i'm a friend of the irresponsible fools

[blindfoldcode]

Who: Kido and Open
What: being dumb
When: Halloween afternoon/night
Where: Out and about because reasons.
Warnings: Kido is not a very good role model.

Kido's pretty much still firmly stuck in emotional hell. She hasn't left her room or slept for more than a few hours in days, and even now the only reason she's out is because she can probably get by mostly unnoticed. A busy night, she reasons, and that's why Tsubomi Kido is trying to get away with being nowhere near anybody she cares about.

The longer she thinks about it (and the more sleep she loses), the more guilt weighs on her. And the more guilt weighs on her, the less able she is to cope with interacting with the people she let down knows.

So. Halloween. Back alleyways. Dodging anyone who might notice her, hood hanging over her eyes (which are already protected by dark glasses), scarf pulled over her mouth, Kido's comfortable blending into the scenery and picking up "old" habits that might not be... family friendly.

So please note these three situations:

(A)
Kido may or may not be approaching strangers asking if they have a light. She may or may not at this point in time have a pack of cigarettes in hand. She may or may not be obviously too young to be doing this shit Kido why. Still, she's not all together and completely forgot a lighter. So she might as well bug someone else for it...

(A.5)
UNTIL SHE REALIZES SHE KNOWS YOU. This is what she gets for wearing sunglasses in the dimming light. She hasn't done this sort of shit since she joined up with System Crash. She didn't want to be any more out of place than she already felt like she was. Plus she has some sense of courtesy for the fact there are younger kids into the band. She's not heartless.

But yeah if Kido realizes she knows you, her eyes are going wide and she is recovering by... hiding her face by pulling the scarf up more. Brilliant Kido. You are a master of disguise.

(B)
As the night wears on and the sun sets, Kido is making good on all her threats of spray painting. She's pretty brazen with it, spraying down a wall with an undoubtedly mature sentiment about one thing or another. But it's surprisingly not in purple, but bright red. Not that she feels particularly heroic. Just that she wants to prove it wrong--something inside of her disagrees. Red isn't the color of heroes. She just wish she knew why she was fighting it so much.

But someone please talk her into going home. She's gonna get arrested and cause a scandal at this rate.

Comments

B

[magic_to_do]

You're not easy to find, you know?

[First Tiger and now Kido. Trucy has been traipsing around the city all day looking for her wayward bandmate. She's starting to get worried about all her friends running off. Like if she takes her eyes off of them, they'll just disappear.]

What are you painting, anyway?

[She says as if this were all artistic and not an act of vandalism.]

[blindfoldcode]

[Kido's immediate response is... to hide the can behind her back like she wasn't caught red handed. She scowls and looks away.]

I'm not hiding. Just blowing off steam.

[She says it like it answers Trucy's question. Blowing off steam.]

[magic_to_do]

Hmmm....

[Trucy takes a step forward, examining the unfinished artwork. Kido's actually pretty good at this. Of course, whoever owns this building might just disagree. Kido is probably gonna get in a lot of trouble if she gets caught.

That said, they might as well be in this together.]

It looks like fun. Can I give it a try?

[This way, if she does get caught, at least she won;t be alone.]

[blindfoldcode]

[She raises an eyebrow at Trucy. That's not the thing she expected her to say. Then she closes her eyes and sighs, holding out the can for Trucy to take.]

I'll never hear the end of it if they think I corrupted you.

Trucy has a unique method of problem solving.

[magic_to_do]

I guess that would be pretty bad.

[She takes the can anyway and faces the wall. But when she holds it up to start spraying, nothing happens. Maybe it got stuck?]

Hmm, weird...

[She tries shaking it, but oh no! She fumbles and drops it. Except.... it never hits the ground. It seems to have disappeared! It is a mystery.

Or it's just the sort of thing that happens when you're friends with an amateur magician. She whirls back to Kido with a smile that is somewhere between innocent and apologetic.]

I guess we'll just have to find something else to do.

[Something where no one gets arrested. Trucy only does this because she cares.]

very unique. it works.

[blindfoldcode]

[Kido looks surprised for a moment before she chuckles.]

I should've expected that.

[Then she runs her hand through her hair, dropping her hood back. Jig's up, anyway.]

Why've you been looking for me? Did I miss another practice?

[magic_to_do]

Nah. I said you and Tiger weren't feeling well, so they pushed back our next practice until tomorrow.

[Trucy gives an apologetic shrug.]

I thiiiink we all have to show up tomorrow though.

[Or else they will be in a world of trouble.]

[blindfoldcode]

[She lets out a long breath. At least she loves playing.]

You still didn't answer. Why'd you come looking? I can handle myself.

[magic_to_do]

[Her smile falters.]

I know you can. But.... you and Tiger have been sort of.... distant. I guess I was just worried.

[It feels a little like the band is falling apart and that scares her. She doesn't know what she'd do if that happened.]

[blindfoldcode]

We've all gone through a lot of shit lately. [She sighs, looking away. After all, they're already down one member. She's got the same worry, this is just how she deals with it.]

I'm not going to disappear, don't worry about that. I don't have anywhere else to go. I just... saw some stuff at that carinval.

[magic_to_do]

Good. I totally get it though. That whole thing was pretty messed up.

[Still, Trucy relaxes a lot at Kido's promise that she won't disappear. There's something very nostalgic and comforting about it.]

Just... whatever happens, we're all in this together, right? You know if there's ever something I can do...

[She leaves it hanging as an open offer.]

[blindfoldcode]

[She nods. And she looks like she isn't going to say anything.

And then her expression turns to frustration. The hand in her hair scrubs her head like she's trying to think something out. Her scowl deepens. She doesn't look at Trucy for a minute before--]

I think I'm going crazy.

[magic_to_do]

....


[Oookay.... That was not what she expected to hear. But she still wants to help if she can.]


What do you mean?

[blindfoldcode]

[That pause is enough hesitation for Kido to draw back into herself. It was a stupid idea to open up about this, anyway. Anyone she talked to would think she was an idiot. Would have her committed.]

It's nothing. Never mind.

[magic_to_do]

No, seriously! Tell me what's wrong.

[Oh no. Trucy isn't giving up that easily.]

Talking out a problem can give you a better perspective on it.

[blindfoldcode]

I haven't been sleeping, That's all. It doesn't matter. [That's a blatant lie.]

[magic_to_do]

It matters to me!

[That did come out a little more forcefully than she intended, but she's worried. She softens her tone a little to add...]

I'm your friend. I want to help you.

[blindfoldcode]

[She snorts. That's rich. Help. Nobody can help her--no one's ever wanted to, either, without getting something back from her in return.]

You want to help? Give me the paint back.

[magic_to_do]

Tell me what's wrong first.

[Trucy can be stubborn too. Although in this case she's more frustrated.]

You said you thought you were going crazy. Why? Did something else happen? I mean besides... weird torture carnival?

[blindfoldcode]

I saw something at the weird torture carnival. [She doesn't look at Trucy, instead fiddling around in her jacket pocket for the box of cigarettes she doesn't dare take out in case she makes those disappear, too.]

Somebody I was trying to save. It was a house fire... and I failed. I was younger and it was like I was remembering it. But I've never done something like that before.

[magic_to_do]

That's.... awful. It sounds really scary.

[Her brow is creased with worry and confusion. She hesitates over he next question, but in the end she needs to ask.]

Do you think.... it's possible that maybe you forgot? I mean, when traumatic things happen to people sometimes they sort of... block it out.

[blindfoldcode]

Blocking out an entire person? You really think you can do something like that?

My parents would've... said something, wouldn't they? I mean, they're shitty, but... [They wouldn't want a daughter they nearly lost in a house fire to disappear on them, would they?]

[magic_to_do]

I guess that would be an awful lot to forget....

[And Trucy doesn't know much about psychology in the first place. So she really doesn't know how it would work past what she's seen in movies and things.]

Have you ever had a nightmare about fire? Or something like that?

[Grasping at straws here, but you never know.]

[blindfoldcode]

Only since the carnival. I mean, the woman I got stuck trying to save nearly got incinerated, but it was different.

[magic_to_do]

Incinerated?

[And Tiger nearly drowned. Torture carnival was worse than she realized.]

I'm starting to think I got lucky with knives and bugs....