man I am no good at setting things up

[gardenerthief.livejournal.com]

WHO: MU MU HAKYHOUSE AND GUESTS (so, basically anyone who is friends with any of the folks in the house can show up. :>
WHERE: A certain townhouse in Park Slope, Brooklyn.
WHEN: Backdated to Saturday, 2/19/11
WARNINGS: Toward the Terrangst, goofy shonen shenanigans, & Hiei.
SUMMARY: Now that the dust of Keith's Death By Heroes has settled, it's time for
FORMAT: I like paragraphs because smalltagging takes effort, but DO WHAT YOU WANT we welcome all kinds here.

As evening fell, Kurama began preparing the house for guests. The common areas were brightly lit, with snacks and laid out for light entertainment before dinner, and he'd stocked the drinks cabinet. The tv in the living room was off, but there were video and board games discreetly displayed in case anyone cared to partake.

The top floor was safe space for Mu who wanted a little more quiet than a party with Yusuke and Kuwabara was going to provide.

As it was unusually warm - almost 60 degrees out - he'd also opened the doors to the backyard, and though there was still melting snow around its edges, he'd gone to the trouble to bring the garden to life for the night. The shrubs and Hiei's tree were green and hung with lamps, and he'd set beds of spring flowers to bloom. Coupled with all the plants inside, there was the slight sense of being in a greenhouse in the middle of winter.

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[daddysoldmysoul.livejournal.com]

"More common than here." Not that that was saying much. "Mostly ghosts and demons had it. And some adventures if techniques count."

[slappingchick.livejournal.com]

"I don't think they consider what the demons possessed in our world magic.One of my friends says she has white magic, but that's it as far as I know of." She shrugged. Keiko didn't really understand most of what the people from her world could do.

"Were you capable of magic?"

[daddysoldmysoul.livejournal.com]

"If you count techniques," Ari shrugged, pulling out his sword to demonstrate. "They're mostly just attacks. Like if I went and used Blizzard Sword and--"

And as his idiot luck would have it, just mentioning the attack while holding his sword was enough to trigger it. Thankfully, since he hadn't selected a target, it just coated the sword with ice. But it still startled him a little.

...

Good job, Ari. Now how in hell are you going to put that thing away?

...maybe Blaze would--

Don't even, Ari. Just.. don't.

[slappingchick.livejournal.com]

Keiko jumped back when he iced his weapon, only stopped from her jolt by the counter top digging in her back. She stared at the sword a moment, then back up to Ari. "I think that counts. But you should put it away before dinner starts."

[daddysoldmysoul.livejournal.com]

"...how?"

Seriously. It had an inch of ice on it, like hell that was gonna fit back in the sheath.

...

Hrm. Maybe.

Without a word, he headed for the door, opening it and peering outside. No one in sight? Good.

He gave the sword a swing, focusing on a parking meter. With a fwish of sound, the ice launched from the swing and enveloped the meter.

With a nod, he sheathed the sword and came back inside.

Problem solved?

[slappingchick.livejournal.com]

Keiko couldn't suppress a sigh. That might be a little hard to explain to the neighbors. "Well that's one way to take care of it." She muttered. Maybe she could get one of the boys to melt it? "But let's avoid using magic in the house from now on?"

[daddysoldmysoul.livejournal.com]

"Yeah. Sorry."

Ari looked rather chagrined. Way to go, Ari. Way to go.

[slappingchick.livejournal.com]

Keiko looked at him a moment, shaking her head. She went to pour herself some water. "Don't worry about it. The other boys have done worse."

[daddysoldmysoul.livejournal.com]

Ari blinked once at that. She wasn't mad? "They have?"

[slappingchick.livejournal.com]

She laughed. "Well, let's just say sometimes I'm surprised we can all live here and a hole hasn't been put in the wall yet."

[daddysoldmysoul.livejournal.com]

Ari smiled at that. Like how it was amazing his party had never gotten kicked out of any inn.

It was a continual reassurance how somethings seemed to be the same even here.

[slappingchick.livejournal.com]

Keiko turned to the refrigerator for some water. "Want anything?"

[daddysoldmysoul.livejournal.com]

"Sure?"

Not that Ari had any clue what would be in Keiko's refrigerator. His was all but empty, after all.

[slappingchick.livejournal.com]

"Something to drink?" She clarified, noting the look on his face. "We've got water, milk, and beer. But you're not getting any of that." Cue Keiko sending him a sharp glance.

"Nothing to eat, though. You'll ruin your dinner."

[daddysoldmysoul.livejournal.com]

"Water," Ari smiled a little. Keiko was sounding like his mother there. But not in a bad way.

"You're really okay with me staying for dinner?"

[slappingchick.livejournal.com]

Keiko busied herself with retrieving another glass and pouring the boy some water. She raised an eyebrow at him, smiling as she walked back over and held out the glass. "Why would I have offered if it wasn't okay?"

[daddysoldmysoul.livejournal.com]

Ari shrugged before accepting with a small smile. "People do weird things."

[slappingchick.livejournal.com]

"Well, yes." She agreed, taking a seat at the table in the room. "But I'm not so weird to do something like that. You're more than welcome to stay, so relax Ari."

[daddysoldmysoul.livejournal.com]

"Yeah. You're actually nice." He didn't mean for it to sound like that, but he was just far too used to jerks that Keiko not being on continually surprised him.

He looked at his cup a moment before going to sit next to her. "I still want to pay you back. Once I get a job, I'll get you something nice."

[slappingchick.livejournal.com]

Keiko suppressed a sigh, she'd already given her opinion that Ari needed to get to know some of the nicer people of the City. His view on people was a little more pessimistic than she felt someone his age should have. Besides, she didn't think she was that nice. Keiko felt she was a generally good person, but if her arguments with Yusuke were any indication, she still had some things to work on.

"Ari, I don't need anything. Don't worry yourself over it. There might come a time when I need a little help from a friend, you can pay me back then."

[daddysoldmysoul.livejournal.com]

The boy nodded. "All right."

That could work. Not that he had any idea what he'd even been good at that he could help with, but it was something.

[slappingchick.livejournal.com]

"See, much better than worrying yourself." She said, the corner of her mouth lifting in a small smile over her slight victory. "Did you say you're planning to work? Still going to go to school too?"

[daddysoldmysoul.livejournal.com]

"Yeah. There's a guy I talked to. He's a detective. Koto said I could be good at that, with the invisibility, and it doesn't seem too different than looking for Evil Kings."

Who would have thought something as weird as that would come in handy in another world. Go figure.

[slappingchick.livejournal.com]

"A detective huh?" She couldn't help the small laugh. That brought up a few memories. At least being a detective here shouldn't be as dangerous as back home. "Yes, your powers make that a perfect job for you."

"You know Koto?"

[daddysoldmysoul.livejournal.com]

"She helped me out talking to the guy."

Though he hadn't seen her since then. He'd have to go track her down to help her with that whatever interview she wanted to him to help with. He didn't like that hanging over his head like that.

"You know her too?"