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[karappo]

[Karamatsu stops once he's close enough to get a better look at Dandy, and right away he's struck by...well, his fashion. Having worked in Ebony Threads as long as he has, it's turned his scrutinizing eye into something he can't really turn off anymore, even when he's having such a bad time like he had been this week.]

Follow me, then.

[He says, though not without tipping his head in Dandy's direction.]

You look rather nice for someone who just arrived here.

[adandyinspace]

[That's...um, a weird thing to say to someone you just met. Dandy...isn't sure how to react-

No wait, yes he does.]

Don't I know it.

[Again he bops his pompadour as he follows behind Karamatsu. Hey, if the guy wants to feed his ego, he will happily allow him.]

I crash on shitty planets all the time, this ain't gonna stop me from, like...you know. Showering.

[Like, is that what Karma is trying to say? That new people don't groom themselves? Or wash their clothes. Are they gross?]

[karappo]

[More like things become hard when you're dropped in a new world with no job or money. That sort of thing doesn't come so easy to everyone, you know.

Karamatsu smiles, just faintly, his lips curling around his mandibles.]

I meant your sense of fashion. It is very forward. I like it.

[adandyinspace]

Yeah what can I say, I'm a real trendsetter.

[If Mr. Chameleon was expecting a complement back, he'll have a hard time finding one. Dandy can see that Karamatsu at least tries at something resembling fashion, but he also doesn't care. He wants booze.]

...Guess it sucks seeing a bunch of slobs come in for almost a year, huh?

[karappo]

Mm...I do not know I would put it that way, exactly. I am more sad for them than anything.

[He moves slowly, but at a good enough pace to get them there relatively soon. The bar he's thinking of isn't far anyway, and outside of the red-light district, thankfully.]

No one should have to ever be here.

[adandyinspace]

Correction, no one should have to deal with being here sober. We almost there yet or what?

[The Dandy grows impatient.]

Look, the moment I get my ship back is the moment I'm getting the hell off this planet. ...And maybe taking a select few who haven't pissed me off yet. So cut the dramatics, would ya?

[karappo]

[...Karamatsu isn't going to be the one to tell him that he isn't going to be getting his ship. Ever. Nor is he leaving any time soon unless the gods will it...but he will get a little miffed by being told to knock it off.]

You did not have to come with me, you know. The bar is not far from here, and we just started walking.

[adandyinspace]

[Oh fuck shit right, he's trying to get something out of this guy.]

No, I...definitely need to come with you. ["Because I'm completely broke."] Only alcoholics drink alone, baby.

[Or something. Please buy that...]

[karappo]

[Karamatsu knows this behavior when he sees it. IE, Osomatsu does this to him and his brothers all the time. But Karamatsu is also a pushover, and easily influenced. Plus, he feels kindof bad for the guy. Plus...he could go for a drink himself, anyway.

He turns to look ahead, his shades keeping the direction of his eyes mostly hidden.]

I cannot buy too much. I have not been going to work lately, so...

[adandyinspace]

Slackin', huh?

[FOR SHAME!]

Well you look like you could use the vacation anyway, am I right? And what better way to spend it than with your new best pal, Dandy.

[He must feel so lucky.]

[karappo]

[I MEAN you'd probably slack too if it was your boss who ripped your arm off. But that's neither here nor there.]

That is an understatement.

[He'd like to think he'd made a new friend, but even if he's hopeful, this guy is clearly mooching off of him. Oh well.]

It is up ahead, here.

[He nods forward as a building set next to the sidewalk comes into view, partially open to the street. As far as bars go, it's pretty average...except there are monsters at the bar.]

[adandyinspace]

[...It's no BooBies, that's for sure. Deep breaths, Dandy. Take what you can get.]

So, uh...no one's gonna try to eat me, right?

[He's not saying this is something he worries about on a continuous basis, but...]

[karappo]

[The last time Kara went to a bar, he was talking to Gundam...it's bittersweet to him now, knowing the demon is no longer here. He gestures with his antennae for Dandy to follow him inside, heading for the end of the bar where there's no one sitting.]

If anyone is here, then they are not currently interested in feeding. They would be out hunting somewhere with more humans if that were the case.

[...he glances over to him just briefly as he pulls himself up into a barstool.]

Just do not say anything to make anyone cross, and you should be fine.

[adandyinspace]

No promises.

[Dandy says as he takes his seat next to Kara, hands flapping against the bar table playfully as he takes a good look around. If anyone is there, he'd like to at least estimate how likely he'll be able to take 'em. ...Or outrun them.

Because he cannot control his mouth.]

...You think they got karaoke here?


[He has the attention span of a champion.]

[karappo]

I could not say. It has been a while since my brothers and I have gone out, and not to this particular bar.

[Karamatsu lifts his head when the bartender comes by, and he asks for a glass of beer, watching him hang back and wait for Dandy's order.]

[adandyinspace]

[Dandy's attention turns to the bartender, a surprisingly pleasant smile on his face, like a kid about to ask for a fucking happy meal or something.

Unlike his gracious host, Dandy likes to think he's a little classier than a glass of beer.]

Scotch me- [Wait. He then turns to Karamatsu.] Hold up, are you telling me you took me to a bar you've never been to before?

[karappo]

I have not been to a lot of bars in Bavan, if you want me to be honest. I see this one on the way to work.

[He rests his remaining arm along the bar's surface.]

Is that a problem?

[adandyinspace]

YES it's a problem, now we don't know if this shithole is worth it or not!

[I mean, it's not his money they're risking, but still!]

Are you a gambling man, Karmamatsu?! Is that what you're telling me?!

[karappo]

Eh? N- well...occasionally...I have not been to pachinko in a while...

[He makes it big ONE TIME and he never lives it down.]

[adandyinspace]

...

...Okay, so you're a little cooler than I originally thought, good for you.

[He did it, he passed the test.]

[karappo]

I am?

[...wait.

Karamatsu clears his throat and then tosses his head a little, though his response is a little weaker than his usual boasts.]

...of course I am.

[adandyinspace]

[Real convincing, Kara.]

...C'mon, dude, don't make me take it back.

[Of course, before Dandy can dwell on Karamatsu's coolness level any further, their drinks mercifully arrive. Any and all patheticness is quickly forgiven as Dandy elegantly takes the top of his glass, swishing the liquid only slightly before taking that long awaited first sip.

The look on his face is comparable to a man who hasn't drank water in almost three days.]

You have...no idea how much I needed this.

[karappo]

[Karamatsu drags his own stein of beer towards himself, not taking a drink right away. He eyes it for a long moment, like he's really considering if he wants to inevitably get shitfaced...and in the end he decides to just Not Care for once and knocks back a swig. He can feel his shoulders tense as his second mouth flexes, curious at the new taste.]

I assume you have not had a very pleasurable first week here.

[adandyinspace]

A week...

[No, that's fine, he totally needed to know that.]

Those bastards kept me from BooBies for a week...

[It's a lot easier to deal with when the days kinda blend together, but now the words repeat in his head repeatedly. "A week."

...Incidentally to the same tune as the song "Karma Chameleon."]

No, you're right on the money. Until I finally get to leave this joint, I'll never be happy again.

[It's almost as if the lighting around him gets a little darker, as if to emphasize his already embarrassing dramatics.]

[karappo]

If you start thinking that way now, then the rest of your time here will be worse, you know.

[Dandy couldn't have picked a better person to come here with, because the dramatics aren't lost on Karamatsu, and because they're so in-line with the way he acts all the time, he doesn't act all weird about it. People just don't understand how people like you and him work, Dandy.]

Circumstances are not...ideal. But the hand that fate has dealt us is one that we cannot change. But there is nothing saying we cannot influence the cards so that they will be more in our favor.