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NAME
RYUJI SAKAMOTO
@ENTERTHEDRAGON

VITALS 300HP/100SP
LOCATION PUBLIC

Comments

[fessus]

A horse is what Chiron is right?

[ryuji]

Well.. the bottom half

[fessus]

No shit I know what a person looks like, Ryuji.

[ryuji]

Oh, my bad, I thought you came from a place where mutant chickens were the norm, how was I supposed to know

[fessus]

That's what you look like, not Chiron.

[ryuji]

DUDE ARE YOU FORREAL!?

I thought we were friends, man.

You don't just slay your buds like that.

[A few seconds later... playing along-]

I ain't no chicken tender

[fessus]

lmao, "buds" can take it, you have to toughen up if you're not tender. You're the one making fun of my whole world here, dye job.

[ryuji]

Yo you're giving me shit for my hair when you literally look like you just dropped out of a visual kei band

[fessus]

Don't get the reference, doesn't hurt, know your audience, Protein Powder.

Guess I'll look like a band member, rough for me.

[ryuji]

Spoken like a useless pretty boy

[fessus]

Bring it any time, anywhere. I'd kick your ass.

[ryuji]

Okay but you gotta wear the backpack

[fessus]

I'd still win wearing both but seriously?

[ryuji]

I'd literally do anything right now to let my back get a second of rest, so yeah

[fessus]

It's bothering you that bad?

[ryuji]

Real talk, I have a fucked up leg, so the extra pressure on it kinda makes it feel worse.

I know, you're probably like

Ohhh he barks a good game but can't handle shit without whining

Well, yeah. Mostly lol

[fessus]

Yeah that's kind of whiny.

I got messed up pretty bad from an injury once though. So I guess I won't beat you up too much if you come over.

[ryuji]

You did? What happened?

[Sli...ght pang of concern here]

[fessus]

It was ages ago, don't worry about it. Are you coming over or not?

[ryuji]

Yeah, yeah. Hold on, I gotta hoist the rock of Gibraltar on my ass.

[What a horrible fucking slog it is to take the backpack with him as he travels down the hall of the capsules. As if the training couldn't get possibly worse, even BASE seems to thematically fit that of a war zone, and as Ryuji makes his way down the hall, he quickly realizes that he's... never actually seen Noctis' capsule and, uh. Well, he's only been on a few hours rotational sleep with his roommate.]

Which room was it again? Or, y'know. Send me a sign. A dagger in front of the door or somethin'. Either way.

[fessus]

If that's not some legendary stone of power then I don't wanna learn about it.

[ Ryuji goes quiet after that and thus so does he, busying himself with a few other nuggets of entertainment on the network with no similar realization that the blond has no idea where he's going. Oh. Right. ]

14, I'll get up to get the door.

[ryuji]

[14... okay, so he was definitely going the wrong way. Shit. He puts his thumbs under the straps of the backpack. He knows what the nerds in school feel like now, carrying all their books for the day at once. A little bit of a trek, but he tries not to complain to himself, or to the crows either, and he's standing outside the capsule.

Knock knock, Noct.]

[fessus]

[ It doesn't take him long to answer when he's already expecting him, nudging the door open with a cursory once-over given to the teen before his gaze then redirects behind his new friend. Almost as if he expects someone to be watching. Noctis ushers him in, then, exhaling a seemingly beleaguered sigh. ]

You weren't kidding.

[ryuji]

I got your legendary stone of power right here.

[Laughs dumbly as he comes right on in, noticing that this capsule is SO! DIFFERENT! than his own. But not really. Just has a different kind of air to it. God, these guys in COST need some trips to IKEA.

Once inside, he looks up at Noctis with his head still bowed a little lower- the strain on his back apparent.]

Yo, man... how you holdin' up?

[fessus]

Better than you, that's for sure.

[ So said as he abruptly reaches for Ryuji the second the door is closed and they're hidden, slapping his shoulder to direct him into a turn. ]

If you don't see it, you're not a witness and you can't get in trouble. [ Incredible logic as he unzips Ryuji's backpack, starting to lift the weights out one by one. Only when he is fully laden with them does he turn back around, starting to climb the stairs up into the main lounge area so he can prop his own backpack on the table and start filling it with the pilfered burden. ]