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Akira Kurusu ([personal profile] stealhearted) wrote in [community profile] deercountry2022-02-09 07:55 pm

(open) tripping over skeletons along the way

Who: akira kurusu & you!
What: eating chocolates, becoming catboys, making bad life decisions.
When: throughout the month
Where: here and there and everywhere and also akechi's house.

Content Warnings: none yet, will update as needed.



[ a; these are just a couple of my cravings ]

[ Akira is standing there holding a piece of chocolate. This is not unusual, but he's just standing there looking at the chocolate with a completely confused look on his face, looking around periodically like he's expecting it to be revealed that he's on a prank show or something.

But nothing is happening. The chocolate sure looks tasty, but he's a little hesitant, so he addresses the nearest person: ]


... hey, wanna split this with me?

[ You know, in case it's cursed, because that makes sense. ]

[ b; but i got cat class and i got cat style ]

[ Have you ever seen a cat? Great! Have you ever seen a man? Even better! Have you ever seen a catman?

Akira hadn't, actually, until he looked in the mirror not long after eating a cursed chocolate (he'd known it was going to bite him in the ass somehow) and had found himself with some distinctly feline characteristics. Two tufted black furry ears, a furry tail, some pointier teeth and nails than he's used to. The works. He's glad Morgana isn't here to see him, but--

Well, it could be worse, right? Which is exactly what he thinks, up until he's walking down one of the streets and then stops dead, pupils dilating as he tracks the descent of a small bug of some kind. His tail lashes. He crouches.

He grabs the bug on the first attempt, and -- Akira don't eat it! ]


[ totally open log, have at! if you'd like to plot a chocolate effect, you can PM this journal or (perhaps more reliably given DW) hit me up on discord@ yukimarimo#2784. i'm happy to throw up personalized starts if anyone needs! ]
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[personal profile] fabrications 2022-02-11 03:20 am (UTC)(link)
[ Akira has been avoiding him. So long as Akechi pretends it's because Akira no longer wants to see him - and not, for example, because Akira is trying to give him space - he can convince himself he's okay with it. He drinks his coffee, eats his curry, and does not (allow himself to) worry about the situation any further than that. He's not Akira's keeper, and Akira isn't his.

As for the cloud of vague irritation that's settled over him, that's most assuredly unrelated. And there's definitely no particular reason he's not irritated when he opens the door to find himself face to face with Akira.

Akira's opening gets nothing more than a raised brow from Akechi because... yeah, talk about blunt. But that's not what he comments on. Instead his gaze flicks to Akira's ears.
]

What did you do to yourself this time?
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[personal profile] fabrications 2022-02-15 11:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Akechi's brow just inches higher. ]

A 'random being' in a town full of monsters gave you chocolate and you... ate it.

[ Akechi will not remark upon the fact that he felt like he had to eat it, since that seems par for the course for this town. He also doesn't remark on how cute the ears may or may not be, since that is in no way relevant to the current conversation. ]

I suppose turning you kemonomimi is hardly the worst thing that could have happened.

[ And finally he reaches out to take the cup off coffee. ]

So what was so important that you needed to ambush me with coffee to discuss it?
fabrications: (ɪs the way we find out)

[personal profile] fabrications 2022-02-19 01:18 am (UTC)(link)
[ Akechi considers pointing out he's never seen Morgana near a real treasure before. He makes a note to ask later before deciding he doesn't care.

And he especially doesn't care because Akira's reaction is... unusual. Akechi violently shoves away any inconvenient thoughts about how interesting it is to see Akira acting so shy for a change. Instead he turns his attention towards the idea of slinking his way out of this conversation, but...

There's really no point, is there? He lives with Akira and can't avoid him forever. More importantly, he actually finds he... doesn't hate the idea of having this conversation. At least, not more than he hates the idea of putting it off. So he lets out a soft breath that's neither hard enough to be a huff nor long enough to be a sigh.
]

Fine.

[ And then he steps through the door and into the hall. Whatever this conversation is going to include, it's not one he wants to have in his bedroom. ]
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[personal profile] fabrications 2022-02-22 03:11 am (UTC)(link)
[ Akechi makes the trip down the the kitchen placidly, outwardly unworried. And inwardly he's, it turns out, also pretty unworried. They've already very publicly made out while under the influence. It's not like there's much further things could escalate.

So he takes his seat across from Akira and...

... Isn't really surprised when Akira opens up with something approaching a joke. Akechi puffs out a little half laugh again.
]

Well. We could always go down to the sea and watch the newcomers flop around.
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[personal profile] fabrications 2022-03-11 05:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Chess and eating are both interesting enough prospects, but... ]

Fighting?

[ Akechi doesn't sound entirely disbelieving, exactly, but definitely pretty skeptical. ]

I didn't think you were the sort to crave bloodshed.
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[personal profile] fabrications 2022-04-04 03:33 am (UTC)(link)
[ Akira's having trouble getting to the point, but Akechi doesn't try to interrupt. He gets what Akira means, in the end, and it gets an amused but not at all sympathetic smile out of him. ]

It's difficult to remember how severe the consequences are in reality, you mean?

[ Akechi had admittedly had a touch of trouble adjusting to that idea himself - but he at least had the advantage of treating each trip into the metaverse like it was a matter of life or death. ]
entreats: (she's not good enough)

a

[personal profile] entreats 2022-02-10 12:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[ There are probably who would gratefully take any chocolate. Ever. And there are some who would happily accept some during this month in particular.

Apparently Ange belongs to neither of the categories, since she just looks at Akira like he's suddenly gone mad, raising a single eyebrow of Doom. (And Judgement.) ]


Are you trying to poison me?

[ T-Thanks, Ange, as friendly as ever... ]
entreats: (it will all catch up eventually)

[personal profile] entreats 2022-02-11 07:40 pm (UTC)(link)
That sounds suspicious.

[ To say the least. At least she doesn't sound annoyed as much as she just sounds like she's using the most dry and deadpan ton possible in the entire world as she's saying it..

Because she's pretty sure anyone would find that statement suspicious. ]


It kind of sounds like you got roped into a supernatural pyramid scheme. [ Involving chocolate. ] I mean, would you usally have gone around sharing it like this?
entreats: (how the person inside survives)

[personal profile] entreats 2022-02-17 10:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Clearly normal. Who doesn't get brainwashed every other Tuesday or so..

Though thankfully being way too casual about something like this is definitely something Ange can take in stride. Especially if he's truly been brainwashed, because then it only makes sense that the guy wouldn't really think that it was all that much of a strange thing in the first place. As part of the brainwashing.

And despite the fact that Ange is definitely more concerned than she's letting on to, she sounds casual enough as well when she speaks up, her expression pretty much a pokerface. ]


Don't share it then. [ AS IF IT'S THAT EASY.. ] You'll just get other people to fall under whatever spell it's cast on you.

[ Ange glances down at the chocolate, and then over at him. ]

Do you need me to chuck it into the ocean for you or something?
entreats: (it will all catch up eventually)

[personal profile] entreats 2022-02-20 01:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Probably. [ She repeats the word back to him.

It's a warning. Or maybe just an attempt to remind him of what he's really saying here. This isn't about it probably going to rain outside or anything like that - this is his life on the line! ]


What are you going to do if you do eat it and just drop dead? You're going to worry people, you know.
entreats: (through my spine and)

[personal profile] entreats 2022-02-25 08:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[ The evidence that Akira has, indeed, been brainwashed by this piece of chocolate sure is mounting up right here, isn't it.

Though that's not even necessarily the important thing here in Ange's opinion. What's so much more important is finding a way to snap him out of it - and that's way harder than figuring out whether there's something wrong here in the first place. ]


Yeah. I definitely think that's possible.

[ For now saying this feels like the most important thing right now. Maybe she can make his brain snap himself out of it if she just provides it with an adequate sense of danger? ]

I mean, people here have died over less than some poisoned chocolate. And giving people food that might kill them is just about one of the oldest cliches in the book. [ The.. book.. of weird, deathly places? Who knows what kind of book. ]
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[personal profile] slayerskiss 2022-02-10 09:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[On the one hand, Faith loves chocolate, and food in general, so she's powerless to this offer.

On the other hand, she's not an idiot. She gives him a quizzical look, as if trying to decide if this is worth it.]


...If it's like a chocolate magic mushroom or somethin', I'm gonna gut you. Fair warning.
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[personal profile] slayerskiss 2022-02-11 10:42 am (UTC)(link)
[She shrugs.] I don't think that's how that works but it's good enough for me, I suppose.

[It shouldn't be, but she feels a tug to accept this, maybe just because of the month that they're in. She takes the chocolate and examines it. Caramel, it would appear. Can't go wrong there unless it's magic.

She waits for him to do it first, just in case.]
Edited 2022-02-11 10:42 (UTC)
virtuosital: (0016)

a; catception

[personal profile] virtuosital 2022-02-11 04:09 am (UTC)(link)
[Akira you know better than probably most anyone how Sumi can eat. And how strict she is about what she eats. So to say the least, she's been pretty safe from any weird cursed food in Trench-- except. Chocolate...,]

[She looks so at war with herself for about a minute and a half before she reaches up and puts her thumb and forefinger carefully on the other side of the square of chocolate Akira is holding up, snapping it in two.]
I guess, if I'm gonna have chocolate it may as well do more than just ruin my diet.
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[personal profile] virtuosital 2022-02-17 04:32 am (UTC)(link)
[She gives him a judgmental, but humorously so frown, shaking her head.] It's kind of funny to realize I'm happier hearing you say that outside of Maruki-sensei's palace.

[She'd closed her eyes to say that, and hears him pop the chocolate into his mouth and chew it more than she sees him, and opens her eyes when he mentions it's good. She starts to suggest that isn't most chocolate good-- but her breath catches, and her mouth stays open in a startled gape. The furry ears that have sprouted atop Akira's head captivate her, and a steady flush creeps onto her cheeks as she raises her own hand with the piece of chocolate to put in her mouth, chewing.] It's-- um, they suit you.
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[personal profile] virtuosital 2022-02-20 12:11 am (UTC)(link)
[She makes a confused sound when he reaches over her head, and then she is abruptly aware of the ears when he starts petting one, and he own tail puffs up and extends straight behind her. She only moves the ear he was petting out of his hand to whip her head around and look at the tail. Her eyes are wide and her tail is puffed about three times its size when she looks back at his request.]

[And she doesn't judge! But she does start giggling.]
Oh-- my gosh, senpai. That's so cute.
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[personal profile] virtuosital 2022-02-21 12:02 am (UTC)(link)
[She scrunches her nose when she smiles, and nods.] Me, too. Though I don't think I ever saw him chase his tail.

[Her hands go up to her ears and she cups them, pursing her lips, and tries to angle herself to see them in the lenses of Akira's glasses. As his final statement dawns on her, she looks mortified.] ...oh no, does he like chocolate?? I should have let you keep it for him.
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[personal profile] virtuosital 2022-02-21 12:26 am (UTC)(link)
[She frowns, then, puffing her cheeks out.] We're both perfectly capable of handling ourselves, [So says the girl who dissociated so badly she let a therapist convince her it was a good idea to pretend to be her dead sister for over a year, but, details.] But maybe we should find more of it to offer him while wearing hats. He'd be adorable with cat ears.

There's-- yeah, come here. [She loops her arm through his at the elbow and pulls him behind her to whatever has been designated as her space within Household Royal, and stoops to look at the ears in a little mirror she has. She stands straight again a moment later to look at the tail, smiling widely.] I would almost be okay with these staying longer than however long this chocolate is in our systems.
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[personal profile] virtuosital 2022-02-21 01:22 am (UTC)(link)
Oh my God, senpai you did not-- [She believes him, truly, that's exactly the sort of thing Akira would do, but no wonder Akechi is so constantly cantankerous with him.]

Does he like cats? Maybe the cat-version of puppy eyes will help.