backdated to mid-morning yesterday, oops!

[fading]

[if anyone has attempted to contact Nami to wish him a Merry Christmas, they'll have been informed that the number is currently not in service. this might have something to do with the fact that, inside Nami's trashed apartment, his phone is sitting in a puddle of paintwater, sparking. Nami's nowhere to be found!


there's a frantic Kai calling for Nami as he makes his way through the park. he can feel that Nami's still in the dressing room, but there's a wall between their connection so solid he can't sense anything other than that.]



(ooc: Nami got a heart for Christmas. unfortunately, he's had a lot of negativity 'bottled up' so to speak, and the sudden onslaught of proper emotion wasn't taken well. he's in hiding, having taken a portal straight from his apartment! responses will be from Kai, at least at first, despite the fact that the post is from Nami.)

Comments

[dawnrise]

[If Red had a problem with it she would be very annoyed. Now excuse me as I go looking for my dog, who is supposed to be here.]

[fading]

[Red doesn't give a fuck what she does with her present from Axel, he's just not willing to accept his own! also oops yeah, that dog sure is a thing I completely forgot about. anyway, he nods and nibbles on his muffin a bit.]

He is. I think he'll be a while yet.

[f1re0nthesun]

[god, how did both of you miss the innuendo on that. of course she's wearing the talisman thing, she's supposed to wear it all the time or at least when she leaves the house, it won't be of any use otherwise. brb gettin' some coffee.]

Probably so. How are you doing?

[fading]

I'm... alright.

[he feels a little awkward now that Riku's gone looking for Serein, but he knows he shouldn't.]

...tired.

[f1re0nthesun]

Have some coffee, it'll help with that.

[pours a mug for him! and then takes his own mug and grabs a muffin and sits down at the table. \o/]

[fading]

[he eyes the coffee, but moves to add sugar and cream before he settles as well.]

[f1re0nthesun]

Are you gonna stick around for a while, or were you just gonna go back to your place when Kai's finished?

[he has a present for youuuuu, Nami, and one for your snake buddy. Riku already has hers, Kai will get his later, and you are here now.]

[fading]

I don't think Kai would be very happy with me leaving again so soon, even if it was just back to my apartment.

[f1re0nthesun]

He'd understand if you wanted to, though. And it's not like it's far away. But you should at least stick around long enough to eat and have coffee and hang out for a bit. I've got a present for you, too.

[fading]

I know.

[connection with Kai, remember? he probably told Nami to try and stop by today for it anyway.]

[dawnrise]

[And here comes Serein bounding into the kitchen oh no hi Nami hi Axel hi Nami hi hi]

[f1re0nthesun]

[hi puppy hi2u hi. Serein gets pets as she goes by, and Axel makes a slightly silly face at Nami.]

You guys should enjoy the luxury of being able to call each other on the phone and talk that way. I'm gonna go get it, I'll be right back.

[gettin' up, avoiding the dog, probably passing Riku in the hall, and going upstairs to get PRESENT(S).]

[fading]

[he just shakes his head a bit, not really seeing a point in using his phone to contact Kai when he has that connection to him.

also if Serein comes over she's getting pettings.]

[dawnrise]

[She loves pettings and will try to get all around his legs if he's standing, and jump up on him if he's sitting. Riku, who Axel totally passed in the hall, enters the kitchen at that moment shaking her head.]

Why am I not surprised they let her on the bed?

[fading]

Did you tell Kai not to?

[though even if Kai knew, he'd probably have allowed it anyway and all that. anyway, Nami is sitting, but he'll gently push her back down if Serein does jump on him!]

[f1re0nthesun]

[here he comes, bouncing back down the stairs. he's really much too tall to be so enthusiastic so often, it's a wonder he doesn't just break shit wherever he goes. Nami's getting a small, square box set in front of him.]

[dawnrise]

...no.

[If they want dog hair in their bed that's their choice. She dodges out of Axel's path (she thought he broke shit anyway) and goes to make herself a cup of coffee while Serein says hello to Apricot.]

[fading]

[he blinks at the little box before carefully opening it, tilting his head a bit when he reaches the contents.]

[f1re0nthesun]

It's to help keep you from getting hurt by the psychos in this place. It'll let me know if you hit some sort of crisis point where you're in danger, although considering your bond with Kai he might know before I did, but then if he and I weren't together there would be two people who'd know.

[he pulls his own talisman out of his shirt to show Nami; it's got a striped hyena on the front and a circular array of tiny symbols on the back. Nami's has a raven on it.]

[dawnrise]

[Riku glances over from nosing her way through some cabinets, interested in Nami's reaction.]

[fading]

[he shoots Axel a small, fond smile and looks down at the talisman a bit more.]

A bird?

[f1re0nthesun]

[he belatedly realizes the other symbolism behind it about the same time his mun did, because of the way Nami said it, but shoulders determinedly ahead anyway.]

A raven. There's a card that explains what it symbolizes. I ended up only picking animals that I was familiar with from the desert, actually, totally by accident.

[dawnrise]

[Riku's listening so closely she hesitates to move, but then she closes the cabinet. She has obtained (1) Honey! Back to her coffee cup.]

[fading]

It's very lovely, Axel, thank you.

[but he just smiles and carefully closes the box, not ready to put it on just yet.]

[f1re0nthesun]

I did one for your naga friend, too. I know he's still pretty naive about how a lot of people in the dressing room can be.

[he pulls another small box out of his pocket and slides it across the table to Nami. it doesn't even have the ribbon on it that Riku's and Nami's had, so Nami can look at it if he wants. (it's a porcupine, if he does.)]