ᴅᴀʀᴇᴅᴇᴠɪʟ, ʏᴏᴜ'ᴠᴇ ʜɪᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴀʟʟ.

[chemex]

Who: Akira Kurusu, Goro Akechi, Nikolai Gogol, and anyone interested in some shenanigans!
Where: A handful of locations around Aldrip
What: Akira and Goro have decided to do some people-watching to determine the identity of Gogol's farce to fake his death.
Warnings: There's a closed prompt that's gonna result in half a centimeter from death, but otherwise the only real warnings are that Goro and Gogol are involved in this log. ...probably a lot of innuendo and stupid teenager bullshittery, also.



[Picture this; it's a normal Wednesday in Aldrip, the weather is reasonable, you're going about your daily life. There's been some craziness lately, hasn't there? Some clown stole some organs, some people got messed up getting those organs back, and then some more people got messed up killing the clown. Yikes!]

[What you may not realize, is during the Killing of the Clown™️, some more things were stolen. Goro took it upon himself to steal Gogol's cloak and tablet, and... Well. As it turned out, Gogol's death was merely temporary, try as he might to convince others he was gone for good. He'd like his things back, but he's currently under the guise of an unassuming Salaryman...,]

[Cut back to this perfectly pleasant, normal Wednesday! Goro Akechi has opted to attempt to sniff out Gogol's trickery, once and for all. With the help of his partner (in crime and everything else), they have stationed themselves in separate areas of the city, connected by a seemlingly innocuous phone call, enjoying the weather and doing some good old-fashioned detective work by way of people watching. What could possibly go wrong?]

//ooc; please do not reply to this main post! comments will go up shortly for both goro and akira, as well as a third closed prompt. pick who you'd like to interact with, or hassle them both! reply to their comments for any and all sort of shenanigans, centering on your character's basic daily life in aldrip. :>

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flower shop

[heartstopping]

[Midday, Rolo stops by the flower shop. He's no longer on crutches by this point with people with healing magic around to speed up the recovery process, but there's still stiffness in one leg and a bit of a limp as he favors it.

He doesn't come as a customer. His brother is working the counter and Rolo comes bearing lunch. It's more just an excuse to visit, as is evident by just how long he lingers, slowly eating his own lunch and talking and then idly poking around the shop even after they're done. Rolo's kind of a sullen-looking kid most of the time, but here he looks pretty happy – when Lelouch is indulging him with any attention, at least. It gives the impression of a puppy trailing after its owner, eager for any little scrap of affection.

He only finally leaves once enough customers come in that he feels like he's just getting in the way.]

[chemex]

[Akira recognizes Rolo, and the relief he feels at seeing him upright and walking on his own is strangely detached. He hadn't ever had the balls-- or the mental strength, really, to go meet Rolo in the hospital, but he'd wandered past his room a time or two to get visual updates on his status. When the first time you see a kid is when they're unconscious and battered and your boyfriend probably had a hand in the battery, it's a little uncomfortable. He focuses on his papers for a moment to stem the anxious bubble that swells in his gut at seeing him walk toward the shop, and exhales when he just goes inside.]

[A minute or so later, curiosity gets the better of him and he looks into the shop, noticing the visible brightness to his person when he's around, and specifically when he's interacting with the severe-looking counter attendant. He mentions him to Goro-- the little brunet kid that was hospitalized the same time as him went to the Flower Shop. Nothing seemed amiss.]

[He taps the wire off for a second and moves toward the entrance of the shop as Rolo exits.]

Um-- [He stops, not quite shrinking away from him but taking a half-step backward from where he'd been moving forward.] ...hi, I don't think we've met.

[heartstopping]

[While Rolo's mood had noticeably dimmed back to normal levels upon leaving the shop, the look that crosses his face as he looks up and recognizes the person addressing him is...definitely sour. Through no fault of Akira's own, at least (unless one counts his terrible taste in men). But he maintains some basic civility at least.]

I saw you in the hospital.

["Visiting that one asshole" goes unsaid.]

[chemex]

[He can't say he's surprised. He's seen this specific sort of not-quite-scowl directed at Goro as a conversational topic many times before. He ducks his head, scolded despite himself.]

...yeah. It may not mean much, but-- I'm sorry. For Goro's behavior.

[heartstopping]

[Flatly:]

You're right, it doesn't really mean much coming from you.

[chemex]

[Damn it, Goro.]

[He looks up, meeting Rolo's flat gaze, and purses his lips.] I wasn't there to see what happened, what... did he do?

[heartstopping]

[Wow, he doesn't even know. That's somehow worse.]

He threw me at the clown trying to kill everyone.

[chemex]

[Akira looks-- well, it's actually sort of hard to tell. He masks his expressions startlingly well, so for a moment his face is just blank.]

[And then he closes his eyes and pulls off his glasses, pinching the bridge of his nose.] Fucking hell. I-- [He looks over his hand between his eyes.] Again, not worth much, I know he needs to not be insane. But if I can do anything, anytime. I work at Lupin and a few other places in the city.

[heartstopping]

[Rolo does not look terribly impressed.]

I doubt I'm going to need anything from a bar.

[Objectively, Rolo knows he's being kind of unfair to this guy, who seems at least pretty decent and apologetic. But he's finding it hard to care, given...well. He's a teenager.]

[chemex]

[Akira is nothing if not a self-sacrificial fool. He sighs, dropping his hand and shaking his head.] We serve more than just alcohol, I'm probably not much older than you are.

[He doesn't want to push. Rolo's ire is warranted, as far as he's concerned, and the last thing he wants is to agitate him further. He knows what it's like to be given paltry apologies from the wrong people.]

[heartstopping]

I don't need food either. My brother is probably a better cook anyway.

[ he can't help but brag about lelouch smh

It's a pretty dismissive statement and the whole vibe he's giving off suggests he has no interest in this interaction. There's a pause like he might just walk away, but he hesitates, and after a moment frowns and glances back at Akira.]

Why do you even hang around that guy?

[chemex]

Well, if you ever find yourself needing anything, you don't have to be 20 to come in.

[Rolo's kind of being a little shit, but Akira can't entirely blame him. The question gives him pause, and he looks the brunet over for a long moment.] Because I understand the things that made him behave how he does, and I love him anyway.