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Fidelio Magnus ([personal profile] fidelkitty) wrote in [community profile] kaisou2025-03-09 02:54 pm
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Lost in Paradise

WHO: The Magnus Brothers + you
WHERE: Around Kaisou
WHEN: Early March
WHAT: The brothers get into shenanigans in kaisou while ignoring that the Libra app exists.
WARNINGS: Nothing for now, two scouse brothers being aliens in a new world.

➡ Life requires Capital / closed to Basilio and Fidelio

hold your horses now, we'll sleep until the sun goes down

[ they're not even being asked to hurt anyone. not directly, anyway, not yet--so it's a little easier than it normally is to take the work from the weird asshole who wants some other weird asshole looked over. Del's good at pretending that work's work, and however it shakes out is just how it goes, but it sticks a little deeper under Basilio's skin--like burrs from sleeping rough getting a chance to dig down and really make themselves known.

Del scoffs if he brings it up too much. most people'd think it's cruel, dismissing someone's concerns so out of pocket like that--but kindness is a luxury the Magnus Brothers can't afford and nobody's really out here offering credit to sharp-eyed orphans with chips on their shoulders, now are they? can't take a house loan out on being a good fella; can't get anything just for being 'kind'.

you have to take what you want, or get taken when something wants you.

so Basilio schools his expression and puts on that hard-eyed, flinty look that he wears when he and Del are gone walking in places they might not really belong--because scowling sharply enough and moving like you own the place is enough for most people not to take another glance. they've got things to do, people to see, problems to cause, and nobody with sense is gonna cast about for a gamble at happenstance. folks in Undertown have better things to do than play neighborhood watch. it's kind of nice, even if it's got Basilio's hackles all the way up--Del's tail flicks at a slow, agitated back-and-forth and Bas figures that's where the nerves have gotten down to, especially as they round on Gak's supposed place of business. ]


So, I'm doing the talkin', right?

[ it's an old joke, mumbled before they find their way into the store, Basilio baring newfound fangs in a little grin as he tries to ease some of his brother's sharpness with a familiar bit of jest. play easy, play cool.

the Magnus brothers can do anything when they're together. Basilio adjusts the big wrapped 'instrument' slung across his back with a casual gesture, running his fingers along the axe's haft to reassure himself. ]




➡ Ownership is a New Concept / OTA

one. good will that's too good to be true.

[ one way or another--fail or success in their job today--the magnus brothers got their hands on some money. it isn't much, but it's definitely enough to go looking for something to eat. They've easily learned that they can't fill their stomachs waiting for people to give them food for free--but they have come to recognise a few signs of where to shop and get the best bang for your buck.

Goodwills are their best friends. The clothing the cat-eared pair are wearing, for example, definitely look like they were grabbed out of a vintage section of some old goodwill store; what with Basilio's high-shouldered jacket and neck scarf, and Fidelio's houndstooth pattened two-piece - with - turtleneck combo.

They aren't prepared for a goodwill like this, however, as the items inside are all... questionable at best, and too good to be true for cheap--or even FREE.
While Fidelio won't raise his head to address anyone else in the shop, his wide-eyed and friendlier brother certainly might raise his voice over a particularly interesting find--Fidelio snapping back that there's no way they'll give you a legit pot of bloody gold for free, ya muppet, while Basilio argues that No, for real, Del, it says try yer luck for--look at how cheap this is!

...They really need some help here. ]



two. they don't use pounds in america.

[ no small amount of confusion clouds the pair's face as they stare up at the sign outside this particular shop. It's one they... recognise, hilariously enough. they'd spent a few weeks in England before making their delicate way into america, and they've definitely seen this sign before. they probably even have a few handfuls of the coins that this establish USUALLY take, to boot--but why was it in America?

Much less sat right next to what looked like the fanciest fucking antique's shop in the city? it was like a liminal space that didn't look real. ]


Y'think they realise they're in the wrong country. [ fidelio asks the taller cat-boy at his side, a flick of his long tail behind him as he tries to decide what to do here. ] Y'think they'll take the old money we pinched from that bloke back in London.

[ because no other shop in america would take the pound notes from them, and it was irritating. ]

Dunno, Del. Maybe we ought to peek inside--or, hey, there comes someone there. [ ...Basilio and his willingness to ask strangers for help. Del looks irritated. but one way or another, whoever might be approaching the Pound shop is now going to get piled on with questions from a pair of catboys who talk like they've never seen the inside of a shop before. Sorry. Or maybe you're welcome. ]




➡ There's only Three Guys here / OTA

one. oh you're 23 years old now, stick with what you know

Woulja look at that, Del! Think somethin' happened to the other pair of Guys?

[ it's probably a joke that the people working the front counter of the Five Guys have heard a dozen, dozen times, but Basilio's at least got the decency to say it in an aside to his brother from as far away as humanly possible from the front counter while still physically remaining in the Five Guys lobby. Bas has an unnaturally red plastic card clenched in his hand like it'll fritter away into the aether if he lets up on it for too long, shaggy brown ears atop his head twitching this way and that at the sounds of the fast food joint around him and his diminutive sibling. his tail flicks with an excited sort of agitation.

it's probably comical the way he crouches to converse and keep council with the shorter man next to him--but hey, at least they're studying the menu from afar instead of standing at the counter, slack-jawed and unaware of the kinds of things that happen at a burger joint. ]


two. i want the bacon cheeseburger with the damn good fries

[ but the Magnus' eventually make up their minds one way or another--so a little while after the quiet convening and practicing of what's next on the agenda; Bas and Del will join the line to receive the sacred greeting ('welcome to Five Guys, home of burger and fries, what can I get you?'), there'll be a moment of confusion on Basilio's face as brow furrows as if he's been asked to solve a puzzlemaster's grand riddle. ]

I mean, if y've got burgers and fries I'd expect it should be obvious, yeah?

[ and then the little one will do the talking as Basilio presents the gift card, keeper of their meat-based hopes and dreams, their aspirations of milkshake greatness... whatever the hell a milkshake is... thought it might. take them a minute. to navigate the delicate process of ordering food. they're feral. all apologies. ]




➡ Is that how people get pets? / OTA

[ getting backpack from the goodwill that can carry basically everything they own on their backs is a great thing--especially given that currently, the Magnus brothers are essentially homeless--but there is going to be stress that arises when a shooting star lands near them, leaving behind a small crate instead of a ... rock.

At first, the pair don't seem keen on approaching the little box, and start to make a somewhat wide berth around it--but when there's the sound of... whining from inside it, Fidelio's quick to run up to it to release the creature that's trapped inside.

out comes a small dog with huge ears. It makes Del stare for a long moment as the realization hits both brothers at once: and only one of them voices it. ]


...Tha' dog came outta' the sky. Means he don't got a home, just like us.

[ Fidelio was thinking it. But Basilio just had to say it out loud. ]

Then we find a place to home the dog and go on our way. We can't keep an animal when we don't have a place to keep it. ...Belt up, don't give me them big ol' eyes, we can't KEEP it.

[ they're not exactly being quiet about their problem, and a dog did just drop out of the sky. Maybe they could use some help finding out where to put the dog--or a place they can stay that isn't the awning of a building at night. ]



➡ Anything goes / OTA

[ if you want to meet the brothers a different way, or have a different prompt, post it here, we're down for whatever. ]
jackdawvision: (run run run run run away)

goodwill

[personal profile] jackdawvision 2025-03-09 06:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[Edward, returning to the Goodwill with a slightly gobsmacked expression (and a Suicune chilling right outside, Yarny and a chef rat riding in her majestic mane), blinks in surprise at the two cat-featured fellows arguing in his vicinity.

He comes over. Takes a look at what they're looking at.]


...aye, they'll give you a few hundred dollars win or lose. If you win, though, you're like to get something unexpected.

[He looks them both over, then:] Let me guess, lads, you're both new here? Most people I know treat this Goodwill as normal 'round here.
replicannot: (pic#17707520)

three guys - two

[personal profile] replicannot 2025-03-09 07:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[Look, Luke may be an arrogant, spoiled brat with no concept of how the real world works.]

[But at least he knows how to order at a restaurant?]

[Luke can only look in astonishment as the two siblings in front of him (who are in cosplay, for some reason????) fail to understand how to order at Five Guys.]


Yeah, but they mean what do you want on your burger. Have you really never been to a Five Guy's before?
poisontippedcure: (all souls are tied)

goodwill i hope you didn't think you were done with me

[personal profile] poisontippedcure 2025-03-09 07:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[Rose happens to be in the goodwill when another pair of Miqo'te (?) come in.]

[They're new. They have to be new. One, because she'd recognize them otherwise. Two, because they look so lost.]

[Time to go do a fetchquest, or something.]


It's not a typical store, if that's what you're thinking. Some of the items are mundane, but some--

[She holds up her new bracelet]

Are powerful, apparently. Be careful what you buy.
prunedworlds: (what's going on?)

Pets

[personal profile] prunedworlds 2025-03-09 08:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Ritsuka didn't recognize the two fellows staring at the dog, but, well. The cat ears and tails certainly did suggest they were aware of the supernatural, if not outright app users.

"You guys are looking for a place to stay...?"

Though while she mostly looked pretty normal as far as app users went, she did have that wondrously fluffy fox tail, herself.
crunchcrunch: (89)

ownership - two

[personal profile] crunchcrunch 2025-03-10 03:24 am (UTC)(link)
Ah...

[it seems there's a crowd in front of poundland today. a crowd, specifically, consisting of two people standing between him and the aisles of easter candy inside. the workers may know amaimon by now as the unnervingly bold stranger who eats store product as he meanders around the store before finally leaving without paying for whatever he picked up and devoured along the way. as of late he's found himself feeling more and more hungry and while that's been mostly satisfied with eating jinwoo's unending supply of ramen, it doesn't do much at all for the ever creeping restlessness that comes with waiting for his brother to scoop him out of this dump.

as amaimon stops in front of the two brothers he casts a curious glance over the shorter one before tilting his head up to address the taller, his hands settled in his jacket pockets.]


You're in the way, you know.
basilmiao: (THE ONLY THING THAT'S LEFT TO DO IS LIVE)

1/2

[personal profile] basilmiao 2025-03-10 03:56 am (UTC)(link)
[ Basilio is so used to living in the world where no one pays a lick of attention to him and Del that it does physically, actually startle him a little when someone pipes up behind them with all sorts of advise that just wasn't asked for, now was it?

his ears flick and swivel, pricked up as he stares Luke down, arms folded and towering as he summons up the same amount of brat energy. ]


Some of us have never had the luxury of fast food, like. Terrible sorry for the trouble.

[ he's not sorry for shit. his tone implies that Luke can take a long walk off a short pier and find himself in the Bermuda triangle, for all the emotions Basilio's feeling towards him. ]
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basilmiao: (WE'RE BEGGERS)

[personal profile] basilmiao 2025-03-10 04:02 am (UTC)(link)
[ and the familiar call and response earns a grin from the younger sibling, hands slipping into his pockets casual-like as he rolls the tension out of his frame and softens his expression to something that's less keen, less hungry. he's totally good at this playing casual thing. definitely. ]

A'course, I'm always ready to throw down. Ain't a man alive that can put me on the back foot for long--'specially with you at my back.

[ because it was easy to be fearless and sure when you felt supported and immortal. ]
replicannot: (pic#9248250)

[personal profile] replicannot 2025-03-10 04:04 am (UTC)(link)
[Wow???]

[Wow!!!!]

[Rude]


Hey, I don’t have that much time on my hands!

[And he’s been through a lot, okay!!! Pre calculus is like, really hard actually.]

And sorry that I assumed you’d had the hallmark of all American food. You guys don’t need to be that rude about it, it’s not that deep.
basilmiao: (WE'RE BEGGERS)

[personal profile] basilmiao 2025-03-10 04:08 am (UTC)(link)
[ time to continue to look at this weirdo and his freely inserted opinions like he's growing a second, third, and fifth head with no word on the fourth. ]

We're from England. Why would we have anythin' to do with American grub?

[ if the deeply scouse accents the pair of them are rocking don't tell most of the story, maybe spelling it out will??? ]

You're the one pokin' your nose in, mate--who's bein' rude?
basilmiao: (I DON'T REMEMBER DETAILS)

2/2

[personal profile] basilmiao 2025-03-10 04:11 am (UTC)(link)
They've probably got somethin' sketchy happening in the back-like. I've heard some folk steal iTunes giftcards, whatever those are.

[ the concept of both an iTunes and a giftcards is a little fuzzy to Basilio, but Fidelio's not answering the second question so Basilio, less sharp and prickly than his sibling, feels a certain compulsion to answer since the fella here was being nice enough. ]

Yeah, just blew into town to see an old friend. Funny what people think of as humdrum with enough time, isn't it?
basilmiao: (LET'S BEGIN AT THE BEGINNING)

2/2

[personal profile] basilmiao 2025-03-10 04:15 am (UTC)(link)
Basilio was so entranced with this weird dog and his giant bug eyes and his radar dish ears that he hadn't really heard the girl slipping up behind him and his brother--but Fidelio's paying attention, and if his voice isn't raised and sharp then Basilio's not raising sharp. He's continuing to lightly scratch nailed fingers under the poor star-dog's chin, looking back as Del veers right into his usual lane.

"Ease up, Del, she's just bein' kind."

Look, look, Bas also believes in Street Smarts and not going to no secondary location, sister, but what's one little slip of a girl with a tail gonna do to the pair of them?

"We'll make due just fine, lass. No need to worry your head about it."
replicannot: (pic#17709184)

[personal profile] replicannot 2025-03-10 04:17 am (UTC)(link)
[He’s about to go aggro on Basil when Felix speaks up. Hits close to home, it does.]

Hey, that’s not my fault! I always wanted to travel, my parents were just really strict.

[And Luke has no idea what’s going on here, so he achieves a level of “let me show you how to do a basic task” that is only achievable if you are Luke fon Fabre.]

No problem, watch this.

[And Luke orders a burger with an extraordinary number of toppings.]

The trick is to order everything on your burger. They don’t charge you for toppings, so you make the best of it.

[YOU’RE RICH???]
basilmiao: (CHATTING UP THE IT GIRLS)

1/2

[personal profile] basilmiao 2025-03-10 04:19 am (UTC)(link)
[ and there all of Bas' hopes of a good conversation go, clattering down the stairs like a Victorian woman in a proper drama. ]

There's other aisles. Go 'round then.

[ audacity meets audacity, the pitched combat of one oblivious dunce against another on the most honorable battlefield (aisle 4 at Poundland). ]
prunedworlds: (what's going on?)

[personal profile] prunedworlds 2025-03-10 04:21 am (UTC)(link)
Ritsuka really wouldn't be capable of tricking the pair like that if she tried. Not that they'd have any way to know that.

"You sure? If you're new here I can tell you a few places you can go."

She genuinely just wanted to help! And give them a chance to keep the dog if they wanted to. Pets were nice to have around!
basilmiao: (THE ONLY THING THAT'S LEFT TO DO IS LIVE)

[personal profile] basilmiao 2025-03-10 04:23 am (UTC)(link)
[ ooh, don't call them that outloud or you're due for a proper bollocking, love. ]

Lucky fella, havin' parents. Ain't you just got all the fixins in life.

[ sometimes it's funny to watch someone step in pothole after pothole, especially when you're carefully bouncing on the safe spots between in order to trick people into them. ]

Ooh, no extra for the toppins, hey? Ain't that fancy! [ and he cuts a sidelong look at Del, a smile curling the corner of his lips. ] Hey, we'll have what Mr. Pinnacle of Food here's havin'.
mauks: art from mighty nien origins (GENTLE WHISPERS.)

ownership, two.

[personal profile] mauks 2025-03-10 04:35 am (UTC)(link)
[ the stars aligned, the fates divined, that of all people the two catboys were to approach today it so happen to be the only person in the entire city who has never stepped foot in a Poundland before─ not that it is going to stop him. Mollymauk, for all intents and purposes, is planning to scope the place out. see what they have and maybe what kind of security they have. he is, unfortunately, destitute at the moment and honestly are they going to miss a couple of things here and here?

regardless there Molly stands, hands stuffed into the pockets of his jeans, coat over his shoulders parted to show off his loos fitting shirt people watching as Basilio makes his way over. ]


Morning. [ red eyes move from the Poudland's door, to the pair. ] You've got the look of a man who has a thousand and one questions to ask but has no idea where to start. What can a simple entertainer like myself do for you this fine day?
basilmiao: (BUT IT'S PRETTY CLEAR HE'S VITAL)

2/2 love love love love

[personal profile] basilmiao 2025-03-10 04:36 am (UTC)(link)
[ it's like baby giraffe at the zoo levels of new, like, they're up and walking but they haven't figured out knees or anything vital to the operations.

... and then Fidelio grumbles and Basilio can't help but laugh, skimming right over 'dangerous for: ]


But think of it, Del--if y'had a pair of tusks you could jab folks in the knees when they riled ya up, like.

[ the Abel instinct runs wild and free to this day. ]
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