🎧 homophonic | pcs | shu lyn o'keefe

[silicone]

no one gets to pick the day they die, but today's as good a day as they come, isn't it?

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wknd 0, friday

[silicone]

Do you think we'll have to sleep in the Ikea?

[ hi shu we're in the ikea and it's just the massive bed section, a sea of a showroom with various bedroom sets on display. his jacket rustles and out pops a tiny head as he takes a drink from a mcdonald's to-go cup. ]

[roseoftexas]

[ i love that he went straight for the bed section of ikea. proud of him. ]

Huh.

Think they'll arrest us spiritually for haunting the beds at night?

weekend 0, sunday

[roseoftexas]

[ wowee! npcs.

rng says they're just Outside, where the blimps can be seen and the shadow people wander. shu is just stood in the middle of the road, like he's literally looking for traffic and not bothering to step away from it when he sees it coming. ]

[silicone]

[ shu??? are you okay???

eiden has just been sitting down somewhere on the ground with topper exploring elsewhere. when he sees him not really... try to dodge on-coming traffic he just shouts: ]

I don't think they're gonna hit you, man!

wk 0, tuesday

[silicone]

[ bullies.

eiden just immediately yeets himself out from the shadows and onto shu's back, clinging like the world's leggiest backpack. ]

Morning!

[roseoftexas]

[ it's probably a good thing it's touch week so his hackles are down in general, or he'd probably have thrown eiden. that would've been awkward. ]

Is this a regular morning greeting for you?

[ he's not actually moving to support eiden, so i guess he's just being choked in slow motion. ]

w0, wednesday post mini event

[roseoftexas]

[ well.

shenanigans were had.

if eiden is in IKEA (we keep being in ikea) he may, eventually, wander across a shirt, and waist vest hanging from a fake bathrail in one of the fake bathrooms. it’s angled to be under an air conditioning vent and both are swaying very gently in the fake breeze. there’s a little yellow rat pin hanging on in there, pinned to the vest.

it’s also apparently they were once drenched but are doing their best to not be drenched anymore. wow. if eiden looks in the next room he will find… shu! he’s sat on one of the sofas, with a big towel nabbed from another area of the store draped over his hair and shoulders like a cloak. he’s got a cigarette lit, and is flicking through his phone idly. and yes, his trousers are on and they actually appear to be dry? wow. diy tumble dryers work. ]

…

[ oh. ]

Hey.

[ there’s still some flecks of pink paint in his hair btw. ]

[silicone]

[ shu-rtless... wow...

eiden has grabbed a towel from somewhere to try and dry off, his own shirt and jacket totally soaked from before (deserved, of course, he didn't play the game thinking he wouldn't get wet, after all!) when he sees shu's clothes in the bathroom he has to Take A Minute before he realizes what's happening and "huh"s.

he pokes his head around the corner and as he gets "hey"'d at, he lifts a hand. ]

Hey, [ said with a smile. there's still some remnants of stubborn paint on his face and a little in his hair, but it's fine. he disappears briefly because he's stealing shu's idea to at least hang up his jacket and shirt for now. he won't move anything around, but at least letting it drip into the tub (with no plumbing) is better than letting it make a mess otherwise. he just kind of hugs the towel around himself, perching on the arm of the couch. he nods to the phone: ] Anything good?

[ u find porn on our phones yet? ]

wk 0, saturday post trial

[silicone]

[ hi it's post-trial and eiden is just flopped down on the floor in one of the darker rooms in the selfie studio, knees up to his chest and arms around them. with a fingertip, eiden is just tracing random curves and lines into the air, punching through the dark with the warm light of the psych. ]

[roseoftexas]

[ hm, well.

he flicks a little darkness at the glow of light eiden is trailing around, cutting it off for a brief moment because slipping down to sit next to him. ]

Coping?

wk 0, sunday post erasure

[silicone]

[ he has an ikea soft yogurt that he's just poking at with a spoon from where he's sitting on the swing set in the park. he's dragging his heels in the ground and making weird shapes in the ground, squinting once in a while, erasing with his heel, then trying again. ]

[roseoftexas]

[ is it depressing? the yoghurt, not the everything else, that's definitely depressing. ]

... You coping over there?

[ because asking him if he's ok would be very stupid. ]

wk 1, tuesday

[roseoftexas]

[ here comes the booooy….

per char request, they are at the museum! wow! ]

This the kind of thing you’re into?

[ francy said we could have lewd displays, so i’m saying there’s a dildos through the ages collection at the back of the museum. tucked away like a special surprise for only the most unaware to stumble across. wowee. ]

[silicone]

[ francy didn't know what she was saying yes to so now we have statues with penises. and also an ivory 130 year old dildo that was on dailymail the other year. anyways. eiden is just gazing at it like damn. ]

Hey, it's a living.

And this is real craftsmanship right here. Do you know how diligent you have to be to make sure the whole phallus is smooth as hell? Especially during that time period.

w2, monday

[silicone]

[ uwah we're at the littlest pet shop where eiden is currently sat down in the back of the pet shop. topper abandoned eiden for the outer park today (he's got his own shit to do!) so eiden is enjoying love where he can get it—from two perky-eared puppies, laughing and kind of ruffling them as they jump up at him even from where he's sitting and climbing all over his lap. ]

Heh—hey Shu! Come help! I'm being viciously attack—ack!

[ one of them tackles him to the ground. ]

[roseoftexas]

[ he just watches this like. oh no, there goes eiden. ]

Terrifying.

How are you gonna make it out of this one?

[ the mass of puppies... oh noooo ]

w2, thursday

[roseoftexas]

[ rolls them into the .... sears. let's go for the clothes shop, they can fight of Avon MLM marketing people as well.

shu is peering in the window at some of the clothing. his outfit for the week is different once more. but fairly tame compared to some of the stuff in the window. ]

Did people hate sleeves that much? Half the shirts just don't have them.

[silicone]

I mean, who needs sleeves when you've got—

[ he pulls up his own shirt's arm playfully and flexes. these are not the worst muscles, eiden has done Some Work, but they are baby. he is normie. ]

Guns.

w2, saturday post trial

[roseoftexas]

[ big park!



shu is just lying in the grass honestly. ]

[silicone]

[ eiden is also laying in the grass and after shu has laid there for a while he just...

rolls over very tiredly and stops to a flop right next to him. he kicks him in the shoe softly as a "hello" ]

Hey, Shu...

w3, monday

[roseoftexas]

[ clothes shopping it is! shu is already and he's holding up an outfit with raised eyebows like 'hm' ]

The... fashion is a choice here.

[silicone]

[ oh look at that outfit. eiden was going through a rack, but pauses to see the outfit and hums. ]

It's like this weird goth chic... I'm not mad about it, but it is weird.

That doesn't look bad on the hanger... maybe you should try it on?

w3, thursday post-cyoa

[silicone]

[ ratshakes where is our shu... he's coming to find him! topper is hopping along eager to also see this rat man who came back all fucked up. ]

Hey - get decently patched up?

[ worried immediatey :( !!!!! ]

How're you feeling?

[roseoftexas]

[ he's probably somewhere where he can sit and smoke because wow. ]

Ah. Nahida and Kaveh were pretty insistent.

[ it's fine.... he's only not 100% healed because i want SCARS. ]

Tired.

w3, saturday post trial

[roseoftexas]

[ tries his gacha luck ]

Eiden?

[silicone]

yea

[roseoftexas]

[ do you like. remember how we started the week with cute outfit dress up?


yeah, me too.

anyway i'm grasping fate in my hands a little and saying shu is doing a unique little knock on the warehouse so eiden knows it's him. ]

You don't have to come out. Just knock back. If you want to.

[silicone]

[ i'm so mad about this week tbh!!!!!

anyways, take your fate in your hands. eiden isn't going to turn anyone away at this point. if they want to see him after that shit show, they can look him in the eye.

so he opens the door. seeing him, he just relaxes a little bit, even if his eyes are kind of red and puffy rn. damb. ]

Hey, Shu.

wk 4, tuesday

[silicone]

[ baseball slides in it's pig time. they're just vibing when it happens and immediately eiden yelps— ]

These stupid pigs! Ack!

[roseoftexas]

[ oh looks it's shu's blond buff relative.


ok well, hang on a moment there's a lot here. ]

Friend of yours?

[ he's clearly talking about the tree. ]

w4, saturday

[roseoftexas]

[ void!



well. he's just smoking in the void. stress. ]

[silicone]

[ sees plume of smoke and follows it until he sees shu and just

sits besides him wherever he is to just vibe stressfully. ]

Hey...

w5, monday

[roseoftexas]

[ aw yeah it's our hot springs episode.

shu's shaken off his regular vest and is just in his shirt and pants because it's still hot there. there's a hot spring. even though the sunlight doesn't reach them here, apparently.

he's just sat at the edge of the hotspring, testing the waters with a hand. ]

Normally this stuff's as hot as it is because the water's volcanic... right?

[silicone]

[ well eiden is comin' up behind him and crouching down by the water, sticking a foot in it with a towel around his waist. ]

Yeah... this feels nice though. Hot, but not gonna boil us or anything, I think.

[ also his hair is white. whoaaaaa. surprise. he just slinks right in after deeming the temperature appropriately spicy. ]

w5, thursday

[roseoftexas]

[ NOT SWEET EIDEN. WHERE IS EIDEN. ]

Did you get properly healed?

[silicone]

[ henlo shu, he is just settled down somewhere, clutching something around his neck tightly in his good hand. topper is just being an emotional support stoat rn in his lap. ]

Yeah, got the worst of it. I can manage the rest on my own, I think...

[ his other hand is... not bleeding but still looks Bad so. ]

w5, saturday of our greatest despair

[silicone]

i get it if you dont want any company right now
but here if you wanna just talk
or not talk and just sit outside for a bit

i know saying that im sorry it happened doesnt fix anything

it sure is a saturday

[roseoftexas]

It's fine.

I can meet you outside.
It's not like you have something to apologise for.

w6, monday

[roseoftexas]

[ rng beam says santa's workshop. eiden might be wandering be, but if his eyes are sharp he miiight see a plume of smoke rising from behind a pile of immaculately put together barbie dolls, all of which look ready for shipping out and also taking over the world.

it's probably fine.

don't worry about it. ]

[silicone]

[ he pokes his head around this pile of presents because wow! presents shouldn't be smoking! ]

Didn't realize the elves in Santa's workshop got smoke breaks.

w6, saturday post trial

[roseoftexas]

[ yikes.

anyway. shu is also out in the snow, and he's absolutely smoking a cigarette because it's been a fucking day. he's probably somewhere in the area around were netzach and yuzuriha were found. ]

[silicone]

[ since those are near the cookie shop, he's just coming out with a hot cup of chocolate and staring up at the sky.

he'll follow the ciggy smoke to shu, though, standing next to him and just looking out at the area quietly. they can stand there for a good minute. ]

... Wonder how traumatized Rudolph is right now.

w7, monday

[silicone]

[ he's just grabbing some coffee from starbucks and staring at the weird hachiko statue, topper munching on a dumb egg bite or something. when he sees shu, he'll just wave a little bit. ]

... This is really the beginning of the end, huh.

[roseoftexas]

One way or another.

[ he has his own coffee… and he’ll reach out to give topper a little snoot boop. snoop. ]

Kinda nice to see them all earlier than I expected.