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[gunslinger]

Who: Himari Takakura & Gaignun Kukai Jr.
What: Valentine shenanigans. With fluffy pets.
When: February 11th (Morning → Night)
Where: Room 305
Rating: PG-13 /washes Jr.'s mouth out with soap

It isn't unusual for Jr. to wake up early, either from a nightmare or simply because of his trained internal clock, even with...a hangover. It's just a mild one, but it slows him down enough that he doesn't immediately recognize that someone's in bed with him... Until he moves to sit up and notices the blankets actually offer a little resistance. Opening his eyes, Jr. quickly rubs the sleep out of them and looks over to see a...cute girl?! How did that happen?!

Alarmed, Jr. almost reaches out to wake her up, but then stops himself. What...was that with her? Some kind of fat bird? He doesn't want to get bitten. And he doesn't even recognize her. Did something happen? Will she be angry that he can't remember? He's angry he can't remember. Jeez, he can't even recall the chick's name?!

Suddenly feeling sick, and wishing he hadn't gone on that depressed beer binge the previous night, the redhead carefully and quietly pulls his blankets back and turns to sit over the edge of the mattress, staring in growing horror at the romantic decorations covering his room and his real décor. Had he done that?! He had been depressed the previous night but not that desperate, uh...right?

He could have sworn he'd gone back to the house after, but his memory's a little fuzzy. This is seriously why he doesn't humor alcohol a lot. But maybe he's jumping the gun! It could be a castle thing, couldn't it?! That really is the most likely conclusion, and he knows how to check.

The mattress finally creaks when he stands up, quietly but quickly heading over to the door to try and open it. Unfortunately all the tugging in the world isn't going to help. ...And now the little white dog's woken up at his master's shuffling about, completely ruining the point by letting out loud, high-pitched barks.

Damn. Of course this would be happening to him.

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[forehead]

Himari (and #3) were sleeping soundly until the dog started barking. It's at that time that the girl begins to groggily stir, lifting her head up. Her eyes can barely see anything yet but they do make out red hair.

Red hair...

"Kan-chan...?" she calls quietly. Then her own words actually sinks in and she wakes with a start. "Kan-chan!?"

Oh... wait...

Nope, that's... not her big bro.

"Um... who are you?"

To say she felt awkward would be an understatement.

[gunslinger]

He's just turning to try and quiet Alby down when the girl's voice makes him start, and he looks up. Now the dog stops barking, of course. He's relieved to find she's as clueless as he is, though. (Who was Kan-chan?)

"Don't freak out! We're in my room, and I think the castle trapped us here. I still have to look in the journal to find out if it's just us or everyone else."

Realizing he's still only in his pants, Jr. abandons the useless door and walks over to his dresser. He's going to shower later anyway, so he just grabs whatever's on top, tugging on the long-sleeved white shirt and looking back over to her.

"My name's Gaignun Jr. What about you?"

[forehead]

"The castle can do that...?" she mutters to herself after he speaks. Luckily for Jr. she seems pretty calm about this. Perhaps not so lucky though is that she seems a little put off and sullen instead. Curse you castle, she really had hope for a split second there!

She averts her eyes as she realizes that he's shirtless. At the same time, #3 wakes up, blinks a few times, then decides to try going back to sleep with a simple "Kyu."

"Himari Takakura."

[gunslinger]

Making sure his earring doesn't get caught on the shirt's loose thread, the redhead spots the penguin re-arranging himself. He can't help but grin at that, especially since Alby seems to be getting the same idea.

"Well, it's nice to meet you Himari."

Resting a knee on the edge of the bed, Jr. stretches out a hand. He doesn't really force it on her, though, in case she's too shy. Hell, the 666 on his palm has made people uncomfortable enough in the past.

Still, he wants to be friendly. And while he doesn't plan on lying to her, it's always easier to seem nonthreatening when perceived as a kid.

"Sorry it isn't under better circumstances, but I'll do what I can to make this tolerable for you. You can just call me Jr."

[forehead]

She stares at the hand and momentarily hesitates. It's not because she doesn't want to, or even because hand shaking isn't a common custom back home. It's because she's become aware of her loss (even if she hasn't pinpointed it down as a loss yet) also seemingly includes all her bodily warmth as well, leaving her hand perpetually cold and unnatural. It and her loss of colour had started to become sources of insecurity, and she didn't want to weird him out.

...but she doesn't want to be rude either, so finally she takes his hand. Just hope you don't mind that stone cold dead feel to it Jr.

"It's nice to meet you too Jr." Oh hey look, she's starting to smile. "And don't worry about it! I'm sure this won't be too bad at all."

[gunslinger]

It honestly isn't even something Jr. planned on commenting on, though of course he notices how pale she is. Considering his best girl friend here is a bona fide zombie, he doesn't react at all when she shakes his hand. If anything, she might notice he's actually warmer than most people.

"Well I can think of worse places to be trapped than with a cute girl!" He laughs and pulls his hand back, turning to look towards the bathroom, then back at her.

"Hopefully the shower's still working normally, if you want to use it. I'll get us together something to eat, and I can find you some clothes if you don't like wishing for more." Everyone has their preferences, and Jr. really doesn't mind either way, since he's sure he has clothing in his closet that would fit her.

[forehead]

As he spoke to her, Himari began to gently poke and prod at #3 to get her to wake up finally. You can't sleep all day silly!

"Mm." She nods, looking back at him. "I think I'll be fine wishing for some of my own clothes. I'll take you up on that shower and breakfast offer though."

And then once more back to the penguin. "San-chan, time to get up now."

The penguin finally reacts, rolling onto her back and opening her eyes. She makes that "kyu" noise that she always makes, before sitting up and rubbing her eyes and stretching her little penguin arms. She seems completely unfazed by the turn of events. While she does that, Himari slips out of bed and once #3 is ready, the penguin follows after her.

"We won't take too long. Thank you!" And with that she heads into the bathroom, penguin right behind.