[Oh. Oh!!!! Beau is mad!!! Beau is mad!!! Ogata shifts to just wrap his arms around Anaido's neck like a clingy girlfriend while looking all smug at Beau. Who's the one all up in Anaido's business now??? It's me!!!]
I already offered to help you make a new one. If you miss it that much. [Hmph.]
[Oh so he doesn't trust Ogata, who HAS EXPERIENCE but he'll trust Beau!!! Ogata sees how it is. Anaido clearly likes Beau better than him. This is now an incontrovertible fact. Why was he even invited to come here? Did they trick him? Ohh, this was all a setup, wasn't it? So they could corner him, get him drugged out of his mind and what, laugh at him? Make him feel like an idiot? Who knows what they might be plotting. People can't be trusted, Ogata always knew this.
So what does he do now? Kill Anaido? No, Beau wouldn't let him have the chance. And he doesn't think he could kill Beau. Maybe if he had his wits about him he could surprise her with a well-placed stab, but well. That's what the drugs were for. Make him unable to fight back. He should leave. He should get up and never talk to either of them ever again. That would show them. No. No maybe that's just what Beau wants!!! She wants to make him look terrible in front of Anaido. She wants to ruin everything!!! Her acting like she didn't care this whole time was a trick!!!
Well he won't stand for it. He won't let them get their way!! He will... he will.... he doesn't know what he should do. His brain is not working it is too busy going off on an insane paranoid tangent. So all he ends up doing is lie there, silent and expressionless as his body slowly becomes tenser and tenser, his hold around Anaido tightening slightly.]
[ beau just watches him bluescreen internally for a second before slowly pushing herself up to sit, grabbing ogata's arms to try and dislodge him, and pushing him off the bed by ramming him in the stomach with her foot.
or tries, anyway, she's high as balls, anaido is in the middle of them, and ogata's squirrelly. her intent might not actually be reality. ]
[Sorry, Beau, but a NOODLE is in the way. That is, Anaido, at his full six feet, just lets out a little yelp as he tries to kick up to block Beau's foot, but that just sends him rolling over on top of Ogata.]
He's just disappointed we won't be drilling me! Stop! [And to Ogata, his blue hair all over the man's face, probably:] I'm sorry, I would've let you drill me, but we don't have a drill...and Beau said there was a magic way of doing it...
[Just. Plunks an index finger against Ogata's forehead.]
[Hm. Well. Ogata's paranoia tries to rationalize this. But Anaido just protected him, didn't he? That's what he did, for sure. It's not like Anaido needed to win him over... as far as he's aware, Ogata hadn't caught on to his scheme... Scheme... maybe he had been overreacting. Maybe it was just Beau who was plotting his downfall...
He exhales sharply to blow Anaido's hair out of his face. Anaido's on top of him. His whole weight is weighing down on Ogata. And, ah, it's just because Beau has a magic way of doing it? What a cheater. But Anaido would have let him do it otherwise, huh... Maybe he's just saying that. But any suspicion he still had is shattered when Anaido mimes drilling a hole in his head, at which point Ogata turns red and lightly flustered like a teenager being asked out by their crush.
Ah, Beau said something, didn't she? He can't remember already, but;]
You're not the boss of me, Beauregard. [Slightly breathless, though that might just be due to Anaido's big noodle body crushing his chest.]
she is vaguely upset that she kicked anaido instead, but she's more upset that anaido is now on top of ogata. also, phrasing. she just scowls so heavily.
a pause, and then she grabs anaido and tries to pull him back. stop indulging the cat man, she hates it. ]
[And he just flops back down to the bed when Beau pulls him back, grinning like a pleased fox. He giggles, making the drill sound again, which makes him giggle harder.]
[He then turns to Beau, still giggling a little.]
Beauregard sounds so fancy. Wow. Even Ogata's given name is like. A samurai. Soooooo cool.
[Ogata's arms trail after Anaido as Beau pulls him away but after a seconds pause he seems to give up and his arms flop uselessly at his sides. A cat, dejected.
Well, at least Anaido is having a good time. And Beau still seems mad. Maybe she's jealous that Anaido didn't offer to drill a hole in her head. That's probably it. Between that, and Anaido's continued laughing, Ogata starts his quiet little laugh again too.]
That's because my great grandfather was a samurai, you know.
[ that's exactly why she's mad, ogata, she wants anaido to drill a hole in her head. ogata's the true brilliant detective here.
she settles down when anaido sprawls out though. it's hard not to grin at the giggling, and it's hard to stay mad when she's high as balls, so! she doesn't laugh, but she relaxes, curling up on the bed and absently petting at anaido's hand. ]
Are samurai the firefighters, or the swords? [ beau has gotten her japanese history from galo, please excuse her ]
[Ogata shoots Beau a judgmental gaze but then it almost shifts a little to Anaido as soon as he starts talking again. Wow.... he’s not that bad is he ?? Rude!!.]
I’m not... That’s besides the point.
[But honestly.]
Warriors who fought with swords and upheld the warrior’s code. Now that it’s mostly illegal to carry a sword there aren’t really samurai around anymore.
Mmmm... When the Meiji government took over, they couldn't properly establish an army and police force if all the pro-shogunate forces they'd just defeated still had their swords. That's why they banned them. [Thanks for the history lesson, Professor Ogata. He'll easily lean into that hand, though.]
I'm fine with just my rifle. But you're already a criminal anyway, so you might as well have a sword too. [Seems to him that was the logic behind Hijikata carrying his around.]
Ogata...wow...even I don't remember that stuff that well...
[It's like he ate a history textbook. Anaido pauses to look over at Ogata in awe, rubbing a little circle over the man's cheeks.]
You know what we should do? [He furrows his eyebrows, serious as serious could be, even as he's giving Beau a little rub over her nose.] We should each get a badass sword. And then we can be criminals...that fight criminals! With SWORDS.
[In Anaido's defense, it's a lot more recent history for Ogata. Who's now just nuzzling up closer to Anaido. He really might be a cat. All that's missing is a purr.]
Do either of you even know how to use a sword? [He honestly seems more amused than anything else by this proposed idea.]
[Ogata has no interest in learing how to sword but it's fine, it's not like it's actually going to happen. But fine!! If Beau is gonna pet Anaido, Ogata will too. Or rather, he's going to stroke Anaido's head the same was he does for himself.]
... I suppose I see the appeal of your "weed" now. [He won't ADMIT he thinks this is nice too. Not directly.]
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I already offered to help you make a new one. If you miss it that much.
[Hmph.]
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Don't even think about it, fuckface.
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[This is so much? Ogata? He's just very stoned and very, very confused.]
Mmmm, Beau. Don't worry. I don't think he'll be sanitary if he does it. I'm going to catch like. So many diseases. I'll go with...you and Wei Wuxian!
[He gives her a wobbling thumbs up with his free arm.]
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So what does he do now? Kill Anaido? No, Beau wouldn't let him have the chance. And he doesn't think he could kill Beau. Maybe if he had his wits about him he could surprise her with a well-placed stab, but well. That's what the drugs were for. Make him unable to fight back. He should leave. He should get up and never talk to either of them ever again. That would show them. No. No maybe that's just what Beau wants!!! She wants to make him look terrible in front of Anaido. She wants to ruin everything!!! Her acting like she didn't care this whole time was a trick!!!
Well he won't stand for it. He won't let them get their way!! He will... he will.... he doesn't know what he should do. His brain is not working it is too busy going off on an insane paranoid tangent. So all he ends up doing is lie there, silent and expressionless as his body slowly becomes tenser and tenser, his hold around Anaido tightening slightly.]
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or tries, anyway, she's high as balls, anaido is in the middle of them, and ogata's squirrelly. her intent might not actually be reality. ]
Whatever you're doing or thinking, quit it.
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[Sorry, Beau, but a NOODLE is in the way. That is, Anaido, at his full six feet, just lets out a little yelp as he tries to kick up to block Beau's foot, but that just sends him rolling over on top of Ogata.]
He's just disappointed we won't be drilling me! Stop! [And to Ogata, his blue hair all over the man's face, probably:] I'm sorry, I would've let you drill me, but we don't have a drill...and Beau said there was a magic way of doing it...
[Just. Plunks an index finger against Ogata's forehead.]
Brrrrrrrr.
[He's so high right now.]
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He exhales sharply to blow Anaido's hair out of his face. Anaido's on top of him. His whole weight is weighing down on Ogata. And, ah, it's just because Beau has a magic way of doing it? What a cheater. But Anaido would have let him do it otherwise, huh... Maybe he's just saying that. But any suspicion he still had is shattered when Anaido mimes drilling a hole in his head, at which point Ogata turns red and lightly flustered like a teenager being asked out by their crush.
Ah, Beau said something, didn't she? He can't remember already, but;]
You're not the boss of me, Beauregard.
[Slightly breathless, though that might just be due to Anaido's big noodle body crushing his chest.]
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she is vaguely upset that she kicked anaido instead, but she's more upset that anaido is now on top of ogata. also, phrasing. she just scowls so heavily.
a pause, and then she grabs anaido and tries to pull him back. stop indulging the cat man, she hates it. ]
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[And he just flops back down to the bed when Beau pulls him back, grinning like a pleased fox. He giggles, making the drill sound again, which makes him giggle harder.]
[He then turns to Beau, still giggling a little.]
Beauregard sounds so fancy. Wow. Even Ogata's given name is like. A samurai. Soooooo cool.
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Well, at least Anaido is having a good time. And Beau still seems mad. Maybe she's jealous that Anaido didn't offer to drill a hole in her head. That's probably it. Between that, and Anaido's continued laughing, Ogata starts his quiet little laugh again too.]
That's because my great grandfather was a samurai, you know.
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she settles down when anaido sprawls out though. it's hard not to grin at the giggling, and it's hard to stay mad when she's high as balls, so! she doesn't laugh, but she relaxes, curling up on the bed and absently petting at anaido's hand. ]
Are samurai the firefighters, or the swords? [ beau has gotten her japanese history from galo, please excuse her ]
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[Anaido, please. He does shoot a rather befuddled look at Beau for a good moment, before frowning.]
Beauuuu. Samurais aren't firefighters or swords. They're people.
[Firefighters are not people, apparently.]
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I’m not... That’s besides the point.
[But honestly.]
Warriors who fought with swords and upheld the warrior’s code. Now that it’s mostly illegal to carry a sword there aren’t really samurai around anymore.
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she does giggle a bit at stern and serious and grumpy though. ]
It's illegal to carry a sword around? Why? That's stupid. [ how are you supposed to be a d&d party if you can't carry swords around in public? ]
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[He reaches over to just rest his hands against both of the other's cheeks, smiling.]
I bet we all could have cool swords. The law can't stop us, haha.
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[Thanks for the history lesson, Professor Ogata. He'll easily lean into that hand, though.]
I'm fine with just my rifle. But you're already a criminal anyway, so you might as well have a sword too.
[Seems to him that was the logic behind Hijikata carrying his around.]
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I don't need a sword. [ beau huffs. this would be more intimidating if she wasn't trying to get anaido to pet her face. ]
But carrying one around would be cool I guess. Fuck the law.
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[It's like he ate a history textbook. Anaido pauses to look over at Ogata in awe, rubbing a little circle over the man's cheeks.]
You know what we should do? [He furrows his eyebrows, serious as serious could be, even as he's giving Beau a little rub over her nose.] We should each get a badass sword. And then we can be criminals...that fight criminals! With SWORDS.
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Do either of you even know how to use a sword?
[He honestly seems more amused than anything else by this proposed idea.]
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[ beau, please ] I wanna be a sword fighting criminal.
[ she sleepily watches anaido pet ogata's face, fidgeting. ]
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[so sword. much wow]
Do you know how to sword, Ogata? How to...use sword. Sword.
[Just going to keep petting the both of them! He likes his cats I mean friends.]
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[He feels like that's wrong but isn't sure how to correct it.]
No. Only officers carry sabers. So I never learned.
[Hmmm. He is very calm right now. He doesn't even waste time being smug at Beau.]
I don't know if I trust either of you with a sword.
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a pause, and then, sudden topic change: ] This feels nice, though.
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[He lets out a low sigh, an altogether pleased look on his face as he leans into Beau's pets.]
It does. I like this. I like you two so much. I could just...lay here forever.
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... I suppose I see the appeal of your "weed" now.
[He won't ADMIT he thinks this is nice too. Not directly.]
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