[action] i'd say my main influence is myself [open]

[twin_tails]

Who: Junko (and Arashi) and anyone who wants to deal with a teenager with authority issues. (open!)
Where: Around Union
When: 1/16, midday
What: Vandalism, except a version that's less likely to get her arrested. Hopefully.



[One might notice chalk drawings across several buildings in Union today if they look closely enough. They're drawn in such a way that only a few small doodles are visible from the streets, leading into much more elaborate illustrations tucked away in the alleyways out of sight.

An irritated-looking, spiky-haired eevee and a laughing shiny stunky seem to feature prominently, but there's lots of variety in both subject and style. It seems the culprit herself is still around, too, fingerless gloves smudged with chalk-- a lanky teenage girl with pink and blonde streaked pigtails that match her impressively fluffy skunk tail, bundled into a jacket much too light for the weather judging by her intermittent shivers. She's currently working on a doodle of a luxray electrocuting what seems to be a Sword of the Savior, if the uniform is any hint... much to the appreciation of the little shinx cub at her feet.]

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[iamthatis]

I think I might have already.

[He sighed again, a bit heavily and felt himself leaning a bit more on his staff than usual.]

If it means anything, I'm glad to see you safe with your artistic talent still fully intact.

[Because let's face it...she could be doing a lot worse right now.]

[twin_tails]

[She flashes a venomous grin, shoving chalk into her pockets.]

You don't like your portrait? I thought I got the aura of self-righteousness down pretty well! And I bet you are. Must've been harder to hit your quota without a reliable troublemaker like me around!

[Arashi takes a few steps backwards, standing between her feet and letting out an uncertain growl. It's not often he's heard this sort of genuine, concentrated dislike from her and he's super ready to protect her-- but it's at odds with how nice this stranger seems to be.]

[iamthatis]

[He winced a little, remembering the circumstances of that night and just how much he absolutely regretted every second of it afterwards. He couldn't have known, but it made him feel awful all the same.]

...I think I deserve that much at least, I never did get a chance to apologize to you. I can understand if you think less of me.

[He'd grown as a Sword and a Person since then, but some grudges never really went away...it was something he'd have to accept, but that didn't mean he couldn't be happy she was okay. No one deserved wrong done by them after all.]

[twin_tails]

Aw, how could I ever think less of you?

[It's faux-affectionate, just enough poison in her voice to imply that her opinion was already pretty firmly in the gutter. She moves away from the wall with a smirk, looking almost lazy, though she's already gauging distance and making sure she can run if he tries to come towards her because she absolutely can't get dragged home again. Still, she sets one hand on her hip, tail swaying slowly, keeping up the casual, unconcerned act.]

So, apology first, booking later? The new, improved, polite Swords policy, huh?

[iamthatis]

No...no booking, not today, not from me.

[His voice was tired, but firm. He knew the circumstances and even if the venom hit him hard...it was all justified and he knew that. All he could do was give a few nods, taking the shots as they came.]

A lot of the drawings are really impressive, so says the talk around town. I think some of the shop keepers are considering keeping them up as art until the next rain.

[twin_tails]

[That finally gets her off-balance, expression shifting to surprise and then guarded uncertainty. It could just be a lie. It could easily be a trick to get her off guard, make her easier to catch.

But he really doesn't seem the kind of person to do something like that, as much as she distrusts his sort regardless. She leans down to scoop Arashi into her arms, who seems relieved to turn the situation over to her rather than keep himself puffed up and ready. She holds the kitten close against her chest, eyeing Matthias over his head.]

Yeah, well, it's about time people recognize my genius or whatever.

[She scuffs one heel against the ground.]

I only drew mostly on the back walls anyway, it's not like they're in the way.

[A petty justification for vandalism, but still, it's just chalk. So he really could let her go, hopefully.]

[iamthatis]

I saw, you have a real knack for it. I know people who can't do half as much with paint and a canvas...myself included.

[No really he couldn't produce art if he had a sword to his throat. At any rate, he wasn't making any moves towards her...or at all really. His Buneary was moving enough for the both of them but he seemed to understand there was an invisible line on the street that wasn't to be crossed, so he resigned his hipping and hopping to behind his partner.]

You could probably get paid to do a few signs for the shops if you asked around.

[twin_tails]

[She snorts, giving him a look, that scathing one teenagers are so very good at.]

Are you kidding? Artists don't get paid shit. I'm not gonna spend my time painting shitty logos for scraps, I have better things to do.

[Like deface property in the cold, apparently. Arashi lets out another uncertain tiny growl, and she reaches to scratch idly behind his ears as she throws another glare towards the Sword.]

Speaking of, don't you have something more important to deal with? There's gotta be someone out there as much of a fuckup as me you can bother, right?