Construction Rules (Lilly, Nil, & Naoki)

[Prince Inigo]

The motley group of two guys, two girls, and a dog - female - commenced to proceed to said construction shop, the itch to go somewhere for the dark-skinned one finally answered. The people before her were, indeed, considered to be 'motley'. Nil was had kept quiet under the pretension of these 'two fine gents' desiring their business done quick and easy, without a second thought, without much emotion shared. The most minimal effort was to do and be done. The young lady looked ahead, searching far and wide for their destination.

One boy spoke up, an inquiry on their - Lily and Nil's - businesses before being on the quest for the holy shop. She crossed her arms, keeping a stern face. "I was out running. Just running wherever I want to go while remembering which paths to take back to a home." She wondered for what reason one went to ask about a girl's personal affairs prior to the accidental meeting; but, she stopped after a while, uncaring after two seconds.

The other - the younger - brought forth the question of knowing the owner of the store. No smile formed for the second question. "Heard he's okay from the moms. He's helpful at the best of times, leaves ya alone at the worst of times. A true helper. I remember when they would complain that they wouldn't help them get up to the higher shelves; besides that, however, should be good in tools and all sorts of junk. Got the best equipment around, say the moms and my brother." She shrugged, obviously not above decent in conversation of any kind. It was quite rare of her to even be spoken to this much.

After answering the petty questions, Nil listened in for Lily's, in waiting for their location to be met in the path. The older girl had noted several social inconsistencies in Lily's speech, but she mentally shrugged them off. Courage must be earned; bravery must be found; stammering and stuttering must be fought. The rules of social interaction were taunting figures. Beasts of the mingle, creatures of words, they were.

Darkness started its reign under the guise of grayness. The crew continued along the edge, following one another, a diverse band of people. The sun still cheered but now with the energy of a sleepy drunk: slow, dim, lazy. Lily, during their travel, asked the younger brother - Naoki - about their origins. "Mm... Just assumed I met everyone and forgot their faces..." she said with heavy sarcasm, though in an interested mumble. She was piqued.

The other girl had asked for water; Nil sighed. I won't be runnin' anymore after this, I suppose... The dark-skinned girl dug into her bag, searching, and then thrust out a bottle to Lily, looking straight and true, not distracted from the objective yet. "Waterfall it. There shouldn't be any backwash germs."

[Kichirou "Ki" Yoshida]

ooc: Hey, so sorry, Luna! Just wanted to let you know that Naoki is the older brother! But that being said, your post was great! Thanks so much~!

ic: Nil replied first. "I was out running. Just running wherever I want to go while remembering which paths to take back to a home."

Ki nodded, unsure of how to respond. Still, he thought it was nice she could run so freely. That was partly what he enjoyed about being a Wanderer--just being able to be free.

The girl next to Ki replied second, although her reply sounded unconcerned, as though she really didn't want to be talking to Ki.

"Just walking the dog." A moment later, and she had turned to his brother. "Can you take her for a bit? No, it hurts really too much. I feel like my arm is on fire."

Now Ki was confused. This was just too weird. Now the girl wanted Naoki to walk her dog for her? What the hell? He knew Naoki liked dogs--and girls, for that matter--so he watched to see how his brother reacted.

But Naoki seemed pretty confused too. Or at least, a little shocked. Ki guessed he hadn't been expecting that either.

"Uh....sure."

Naoki took the dog with no complaint, but the confused look on his face almost made Ki want to chuckle. Well, at least they both felt the same way. It was just funny to see Naoki so awkward in front of girls, when usually he could play it so suave.

"So...the construction shop...do you know the owner or anything? We haven't been there before, but a good friend recommended him." Small talk.

Again, Nil spoke first. "Heard he's okay from the moms. He's helpful at the best of times, leaves ya alone at the worst of times. A true helper. I remember when they would complain that they wouldn't help them get up to the higher shelves; besides that, however, should be good in tools and all sorts of junk. Got the best equipment around, say the moms and my brother." She shrugged, obviously not above decent in conversation of any kind.

That was some good information to know. It sounded a lot like Nil knew quite a bit about the people and shops here. That could be pretty helpful. In fact, he wondered why he hadn't thought to ask if her family owned a shop. He was considering doing that, but then he heard giggling. It was the girl next to Naoki. Something about giggling, he didn't know what it was, really annoyed him.

"I was never very good at small talk, if that's what you were trying to do."

Ki's mouth fell open. Was she seriously...was this....was this an attempt at flirting with his brother?

He knew it wasn't his place to get annoyed about something like that, but he was definitely annoyed anyway. He didn't want to be anywhere near them. Walking a little faster, he tried to catch up to the other girl, Nil. He'd rather walk with her than the two apparent lovebirds behind him.

The more they walked, the darker it got. Ki decided to take in his surroundings a bit more and try his best to block out the sounds of his brother being flirted with. He was about to turn to Nil and ask her if she liked living here, but then he heard something behind him that nearly made him freeze.

"Naoki, why did you leave your District?"

He hadn't been able to block that one out. How the hell did she know they'd left their own district? It wasn't like they were in the Capitol, where they could be judged on their clothing. They were in a place where all that fancy-shmancy clothing wasn't quite as popular, because people couldn't afford it. So...

He was about to tell her off, but Nil spoke next.

"Mm... Just assumed I met everyone and forgot their faces..." she said with heavy sarcasm, though in an interested mumble. She was piqued.

She sounded sarcastic, but Ki wasn't exactly sure what she meant. Well, at least she was changing the conversation. Ki just wasn't going to say anything. Even if he was bristling on the inside, it was better to just keep his mouth shut.

They walked a little further, now in silence, until the girl with Naoki spoke again.

I had no water, so I asked the other three, "Anyone have any water?"

G*d, she's annoying, Ki couldn't help thinking.

Nil beside him sighed, stopped, and dug through her bag before pulling out a water bottle and handing it to the other girl.

"Waterfall it. There shouldn't be any backwash germs."

Something about this made Ki want to laugh. Would Lily drink it after Nil had said something like that? He didn't know for sure, but he thought it would be funny to find out.

"You sure have a lot of things stored in that bag," Ki said admirably, looking up at Nil. "Isn't it heavy to bring with you running?" Again, maybe this was considered small-talk, but at least he was actually interested this time.

[sapphire]

((Sorry, can't say much until Naoki gets back. Dx))

Lily watches as Nil hands her the bottle. Lily takes it hesitantly, but opens it fast. Lily puts the water into her parched, and sighing with pleasure afterward. She hands the bottle back to Nil, but takes her hand back as she sees her and Ki talking.

Lily stands up, with bottle in her hand, and walks back over to Naoki. Lily takes the dog, and walks a little ways ahead, letting her dog run in circles around her. Lily, was obviously the only decently happy one here. She sighs as she leans down to pet the black and white collie. Lily couldn't help but mumbling, "I'm sorry mom, and dad." Her worlds were barely but a whisper, but why she was sorry, she didn't know.