Heaven's BBS | Video

[thevanguard]

From: Misaki Yata, Saruhiko Fushimi
Posted: July 6

[ The video starts scrolling to show a floor filled with multicolored plush toys - most of which might be familiar from the recent festival. There’s easily several dozen filling the frame before the feed swings up to catch the pair of people addressing the BBS today.

Yata, the one clearly holding the phone, looks a little sheepish about it, but isn’t letting that stop them. Fushimi, meanwhile, just looks...grumpy. ]

So, uh. We might need some help. We sorta…. overdid it at the festival and ended up with… a lot more prizes than we know what to do with. ….Help?

You overdid it. You wouldn’t admit defeat.

[ Cue a twitch from the shorter boy at his side. ] That’s because I wasn’t defeated!

You were. Several times, but you just had to keep going “five out eight” or whatever.

[ Fushimi was honestly not much better. He’s just not going to say that. ]

Argh! Whatever! Just. Look! If anyone wants some of these, we have too many, so come take them off our hands, alright?

[ Fushimi swipes the camera for a second. ]

Five hundred yen for one.

[ He smirks the tiniest bit.

He is one hundred percent trying to get a reaction out of the redhead. He’s discovered it’s easy and entertaining!

It works. ] What?! [ Yata punches him in the arm before stealing the camera back and looking more than a little exasperated. ] Ignore him. They’re free. I’ve got them at my god’s temple for the time being if anyone wants to swing by and grab some. Or knows anything else we could do with them.

First person to suggest “burn them” gets burned themselves. These things reek when you set them on fire.

[ He’s not sure how he knows that, but he does. And before the rest of the Heavens start questioning what else could follow that rather dubious statement, Yata flicks the video feed off to end the transmission. ]

Comments

[thevanguard]

[ He huffs in irritation. ]

Shut up, I didn't pick it.

[ At least he's pretty sure he didn't. ]

Who cares. Yata is fine.

[monkeyblue]

I hate my name and I still managed a proper introduction.

[He reaches over and bonks Yata on the head]

Saruhiko...tch, and I don't even remember why I hate it.

[thevanguard]

Ow! [ It's a half-hearted protest at best, hands coming up to rub at his head. ] Misaki is just way too girly. It doesn't fit me at all. So I'm not using it.

Saru, on the other hand... [ He smirks. ]

[monkeyblue]

Don't even think about it.

[For a moment, his glasses seem to shine like an anime character's.

Granted, it doesn't bother him too much, coming from this idiot, but still. No monkeys.]

[thevanguard]

[ If anything, Yata's smirk grows wider. ]

What? Monkeys are cute, right? You should be flattered at the resemblance.

[monkeyblue]

[Oh, it is on.]

Are you calling me cute, Mi~sa~ki?

[thevanguard]

[ He blinks before giving a derisive scoff. ]

I was calling monkeys cute, but if you're giving into the inevitable already...

[monkeyblue]

You said I should be flattered to be named for a cute animal. You called me cute.

[thevanguard]

[ Yata just waves that off because now you're getting way too technical. ]

That's still calling the monkeys cute, not you. Maybe you should try not to look so grumpy.

[monkeyblue]

Tch.

[He brushes his bangs out of his hair.]

I'm not grumpy. This is just my face.

[thevanguard]

[ Yata just plops down on the ground amidst all the plush toys and digs around for a moment, coming up with a plush banana with a whacky smiley face on it that he promptly tosses in Fushimi's direction. ]

You face looks grumpy, then. Here. Maybe you should keep this one. Y'know. For inspiration, or something.

[monkeyblue]

[Fushimi catches the banana, takes one look at the banana, and throws the banana at Yata, hitting him square in the forehead. Then he turns to start digging for something.]

[thevanguard]

[ Yata falls over backwards, more dramatic than anything else as he lays there laughing, having caught the banana after it bounced off his face. ]

Fine, if you don't want it, maybe I'll keep this one. I can name it Saru, for a souvenir.

[monkeyblue]

You're not going to need a souvenir.

[Because he can already tell this idiot has attached himself to his side.

Fushimi finds what he was looking for and throws a little crow in a student outfit at Yata's head.]

For "inspiration", idiot.

[thevanguard]

What if I want one?! The epic Tanabata Plushie Competition! Which I totally won.

[ Well. You're not wrong. But you can't deny it had been fun, right, Saru?

He catches the crow and starts laughing all over again. ] And what is this supposed to inspire me to do, exactly?

[monkeyblue]

You lost it, and badly, but whatever helps you sleep at night.

[Oh. Hm. Fushimi starts digging through the pile again]

Not be an idiot, obviously You need all the help you can get.

[thevanguard]

You just keep telling yourself that, Saru.

[ He's smirking again as he tosses the crow back to bounce it off Fushimi's head this time. ]

[monkeyblue]

[It misses because Fushimi ducked to pull out the cute cat in a yukata he remembered seeing. He'll find the girl from the festival and drop this off as an apology.]

You have shit aim, Mi~sa~ki.

[thevanguard]

[ His smirk twitches into an irritated scowl when the other guy sing-songs his name like that, something in him bristling even more than normal. ]

Stop calling me that. And eh? [ He leans forward to peer at what Saru pulled out of the pile. ] What's that for? You got a girlfriend here already?

[monkeyblue]

Tch, no. Why the hell would I want a girlfriend?

[Sounds boring]

One of the gods had to step in before I burned the festival down trying to kill this idiot with a yoyo. It's an apology.

[thevanguard]

Burned....?

[ Yata goes still, straightening in surprise, because that piqued his interest. ]

[monkeyblue]

[Fushimi sighs and summons the flames. He doesn't keep them lit for very long.]

He pissed me off and the next thing I knew, the cup I threw at him was on fire.

[thevanguard]

Eh?!

[ Yata lets out a startled exclamation but probably not for the reason Saru would expect. He jabs an excited finger in his direction. ]

You can do that, too?!

[monkeyblue]

...too? You mean--

[thevanguard]

Yeah!

[ Excited now, Yata curls his fingers into a fist, lifting it into the air. With how enthused he is, it takes almost no effort whatsoever to summon the Aura that's becoming so familiar now, letting it swirl up to lick and curl around his hand. ]