redmarsshit | june 2020. welcome to the void.

june 2020. welcome to the void.

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▶ Click here to read what characters will experience when arriving in Anchor.

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a. welcome to paradise.

What at first appears to be an odd glint in the sky over Anchor slowly broadens and brightens into a truly enormous...cruise ship? Yes, that's a cruise ship, and it's coming down to rest just outside of Anchor's exit doors. The ground shakes as it lands. A bubble forms over the ship and connects to Anchor's exit, and there's no two ways about it: the ship comes with its own radiation shield.

This sucker puts the Titanic to shame. Nearly as long as Anchor is wide, it's more like a floating city than the cruise ship it resembles. Little satellite ships hover and dart around it, occupied by alien lifeforms with too many arms to quite fit the Hawaiian print shirts that they're wearing.

The Daisy Darling Interdimensional Cruise Barge has come to Anchor.

b. anchors away!

And it's quite accessible to residents of Anchor. In fact, the people (of every shape, size, and coloration that can't be considered human) on board will be delighted to host the creatures they've been watching for the past few months as they orbited the planet. Not only will Anchorites find themselves accosted for photos, but they can also find figurines, keychains, and small novelty items of themselves in almost every knick-knack store on the promenade deck. The souvenir shops will also come heavily stocked with red shift-themed items, including toys and decorations featuring some of the monsters that have appeared from the wastes. You always wanted a slinky sand worm, didn't you?

Anyone who can sing, dance, play music, or otherwise perform will be encouraged to do so and showered with gifts - both useful and useless - by the vacationers. Have an instrument, or a good voice? Go busking! Sell your art, give lectures about your home worlds, teach salsa dancing. The vacationers are just waiting to give you money for helping them have a good time.

There's an alien casino, with machines both familiar and very very not. It's a rollicking place with neon signs, free-flowing drinks, and even more free-flowing money. You might not have any use for alien currency in Anchor itself, but it couldn't hurt to check out the shops with a little extra cash from the poker tables, could it? At one side is an all-you-can-eat buffet of everything under the sun, from alien fruit and vegetable platters to...is that a whole giant squid? I never knew they came in quite that color...

You can sneak around the casino without too much effort, stealing from pockets, tables, and platters, but that could get you caught and thrown in the brig, which. Well. We'll get to that, but you don't really want to go there.

The uppermost level of the ship is a beach and water park. There's sand, palm trees, a wave pool, water slides, and a lazy river with inner tubes big enough to support even the heftiest alien. Oh, and a regular old pool, over there. Where all the old aliens are hanging out and playing hover-shuffle-board. Swimming gear is required in this area, but not to worry! There’s an automated booth that will supply you with just the suit you need.

In addition to these places, there's a whole ship to explore, with all the amenities a weary traveler could want. A spa (manned by real (alien) people!), jacuzzis, restaurants that actually function with food the bold can actually eat, clothing stores (though not much of it is designed with humans in mind), deck chairs on sunny promenades, gardens full of alien flowers, and an enormous library filled with books that are checked out based on the honor system. So, y'know. Be honorable. Or something.

c. the first rule of daisy darling.

For those unentertained by the above-board offerings of the upper decks, there's the ship’s more hidden amenities. A fight club filled with creatures of every shape, size, and level of power. A drug den with everything from euphoria-inducing cigarettes to hallucination-causing body paints. A thriving black market, though the offerings are comparatively innocent - bootlegged episodes of Anchors Away, mostly. What's that? Oh, just the reality show of your lives over the past six months. Let's hope no one comes across any awkward vids showing things you don't want people to know about.

Attached to the fight club is the brig. Can you see where this is going? People who get caught breaking the rules on the Daisy Darling can expect to face the music by being put opposite some of the ships more powerful monsters, or its more powerful and reckless vacationers. Who wouldn't love to test themselves against a giant robot or an honest-to-god cowboy? Don't worry! If you get too badly hurt, there's a repair suite on the medical level that can fix up almost any injury. Just don't die before you get there.

If anyone asks about staying on board, escaping the planet with the ship, or tries to convince an alien to help them stow away, they'll be told it goes against both the prime directive and the Daisy's petting zoo rules. Try to stow away on your own? Well, if you're lucky, you'll get caught by a benevolent guard and booted back to Anchor. If you're unlucky, get those boxing gloves ready, because you're headed for the brig.

d. the network.

Need to get hold of someone, call for help, ask the city at large a question? Need to ask a friend to back you up and tag team in the fight club? Maybe you need to hold your sat phone up to whatever crazy thing you're seeing and send out a recording to double-check if your eyes are deceiving you and what you're looking at is real?

Whatever the reason, the network is going strong, so feel free to include a post to it in your top-levels.

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That'll be the one he starts with, then!

That's what's making this continue! Yamamoto is having fun! If he catches any hint that Gokudera is as well, he'll be done for. There will be bickering matches over all kinds of stuff! He never should have mentioned having cat ears to begin with...

"I didn't get your back, though!" He says, putting on a nervous grin and taking a step back slowly. "I can't get it out cause I can't reach it..."

Crafty bastard!!

Oh, he has more than a hint that the other Guardian is having fun, he just isn't saying it out loud because he knows where that leads. Though, bickering with the bomber can be fun too.

"That's because you ran." Then his smirk grows, a glint in his eyes. That gave him an idea slowly the sand filters out of his hand. "I can help with that...." Who needs sand, if he can catch the bomber then he sure is going to grab him around the waist and over his shoulder him and take him back into the water. "We'll just go swimming!"

You bet he is!

It's better to not bring it up, and will definitely keep up their usual dynamic.

"You could have caught me and put it down the front of my shirt!" He says, hoping he's not welcoming more if the way the other is looking at him is any hint.

"Oi! Put me down! I'm not swimming! These are the only clothes I've got!" He's going to be squirming a great deal, and will even try and punch the side of the baseball player's head if he doesn't do as he says.

He will never sleep again!!! (Lies...)

Yeah, he knows a Gokudera who is letting him get away with these antics is rare. He is not about to shake his fist at it and ruin the moment. They get so few moments to let go and just be a couple of dumb teenagers.

"No way!" He is laughing, locking his arms around the flailing bomber's legs. "Maa, maa, Gokudera, that's my head" Still laughing, even as he gets a fist to the side of his head. Using his legs to push through the sand as he runs for the water. "You can borrow mine; I have extra..." Or maybe the aliens have some they can barter for, who knows.

Either way, with a splash Yamamoto, dunks them both into the water, at least Gokudera isn't the only one with wet clothes. He shouts victory and will be attempting to make his escape now.

They're going to have a day where they just both wake up wearing permanent marker on their faces.

The more antics, the better, honestly.

"I mean it! Put me down! I don't want to get these wet!!" They'll get heavy and cling to him and he's going to have to find something dry, and there's a second of panic because what is he wearing?! Is it going to be okay if it gets wet?! Luckily, Percy's hoodie is on the beach, safe and dry. So he'll just be ruining an entire pack of cigarettes, and making Gokudera very irritable. He tenses up at the water and then pulls out dynamite. Its suddenly lit and being hurdled right for the baseball player.

HOW. DARE. YOU. He was just starting to get comfortable! AND NOW HE CAN'T EVEN SMOKE!!!! "YAMAMOTO WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK!!!"

Probably more than one, if they are not careful, they could start a prank war to end all prank wars. Vongola style~

Oh, if Yamamoto has his way today is just the start of antics that he is dragging Gokudera along for.

"Shit!" He sees the dynamite and excuse him; he is diving under the water, though pretty sure one just about hit his head in the process. He does not surface until he is what he hopes is far enough away to miss any dynamite coming his way. Still laughing even as he has pissed his friend off, "You said you couldn't get the sand off your back, it was this or me brush it off."

Gokudera would rather be wet and down a pack of smokes than have Yamamoto's hands all over his back, right?

They'll just leave notes and funny things written on the backs of their necks, stupid faces on the top of hands. It would be funny.

The Antics remind him of the times before his boss ever started his serious training. Before Mukuro, and before they were Guardians. Gokudera misses those carefree days.

Gokudera's wading back to the beach, but pacing and readying more dynamite. You are not welcome back onto the dry sand, baseball freak. "There could have been other options! I also said not to touch me!!"

Maybe he would have secretly enjoyed having Yamamoto's hands on him.

It will be hilarious and probably go on for days on end till they finally stop torturing each other with their antics.

It is like those days, back before every time they turned around there was another threat. They will have these days against; this is precisely what they are fighting for—the freedom to be carefree this way.

Yamamoto is treading water; slowly, watching the bomber, he can not help but laugh again. He is going to have to come out eventually, but first, he has to figure a way around those bombs. He could try teasing and flustering Gokudera, but that may get him bombed before he gets out of the water.

"I barely touched you, except to carry you to the water. It wasn't so bad." Come on, Gokudera; it was kind of fun, admit it.

Well then, he should tell Yamamoto this, and he might put his hands on him.

Unless they get someone else involved. It is not beneath Gokudera to place 'kick me' signs on some poor unknowing bastard's back.

He's already getting bombed. Gokudera is literally pacing where the water laps on the sand, as if daring the other to approach. The dynamite between his fingers promises it won't be easy.

"B-Barely?! Carrying is a lot of touching! If it wasn't bad, I wouldn't have punched you! Everything I own is soaked!!" Except that hoodie. He'd be heart broken if it got wet.

He's not comfortable with him like that yet.

This is true, and if it's all in fun, Yamamoto sure wouldn't be above that either. Hope Anchor is ready; they may be coming for them.

"It was just my shoulder, less than if I brushed my hands all over your back." He does not mean to be having as much fun as he is when he has irritated Gokudera. The thing is, it is fun, he hasn't let go in so long. He may be in heavy wet clothes, held hostage in the water by dynamite, but he feels good, happy, light, free. For a few moments, he wants just to embrace that.

"Besides, it'll dry and your dynamite still works. You can borrow my suit, till you dry. No harm, no foul?"

Right and Yamamoto are oblivious and would have done something stupid without knowing it. He rolls like that most days.

Anchor is not ready. Gokudera may not destroy much in the way of property, but he may vandalize and irritate other people. What else is a bored, irritable, teenage boy to do?

"Yeah well if you did that, I wouldn't be like this!" Cold with the wet clothes hanging off him and clinging in certain spots. His hair is nearly flat, plastered against his face and the back of his neck, dark and longer, and making him feel like a drenched rodent.

"Idiot! It won't even fit!!" He's throwing the dynamite with his exclamation. Gokudera would be so unbelievable in an over-sized shirt... but Yamamoto's not much bigger than him. Still, a suit should be fitted! It's not very proper for a mafia man to wear a suit not well-fitted. He has to be fashionable, thank you very much.

Gokudera doesn't need anything else making his adjustment to Anchor more difficult.

Anchor had better prepare; they are coming in like a gale force Rain Storm. Are they even teenagers if there are no shenanigans?

"Sorry, I'll do that next time.." He gives a decently, sheepish grin. Okay, maybe he did go a little too far, but it was still fun. He will stand by that sentiment. He will also do his level best to dodge those dynamite.

And make it to shore in the process. "They'll fit better than my practice clothing, and they're dry." He grins, ruffling his hair to get some of the water out, he is not any less of a drowned rodent than Gokudera. He is just less upset by it.

This is what they both need right now, simple fun. They have both been through enough before getting to Anchor.

Nope. If there are any shenanigans, they'll have to make them more intense along with starting their own.

"Tch no you won't... You can't even keep your hands to yourself," He grumbles, gathering up his shirt and wringing it out, shaking it, then sliding it back on while going rigid. Cold! Ah, it's not pleasant, and he's going to be dramatic enough to act as though his very existence is now made worse because of this. His socks and shoes are by his hoodie, so there's that little saving grace. But still! He's uncomfortable and determined to be grouchy, and visibly upset for a good while.

"They also probably smell like baseball idiot," Okay he's not actually upset about it. Gokudera's just not going to wear Yamamoto's practice clothes, nope. He's just going to be grumpy and you have to live with the consequences. Lucky for the Japanese boy, his hair is short. The water won't stay in it as long as it will for Gokudera. He's tipping his head to the side and wringing it out as much as he can.

"I'll have to replace all the other stuff in my pockets..." At least he made money by playing piano, and when he pulls out his soaked pack of cigarettes, his brow creases enough to cast his eyes in shadow. UGHHHHHHHH.

It's how they roll, shouldn't be any other way—a toast to future shenanigans.

"I can too." He can; he has way more than once. Of course, he is tugging his tee-shirt off, wringing some of the water out before slinging it over his shoulder. Yes, yes, he is appropriately reprimanded; see the grin of apology. Not saying he won't do it again but, the grumbling does at least earn him feeling a little bad about it this time.

"Hey, I don't smell." Yeah, the practice clothes would be more awkward than the suit. That's why Yamamoto figures he'll put on the practice clothes. Though, right now, his wet tee-shirt is dripping down his back, so he gets the suit jacket out too. If he's got water dripping with his longer hair, Gokudera has too as well. Moving over to his bag, he pulls out the suit, planning to offer it anyway, it probably smells more like him than the practice clothing, it's what he was wearing when he got here.

He trots back and holds out the jacket "Here, you can use this as a towel." he offers the suit jacket, plus the pants and shirt. "Sorry, I didn't think about the stuff in your pockets."

Vongola ~~Vandalize property and annoy every person they find in Anchor with shenanigans~~ Fight!

"No you can't." It's not something he can just demand that Yamamoto prove. He's just being argumentative. The mood will pass, and Gokudera's grumpy disposition will give way to some cold inaccessibility.

"Sure you do. Like sushi rice, or..." Fresh cut grass, or the earth on a rainy day. He shakes his head. No, those sound good. "Sweat." Which could smell nice, but he's not going to admit something embarrassing like that.

"That's part of your suit!" Gokudera gasps, as though offended. A well-fitted suited is much more expensive and meaningful than a pack of cigarettes, and he will gladly let his sopping hair air dry. "Fuck that." And he shakes his head, sending water droplets scattering like a dog would. The hair sticks to his face and he has to peel it, then wring it again, but it's not bad.

Vongola ~~totally don't break anything or cause someone to have a heart attack~~ Fight!

"Watch and see." He will so keep his hands to himself for today; sometimes shenanigans require hands such as going swimming. But, it is too soon for that joke, so Yamamoto is not going to make it out loud. Other than keeping his hands to himself, he can't prove it, but he is going to try.

The mood isn't too big of a problem, Yamamoto is used to Gokudera, and he can keep his smile. He said his apology and everything will be fine. He's not worried. "But that would smell good." Of course, he has to point it out, at least he doesn't know about the other two, though they would smell good too. Then he laughs, "It's not my baseball uniform." That might smell like sweat; he's pretty sure his stuff in his bag is fine.

"Yeah..." he blinks, well okay, if Gokudera doesn't want to use it, he drops it into his bag and holds out the shirt at least "It's dry, if you don't want the jacket, you can wear this." He does not understand, it's a suit, but he actually would be more concerned about his uniform or practice clothing than the suit. Forgive him; he understands not what a good suit is worth.

"I don't have to watch. I can feel it every time you touch me, you know." Duh. Gokudera reaches a hand into his pocket, and- oh yeah... no cigarettes. The reminder he gives himself feels like getting smacked upside the head and he moves his hand back out, scratches at his neck, and starts chewing at his lip in irritation.

"Not to everyone." He remarks, aggravated that the other is right. Yamamoto is on a real winning streak with making good points. How irritating. "What, you don't sweat in your practice clothes?" For someone so active, Gokudera would think Yamamoto sweats an awful lot. Maybe he doesn't though... he's never actively seen him very sweaty.

"Look, just forget about it. I'll dry off on my own. I'm not catching a cold, and suits are not something you just... come by. It's fitted just for you. Custom." See... there's value.

"True..." He didn't think of that when he issued the challenge to watch him. But, still, watch him, he can do this. Yamamoto doesn't say anything, but he sees the lip chewing, he can bet it's because he ruined Gokudera's cigarettes. Forgive him. He can not bring himself to offer a solution to getting more; he worries about his friend's health. Not that he ruined them on purpose, he wouldn't do that.

"Huh, I guess, some people wouldn't like it, but I think everyone we know does." After all, wouldn't it be a comforting smell, kind of like home? Here he is on a roll, and he has no idea he is even batting a hundred at this point, shame. He does, but he is also a clean young man, which means he washes his uniform and practice clothing. Except, he is pretty sure he did not get his uniform taken care of before being dragged off, "I washed them, they were clean in my bag when I got here." Though he may not sweat as bad as some, his age and stamina help, his body is conditioned to go into high gear it takes a lot to get his blood pumping enough to make him sweat.

"Okay, if you're sure." He folds the items and puts them back in his bag. It's warm enough; he just spreads his tee out to dry and figures his pants can do the job of drying themselves on his body. It's not so bad; he isn't uncomfortable since he is in his casual clothes as it is. "I didn't think of that, sorry I don't wear suits." He laughs; it's just not his standard choice of attire. Even formal gatherings for his family was more about traditional than suits. He is a product of his father, and it shows quite often in the young man.

Gokudera knows smoking is bad. Oh, he's very much aware that he shouldn't, and that it's a nasty habit, that it could eventually kill him. But... as awful as it is, it is helpful. He's got an oral fixation, an overactive, stress-riddled mind, and would likely grind his teeth without something to vent out his frustrations. That, and the cigarettes are part of his weapons. At least he has money to replace them. He can probably buy something on the ship.

"I think that if I smelled like you, I'd smell like a sushi shop." Not bad, but not a very Gokudera scent. Home to him is like... smokey, bitter and spiced. Like coffee, cinnamon, and then a hint of cigarettes. As often as he is smoking, Gokudera always made it a habit to open windows if he smoked in his apartment. The smell of cigarette smoke isn't appealing, even for someone like him.

"I'm sure. Thanks." He seems less irritated, his lip a little more abused, and he watches the other boy lay his shirt out. "Yeah... I know. They're pretty much a necessity for any man, though, especially in the mafia."

Yamamoto will never like that the other does it, but he is not here to change Gokudera. He is here to be his friend and his support; he'll never pretend the cigarettes are something he likes. But he also won't complain or otherwise take them away. They are apart of the bomber and have been since the day he met him. He may gently encourage or do his best to distract to keep the other from smoking as much. But who can blame him?

"Like my old man's place, yeah, I guess that's more me than you, huh?" Of course, he smiles fondly; he can smell the shop in his memories. It is so ingrained in him. He does not have to say it, but he misses that smell, there are moments it feels like he hasn't been there in forever. So much of their time has been spent going back and forth it is a jumble in his head some times. There is nothing wrong with coffee and cinnamon. Both are delightful scents.

"I guess I'll get used to it one day, huh?" Or just tug himself out of his tie and loosen his shirt as soon as humanly possible because he'll feel constricted. Like a tied up piece of meat ready for the spit. Really, can he not have to wear suits, ah well, he'll do it for his friends, for his family. Everyone should know he will wear it as casually possible as it can, it is not likely to look perfectly neat.

Luckily, there are a lot of ways to distract Gokudera. He'll just keep on chewing at his lip until he needs to speak, gesticulate when he needs to get a point across.

"Yeah." Gokudera realizes that back home, he never had anyone over. He didn't live... well, but he wouldn't want his friends to see. He got by in Japan, and that's good enough.

"It's not like you'll have to wear a suit every day. Just when you're working." When Yamamoto's actions directly impact the family. No one wears suits as often as Japanese salary men, so there's no need for Yamamoto to worry about feeling constricted.

Yes, though, Yamamoto will aim for the ones that do not cause his lips to be so harrassed from chewing. It's a little worrisome but something he can gently work on rather than just pointing out. As for the gesticulating, Yamamoto has fast reflexes; he can dodge those gestures should they get too wild.

Maybe for Gokudera, it was; for all of them at the time it was. Even now, Yamamoto does not quite consider, he knows, knows more about Gokudera's past than the other probably wants him to. But one day, he is going to realize that in this sense, they all should have done more. Sure, Gokudera was used to having no one, but he has them. It's not the same as having a family to grow up with, but it is a family, and their homes are always open. Though it is probably not surprising, the bomber should know that they will be there.

"True, maybe Tsuna will let me get by without the tie?" Really if he could just lose the tie he could handle the pants and shirt, they aren't much different than his school uniform. Right, except Yamamoto was never set to be a traditional salary Japanese man. His eyes were on the major leagues with the same determination they are on protecting his family. Sure, he still hopes to someday have both, but the less time in suits, the better.

Gokudera won't be moving his hands enough to hit Yamamoto unless he's standing too close. In fact, he's less dangerous since he'll just be waving about his hands and no lit cigarettes. The hands are so much a part of how he speaks, the dodging requirements have to be high for anyone in close proximity.

He wouldn't like if anyone did anything to support him. Gokudera's expectation is that everyone is selfish to varying degrees. The Tenth has enough on his plate, the baseball idiot has a carefree life, and really... the one person he could relate to best is Chrome, though she wouldn't be safe to approach considering the company she keeps. At least she's safe. It is more than enough to have friends and family to support should he need it, but they're all relatively capable of staying out of his business. Sometimes.

"If we all have to and you don't, it won't look good on the family." Loosening it is something he'd expect. Going without it is blasphemy. "Wearing a suit without a tie is like wearing your baseball uniform and no shoes."

Considering he can be a space invader some times, it is bound to happen. Then again, he will just duck or move; it's not as if this has not happened before. Right, he will watch the space invasion when cigarettes are lit, save his eyebrows and hair, he is kind of attached to them.

For the most part. Some push their nose in more than others. Or at least as much as they are allowed; more as time goes.

"Tie it is then..." He is probably playing up his not wanting to wear it a little more than he would. Because it is distracting Gokudera, and he is calming down from Yamamoto's earlier antics. "Got it, suit equals tie till I get home" Then fuck the police, he is taking it off, and no one can make him wear it.

Yamamoto is more likely to get ash flung into his hair than sustain any kind of singe or burn.

"If you get into a situation and think 'would making this person angry endanger my family,' or if it's obviously a time where you meet with a different family... any kind of negotiation... that's when you put the tie on before hand. If we're here for a while, we're still representing the Vongola. Just," Gokudera rubs at his temples and shrugs. "Be mindful?" Considerate is the word he's looking for.

june 2020. welcome to the void.

I'm not sure how to wrap it up, or if I even want to

You know my vote, we'd have twenty threads if I had my way so all good in da rp hood over here~

You rock

Right back at ya smalls

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