Get in, Loser, We're Going Shopping

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WHO: Riku, Kaneda, and Maya (Tall, medium, and small)
WHERE: the mall at DeChima
WHEN: Nov. 21
WHAT: Kaneda is gross and has like, one single T-shirt. Riku and Maya are here to change that.
WARNINGS: Kids being dumb, but nothing beyond that!



[When your friend refuses to wear more than one T-shirt, the best way to fix that is CLEARLY to buy him clothes, because then he can't refuse to wear them, right?

At least, that's the logic Maya and Riku are operating under today, though it's also partially just a shopping trip to have fun. After meeting up outside the mall and heading in for a bite to eat at the food court, they're on their way, and Maya initiates the first step when they pass a HIP TEEN CLOTHING STORE.]

Guys, guys, c'mere.

[And, to assert her point, she loops both her arms around one each of theirs, intending to drag them with her.]

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[rassera]

[There's a pound on that door. HE CAN STILL HEAR YOU!!!]

HEY!

I'm the best damn driver in Nonah! I just had a goddamn cop car thrown at me!

[resipiscent]

He's better than me, at least. And yeah, there were extenuating circumstances.

[He's amused, though, reaching to pat the door loudly.]

Get dressed. If I don't see you wear a shirt with a pizza on it today I'm going to be disappointed.

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I guess I can't say anything about it.

[SIGH. Neither she nor Phoenix could drive.]

I guess I'll believe you, if Riku's backing you up. But he's right! C'mon!

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[He's practically falling over and dying from all that confidence you've got in him, Maya, really. It doesn't take him long to change back, opening the door with the black shirt over his shoulder and now back in his traditional yellow.]

Alright, alright! Jeez, you'd think there was a fire or something...

[Aw, there it is, that lip jutting out once more.]

[resipiscent]

[Don't worry, Maya. Riku can only drive the vespa. And spaceships, apparently.]

There's not, we're just impatient.

[He grins -- pushes away from the wall, gesturing for the other two to follow him back out again.]

We'll find some more stuff, then. Was that one okay?

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C'mon, grumpy gills, you like it too, right?

[She keeps her arms behind her back, judging Kaneda's expression before remembering something and turning to Riku.]

Oh yeah, if there's anywhere you wanna go, too, don't let us forget.

[Cos they will, honestly.]

[rassera]

Well, it fits.

[That pout's quick to go away as he looks at the shirt again, studying the tag for size. Honestly, playing match-the-symbol for shirt sizes was a lot easier than holding it up to himself. So he could see the benefit.]

Alright, I'm all yours--show me some yellow shirts. I think this one's about to retire.

...

[A look at Riku, as he leans over to whisper to Maya.]

Think we can get him a hairbrush?

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[Riku shrugs, looking thoughtful.] I haven't really thought about it, honestly. If I come across something I'll speak up, though, I guess.

[He looks over at Kaneda -- more specifically, he's looking at that poor yellow shirt. It's pretty rough, he's right.]

You can get five whole new yellow shirts, if you wanted.

[It's a whisper but it's not a real quiet one, and Riku smirks as he steps back into the store proper -- Kaneda's gonna run that joke right into the ground. He doesn't reply -- he might have played the "Ken had to get you into the habit of showering" card, but he's just going to hold onto that for something better.]

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Yeah, Kanekyun, you could have a whole closet of yellow shirts. Like a cartoon character.

[Grinning, she follows Riku's lead and--]

Wait, are we still making him wear a pizza shirt?

[Torturing your friends is fun, but torturing your friends with another friend is MORE FUN]

[rassera]

[There's a little joking sneer at her, realizing full well she's just pushing buttons with him, but that doesn't make her immune to his little shit tendencies, playfully bumping into her on his way out of the dressing room. Whoops.

Kaneda you are literally a 5th grader teasing the cootie-filled girls.]

Pizza shirt?

[Yes, please make him wear it.]

[resipiscent]

Uh, I was planning on it, yeah.

[He's kind of leading now, which is weird, so he slows until he can walk next to them.]

Yeah, Kaneda, I told you I was gonna be disappointed if I didn't see you wear a shirt with pizza on it. I was serious.

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[Maya picks up her pace, then, just to slightly ahead of them, so as to direct them toward pizza related goods.]

Riku's got the right idea. We should all get matching ones.

[She's only half-kidding.]

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[And Kaneda follows alongside Riku, jacket swung over his shoulder again.]

Do Americans really put pizza on their shirts?

[Honestly, he thought Riku made that up.

Also don't mind him stopping to look at something like an easily distracted dog. Just nudge him, he'll keep going.]

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Matching ones? And yeah, I think people put anything on shirts lately.

[That question coming from the guy who has a "what's so fuck then" shirt. He grins, though -- maybe they should do matching ones. He slows as he realizes Kaneda isn't beside him, turning to look at him.]

What did you find?

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Cats, pizzas... I have a shirt covered in donuts.

[She shrugs, like this is how clothes were always meant to be, and follows both of their gazes, spinning to face them. She leans closer and tilts her head just slightly, like an inquisitive cat, curious to see what Riku and Kaneda are looking at.]

[rassera]

[He only partially hears Maya and Riku's conversation, although he now fully believed the whole 'anything can be on a shirt. With a little look to the two, he wanders off into the aisles of clothing, over towards the young women's section where he sees a sweater with some sort of...creepy smiling face on it.

A clearance item from Halloween probably.


Cue raised eyebrows.

It's obviously too small for him, and not the right cut...but interesting nonetheless.]

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[He squints after him, then follows, because he's just straight up curious as to what Kaneda's looking at. When he sees it, his expression immediately mirrors Kaneda's.]

... What is that?

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Oh-- it's from Halloween, isn't it?

[when did Maya get so close to them we will never know]

I guess no one picked it up before Spooky-time was over.

[Not that she's hardly noticed considering one of her best friends is a skeleton. It is ALWAYS Halloween.]

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[Girls magically appear behind you when you least expect it, it's a fact of anime.]

...

[He turns around, taken aback by her sudden being-there, before placing it on top of her head.]

Go try it on.

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[He heard her, so he's not surprised, but he does raise an eyebrow at 'spooky-time'. Riku stares at it, then steps aside so he's not directly in the road back to the dressing room. Honestly, Kaneda's right -- somehow it suits her.]

Looks about right, doesn't it?

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Whoa--!

[Rude, Kaneda. Don't you know you're not supposed to be rude? It's not like your friends are being rude. Follow their examples, gosh!!

She pulls the sweater down into her hands and, you know, not in her line of vision.]

Wait, really? You want me to?

[She doesn't dislike it at all, no, it's kind of cute, but this wasn't what she was planning on. She shrugs, though, because hell yes she is going to put a spooky face sweater on, and spins on her heel to head back.]

I'll be quick!

[rassera]

[Oh his mistake, he should be respecting his elders, shouldn't he?

With a laugh, he watches her look at it, maybe peeking over her shoulder and looking at her fact to see her reaction. She seemed to like it enough, and when she agreed to put it on, his eyes light up.]

Yeah! I'll go get those 5 yellow shirts while you put it on. What do they call that?


Convenience?

[resipiscent]

[He smiles quietly after Maya.] Don't forget to show us, [he calls after her, because clearly that's the whole point of trying things on, right? As she goes, he turns back to Kaneda, smile evolving into something a little more teasing.]

Yeah, something like that. Maybe laziness?