his face to shrug.]
Think I'll be just fine without it, though the offer's appreciated.
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Always happy to help a guy out.
[the smirk vanishes as riku glances down at the wig. spotting a small tear in it gets an immediate sigh. no wonder it came off. when the tearing happened, who knows. what he does know, though, is that the wardrobe guys are gonna give him an earfull about it. funtimes.]
Wish someone would help me out and save me from dealing with the wardrobe guys about patching this up.
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Ryuuga glances down at the wig as well. While he's done disguises before for missions, he never really had to deal with a wig before, so this is a new experience for him. But he can imagine what might happen if Riku's found out.]
Well, I mean technically it fell onto my head, so... [Shrug?]
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Trust me on this, demons like them might be too much for you to handle. They're not nearly as friendly as our ghost friend from awhile back.
[as much as it'd make his life easier to blame ryuuga's head, riku's not nearly cruel enough.]
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That bad, huh?
[Hey, he's offering to take the blame on this one, but if Riku wants to take responsibility, he won't stop him, either. Good life lessons for all? I guess??]
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That bad.
[hey, riku's trying to be somewhat nice by sparing him from that hell! that said, he does get an idea. if ryuuga wants to make up for things, well, there are different ways than facing the wrath of make-up artists.]
But if you really wanna help out, I could use a bite to eat after dealing with the demons.
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[It's said good-naturedly with a mock-sigh, though. He can definitely handle that, especially considering that he was technically working two jobs.]
Must be karma for mooching off D. Ringo back home.
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Yeah, karma is a pain, but you might as well face it head on.
[embrace the fact that the universe wants to make you pay for freeloading, ryuuga. riku will happily help assist with this.]
Maybe with a couple burgers in, say... [he glances at his cerevice] 15 minutes?
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Facing things head-on works for me. Makes things a lot simpler. [Honestly in the grand scale of things, buying food for people was peanuts. He's just being difficult.]
I can do that. Meet back here or you got somewhere specific in mind?
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There's a burger joint down the block if you wanna start heading there.
[nothing too pricey or too fancy, but with decent tasting burgers. are they tasty enough make up for dealing with wardrobe demons? potentially. a good burger makes everything better, doubly so when it's free.]
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And generally Makai Knights don't get much pay outside of old money. Most of them in Ryuuga's time were vagabonds or lived in Makai-based villages.]
Alright, I'll meet you there.
[He won't complain as long as the food's good. Besides, good burgers usually were enough compensation for most bullshit.]
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thus, riku leaves to go face the wrath of the evil hair dresser guys. considering how exasperated he appears after coming to the spot, it ended about as fun as expected. as soon as he spots ryuuga, he heads on over.]
Ready to make your wallet a little lighter?
[metaphorical wallet, of course.]
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And that's just an appetizer.
He laughs, nodding as Riku walks up to him.]
Bring it on.
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Planning on it. Don't expect me to hold back.
[well, he doesn't plan on eating ryuuga out of house and home. that said, the burgers here are good, he is pretty hungry and he isn't the one paying. a couple burgers are definitely gonna happen so let's get things started. riku begins walking on over to the registers.]
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