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. :>

Comments

[laserguy]

[And just like that, Scott's more upbeat attitude plummets. So much for putting up a front that everything is normal, because the mutant just looks a little more worried. Upset. Well, he figured that Gogol was going to come back anyway, because he's a Chosen like them, but... it's still not great getting a reminder of the clown right now.

He glances briefly at the flowers in his hand still, suddenly remembering how Kotone just ran straight into danger. How she values her life less than everyone else's, even though he loves her so much. His grip tightens around the flowers for a moment, that deep hurt stinging in his chest, before he focuses back on Akira.

Sometimes he is glad that his shades will always cover his eyes.]

Do you think he's going to do something again?

[Hurt Dara again??]

[chemex]

[See why Akira wears his planos, Scott? You two should bond over that sometime, even if he doesn't wear his because he would murder people with his laser eyes if he didn't, and doesn't really wear them much at all, these days.]

[He hums, shrugging one shoulder and leaning the same shoulder easily against Scott's. Clown talk sucks, buddy, he's sorry he had to bring it up.] Seems like that's inevitable, we're just trying to preempt it.

[laserguy]

[Can they just toss Gogol in gay baby jail somewhere--

Scott nods a little to Akira's assertion, finding it hard to really argue against it. Yeah, probably best to make sure that he doesn't do anything else. Maybe keep an additional eye on Dara? Focusing on this, it's at least better than remembering how upset he was at Kotone. Maybe if they do stuff like this, it'll lessen the chance of her having the opportunity to sacrifice herself in the first place.]

Wait, don't we know what Gogol looks like? Did he go undercover himself?

[chemex]

Goro's pretty sure that's the case, at least. I don't know, but it'd be smart of him, given he's pretty obvious in his normal state. [To keep with the easygoing conversational visual they have going in case they're being monitored, Akira slips a pack of gum out of his pocket and offers Scott a piece, then getting one himself.]

[laserguy]

[He takes the offered gum, mostly because he wants to chew on something rather than actually think that it's helping with the whole 'casual' visual. Sometimes you just wants to chew on some gum while thinking about evil clowns. Yeah, something like that.]

I'm assuming you've already checked where he lives, if you know where that is anyway. [Chew chew--] What do you plan on doing if you catch him?

[chemex]

No idea where he lives, honestly. I'm pretty much just along for the ride, here.

[And entirely too laid back.]

[laserguy]

[Well, great. Maybe Akechi would know?? Detective and all that crap. Or Dara. Guess they could ask around.]

...How are you two doing?

[Scott figures he doesn't have to fully explain what he means by that. Last time he talked to Akira was when Akechi and the others were in the hospital and Akira feeling really bad about all of it. He's sure the two of them talked by now, so... checking in and all that. And yeah, he's mentioned they are working together on this Gogol stuff, but there's a difference between being working together and actually being okay.]

[chemex]

[Akira smiles, but it's a little worn around the edges.]

...better. Not great, but better. I appreciate you asking. You and Kotone are-- [He gestures to the roses.] --still gross, I see.

[laserguy]

[No, that's not going to work this time. Even though he doesn't know that Akira is a Wildcard yet, Scott ain't falling for the topic change. It's a lot of self-restraint on his end too! Because normally he'd take any chance to talk about Kotone, but focusing on the other teen and his relationship with Akechi seems more important.

Scott sharply elbows Akira in the end, because he doesn't want to ruin his flowers by smacking him over the head with them. They were expensive for one thing--]

Come on man, I'm not letting you off that easily. [He grows a little more serious.] I'm assuming you told him how you felt about everything?

[chemex]

[He doesn't quite expect this from Scott, which-- is silly, he's dating Kotone, he's definitely got fire in his personality. He oofs softly at the elbow and makes a face at him for a second, but then grumbles faintly when he's effectively called the fuck out.]

[He rubs at the spot Scott's elbow bonked him.] It's a multi-step process, but I started it.

[laserguy]

[Maybe he wouldn't be so pushy talking about feelings if he wasn't with Kotone. They promised to tell each other everything, even if it was stupid, and it's worked really well so far. Definitely better than the time he tried to keep his feelings in and got really angry at her. Scott really doesn't want anyone to repeat the same dumb mistakes he did.

Even if Akira is making faces at him and grumbling. He can handle that!! Suck it up--]

Uh-huh, okay, what the hell does that mean? [He's so unimpressed.] Don't tell me you just went 'I'm glad you're not dead' at him.

[chemex]

[Akira gives him a slightly longer frown, and then glowers at his own feet.] Listen, Scott-- I appreciate that you're looking out for me. But things with Goro have to happen a certain way or they don't happen at all.

[laserguy]

[A part of him is a little surprised from both hearing and seeing the slight irritation on Akira's face. Maybe he was a little blunt and he almost feels bad, but he doesn't want to back down from his point either. If he gets on his friend's nerves, he'll just accept that.]

Saying that you can't be honest with him? I thought that's what Akechi would want.

[chemex]

[He shakes his head.]

It's not that I'm not being honest, it's that I'm making sure he's okay to hear my honesty. A lot of times he isn't. And-- I know, that's anybody, that's not good, I need to say it anyway. But it's really important that I keep that in mind for him. Nobody else ever does.

[laserguy]

[Scott isn't sure if he fully gets it and a part of him almost wants to poke and twist one of the flowers in his bouquet, but he holds back. Mostly because he doesn't want to ruin his gift for his girlfriend. Instead, he settles for a small sigh, one hand lifting up below his chin.]

Didn't know he was that sensitive.

[Since big asshole. Also a murderer?? A part of him still frowns at the thought, but... it seems like Akechi is trying to be better about that. That's what Dazai said is most important. Allow people to be better.] But guess if there's anyone that Akechi respects, it's you.

[chemex]

He's a lot of things that most people don't realize. He doesn't want people to realize.

[A hum, and he scuffs a shoe against the ground.] I know he's difficult. I'm working on it.

[laserguy]

[Scott isn't the best at these sort of things, at least, he doesn't think he is. Feelings and crap is always hard, even when him and Kotone share so much with each other. Throw in someone like Akechi and just... it's even more complicated.]

...Akechi is trying, right? To be less shitty. [Errr difficult, as Akira said, but.] He's only doing so because of you. So, just keep working.

[chemex]

[He shrugs, but nods.] I think he is, yeah. It's just hard and really slow-going. I appreciate you having any patience you do with him.