week 6

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Week 6

[Six weeks. Twenty-three Champions whittled down to just seven. Where the halls of the station once felt crowded and loud now they're empty and echo when someone speaks too loudly. Again, the Champions will find themselves experiencing strange dreams on Sunday night but outside of the usual wake-up call there is no new floor announcement from CECE.

Like the trash compactor last week, the infirmary is pristine and sterile once again. As if nothing had ever happened.]


Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday



(( Welcome to Week 6! Don't forget to submit your memory regains and turn in your benefactor threads for sweet loot, too! There's going to be no AC this week.))

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[le_mat]

[His face breaks into a grin, growing wild and free]

Someone told me, once, a Trickster is someone who fights fate and desires change. Good or evil, right or wrong... so if you're going to accept your title, I can't fall behind on mine right at the finish line, can I?

[playthedamncard]

I'd never forgive you if you did.

[Akira looking wild and in his element makes something in him let loose, just as wild and fierce. Even if it's something unhinged and dangerous, better to cling to that than wallow, right?]

Better to take our titles, embrace what they mean to us, to spit it back in Petuu's face.

[le_mat]

Right.

[He takes his hands back, eyeing the scissors]

Well, gotta look the part when you see her next. Hold still, I'm almost done.

[playthedamncard]

Good. Whatever comes, we'll face her down looking as damn good as we can.

[He settles back down, willing to ride this feeling for all it's worth.] I think that means not hiding behind the bandages, too. Start embracing the pirate look of that eyepatch.

[le_mat]

Yeah? Sure, fuck it. Go hard or go home.

[A few more snips and everything is at least even.]

Wanna trim down the back while I'm working on cleaning it up?

[playthedamncard]

Why the hell not. Let's go all out. You even got your dramatic sneaking outfit back; we might as well look as good as we can. Not too short, though, or I'm taking all yours off.

[le_mat]

Rude, my ne'er do well air depends on my hair.

[Don't worry Kaiba, he's not going hack crazy... he does try and tame the mullet a bit]

[playthedamncard]

[Eh it's been over a month here anyway, everyone probably could use a trim except Bolton.]

I think it depends on you being a ne'er do well and slinking around in black and red.

[le_mat]

There are parts involved, all of them important.

[Snip snip... ]

There, all done. Take a look.

[...he's def no hairdresser. but he kept it simple so it's not embarrassing.]

[playthedamncard]

[He peeks in the mirror, running hands through it and watching how it falls. It's different. It hasn't been this short since he was a boy. But it's not bad. He gives it one last shake out and then offers his hand for the scissors.]

A little wash, a little blowdry, and I'll be ready to feel slightly more human again. All right, fluffy, your turn to get straightened out.

[le_mat]

Nothing in my life has ever been straight, including my hair, thank you very much.

[He does sit, chin up. His is gonna take a bit more work]

[playthedamncard]

[He's no stylist but he's good at visualizing an end product and working out how to get there. It's going to involve taking Akira by the chin and tilting him this way and that, though.]

Only a few things in life are certain: death, taxes, and Kurusu Akira not being in any way straight. Got it. [It's nice, this easy teasing. He doesn't get to do it outside of home much.]

I've dealt with mopheads before. Working around the damage is going to take some doing, though, and I can't promise I'll make it look any good. But I think I can mitigate some of it.

[le_mat]

[having his chin gripped makes him blush a bit, but he makes no comment in it. Instead:]

Your brother?

[he can't picture who else Kaiba would be willing to groom like this]

[playthedamncard]

He's gotten it a little more tamed as of late, but he's always preferred being a fluffball. I normally make sure it's not out of control.

[He starts carefully with trimming up the hair around the burn.] I wish I could explain what being a sibling is like. It's simultaneously the most frustrating and most rewarding experience. If it wasn't for him, I'd be dead.

[le_mat]

Penny called me her brother, but I know it's... not actually the same. Having a friend you'd die for and having blood.

[playthedamncard]

It's not necessarily different, if you ask Yuugi and his cohorts. They would certainly die for each other and seem to have friendships that go beyond the typical. People who are like your brothers and sisters. It might be close enough.

[le_mat]

[He nods his agreement]

It... helps her, I think.

[Him too, but he wasn't about to say so]

[playthedamncard]

She was so afraid of us all. Of us finding out and hating her for it. She could use friends, given how much she misses the one she has back home.

[Hm, he's not happy with the outcome, but it's better. He starts to snip at the bangs across the way.]