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We're gonna need to clean it up somehow. You do know how stubborn glitter is, right?

[He shrugged. It was life. But he smirked at Souji as an idea hit him.]

Besides, you could've just called me if you wanted my attention-- and said somehting like 'Hey, Cliff. You wanna hang out?' [His tone was that of mocking exaggeration.] Or, better yet. 'Gee, Cliff. I found a great spot on the beach to watch some hot chicks play volley ball. Wanna join me there for a few beers?'

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[There was a fatal flaw in Cliff's plan. Or rather, a few fatal flaws.

One, he didn't know what beer was.
Two, he didn't know volleyball.

And three, he had no intention whatsoever of cleaning up his present. What good was a present if he took it away?

Souji, still looking confused, rocked back on his heels and put his hands behind his back, linking his fingers together.]

Because that's not as fun. And yes, I know how stubborn glitter is.

Also the weather is too cold for the beach.

But what are you doing today, Cliff-san? Are you still working on the electronics?

I will be later.

[Because it was becoming clear that Cliff would need o fix some of these misunderstandings on Souji's part. Beer and girls and volleyball might just do the guy some good.]

But, I've got nothing now.

[He stared pointedly at Souji-- there wouldn't be an escape for long.]

Just.

Look. I dunno how you did all this, but could you make the, uh, toys stop flying around? Glitter and stubbornness, you know.

[Two of those things he would not find interesting, unfortunately.

When asked, he leaned to the side, looking around Cliff at the settling storm in the man's room. After confirming that it was getting better, he leaned back and smiled up at him. Better, however, was a relative term. The paper animals were already coming to rest on the floor and various pieces of Cliff's furniture, so that was out of the way. The glitter, however, was still floating gently in the air, slowly but surely getting everywhere that Cliff probably didn't want it to go. ]

It's almost done. I didn't expect you to kick the door open. If you hadn't, it wouldn't have gotten so messy.

It would have gotten messy anyway.

[He knew that for a fact, after the last incident that left his apartment flooded with glitter. It had taken both Fayt and himself a good few days to clear out most of it, and even now Cliff founds specks of glitter that stuck around for the long term. Cliff counted his blessings that he had no major projects that he was working on for the moment, and that the current microwave he was 'fixing' was stored in the next room over.

He'd be done with it. Soon.

Cliff sighed and tossed his irritation away. It was too late for regrets, but he could tolerate a few if it meant having a bizarre friend.]

Whatever. It doesn't matter. The point is that you didn't need to go through all this if you wanted my attention. Just a call would've worked, and I don't mind being woken up.

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But then I couldn't have given you this.

[Souji reached into his sleeve and pulled out a small folded green dinosaur, much like the one he had been turned into recently. Unlike its fellows, the dinosaur was completely absent of all glitter and Souji held it out to Cliff with a smile.]

And it's more fun meeting this way. The other ways are boring.

[Cliff took the paper dinosaur gently into his hands, now grinning about the over the top delivery and the simplicity of the small gift. The folds were neat, as if folded with an engineer's keen eye, but the artistry of it was evident in it's form.

He laughed.]

This...this is one helluva way to give a gift!

Souji. I take it back. This is an awesome wake up call.

I'm so glad you like it. I was worried you were about to chase me around the village.

[Because this is a thing that has happened, albeit not to him because he would never let himself get caught pulling the type of prank that resulted in being chased around the village. He left such things to other people, like his friends.

With the present delivered and Cliff laughing, Souji seemed to relax a little. He smiled a little more easily and put his hands behind his back again.]

I thought about hiding it in your house, but I wasn't sure if you would find it.

Why would anyone--?

[He burst out laughing.]

That must've been one helluva prank to get that kinda reaction. Seriously.

[He ran a hand through his hair, feeling much calmer than he had just moments before. Souji would always be Souji-- someone who was dangerous with a blade but had lots of fun in his heart.]

You're right about me not finding it in this place too easily. It's all this. [He gestured at the remains of a small box fan that was spread out on his desk,] It's kind of a mess...not that your present was much better.

How'd you manage the wind anyway?

He reeeeeally doesn't like it when I take his haiku.

[Didn't. Souji didn't think he'd ever see Hijikata in Luceti again, and while that made him sad, he knew that they'd see each other again. It would be a bittersweet reunion, but he wouldn't remember why and that somehow made it more bearable.

When asked about the wind, he motioned over his shoulder to the slightly open window.] It must have been that.

And my present is sooo much better. Look~ It sparkles.

The wind, huh?

[Cliff wasn't convinced. The spiraling glitter in his room was too organized to be a random gust, but he wasn't going to argue it at this point.

He had a hunch that Souji hadn't just shown up to glitterbomb him.]

Well. It made things more interesting, that's for sure. Why did you take someone's haiku anyway?

Another friend was upset.

[Because that was a good enough reason for him. Souji shrugged a little and patted his hands against his legs, trying to get the last of the dust and glitter off him. There was hardly any left at all, but his habits made him want to check again, just to be sure.]

His elder brother and I thought it would be a good idea to help re-energize him.

[Well, he thought it would be a good idea and the elder brother had just been dragged into it.]

Well, that's one way to do that...

[It sounded like something that would happen on the Diplo, for sure. For a slim and delicate looking Earthling, Souji could definitely hit close to Klausian levels of shenanigans.]

He scratched his head, returning to the original topic.]

Anyway, you wanted to do something today? I'm completely free...what's up?

It was a lot of fun.

[His glee was practically tangible at that.]

Oh.

Ohhhh, right. I did come here to ask something. .... [He paused.] ...but now I can't remember what.

...

You can't remember what.

[He didn't want to believe that this entire demonstration was just for a whim. Or that Souji was really that flakey.]

Mm.......

[He took a slow, deliberate step forward toward the room door, peering inside it. Perhaps looking at his handiwork would help jog his memory. He had come here for something, and while he hadn't actually forgotten, he wasn't willing to delve into it yet.]

Wow. It really did get everywhere.

It wasn't nearly this messy when I imagined a sparkle zoo in my head.

[He could respect taking time to get to a topic, but Cliff found that he was tiring of the distractions.]

What did you expect, Souji? It's glitter!

[He sighed and relaxed his stance. There was totally something different at hand.]

...You didn't come just to bug me about ping pong or something, did you? Wanna go get breakfast while you try to jog your memory?

...I would have to know ping pong to bug you about it. [Yet another distraction was born! Souji smiled at the suggestion and stepped back from the doorway, swivelling around on one foot to face Cliff.]

But breakfast sounds wonderful. What do you usually eat in the mornings?

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[He was going to need to fix the ping pong problem, and he would give Souji as much time as he needed before he cut to the chase.]

Uh. Coffee. Maybe eggs, or whatever's around. Nothing too special. What do you do?

[Ew, coffee. Souji almost makes a face, but he restrains himself. Lots of people here like coffee, it seems. Smoker likes it, too, but he's grumpy so that doesn't count.]

Mm....it depends. Usually I cook fish and rice in the mornings and cut some pickles for it, or take a pickled plum out from the pantry. Ayumu-san used to make wonderful breakfasts, but since she went home, I'm afraid the cooking quality at home has gone down.

[He laughs, shrugging a little.]

Is it not custom in your-- [pause] --planet? Ship? Ship. To eat breakfast?

[Fish and pickled plum was one of the more unique breakfasts that he had heard of, but it wasn't entirely unknown. It was traditional, somehow. But, that was interplanetary history from almost a millenium ago. There's only so much that a man can care about on that level.]

Nah, we still eat breakfast. It's just not a production unless something special's going on, but we're more likely to eat lunch or dinner together in that situation. I just tend to keep odd hours when I'm on the move, so normally I end up eating breakfast alone anyway. If nothing big is happening, I don't really care about what I'm eating. Just as long as it's not bland like, say, buttered grits.

Were you on the move often?

[He understood that idea - on the road, he rarely ate more than a bit of rice or vegetables at the most. He hadn't travelled out of Kyoto in some time, but he remembered the trek from Edo and that the excitement had helped alleviate the empty stomachs.]

--Oh, I suppose you would be. Living on a ship, yes?

Well, there's also my job.

[He grinned. Although he had things that he kept quiet too, he was fine with skirting close to the details.]

It's kinda hard to have a quiet life when the group you work for's gotten pretty popular. I don't mind it, though. It keeps life interesting.

Popular in a good way, I hope?

[Because Souji knew what it was like to be popular in the other way and that wasn't something he would wish on other people. It bothering Hijikata enough that he refused to call himself a wolf anymore, and Yamanami stopped carrying a sword entirely because of it.]

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