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: (listen up.)

[personal profile] adregem 2020-11-03 07:05 pm (UTC)(link)
INIGO, THAT WAS BETWEEN YOU AND ROLAND!!! He was trying so hard to be subtle about it too!!

But now that the truth has been revealed, between Inigo cradling his new friend and Tidus exercising right off the bat, Roland is compelled to say his peace if only because there has been a huge misunderstanding! He'll stand for now, dusting off his knees and crossing his arms again. Go do your crunches, just listen!

"Don't give me that." He appeals, though honestly he doesn't expect Tidus to bite. Roland stifles a sigh. "It's...I'm used to certain moves already, so when I try to deviate, it's like I'm reverting back. My mind's telling me to do it, try a completely different move, but my body won't follow. Like it's...hesitating. Get it?" And he hopes he does, Tidus was an athlete and Inigo was a swordsman. See, it's not so hard to understand!

"I just need to get better and work harder at it. That's all. Especially now that I'll be receiving a new modification on my pistol. I can't be falling behind on my training either."
blitzcheer: (guess i'm going blind)

[personal profile] blitzcheer 2020-11-03 08:52 pm (UTC)(link)
What?? What happened to the getting into exercise thing? Is this only for train-father and son and not a Tidus? This is Tidus discrimination!

Which, you know, when you're the only guy doing crunches... Tidus sits up onto his butt, not about to be a solo fish in the pack; not when he's already feeling like he tried to get involved in something he didn't belong. But it's not so bad as he listens to Roland, and for the slip of the implication he makes (come on, he had to! but he's not going to be too mean about it), Tidus folds his arms, humming as the tiny Gibber-dies come over to jump in his lap.

"I get that. That's me and Inigo trying to teach me parrying all the time. I hate it." Not to be blunt or anything, and Inigo probably knows by his constant complaining which part he hates (not his sword partner). "What did you two try doing though? Did you do any normal jumps? You know... jumping in place. Doing a small jump into a run?"

Ah. He clicks his fingers, already thinking without waiting for an answer. "We should be in the training gym! Maybe the swinging bars'll help. Get you both used to being off your feet and moving in the air. And maybe that's what you need too--"

He gestures off, down the way towards the training gym.

"The landing mats they have. Do you worry any about your landing 'cause the ground in here's tough? We can go down the bottom and set up down there if you want a softer landing."
adregem: (who said what now?)

[personal profile] adregem 2020-11-04 04:20 pm (UTC)(link)
"Actually, that might be a good idea. For everyone."

Roland realizes mid-sentence as Tidus talks that they each had to work on something they currently didn't have, or were feeling uncertain about. Sure they came in here to escape the fiasco outside every other train car, but the idea of seriously training is suddenly dawning on the chief consul. Inigo's grav-con was one thing, but it seems even he needed support on creating more varied moves. He also has Jumblie to work with, if he'd allow her to show off. Meanwhile, Tidus's parries were indeed, something they could work on together. Maybe with two swordsmen trained from youth and experience by his side, he'll be able to defend and counterattack better? They've only sparred once, but he can see where the youth was coming from.

And from both of them, Roland is eager to learn how to better approach this dysfunction between body and mind. He knows he can do it...but for certain, this isn't a task he can do alone. He nods and looks around, the entire car littered with higgledies of varying colors.

"All three of us can help each other out with the things we want to get better at. I don't mind making a quick switch to another car that's equipped to handle a spar and a practice session." Roland glances at the twin teens, encouragingly. A fire lit underneath, determined to get the most out of this sad reprieve of voices and ghosts that won't leave.
Edited 2020-11-04 16:20 (UTC)
blitzcheer: (AND THAT'S WHEN I SWOOPED IN)

[personal profile] blitzcheer 2020-11-04 05:36 pm (UTC)(link)
The most colourful, best car when filled with tiny higgledies.

"No problem, it's easy getting through the cars. Just ignore whatever's happening outside." Advice given with a gesture outward with a hand. "You got any earpieces, Roland? I can let you borrow one of mine, Inigo- and we can listen to music and make a bunch of sound while we head down! Jumblie's got a great singing voice."

Not that Tidus's aim was going to be 'follow the tune of the music' more as it was 'just make the most sound possible', but hey, he's going to throw in the compliments where he can to Inigo's bosom pal!

"And you'll see, Inigo. Air stuff is fun. There's all kinds of moves you can get your body to do! You just need to learn how to move your limbs to pull it off, how you need your body to be on a landing so you don't tumble over. It's just hard for me to describe since it's all in here--" he taps his temple "--after doing it over and over."
adregem: (tell me something.)

[personal profile] adregem 2020-11-05 07:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Between Tidus's advice on how to avoid the ghosts and echoes outside the train, to Inigo's subtle apprehension...Roland's starting to get a better idea of just how strong the pull of this void storm was no matter how strong-willed he thinks himself to be. His earpieces appear in their case when he summons them out of the band, to which he waves at in gesture so that Tidus and Inigo can share if needed.

If he looks and sounds serious, it's only because Roland wants all three of them to get to the next car without any untoward incidents.

"So make a lot of noise, drown out everything else, and keep moving. Got it." Roland begins to wear the earpieces, but takes some time to reconnect it to his SCA for the music, which Kitty uploaded for him the first time they met. As he tinkers, talk on sparring and parrying as a fun activity for everyone, he silently wills Bambosh and his small army in halves; one to cover Inigo, and the other to cover Tidus. Though it's left him decidedly higgledy-less, Roland doesn't comment on it or at all, minds it even. His arms are already crossed over his chest and he walks in between them like a man on a mission. Just need to get through the cars! Simple!! They can do this!! He'll protect them!!!

"Let's stick close together when we leave. Proximity seems to help ward them off."
blitzcheer: (have a good tiiime)

[personal profile] blitzcheer 2020-11-05 07:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Tidus's own earpieces are never far off his person, pulled out of his pocket soon after his suggestion - glad to see that Roland had his own too. Tidus offers one to Inigo, a 'you got any?' asked as he holds it out for the guy to take. Would offer them both, but he doubts Inigo will let him get away with it. Even if he's got an impressive pair of lungs, if he does say so himself!!

Jumblie gets a grin at his feet, but Roland, well -- does he think neither of them would notice this particular set-up, exposing Roland's back?? And so come Gibbers in a bundle of squeaks, sprinting and spinning around the man, doing poses, and one even deciding to take a place on his shoulder.

What other command could they have been given than 'bother the gramps'?

"Remember, the most important part," Tidus says in all seriousness, "--is to smile and say 'sup and just pretend it's just another happy day on the voidtrain!"

Okay, so maybe he lost some of that serious by the end.
adregem: (look let me apologize.)

[personal profile] adregem 2020-11-08 03:57 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah. Let's move. If you have to talk to someone, let's just talk to each other. Don't engage them, not even for a second."

He won't deny the blue higgledy pulling his attention, dancing and posing with one arm up in the air, its body tilted in a certain direction like he's ready to roll out too. But his own command to the fiery sprites surrounding the other two by his side is much more serious, more protective in nature. Give them courage to make the trip. And what was Bambosh if not literally, the embodiment of bravery? They squeal, doing flips in the air. The three of them are literally sticking quite close to each other in a formation, and they begin to walk in careful strides. But Roland does remove one ear piece, just in case he needs to hear something else from either Tidus or Inigo; keeps this in his pocket as they finally reach the narrow line of the train leading either direction. Echoes litter the spaces where people are not currently occupying, as if they belong. In response with their three-man shuffle, a button is pressed on his SCA and music starts blasting through his remaining bud. It's a fairly upbeat song from Earth, one he surprisingly recognizes.

"I'd rather Tidus speak at that volume though, it helps." Roland exclaims, but the problem is he's always been more soft-spoken than either of the teens in a way that his voice never really shouts. As if his throat can't really handle that pressure or strain. "Inigo, stick close to him? I'll watch your backs." In case echoes approach from there, Roland can throw them off, easily ignored by the chief consul.
blitzcheer: (meerrrrily merrily meerrrily)

[personal profile] blitzcheer 2020-11-08 03:14 pm (UTC)(link)
"What was that you both said? I CAN'T HEAR YOU."

Is it too early to start the obnoxious voice? Even though, Tidus'll take it. He wasn't going to let Inigo's comment go even if there wasn't room for him to get in there before Roland did, and look. Tidus needs very little encouragement.

--and he's hoping it'll help. Not to think about anything currently going on, when it's like they're preparing to bolt across the Thunder Plains, lightning threatening them at any second in skies above. Everyone's so serious! He wants to shake some of that off.

Also Inigo hope you're ready for this tune.

"KNOW WHAT I THINK? ROLAND'S GOTTA STOP ACTING LIKE HE CAN BE A WORRYWART FOR THE BOTH OF US LIKE WE'RE NOT GONNA BE WATCHING HIS BACK. WHO'S A TEAM, INIGO?"

The Hibber-Gibber higgledies are getting all excited. 'Us! Us!' they declare from all the places they occupy.
adregem: (how classy.)

[personal profile] adregem 2020-11-09 04:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Even with music on, it's impossible not to hear how loudly Tidus screams at the top of his lungs. Of course Roland catches every word, even every nuance of his voice that fills up each car as they move quickly and without delay. He glances about him and wonders why Bambosh's own little army seem to be happy to hear Tidus in such a manner, but he won't deny how effective it is in warding off the ghostly apparitions around them. Not to mention - where they pass, the windows which haven't been covered...They're the loudest of all, for Roland. He doesn't look, doesn't give them attention.

He holds Inigo's hand and squeezes back in acknowledgment as he attempts to talk to Tidus in the same volume. It's definitely nowhere near the intensity Tidus is so naturally inclined to give.

"Thanks, you haven't called me a worrywart at all yet. That's new!" Or maybe he has, but it's always variations thereof. Good, it's good. They're engaged with each other. He even pulls Inigo to it too, though his expression seems to be quite preoccupied with figuring out what music he's listening to. "Is it a bad song?"
blitzcheer: (guess i'm going blind)

[personal profile] blitzcheer 2020-11-09 04:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Not wanting to think about something makes you want to think about it all the more -- it's the same with looking. A pull in the eyes they makes Tidus want to search out the windows, stare out of each one. He doesn't, but it's an annoying desire. Do the thing that's absolutely the worst idea ever.

"MUSIC? MUSIC'S GOOD." Roland's asking him right? But what a good conversation subject, let him get into it- "THIS IS THE KIND OF STUFF THAT PLAYS IN THE GYM I WENT TO. IT'S DIFFERENT, RIGHT INIGO? WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT IT? YOU WANNA SWAP EARPIECES ROLAND AND HAVE A LISTEN?"

This is their life. But at least there's a nice break in that space between carriages, if not entirely big enough to fit three people in at once.
adregem: (lofty you say the silliest things.)

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[personal profile] adregem 2020-11-12 07:38 pm (UTC)(link)
...What a strange cacophony of exchanged gestures and noises that assault him now, but he'll take it. It's better than the echoes, the voices ringing familiar, begging him to look out and save them. A million of them. More than. No, that's ignored pointedly.

"Hold on, give me a minute - !" But really it's just a second, as the earpieces are swapped out. He takes the one Inigo offers, but before he puts it on, gives his own to Inigo too. The song that plays on his end, from his world, thankfully curated by Kitty during their first meeting, is a little bit more...palatable? Or so one would hope. He was actually bopping his head to it, subtle though, had to look closely.

"Okay, what's this song ca--"
adregem: (he has no right to be making faces like)

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[personal profile] adregem 2020-11-12 07:40 pm (UTC)(link)
"GAH!"

This was not a SONG. This was not music. This is not melody. This is not harmony. This is not a beat or a rhythm. And before anyone says anything about Roland not used to electric sounds, he grew up in a time when synthesizer music was all anyone could ever listen to. This was not the case of genres clashing, this was Roland literally tearing the earpiece off from his ear as soon as it nestles in the space, dropping it to the floor.

FORMATION HAS BROKEN. He winces, feeling a sharp ringing tone in his ears that thankfully drowns out the silence which would have followed the accident. One eye is closed, his teeth clenched in a grimace. Roland attempts to shake off that sound, in a volume way too loud already, before he starts scanning around for the fallen earpiece.
adregem: (CEASE AND DESIST TEENAGERS)

[personal profile] adregem 2020-11-12 07:44 pm (UTC)(link)
The trio train stops while Roland goes on all fours for a moment, to grab the earpiece that rolled underneath a seated bench. Echoes, echoes still trying to reach for him...but the ringing in his ears, the white noise is a blessing. It makes it easier not to distinguish the voice that stands out from the rest, banging against the glass of the window.

The earpiece is between his fingers now, as he stands straight and puts it back in place. It's still as unpleasant as when he first heard it on full blast. It's also on full blast, right now. Tidus has yet to lower the volume. Roland rejoins the two, and makes for a signal to keep moving forward. The fiery higgledies however, seem not to react to anything except in their glee that Roland went through such an auditory nightmare. They jump up and down the teenagers Roland follows, like a cheering squad.

But he can't suffer this way! It's too much!

"TIDUS, CAN YOU CHANGE THE SONG?" He looks worried. It's a long walk, please change the song, he is begging you with his brown eyes!
blitzcheer: (def not wrestling an 8)

[personal profile] blitzcheer 2020-11-12 09:03 pm (UTC)(link)
There they go, each bumping into one another, no thanks to the grandpa on the team! The higgledy on Roland's shoulder drops off with a squeak, since it doesn't need much for the small thing to lose balance. Don't worry though, it'll find its way back up eventually! Even cheerily so, since what a wild ride!!

While, Tidus seems pleased when he catches sight of Bambosh's higgledies. Oh!! That means they like the music, right?! (They just know what Roland's listening to, right? That's gotta be it!)

"HUH? WHAT?" Change music? Ugh- This isn't what he offered to share his music with Roland for! But he is looking at his SCA down, slowed down and not about to walk. You know how small this screen is?! Enjoy now as Tidus moves from song to song....

wait no skipping that last one for this. Or just to change it. They might be here forever...
adregem: (leander breaks the news.)

[personal profile] adregem 2020-11-15 01:28 pm (UTC)(link)
"TIDUS, YOU'RE SHUFFLING TOO FAST."

This was utter chaos. If the ghosts weren't enough to throw them for a loop, it's the sequence of events that really just jolt Roland's steely grasp on his mental acuity that get him to stammer. Between the cacophony of guitar rifts, booming bass, and screaming vocals, he was going to get a migraine from the other half of his head just with this alone. Who needs to stare out of the void...?! Then Inigo is there to hold his hand, tightly, very tightly! Pulling him along as their little trio train moves forward again. But the mess of it is what makes the echoes leave them be, so he can't complain too much...

He'll shake his head and settle back into his calm, with some small level of difficulty. His own music transitions into a similar genre without his knowing. Roland's similarly worried now too, so he leans forward to Inigo as close as he can. "ARE YOU OKAY? CAN YOU ASK TIDUS TOO? NO ONE'S TALKING TO ANYONE, RIGHT? JUST US?"

Is this pass the message?

He hopes not.
blitzcheer: (bluh bluh dad sucks)

[personal profile] blitzcheer 2020-11-15 11:47 pm (UTC)(link)
"HOLD ON."

Geez, why's everyone so loud while he's trying to find his tunes?! It's not like he can just past his SCA over and let Roland choose what he likes!

--wait, why is everyone walking off?!

So off they go, Tidus fiddling between more of the same genres of music as before. Pop-rock, alt-rock, dance and BOOM BOOM BASS. People absolutely love it when someone can't stop shuffling the music, don't they? Especially when it's directly in their ear.

But-- Tidus finally stops!!

"HOW ABOUT THIS?"

There was worry about ghosts or apparitions or whatever somewhere here, but it's gone now. There's no sense of urgency coming from Tidus, who seems more concerned about his music now...
adregem: (Default)

[personal profile] adregem 2020-11-19 02:34 pm (UTC)(link)
...Finally. That's not a bad song, and if this was any other moment in time, he would have appreciated the strong guitars. Alas!

"ALL RIGHT. HOLD ON, GRAB ON TO TIDUS!"

The urgency is not lost on him, especially when he's not as distracted to keep from the echoes calling him, talking to him, or having the window look enticing even from where he stands. Roland keeps the firm grip on Inigo's hand and only slows down until Tidus catches up fully, and whatever Inigo does now to take the third of their party with them is irrelevant as soon as Roland begins to pull all of them with a force unexpected, forward like a surge that can't be stopped. Don't mind them, train. Just three regular folk, running as fast as three connected people can. They were how many cars away, four, five? For once, he won't rely on that and will trust that he knows they're there when he recognizes the distinct lack of hallway and ghosts roaming about. They've been there enough times for him to know when to stop opening doors.

"DON'T LET GO, WE'RE CLOSE!"

Maybe the song Tidus picks out really isn't so bad at all. It's definitely getting him pumped up, whether or not it was an intentional choice. Though Roland's assessment is, indeed, correct: the car in question is nearby.
blitzcheer: (is a chore!!!)

[personal profile] blitzcheer 2020-11-20 12:10 am (UTC)(link)
Ugghh, but isn't there totally a song on his SCA that an old guy like Roland might like? If he just stopped a second and continued flipping through this tiny playlist on the screen...!

But no, that's apparently not allowed to happen as Tidus's hand is grabbed -- and his SCA hand too! -- and there they go: a trio of absolute weirdos pretending illusionary images don't exist as they come ever closer to reaching their final destination. They just need to climb up the narrow aisle of the cinema car, people sitting on either side of them, enjoying a movie that isn't playing. But at least there's no windows to be concerned with in this carriage, right?

Still, Tidus, in being the least worried about the apparitions around him (because look, this happens in Spira too -- it's just a thing), finds this the most appropriate time to remembering loudly, and casually: "HEY ROL, REMEMBER THAT ELIXIR YOU GAVE ME? I STILL GOT IT!"

Just thinkin' about that nice elixir bottle, don't mind him.

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