"In cento anni o cento mesi, l'acqua torna a' suoi paesi."

[sharktrash]

Who: Squalo and YOU!
What: birthday catch-all! Squalo's turning 23 on the 13th. Yes he is Pisces because his character wasn't fish-related enough yet.
When: 12th-14th
Where: All around Vista city, the mall, the bars, Pride HQ, MANTICORE penthouse, Junkyard Carnival penthouse, etc.
Warnings: Squalo language, violence, substance abuse, (mentions of) banging, will update as necessary


[ prompts in comments! ]

Comments

[sharktrash]

Wha --

[ Oh yeah. That. Way to ruin the mood, Kido. His expression darkens into a scowl and he starts chopping the vegetables with almost visible irritation. Good news here is that yes, MANTICORE has discussed those kind of things among themselves before, so she can probably trust them to be discreet. ]

Kinda. I just do my best to not notice it.

[ WHOOPS someone prefers the lie. ]

[blindfoldcode]

Sorry. [She'll go back to cutting.] Just don't be surprised if I appear out of thin air, okay?

[sharktrash]

...

[ brb staring ]

Is that like. A superpower or something?

[ SHIT EVERYONE IS WEIRDOS AROUND HIM and he just has a dumb prosthetic arm. ]

[blindfoldcode]

[She stares back with red eyes.] Close your eyes and find out.

[sharktrash]

[ Oh. Red eyes. ]

Heh. I like those. Looks cool.

[ Also reminds him of his two Literal Satan buddies, basically, but that's neither here nor there. He is pretty curious, though, so he'll do what she says. Well, sort of slow blink more like, but still. ]

[blindfoldcode]

[Eh. It's enough of a pause for her to vanish. She gives it a second before her eyes return to grey and she's cutting again.]

Thanks. I prefer them grey.

[sharktrash]

[ Okay that sure looks like she's materializing out of thin air and he jolts backwards. ]

Fuuuuuck! What the hell?!

[blindfoldcode]

[There's a flash of a memory. The blond boy, Kano, reacting to someone seeing Kido's powers for the first time by laughing himself to tears as her face burned red and her eyes were locked on no one in particular.

What an asshole. But he didn't deserve to die like that...]

I told you it would happen.

[sharktrash]

Yeah, well, being told and seeing are very different!

[ He eyes her up and down for a moment. That's how many people with ~powers~ around him now? He's going to start feeling left out at this rate. ]

Shit, it's like everyone's a fucking superhero around here or something.

[blindfoldcode]

You can have them if you want them. [She shrugs.]

They come with demonic possession and everything. I'm more like a supervillain if you look at it.

[sharktrash]

Wow, thanks. I'll take three.

[ He glances at her with genuine confusion. ]

What's the difference? You get to do cool shit and make the world worship you.

[ HAHAHA WHAT IS GOOD AND BAD ]

[blindfoldcode]

I don't want the world to worship me. I want them to leave me the hell alone.

[Kido you're a fucking famous musician you don't get to pull this...]

[sharktrash]

...

[ stares, head tilting to the side. ]

So why the fuck did you join a band?

[blindfoldcode]

I liked playing bass. I didn't actually forsee getting held hostage by an insane CEO.

[sharktrash]

Yeah well insane CEO aside, you should've kept playing in your fucking room in that case. Stardom generally comes with attention.

[blindfoldcode]

[She shrugs.]

I didn't have a room. I was homeless before I got here.

[sharktrash]

[ raising eyebrows ]

Your abandoned warehouse, whatever. If you had instruments, you had a place to practice.

[blindfoldcode]

You have a bassist again. Unless you want that to change, just be grateful I still go out on stage.

[sharktrash]

Yeah, well, if you do something you hate, you're gonna suck anyway.

[blindfoldcode]

If you think I suck then why bother kidnapping me? [She rolls her eyes.]

I'm not gonna fuck this up. I swear. Chill out, it's your birthday.

[sharktrash]

[ He glares at her a bit. ]

You'd better not.

[ ...and eyes her for a few moments. She showed him her ~abilities~, he could technically run off and tattle on her. Which would be unfair if she can't do the same so -- ]

Guess I owe you a bit of collateral.

[ He pulls back his left sleeve a bit, uncovering a metallic wrist and some space-age material over what's visible of his forearm. Wasn't it suspicious that he has a glove on even while cooking? Yeah that's sure a fake-ass hand. ]

Not as spectacular as you guys, but enough to fuck me over, so we're even now.

[blindfoldcode]

[She stares for a minute. She's surprised that he's able to use it so well. She blinks up at him and shrugs after a moment.]

You shouldn't worry about it. Lesedi already knows about me.

[And she's back to cutting with almost a fierce intensity.]

Got caught a month ago. She tried to take my eyes--the powers at least--for it. So be careful who you show that to.

[sharktrash]

[ ...it took a while. He thought he wouldn't be able to play anymore, but hey. Adapting and becoming better was his strength, apparently. ]

Well, you're still here. With eyes.

[ He snorts a bit. ]

Of course I'm careful. But what the fuck would she even do about it? Give me a new flesh hand? Can't say I'd be too upset about that.

[blindfoldcode]

[She chuckles.]

Maybe you should tell her about it, then? Ratting yourself out might save you from trouble later.

[sharktrash]

...I considered it. [ He sounds serious. ] But several people advised against that. People I trust. Maybe I'm meant to have this. [ shrugs. ]