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Curse of the Carnival [CLOSED]

Who: Hizumi Mizushiro, Ayumu Narumi, and Eyes Rutherford.
What: Three guys and a cat get on a ferris wheel, two guys, a cat, and a puppy get off.
When: Day 569
Where: Hel District's magical carnival of fun and wonder.
Rating: PG at worst for some language maybe?

Today was supposed to be a nice day off to relax. Hang out with Ayumu, walk around town a bit, maybe pick up some snacks, heck, he'd even be up for checking out the absurdly sketchy carnival from his own home district. Unfortunately, Hizumi's plans were fated to go awry from the very start.

Mostly because one Eyes Rutherford following him around as if he expected the younger brothers to suddenly drop everything for a surprise make out. Well, Rutherford and his cat, that is, since the man insisted on bringing her along too for reasons unknown. Great.

With an annoyed sigh, he crosses his arms behind his head and tips his head to face the only relative he's got around here. He may have stopped specifically pestering Rutherford ever since their chat at Freyr's request, but they're still by no means on good terms, and it can be heard quite clearly in his tone.

"Y'know... that curse ended a while ago." They'd even been hit with another one in the meantime, or so it had seemed. "You can quit stalkin' us everywhere." It's not like they're planning on doing anything. Sheesh!

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"I haven't been doing that, it might imply that I have nothing else to do with my time." That's why he entrusted Charles with doing it for him, and she could accomplish it a lot more discreetly than he could. Also, it might imply that he was enjoying this task. While he doubts it would happen again, there was still that nudge that left him with a feeling that might just be worry.

"Maybe it means you should do more if you feel that way."

It's not as if Charles hadn't been noticed to linger around when Eyes wasn't, at least by Ayumu. Unlike Hizumi however, he had seen no reason to protest the consistent surveillance by man or cat yet, himself.

"You say that, but isn't that what we're doing?" Going to check out the.... admittedly dark looking carnival in Hel district was certainly something, anyway.

Hizumi was growing tired of lavender hair and white fluffballs watching him, no matter how discreet they may have been. C'mon, really? He'd stopped causing trouble long ago. It's not his fault the gods decided to send some his way.

"It's the carnival! What more do you want us to do? Sit down for a nice meal and movie after?" Since Eyes seems so concerned on that front.

"... That would depend entirely on what it was you did, but you wouldn't listen to me anyway, would you?" Hizumi wouldn't, at least, and the chances of Ayumu doing so were more evenly split down the middle. In the end he was only an observer, only equipped to react once the deed was done. Whatever deed that wound up being...

So he focuses his gaze on the upcoming carnival, Charles taking up the mantle of looking at Hizumi with her own vividly blue eyes. "I will admit, in the three years I have been here I haven't set foot in that place myself."

"Depends on what you would ask." Eyes got it in one. Ayumu wasn't going to go do anything weird, for sure, and he couldn't speak for Hizumi.

"....So do we know anything about this place, besides that it looks kind of creepy?"

He's not even going to bother coming up with a response to all of that, since it's clear that no matter what he says, it's not changing anything. Instead, he'll address Ayumu's question.

"I think it's fine as long as it's daytime. I saw some weird stuff the other day when I passed by it at night, though." The things he does for discounted late night snack runs...

"There have been times when others have considered it a place to sleep." Those people were long gone, but if they didn't want to sleep in the god houses there were better options out there.

"The weird things were probably ghosts."

"....A place to sleep?" A place apparently filled with ghosts.

.....He isn't quite sure he wants to know what sort of strange people Eyes heard this from.

"Sounds like Hel alright." Once again, he has to question just how unfair it is for him to end up in such a spooky house. He's way too charming for a creepy place like this...!

"But who decided to sleep here? They couldn't find a better place?"

"I'm sure you've met some... interesting characters here. There once was an abundance of them." Not that he can really talk either, but he certainly never slept in the carnival.

"Now who will be paying the admission?" As if to emphasise this, Charles climbs up her owner and curls around his shoulders, releasing a high pitched meow. He wasn't going to pay for everyone here.

Ayumu turns to eye Hizumi, giving him a pointed look.

"You were the one to suggest we come here." Not that he was against paying his own admission, in all honesty.

Guys...

Guys are you really going to make him pay for all of you...

"I was thinkin' it'd be fine if we all just paid for ourselves." He hadn't even thought about asking Rutherford to pay for them, considering a. he already knew he wouldn't and b. he wasn't supposed to be here in the first place.

"That works for me." Because Hizumi is entirely right, he wasn't going to pay for all three of them to enter a carnival of all things. He's still half-questioning why he's following them into it.

"I assume that includes any expenses inside."

"Works for me, too." He reaches into his pocket to pull out his wallet, having mostly asked to jab at Hizumi a little for this venture.

You guys are terrible. Terrible.

Once admittance is paid for, he strolls into the carnival, surveying the place. "Any preferences on what we do first? Or should we try and find the most haunted lookin' thing and go for that?"

>Priorities.

Of course he would suggest that. Not that Eyes particularly cares, but he does at least raise an eyebrow.

"And dampen the anticipation of the rest of the trip afterward?"

really Hizumi? Ayumu gives Hizumi a similar look.

"I say we just pick whatever is closest that looks interesting. We have a while to look around anyway, right?"

He looks extremely offended with just the perfect touch of hurt. You two obviously just can't appreciate how brilliant he is, okay.

"Fine-! The closest thing is the ferris wheel, though. Should we keep movin'?"

They ~~probably~~ wouldn't want Eyes to drop dead on the spot from a heart attack just because of their choice in attractions.

"That works with me." If only because he doesn't really consider a ride on the ferris wheel to be all that romantic. And even if they end up in different cars, that's what Charles was here for.

Now hurry along you two, his strides are much longer than either of yours.

"Lead the way." Ayumu shrugs, much in line with Eyes' thinking as well. It was a ride that went around and around. He didn't see much romance in that himself, but maybe the view might be nice.

Edited 2015-01-21 06:17 (UTC)

It seems like Eyes will be the one taking up that role, as Hizumi doesn't even bother trying to keep pace, falling back some as a result. This trip is rapidly becoming Not Worth It, and it shows with his sulky expression. It looks like it's up to Ayumu to play babysitter if he wants this to be a peaceful excursion...

Sulky Expression? Eyes may not particularly care about lifting Hizumi's mood at the moment, but his feline companion certainly does. So as he's paying for his tickets and heading toward the ride, she decidedly hops off his shoulders and scurries back to the little brothers, climbing up Hizumi instead to perch on him.

Even if climbing him did require the use of claws a little, maybe some light purring would help him a little.

Ayumu is starting to realize that, much to his chagrin.

.... though when Charles hops off of Eyes to seek out Hizumi, Ayumu can't quite hide the minute smile that comes to his lips. Perhaps he wasn't the only one playing peacekeeper here. He reaches over and offers the feline a brief chin scratch of gratitude, before stepping up to pay for his own tickets.

...Eyes really doesn't deserve such a sweet cat. He gives her a couple of affectionate head scratches before paying for the ride, evidently not minding if she nicked him a bit with her claws.

That done, Hizumi steps into the cabin with slightly more energy, laying a hand on the glass as he peers outside despite the fact that they have yet to move. "Hope the view's worth it. Unless the real attraction's how this thing is supposed to have ghostly visitors showin' up..."

Apparently he is not giving up on that.

Surprisingly, Eyes doesn't make any efforts to enter the cabin with them. Instead he merely looks to Charles silently, then motions the ride conductor to close the door behind the two.

He can join in on the next cabin, but for now they are gifted with as much time as it takes to ride a ferris wheel without his blatant observation.

Ayumu is a little surprised by Eyes staying behind, when he'd been so determined to follow them in the first place, but he wanted to take it as a hopeful sign that Eyes might finally be cooling his heels about past events.

Wanted to being the key word, of course. Ayumu settles on one of the benches slowly, glancing around as the cabin door is closed behind them. "Looks like we're alone." Well, besides Charles anyway.

Edited 2015-01-25 09:13 (UTC)

"Finally." Hizumi relaxes into his seat, casting one last glance at Eyes outside as he steps aside to wait. "Just when I thought it couldn't get worse, he starts houndin' us like that... What's his problem?"

"He's probably just being cautious." About what, Ayumu didn't want to think too hard on. Eyes was just being paranoid, that was all.

"it's pretty stifling though."

"I haven't even done anythin'-- not countin' curses. But those shouldn't." He crosses his arms with a small huff. Is all this surveillance really necessary?

"You're right, they shouldn't. But just try to ignore it for now. Maybe he'll stop soon." And if it got to be too inconvenient, well...

Ayumu would talk to him. Maybe. He glances out the window as the carriage starts to slide upwards.

"It's hard to ignore bein' stalked," he grumbles, resting his head on a hand as he continues to look out the window. It's just petty whining, and he knows that, but Eyes is taking this far more seriously than he needs to, and it's getting irritating. It's like he seriously expects something to happen...

"Rutherford probably doesn't see it that way." To him, it probably seemed like a perfectly reasonable thing to do.... not that Ayumu agreed with him at all.

"He knows what he's doin'. He just figures it's more important than our comfort." Or Ayumu's, rather, since he didn't really seem to give a damn either way where Hizumi was concerned.

"You should say somethin' to him. He'll just ignore me if I complain."

"If he keeps it up a bit longer, I might." Ayumu would like to hope he'd settle down soon enough, but this was Rutherford they were talking about. Caution tended to be in his nature.

"Are you kiddin'? It's been forever already. If he hasn't dropped it by now, he probably won't any time soon." Hizumi is one of little faith, it seems. Not that it's a huge surprise, but well.

With a small grumble, he turns his head to look out the window. The view isn't much right now, but they still aren't at the top yet-- there's still buildings in the way, making it slightly less impressive.

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