Smalltown Maids 5

[21:13]	* Luize	dances.
[21:14]	<GMOwen>	ORLY?
[21:14]	* Luize	YARLY
[21:14]	<GMOwen>	Very well then!
[21:15]	<GMOwen>	Intro: And so our "friends" came back home and did ho-hum things like restocking the pantry and making the bedrooms livable enough to sleep in for the night. Apparently there's some air gaps in the bedrooms, as the restless sleepers discovered, much to their chagrin. They'll have to work on that some day.
[21:15]	<GMOwen>	Josh had to leave early for classes the next day, leaving the girls to work on more cleaning and miscellany; he was too tired to give them a to-do list. Lazy fool. But his last class ends at noon, so he'll be coming home to his happy family soon enough...
[21:16]	<Luize>	...this.. should be adequate for now...
[21:17]	* [huh]Yukiko	pulls on her new suit...
[21:17]	<[huh]Yukiko>	Comfortable, yet functional...
[21:17]	* Luize	brushes off sweat on her forehead as she lays the broom aside... she keeps flinging her mind back to that costume... she know she wants to wear it..
[21:18]	* [k]Mirai	finished fixing that air gaps, finally.
[21:18]	<[k]Mirai>	Whew~
[21:20]	<Luize>	... A little...couldn't hurt..
[21:21]	* [huh]Yukiko	wanders the house for a bit in her new outfit.
[21:22]	* [k]Mirai	sits down on the bed. dazed~
[21:22]	* Luize	crawls her way back up to her room to try out the new costume.
[21:23]	<[k]Mirai>	I can't waste such a nice atmosphere...
[21:23]	* [k]Mirai	flops down onto the bed, yawning.
[21:24]	<[k]Mirai>	I'll do the bed later..........
[21:24]	* [k]Mirai	nyan nyan roll roll
[21:24]	<[k]Mirai>	Uwahaha~ warm~
[21:24]	* Luize	hastily changes into said outfit.. oooh~
[21:26]	* Luize	dons the shoes too.. oooh.. a bit shaky.. but gets the hang of it, she even has the umbrella thing open inside..
[21:26]	<Luize>	wahhh~
[21:27]	* [k]Mirai	is enjoying the warm warm bed and nice sunlight.
[21:28]	* Luize	walks around the house to get the hang of the outfit, she goes clack, clack...
[21:28]	* [huh]Yukiko	maybe attempts to clean a little...
[21:30]	<GMOwen>	Yukiko: You break a can of beans. It's all dented and gooey now. Way to go!
[21:30]	* Luize	catches Yukiko.. cleaning.... a.. can of bean?.. What the...she goes check it out. All in costume of course.
[21:31]	<[huh]Yukiko>	Oh, daaamnit...
[21:31]	* [huh]Yukiko	demeanor break. She's honestly almost pouting.
[21:32]	<[huh]Yukiko>	Aaah, what am I gonna do about this...
[21:32]	<Luize>	Yuki...?
[21:32]	<[huh]Yukiko>	Eh?
[21:32]	* Luize	peers from the hallway
[21:32]	* [huh]Yukiko	looks behind her.
[21:34]	* [k]Mirai	is still chilling.
[21:36]	* [huh]Yukiko	is shocked at the sight of Luize. She stumbles backward and falls on her bum.
[21:36]	<[huh]Yukiko>	Owwww...
[21:36]	* Luize	looks a bit flushed as she looks down on a Yukiko... she tries to utter some words...b...
[21:36]	<Luize>	b...boo?
[21:37]	<[huh]Yukiko>	...huh?
[21:38]	<[huh]Yukiko>	Luize...
[21:38]	<Luize>	Ehh... didn't work.. what did I do wrong?..
[21:38]	<[huh]Yukiko>	How long've you been standing there?
[21:39]	<Luize>	...just.. a bit.. why?
[21:39]	* [Owen]Josh	, in the background, rolls up the driveway in the Failwagon. Four hours straight of classes... not fun.
[21:40]	<[huh]Yukiko>	Nothing...
[21:40]	* [huh]Yukiko	hurriedly throws the beans away...
[21:40]	* [k]Mirai	ZzzZzz
[21:42]	<[GM]MiraisDreamVoice>	"No time for ZzzZzz's, Mirai! Josh is home! Wake up wake up~!"
[21:42]	* Luize	looks at hte clanky sound noise... eh..
[21:42]	<[k]Mirai>	"I'd take Josh to this secret fairy garden too~ lalala~"
[21:42]	<Luize>	...why were you trying to clean a can of beans?..
[21:43]	* [k]Mirai	snaps out of it. Secret fairy garden?  Nice.
[21:43]	<[huh]Yukiko>	Huh? Oh, no, this was an accident.
[21:43]	* [k]Mirai	pokes her head out of the window. There's Joshie!
[21:43]	* [huh]Yukiko	blushes a little. This wasn't supposed to happen..
[21:43]	<[k]Mirai>	Welcome back! How's your day today?
[21:43]	* [k]Mirai	waves.
[21:44]	* [Owen]Josh	slings his pack on his shoulder and looks up.
[21:44]	* Luize	gets a towel and cleans Yukiko's mess.
[21:44]	<Luize>	Get up you... can't be leaving a mess for Josh to come home to.
[21:44]	<[Owen]Josh>	"Ahh, Mirai! Not bad-not awesome, but not bad!"
[21:44]	<[huh]Yukiko>	I-I'm sorry...
[21:45]	<[huh]Yukiko>	Wait, what am I apologizing to a kid for?
[21:45]	<[k]Mirai>	I'll be right there!
[21:45]	* [k]Mirai	quickly shuts the window, makes the bed, and strides downstairs.
[21:46]	* [Owen]Josh	enters the front door to see Mirai standing there. He smiles and rubs her shoulder.
[21:47]	<[k]Mirai>	eheheh~
[21:47]	<Luize>	...did you say something?
[21:47]	<[Owen]Josh>	"Working hard or hardly working, then?"
[21:47]	<[huh]Yukiko>	Nothing.
[21:48]	<[k]Mirai>	I'll say both.
[21:48]	* [k]Mirai	ufufu~
[21:48]	* Luize	helps Yukiko up.. she shakes a little.. oof..
[21:49]	* [Owen]Josh	sighs. Ahh, that answer... probably true, though.
[21:49]	<[Owen]Josh>	"Well, I hope you at least fixed those air gaps; bloody things kept me up all night."
[21:50]	<[k]Mirai>	Already done.
[21:50]	<[k]Mirai>	I know it's bugging you, so that's the first thing I did in the morning.
[21:50]	<[Owen]Josh>	"Oh? Cool; I didn't even make a to-do list for you."
[21:50]	* [k]Mirai	did only that for the whole morning, though.
[21:50]	* [Owen]Josh	is impressed. Maybe these girls could actually work out...
[21:51]	<[k]Mirai>	Who do you think I am?
[21:51]	* [k]Mirai	ufufu~
[21:51]	<Luize>	Ah.. there we go..
[21:51]	<[Owen]Josh>	"Most likely not Simon, because you didn't swear, and don't have an epic enough soundtrack yet."
[21:52]	* [k]Mirai	make a puzzled face.
[21:52]	<[k]Mirai>	Simon?
[21:52]	* [Owen]Josh	rolls eyes.
[21:52]	* [k]Mirai	is obviously not into humongous mecha anime.
[21:52]	<[Owen]Josh>	"Ahh, sorry, sorry, it was a joke. Just referencing some anime. Not sure how much you're into those."
[21:53]	<[Owen]Josh>	"Not sure how much I'M into them either for that matter..."
[21:53]	<[k]Mirai>	Well, this is this and that is that!
[21:53]	<[k]Mirai>	I'll put away your belongings. You can take a seat elsewhere.
[21:54]	* [k]Mirai	smiles like she usually does.
[21:54]	<[Owen]Josh>	"Planning on making a sammich or something quick. I'll be in the kitchen."
[21:54]	* [Owen]Josh	did indeed pronounce it "sammich".
[21:54]	<[k]Mirai>	You could just ask one of us. We're here for that.
[21:54]	* [Owen]Josh	starts walking to the kitchen anyways.
[21:54]	<[Owen]Josh>	"Ehh, true, true."
[21:54]	* [k]Mirai	is, sadly, not internet-geek enough to respond to that meme.
[21:55]	* [k]Mirai	sighs, and just takes his belongings upstairs.
[21:55]	* [huh]Yukiko	bows to Josh as he enters the kitchen.
[21:55]	<[huh]Yukiko>	Welcome home.
[21:55]	* [Owen]Josh	enters the kitchen, and sees... the... what?
[21:57]	<Luize>	Welcome back.
[21:58]	* Luize	bows and tips over, falling flat on her face...ooo.. that hurts..
[21:58]	<Luize>	!!
[21:59]	<GMOwen>	The what indeed! Following Josh's suggestions, they're wearing their not-maid clothes today. But instead of boring casual stuff like Josh would appreciate, Yukiko is decked out in an awesome pantsuit, and Luize is rocking an iconicsilly-umbrella-holdi ng girl from a niche Japanese game about oofos!
[22:00]	* [Owen]Josh	stares at the pair.
[22:00]	* [Owen]Josh	squints skeptically.
[22:00]	<[huh]Yukiko>	...Is there a problem?
[22:01]	* [Owen]Josh	points at Yuki.
[22:01]	<[Owen]Josh>	"...No."
[22:01]	* [Owen]Josh	points at Luize.
[22:01]	<[Owen]Josh>	"...Yes."
[22:01]	* Luize	blushes and turns away, she gets back up.
[22:02]	* [Owen]Josh	really is at a loss for words. THIS is what they bought?!
[22:02]	<[huh]Yukiko>	Ah... do you like the suit?
[22:02]	* [huh]Yukiko	scratches her cheek, a faint blush in her cheeks.
[22:03]	* Luize	simply looks at Josh.
[22:03]	<Luize>	Y-you said we could buy any outfit we like..
[22:03]	* [Owen]Josh	fiddles with his goatee, trying to look suave.
[22:04]	* [huh]Yukiko	unfortunately pretty much overshadows Josh on the suave front at the moment.
[22:05]	<[Owen]Josh>	"Ms. Yukiko, I must say, you are quite the paragon of modern style. I approve."
[22:07]	<[huh]Yukiko>	Thank you, Josh.
[22:07]	* [huh]Yukiko	bows again.
[22:07]	* [Owen]Josh	focuses on Luize now.
[22:08]	* Luize	returns the favor by returning the focus to Josh as well.
[22:10]	<[Owen]Josh>	"Ms. Luize, you, however, are dressed as part of a game that ZUN was too lazy to make more than seven characters for."
[22:10]	<Luize>	Look at it this way, I'm also now an extra mid-boss.
[22:10]	* [Owen]Josh	is not impressed.
[22:11]	<[Owen]Josh>	"So was Patchouli, and that game also had two unique mids."
[22:11]	<Luize>	Was chasing the little UFOs too tough for you or something?
[22:11]	* Luize	smirks.
[22:11]	* [Owen]Josh	sighs.
[22:11]	<[Owen]Josh>	"...died more times chasing them than I ever did on the bosses."
[22:12]	* [huh]Yukiko	is thoroughly lost in this conversation.
[22:13]	* [k]Mirai	just came down the stairs.
[22:13]	* [k]Mirai	pokes her head into the kitchen.
[22:13]	<[k]Mirai>	Oh my! Everyone's in their new costume! Is this a special occasion?
[22:13]	* [Owen]Josh	turns around to Mirai.
[22:13]	<[Owen]Josh>	"Don't tell me YOU have one too...?"
[22:14]	<[k]Mirai>	Oh, I do! Want me to show you?
[22:14]	* [Owen]Josh	shakes his head and gives up. Might as well get this out of the way...
[22:15]	<[Owen]Josh>	"...so long as you'll let me make my own sammich..."
[22:15]	<Luize>	Hehehe..
[22:15]	<Luize>	Your only option is to get used to it Josh.
[22:15]	<[huh]Yukiko>	Is this troubling?
[22:15]	* [Owen]Josh	goes to the fridge and pulls out some deli materials.
[22:16]	<[Owen]Josh>	"Better than the maid uniforms, I suppose."
[22:16]	* [huh]Yukiko	shrugs.
[22:16]	<[huh]Yukiko>	I'm quite partial to my own...
[22:16]	* [Owen]Josh	nods.
[22:17]	<[Owen]Josh>	"Oh yeah, yeah, YOURS I like."
[22:17]	* [k]Mirai	disappears upstairs for a while, come back with GRACE.
[22:17]	<[k]Mirai>	Flutters~
[22:18]	* [k]Mirai	graceful gradient-hair spin!
[22:18]	* [Owen]Josh	stares at the Hiziri Byakuren.
[22:19]	<[k]Mirai>	Nice, huh?
[22:19]	* [Owen]Josh	points at Mirai like he did with the other two.
[22:19]	<[Owen]Josh>	"...Mmmaybe."
[22:19]	<[k]Mirai>	Gracie~
[22:19]	* [k]Mirai	curtsy!
[22:19]	* Luize	suddenly hugs the Heian era saint~
[22:19]	* [k]Mirai	is hugged!
[22:19]	<[k]Mirai>	My~!
[22:19]	<Luize>	Hiziri-sama~
[22:20]	<[k]Mirai>	Silly you. It's me, Mirai~
[22:20]	* [k]Mirai	, strangely enough, knows nothing about magical girl shooting dammakuu.
[22:21]	<Luize>	I know its you. Geez, act in character please.
[22:21]	<[k]Mirai>	Character?
[22:21]	<[k]Mirai>	Oh, so this is a cosplay of sorts?
[22:21]	* [k]Mirai	fuwafuwa flutters again!
[22:22]	<[k]Mirai>	I bought it because it looks so nice.
[22:22]	* [huh]Yukiko	is lost again... what's with these obscure references?
[22:22]	* [Owen]Josh	watches this spectacle. His life is slowly turning into an anime cliche. Unacceptable!
[22:22]	<Luize>	...you're a Heian Era Monk who loved all youkais and human alike but had the powers of a youkai as such a magician in fact but waas locked away for some odd reason. Your brother, Myoren is dead.
[22:23]	* [k]Mirai	hmms.
[22:23]	<[k]Mirai>	Alright...
[22:23]	* [k]Mirai	reloads the character database.
[22:23]	* [k]Mirai	then GRACE UP.
[22:23]	<[k]Mirai>	Kogasa~
[22:24]	* Luize	claps.
[22:24]	<Luize>	Good job.. now.. we can't be doing this all day in front of Josh.
[22:24]	<[k]Mirai>	true, that.
[22:24]	* [Owen]Josh	goes back to nomming a sammich. At least Yukiko didn't end up as Nue or somebody...
[22:24]	* Luize	looks at Yukiko..
[22:24]	<[k]Mirai>	Hey, hey, Joshie.
[22:24]	<[k]Mirai>	Should I change it back?
[22:25]	<Luize>	You'd look nice as that Heian Alien Yukiko..
[22:25]	<[huh]Yukiko>	...A...
[22:25]	<[huh]Yukiko>	A what?
[22:25]	* [k]Mirai	lifts it up a little. Sneeeeak peeeek!
[22:26]	<[k]Mirai>	this dress is a bit too long for housework, really...
[22:27]	* [Owen]Josh	is distracted from his nom by a Mirai's silky leg! Good heavens!
[22:27]	* [k]Mirai	lifts more~
[22:27]	* Luize	looks at the two.. this is too good to interrupt with one of her remarks.
[22:27]	* [Owen]Josh	chastely looks away and focuses on turkey and cheese instead. Om nom nom.
[22:28]	* [k]Mirai	is satisfied. Playing pranks on the helpless guy IS fun, after all.
[22:28]	<Luize>	I think it'll go better with some mayonnaise between the buns Josh.
[22:28]	<[Owen]Josh>	"I... I thought the point was to get MORE decency from your clothes, Mirai."
[22:29]	<[k]Mirai>	It does look nice, non?
[22:29]	* [Owen]Josh	thinks on an appropriate response.
[22:31]	* [Owen]Josh	comes up with a good one. He walks over to her and sets the rest of his sandwich on top of Mirai's now-uplifed busom. It rests there quite nicely.
[22:31]	<[Owen]Josh>	"Perhaps a little TOO nice. That's just excessive, you know."
[22:31]	* [k]Mirai	is amused.
[22:31]	<[k]Mirai>	Ufufufufu~
[22:32]	* [k]Mirai	responds with her trademark laugh.
[22:32]	<Luize>	Oh my.. Josh, didn't know you were into those kind of things.
[22:32]	* [huh]Yukiko	is a bit bored at this point, she starts making herself a sandwich...
[22:32]	* [huh]Yukiko	stops, loos between the soy sauce and the mustard, then decides to just eat bread.
[22:32]	* [Owen]Josh	glares at Luize sarcastically.
[22:32]	<[Owen]Josh>	"When I start EATING it off her chest, then you know I've hit rock bottom."
[22:32]	* [k]Mirai	put the sammich back where it should.
[22:33]	<[k]Mirai>	I'll go change.
[22:33]	<[k]Mirai>	be right back.
[22:33]	<[Owen]Josh>	"It's your call. Don't mind me."
[22:33]	<[huh]Yukiko>	I'd keep you from such depravity.
[22:33]	* [k]Mirai	curtsies, and GRACEFULLY STRIDES out of the room, with an additional sparky-sparky effect.
[22:33]	<[huh]Yukiko>	With force, if need be.
[22:33]	* Luize	tries to keep a poker face but it seems to be failing.
[22:33]	<[Owen]Josh>	"I'm not as easily distracted as you think, girls."
[22:34]	<[k]Mirai>	Oh!
[22:34]	* [k]Mirai	pokes her head back.
[22:34]	* [k]Mirai	winks at Josh, and somehow at Yukiko too.
[22:34]	<[k]Mirai>	No peeping!
[22:34]	* [k]Mirai	disappears!
[22:35]	* [Owen]Josh	dusts the crumbs off his shirt after finishing his sammich.
[22:35]	* [huh]Yukiko	notices the wink, and gives a puzzled expression.
[22:35]	<Luize>	.... do you have something for us to do today Josh? We've pretty much cleaned the whole house down from the floor up.
[22:36]	* [Owen]Josh	thinks.
[22:36]	<[Owen]Josh>	"Well, there's still all that boxed furniture sitting around. We might as well get that out of the way."
[22:37]	* Luize	sighs.
[22:37]	<Luize>	Of course, how did I forget about those...but wait...
[22:38]	* Luize	take off the tacky geta sandles.
[22:39]	* [huh]Yukiko	finishes her own... bread...
[22:41]	<GMOwen>	From the second floor balcony, violin bowings can be heard. Unlike yesterday, these are quite a bit better.
[22:41]	* [Owen]Josh	listens in, and is intrigued.
[22:42]	* [huh]Yukiko	looks up.
[22:42]	<[huh]Yukiko>	Mirai...
[22:42]	<Luize>	...the girl's full of surprises.
[22:42]	* Luize	smiles.
[22:43]	* [Owen]Josh	was planning on doing this eventually anyways. He pads upstairs quickly, nodding to Mirai as he passes her, and comes back with his acoustic guitar.
[22:43]	* [k]Mirai	notes her master's arrival, but pays it no mind. Concentration!
[22:44]	* [Owen]Josh	doesn't recognize the tune, but he picks up the chords easily enough and gives her some background.
[22:44]	* [huh]Yukiko	listens, smiling appreciatively.
[22:45]	* Luize	goes to the source of the melodious music...mm.. it gets better as she nears.
[22:46]	* [k]Mirai	, registering the additional instrument, adapts the flow to accommodate the soft strumming.
[22:48]	* Luize	helps herself to the balcony and quietly enters... this is nice...
[22:50]	* [k]Mirai	eventually finishes the song.
[22:50]	<[k]Mirai>	...It's been a long time since I graduated.
[22:51]	<[k]Mirai>	never really put it to good use, ahaha...
[22:51]	* [Owen]Josh	is interested.
[22:51]	<[Owen]Josh>	"Graduated?"
[22:52]	<[k]Mirai>	I graduated from Smalltown Liberal Arts College. Violin major.
[22:53]	<[k]Mirai>	since last year.
[22:53]	<[Owen]Josh>	"You went to SLAC?"
[22:52]	* Luize	claps.
[22:53]	* [k]Mirai	bows. An audience!
[22:54]	<[k]Mirai>	Gracie.
[22:54]	<[k]Mirai>	And yes, I'm a SLAC alumni.
[22:54]	<Luize>	And I thought classical music was a dying breed, good job you two.
[22:55]	* [huh]Yukiko	claps politely.
[22:55]	<Luize>	A shame I no longer have my Cello..
[22:55]	* Luize	sighs.
[22:55]	<[k]Mirai>	Classics have no age. It always exist, and always will be.
[22:55]	* [k]Mirai	says that with pride.
[22:55]	<[Owen]Josh>	"Ideally, yeah. Too bad people don't care anymore. All they care about is lame stuff like:"
[22:56]	* [Owen]Josh	plays the opening notes to Smoke on the Water, the guitarist's Chopsticks.
[22:56]	<[Owen]Josh>	"I mean, seriously."
[22:56]	<Luize>	IOSYS, Lady Gag(a), and that cheap excuse for music.
[22:57]	<[k]Mirai>	Ugh... gotta agree with that one.
[22:57]	* [k]Mirai	is traumatized by Lady gaggaaaahhh.
[22:58]	* [huh]Yukiko	doesn't recognize the names.
[22:59]	<[Owen]Josh>	"And more than half the 'rock' bands out there to boot."
[22:59]	<[Owen]Josh>	"Where's the next Queen? The next Journey?"
[22:59]	<Luize>	Or Soundgarden I'd say.
[22:59]	* [huh]Yukiko	feels so lost.
[23:00]	<[Owen]Josh>	"We'll have to remedy that, Luize. With music I could really care less what you're wearing or not wearing."
[23:01]	<[Owen]Josh>	"If we can all start playing together, at least there's common ground. Yuki, do you play anything?"
[23:01]	<[huh]Yukiko>	Hmmm...
[23:01]	<[k]Mirai>	Do our costumes bother you that much? I could get a normal tee and jeans for you, if you really wish so.
[23:02]	* [k]Mirai	is sincere.
[23:02]	* [Owen]Josh	sighs. Gah, not this again.
[23:02]	<[Owen]Josh>	"Okay, look, look, girls. Listen up; all of you."
[23:02]	<[Owen]Josh>	"I just want to say this once, k?"
[23:02]	* [huh]Yukiko	looks up.
[23:02]	* [k]Mirai	nyan.
[23:03]	<[Owen]Josh>	"All right, I come from a family with high morals, and I'm happy to have them."
[23:03]	<[Owen]Josh>	"I'm even going to college to become a minister in the long run."
[23:03]	* [k]Mirai	nodnods.
[23:03]	* Luize	is listening intently.
[23:04]	<[Owen]Josh>	"So yes, this means that I'm not going to be taking you up on all your little seductive tricks, and yeah, I'll probably frown on depravity and what not.  Maybe.  Sometimes."
[23:04]	<[Owen]Josh>	"But, to borrow from the internet, I am NOT Lawful Stupid."
[23:04]	<Luize>	Pardon my rudeness Josh... may I interrupt?
[23:05]	<[Owen]Josh>	"Oh? Yeah, yeah, go ahead. I'm not done, though."
[23:05]	* [k]Mirai	sulks. This is her fault, probably...
[23:06]	<Luize>	Call it as you will, Depravity or not, such behaviors at least in a minimal sense is rooted down to our behavior and instinct as a human being. Instead of dissapproving why not direct it to something else?
[23:07]	<[huh]Yukiko>	...Like what?
[23:07]	* [Owen]Josh	nods.
[23:07]	<[Owen]Josh>	"Okay, see, I was getting to that. In retrospect I should've kept going."
[23:07]	<Luize>	Ah, well then.. please go ahead.. and Yukiko.. I'll answer you after Josh is done with his monologue.
[23:08]	* [Owen]Josh	continues with the lame self-righteous monologue.
[23:08]	<[Owen]Josh>	"What I'm trying to say is that, well... the thing that makes something a problem is making it a problem."
[23:08]	<[Owen]Josh>	"You know, like racism or gender inequality."
[23:09]	* Luize	nods.
[23:09]	<[Owen]Josh>	"So from now on I'm just going to do my best to ignore the problems and focus on the not-problems, k?"
[23:10]	<Luize>	Agreed.
[23:10]	<[Owen]Josh>	"I suppose nitpicking gets us nowhere if we're all living under the same roof."
[23:11]	<[huh]Yukiko>	I support your plan, Josh.
[23:11]	<[k]Mirai>	I'll behave myself... sorry...
[23:11]	* [k]Mirai	sullllkkk.
[23:12]	* Luize	pats.
[23:12]	<Luize>	Let me reiterate for you Mirai.
[23:13]	<Luize>	You did nothing wrong, thus there is no need to sulk.
[23:13]	<[k]Mirai>	Okay...?
[23:14]	<Luize>	Now.. are you gonna let a child like me talk to an adult like you like that?
[23:14]	* Luize	smiles warmly.
[23:15]	* [k]Mirai	just stand there, being troubled.
[23:15]	* [Owen]Josh	sort of backs down. Wow, he just sounded like some idiot that would talk on the internet about this stuff and get flamed to hell in a handbasket.
[23:16]	<GMOwen>	Good thing you're not on the Internet then, Josh! Herp Derp.
[23:17]	* [huh]Yukiko	pats Josh on the shoulder.
[23:17]	<Luize>	Come on people, lets stop being so damn serious, we can be serious when we're dead.
[23:18]	<[k]Mirai>	Y-yes! That's right! Gotta think positive!
[23:18]	* [k]Mirai	brightens up!
[23:18]	* [k]Mirai	also bounces, boing boing!
[23:18]	* Luize	irks a little at Mirai's... blessings but pay littles attention to it after a quick glance.
[23:18]	<[huh]Yukiko>	Now, if we've resolved our issues...
[23:19]	* [Owen]Josh	resists the juvenile urge to go bow-chika-wow-wow on his guitar!
[23:19]	* [Owen]Josh	busts out the Dueling Banjos instead!
[23:19]	<[huh]Yukiko>	Were we going to finish those boxes?
[23:20]	<[Owen]Josh>	"Doo do do, do do, do do, do doooo...."
[23:20]	* Luize	sighs.
[23:20]	* [Owen]Josh	waits for a response.
[23:20]	* [huh]Yukiko	thinks (or just guitar, that's cool too.)
[23:20]	* [k]Mirai	kinda spins around, being happy.
[23:20]	<Luize>	So this is why he transferred me to this guy...
[23:20]	* [Owen]Josh	looks stupid waiting for another duelist.
[23:20]	* [k]Mirai	is not GRACE FLUTTER this time. Just, spin.
[23:21]	<Luize>	...fine. I'll take you up on that.. don't feel bad if a child beats you Josh.
[23:24]	<Luize>	...where's the other instruments...
[23:24]	<Luize>	I thought you had another Banjo.. tch.
[23:24]	* [Owen]Josh	plays the opening line again, and adds:
[23:25]	<[Owen]Josh>	"I got a banjo in my room. Go get it."
[23:25]	* [k]Mirai	finishes with the spins and sit down. She takes off her glasses and gives them some wipe-wipe.
[23:25]	* Luize	bows before leaving, sliding her way out the door.
[23:26]	* [huh]Yukiko	sits next to Mirai. Might as well enjoy it.
[23:26]	<[k]Mirai>	The furniture can wait, right?
[23:26]	* [k]Mirai	smiles to Yukiko.
[23:26]	* [huh]Yukiko	gives a small smile back.
[23:27]	* [Owen]Josh	plays the opening line again. Waiting, waiting, waiting...
[23:28]	* Luize	comes back with a rather beat-up banjo.. geez..
[23:30]	* [Owen]Josh	leans against the balcony rail and acts casual.
[23:30]	<Luize>	Right then.. shall we?
[23:32]	* [k]Mirai	watches the duel unfold! Oh joy!
[23:33]	* [Owen]Josh	finally plays the opening do-do-dooo-dooo-doooo for real this time.
[23:33]	* Luize	plays clumsily at first.
[23:33]	<Luize>	Tch... dammit..
[23:34]	* [Owen]Josh	says nothing and tightens up his playing some more. You must not shame the dueling banjos!
[23:35]	* Luize	finally gets the hang of it and plucks a tune or two.
[23:36]	* [Owen]Josh	still spaces out the responses. He's waiting for her to speed it up.
[23:38]	* Luize	looks at Josh's stance and adapts it to her own and considerably picks up the pace.
[23:39]	<Luize>	...mm.. hows this?
[23:39]	* [Owen]Josh	nods and moves into the smooth part of the duel without gaps.
[23:40]	<[Owen]Josh>	"...still too slow."
[23:40]	* [Owen]Josh	forces it faster piece by piece.
[23:40]	* [huh]Yukiko	looks from one to the other.
[23:41]	<Luize>	...ah...!
[23:42]	* [Owen]Josh	smirks; he's got the easy part. The banjo side of this is like thrice as hard once it gets fast.
[23:44]	* Luize	keeps pace... it's clearly wearing on her hands though.
[23:46]	* [Owen]Josh	backs off a bit. For him, he'd rather the song just stay nice and clean, meant to be enjoyed by all.
[23:47]	<GMOwen>	And they played and played all the way through the credit roll, which was interrupted by that stupid voiceover guy who tells you what the next show is.
[23:48]	<GMOwen>	Later, Josh downloaded Dueling Banjos from the Interwebs and played it on loop for the rest of the day.