Oh my gosh, Hi! (Open)

[Lani Hunter]

Ok, now he was sure that Eri was crazy. “How about you,” he gestured to Eri, “Do that. And I’ll,” he gestured to himself, “Pretend I don’t know you.” He smiled to show he was teasing. He had to admit that with Eri’s apparent motivation he wouldn’t be surprised if she could pull it off. He had a reputation as a trouble maker and he was fine with living up to that it was rather fun after all. But Eri would never know about his darker past, he had already decided. There were too many people here that knew his past and he wanted to keep that number low. Eri wouldn’t have to worry about anything hands on from Lani unless it was to shove the cupcake man away. He didn’t see any reason that Eri would have to know either which was a blessing in and of itself.

Lani raised a brow at Eri and took a step to the side. “Eri, I’m not going to cuddle with you,” Lani said as if he had taken his offer seriously. Lani was going to draw the line there. He could deal with hugs and even Eri poking at his face and calling him adorable because he was sure that the other man was just joking or teasing. Cuddling was a little bit much for him. Lani couldn’t keep his serious expression for long as hearing about how happy Eri was made him happy. He waved his hands in a downward motion as if to cool her enthusiasm. It was a little overwhelming. “Sounds good.” Lani was honestly surprised that he was here and not having exploded at her… him, he really needed to stop doing that, for touching him. He was used to people being able to read when he was uncomfortable and backing off but it seemed like Eri found this ‘adorable’ and did it all the more.

Lani smirked at Eri and he had a more than cocky expression on his face. “Really? I’d like to see you try.” He taunted wondering slightly if he would eventually learn to regret those words. The fingers drew in and in fear of him pinching Lani’s cheeks again Lani caught his hands between his own holding them until he was able to get out of range again. Lani wrapped his arms around his torso as he laughed at Eri’s impression. He hadn’t laughed this hard in ages! It was starting to hurt! He recovered only to laugh again when ruffling Eri’s hair had the desired effect. Lani leaned away and closed the eye closest to Eri as the hand came at him. He wrinkled his nose and ducked out from under it brushing his hand through his hair fixing the mess it had made. Eri was out of luck for Lani had significantly less hair than he did and didn’t really care about what it looked like so long as it didn’t look like he rolled out of bed.

Lani’s eyes widened and he shook his head at Eri, alright, leave Eri out of any future trouble making. “That doesn’t mean you have to stop breathing!” Lani exclaimed before smacking his palm into his forehead. He was going to have a red mark on his forehead if this kept up. He looked down at Eri, how old had the file said he was? It seemed like Eri was very much still innocent. And if not innocent he did a very good job at faking it. Either Eri was just as good at masks as he was or he really was just this carefree. Lani had to admit that he was jealous. “Alright, come on Swabbie, we’ve got the treasure now it’s time to split.” He glanced down the hall. He sighed he was probably going to hear about this Eri was very bad at the whole not drawing attention thing.

Opening his mouth to protest being hugged one of his adjectives distracted him. “Squishy!” He exclaimed and looked down at himself. He prided himself on not being squishy. “Ok, ok, lemme go!” He poked Eri in the stomach to get him to release his hold. Truth be told Lani hadn’t figured out how to feel about it yet. He knew all about putting on masks and being someone who he wasn’t. Maybe Eri’s was a step above what Lani’s was but it was essentially the same thing. Maybe Lani couldn’t sympathize but he could understand, or at least try to. Lani just raised a brow not really wanting to know why he was thinking about ponies. Eri was more of a girl than his little sister was. Lani paused and smiled as she ran after him. He laughed and shook his head covering his smile with a hand. He stuffed his hands in the front pocket of his hoodie and as Eri caught up he matched pace with her wondering how she had been able to run in those shoes. “What classes are you in?” Lani asked now that he had his schedule he was curious if he was actually in any of the same classes with Eri.

[Erik Köler]

Eri grinned, laughing to the man, "Oh you're so cute! being afraid of things like that ! It's silly! If it's a robot head it can't really hurt you! " Eri stated with a point of his finger. "First rule of artificial intelligence ! " Eri declared with a hand held in the air. Declaring it to be. Eri seemed fond of the way Lani seemed to cringe away from such things. It amused eri to say the least though it also made Eri want to have one even more just so he could chase Lani around with it.

"Awh!but but ! Captain adorable pants is so cuddly ! How can I not cuddle ! You said to buy you dinner ! I will! " Eri stated flailing those arms at him though eri let out a series of laughs (close to giggles) over the fact that the other man didn't seem to want to be the cuddly type. he even denied being adorable which Eri thought he was insane for. Couldn't he see how adorably cute he was? Eri was surprised! Eri seemed to forget the topic of his flailing for a minute as the other man said it sounded good. "Oh yay! I'm so happy!" he declared once more as he bounced where he stood.

Eri's lips pressed together as those cheeks got sucked in making a fish type face at the man. As if holding some sort of over-swelling of excitement in before it would burst out in a loud, "HERE I COME! " Eri stated diving for the other man's hair with those hands. Lani's laughter made him feel good. The other man had a nice laugh and the fact that he seemed to laugh because of those behaviors made it all the better. Eri hated his ability's effects on other people. It made it hard for him to tell who liked him because he was as he was and who liked him only because the pheromones urged it. As Lani dodged his movements for that hair Eri laughed, nearly tumbling over, though managing to keep his feet--this time. Eri laughed, turning to face Lani better again, "awh! You're so fast! Eri can never catch up! I'll just have to sneak attack you later!" Eri stated with a wiggle of his fingers toward the other man.

Though eri was in fact a legal adult he didn't really seem to act like it, that was for sure, especially with his whole holding of the breath act. Eri would grin to Lani, "oH! Well! that's okay! I can breathe now ! that's what's important!" Though eri visibly made a startled expression seeing him smack his own forehead again. "no no! Don't do that ! " he stated trying to grasp the other man's hand away form his head. "You're gonna hurt yourself ! Then i'll be sad! You can't do that oh my gosh!" eri declared to him giving a worried expression which seemed almost awkward upon his features. "oh ! yay ! Treasure map splitting the booty lets go get the booty!" Eri declared following him down the hall.

"yes! Squishie ! As in cuddly and cute and squeezeable!" he stated giving the man a large smile. Eri hadn't really realized how squishie sounded to other people. "Okay okay! but sooooooon!" eri declared wiggling fingers at the other man in regards to hugging on his arm. Eri skipped fter him, more or less, until they walked on even pace. Eri would walk with him, waving at people they would pass with a bright smile, "OH MY GOSH Everyone here is so friendly! It makes me so happy!" He declared though he caught Lani's question then, "Um! " he looked at the paper. "ASTROooonnaaammyyyy uh... Math ! Ew math! i'm bad at math ! but at least the numbers are pretty!" he stated to begin with.

[Lani Hunter]

“I’m not afraid,” Lani protested raising his chin defiantly. “I’m not afraid of anything.” Lie, there was one thing in this world that he was very much afraid of… water. But that was one thing no one was going to know about him if he could help it. “Have you ever seen ‘I, Robot’?” Lani questioned, “Artificial intelligence is always going to eventually be a problem. They say the world will end in fire or ice but I’m really thinking it’s something more like robots or zombies.” Lani shut his mouth with that conclusion as he realized he was becoming dangerously close to rambling. Though if Lani were to become face to face with an android head he would probably be really freaked out. He liked to think that there was a difference between being frightened and being startled. It would startle him more than anything else but that didn’t mean he wasn’t going to run from a killer robot.

“No, no, no,” Lani said holding up his hands as if to ward away Eri. “No one is buying anyone dinner because we are not cuddling. I’m not cuddly,” Lani huffed and did his best to look prickly. Lani’s self image was being wounded a little as Eri cooed about how adorable he was. He sighed he could be intimidating when he wanted to but he really had no reason to be intimidating at the moment he was just going to have to be fast and firm when he was avoiding his arms. He wasn’t going to cuddle with Eri, that was just a little too much closeness for Lani for not knowing someone so well. He gave Eri a dangerous warning glance to keep his distance but the second later Eri reiterated his happiness and Lani smiled his eyes softening and dropping the harsh glance.

Lani ducked and leaned back, part of being tall had its advantages. “Whoa, careful,” Lani laughed catching Eri’s elbow as it looked like he was going to tumble. How could he do anything in those shoes? Lani’s lips twitched up into a smirk and he nodded. He ruffled Eri’s hair again. “Good luck with that,” he said with sarcasm dripping from his voice. Needless to say Lani didn’t think that Eri possessed the qualities needed to sneak up on anyone let alone a seasoned thief trained in the art of disappearing and watching for other people who were also disappearing. If anyone was going to get the element of surprise it was Lani. He smiled a little a cocky expression crossing his face as he rose to meet the wordless challenge. Eri had accidentally gotten himself on Lani’s radar for people he needed to pull a trick on. A simple joke and it had the reverse effect because Lani was not dead set on sneak attacking Eri.

Lani groaned as Eri didn’t seem to get it. Holding his breath was not the way to be quiet. After all what if Lani had elected not to come back, was Eri really not going to breathe? Lani threw Eri a confused look as he grabbed at Lani’s hand and pulled it away from his face. He smiled at Eri touched by the look of concern he had. Poor Eri had no idea that this was probably the least pain he had ever caused himself. No, he never outright sought to hurt himself but his accidental overuse of his power gave him blinding headaches and he had a high pain tolerance. “Don’t worry about me,” Lani said giving him a smile. Worrying was Lani’s self appointed job after all. It was still strange having people worry about him. They moved and Lani hoped that that would be the end of that conversation. He laughed and nodded. “Yes please I’m hungry,” he said with a smile as the feel hit him.

Lani flung his hands in the air in exasperation he might be stubborn but even his stubbornness was proving to be no match for the seemingly clueless Eri. Lani gave Eri a sly glance and that was all the warning the pastel man got before Lani started poking more and more at his stomach trying to find a ticklish spot that would get Eri to let go. Lani glanced sideways at Eri and nodded looking around at the people who seemed to have rather stunned expressions on their faces. Lani didn’t really care what everyone thought of Eri, he was nice. He didn’t even really notice that people associated him with Odion and so he probably wouldn’t notice if they associated him with Eri or the other way around. But one thing was certain if someone decided it would be a good idea to start messing with Eri they would have a rather angry telekinetic to deal with. “There are a few people you’ve gotta watch out for,” Lani advised one blonde coming to mind immediately. Out the front door Lani ducked his head a little and with a flicker of his eyes he caused a commotion for the security at the gate to let them slip by without any trouble. Though Eri wasn’t doing anything to help their stealthy way out. “Oh how is Astronomy?” He asked curiously he was still upset that he had heard about the class after he had already sighed up for his. “Which math?”

[Erik Köler]

"Oh pish posh! Everyone's afraid of something! Even me!" Eri declared flailing those arms at the other man in an over-enthusiastic fashion. He couldn't help himself after all. The effect the pheromones had on his own stability were perhaps a bit too obvious at this point."nope! I have not! Is it a good movie? does it have cute robots? Do they go beep boop beep ? ! " Eri questioned rather rapily firing off one question after the other. "Zombies! " Eri declared throwing a fist in the air. "I think it's going to be zombies ! just because there's already alot of disease and hunger and soon the two will mix and rawrr zombies will be reborn!" Eri declared putting those hands near his face and giving a 'rawr' type of gesture.

"awh! But you are cuddly! You feel cuddly when i hug you ! Cuddly cute captain adorable pants!" He declared toward the other man. Eri didn't seem to notice at all the harsh glares the other man gave. It was really as though such things just fluttered through Eri and filtered into happy things. He grinned to the other man, enjoying the softer gazes, he couldn't help but to grin. His face felt as though it were going to get stuck like that. The more that Lani would argue his 'adorable'-ness the more that Eri would believe himt o be adorable. That was definite of course.

Eri gave a happy laugh as he was caught and kept from falling. "Thankie thankie cap'in adorable pants!" He declared to the other male. Though flailing rather rapidily again as his hair was ruffled once more. Eri's cheeks poofed as he gave an over-exaggerated huff of a noise to the sensation. "eee! the hair the hair! " Eri declared whilst laughing and trying to wiggle out of the ruffling range somewhat. "You just wait ! I'll sneak up when you least expect it ! I can be sneaky too you know! " he lied. Because of his ability it was very hard for him to sneak up on people without them feeling the effects of his ability.

"I always worry about nice people! especially if they hurt themselves ! I don't like that ! nope not one bit! So don't do it ! Or i'll be very sad! I might just cry!" eri declared up to the other man. Though still smiling brightly all the while. It would have made alot of people wonder if eri was even capable of crying when he saw so much beauty and joy in the most simple of things. "Yay! hungry bellies need food! food food !Lets go grab us some booty!" eri stated waving the 'map' around in the air in front of them. "I will keep an eye out for pirates that might want our booty!" eri declared. Laughing lightly.

The poking continued, finally hit that point on eri that made eri jerk back out of natural response, throwing him into a fit of laughter as he writhed away. "eeee ! Oh my gosh! Not there ! I'm ticklish don't poke me there !" Eri exclaimed hugging thos arms around his own sides to 'guard' against the tickling. After Eri had managed to 'calm' enough to unwrap those arms from his own sides he looked around the halls, "oohhh? Like who! Everyone seems so nice! Not as nice as captain adorable pants but still nice!" He declared. It was true, alot of people had much less patience for eri, and then some were quite thrilled by his liveliness. There was rarely an inbetween. Eri didn't really seem to notice that theyw ere trying to make a stealthy exit, nor what had happened to let them outside of the gate, all he knew that he was happy and talking with someone he found to be alot of fun.

"Astronommmmy is greatttt! All the pretty stars to look at and talk about! The teacher is really funny! He wiggles his head alot and it makes Eri think of an owl! hoot hoot! " Eri declared while looking back to the 'map', "Uhhh! Al-GE- BRAHHHH! " eri declared as he waved the paper. "Math about bras ! I wonder if we get to try them on!" eri questioned hyperly.

[Lani Hunter]

Lani smiled cockily and shook his head. “Nope, not me, I’m an anomaly.” Lani laughed and shook his head. “Not it has scary robots that are trying to take over the world and enslave the human race.” He said as if he were commenting on the weather. Lani shuddered a little, that would be a terrible way to go. “Zombies it is then,” Lani agreed, well speaking of the world ending, “Do you think that’s what the Mayans saw when they predicted the end this year?” Lani had to admit that he was a little surprised by the insight delivered from Eri’s mouth. Goes to show you can’t judge a book by its cover. It was a scary thought that some disease might be able to make people crazed enough to become pretty much dead cannibals.

“No, no I’m not,” Lani crossed his arms and nodded to emphasize how approachable he was. “And stop calling me that that’s a terrible name for a pirate captain,” he said exasperatedly. Eri seemed to ignore everything that didn’t fit into what he wanted to happen. Lani saw him as very innocent as if he had not been disillusioned to the world. His thief’s mind was thinking about how easy it would be to manipulate someone like Eri. That could be dangerous for her. Lani didn’t have a leash on him anymore so he wasn’t worried about Eri getting hurt because of his line or work and he knew that he himself wouldn’t feel right manipulating him. But that didn’t mean that he wouldn’t. There was the catch, Lani knew it was wrong but it didn’t stop him. But he didn’t have reason to manipulate Eri, he didn’t want to.

Lani snorted out laugher and let Eri move out of range. He wondered how long it took Eri to do his hair in the morning, oh well he was having fun foiling all that hard work. “Don’t lie, you like it,” he laughed faking as if he was going to go to mess up Eri’s hair again. Lani gave Eri a smile that spelled he was having a moment when he couldn’t stop feeling arrogant. He’d give up stealing for life if Eri could sneak up on him. “Uh-huh, we’ll see.” It was the mixture of his own skill along with his power would make it very hard for Eri to sneak up on him. Lani’s grin was cocky and lifted his chin making him look even taller than he was. He honestly was going to love to see Eri try it was bound to be entertaining. So far there was only one person who had ever succeeded in sneaking up on him.

Lani’s humor slipped away from his face and he patted Eri’s shoulder. “Alright, alright, don’t cry. I’ll stop.” He said giving Eri a soft smile and pulling back. It would probably take a lot to make someone like Eri cry and Lani didn’t want to be someone who would make that happen. It happened to everyone. Emotions got too much and it broke people down. Lani raised his hands in defeat showing that he was going to let Eri win this one. The subject changed again like a kaleidoscope and Lani was glad for that. He didn’t want to talk about anything very personal today. Not after he had all but been torn apart by his advisor. His eyes wandered and for a moment his smile dissipated as he walked next to Eri. It didn’t last long and Lani grinned at Eri. “Good work Swabbie.”

Finally Lani hit the spot that got Eri to twitch. Lani laughed and delivered a quick few more jabs to that spot before Eri was able to wiggle away. That was a good thing to know and it was also a good lesson that when Eri got close it also made it harder for him to get away. Lani couldn’t help but laugh as Eri moved out of the way. Lani shrugged, “Just watch out for someone named Rhett and you should be fine.” Lani ducked his head reaching his hand back to scratched at his hair. There wasn’t a person here that Lani despised more, though the kid that had beaten Odion up was a close second. Lani smiled a little but it faded quickly. He wasn’t as nice as Eri thought he was. Lani felt several times better out of the gates of Hammel and was they walked down the drive Lani turned to listen to Eri on his classes.

“I’m jealous,” Lani admitted. He loved stars, they were eternal and they were pure energy. They were amazing and fit in with his desire to know more about the world they lived in. Lani laughed as he described the teacher. That was too funny. Lani smiled. “I love algebra,” Lani admitted sheepishly. Oh dear his geek was showing. He had a thing for math and science. He loved history but hated taking the class and loved to read but hated English class. At least he had for a while. Then Dalton came and then he was gone and he came back to being unhappy with English class. “Maybe we aren’t in any of the same classes after all.” He shrugged as they found their way to the center of Pilot Ridge. “You have any idea what you want yet?” He looked around at the few placed, there was a burger joint, an Italian diner, and a deli.

[Erik Köler]

"AH! That can't be true ! because you tried to dodge me messing up your hair! If you weren't afraid of anything then you wouldn't be afraid of me messing it up right right right?!" Eri's logic was odd. That was to say the least of that matter. "ZOmbies! Will you save me from the zombies if they come to try to eat my brain cap'in adorable pants!? " eri questioned gave a bright smile. "There's even people being scarey and eating faces in uh.. ah.. some place where it's warm i froget what it's called though!" He declared.

"Yes you are you are you are ! " eri declared flailing at the other man. "No it's not! Captain adorable pants of the pirates of awesome is a fantastic name! It sounds so cute! You strike the fear of romance in the hearts of all! bwah-ha-ha-ha!" Eri stated over exaggerating the evil laughter. It was true, eri was very easy to manipulate, so long as someone didn't try to advance upon him romantically. It took someone very special for eri to even consider being in a relationship with them let alone being intimate. However, it had happened before. Eri had been manipulated that time as well and found out the hard way, but being as Eri was he got over it far to quickly. It just wasn't in him to stay sad even if it put scars into the back of his mind. Eri had never been manipulated into commiting a crime, but that is not to say that he couldn't be. He had j ust never known many people who would do such things.

"eeee!" he would squeal out, more or less, as he tried to avoid the ruffling of his hair. Laughing all the while, "so! It's hard work for the hair !" he declared with a happy smile. A grin would soon replace that smile as eri tapped his lace-gloved fingertips together. "heh heh heh ! I am going to have fun showing you how sneaky i can be !" eri exclaimed to the other man. Laughing rather loudly to the way the other man held his chin up so proudly, "SEe! You're perfect as captain adorable pants!" He declared once again hugging his arms around Lani's torso. Squishing him more or less.

"Good! I don't like to cry!" eri stated with the pat on his shoulder. "Yay! I did a good job!" he stated toward the other man as he released his hug around the man's body once again. Running his hands over his chest a bit, down his abdomen, and over his skirt to smooth the fabric of his dress out once again. He had to look nice after all. Wrinkles weren't good for that type of clothing and they could ruin the entire effect of his own look.

"Eee! Ah! it tickles!" eri would exclaim thereafter due to the jobs given to those ticklish points upon his body. "Someone named Rhett? Why? Is he a monster? Rawrrr ! LIke a kraken!? OH ! Is he the kraken trying to sink our ship!? Oh no! I'll scare him away with my sword !" Eri stated drawing that invisible sword and pointing it ahead of himself once again.

"Jealous?" Eri stated giving a confused expression as he caught up with the other man agian. Leaning somewhat to see Lani's expression, that lookk of confusion on his own features, though upon seeing that smile on lani's face eri's grin would grow once again upon those features. "Really!? Can you help me ! I don't understand it at all! So many pretty numbers all jumbled up inside my head i go woooosssh ! " eri stated making swirling motions above his head with his hands as he spoke.

"Spaahgettttiiiiiii! OHHHHH! " he declare raising both hands into the air and waving them as if he were trying to mimic noodles. Eri would drop those arms then, giving the other man a grin, "Even if we aren't in any classes together i hope i get to see you again captain adorable pants ~ " he would state in a sing-song tone of voice as he walked.

[Lani Hunter]

Lani held up a hand and shook his head at Eri laughing. “No, it’s true. There’s a difference between being afraid and not wanting you to touch my hair.” He shrugged and with that he stabbed the hole in Eri’s logic with dynamite and blew it sky high. Lani shrugged and gave Eri a sly look, “Depends on how annoying you’re being,” he teased and gave a bright smile to Eri to show he was kidding before adding, “No if there is a zombie invasion I got your back.” He cocked his head interested in this strange place that Eri was talking about. That was just gross. And wrong on so many levels. Infinitely many levels of wrong. “Ugh… you know why don’t we talk about something a little more pleasant if we’re gonna go eat, eh?” He offered rhetorically just wanting to get the image of people eating faces out of his mind.

Lani shook his head wishing Eri would just let it go but either way Lani wasn’t about to be out-stubborned. Lani looked at Eri and wondered if he was tripping on some drug at the moment and this was an elaborate dream and Eri was just a normal person and his mind was making all of this up. Well, he certainly wasn’t doing drugs and he liked to think he would know if was being slipped something. He had better just bite the bullet and accept that this was real life. He went to smack himself in the forehead again but recalling how upset Eri got about it the last time he resisted the urge and made the motion into something rub his eyes and sigh with exaggerated effort. “So let me get this right, I’m Captain with a nickname that was vetoed and my goal in life is to strike the fear of romance? Geez Eri, that makes me sound like a man whore!” He laughed, like ‘beware I’ll make your girlfriends fall in love with me’? He shook his head at his new friend and found himself enjoying his company as the more time when by.

Laughing Lani bobbed his head in agreement. “I can imagine, but if you get hugs I get to ruffle your hair.” He said giving Eri a sly grin. Checkmate. Did Eri like giving Lani hugs more than he liked his hair? Eri was loud and Lani just smiled at him. “I’ll be looking forward to it.” Eri was making it increasingly more difficult to protest. He should just accept that Eri liked hugs. Lani had no problems with hugs but he was definitely more hesitant and trying to keep his distance after he found out he was male. It was an unfair thing but as much as Lani tried not to he treated genders differently. He was getting better but he still was a little confused about the whole thing going on with Eri’s disagreement with his gender. Or rather just his refusal to accept gender roles. Lani jumped but couldn’t get away from Eri’s arms in time and he patted Eri’s shoulder finding himself laughing. “Eri! Lemme go! Can’t breathe!” He lied just wanting to be free.

Lani shook his head as he was released and watched as the other man smoothed his skirt. Honestly it suited him rather well. At this point Lani would probably be terribly surprised to see Eri in normal men’s clothing. Or normal clothing at all. He wondered if he dressed like this even when he was just relaxing in his room. Lani loved sitting around in sweatpants and an old concert tee. He laughed, being ticklish was something Lani kept a very tight secret but he loved discovering that others were ticklish. Lani’s smile faded and he huffed angrily. “Worse than a kraken. He’s…” Lani paused now thinking about how to do this with Eri’s pirate theme. “He’s a two faced rival captain.” Eri’s gesture with the sword made him laugh. He didn’t what Eri to get mixed up with Rhett, Lani had a severely biased opinion of him but he knew Rhett liked to manipulate people. No Rhett was no monster, but perhaps that was what made him all the more dangerous.

Lani shrugged and turned toward Eri a little bit started by how close Eri was. “Yeah, I love stuff like that. Stars and weather and earth. The physical sciences that make the universe and the world work.” He stopped himself before he started getting into something philosophical. He could go on and on about the universe as a physical and a metaphysical body. For his own good Odion had the right idea of just shutting him down when he started but sometimes Lani just liked to ramble. Lani nodded, “Of course, it’s really not all that bad once you get the hang of it.” He smiled. Math problems were like puzzles and there was nothing more satisfying than solving a hard problem.

“Italian it is then,” Lani smiled and paced ahead holding the door open for Eri. Lani blinked in surprise at Eri and his smile softened into a rare warm and touched smile. “I’m sure you will, Eri.” When Lani found someone he considered a friend he liked to keep an eye out for them and if they had the change to hang out take it. “Besides, we need to have that Twilight Zone marathon.” He laughed a little at the expression on the hostess’s face as she showed them to a table.

[Erik Köler]

"What is the difference then? I'll get you though! Sneak attack for the captain adorable pants !" He declared loudly. "I still think you have some fear somewhere! I've never meet a person in my whole big life that didn't have a fear ! " he stated with a cheerful smile despite it all. He was determined to figure out what that fear was. Not because he wanted to cause Lani harm. Or to use it against him. Or even to tell anyone, but because he wanted to prove himself right. "Am I annoying?" he questioned touching his lower lip with his thumb. Giving a pout of an expression, his smile fading for a brief moment, to give a saddened loko. However, as lani said he would have his back eri's smile returned to his features. "oh yay! I will guard your back to captain adorable pants!" he noted happily. Eri couldn't really remember the place he'd seen on the news, but it didn't really matter. It had been a while ago by now and had been dumbed down to just being an incident of bath salt abuse that lead to loss of sanity. "oh okay! We can talk about the sky! oh the sky is so high up! I wish i could fly!" Eri declared flapping his arms.

"Are you tired?! We can go to my dorm instead and you can take a nap there ! Eri will guard captain adorable pants with lots of swabbie skilsl!" he stated while invisible stabbing the air with his air sword. Eri laughed slightly to the explanation behind the other male's protest, "no no! That's not what captain adorable pants does! He strikes the fear or romance because he's so cute everyone is afraid they will fall for him ! but one day captain adorable pants meets the perfect person and he steals them away and rides the big ship of awesome into the awesome sunset !" Eri declared. "It's adorable like adorable pants honestly!" he stated flailing at the other man.
Eri thought seriously on it for a moment. Those features displayed an inner battle as eri's hands held out infront of himself, moving one after the other, up then down. As if he were weight the pros and cons. However, after a few moments eri declared. "Deal! " he stated throwing a hand in the air. "I will wear less hair things next time so they don't get tangled up and i will give lots of hugs !" he declared happily. Eri would grin when Lani spoke of looking forward to his attempts to sneak up on him, "Good! Be on guard captain!" He saluted. Though as he hugged the other man tightly eri laughed. The pat on his shoulder made him happy, but he would release Lani with a series of hyper laughs. "Woopsie! Sorry! I didn't know i was hugging that tight!" he stated happily.

Lani would likely have been surprised many times over by the attire that Eri wore. It ranged from normal clothing to overly flamboyant clothing and of course those dresses. Most of the time Eri dressed like such, but slumming it Eri was no different than most. Wearing just a simple tshirt and shorts around his room. Many people would have been surprised by that, but somehow few ever saw him like such. "Worse!? A rhett is worse than a kraken?! I will stay far far away then! I don't want to get eaten up!" he stated with a laugh. Though Eri somewhat wondered what it was about this rhett person that the other male found so much hate for. "What did the monster do? Did it eat your family?" he questioned looking toward Lani more closely.

"ohh! How cool! I like the stars too! The stars are so pretty and there are so many! I wonder what it would be like to fly in the stars?!" eri asked rather cheerfully. "Do you think that the universe really goes on forever and ever? I wonder if it does or if it's just like the earth! it's really really really big, but after you leave it there's something even bigger beyond it ! We're just to small to get to that part ! " he declared. " That's what i think anyway." he chimed happily as they walked.

"yay ! Italian! I love spaghetti with the balls in it ! " eri stated cheerfully. Moving through the doorway. Giving a curtsy to the other male after passing through, "Thank you captain adorable pants!" he chimed politely. "I am so happy to hear that! I really like talking with you!" he added. "AH! Yes ! Twilight zone marathon! I love twilight zone!" he declared as he bounced where he stood until the hostess lead them to the table. Eri didn't seem to take much notice of the expression on that woman's face; he was used to those sorts of reactions.

[Lani Hunter]

“There is a great difference,” Lani answered his lips turning up in a smile, perhaps he always belonged in a debate environment. He shook his head, “Not me, nothing.” If Lani didn’t lie for a living and couldn’t produce such things as easily as breathing he would be in trouble. He didn’t want to admit that he feared water. After all, who feared something that was essentially harmless. It wasn’t like he lost his marbles over a puddle but any large body of water gave him butterflies even from a distance. Lani snickered a little at the pout and shook his head, “Not at the moment. Besides that’s not always a bad thing.” He smiled, how many times had he called Odion annoying? Then how many more times had he thought it? Lani laughed and looked at Eri for a moment before declaring, “I’m doomed!” In reality Eri would probably have his back rather well, if zombies did come around Lani intended to surround himself with a collection of friends and powerful people. Lani smiled but held back on admitting his own fascination with the sky. That one moment he had grow wings had been the most glorious time. He had soared high and far but even with that freedom he didn’t leave like he had always wanted to.

Lani just shook his head, he wasn’t going to take that as a serious question. He was not going to nap in Eri’s bed. No. Eri had a very strange perception of romance. Sure Lani had been attracted to people before based on looks alone but it was personality that got him and Lani had a feeling his personality was a little dry, at least compared to Eri. Lani gave Eri a sly look at cocked his head curiously at him. “Are you afraid, Swabbie?” He teased giving Eri a wink breaking into laugher as he realized he was starting to flirt and that needed to not happen. So Lani added, “That’s ridiculous,” soon after his question. Why was Lani so relaxed? He was pretty sure under any other circumstances that Lani would be more freaked out than he was. It must have been something in the air. Lani’s mind drifted to Odion, it was too soon to say anything about that but he swallowed a little nervous. Despite that warning thought his smile became warm as those blue eyes invaded his thoughts and the redhead his mind’s eye. “You really thought that through,” Lani said raising his brows in surprise by the happy ending. People like Lani didn’t get happy endings, they got illusions of happy endings. But a happy ending with Odion, wouldn’t that be nice?

Lani was lost in his thoughts and he raised a brow when Eri didn’t say anything for a few moments, how odd that it was starting to worry him when Eri was quite for more than ten seconds. Lani’s eyebrows jumped in surprise. He smiled ready to take what he could get to get Eri to not hug him all the time but it seemed like he had lost this one as well. Now it was Lani’s turn to throw his hands in the air, but his was in defeat not in excitement. “Oh, I’ll be on guard,” Lani informed Eri, poor Eri didn’t know that in sneaking up on Lani he might have a few more tricks up his sleeves than Eri anticipated. It was so much fun tricking the one who was planning on sneaking up on them. Lani had done it once or twice but always to a fellow thief. Lani didn’t think he had a lot to worry about with Eri, but he had been wrong before. He laughed a little to himself, he had been wrong before but not this time. He breathed easier when he was let go and he made a show of catching his breath.

Nodding solemnly Lani said, “A Rhett is much worse than a kraken.” Lani smiled glad that Eri was taking his advice. He had to admit that there was just a twinge of guilt in warning Eri about Rhett, the other blonde had tried to apologize and Lani had kind of forgiven him but he was still waiting to hear from Adrianna about whether he was really going to forgive Rhett. He honestly didn’t think it was going to happen if Rhett didn’t at least try to change. Lani bared his teeth in a snarl at the thought. He composed himself and shook his head. “It’s a long story… and most of it isn’t mine to tell,” Lani said carefully after a moment of thought. Odion wouldn’t want his business being spread around. He had let things slip to Diana but he wasn’t drunk at the moment. And now Diana was a good friend, someone he trusted. Mostly because she hadn’t turned him in for being underage. But what Rhett had done to Adrianna was the first thing that made him start treating Rhett as an enemy.

Lani smiled, imagine that, they had something in common. Flying and stargazing. “It would be awesome, at least if we could get to stars. The vastness of space is mindboggling.” Just as Lani had said that Eri mentioned the size of the universe. He might regret opening this can of worms. “I think the universe is an ever-expanding body of space and time. I think of it as a sphere whose center rests the origins of the Big Bang, right? And it just keeps racing outward. I do however think that it may be more of an ellipsoid, stretching farther in the horizontal than the vertical, like how galaxies spread out.” Lani rambled on and on. “But it is so infinitely huge that we can’t begin to fathom it and perhaps there is a bit of fate mixed into the universe. But it does make you think doesn’t it? Like we’re just specks of dust on a speck of a planet on a galaxy that could be the size of a penny in the infinite universe and yet… and yet we created mathematics to figure that out, philosophy and technology. We can’t be the only ones out here, Eri.”

Lani laughed he liked Italian but he hadn’t been back to eat it since he went out with Rhett and Odion. Now that had been a rough night. Lani just laughed at Eri’s curtsy, and again marveled that this person was Erik. “Me too,” Lani admitted honestly. Lani took a seat and nodded. “It’s great. My favorite is the one with the guy who just wants to read.” He flipped open a menu and for a moment he peeked over it at Eri. He was so incredibly baffled by this guy, who acted more like a girl who didn’t have a filter and always spoke it seemed like the first thing that came onto his mind. Lani honestly wished he could be more like Eri, not in the ways of dressing and all that, he could never do that, but in the ability to speak his mind and have honesty be as easy as breathing instead of lying.

[Erik Köler]

"wellll if you say so!" he stated happily smiling to the other man. "hmmm, so that's how it is huh?" he stated with a grin. "Captain adorable pants is super awesome! So brave and so amazing! I wish i could be like captain amazing pants! but even I am afraid of things !" He stated with a laugh. "It must be nice not to be afraid of things." he added. "Gooddd! I am glad!" he exclaimed. Throwing his hands into the air, stretching them toward the sky as they walked, happily smiling all the while. "Dooooom! Doom song ! Doom doom doom !" eri sang out before falling into a small fit of laughs.

Eri's expression seemed a little confused, at first, but then he became thoughtful. Biting on the tip of his thumb for a moment, though after a few moments of awkward silence had passed, he pointed a finger infront of him. As if he were going to shout 'objection!' though instead he declared, "Yes ! And no! " Eri declared. Looking up to the other man before explaining, "I am afraid of love! but not of captain adorable pants's ridiculously awesome adorable pants-ness! That's because captains never try to love their swabbies ! So Eri is okay !" he declared with a small laugh. "Not true! not true ! It's not ridiculous at all! It'll happen one day! I just know it! Captain adorable pants is to nice and too adorable not to have a happily ever after!" he stated stamping his foot as he shouted up to the other man. He grinned widely, "yep!"

"You should be ! Eri is sneaky sneaky!" he stated making a 'claw' with his hands and a 'rawr' type gesture with those hands. Eri would let the other man go, though the smile did not leave his lips, instead his hands waved in an apologetic manner infront of himself. Eri truly was very animated, both in gesture, and in personality.

"scarey! that sounds really sacarey! I will have to stay far far away so I don't get eaten by the scarey monster !" he declared. "Okay! Then it is a mystery! dun dun dun!" eri stated half tempted to try to solve the mystery, but the look on Lani's face told him it was better not to pry too much into taht matter.

"yeahh! It is ! I bet it's fun being a star !" he declared again. "I wonder if birds can fly that high ! " eri questioned, flapping his arms much like a bird, as if he were going to take off and fly to the heaven's right then. Eri listened to him explain his ideas, his beliefs, on how the universe existed. Eri's expression was wide-eyes and fascinated, "woooow! That sounds amazing ! Fate too? How would you say that fate is combined into it too? yess! it makes my head hurt with how much it makes me think ! " he stated all in one breath. Though he paused, nodding rapidly, "Yeah! we are a spec, but we're not the only ones! I know it! The universe is way to big to only have one place with life ! I want to meet an alien! to meet an alien would be great ! " he declared.

"Oh my gosh that is a great one! I like the one with the mannequins too! It was so creeeepy! It made me afraid to go to stores with them for a long time !" he stated with a laugh. He wiggled a bit as he sat there across from Lani. Seemingly having a hard time sitting still, "woah! this place smells so good! my stomach is going to eat itself !" he exclaimed happily as he looked toward Lani. "i'm definitely getting spaghetti! What are you going to have captain adorable pants?" he questioned as he shifted to sit cross-legged.

[Lani Hunter]

Lani was done with the conversation on fears. He hadn’t told anyone. Guilt was starting to spread through him, he hadn’t told Odion or Adrianna about his time with his boss and that had ended badly, he should have learned his lesson. Lani laughed a little and nodded. Lani flushed crimson at the praise. Eri would have to be careful if Lani wanted to fit through doors. He shrugged, “Being afraid of things isn’t always bad, perhaps it’s smart.” He wasn’t sure, he knew there were things that he should be afraid of that he wasn’t and then there were things that he feared for no reason. Lani laughed and crossed his arms. “It’s pretty nice,” he said with a cocky grin. He gave Eri a strange look and just shook his head laughing lightly at the random Gir moment. Lani might have to start calling him Gir.

Lani cocked his head, he hadn’t actually been expecting a serious answer from Eri. “You’re afraid of love?” Lani asked in surprise and had to stop himself from saying ‘me too’ since he had already emphasized how he didn’t fear anything. This was one of those holes that always got him into trouble. “Good,” Lani said with a smile and patted Eri’s shoulder, “Besides if you’re part of my crew you’re gonna strike fear into other’s hearts as well.” Lani smiled glad that Eri was putting in the effort but he didn’t even know who he was, he was off his map and he didn’t know what these feelings were. They were overwhelming and exciting and Odion swirled in the center. He regretted what he had done to Adrianna and yet he still wondered if they would have been able to make it if he hadn’t screwed it all up. He had a feeling he was going to keep screwing up. His smile softened a little and he just barely kept it from vanishing. He wasn’t as good as Eri was making him out to be. He felt the need to confess that he wasn’t a good person to him but that old fear of rejection stalled his tongue. “You too, Eri.”

Lani smirked and raised a brow. “Oh, I’m shaking in my bunny slippers,” Lani teased the sarcasm dripping from his voice. Lani couldn’t help it when Eri gave him the apologetic look Lani lost his cool and chuckled. Giving Eri a gentle punch in the shoulder Lani winked, “Gotcha.” He swiftly moved himself out of reach in case Eri was going to retaliate. Lani couldn’t keep from laughing and hid his smile with his hands his eyes glowing with mirth. No Eri didn’t need to know about the darker side that Lani had and Lani was fine with that. He didn’t let people in but so far. Eri was as close as he was going to get for now. He was definitely more polite than his best friend who had ignored all the walls.

Nodding Lani was glad that Eri was going to keep his distance. “Good I wouldn’t want to have to bail you out…” Lani paused then shrugged, “Actually it would give me an excuse to hit him so…” He shrugged, he didn’t like that he was letting his anger and emotions make him a violent person. He had a long fuse but there were people and things that just made him snap and he didn’t like that about himself. He was working on it, he just wasn’t doing a very good job of it. He smiled, glad Eri didn’t pry, he would have simply told a lie but he was starting to see that the more lies built up to hide behind the more maintaining it needed lest the crumble under their own weight.

“Eri birds can’t fly out of the atmosphere,” he laughed shaking his head a little, that couldn’t be a real thing. Lani nodded, “Fate is always tied into it, like we’re all a drift in this life and the universe controls fate but people change and things happen and don’t happen. There are probably an infinite amount of possible universes.” Lani smiled and he was devouring his chance to talk about the universe. “Maybe it’s not fate. The universe is a cold and lifeless thing but who knows how it molds life. Life is the only thing that doesn’t make sense, the universe had to have a purpose for that.” Lani said not realizing that he was personifying the universe. One of these days he was going to find out what Odion thought about the universe. “Wouldn’t that be awesome!” Lani cried just as enthusiastic as Eri for once, “Think of how much we could learn about life and about the universe and about… everything.” Yes, Lani had forgotten that they had just been discussing aliens and probes, he never really thought that aliens were just evil. Perhaps they were like people, there were good aliens and bad ones and those in the middle. But then if they were looking at humans how alien would they look?

“Oh yeah,” Lani agreed, that was one of the freakiest ones. “And yet you still love dolls?” He shook his head lacking understanding. He raised a brow at Eri and just smiled to himself, Eri really couldn’t sit still. Lani nodded and glanced at the menu. “I think I’m just gonna get a meatball sub.” He wasn’t really feeling noodles at the moment and it always paid to try something new. He wished he could steal some of Eri’s energy he was feeling tired just trying to keep up. If Lani had thought he had seen it all he had been dead wrong.

[Erik Köler]

There was too much that Eri was afraid of, but at the same time it wasn't something that Eri liked to linger on so it was left as it was for the most part. "Yeah? I guess so. Being afraid keeps us away from the things that pose danger, but they say that sometimes things most worth doing in life are the things we're most afraid of. " eri stated with a bright smile. "I hope to conquer all my fears before i die !" eri stated with a tone that showed he was confident that one day he might actually be able to.

Eri seemed thoughtful a bit before nodding, "Yes. I am very afraid of love, because love for me is not real. When people are around me they're encouraged to like me. How is that fair to them? but i can't stop it. So i can't ever tell who really loves me and who is only loving me because my ability says they should. " he stated in a more serious and calmer tone. His voice held more masculinity in that state, but it was quickly lost behind that cheerful tone once again. "Aye aye cap'in adorable pants!" he would declare. Saluting to the other man with a grin. "Don't forget that you're a good person, Lani! I know it! Just look at that cute smile! A bad person couldn't possibly smile like that !" he stated sounding sure of it. Reaching over to the other man and attempting to poke at the corners of his mouth again.

"You have bunny slippers too!? Oh awesome! You should wear them when you come over to visit me ! " he stated as if he expected the other man was going to come over to his dorm to hang out or something. Though the punch in his shoulder made him go into a small fit of laughter, "Adorable pants! "he declared just because he could.

"Hit him? " he gasped slightly. A little surprised by the suggestion of hitting someone else. He silently wondered what the man had done to make Lani so angry. "he must be a pretty awful monster for someone as nice as captain adorable pants to want to hurt him. " he stated making note of how positively frightening this Rhett person sounded. Eri wanted to know the details, but still he didn't want to upset Lani.

"they can't? awwh! what if they wore birdie helmets? Then could they? Like astronauts! I used to think they were fish bowls, it kind of scared me, i was scared that if i became an astronaut the fishbowl would get stuck on my head!" he stated with a soft laugh. making hand gestures that indicated someone putting on a helmet. Eri talked with his hands alot as well."it has to have a purpose! Why else would we be here? I like the idea of fate, but it confuses me alot !" he admitted with a laugh. "I mean if it's fate, we can't change it right, huh? " he questioned with a smile. Though he nodded, "It would be awesome! super duper awesome!" he exclaimed happily. "I Know ! It's exciting to think about! " he declared happily.

"Yeah i do! The dolls are cute! The mannequins look like plastic people! " he stated with a laugh. Fidgetting on his bench as he looked around. "oh! Meatball subs are good! Lots of balls in your mouth with every bite !" eri declared not really thinking about how it sounded. Though at that point Eri was laying on his back on the bench, with his feet and leaning against the wall, his head tilted back to look at the waitress' as they walked about. The ruffled petticoat beneath his skirt flopping over to make his legs look like some sort of chop sticks stuck into a flower.

[Lani Hunter]

Lani shook his head unable to understand how learning to swim would be something worth doing. Granted it was practical but he had his power, he wasn’t worried about not being able to get out of the water. “I’m sure you will, perhaps you’ll be fearless enough to Captain your own ship,” Lani gave Eri a wink. People were only limited by the barriers they put up themselves. Lani looked at Eri, he couldn’t imagine that anyone could put barriers up around Eri. But he also couldn’t say that Eri didn’t have parents who supported him, Lani didn’t know but he knew if he started doing that he would officially be disowned. His father had been threatening him with it for years and hadn’t done it but he had a feeling that dressing like a girl might be the last straw. He hoped Eri had people who were supportive of him. That really could make or break a person.

It pained Lani to admit that he was surprised that this upset Eri so much. Lani wanted to tell Eri that that wasn’t true that he didn’t notice the pheromones but the fact of the matter was that Lani did, but he had a feeling he would have liked Eri anyways. Lani considered how to answer a little unprepared for the level voice Eri had. “It’s not something you can help, but that doesn’t mean you have to let it control you. Just because people are encouraged to like you doesn’t mean that their feelings are fake,” Lani was sure he didn’t understand the situation fully but he was curious now. “Besides you can control what emotions your influence right? So if you’re really curious about a person try to change how they feel and if they change then they’re not worth it anyways, but if not that might be something to look into.” Lani suggested. Eri though seemed down with the conversation and Lani just laughed and shook his head. “Thanks for that Eri, really.” It touched Lani that Eri thought he was a good person but at the same time made him feel laden with guilt.

And the feeling was gone and Lani couldn’t help himself he smacked himself in the forehead. “You’re bad at sarcasm aren’t you?” Lani asked teasingly. Even if Lani owned bunny slippers he certainly wouldn’t wear them anywhere people could see. “Would you quit calling me that?” Lani complained but he couldn’t help but smile. He had only had one person call him adorable to his face and he was getting a little overloaded. He a self image and it was not anything kind or adorable. He was a thief and a good one at that. He was nothing more than a shadow when he did his best work. Lani had to admit that he craved for the attention that he deserved for some of the heists he had pulled off, and solo at that. The telekinetic didn’t need anyone to pull off something spectacular and for him that also translated into: he didn’t need anyone for anything.

Lani shrugged and shook his head with a sigh. “Eh, I probably wouldn’t hit him. But I’d really want to.” He didn’t want to be a violent person and pretending like he was wasn’t helping. He also didn’t want to scare Eri into thinking that he would hit him. No, he didn’t hit a lot of people and those that he did he felt deserved it. But Lani wasn’t stupid about it, he wouldn’t go rushing into something without planning it out. Especially when he knew that he had the potential to get hurt or get someone else hurt.

Laughing Lani imagined the birds with helmets. “I guess they could if they had helmets,” he had never really thought about it in much detail. He couldn’t stop laughing as Eri told him of the fear of fishbowls being stuck on his head. That was a new one. Lani nodded, “Me too, but that’s what makes it fun,” he grinned. He really had a problem, perhaps he should forget about being a trainer and just start drugs and sit around doing philosophy all the time. “I don’t know about you but I’m not letting fate have a hand in my life.” And destiny could go screw itself. Lani’s life was his own and he was taking it in his own hands. No more being pushed around by the invisible force of fate. “I wonder if it would be like in the movies, all claws and tentacles and that big head thing.”

Lani shuddered, he hated dolls. They were always just staring. At least mannequins didn’t have eyes. “But mannequins can’t look at you like they’re going to murder you!” Lani gaped at Eri for a moment shocked that that had just come out of his mouth. Lani sighed, “On second thought noodles sound good…” Curses Eri, Lani would never be able to look at a meatball sub the same way ever again. Eri made himself comfortable and Lani turned to the waitress who finally came to their table and took drink orders. Lani just got water and he stared at Eri before shaking his head. He looked at Eri with his elaborate dress and then at himself in jeans and a sweatshirt. No they really didn’t look like they belonged in the same place. “How long does it take you to get ready in the morning?” Lani wondered aloud.

[Erik Köler]

It was funny, how much they were alike in those aspects, Eri was also unable to swim. What a horrible pirate crew they were. Two pirates of awesome who couldn't even swim. Eri didn't have any greatly special power. Anything that would save him from uncertain death or give him an advantage in combat. That is unless he could use his pheromones to convince someone not to shoot him or something. Which was possible, but Eri had little control over that sort of thing so all in all currently Eri was just as powerful as a non-meta if not more suggestive. "hah nah! I would make a bad captain! I can't even swim!" he admitted though he gave a happy grin despite that all. In all actuality Eri was terrified of drowning. The thought of drowning was so frightening that he avoided deep water in general. If he couldn't touch bottom then it was not for him for sure.

Eri seemed sad though he listened to those words regardless, it was something he had lived with for a long time, he had nearly grown used to the fact of the mater; Almost. Eri knew the other man wast trying to cheer him up, but he knew the truth of the matter. Though for Lnai's sake he cheered right back up, "Ah... well! I'll get control of it one day!" he hoped. "maybe not. but it's stil hard to tell who has real feelings anymore. " he stated with a shake of his head. "nope! I can't control it at all. It just happens. So it sometimes brings out the bes tand worst in people. " he stated with a mildly frightened expression. "I hate it when people get really mean, but it could be worse! " he noted with a bright smile. "you don't have to thank me ever !" he declared. "not for saying you're a good persron because i'm already saying what people already know !

"Sarcasm? hummmm i guess! I don't really know !" Eri declared happily laughing. "Awh but why! It's a cute name captain adorable pants! but if you don't want me to call you that can i call you La-la?" he questioned with a wide grin. He knew the other man would likely protest over that nickname worse than he was over being called captain adorable pants, but it wasn't as if he minded or as if he would even stop calling him nicknames. Eri was sure he could come up with a million more if the man protested to the ones he selected.

"Oh ! I understand! i have wanted to hit things before too! but that's scarey so i don't." he stated with a laugh. "hee! Now i want to make some space helmets for all the birds ! so they can go to the stars like they dream !at least that is what i would dream of if i were a bird. To go beyond the sky! " he cheered happily. "Yeah! Lets kick fate out of our livess ! we can do what we want! Fate is not our real dad !" eri joked with a laugh. "Oh gosh ! Like ah ah that one thing from the necronomican stories ! Ohhh what's it called it's super big!" eri stated shaping it with his hands.

"Huh? Oh you mean the way dolls look?" eri stated before widdening his eyes. Leaning toward Lani, "LIke this!?" Eri declared staring at Lani as wide-eyed as possible. though as it started to hurt Eri let those eyes close with his playful laughs. Rubbing at his own eyes a bit, "I will show captain adorable pants that dolls aren't bad!" he declared still convinced he would have to show the other man his dolls to show him that they weren't scarey at all.

Eri would sit up immediately to the question, flopping over and looking to him with a grin, "It depends ! Different outfits take longer! Sometimes i just wear my hair normal so it only takes 30 minutes or so, but if i wear lots of stuff and do my hair really big up it can take up to two hours to finish it all and dress !" he noted happily smiling. "I don't bother to do much if i'm not going out though! I just slum around in my room in a t-shirt and shorts!" he admitted with a laugh.

[Lani Hunter]

They were a rather sad pair of pirates. Lani’s brows rose as Eri told him he couldn’t swim. Lani’s masks snapped into place so smoothly one could hardly tell any difference. He smiled pleasantly and nodded before laughing. “You don’t need to swim to be a pirate, you just need to not get your ship sunk.” Even though Eri was admitting things that would make a normal person feel alright in admitting that they had the same problem but not Lani. Lani was too prideful to admit he had weaknesses and he saw his fear of water and inability to swim as weaknesses. “I think you would make a great captain,” Lani added. Eri did have a step up on him already being able to get into water. No one could pay Lani enough money to get into water. Not at all. If it was bigger than a puddle he couldn’t do it. He hadn’t taken a bath in years due to his fear and if say a drain was clogged and water started to build up in the tub from the shower Lani nearly had a panic attack. It was like he thought the water was out to get him like if there was enough of it it would reach up and grab him.

Lani smiled at Eri a little surprised that what he said helped. Lani crossed his arms and looked at Eri for a moment and he knew that he had felt something in the air when they started and he felt it now but he liked to think that he was in better control than that. “So you think that everyone who likes or hates you does so because your power tells them to?” He cocked his head at Eri for a moment and shook his head. “Perhaps it can influence those emotions but that doesn’t mean that no one likes you for you.” Lani frowned and looked at Eri now a concerned look on his face. “Who gets really mean?” Eri’s new self proclaimed protector wasn’t happy about hearing that people were letting Eri’s power get the best of them and being awful to him. Lani also realized then that if he started to feel differently about Eri due to whatever pheromone stuff he was doing he needed to not let it affect him. He liked Eri, he could remember that and he would have enough control over himself to prevent that. Lani flushed and shook his head. “No, I do,” Lani protested and stopped him from adding that not everyone thought so. He could think of several someone’s who would want a pieces of him.

Lani couldn’t help laughing, Eri was so innocent Lani was amazed he had made it this far. Lani shook his head trying and failing at taking the smile away from his face. “Oh God no!” Lani cried at the new suggestion, he didn’t really know which was worse but he really wasn’t going to let someone call him ‘La-la.’ No way. Not in a million years. He was left with two choices in which either was not necessarily something he wanted but ‘La-la’? He’d take even Captain Adorable Pants over that. “You could always just call me Lani,” he suggested part of him knowing that this was already a futile effort. Well he wasn’t one to give up even with a futile task. Fact of the matter was that Eri and Lani would probably never agree on a nickname.

Lani nodded and swallowed, he wasn’t going to tell Eri about the fights he’d been in. He unconsciously scratched at the burn scar under his ear and wondered if Eri could see the scar on his cheek. In reality it was a thin barely visible line but what it represented made Lani feel like it was a banner across his whole face for what he had done. No, Eri was wrong, Lani wasn’t a good person. Lani laughed glad the conversation had changed again, one thing with Eri he could count on was the conversations changed as much as the wind. He didn’t mind at all at the moment. “I’m not sure I would want to go above the sky,” Lani mused, “I mean everyone I care about is here.” Lani nearly swallowed his tongue at his own revelation. That was the rub. For so long Lani had wanted to fly away, vanish. But he didn’t want to leave anymore because the people he loved were here. He noticed he had zoned out and jumped in to catch the tail end of Eri’s fate rant. He cocked his head. “Necro-what now?” Lani raised a brow.

Lani tried not to let Eri’s look bother him but after a while he shook his head. “Quit. That’s creepy.” He shook his head. Dolls were creepy, just always looking and always watching. Lani didn’t know how people could stand it. Lani felt a little bad he had always thought that people with doll collections had a little something wrong with them. But then he had never met one. Admittedly Eri was not necessarily… normal, but there was nothing wrong with him. Lani shook his head. “That’s ok, I think I’ll live with it.” At least Eri wasn’t looking at him like that. It was the likeness but the lifelessness of those eyes that drew Lani in and freaked him out. Maybe this went and in hand with his eye thing. He didn’t like things happening with eyes and he didn’t like doll eyes.

Lani’s mouth dropped open he knew that some Hammel classes started a little before eight he could not imagine getting up early enough to do all that work. “That’s insane,” he shook his head. Lani didn’t think he spend more than ten seconds on his clothing every day. When he was going out that probably increased to about ten minutes in order to make sure he didn’t look terrible. And he kept his hair short so a quick run through with a comb was all he needed. Lani laughed, “No way, I cannot imagine you slumming it.” He looked at Eri for a moment and randomly he wondered what Eri looked like in the morning, if he had stubble or not? Lani’s version of slumming it was not shaving in the morning and wearing sweatpants and maybe a shirt depending on how he felt.