pawnstorm | [OPEN] In Which a Hairy Old Man Wanders Around Aimlessly (I am the best at post titles)

Who: Shunsui Kyouraku and you! And anyone! And everyone!
When: early to mid June-ish
Where: Caissa, Lasker...and anywhere else. Shun likes wandering.
What: Very recently promoted to his Knight rank, Shunsui is by no means familiar with his new weapon (a large silver scythe) or its effects! That'll cause some issues. He also signed on for the Have a Drink job, so obligatory waterfight! And some combat training, if anyone wants to!
Rating: I can't imagine this going past PG-13, but if by some miracle it does, I'll update! (He's keeping his shirt on in the waterfight to protect the childrens' innocence, even).

[This is prose because I have terrible eyes and I'm lazy/it's the easiest way for me to write things with my screenreader, but I'm happy to match whatever you're most comfortable with!]

A. Have a Drink, on me!

Shunsui was absolutely soaked.

Not that he minded! Far from, in fact. Seeing the children so happy made him feel a lot lighter than he had in recent memory, and it was a feeling he'd very much missed. That didn't mean he wouldn't appreciate a little assistance, though!

"I'm sorry to bother, but would you mind possibly handing me a towel?"

Or grabbing a bucket of water and helping him, either way!

B. Mopey Knight is Mopey

He'd only scanned the letter announcing his new rank. More because Pretty, his beautiful pink and black butterfly, kept landing on his nose and then fluttering to the door and then back to his nose about once every five seconds. He'd managed to scan the information, and knew what his new weapon looked like (a scythe? The gods here were certainly jokesters!) but not what it could do. Still, Pretty seemed very eager to leave, and who was he to deny her?

Upon retrieving his new weapon, he'd emerged from the armory with it in his left hand, hefting the new weight. It could proooobably fit into his belt, but with that blade, he'd feel better carrying it on his back.

After fashioning a makeshift sling for it from two of the attached ribbons, he swung it in a small arc to get it where it needed to be. Of course, this was the action needed to activate its power: a widening arc of despair for the enemies surrounding him - of which, thankfully, there were none, the armory and its grounds were quite deserted this morning! - and a severe dip in mood for himself.

Pretty's presence on his shoulders, moving her wings to brush the tears from his cheeks, did little to comfort him as he walked, each step feeling heavier than the last. All he wanted was to find some ice cream and to go home to bed for a year or two, really.

...Won't you help him? He's far from his usual fairly jovial self.

C. Training time!

He'd taken to going to the training grounds when he had free time, more because he missed the old pastime of teaching his subordinates than anything else. Oh, he could still sleep for days on end and prowl the streets looking for the best sake and rooftops on which to enjoy it, but something in him called to the idea of training!

And what better way than to take his katana and offer himself up to any students that wanted a lesson?

While his mana resources weren't great (and that was still something he was adjusting to!) he was more than capable of both weapons training and hand to hand sparring. The latter, in fact, was one of his specialties, although he hadn't used it much back home in recent centuries.

If anyone would like a lesson, feel free to approach! He's the tall, burly guy with the long ponytail who's usually leaning against some wall or other.

D. Wildcard!

None of these interest you? I'm not the most creative but I'm open to playing anything out, so feel free to come at me with any ideas you have!

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Shunsui smiled. It was fairly obvious what the young man was doing, and he'd seen that little glance downward. The kid obviously had no idea what he was talking about, and such innocence made Shunsui incredibly happy.

"Really, go ask one of the vendors for the sun cream. Tell him I sent you, and then bring it back here so I can help you put it on. If you're out in the sun like this all day, even with your shirt on, you'll probably get some mild burns on your skin. They're not debilitating, but they hurt a lot!"

It was at this point that Ao decided to land on his head, which was still very wet. But so was the little fuzzball, so it didn't really matter. He reached a hand up to pet her, laughing a little when Pretty saw fit to go land on Shin-Ah's nose.

Shin-Ah looked up and blinked. He nodded, still not understanding and was about to go do as he was told when...

Um. Well now he couldn't see.

Tilting his head, he wondered how he was going to get to the vendor and back without running into something or someone. Or how he would get his shirt and vest back on. He bobs his head a little but nope. Butterfly is still there.

Guess he's just going to live like this now.

Yep. Until Shunsui, still laughing a little at the situation, stuck his arm out so Pretty could sit on his finger once more. That done, he gently picked Ao up from the top of his head and set her on Shin-Ah's.

"There, you're free! And I forgot to say please, that sounded a little rude before. Sorry about that! I just don't want you to be hurting."

Oh. He could see now. Shin-Ah blinked those jewel eyes of his a few times before looking at the man. He shook his head to say it was okay then went off to go to ask for sun cream. Honestly he had no idea what this stuff was but it seemed like it would make the other happy!

Returning with some, he held the container out for Shunsui to take.

Here. He got it! He's ready to learn how to apply it!

Oh good! Shunsui's really happy about this development. Shin-Ah not getting burnt is a good thing, after all.

"Here you go, just put a bit on your fingers and rub it on the skin your shirt won't cover. You'll be a much happier man in the morning, I promise!"

As he said it, Pretty decided to leave his own nose and go to perch on her fuzzy blue friend again. They really were adorable, those two!

Not minding both carriers on his head, Shin-Ah just nodded and started to spread the stuff around on his skin. Mostly his hands and his neck and his face. Until all of them were a layer of white.

This was what happened when one missed the important detail of saying 'rub it into the skin' when giving him instructions.

So he had a ghost face and limbs now???

Oh. Oh dear.

Well. He hadn't really expected the young man to know quite what to do, given his reaction from before, but...this really took the cake. He furrowed his brow, frowning for the briefest of moments before his underlying childish nature broke through and he was giggling like a toddler.

"Oh, don't worry, I'm not laughing at you, Shin-Ah. Just the situation! I'm sorry I wasn't more clear with my instructions! But you need to, ah, run that stuff in a bit more for it be able to take effect.

Would, ah...would you like me to help you? It can be a bit hard to reach certain areas..."

He was confused as to why the man was laughing but came to the conclusion that he was doing it wrong. Looking at himself, he wondered what he could have done wrong but as far as he could tell he'd done it right. He'd rubbed it on the places his clothes wouldn't cover.

Oh. He was supposed to rub it in? That was the step he'd missed.

There was no way to see it under all that white but he was blushing now as he nodded. Yes please. He would like some help figuring this out.

Shunsui would have just found him blushing to be even more endearing, but it was probably good he didn't see it. If he had, he would have overdone it in his attempt to assure the poor kid that he'd done nothing wrong.

Helping was easy enough, all he really needed to do was complete the job Shin-Ah had already started. He did make sure to go behind him to get the back of his neck, though!

Squeezing his eyes shut so the stuff on his face could be rubbed in, Shin-Ah stood still while the man worked so he wouldn't make things hard for him. When he was done, he opened his eyes and blinked a few times before lifting a hand to touch his face. It was...greasy. But not unpleasant. It was just like having a balm or something on his skin.

"...thank you."

He still wasn't quite sure how this stuff worked but he would trust that Shunsui knew what he was talking about.

"You're quite welcome! And don't worry, this is a bit thicker than most but it's served me well before. It washes off fairly easily, but you need to scrub a bit, so the kids bombarding us shouldn't bother it much!"

He patted Shin-Ah's shoulder gently.

"You ready to go back out there? I think the kids might be getting antsy. We could at least outrun them for a little while, make them work for it."

Shin-Ah blinked a couple of times then went to grab his shirt to put it back on. It was still wet but he didn't mind that as he buttoned it back up. Really it left nothing to the imagination like this but he apparently wasn't noticing that as he glanced up to see both carriers still on his head.

They sure were happy up there.

"I don't mind getting wet." It made the children so happy.

"Oh good! I don't either, and whatever makes the children smile makes me happy."

As did watching the two carriers being so adorable on Shin-Ah's head. He had to smile when the younger man buttoned his shirt back up.

"I'm envious of those muscles! I'm so old now that mine take far too much upkeep."

He blinked then looked down inside his shirt like he'd forgotten he had muscles at all. Right before frowning in confusion as he looked at the man.

Because he knew that Shunsui was built well. Was he teasing like Jae-Ha did sometimes?

[OPEN] In Which a Hairy Old Man Wanders Around Aimlessly (I am the best at post titles)

WELL THEN I GUESS I SHOULD SETTLE IN

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poor kiddo

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