flatteries: (it sort of sounds like you leaving)
a man for flowers ✿ ( INIGO ) ([personal profile] flatteries) wrote in [community profile] voidtreckerexpress2020-10-05 11:05 pm

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Who: Inigo, Tidus (aka the two shared braincells duo) and you!
Where: The standard coach
When: Horseshoe 17
What: Inigo and Tidus are handing out free stuff because Tidus is the train's official sugar daddy.
Warnings: Probably nothing, will edit if necessary.

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Hey guys, forget about that public breakdown the other day. Today Inigo is on the ICP with a big smile, seeming as cheerful as ever. It's fine. It's cool.

"Good day, everyone! Tidus and I brought some things back with us from Irivar to share with everyone. So why not come over to the standard coach and see if there's anything you'd like to take with you, hm? We have quite the selection! Oh, and.. erm, Taiki, Roland, Bryn and Della.. If you could make sure to come see us, we'd appreciate it! Otherwise I might have to send Ti--"

Before Inigo can even finish the sentence, there's an offscreen obviously very Tidus-y voice calling out, "Inigo! Ask for Sakura too!"

Inigo huffs, turning his gaze to the off screen source. "I was getting to that!" (No he wasn't.) Apparently he accidentally pulled his ticket off the ICP as he starts moving away from it too, because the feed just cuts out. Just come get some sweet stuff.

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Their set-up in the standard car is a simple, if messy, one. They have a few of their offered freebies on the same table they occupy, each guy facing the other, sat by the wall. From the immediate front, fragrant bags sit no bigger than a palm, a variety of scents better to tell when held to the nose. Whetstones sit stacked mostly on top of one another, and then a cluster of hair ribbons and circular hair ties behind them. Behind the bags are a few scent oils--basically, perfumes, if not very big. There's a few to choose from, but...

...not as many as there are the soaps, which take up a half of the table in their choice. It's like a lush shop here of choice, different colours and sizes.

And Inigo and Tidus? Sit there, either playing cards or fiddling through the paper craft book available from the art supplies where the old library used to be.

A chalkboard sits balanced, with the words 'FREE 2 TAKE' written in big letters. In case you missed the public announcement.

1:
Come up, and have a look. Ask about what they've got.

2:
Or while you're here, maybe you can help Tidus, who pipes up to ask-

"Hey, quick question. How long 'til you're comfortable hugging someone?"

(ooc: as a note, all threads on this will be threeways! please enjoy trying to handle both teens at once. you can't seperate them.)
adregem: (chin up kid.)

[personal profile] adregem 2020-10-09 08:22 pm (UTC)(link)
"Looking good for the public, huh? Right. Yeah...And what a heck of a first impression I'll make now, with all of these..."

He tries to shake off the jitters, ridiculous as it is to feel it as his age, after all he's been through...

But the more they speak, the more he can't ignore it. That this was all a way to show him that they loved him? The affection that takes over him, the desire to share just a little bit more of himself, is easier now than ever before. He keeps recluse, his story kept locked up at the deepest place he can find. These two didn't deserve his solitude, though. What is charisma in the face of the true; the authentic? It warranted the same, Roland thinks. Whatever stopped him before no longer exists. Should they ask him of anything, he rather thinks it would take only the slightest efforts on either of their part to make him concede. Such is the strength of this sentiment - and more, built up through time however short it has been for all of them. And as Inigo wraps his arms around Roland tightly, he leans to the side for a brief moment in reciprocation, eyes still glazed and staring at the pile of gifts before him. In particular, his free hand drifts to the cufflinks, then to the ribbons.

He takes it back. He does remember. So he shares it to them, freely given from his own pool of love.

"My wife was the last person who gave me a gift." Roland goes, no trace of sadness in his voice. Just fond nostalgia. "That was a long time ago, too. She gave me something similar, something I could use at work. And when I asked her why, she said 'Just because.'" He chuckles, now switching his attention to the oils, in varying shades of opaque. "That was before she...And now I...With you two, and these..." An implication, though Inigo knew already. That the last person who cared about him just because, who remembered him just because, has long gone. Yet here he is, remnants of a time past coming back to remind him that no matter what, he will never fall far. That perhaps, in every world he is fated to visit, the love will follow him there too.

He flashes them both a wide, toothy grin that makes him look the way his body presents itself: young, vibrant. Full of life. He glances at Inigo first by proximity, then Tidus. "Thanks." He says, thick with emotion. "I really like it."

Roland continues to smile as excitement grows, blossoms innocently. He takes the blue ribbon out of its tie and hands it carefully to Inigo. "Can you help me tie it on?" Should he agree to help, Roland will then move on to Tidus next, twisting the lid of the rose-scented lotion and offering that to him with a careful nudge, making sure nothing spilled over. "Teach me how to use it?"
Edited 2020-10-09 20:24 (UTC)
blitzcheer: (know what that means?)

[personal profile] blitzcheer 2020-10-09 08:50 pm (UTC)(link)
What's that we there, buddy???

Tidus considers swivelling his gaze over to Inigo at that, but in the end, it's Inigo; Inigo speaking as Inigo's going to speak, and it's not that big of a crime. Just maybe a word stronger than he'd use, but hey, he isn't being asked for confirmation, so he isn't going to say anything to ruin the moment.

There's an old man being sappy between them after all. ... and admittedly, Tidus enjoys the scenery of the pair: Inigo hugging Roland, the both of them happy. Content. There may be the trace of worry he had before about the relationship between the pair, but right now... he's glad for the both of them, to have the other to support them. Is this just what some people need?

Maybe, you find what you need when life takes it once - in other people searching to fill a hole too.

Or, something like that.

More than that, Tidus wonders about Roland's reaction, the strength of it, on what it reflects and says. But Roland speaks it himself, and Tidus understands the story that Roland probably isn't sharing. That sure, a guy like him got presents, but there's a difference between getting gifts for what you are, and who you are.

A President's got to be popular - but someone getting something for you will always mean something else.

He won't make any remarks to the signs of emotion slipping through in Roland's demeanour, the weight of his voice. Tidus just keeps smiling, watch them, and then raising a brow when asked for aid.

"Show you? You don't know how to do it?" It's incredulous to Tidus for a second, and then, more surprised: "You don't have it where you're from?"

He's been thinking Roland's world is closer to Zanarkand's product level than Inigo's, but now he's not so sure...
adregem: (< hair down roland > reading nonfiction)

[personal profile] adregem 2020-10-10 07:32 pm (UTC)(link)
The question doesn't offend Roland at the slightest, and in fact, engages him in a different way. He tentatively takes a small dollop from the bottom of the lid as a sample, and wipes it on his palm before he rubs his hands together. Product warmed up from the friction, the rose-scent comes through so much stronger now. Roland uses this motion to demonstrate his point, fully allowing Inigo to work what he can in tying his hair with a brand new ribbon. The best ribbon! He hopes he'll never lose a single one.

"Of course I use moisturizer, but this -" he says, another whiff of the back of his hand again to be sure. "- I wondered, might be different than what I had back home. The smell is strong. It's multipurpose? Hands? Face?" Listen. Magic universes and void spaces might have their own skin care routine alright. And the last thing Roland wants to do is waste these precious gifts. He'll honor them by making sure they're used as intended!
blitzcheer: (whatcha gonna do about iiitt)

[personal profile] blitzcheer 2020-10-10 07:50 pm (UTC)(link)
"Uhhh..."

Did they buy any?? Tidus puts out a hand to wait for something to appear, and when nothing does, he changes its position, goes "Waitaminute," and instead makes his train-designated washbag poof into existence. He opens up the zip and pulls out his comb, giving it a useless look at before passing it over for Inigo to take.

But listen over here, where he's getting pestered a second round! Tidus turns back to Roland and his mOiStuRiSeR, catching the whiff of roses as it comes through. Wow, that is a big difference, huh.

"Mainly dry hands, but I mean, no reason you can't put some on the face if you want to. They said the best time to use it is after a wash, hot water. Opens up the pores and all that. The usual! You just wanna use a little. But hey - it beats the same ol' stuff the train gives us."
adregem: (< hair down roland > relax sir)

[personal profile] adregem 2020-10-11 06:31 pm (UTC)(link)
"You got that right. I try not to take too many hot showers, myself. It'll dry your skin up real fast. But I guess with this in my arsenal, I can now." But that advice is well-noted, and he screws the lid back on the moisturizer with the knowledge that he'll be able to ration it well, now. He may or may not complain about the lack of specific vanity items on the onboard shop, but he wonders it's feedback that can wait. Roland knows there are more important things to ask for than that.

Though he would be remiss if he didn't take advantage of something right about now. He slowly turns his head, just enough to signal that what he's about to say next is for Inigo to hear. The smile on his face betrays nothing; a youthful innocence that suits him somewhat.

"Hey, uh. Remember when you taught me how to make flower bracelets back in the island with sweet syrup?" He goes, folding his arms across his chest comfortably. "Do you think you could apply the same braided pattern to hair? I think it'll be really nice. A change of style."

It's probably the mood that's making him more compliant to these things. It's the warmth in his heart, the gifts that are still taking up most of his attention that's made him ready to say yes to just about anything right now. Looking at the last gift too; he'd have to ask Spider to make him a suit. Any suit. Just give him an excuse to put the cufflinks on, with the matching pin on the collar. It could work, even on a blazer. He's definitely excited.
blitzcheer: (just ???? faces everywhere)

[personal profile] blitzcheer 2020-10-11 06:42 pm (UTC)(link)
...

...

"...Are you asking him to stick flowers in your hair?"

Here is Tidus opening his mouth, no idea if what comes out is close to what is actually being requested or some kind of technique of making bracelets that he isn't privy to. But his eyes are definitely flickering over to where Inigo is messing around with that length of black hair, imagining tiny flowers being dotted all over it.....
adregem: (higgledy man)

[personal profile] adregem 2020-10-13 03:30 pm (UTC)(link)
"Then, why don't you do both?"

The idea Tidus brings to the table - pun intended - isn't something Roland necessarily expected, but it's not unwanted either. Far from it. Perhaps a strange, tender part of him actually desires to experience such an act. Being around them makes him realize a lot of things he never got to do...and as indulgent as it is, if he were to watch his actions from afar, he can't seem to bring himself to care enough to restrain it.

He glances between the two of them again, a slight twist of his neck from front to back, before his left hand glows. Cradled in his palm, gently, the two flower accessories: Inigo's long, flower necklace and their two flower bracelets, fully preserved as if they were just freshly picked from the memory island. This, he hands behind his shoulder, careful with small motions.

"I mean, I've got the flower cufflinks already. Might as well, right? Never say I'm not one to change up my style, heh."
blitzcheer: (ummmooo)

[personal profile] blitzcheer 2020-10-13 03:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Tidus meets Roland's surveying glance with bewilderment; nothing like a revulsion, but confusion at most. Wait, where would they get the flowers from? Are the ribbons going to act as the flowers? Is there some technique here Tidus isn't considering? What's even going on here anymore?

And then the present of the flowers - one of which Roland shared with him once, the day that Tidus got Inigo the book - only puzzles him more.

This is so beyond him. And Tidus concedes to that fact with a tilt of his head, a resigning sigh. All he needs to do is throw up his hands for effect, but he'll leave that out for now.

"If I knew you two were gonna get like this..." He shakes his head. "You're just doing everyone's hair today. You want me to buy some of those fake flowers people put in their hair for real? Then you can do Rolo up pretty every day!"
adregem: (Default)

[personal profile] adregem 2020-10-17 02:01 pm (UTC)(link)
He stifles the start of what sounds almost like a real peal of laughter, but it stops there. Roland looking on, as if completely enthralled with amusement between the two of them talking about how putting flowers in his hair might be of some great offense to him.

"If I didn't want it, I wouldn't have asked. Don't worry." He says, not chiding but with a lightness to him, a slight shrug that it was really no big deal. He'll shoot Tidus a look too. "And I'm offended you don't already think I'm pretty everyday, without the flowers in my hair. That hurts." Not as dry as he might want that quip, or what might have worked better for the right effect, but Roland is unnaturally easy to please today, gifts perhaps softening him up in ways even he didn't expect.

However, when he hands Inigo the flowers, he realizes that he can't use up all of them, and instead hands the boy only the necklace while the two bracelets are kept back in the Arms Band in a hurry. Those were special. The necklace, at least, was a byproduct of Roland's first failed attempt. That, Inigo could do with as he pleased.
blitzcheer: (arms folding galore!!)

[personal profile] blitzcheer 2020-10-17 05:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Hey, what does Tidus know that Roland wants? Other than better hobbies, but that's already a work in progress he should get get back around to, sometime. Maybe one of the VR multi-player games with all three of them. That would be nice.

For now, Tidus bobs his head to the side, a flat but amused look painted onto his face.

"Pretty isn't what a guy in his fifties should be aiming for." That's far from the word that comes to Tidus when he thinks 'old', anyway... but now that Roland has opened up the floodgates of Tidus's opinions on his age (what): "You should be going for the kindly old granpa look, y'know? …well," he second-guesses, remembering the direction this make-over is going on, "You're probably gonna look like some fancy person's gardener. Or just eccentric."

Both, even. Zanarkand's idea of a gardener was more of an indoors structure than the more soil-dusted one...
adregem: (did you just use a twig?)

[personal profile] adregem 2020-10-18 02:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Roland's unaware of the internal struggle behind him, only knows that his hair is being braided and he's happy that he's getting the experience regardless. And when Inigo begins in earnest, it lends a calm edge to his retort back to the other teen watching from the other end of the table.

If someone were to walk in on all three of them right now, it might make for a hilarious picture. Not that Roland would care, his heart still full from the gifts presented to him a few moments ago.

"Kindly old grandpa...?" Roland repeats, making a dry expression. "Please. Flattery will get you nowhere." He quips back, slightly sarcastic though bemused. "You know, some people say fifty is the new thirty back home. And that's without flowers in their hair. I'd say I'm a trendsetter. You should try it sometime. Grow out your hair, see what it looks like."
blitzcheer: (blah blah bluh wuh weh)

[personal profile] blitzcheer 2020-10-18 03:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh look, he's being signalled in morse bro. Signalled a question that brings in his brow, makes him re-think the number. Eighty-seven? he mouths back, but just as questioning as what Inigo gave him. He doesn't know, all these ages confuse him? You think he's been paying attention to the roster lately??

Anyway, back to his own work on this old geezer while Inigo fixes up his hair. Tidus will fix up....his everything else. Or something.

Except, Roland planted his foot on the edge of something there, gets Tidus to open his mouth to speak, but nothing but an awkward sputter comes out. He touches the side of his hair, the strands that've been losing their blond shine to them. The roots showing the darker colour underneath.

"If I let my hair grow out," he aims to say affably, "it wouldn't be because you told me to. …maybe I wanna let it go back to normal."

He drops his hand into his lap, then beside him on the seating. You know... not that he's been thinking about it... not that he's been wondering about how it'd look! It even makes him forget about correcting Roland on his actual age.
adregem: (master negotiator.)

[personal profile] adregem 2020-10-18 05:38 pm (UTC)(link)
If it wasn't Inigo letting go of the braid, it might have been Roland's almost whiplash-like movement to stare at Tidus in utter surprise, mouth slightly open as the realization also hits him hard. But then, upon closer inspection, that made sense, right? The blondeness has begun to fade by the roots, dark hair peeking through gold. Also, ouch that hurt his eardrum pup but that's okay, he would have done that same thing if he were not!Roland.

And so now, Roland is left to stare, imagining it behind closed eyes. A finger under his chin, the calm to the panicked energy Inigo is setting behind him. Hopefully that braid hasn't totally come undone because of Roland's prior movement.

"...No, it'd look good." A rather strange thing to say given Roland didn't even hear Tidus deny the statement of growing his hair out a bit more, but he hears the implied and went there immediately. The smile on his face genuine and warm when he flashes it at Tidus, encouraging. "Even as a brunette. That's honestly a surprise. Did you order hair dye on the train?" Since the crawl of brown isn't that far into the tips of his hair, but he may be putting too much thought to that. "It'd be a change to see, but we'd get used to it. Right, Inigo?"
Edited 2020-10-18 17:39 (UTC)
blitzcheer: (huff puff huff wuff wuff)

[personal profile] blitzcheer 2020-10-18 05:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Puh. Puh. What is with that loudmouthed reaction!? And with every way he can say it, why that? Tidus stares at Inigo like he's crazy, too shocked to say anything until he finally manages to choke it out-

"It's not a wig!"

Inigo better not think it's a wig over there! He honestly can't tell, but then he has Roland being mister cool and collected right there, so he gives up on looking at either of them, dropping himself - slowly - into the actual seat of the chair below.

"It's just good hair dye, that's all. I got it done professionally." He knew he'd be stuck with it for a while - and he was banking on that, to not have the brown show through and have it get it done over and over, especially not with how often he's submerged underwater. Zanarkand may have better products than Aremica than some places, but that's still bleaching your hair.

...but alright, he has to look back at Inigo with a bit of a squint and ask: "What did you think my hair was?"

It's not like this blond goes into the roots, bro...! That was a style choice!
adregem: (that's my boy.)

[personal profile] adregem 2020-10-18 07:47 pm (UTC)(link)
He's almost tempted to bait Inigo with a sly, Why don't we double-check that it's not a wig? but Roland is a man who respects someone's looks. ESPECIALLY when it comes to someone's hair! He won't do that to the pro, already locked on to the idea of changing up his style when his hair grows at a certain length. He wants to be supportive of the shift. Roland nods in agreement, lets that joke idle out in his mind.

Would have been funny though. But if it were him on the other end of it, pulling on someone's hair would not have made his day!

"Guess this means I should be sharing these hair oils with you soon, huh? Did you know that you have to stimulate your scalp with a good hair brush and oil to get it to grow faster? We could try that." He says to Tidus with all seriousness, and he can take it for what it is regardless of how it might sound. Roland knows the tricks of the trade when it comes to this! Might even wonder if there was an accessory he could buy for him, to help with his style as soon as he turns back to brunette...
Edited 2020-10-18 19:49 (UTC)
blitzcheer: (prbly huffin' 'bout dad)

[personal profile] blitzcheer 2020-10-18 07:59 pm (UTC)(link)
He'd groan at Roland usually, if this were about anything else. Sorta kinda maybe still wants to, but instead he thinks about what he says. Kicking up a foot against the edge of the table, his knee squeezed in close to his face.

"I...don't know if I want it long." It comes out difficult, unsure of how sincerely to answer the suggestion. Quiet for a pause before he goes on. "I just want it to go to its original colour, is all. See what it looks like. It's been a while."

And he doesn't know what he'd look with long hair anyway. It makes him think of his dad, and that's a reference he's keeping deliberately out of this conversation: Why he wanted the change in the first place, why his feelings have changed.

(Also, it's not that deep. It's just hair! There's no bigger deal to it.)

"Why don't we ask if Inigo wants to try a different colour?" For also a different subject for this topic. "The good stuff lasts for a year or two. All you have to do is apply it. You can get any colour that you want."

Easy!

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