voice;

[ursoreckless]

[ there's a minute or two of someone muttering in the worse gutter trash talking Japanese that anyone could ever gutter trash talk in Japanese, intermixed with some heavy nasty words in Chinese and all wrapped up in the kind of accent that makes his words even harder to understand. but at the end of it is a heavy sigh and then, Shou is speaking in English. ]

I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm staying in my pillow fort until this all blows over.

[ pillar of the community? wanting to protect people? sorry, he just wants to not deal with dopples at all. oops. ]

If anyone wants to join me, you're welcome so long as you know the secret magic word.

Comments

[Audio]

[chalicejoker]

You okay?

[Hajime sighs.]

And if I show up wanting to join you and I've bought booze, it's not me, it's my double. Call me if that happens; I need to kick his ass.

[Audio]

[ursoreckless]

I'm fine.

[ he huffs and there's the sound of something metal getting slammed together. ]

Don't worry. No one's coming in without the secret magic word.

[Audio] > [Action from the Doppelganger]

[chalicejoker]

Long as you're sure.

Call me if you need anything.

[And he'll end the feed...yet a couple hours later, Shou's going to hear a familiar voice outside the blanket fort.]

Shou? Hey, Shou!

[Oh, look, Hajime's doppelganger has somehow managed to find the fort. What do?]

[Audio] > [Action from the Doppelganger]

[ursoreckless]

I will.

[ and after a moment, he just sighs. ]

Password?

[Action forever]

[chalicejoker]

You never gave the password!

[Is that whining? That is certainly whining. Definitely whining of a more shrill and annoying nature than the real Hajime has ever managed.]

And come on, man, that looks super-fun.

[Voice]

[oncedevil]

[That sounds like a distressed Shou if he's ever heard one.]

I think we could both use a corner to hide in. Want some company?

[A pause, confused.]

Magic word?

[Voice]

[ursoreckless]

[ he's more angry than distressed. he is also in the video feed with a slight grr curl to his lips. ]

So long as the company can give me the secret magic word, yes.

[Voice]

[oncedevil]

[Nathan, Cesar, and now Shou? Maybe he'll just go hide under his own bed instead. No one can get him there.]

I don't... I don't think I know your secret magic word, sorry.. I'll uh, just go.

[Voice]

[ursoreckless]

Shush. Don't spread it around like that, okay?

[ and there's the grin and a wink before he goes back to serious mode. ]

Pinky swear.

[Voice]

[oncedevil]

W-what?

[Shou you've stopped making sense but okay...? Actually, Shou never makes sense this is business as usual. Still, he feels a little better he's not getting snarled at anymore.]

Hah, sure. Pinky swear. Couldn't if I wanted to, buddy.

voice;

[stefanged]

[There's a yawn on his end, before Stefan quickly apologizes:] Not gonna lie, that sounds great. I'd join you, but I've been too busy cleaning up the mess my double's made.

voice;

[ursoreckless]

Everyone needs a pillow fort. It's the only true safe place in the entire world.

I can imagine.

voice;

[stefanged]

He told the church that I quit because "organized religion's too obnoxious."

[Stefan's trying so hard not to groan.] I mean, they didn't take it seriously because they thought I was sleep-deprived from school, but it's been rough. If you need me to clean stuff up, since I'm doing it anyways... I could try?

voice;

[ursoreckless]

That would cause some problems, wouldn't it? Man, harsh at least they understood.

[ laughs a little. ]

It's nothing so long as I keep an eye on my accounts and my information, but thanks for the offer.

voice;

[stefanged]

Thankfully. I hadn't told them I was Numbered, so it was a great conversation.

Got it. I hope it'll stay nothing for you.

[notbloody]

How big is your pillow fort?

[Someone totally wants to come.]

[ursoreckless]

Big enough that I've got a feather mattress and a wide screen tv in here. Why, you wanna join me?

[notbloody]

Do you have snacks in the pillow fort?

[If yes, then this sounds like heaven. Especially after her mistress acted really, really weirdly today.]

[ursoreckless]

A pillow fort always needs snacks. You can't have one without snacks or fairy lights.

[notbloody]

What are fairy lights?

[Colour her very interested.]

[Audio] Doppelganger

[dead_black_eyes]

You should let me come over and snuggle with you in your pillow fort. Come on.

[Audio] Doppelganger

[ursoreckless]

Why? I didn't know you did snuggling.

[Audio] Doppelganger

[dead_black_eyes]

There's a lot you don't know about me.

[Audio] Doppelganger

[ursoreckless]

Really? It sounds like I might have a lot to learn then.

[Audio] Doppelganger

[dead_black_eyes]

Lucky. I don't pick people to share my secrets with very often at all.