choose your own adventure [open]

[actsmagnificent]

Who: Haruka Tenoh & you!
What: A few days in the life of a chauffeur for hire. Who may get roped into some other activities.
When: Feb 27 - March 3
Where: All over the city
Warnings: Nineties anime.


[ option 1 - evening, musicians only ]

[ Hey, awesome! Your band ordered a limo. Or maybe they didn't and someone at this limousine company just thinks they did. Either way, they've dispatched one to come pick you up, and the chauffeur is both 1) very charming and 2) very handsome. ] Good evening. Where can I take you tonight?

[ No matter what facial expression the clients are wearing, this chauffeur keeps smiling. ]

[ option b - midday, outside of brad's diner ]

Step right up! Come one, come all!

[ Sigh. It would be just Haruka's luck that she'd check up on Minako - not even planning on entering the workplace, just peering in the window - when the place was short on staff. So now Haruka's out on the streets with a bunch of flyers, cheerful as can be...on the surface, anyway. Why is she so good at this. Why. ] Brad's Diner is trying a new dessert menu. A snack on your lunch break, sir? Madam?

[ She smiles at a group of high-school girls, who huddle together to support their sudden collective case of weak knees. ] Surely there's a better place to skip school, kittens.

[ She winks. One of the girls faints. Haruka laughs and turns to the next person she sees - you. ] Excuse me!

[ option c - morning, outside the virgo entertainment resort ]

[ If you're up at the crack of dawn, you may see someone heading for the building. But she's not looking at the door - instead, she seems to be taking stock of the windows and general layout.

She's also keeping to the shadows and looking...up. ]

Comments

b

[nuns4money]

[This lady here is far from a schoolgirl but she can't help but grin at Haruka. In her work clothes and ever-present sunglasses, she's on her lunch break, and happened to be looking for a place to eat.]

Yeah?

[actsmagnificent]

[ ...someone is actually interested? Well, Haruka will roll with it.

Her sales pitch demeanor doesn't waver. ] Brad's Diner is just down the street. They're trying a new dessert menu....

[ Her lashes lower and her smile curls more seductively. She's wandered down this street fairly far from the restaurant, so: ] I can escort you if you're interested.

[nuns4money]

Well I am lookin for a good place for lunch...

[What a babe though...] How polite of ya.

B

[rising_wing]

[Haruka is probably the house mate he has the least interaction with. He's in his work uniform for Jones' Subs, on his cheap bike, just pausing to find a way around the crowd of girls

he offers a smile when she addresses him]

New job?

B

[actsmagnificent]

[ Ah, this guy. Haruka doesn't spend much time in the house, it's true. But this guy seems to be pulling his weight okay so far.

She shrugs, trying not to show her discomfort with this particular job. ] The spirit of volunteerism.

[ Want a flyer? ] Here.

[rising_wing]

[He's the one who does the most cooking, mostly to make sure Namine eats, but no one wants Usagi or Minako in the kitchen so he cooks for the house in general. So he likes to think he's more than okay at pulling his weight. Still, if asked his answer would be that he does his part.

He takes the flyer and nods.]

Thanks. I'll put it up on the employee board at work.

A - Surviving Friday

[yellowcopycat]

[The band members of Surviving Friday are off to some function where they've been invited to play at. Their instruments are already there.]

Where are we going again? I wasn't paying attention to what Yama was saying.

[Super tall Ryouta is the first one into the back of the limo]

I was thinking about lyrics for our next song.

[actsmagnificent]

I'm available for anywhere inside the city limits.

[ The chauffeur will watch with interest as the band enters the limousine. Must be doing a headcount! ]

[connivingbird]

He sent the instructions to them this morning before going to the spa or something.

[Ankh was certainly something else, a whole riot of tattoos covered whatever skin was showing in his asymmetrical, mostly red clothing, his hair in its usually braided, curly and shaved glory. His right hand waved in a slightly dismissive manner towards Ryouta, the eye tattooed in the center almost looking at him before he turned his attention to the driver.]

You're new.

B

[lightthedarkness]

[Usagi was walking to Brad's for lunch because that's where she always had lunch. It was just around the corner from the flower shop and it allowed her to check in with Di and make sure she was still safe and vice versa.

So imagine her surprise when she saw a very familiar tall figure passing out flyers.

She came up behind Haruka, though she suspected the senshi of wind and sky already sensed her presence. She gently tapped on her shoulder.]

Hello, Alex. Did Di convince you to help?

[actsmagnificent]

Ah -

[ Haruka actually starts. She nearly starts again when she sees who it is, but this makes sense, doesn't it. The Princess both wants to spend lunch break with her friend and has a cast-iron stomach.

The Princess is kind of amazing sometimes.

She grins, but it's slightly forced. ] ...Something like that.

[ This is the part where she's supposed to hand Usagi a flyer, but is there a point when Usagi is going to Brad's anyway? ] You're headed over now?

[lightthedarkness]

Mmmhmm! I always have lunch with Di. [She smiled but it was also an incredibly easy way to check on one another throughout the day. Minako could know Usagi was safe, and vice versa. They could follow up on any weird occurrences too.

Like... why Haruka was helping with the diner when she had a job as a chauffeur.]

Do you want to join us? Er... can you?

B

[sublimelymagnificentblitz]

[Ain't nothin' quite like some diner food, especially when you spent what seemed like half your life chowin' down at them after club gigs, when the owner was too cheap to spring for grub. Jecht had never gotten out of the habit of hitting them up occasionally -- but he never expected the professional limo driver chick to be in front of it!]

[He openly stares for a moment, before reaching up to rub the back of his head.] Man, I guess the limo business is rough on its hires.

[actsmagnificent]

...It's a living, sir. [ Please take your flyer. Haruka can't go back in until they're all gone.

This is awkward, but. It's a contact among the musicians, so that's. Something? ] Thanks again for earlier.

[sublimelymagnificentblitz]

Hold on -- what kind of an answer is that? [Jecht at least takes his flyer, but with the rote sort of distraction that says he barely put any conscious thought into doing so.] You could do tons better than this...

A: sibling date

[sponsorigami]

[ Rei has been down after her break up and Yosuke's firing. Ivan doesn't know what to say to her to help. Anything he thinks of seems selfish, more than helpful. He thought about mentioning their real lives they're trying to get back how in long run it will help make returning home easier... but that only seemed a lie when he, himself is so confused over his own feelings.

Regardless, outside of haiku and lyrics, he's not so good with words. That ability of his deteriorates a little each day. So, Ivan tries a nice walk in a large, peaceful garden lit by stars and streetlamps and taking some tea and cookies to a gazebo there once they're done walking. Just quiet and peace and trying to ignore the bodyguards who follow them every time they go outside. ]

... Huh? A limo?

[ Ivan looks to Rei puzzled. He was just going to hail a taxi. ]

[faithfulflame]

[Ivan was right. Rei had been down. Her first breakup, her first boyfriend, and apparently she wasn't even interested in boys most of the time. It confused her more than anything, and yes...she was going to have to leave him eventually, but that didn't take away from the sting of the now. She'd been devoted, she'd enjoyed his company, and they'd had fun together.

Ivan's suggestions of spending the evening had been fine. But the guards hadn't afforded them much time to talk. And there was someone she wanted her brother to meet. So, she had called that limo service, and asked for Alex. And apparently here she was.]

It's still early. I thought we could get dinner in style. But you can't tell Pao-Lin where we went.

[actsmagnificent]

It's my pleasure to be serving you tonight, sir.

[ Haruka bows. She keeps her eyes deliberately averted from Rei's, but the hint of a smile there is for the other girl's benefit. This is one of the people they're not leaving without, huh? ]

b

[hearted]

[It's finally break time! It can't be legal to make her work a double without at least a small break, right? But she has to be quick, so when she emerges she has half a roll stuffed in her mouth. Her other hand holds a brown paper bag with 'Alex ❤︎' written in bold letters.]

Everyone's so spirited today! I think they like you.

[actsmagnificent]

[ That looks like lunch, or something, headed her way. Haruka can't say she's thrilled, but she'll keep smiling since she's still out here. ] Glad it's working.

[ Results matter more than good impressions. ]

[hearted]

[Surprise, it's actually not lunch! The contents of the bag look a little thin for that...and they sound a little crinkly.]

Right, and it's going great! With the extra help from above we're doing even better.

[She hands over the bag. It contains...compliments from the swooning ladies inside the restaurant.]

Careful, or they'll want to keep you!

B

[psyvampexperiment]

[It's been a long morning of signing promotional photos and albums and Sariel feels beat and hungry. Who knew writing out ones name repeatedly could wear you out and leave you ravenous? Thus, he's heading for the nearest cafe or diner or some eatery, bodyguards in his wake - and their presence has started to grate on him a bit. Thus, he might arrive in time to see one of the school girls fainting at Haruka's charming invitation.]

You must have quite the place, if girls react like that to your advertising. [A friendly chuckle.]

[actsmagnificent]

You can see for yourself. [ Here, have a flyer. And a smile. And a refusal to offer a personal opinion of the restaurant in question. ] It's just down the street.

A

[iitrebel]

[And the expression Artolo is wearing is one of caution because guess who is trying to avoid overzealous fans? The jackass in shades and a thick hoodie, that's who.]

So, uh, can you do getaway drives in this thing?

[Because that's sure what he's asking.]

[actsmagnificent]

[ Haruka lets that question sink in for a moment. She considers her options.

Then she smiles. It's almost a smirk. ] There's a surcharge.

[ Where to? ]