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[Here’s the interior of Ichigo’s apartment; it’s late afternoon, the window is open to let a breeze (and a dragon) in, he’s sitting at his table with a cup of something in shot, you can see the dark head of his roommate beyond curled up on the sofa reading something, and besides him sits Hiccup. Both boys look thoroughly nonplussed. Ichigo gives the camera a flat look.]

I swear if anyone laughs about this I don’t care who they are I am kicking their ass.

You know, I'm a little torn between holding you back and letting you go ahead.

[Hiccup sighs, rubbing the side of his face before letting his hand drop back down.]

I'm also wondering if this is really a normal punishment for being late to classes.

Hell no, they just landed us with this damn chore ‘cause we’re Newcomers and they need to fill a quota or something. Screw this, I don’t give a crap about Valentine’s Day. It’s a girls’ holiday.

[You can hear the disdain dripping off him. Hiccup glances at all of the pink and red scattered across his lap and on the floor. He picks up a lacy heart, eying it warily. Toothless pokes his head over the both of them, sniffing curiously.]

Eugh. Yeah, no kidding... It feels that way for the girls here, anyway.

[At this point Rukia sighs in the background, grabs a rejected, lopsided heart, crumples it up and throws it at Ichigo's head.]

Don't be so childish. You're performing a service for your classmates and creating a more romantic atmosphere. That's perfectly appropriate for a dance such as this.

[She knows this because of the manga she's reading. Ichigo, however, is less than impressed by this reasoning, especially as the crumpled paper heart bounces off his head and lands smartly in his cup of cocoa with a ‘plop’. He fishes it out with an annoyed scowl, getting to his feet and turning to look at his assailant.]

Do we look like we know how to decorate a Valentines’ Dance, Rukia?

That's no excuse for doing a poor job. [Primly.]

That’s not the-

[Intruding into this scene of domestic bliss are a pair of breasts. Covered in an orange jacket and attached to a grinning woman, but fabulous nonetheless.

Also, they're pressed against the side of Ichigo's head for some reason.

For his part, he takes it rather well-]

UWAAAAA!

[-By falling on his ass and managing to stutter out:]

WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WI- Yoruichi-san?!

Yo, Ichigo. Your window's open.

[ooc: Ichigo, Hiccup, Rukia, Yoruichi. ]

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Oh. Well, those are sort of the same. We give thanks to the gods, have gatherings in the Great Hall for food and socializing. Drinking. Being loud. There's a level of violence involved as well, buuut it's not too bad.

Sounds about the same. [He's not at all surprised.] Though where I'm from the city is too damn big to hold a festival for the whole place in city hall.

Wow. I'm gonna have to use the Port as reference if it's really that huge.

There should be some maps in the library. I was living in Houston, Texas in the United States. Big major city. Not too bad. I haven't seen it in over two years.

Thanks. I'll try looking for them when we're back at school.

Two years and you haven't gone crazy from being away so long, that's toughing it out right there!

It's not so bad. I have most of my friends around, not here but back home.

The ones you made here, right? Because that usually helps.

That's right. A few from home too. It does help. Finding a purpose here, really goes a long way to making it easier. Even if it's just something like, looking for answers.

Yeah, I'd say so. It'd be sorta pointless to sit around and mope when everything's moving so fast.

Yeah, that just ends up making someone homeless and an AGI test subject.

I never did ask about AGI. Or that other one.

Plus, I guess I should ask what your name is, too. I'm Hiccup, by the way.

They're both bad news with emphasis on bad. Any way, I'm Dave. Add Strider to that if you want the full name.

Dave. Okay. And, well, that sums it up nicely.

Pretty much. There's details on that but, I'm not giving those over the network. It's too uncertain who is listening in, even in locked conversations.

This– this is good enough, especially with that. Glad I haven't been giving useful information, then.

Yeah. And hey, conversation makes boring tasks go a lot faster.

Yup!

[He holds up two paper hearts.]

So what do y'think, red lace, glitter, none of the above?

Glitter. It's the most annoying thing that exists and gets everywhere.

Good choice.

[He checks his hand, trying to flick off the excess. But he sounds amused under that sarcastic tone.]

They're gonna love this.

All those fancy clothes covered in glitter. [Dave smirks.] Perfect.

Right?

[Psh, deviousness, what deviousness.]

Gold and red stand out the most. I'm on the fence about rainbow assortments of glitter. It seems a little over the top.

I think I'm with you on that one. Plus it's simpler.

Now I just gotta clean up...I don't think Ichigo's a glitter kind of person, either.

Hahahaha, still worth it.

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