voidtreckerexpress | [open] i make a penny, the train makes a dime

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[open] i make a penny, the train makes a dime

Who: Tidus & You! (Open!)
Where: Kitchen car, around, where pets can be petted (or bite him)
When: Grasshopper 16 onwards (can include a few days before)
What: Tidus has a 'bet' that's less of a bet now and more 'see what doing chores consistently does for your points', but also just generally around the train too!
Warnings: should be nothing!

1. aid // for purple team CR:

best

find out

2. cleaning:

( a. kitchen )

I'll

( b. bathrooms )

3. around

gynasium

training gym

does

cinema car

music car

upper quiet car floor

pet

( ooc: Tidus will easily approach others so if you want to set up a thread where he'd need to be the one to say hi, go for it! above is some areas where he'd be to do such or even for your character to do it first. o7 )

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"Hey, Sakura! You busy?"

It's either later in the day of the platform stop or the next when Tidus finally finds the young-looking older woman, bright-eyed when he spots her and hurrying on over. The closer to the kitchen car, the better--and if it's in the kitchen? Well, great!

He has nothing on him but himself, the standard train clothes on and looking the same as he always does. But isn't that enough to make someone's day??

"Ahhh...."

It takes a while for Tidus to find everything he ordered, his name helping him to know what's his next to everyone else's, and that's about it. He shifts everything into one place, that place changing when he finds he's blocking where people can walk, some of the boxes and suitcases okay to stack on top of one another. A duffle bag and a large first aid kit sitting aside that, and a few paper brown bags, and a crate filled with straw and a certain plant.

...

He just stares at it all for a good while, amazed at everything he ordered, groaning at a few of them (seriously? it gave him more train clothes?) before deciding his next course of action was an easy one: to wait.

Wait watching the doors and who else would be coming, who else he knew had ordered things, as well as another guy he'd asked to come and help him carry his orders once they were done with their giant stuffed toys. So that's why when Roland comes into the luggage car, he'll hear soon enough--

"Hey! Roland! Here!"

It'll also be his luck that Tidus even found whatever he ordered too, though don't worry, he didn't peek at anything!

But please mind everything else that is piled there, pal.

"It was as intriguing as it was disturbing," is Webmind's reply to being asked about the mission.

He was just passing through, but taking notice of how Tidus is treating his SCA he can't help but voice a suggestion:

"Perhaps we could double-layer gloves, for you? I believe proper scrubbing gloves are supposed to cover past one's wrist."

B

"But you got to mister Tidus!" Romeo is half way into a bathroom, bucket in gloved hands and looking back at Tidus.

He's technically on laundry duty but had easily agreed to help Tidus with purples chores as well! Especially since Tidus had been working so hard.

Until now anyways.

"It's part of the job Tidus you can't just do half of your chores!"

Overall the orders Tidus got in were....okay. But the most surprising and decent had to be the food. Huh! It was a lot more than he figured they'd get (and not because he forgot the extra points Inigo and him tacked on). And he had to admit that when he saw everything, it sure did look appetising.

( He may have pinched a berry when Inigo wasn't looking. )

But what was more important was cooking it, getting it prepared. One look from Inigo was enough to know he wasn't much of a cook (but just in case, Tidus did ask), and while he's tried making ice cream once before, sorbet is new to him, and it's been long enough that he'd rather they have someone else around, just in case.

And who better than Saku? It wasn't as if Taiki would be happier eating without his king, and they'd gone to him to ask for what Taiki liked in the first place.

So it's either on that first night of the platform stop or the second, whichever the other two guys prefer to get cooking, that Tidus has the crate of goods dragged out and set on the side in the lower kitchen car, reading the cards to see what they'll need in kitchen appliances.

"Hmm...should we cook everything now...? Or a smaller portion?"

Tidus can be muttering to himself or speaking to another in the kitchen. Who's around, and who's about to arrive?

"For you, Tidus?" Della asked, now fully dressed in her pilot uniform - that was a handy shop the train had! "I'm as free as a bird... no pun intended. Whaddya need?"

He was looking for somewhere quiet. It wasn't that Senku couldn't tune out noise, he certainly could with his level of concentration, but it was just that he'd finally gotten his hands on a non-fiction book from the library and even though the contents were child's play, it was a novel thing to him now.

He didn't even think to peer in on who might be there before he opened the door, the noise potentially interrupting the occupant.

He took a step inside and blinked at Tidus, like he wasn't expecting there to be someone in the room, because he wasn't. Oops. "Oh."

Tidus finds Chainsaw before he does Ronan, but it's not that surprising. He's bumped into the overly friendly bird since the pair first arrived to the train a few times, if not always with snacks (sacrilege), and he always likes to say hi to her. She's a big thing. Cute, too.

But since he he is looking for her owner today, and figures she might be with him at the time (or just expects to see her at least, somewhere near him), Tidus has got a small bag of friendly popped popcorn with him, wondering if she'll take it--"Here, I got you something today. He didn't already feed you, did he?"--and also wondering if Ronan might be nearby, or even...

"Hey, you don't know where I can find Ronan, do you?"

...if she happens to have a Ronan sensor in her she'd be happy to use for him. You know, maybe? You never know around here. Or maybe he'll just have to do this the old fashioned way ad look for the guy himself.

Admittedly, Tidus doesn't have too much to do with the music car. He's snatched a few tunes to put on his SCA and made the earbuds a new addition to his person, but he's never bothered to look at the instruments, only having ever touched two in his life, to middling success. And the idea of picking any up here hasn't really crossed his mind.

But he still has to go through it to get from the sleeper cars to anywhere else, and it's during that when Tidus sees a blond mess of hair while passing through. A blond mess of hair he's been keeping an eye out for a particular reason. So Tidus takes a detour from his plans, steps into the carriage properly from the corridor, poking his head in for maybe...the first time a while.

If he happens to catch Dyme not apparently too engrossed in anything, he won't mind interesting with a "Hey", and then a hand rising in greeting when he's seen. "Not dressed up today?"

But he'll wait otherwise, he can do that, but make it obvious he's waiting if Dyme happens to notice him.

"Hey, 'sup. Uta, right?"

There's no not interrupting the guy when Tidus spots him in the standard coach, but maybe he was already aware of him, looking up from what he was currently in the process of, and Tidus coming from the end opposite of the dining car. He wears a smile in greeting, at least familiar enough with Uta to know his name and by face. You get used to the guy keeping you fed pretty quickly, after all.

"How you doing? You uh, got a minute?"

Tidus looks to the table, to the drawing utensils out in meaning. Don't mind him interrupting you for longer than a hi there, do you?

"Heya! How's it been going? You sleeping alright?"

It's a day or so after platform day, and Galo pretty easy to remember with that hair of his. Tidus grins when he spots him enter the kitchen, shifting dirty plates onto dishwasher trays, a set already in and causing the dishwasher to rumble a noisy thrum.

Most of the passengers have finished with breakfast, which means wash up is next--and not everyone who cooks sticks around for the cleaning. And why would they? It's not their chore.

Edited 2020-08-04 12:41 (UTC)

"What do you think you're doing? These are my chores!"

The cheeky welcome--an accusation, drawled and dismissive--may or may not be expected to Roland when he comes into the kitchen. It's accompanied by the noise of the running dishwasher, thrumming in its contained steel cube; a humidity in the air from the heat that's been expelled from it over uses, the hot water now soaking the pots and pans used to cook with. Washing trays are set out ready, and there's the plates on the side that haven't been washed yet on one side, the plates that have on another, not yet put out of sight.

And one blond--though the dark roots show visibly, a once pure blond getting slowly closer to dirtied with the passing days--already present, a tilted smirk flashed Roland's way, standing at ease with folded arms, except for a quick reach to take out an earpiece from one ear.

There's someone new in the gymnasium - in purple as well, though one elbow of her hoodie has been clawed at by something that's left a few holes - bouncing a volleyball on the ground a few times, before she tosses it into the air as hard as she can with a small grunt of effort.

It's very clearly lilting away from her, as it reaches its peak - but as it comes down, Glimmer disappears in a flash of sparkles, reappearing in the ball's path with her hands over her head, so she can catch and spring it into the air again, and repeat the whole process all over the court. She doesn't seem to initially notice Tidus, until her hand slips and the ball goes spinning in his direction. "Ah- watch out!"

It's been a few days since Tidus's seen Taiki; a few days since he lost all strength, and Tidus hasn't stopped thinking about the kirin since. Always with guilt, and then a nagging with it: what he unknowingly put Taiki through, but then, why didn't Taiki tell him? Let him know so he could--try better? Do better?

But it's concern that outweighs any of that, while knowing--and glad--that he's recovering. Tidus waits on word from Saku when Taiki's strong enough for visitors, then goes to visit; any hesitance over the fact that he helped to make Taiki that way smothered by a greater need to see him. The reminder that it can't be helped now.

Tidus knocks on his cabin door, an awkward attempt to be light but also to be heard (what if Taiki's asleep?--but what if he isn't), and then a call to follow it.

"Taiki? ...It's Tidus. Can I come in?"

Noctis is a guy Tidus has been keeping an eye out for, but not actively searching him out. It's actually pretty nice, to not have to rush around a train because you need to bring this or that to a person, or ask them to come to your cabin like a weirdo. Now he has an easier way to bring things, or have items on hand--without having anything in his hands at all.

It's in the games room that Tidus finds the guy however, and he remembers the job he has for him. But there's no need to start with that, and hopefully he won't interrupt the guy in the middle of some intense task when pipes up.

"Hey, what's up?"

Ya winning, son?

"Hey man, what you been up to? I didn't see you at breakfast!"

Here's a Tidus, Inigo, whatever it is he's finally found you, and maybe you're even lucky enough to get a pat on the shoulder if he's coming up from the side and behind, just to get the other guy's attention. This little venture--and maybe other times too, when he's thought about the other guy--is really making it stand out to Tidus that he has no idea what the guy does in his spare time.

...will he find out at the start of this thread?!

'He'll be in the training gym.'

When it came to most people, finding them was a guessing game. There were a few places they'd be, but you could never be sure. Setting anything up was a hassle--when to meet someone, around when. But when it came to Allen? Sure, the guy was trying out new hobbies and things to do, but Tidus was pretty sure he spent most of his time in the training gym regardless. And hey, more power to him. If that's what he liked, who was Tidus to judge? Playing professional blitzball had him working out fairly regularly too, back in the day. But not Roland's day.

So when Tidus comes in, sees the familiar white-haired guy--with or without Timcanpy present--he turns quickly with a grin and a cock of his head at him, saying to another joining him in the room, "Told you," before stepping more inside.

He'll wait if he has to, if he sees Allen in the middle of anything seemingly needing his attention. Otherwiiise-

"Yo, Allen! Can you spare five?"

suuup.

After the rather stressful reunion, Gyousou has had to spend a good amount of time caring for Taiki. Changing his clothing, feeding him small amounts of water, ensuring that Wen Qing was made aware... and just staying by his side, in the hopes that his presence might mitigate some of the worst of it.

But when Taiki has slipped into an easier, deeper sleep, he takes the opportunity to go and find the second person he feels responsible for.

He doesn't need Taiki to be awake to tell him that he handled the interaction badly; that he put Tidus on the defensive, or scared him. He's had that feedback before, and Tidus isn't his subordinate. It's worse, somehow, to have had that effect on a peer. He can't simply assign him away from his direct service. He has to make amends.

So he goes from carriage to carriage, checking with people as he passes if they've seen him, noting the emotions running high, until he's in the kitchen and being directed back the other way to the quiet coach. Must have missed him, he thinks, and grabs some food and a mug of juice before he heads off.

He'd rap on the door to alert him, but his hands are full. Instead, he nudges the door open with an elbow, and clears his throat.

"My apologies for disturbing you, Tidus..." but he wants to talk, and Tidus is cornered, and he should eat something. His demeanour is less aggressive, now, worn away by concern and no longer being trapped near-alone on the Express. Like a fire banked, rather than raging.

OH, WHAT THE-

[ Somewhere on the train, Tidus discovered the recent voting options. Somewhere in the car, everyone was subjected to his voice, loud, incredulous and fuming all in one. He may have shook the terminal when he saw it. He may told the train to shove it via shouting it at the terminal screen. He may have had the decency not to shout expletives with other people in the car, but he sure as heck did kick the wall of the train on his way out.

So yes, he did all of these things. And now he was in a mood, searching for a release.

He spots Inigo first before anyone or anything else. And like a zombie- ]

Iniiigooooo.

[ He's shuffling for him. ]

"Okay, so I was thinking before we make a call out on the network, we should see if some of these words are allowed. You know, like summoning, magic... the shop won't let you get small knives, so it might be picky about books on spells."

Tidus had hardly forgotten their discussion during the mini-vacation, and he'd met Taiki in the standard car for them to put out a post asking for help (and plus, to keep each other company during it). Except a thought had occurred to him later on, and so before they got to it, he wanted to run a test.

A test that might get them a few useless books, but hey. Couldn't hurt, right? They weren't that expensive.

''Sup Light, where are ya? You free to meet up?'

It's the same day of the Purple mixer, once it was good and truly over, and both Roland and Glor seemed receptive to the idea of talking with the other Team Leads. But there were two leads in particular Tidus wanted to get in the same room, a few subjects he wanted to bring up, and what better time while he had one of them around, and the other easy to find over the ICP comms? hiii lightniiing

So they meet, wherever's the closest for Light, her room or somewhere near to the music car. Unless she's going to make them go all the way farther down the train, then fiiiiiiiiine. Tidus will only grumble a little.

As long as she's ready for one Tidus and a young-looking old guy, Tidus as chipper as always when he sees her. "Yo! Light!"

Threaded | Flat

( for sakura )

( for roland & later inigo )

2! Because I need to get Webmind more CR.

Cleaning

for Inigo and Gyousou Saku