A Chance Meeting [Closed]

[calculatedfire.livejournal.com]

Where: Chessboard Hills
When: Afternoon
Rating: PG-13?
Summary: Ryuho is out practicing and meets Poland
the Story: Ryuho is outside practicing. Zetsuei has not been formed yet, at the moment, he is simply working through martial art katas. The Chessboard hills gave him plenty of space. While he'd had few chances to actually fight anyone while here, the repitition and routine of practice gave him focus to think. No one had discovered a way out, and while he'd reviewed the information he could, he couldn't think of one either. So he hadvery little to do except ponder the seemingly insurmountable problem and wait for a chance to act.

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[reckless-eagle.livejournal.com]

Poland is out scouting for a location for his jousting tournament. The hills, of course, aren't suited for jousting, but Elaine's engagement gift got him thinking about sound devices from the future, which got him reading, and he's decided that he totally needs to have a loudspeaker system.

And what better place to mount it than on top of a hill? It'll like, be more noticeable and stuff there, right?

The speakers crackle to life, with a little whine. As the noise begins to dim down, Poland's voice booms out across the fields: "Like, HEAR YE, HEAR YE! Huh, still totally not loud enough..."

[calculatedfire.livejournal.com]

Ryuho stopped, looking over at the offending loudspeaker and then the blond running it.

"Must you be that noisy?"

[reckless-eagle.livejournal.com]

Poland looked over, the microphone still held in front of his face.

"Tota-- Oh, hold on a sec. There we go. Totally! I mean, duh, I'm checking to see if all this sound junk works, so it's like, not like I can just be quiet, right? Kiiiiinda wouldn't work that way!"

[calculatedfire.livejournal.com]

"Why do you need a system like that? I was out here first."

Glare.

[reckless-eagle.livejournal.com]

It was like he didn't even notice the glare. "Um, I dunno, maybe 'cause I'm holding a tournament? Duh. It's like, for the herald!"

[calculatedfire.livejournal.com]

"Did you cause enough trouble with the sparkle text?"

Grumpy grump is grumpy.

[reckless-eagle.livejournal.com]

"Trouble?" Poland scoffed. "You like, make it sound like I'm, I don't know, running around stealing stuff and setting it on fire. Chill out, a little noise is good for you!"

[calculatedfire.livejournal.com]

Some people have useful things to do.

[reckless-eagle.livejournal.com]

"...Oh, gawd." The blond rested a hand on his hip, with an exasperated sigh. "You're like, that guy I was talking to earlier. The whiny one. Can you like, suck it up and deal? I'm totally doing stuff."

[calculatedfire.livejournal.com]

"Whiny?"

Glare. "You will no doubt notice that we have been kidnapped, right? This is not a frivolous thing."

[reckless-eagle.livejournal.com]

"Um, duh? Kinda noticed that one." Another sigh. "Seriously, how dumb do you think I am? But there's like, no point bitching about it while we don't have any clue how to fix it. That's just like, stressing for no reason, and if you wanna do it, fine, but I'm gonna have fun while I can."

[calculatedfire.livejournal.com]

"Very, actually." He looks hi over in supreme disapproval. "Fine, be a moron."

[reckless-eagle.livejournal.com]

"Dumb enough not to notice I'd been kidnapped for half a year? For sure?" He tossed his hair a little. "Dude, screw you."

[calculatedfire.livejournal.com]

"If that's all you can say then your insults are as stupid as their source."

[reckless-eagle.livejournal.com]

Poland twitched, just a little. "God, what is with you? You like, want me to go on? I could like, start with your lame hairdo, or the stick up your ass, or the totally ridiculous look that's like, stuck on your face, or how you're all determined for everyone to feel as bitchy as you all the time--which one do you like better? I've totally got more!"

And he'd only talked to the man for five minutes in total. Didn't even know his name... whoever he was, he had a real knack for rubbing Poland the wrong way.

[calculatedfire.livejournal.com]

[You know what? -_-]

[He's not even going to look in your direction, he's just retrieving his stuff.]

[reckless-eagle.livejournal.com]

Did you just ignore Poland?

Um, no. He is not cool with that. The loudspeaker squeals and crackles as he turns it on again.

"HEY! I'M LIKE, TOTALLY TALKING TO YOU!"

[calculatedfire.livejournal.com]

And I'm totally ignoring you!

You just get a -_- in response.

[reckless-eagle.livejournal.com]

"Gawd, like, who the Hell taught you manners? You SO don't just ignore people when they're talking to you!"

[calculatedfire.livejournal.com]

[Stopping and actually turning to glare at him now.]

It makes more sense than talking to you.

[reckless-eagle.livejournal.com]

He lowered the microphone, still glowering up at Ryuho. "What, so I'm not even worth your words now? Yeah, that's mature!"

[calculatedfire.livejournal.com]

No, you are not. I'm tired of this.

[reckless-eagle.livejournal.com]

"Fine! Be like that! You're like, an eyesore, anyway."

[calculatedfire.livejournal.com]

Hmph. [Walk walk walk]