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[ Somewhere around town-- at the bookstore, the Tomoe-Kaname Bakery, attached to posts and notice boards --you find a small white notecard. On it is printed a little message and some numbers in ornate lettering. If you look closely, it reads the following: ]

Rohan Kishibe, Mangaka & Visual Artist
Owner Pro Tempore of Ebony Threads Tailor Shop
Highly Experienced.
Commissions & Advertising For Hire
Pay Negotiable.
Contact At: 512.66.730.91 for inquiries
Castle Lüvchaque - Directly North of Bavan per appointment ONLY.

(( feel free to use this as an action-based prompt too. any random interactions will MOST LIKELY take place in the form of walk-ins at the tailor shop unless it's pre-planned. just drop a starter in here! ))

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[fretless]

[... Of course, a moment after saying that, she makes a little sound like something just hit her out of the blue.]

W-wait, wait - did Rohan-chan just say --

[fretless]

-- Kyaaaaaa...!! Rohan-chan, how forward!

[Sorry if he was enjoying the sentimentality and realness there.
Her free hand - the one not holding his drawing - goes to her cheek, as she acts like he said something just... so inappropriate.]

Saying that so freely...! Are we really that close? Are we?
Do you really think we're close enough for something like that?

[Ibuki, he just used your first name. That's something literally everyone else in Ryslig does.]

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[ Well all of that went clear out the window and into Lake Dala, didn't it.

It's pretty much like a reverse version of getting Deep with Jotaro where all words grind to a halt and just random noises and 'yeah' at varying spaces.

But uh... ]

... What are you talking about?

[fretless]

[This is what he gets for letting Ibuki into his life, honestly.]

Oh, you know...! Don't be so shy about it, Rohan-chan!
It's better if you're upfront and proud about everything you say, even things like that!

[That's said as she waves a hand a little at him, an obvious "oh, you" type of gesture.]

Ibuki won't tell anyone, promise, promise! Gosh, to think she's so lucky, though...!!

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[ what a mistake. ]

I... [ He doesn't know a fucking thing, my dude. ]

I like to be upfront about things but I'm not quite sure what falls under "even things like that".

[ He is asking too much of her. ]

[fretless]

Awww, c'mon! You just said it!
Ibuki thought we established that she's the one with the bad memory!

[Blush blush, wiggle wiggle, etc. It's like a scene out of some sort of shoujo manga--
But yeah, no, okay. She'll be nice.]

Rohan-chan used Ibuki's name...! Without a second thought!
So bold, so forward!
Not even Sonia-chan is on a first name basis with me, but Rohan-chan just did that so plainly...!!

[it's making her kokoro go DOKIDOKI

... And, actually, though she's definitely just harassing him, this feels kinda familiar.
There's definitely some other angry rich man she likes to hang off of, isn't there --]

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[ CALM YOUR KOKORO.

The reason comes to light and, frankly, it's still just weird to consider being a thing to get all riled up about. He swaps between Karamatsu's surname and given name all the time. Josuke occasionally. Jotaro is always the given name unless he's getting scolded. ]

Ooh... [ How childish. ] Which one do you like better?

[fretless]

Whatever one Rohan-chan is most comfortable with!

[That's said with a little grin, of course.
"Bad memory", yeah, even though she's specifically mimicking something he said a few weeks ago.

Also yes it's childish, does he really expect better from her??]

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[ It looks like he's stuck with this one. There isn't a deeper meaning her outside of, "Well, maybe she likes to be loud". ]

I will go back and forth depending on the situation. [ Meaning that he will forget about it. ]

I think I need a nap now. You've positively drained me.

[ Really, every bit of energy is sapped. ]

Did you need anything else before I send you on your way?

[fretless]

Awww... really? Rohan-chan's not that old...

[There's a touch of actual disappointment there. But it's easy to ignore, Hinata does it all the time -
Ibuki thinks for a little bit, like there really might be something else she needs, but ends up shaking her head.]

Naw, Ibuki really only came here for the lyrics. Guess Ibuki's all done here!
She'll leave so old man Rohan-chan can get his beauty sleep...

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[ Flatly....... ]

Do you want to stay?

[ Because he doesn't have the energy to get a broom and whack her with it. ]

I can set you up a room here if you would like if you just want to crash here. Not today but eventually.

But do you need a nap. [ he is all out of attention. ]

[fretless]

[... Oh. Ibuki was just playing around, still - but that makes her pause for a moment, thinking on it.
Would that be cheating on her other castle?? She doesn't wanna have a nasty break-up with Castle Mirai...
Can Castle Lüvchaque be her side-castle??]

... Do you mean for sleepovers and stuff? 'Cause, y'know, Ibuki's class is over at Castle Mirai, and she can't just leave them...
But if we're talking sleepovers, Ibuki would gladly accept!

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Just for sleepovers. I have a friend who comes and goes depending on where he needs to be. I can allow you the same offer. You can keep things in there but you are under no obligation to live here. We're a busy household in the first place but I have an...

Excess of rooms.

[ Because you bought a fucking castle for two people. ]

If you turn into something that can't be out in the daytime when the Fog rolls in, it makes for a good hiding place. [ Because now that he thinks about it everyone in the house is nocturnal but him?????????? ]

Princess Anna is a goblin, so is Josuke. Jotaro is a gargoyle and Miss Lorna is a demon. [ haha wow ]

... Huh.

[fretless]

Alright! Ibuki's special sleepover room!
Ibuki's gonna have to test out it's acoustics when she gets it, castles are the best place for playing music!

[A short pause, because wait-]

... Or, um, it would be if Rohan-chan liked loud music! Instead, Ibuki won't be doing that!

What's that "huh" about, though? Huh, huh?

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I just came to the conclusion that I'm the only one who lives here who can go outside in the daytime without any problems. It's not important.

[ Back to the important thing-- ]

You can play acoustic guitars in the house. None of that amp business. [ Carefully, he starts to pick up his jewelry and place them to the side so he can stretch out.

Now he's gonna do the weird part. ] Shoo for a minute.

[ Rohan slips to the far side of his quilt pile, lifts all of them up and... dives on under. The better part of his tail winds up under himself into stacks of coils for a little boost before the front of the blankets pops up and he is peeking out of them. ]

Nap or begone, Ibuki.

[ he's cozy. ]

[fretless]

["Amp business", he says like an old man. Ibuki can't help scrunching up her nose at that -
Only for that look to completely dissipate into a giggle she doesn't even consider stifling, because what the hell was that, Rohan?
It even gets a dumb little snort out of her.

... But is Ibuki tired enough to nap is the question.
Napping is something she enjoys doing, but only when the time calls for it...
Hmmm.]

Okay, okay! Nap it is!
Ibuki could always use more beauty sleep herself, after all!

[He'll come to regret this later. Or honestly, he'll regret it right now - since she's just going to unceremoniously jump onto the quilt pile without warning, before cocooning herself in one of the smaller ones.
You're just supplying her with more energy, Rohan. This is a bad idea.]

i wanted to use this icon ok

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I do think they are cute. They complete the negative space here behind your dress.

[ He plucks at the back of her bodice. ]

There isn't a huge empty space there now. That always bothered me...

4/22

[fretless]

[Y'know, it's a good thing the shop's probably not too busy at the moment. Ibuki was supposed to come in earlier, but with her memory... hopefully it's expected of her to forget her shifts once in a while.
Of course, that's not what happened this time around, which'll be obvious when she bursts in without any preamble.
Just to make a beeline to the back where Rohan usually is, of course.]

Rohan-chan, Rohan-chan! Picture chance, picture chance!!
Before Ibuki has the time to forget it!

[Her tone is... weirdly urgent. But she's sounded urgent for unimportant things before, so...
Who even knows what she's going on about with this.]

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[ Mister Man has already replaced the window by now and it's sort of looking normal and not drafty in here anymore. He has been busy in the back catching up on a backlog and at the moment has a long, gorgeous fanning-out of purple cloth before him decked out with hand-beaded danglies and embroidery. See? A little break didn't kill him.

Ibuki bursting through catches him with his arms all the way to the sides with one end in each hand. ]

Mioda-- [ At least she made it. ] What's the malfunction?

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And Dala is still screwed up and my shop isn't looking so hot either.

I'm not sure that the Triple T is a place to go for heartfelt conversation.

[fretless]

No malfunction, sir! Just important business!

[Mind if she skitters on over? 'Cause she's going to. And once she's there, she puts a couple photos on his table with a big smile.
They're some photos of her friends, for whatever reason. She scrounged them up from whatever was laying around the castle, so that's what took her so long. ... Even though she did forget she had a shift today.]

Remember how Ibuki sat with you and you drew her stuff, and now she has that stuff to remind her of the time you drew her stuff?

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[ Important business. Rohan sighs and delicately folds the piece up, pinning it and setting it aside on his table. ]

Yes, I was there. [ He's gonna peer over those pictures. ] Your friends?

[fretless]

Ding ding ding! You are correct, sir! Something happened that Ibuki knows will never happen again, so she wants a record of it!
That way, Ibuki can't ever forget it! And words just don't do this justice, y'know?
This is the sort of thing that would go down in history books!

[And yet she's afraid she'll forget it. But Ibuki looks at the photos for a moment, smiling, before looking back up at him with an even brighter expression.]

You'd be willing to help Ibuki with that, right?
Ibuki could ask someone else, but... Rohan-chan's art is superior quality!
Like, homegrown national name brand quality! Anyone else's art would just be cheap imported knock-off brand quality!

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[ At least someone around here will parade his name around in a POSITIVE way other than Karamatsu and his boyfriend. ]

I can help. What is it that you need exactly? A piece of your friends...?

[ SPEAK, CHILD. ]

[fretless]

[Rohan can sleep soundly at night knowing Ibuki only brags about him, then.]

Nope, just one of them! And Ibuki.

[She reaches down at that, to spread the photos out - before tapping Saionji in one of them.]

Her! Hiyoko-chan is one of Ibuki's best friends, and always acts pretty sour, y'know?
But she likes Ibuki's music, and even dances to it!
And yesterday, while Ibuki was talking to her about boy stuff that got her pretty down, she, um... she kinda hugged Ibuki! Sorta? With her tail.
But she let Ibuki hug her back and didn't even call me smelly, or an idiot, or anything!

It's really important that Ibuki remembers this, because that never happens. Never, ever.