:[ Mishima Garage - Mechanic's Bay ]:
Kashino_Rei makes the rounds, distributing fliers for Spring Tune-Up Specials at Mishima Garage! Protect and Treat Your Car With the Care It Deserves, and Your Car Will Protect and Treat You Right! Jr Mechanic Kashino On Duty At Your Service!
Youji drives up, with a worried Kira in tow today. Youji looks a little chipper. But one can say, unless he's depressed, he always looks that way. He parks, and hoists himself out of the long tin can.
Kira holds something rather small in his arms, close to his black-clad chest. He blinks up, noticing that they're at.... a *garage*? o__O. He hurries behind Youji. "Youji.." he tugs on his sleeve. "You sure that this is the place?"
Youji nods, unconcerned. "Give me the lil thing. It's making just the same sound! He can fix him up, or at least suggest something!" Youji the cat-gentleman holds out his hands.
Kashino_Rei hears the sounds of engines pulling up, echoing over the sound of the radio, and pauses before rolling out- casing a somewhat critical eye over the shoes that appear. Ah, customer shoes. Not boss shoes. He rolls out from under the Citroen, wiping his hands on a rag and carefully not smacking his forehead on the curving wheel well. He sits up, grinning, and begins to rise, "Good afternoon! Welcome to Mishima Garage! Good driving spirits be with you! ... uh.. Junior Mechanic Kashino at your service.. and.. It's you! Hey!" He slips on the rolling cart, reaching a really interesting point of balance and turning it into something like a bow.
Kira huffs, looking at Youji. .... Oh... All right. He hands him the small package, which is bundled very loosely in a scarf.
The Ducati parked against the far wall pretends it has nothing to do with the gangly youth. -_-*
Kira blinks violently at the sudden apprearance of a disturbingly sexy young man.
Kashino_Rei straightens up with some bizzare gift of grace and grabs the back of his neck, all agrin. "How's your sister?" ... oh Gods, I didn't. I did. Rei is an interesting collection of ruddy shades now, under an artistic set of motor grease smears.
"My.... OH! She's great." Oh my God, he asked about her, first thing! <_> Youji flushes slightly. "We're... here for something really special. You can work on custom jobs, right?"
Kira looks over at Youji. SISTER huh. ... things very, very quickly fall into place, which amuses Kira enough to distract him from his embarrasing unexpected arousal at this blond hottttie. He stands strategically, eyeing Youji. Sister X3.
Kashino_Rei sees Youji blanch and.. Uh oh, Kamisama.. "K'sou... uh.." Did I just? ~_~ Rei hurries to step aside and dust at the Citroen's fender with his shoprag, pausing after a glance at the long haired.. "Woah." Rei blinks, and grins, and stuffs the rag in his back pocket, deciding the time is right to start over, reset, offer another bow before Keiichi has someone divine wreak havoc. "Welcome! Custom jobs, in engine work or fabrication?" Business, yes, mind clear and .. his stomach rumbles.
Mechanic hottie has a crush on Yokun's siiiiiiiiisturrrrrrrrrr! XD~; Kira finds this terribly, TERRIBLY cute. n.n; .......He looks at the little package in Youji's hands, then at the greasy young man. .... Can he really take care of this?....
"--...ah.... This." Youji holds out the scarf, wherein, there is a kitten. It mews and is just rediculously cute. =_= "Remember that whirring I brought the lady in for once? --It's doing the same thing. Listen." He holds it up for Rei. Same. Smaller and quieter, but the same.
Kashino_Rei stares, expecting a model or something to be duplicated in real steel and aluminum, and he blinks brightly at it for a moment; a Toyota, Honda, or Subaru it is not. "... It.. is.. really small." He steps forward, grinning, and wiggles a finger toward the kittens nose. "You want seatcovers of this color and variety?"
Pudding Murderous blinks little yellow eyes at you, and mewls weakly, a breathy, screechy sound under that cat-voice. o.o
Kira bites his lip, like a concerned mommy.
Youji smirks. "I was just hoping you'd have a suggestion. Kira said it seemed sick, so I was surprised to hear it making the same sound as the Seven. --obviously. I realize this might be a little special, even for you, but it seems to be the same area that's affected. Can you take a look?" Youji realizes that's a stretch, and if it was a different sound... all he really could have done was dispair. At the same time, he doesn't aknowlege it isn't alive, anymore than he calls his car the lady.
He walks over to stand right next to Youji and his kitten. "Yes," he says, his first intervention. "...." Kira looks at the young man. MY CAT IS SICK CAN YOU FIX HIM? :_:
Fine pale brows knit, and Rei looks from Kudou to.. the hot long-haired guy. "That's engine trouble. Fueled it up? I might have some milk, but cow milk isn't the best for these. Keiichi-sama might have some goat milk, that's better." Since the kitten seems to be presented for examination, he lifts his mostly wiped clean hands to support the bundle, "May I?"
Kira has an intake of air, but nods. "Please do." o'.o "He.... he's been making funny sounds for a few days now, but it seems to be getting worse...."
Youji says, "Just listen to it carefully."
Pudding Murderous's fuzzy tummy has some usual cat sounds, like breathing and a heartbeat. It also has a vague mechanical whuzzing, a dry sound... and with Rei's cheek and hands so close, the kitten's purr reflex starts up. :3 prr. prr~
Kashino takes up the kitten, hefts it before his upturned face once or twice, looking into drooping little head and listening dutifully. "See, the problem with these models is that if they're a factory pre-release," he eyes Kira, "Or they hit the street too soon," and his attention goes back to the furball, which he draws down to his chest. "Sometimes they're getting low-test fuel, and it's not enough. They need high-test to thrive. So, goat milk!" He tucks the kitten under his arm and escorts it to the shop fridge, fingers kneeding kitten ribs and feeling for any unusual.. well.. he's seen robotic everything else.. he's been assuming this is a normal kitten, and applying his best knowledge, but if this is really something.. mechanical. "Also, they have very specific operating temperature parameters! Especially while in the break-in stage, when the engine is new?" He kneels at the fridge, and.. seems to be showing the kitten the contents.. beer, goatsmilk, imported English oil kept at a specific chilly temperature.
Pudding Murderous PRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRS at the fridge. He squirmles in Rei's grip. His little kitty eyes are gleaming with intelligence. >.> Pudding Murderous shimmies his kitty butt. >o< Fridge yummies!
Kashino is suitably alarmed, and his pale blue eyes are wide and gleaming with "Uh.. It.. There's.." Oh sure, it's going to go for Keiichi-sama's 40,000 per litre imported super-pure motor oil.. or the beer.. one will break Rei's paycheck, the other his heart. He chuckles and reaches to finger a beer can. A guy can hope. "Sapporo?"
Kira watches with fascination.
Pudding Murderous moves kitty eyes to give Rei a look. =.=
Kashino nods, taking a deep chested breath and releasing a dutifully resigned sigh. "British Sterling?" A long finger moves to rest on the gleaming and now vapor dotted imported can.
The kitty begins to drool a little, whirring blinkily at the... mmmmmm omg oillll. Oh, oil!! /o.o/ We love oil! /o.o/ ...... The cat purrs.
Kashino takes up the can abruptly, and the kitten, mindful that the bundle in arm is now in active aquisition mode... and moves to the workbench. "Well, lets see if we need a funnel or just a bowl, I haven't worked on anything like this." He sets the vibrating kittenoid on the weathered wooden surface and looks for something like a dish. "The persocom girls.. I've seen them use a straw. I dunno. Sometimes these systems are self-sustaining, sometimes they need external accessories. I dunno, no book on these." He casts a quick wishful glance at the Chilton's Guide rack - no, certainly nothing on mechanical cats there. A guy can wish, right? "Maybe you guys would like a beer while this thing gets sorted?"
Kira has a bemused fascinated smile. One, the mechanic is talking to the cat and being understood, two the cat wants oil. ..... mmh, I guess I was being dumb even remotely considering it to be an actual feline. u.u -- Beer? He looks at Youji. I won't say yes -first-....
Youji nods. "Sure, if you've got extra in there for us. Oi, will it know how to drink?" he asks, watching all this rather curiously.
Kashino nods, eyeing kitten and can and after a moment of .. staring.. reaching out to unscrew the top of the oil-can. "Uh. I hope. I mean, if it's got the computer programming to be a 'cat', maybe it's got some routines to run for.. maintenance and stuff. So, we'll see." He draws the can off the counter and has to tuck it under his arm, a good squeeze and a little leverage and the seal breaks with an expensive hiss. "There we are. Maybe he can drink from a hubcap?" He puts the can down by the kitten and goes to look for one of those.. domed VW hubcaps.
Youji moves over to scritch the kitty. "Isn't this exciting? That's what you wanted right? If it's good enough for my Lady, it'll be good for you too! We're going to spoil you~!" n.n;~
Kira still is a little dissapointed that his bebi is .. some kind of.. thing with a computer in it. OMG stupid INORGANIC CAT XO. ... he sighs, and looks at the kitty. Welll.... it may be murderous but it's not a Rosiel. u_u;. He smiles a bit, seeing
Youji scritchle the cat. Bot. Catbot. Whatever >_>.
Pudding Murderous bonks Youji's hand with his kitten head. *bonkies~*! He's purring and his little kitten tail is up in the air, a little limply, but happy.
It would appear that as far as Youji's concerned, it's just a 'special needs' kitty.
Kashino eyes Youji, and then Kira, and backsteps to the fridge, just watching and listening and kind of soaking up the.. sound of voices. He fetches a hubcap down from a place of pride, where he'd stashed it after the last 'playing soldier' session, and remembers to fetch an armload of beer from the fridge. They're kind of cute, and totally out of place in a dirty, greasy, industrial garage, and Rei misses high-school. -_- He coughs politely and offers the hubcap first. "Bowl?"
Pudding Murderous blinkies. o . o
Youji says, "Well. I've never seen it eat... Course, I didn't take it into my own hands to try stuff other than actual food... -There's your oil. It's all yours...."
Kashino chews his lower lip and looks at the 'kitten' with a rather worried expression. "Okay, that.. might be a no. Uh.. Here kitty kitty, bot," He takes up the oil and dribbles a little into the hubcap.
Kira smiles. It's been a month of mew meetings, for him... He finds himself wondering who this mechanic guy is, where he's from. Everybody here has such stories.... And this guy looks like someone who's adapted really well to living in this place. ..... he watches him try to figure out the kiiitty <3.
Pudding Murderous blinks. He scuttles kittenly towards the hubcap, sniffs at it. His eyes glint in a positive fashion. Then, suddenly, he flings himself headfirst into the hubcap, rubbing the bowl with the side of his head.
Kira makes a face. "Oh, ew!" He says, flinging his hands in the air. "GREAT I'm gonna have to WASH you now," he sighs. "You know how you hate water. " He sighs. u_u; Oily kitten. Greeeat.
Kashino blinks. "K'sou... Uh.." He absently takes the shop rag from his back pocket and begins wiping his palms.
Youji cocks his head. Kitten either doesn't know how to drink -- it would if it could do so, or this isn't the answer. "It would suck if you'd have to open up a pet like this just for a little food. I've pet her all over, there's no splits in her skin..." He dabs his finger in the oil and offers it, dabbing her nose, like one does with a young kitten.
Kashino looks at his hands, and looks at the 'kitten', and looks up from under his hair at Kira. "You.. washed it?"
Kira looks at Kashino. o-o. "It... was dirty." >_> .... He looks at the kitten again. .... Then up at the young man. "Did I do something stupid?" c_c.
Kashino shakes his head slowly, reaching up to tuck his hair behind his ear. "No, since it seemed like a real-" well, lots of things are 'real', if you touch them and your fingers don't pass through. "You didn't know it was part machine." He looks at the kitten on the counter. "Or all machine? Anyway, maybe it will wash the oil into itself. Lubricate where the water penetrated. Like when cat's clean themselves," he demonstrates, a fake lick at a dirty back-of hand and a near ruffle that doesn't quite deposit oil and grime in pale blonde hair.
Kira startles himself considerably by thinking highly inappropriate things about Kashino and licking. <__>. --- OMG, am I just really that horny? -______- That's patheeeetic. He koffs a bit. "Hm. Maybe.... --- you think the water damaged it?" He asks, sincere.
Youji continues to dab at the kitty. "Come now. You want it, you said so. Lick!" He tickles the short whiskers about her lips, trying to coerce a clue from her.
Pudding Murderous BITES Youji's finger >:E! My, what sharp little teeth...... Pudding Murderous BLINKS. >.> ...... .... Purr? o-o;;; purr puurrrr? <_<;;;;; Rubrub roll PURR.
Kashino is unaware of such inappropriate thoughts, and blue eyes watch Kira as he answers as earnestly as he's been asked. "I can't say for sure, I have absolutely no idea how this thing works, and it's beyond anything I've ever seen in my life. Except for.. the guy who had half a metal body and punched a hole in the street, then flew. Flew. Up and down through the hole." He looks a little spaced out at the recollection, but gathers himself pretty quickly. "I don't think, if it's as advanced a mechanism as it seems, that it would be built so carelessly that water would permanently damage it. It's probably.. better than stainless steel in there. But.. it's probably also delicate." That's it, right back on track; he nods and stuffs the rag in his back pocket. "It's a delicate mechanism, like the kitten it's modeled after. So.. take care with routine maintenance."
The Beer is calling Rei's name.
Kashino sweatdrops and sneaks a glance at the beer. Youji thinks about this, nearly putting his finger reflexively in his own mouth. Hmmm.... "Okay okay, I forgive you, I won't poke your mouth anymore." He just hopes he won't have to put his finger anywhere uncomfortable. For him. =_=.... He starts looking her over again, for anything he missed. Being positive, the cat flung it's head into the bowl. So chances are there's something on it's head. Persocoms have those ears... He pinches and pulls on her ear. --very gently. Kitteny soft. >_>;
Pudding Murderous rrawrs! :D Rubrub. EAR, IDIOT. THE EAR. OMG. =_= --- purrpurr! :3:3
Kira smiles, looking at the scene. "-- He's cute though, huh?" he says to Kashino, presumably talking about the cat, but applicable to Youji too... ^___^
Youji peers in the ear, since the outside isn't opening... or... doing anything Persocommy. What's in there? He doesn't wanna stick his finger somewhere bad. :P;
Kashino eyes Youji and, uh oh, dereliction of duty, too much talking... he jolts from his relaxed hipshot position to at attention by the workbench. Leaving even a little swirl in the air and a backward glance at Kira- are these guys? Wait, his lady? .. Maybe Kudou-san meant his car, he's odd for the car, that guy. Rei shakes off his rampant speculation - these guys are better than the radio soaps! and scoops up the oil.
"Should we pour in the cat, or in the bowl, do you suppose? I should continue, no reason for you to get your hands dirty." Number one, A+ work, Rei, that's right, let the customer do the dirty work. Keiichi-sama's friends wil turn him into a toad. Or something. "K'sou~...."
Kashino actually sweatdrops at the image of himself turned into a blonde haired, blue eyed toad. Croaking. Sitting on a greasy shop rag with a socket wrench in one sticky.. foot.. what are toad feet called, anyway? Woah. Dude. This so sucks.. so hard..
Pudding Murderous laments the bygone days of voice synthesizers ;___; REACH THE GEARS ~ THROUGH THE EARS! /;_;/ He meooooows. >.< Best I can do! And they always told us, Always do your best! <.>
"Her ears don't seem to have cocular function," Youji says, standing up straiter. "And she's liking it. I say go for it. Take a look."
"Hmm," Kira says. "Yeah, maybe dribble a few drops in, to see..." o-o How interesting this all is!
Kashino takes a penlight from a cubby over the workbench and reaches for the kitten, giving its head a pat and then.. a turn, ear up, so he can peer inside.
Kashino muses as he peers in the kitton's head. "Yeah, there's no.. hearing ear junk in here, as far as I can see."
Pudding Murderous bonks Kashino warmly. o.o
Kira wouldn't mind boking Kashino warmly himself. ----------OMG, I'm such a perv! o__O >_> Okay, this is DUMB, get a grip. <_>.
Kashino blinks and reaches down a transmission funnel for a very special motorcycle, it's long and has a nice tiny tapered tip. "Okay, so.. freeze, furball. Let me just stick this in..."
Kira sighs. /Aaand that one's just too easy./. u_u;;.
Youji eyes Kira, now that the kitty's being taken care of. He Solved The Mystery. So, now he can concentrate on other things. Kira's acting Mysteriously.....~
Kira makes a note to himself to like, check Tatsuha's spice rack for aphrodesiacs or somethin'. Because daamn. He's just filthy-minded today! o_o;; And about -Some Dude-, too. <_<;.
Kashino works easily amidst the flying innuendo, and little kitton hearts and winged things that shed feathers all about; clever fingers fitting the funnel in place and holding fur parted and neatly away, while his other hand takes up the oil and, with a nice slow intake of breath {please let this work, or consequences terrible..} begins to pour..
Glupp. :3 Kitty PURRS as the oil comes in. OH YUMMY!!! :D:D:D This is the nicest oil EVER! I LOVE YOU! :D <3<3 it bounces a teeny bit :3
Youji splits a happy grin. That's a good reaction! :D
Kashino needs a hand free to give an adjustment to himself. Something's up. It's entirely possible that the boss's goddess friend is around; he casts a quick suspicious glance up to the corners of the ceiling and behind him.. no.. no Goddess of Love.. thankfully. He gives a happy sigh as the kitton responds in the positive to the addition of fossil fuels. "Hey, I think we're onto something. Now.. How not to overfill, I don't see a view-window for the oil reserve." Kashino realizes he just.. gave exposition out loud, and wonders exactly how much he'd thought and said simultaneously. He casts, therefore, an appropriately worried glance behind him.
Youji says, "--Maybe look into her eyes?" Youji suggests.
Kira smiles. Notices Youji observing -him-. .... What? *o_O* ..... >_>.... And with a blink he noticces Kashino's.... reaction. And general odd-acting. He finds himself surreptitiously glancing around the room too, in case there's... someone.. around. But there isn't. o-o Now -what- is the bee in this boy's bonnet, suddenly?
Kashino isn't exactly doing the job he thought he'd be doing during or even immediately after High School. Not by a long shot. The boss is some kind of priest? And generally laid back guy who digs cars. And.. his girlfriend is some kind of goddess? Yeah. So not the job he thought he'd be doing. Youji knows the feeling. >_>; At least kinda.
Kira actually feels more comfortable now that more vaguely supernatural people and things are in his life u__u;;;;
Kashino wants to weep, so he just pushes his hair back from his face and continues to dispense oil into the funnel with a gaze fixed on kitton eyes. Is it looking any fuller? He doesn't know. ._0
At some point, Pudding Murderous emits a cheerful peremptory mew. :3 All full! :D Thank you mister mechanic man! You're my new best friend.
Kashino takes the oil away and carefully removes the funnel, stuffing it with a disposable shop rag and setting it aside. He puts both hands on the counter and bends to look at the kitton up close. "Do we need to close anything?"
Kira notices Kashino's sudden troubledness. "... Hey, I think the cat's full," he says in a friendly way. :3. -- "Good job! And I don't think so, did you -open- anything?"
Youji pats him on the back, friendly. "Naw, I didn't. I guess she takes care of it. --Hey! We did it. This was fantastic. I knew to come to you, Kashino-san!"
Kira grins. "Thanks so much," he says, meeting the young man's eyes with a smile. Big, blue eyes. That fixed my kitty! :D~ "Turns out this was much simpler than I feared, huh." n__n
Kashino looks over his shoulder at Kudou and gives a genki grin and a thumbs up, "Good thinking that it was a machine, I wouldn't have guessed!" He straightens up and caps the oil, then makes busy work of nimble fingers cleaning the funnel and tidying up the workbench. "Maybe I have a wipe for the fur that got oily in the bowl, hm," wipe, crumple, toss, hang, tug, tidy - there's the clean shop rags- he tugs one out of the cubby hole and dangles it before kitton face.
"It's more thanks to the devotion I have to the Lady," Youji says knightlike, but with a wink. "She fooled me too for a while, the little thing."
Pudding bounces happily, and runruns to the rag, and rubrubs against it n______n.
Kashino tries to get back into 'work' mode; after the repair, you detail! He tugs the kitton up from the counter and begins ruffling the chassis and up between the ears, tucking it in the crook of his arm and rub rub rubing gently. Okay, he heard that, "So you've got a special lady friend? It's her kitton?" Now he's confused. Sounded like lady capital-L, but then that's a.. he glances up at the ceiling, and the corners of the room , then back at Kudou.. holy sounding capital-L. He's curious. Probably looks it as he tries to absorb all the remaining oil from the now very glossy kitton coat.
Pudding Murderous luuuuuuuuuuuuuvs you. Like only a kitten can. <3
Kira looks down. Special lady friend. Riiiiiiiight. >.=. "Um. He's my kitten, actually," Kira half-smiles, cocking an arm behind his head and glancing up at the mechanic. ^_^;
Kashino strolls over to the kitton's owner, "Well then, here you go. Shame it didn't come with a manual, but it seems to be humming along just fine, now." He's careful to untuck the fuzzy bundle, give it a last dusting with the rag, tuck the rag away in his back pocket and hand the serviced unit over with both hands. "Does it seem alright to you? Maybe like it was?"
"No, I mean the Caterham," Youji smirks, thumbing to it. "Course, I guess this is the Little Lady, now. Kira found her."
Kira smiles at Rei, and takes his kittybebi back. "I think he's a he, actually," he says to Youji " --- although, um, you can't exactly tell... In any case," he grins sheepishly, "yes, he or she is mine." ^_^ <3;. "It didn't come with an owner's manual for the simple reason that, um, it climbed in through the window, one night." He gives Kashino a shruggy smile, amused.
Youji looks for one of those proffered beers from before. ~
Kashino watches the kitten be claimed and... pangs. "Wow, he claimed you. That's so cool." He's watching the kitten care, and the beerhunt activity catches his periferial vision. "Ah, sorry, sorry," he picks up a can and cracks the seal, and .. takes the rag from his pocket and dusts off the top before handing it over to Kudou. That rag is making frequent flier miles from use to back pocket, he twirls it over the tops of the other beer before putting it away again; save a trip.
Kira grins. "I guess so, huh," he winks at the younger. "Hey, uh, 's there one in there for me?" he nods towards the beerness, petting Pudding's head. ----- the kitty's squirmy, so he puts her down. "Don't run away now!" he asks the cat, depositing her gently on the floor. "We don't want you to get lost, or dirty again!"
Pudding Murderous wheeeeeeeeeees across the shop floor, gamboling on fuzzy chibi legs, exploring! :D Learning, yes learninggg... Everything we do issss learninggg ~~~ \ :D/ Youji grins. "Thanks. It's interesting to have confirmation it's mechanical. It's almost more realistic than those Persocoms. Have you had any come in here for help?" Youji asks.
Kashino looks at the kitten with something like alarm, and looks up to Kira to be sure this is.. wise.. or.. allowed.. or.. Kamisama they just FIXED the thing! And it's so clean and shiny.. er.. fluffy.. and.. give the guy a beer. His hand is moving before he looks to it, and it seems he's got a can safely in hand and is holding it out to Kira. "Wow, so, what's the powersource, I wonder. Hm?" His other hand lifts his hair from his face and settles it back while he looks over to Kudou. "Uh, persocoms, I've met one at the cafe. She's taking classes at the college. So she's there sometimes. But I haven't gotten my hands on.." Oh Kamisaaaaama.. back up.. "I didn't ask to get under the hood.." Wait. Shit. SHIT. "We're just .. barely.. aquainted. And they don't come here." Drink. Beer. Now. With the beercan occupying his lips, Rei can't say anymore, and closes his eyes, gratefully.
Youji laughs. "Don't worry, I know what you meant." He's a cute kid. "Since it would be difficult to open her up, and she's so sofisticated, I'd say either some kind of nuclear power or an ionic battery or ....something. It's hard to tell what time-period it comes from, in this place. Maybe... It's got perpetual motion...." he says. :O....
Kashino looks over his beercan at Kudou, and then at the man's friend for.. reassurance? A nuclear cat. Drink more beer, his brain insists, and he nods, tipping the can back for a healthy swig.
Kira smiles at the attractive young man, in a friendly manner. Salutes him lazily with the beercan, and takes a swig too. Then something he said... "-- Hey, you go to Maboroshi?" :D
Youji watches the kitten, happy to do the zen thing with his beer. Ahhh.....
Kashino rubs the back of his neck and shrugs, and tries not to be so tall, then recovers and shrugs again, putting his can down on the workbench and turning it, watching the condensation ring he makes. "I did. I'm trying to get back in." It's a long, weird.. oh.. he picks up his head and grins a little at Kira, "I need to try harder," he trails off, and looks over at Kudou, thoughtful. Liek, woah, that was a sudden change.
Youji smiles a gentle Youji smile. "You can do it. You can bring yourself back from anything," Youji says with an equally strange resoluteness.
Kira nods. "Yeah, I knowwww the feeling," he huffs, bemused. "I've been back in school since January, myself," he smiles. "/I learn the English new because I am being bad/," he says, in English~~~! :D:D --- "Uh. You know. Among other things. And yes, school can be a bitch." He grins. ^_^ "The way you dealt with the kitty, I'm sure you can succeed with school too. It's all how you think about things," he says, with a conspiratorial wink.
Youji nods at this. "I'd go to school myself, but I keep myself too busy to."
Kashino leans back against the workbench, and with a nod for Kudou-san's advice takes to picking at the tab top of his beer. He picks up his head at Kira's English and grins, "/Not too shabby, dude. Sweet!/" He gives a micro-bow and a sip of beer for the compliment, "Thanks for the vote of confidence. We'll see." He gives Kudou a curious glance before resuming picking at the beer-top. "I'd wanted to ask, since the last time you were here," an apologetic shrug, "but I got busy, forgot to call, about Mathewson. Remember? Bill Matthewson? I thought maybe you'd had news. Or something. Don't know why, just thought, maybe." Time to see if that grease spot can be moved with the toe of his worn sneaker. Wow, it can't! Stubborn stain. He wonders if Keiichi will want him to scrub the floor...
Kashino (OOC) spent time as a kid in LA. He can say 'Bill' without 'Beeru' coming out instead, even!
Youji pauses. "...No. Nothing. I"m sorry kid."
Youji's face falls a little too. "--I'da called you.
Kashino lifts his beer for a sip. "Aa. Well, hey, thanks anyway. It was a while ago, so- yeah."
Kira watches this exchange... Bill Mathewson?... Ex-lover? Vanished compadre?.... The Phoenix is a bitch, sometimes. But low moods aren't meant to last, and Kira has a pleasant look at the young man. "Whoooa, your english is -wicked-," he says. :D!! "Dude, there's one course you won't have to take," he grins. "You totally shame me. Way to go." ^^;;
Youji gives a smile, but decides to keep his peace on matters of the Phoenix for now.
Kashino's cheeks color at the praise and he lifts his hair from his face one handed, trying unsuccessfully to get it to settle behind his ears. "Thanks, it's just dumb luck though, I spent time /in the States/. I'll probably have to take the class for credit.. and I still have to convince them to give me another shot, but thanks. It'll cut into work hours, so I have to see if there's room at the dorms." Headslap, that and deliver his stack of papers to admissions, again, and not loose any this time.
Kira looks at the boy, so lost and muddled in his adademic fears. .... "Yo," he says, offhandedly, "... I could give you a hand, y'know. -- In gratitude for helping out the kittycat." He smiles, shrugs. "I do well with paperwork and stuff. So long as it's in Japanese," >_>, he adds. "And, y'know," he takes a sip of beer. "The thing with school is, you can't let it run you, man. You've gotta be on top. There are lots of ways to get in, and even more ways to stay in. Anyway," he grins, "something tells me that I'm -sure- you're not -half- as far gone as the problem cases I hung out with in Highschool." ^___^
Kashino grins at Kira, the cheerful attitude about working the system is infectious. "Not sure about that, I sort of set the bar back home." If there were a bar set for sleeping through the most classes, and or skipping them and causing disruptions with motorcycle escapes, then it was certainly set on Rei's shoulders. "College, I never thought I'd even want to try."
Kira grins. "Well, the fact that you -do- want to try, that must mean something!" :3 "And it's stupid to let yourself be stopped by worries and withholdings before you even try. Hell, I'm switching into a really touch program next semester, my friends think I'm nuts -- but I'll never know if I'll make it unless I try, and give my all, huh!" Ohboy, it's Sakuya Peptalk Time! :3
Youji makes a bit of a face, thinking. But isn't about to get in the way of a good conversation. n.n
Kashino nods, listening, and agreeing with the basic stragegy. "Sure, you have to try. And I totally see your point, if I'm gonna try something, I'm not gonna go halfway and give up, or not give it a-hundred percent. Or, as a great sensei once said, /try not, do/. " He salutes Kira with the last of his beer and empties the can, placing it behind him on the workbench and brushing off his hands.
Kira hasn't seen Star Wars in English and nods a little blankly, agreeing with the sentiment at least. He downs beer just as the kitten comes skating around the corner, legs flailing, and pummels into his leg. BONK. 8.8. --- Kira blinks, then smiles and picks it up, cradling it. "Ma -- Kashino-san." he returns his attention to the youth. "Call me or somethin', huh? You got Youji's number?"
Youji says, "Yeah, we're sharing a place. I got this huge place, and I'm there almost by myself..." Yeah.
Kashino looks from one to the other, and his hand goes to the pocket of his coverall, "Yeah, I have a card, I think, you gave me." He grins, "Okay, I'll give you a call sometime, I should try to get this school stuff sorted by the time summer classes start, at least."
Kira smiles. "Yeah, I'm free after next week, my last final is over early," he explains. "Call me. We can get together sometime." thatwasnotapickuplinethatwasnota---ohhhshit that was so a pickup line. >___=. Acting normal! \c_c/. >_>. ^_^;. Youji say somethign or I might have to kick ya surreptitiously.. ^__^;;
Kashino speculates that Kudou's friend might be sensitive to all the chemistry and motor products in the shop, seems to be.. dunno.. allergically itchy or something all of a sudden. He lifts his hair from his face and leans back, relaxed, arms crossed lightly. "Sure. Hey, you play basketball?"
His friend is acting twitchy. In an amusing way. Youji smiles a little knowingly and finishes up his beer.
Kira blinks, intrigued. "Um. Actually, I'm a pathetic bookworm, really," he grins, a hand skritching at the back of his neck. "It's so funny, lately I've been meaning to take up something physical, y'know, to balance school... haven't done anything sportswise since High School. But, I guess I wasn't the -worst- kid in gym class," he shrugs, a little embarrased. "Although basketball is something I don't know much about. I guess that you do? That's neat. Maybe we can trade or somethin', I'll help you with schoolwork and you'll help me not sit on my ass all day." He grins, colouring slightly. ^__^;
Kashino nods, watching Kira, still and unblinking, "Dude, it's not even funny how bad I am at organizing class schedules and remembering homework. It's a deal." He looks over the garage, and shakes his head, uncrossing his arms to stroke his hair behind his ear again, all his gestures at odds with each other, or needing to be performed in series. "Yeah, shit, it's a deal. Basketball, I'll teach you to ride. You like motorcycles?" Anything, it suddenly seems Rei's willing to put all his marbles AND cards on the table to get into and through school this time around.
Kira cackles. "Oh, you are talking to the right guy, baby," he grinnns. "----Here's what we'll do, next time we meet, I'm gonna come pick you up. I shall say no more for the present~" He sparkles, amused at keeping the secret of his SWEET WHEELS from the motorcycle boy. Hehehhehehehee.
One pale brow lifts, and Rei crosses his arms again, quite aware that SOMETHING is.. "Yeah. Well. I won't ride bitch." He lifts a hand and points to the silent beast, hunchbacked and sinister, parked against the far wall; it's a Ducati Monster 900, resting in shadow. "I'll ride that. Will we have a problem keeping up, you think?" The bike is stripped to track tack. No telling what the hardware modifications have been.
"....Ah, you kids don't do anything dangerous...." Youji says waveringly. Keep up...?
Kira grinns. "We shall have to see," he says, cocking an eyebrow in turn. Two can play the bad-boy game, handsome. I've got more experience under my belt anyway X3. Then, as suddenly as it came, the smoldering dark sexyness lifts, and he's all chipper again, rubbing Pudding's fuzzy widdle head. "Ma -- gimme a call, we'll see, huh?" He grins. ---" Hey, i never even told you my name," he realizes, with some amused surprise. "The name's Kira. Kira Sakuya." Friendly grin~. "And this is Pudding Murderous," he hoists the happy kitten.
Kashino reaches up to shake Pudding's paw. "Pleased to meet you, congratulations on being Mishima Garage's first feline project!" ^_^
Pudding seems to smile >_>. She licks Kashino's finger. n.n
Kashino gives Pudding a Mishima Garage prayer-flag-pencil. \^_^/ And a keychain with 1,000 good luck glyphs!
Youji smirks. Really cute... "I'll be sure to stop by again, if there's other problems. Thanks for the help, Kashino."
Kashino is still kinda grinning and remembers to introduce himself to Kira, and looks at him, and blinks and remembers to compose a manly face and nod his chin. You don't grin at other guys, right, you tick your chin. "Hey, Kashino Rei. Nice to meet you. Great cat." He takes his shop rag out again, and twists it, waving to Kudou as he moves, "Hai-hai Kudou-san! Good to see you again, right?"
Youji nods. "The Caterham needs some work, but she can wait another day. What do I owe ya?"
Kira smiles. "Thanks again, Kashino-san! I'll see you around.."
Kashino laughs and brushes cat hair off of the workbench. "Not if I see you first, Sakuya-san. Oi, take care you guys, cat and Caterham. Bring it on in." He's eyeing the British Sterling oil compound, and tilts the bottle. "Aa, Kudou-san, can I send you a bill? This is embarrassing.."
Kashino says, "I'm not sure what Keiichi-sama would say.. if the kitton is 'alive', then as a priest, and at a temple, then.. I don't know.."
Kashino (OOC) isn't sure if he'd get in trouble for charging for helping 'save the kitton' or for NOT charging for using the expensive oil on a 'bot. >_<;;; CONFUSED.
"--I'm, sure it's alive," Youji nods. "Uh--" That just sounds like he's trying to avoid a bill... He really does want to pay for the trouble... "Oi, how's this; bill me for the oil, but not the tune up. That sould make the master happy, yes? You provided a service, but I payed for the damages." Youji nods? :3?
Kashino thumbs up at that, "You're making sense to me, thank you very much!"
Kashino seems genuinely relieved, this whole.. holyman thing.. with the beerdrinking boss thing.. still rattles around in his head from time to time like mismatched gears.
Youji grins. "Thanks! We'll be back!" Youji gives a friendly salute, and turns to pack everyone up in the Caterham.
Kashino sees the Mishima Garage guests off, waving from the wide double doorway of the wooden garage, shoprag a red, slightly greasy, flag!
:[WHO]:
The boy before you is 17 years old, tall and lean; 6'3", long legs, long arms, and a long smooth neck - currently wrapped loosely with a black cloth. His fragile, delicate features are framed by a tousled mop of silky blonde hair, bright and soft, though now somewhat grimed from work, the front pulled back into a high ponytail with the rest down his back to his shoulders.He wears a dark blue pinstriped mechanics coverall, worn at the knees and slightly grease stained, the top hanging down around his waist, over a long sleeved grey t-shirt, with holes at the collar and wrists.
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