5 ♊ The last one in a while, I swear

[polariity]

[At the bank]

[To the Psiioniic’s chagrin, he does have a job to do, and now that things are settled and Milla is doing alright, he’s back at his job.]

[However, he’s… not the most social of person. Which can be something of a problem, considering he’s apparently the bank teller that most people seem to be redirected to today. Care to bother the gentleman in the suit who’s impatiently alternating between running up the numbers for the bank and tapping his pen against the desk?]

[Phone, filtered from Disciple and Signless]

Tho. Are any of you good at making clotheth? I want thomething made. Not to be thpecific, but it involveth a pink coat and gaudy amountsth of jewelry. If fathion ith a high priority for you, don’t talk to me.

[At the marketplace]

[Considering Milla’s condition, he’s outright refused to let her go about pushing herself too far. Grocery shopping falls under that category, so here the Psiioniic is, getting all the things Milla listed for him on a piece of paper.]

[And, uh… maybe a bit more.]

[You might find him in the produce and fruit aisles, outright staring with wide eyes at a display of oranges. They’re surely imported and are definitely a bit pricey.]

[…The staring is getting to be a bit weird. Interrupt the guy whose mind is currently being blown by a sudden revelation?]

[After the grocery store visit]

[The problem with getting a bunch of oranges and also the rest of the groceries is that the Psiioniic only has two hands. This is a problem.]

[So for anyone wandering down the street today, you might see him just standing there on the sidewalk, surrounded by grocery bags. He’s staring down at them, deep in thought and rubbing his chin. Really a shame they wouldn’t let him take the grocery cart out of the store…]

[Would you like to talk to the guy who looks like he could use some help?]

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[phone]

[imperial_ray]

Oh! Maybe I could help!

[phone]

[polariity]

Yeah?

[Psii sounds pleased.]

It'sth going to be kind of a trainwreck. Do you think you could handle it?

[phone]

[imperial_ray]

Well, I'm willing to try, at least.

At the marketplace

[ooeeooahah]

[ Yeah, this level of food lust displayed in public is bad for the drones. Might be time to defuse it. ]

You all right?

Re: At the marketplace

[polariity]

[Psii has some words he could say to some of the drones, but that would be for later. Realizing he's being spoke to, he snaps himself out of it and looks at the new woman.]

I can buy thethe?

At the marketplace

[ooeeooahah]

Well, yes - the price is not that bad, this time of year. Oranges are generally in season from November to about March, depending on the variety.

[ She smiles at him. ]

They're rare where you came from?

[phone]

[crusthatecean]

Kanaya can do it, but she won't.

Why?

[phone]

[polariity]

Eheheheheheheheheh. You'll thee thoon enough.

[crusthatecean]

What if I don't think I want to thee.

Post-grocery trip

[nosigntospeakof]

[Hey, best friend.

There's a suspiciously fishy-looking troll on the other side of the street, a familiar grey cloak draped over his shoulders and the hood pulled over his head in a useless attempt to protect his gills and fins from the cold. He's holding a plate in his hands, a cake that was supposed to be pretty but really looks more burnt and flat than anything.

He'd like to come over and help. He knows he should and normally he would. But it's not every day you go shithive maggots and unintentionally murder at least five people. He really wouldn't blame the Psiioniic if he didn't want to speak to him for a while.

But the good news? No bleeding heavily from every orifice or blinding migraines! ]

[polariity]

[And no psychic death aura! Clearly the best.]

[But really, Signless, you seem to keep underestimating the Psiioniic's nearly blind devotion to you. As he showed the first time Signless was released from the factory: it doesn't matter what happens to his best friend, his leader. Once he stops puzzling over his grocery bag problem, he notices a familiar figure on the other side of the street and perks up.]

Eth!

[Immediately, he bolts towards him, nearly getting hit by a car in the process. Grabbing Signless by the arms, he beams up into his face.]

Eth! I can buy orangeth whenever I want!

[nosigntospeakof]

[He has the most blindly loyal family. It is ridiculous and he worries about the mental health of all of you.

But at the moment he's too overcome by relief to cake about silly things like mental stability. His face breaks into a grin and he pulls Psii into a tight one-armed hug.]

So you discovered the grocery store.

marketplace

[roadroller]

[And here is Rin coming to stock up on oranges. Yes, stock. They're her character item and even if eating ridiculous amounts of them is not quite as wise as a human, well, old habits die hard.

As she fills up a big ol' bag of them, she can't help but notice that this guy is staring. And staring. And staring.

What a weird person.]

[polariity]

[Yes, he's heard that sort of thing before.]

[Perking up at someone else's interest in the fruit, he gets himself into gear and taps her shoulder.]

Hey. how many of thethe are we allowed to get?

[He may or may not try to outmatch the oranges she's getting in her bag is what he's really saying here.]

[roadroller]

Eh? Allowed? ♪

[she looks at the sign for the oranges to make sure she didn't miss anyting. No limit is mentioned, so she looks back at him]

How much money do you have? ♪

phone;

[cullscuttlefish]

I can sew some. Not as well as Kanaya can, but she cares about fashion and I am willing to let it slide just a little if it's for a friend.

phone;

[polariity]

I need a pink coat covered in diamondth. Not genuine oneth, I'm not that crazy.

Doable?

phone;

[cullscuttlefish]

You get me the measurements it needs to be, I'll get the rest of it ready.

[There is a giggle.]

Can I ask what's the occasion?

After the store!

[a1a100]

[Sollux was talking a walk, happily taking in the scenery when he noticed someone with an obscenely amount of groceries and no car to put them in. He walks over.]

Need any help?

[Hello Psiioniic, guess who can see errything now?]

[polariity]

Yeah, probab- wait.

[Don't think he didn't notice that white eye, Sollux. The Psiioniic quirks an eyebrow.]

Weren't you blind before?

[a1a100]

[A smile spreads across his face.]

So that's what you look like as a human.

[He walks over and uses his psionics to take a few bags.]

I got my eyesight back. It's a little different then normal though but I don't really care.

marketplace

[ghostlygames]

[Watching him look at oranges. Looking at oranges herself. Nope. They don't look strange to her.]

What are you looking at?

marketplace

[polariity]

[Whoops, knocked out of his daydream! And hey, doesn't he know that voice, kind of? Oranges first, recognition later. Psii makes a small flailing gesture.]

I can buy thethe!

[Most people would reserve this sort of tone for, say, discovering the holy grail or meeting God.]

post grocery store B) || oops coding fail.

[godaime]

[ Hey! Remember this girl? She ....did nothing but yell at you for being out of your hospital bed when it turns out you weren't even injured?

Wasn't that such a fantastic time? Well, here she is again, with her pet pig, Tonton!! She looks at every grocery bag flanking and surrounding the young man before erupting into laughter.

She's never seen someone cornered by paper before. ]

Need a hand?

happens to the best of us!

[polariity]

[It probably doesn't help that half of those bags are filled with oranges, does it? Yeah, he didn't think so.]

[But being laughed at just makes the Psiioniic flares his nostrils and hunch his shoulders up to his ears, all awkward defensiveness.]

I don't know, are you going to laugh at me the entire time?