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

A.5 coming in late with starbucks

[giglio_madonna]

[And here's how Kido might recognize it's Luce, despite the blonde wig which falls partially over one side of her face: when that wig jerks aside to reveal a certain tattoo beneath her eye when she gives a startled jump at being addressed.]

[Looks like Kido isn't the only one trying to get by unnoticed. Who says sneaking out is just for teenagers?]

Oh- hold on, let me see...

["Sexy Magician" doesn't have too many pockets, alas. But she still tries to carry a few things on her.]

[blindfoldcode]

[It's hard to forget Luce, tbch. She was very charming that night, she even outcharmed Kido (and was the only woman to take the lead that she danced with. That stood out). She chokes and looks away at that.]

You don't have to look if you can't find anything.

[Yeah. They're both playing it so cool. So. Cool.]

[giglio_madonna]

No, I'm sure I have something. Just... Ah ha. Knew it.

[A promotional pack of matches from someone that had been handing things out on the street! She knew she was holding onto it for a reason. She holds it out with a smile.]

Here you go. I hope it's enough. And, ah... [She lowers her voice a bit, hoping she's right and not being a little silly.] Is that you, Kido?

[blindfoldcode]

[She chokes and yanks the scarf up higher, even, peeking through the gap between the fabric.

Yeah. She recognizes that's obvious now. She'll take the book, hesitantly.]

Not if anyone else is asking.

[giglio_madonna]

Well, I'm not 'anyone else'.

[That teasing grin that Kido probably recognizes from the Gala night.]

Is that good enough?

[blindfoldcode]

[She drops the scarf then, with a sigh. Then she'll strike a match, lighting a cigarette. She hands the matchbook back to her.]

I'm not interested in getting caught by the wrong people. [Be it Pride or the wrong kind of fan.]

[giglio_madonna]

Don't worry, neither am I.

[Luce winks as she adjusts her wig again.]

Why don't we work together to avoid any troublesome people?

[blindfoldcode]

You're a much bigger name than I am. It's gotta be harder for you to stay hidden. [She sounds very hesitant. Seriously, though, the last thing she wants is to get caught and dragged back to HQ tonight.]

[giglio_madonna]

It's exactly because I'm a bigger name that I'm so clever.

You don't have to worry~. I've been sneaking out for my boyfriend plenty of times already, and I haven't been caught yet!

[blindfoldcode]

No one's caught me sneaking out for my girlfriend, either. But I didn't feel like dressing up. [That seems so backward, even she recognizes it. The more skin she shows, the less recognizable she is ._.]

Are you sneaking out for him tonight?

[giglio_madonna]

Oh no. Tonight is for me. Just because I'm in a relationship doesn't mean I have to stop having fun like this.

[But enough about her. Back to-]

What part of dressing up didn't appeal to you?

[blindfoldcode]

[Oh boy. Not an inquisition.] I don't like showing skin. [She will pay far more attention to her cigarette now than she was doing before, to avoid the topic. But it's reasonable, really. Pretty much her entire all of her has been covered up whenever she's been in public, outside her one date with Momo.]

[giglio_madonna]

[The torture devices haven't even come out yet, Kido, calm.]

And if I suggested costumes without any skin?

[blindfoldcode]

Like what? [Honestly she hasn't done real Halloween in ages.]

[giglio_madonna]

Well, you tend to go for an androgynous look, right? So we can find all sorts of costumes for you!

[She laughs again.]

I just stuck to the 'sexy lady' outfits myself because no one would look for that in the 'matron' of the group, right?

[blindfoldcode]

[Kido honestly blinks in surprise.]

I'm... pretty surprised you even knew who I was that night, honestly. [She fades into the background very easily.] You don't seem like the type to listen to our stuff. [But even if Kido's dressed like a boy a couple times, to make that generalization feels like Luce knows more about her...]

[giglio_madonna]

Oh, I'm just a gossip hound. [Another soft laugh, and Luce winks.] I keep an eye on things that are said. In our business, it's a good thing to do even for the "rival party", right?

[blindfoldcode]

I... won't ask what you've heard. [Watch her stress out. It's damn good she's already got a cigarette.]

Honestly, I think this rivalry is bullshit. I'm sick of keeping things secret because we have different employers.

[giglio_madonna]

It's absolutely ridiculous, I won't disagree. But the higher ups won't listen to fresh meat like us.

So, for the time being, it's best to just find our fun where we can. [She offers her hand.] Even if it involves a little bit of sneaking around.

[blindfoldcode]

[She blinks at the hand. Before she takes it.]

So what's it like over there, then. They try to kill you with hazing, too?

[giglio_madonna]

Ah...

[And that's where the smile falters.]

It... was something. I'm not really sure what happened, really. It's part of why I left. I just wanted to get out of Virgo for a little while... Clear my head.

[blindfoldcode]

[She's quiet when she notices the smile. Then she offers out the box of cigarettes. Just in case Luce needs it.

Kido like legit ur too young to be smoking.]

Same. I can't... I'm starting to think this wasn't a good idea.

[giglio_madonna]

[Sorry, Kido, she'll have to shake her head on the offer even as she's smiling. It's one of those Lead duties- she doesn't want to ruin her voice.]

What, leaving for tonight?

[blindfoldcode]

[Shit. She realizes a second too late as she puts out her own lit cigarette.] Sorry.

[As for the question...] Signing on with Pride, I mean.

[giglio_madonna]

It's fine, don't worry about it.

[There's a more relevant subject matter here than her health.]

What makes you think that? The hazing?