[Ty/Luna] - Foxball

[Luna]

[Refs]

It was Luna's day off and she felt like it was a good day to explore more of Avalon. The place was nothing like the city she had no choice but to call home. It was bright and full of colour, even in the respective sections something felt generally cheery. She went to explore Pillar Steppes. I mean, who could really blame her when this sector is full of really colourful and shiny rocks? 

She strolled around, many buildings laced with ivy vines woven between crystalline spikes that were primarily a glistening green colour. Merchants selling magically infused crystals had them assorted by element and size, most no larger than a fist and typically just fashioned as jewelry. 

Luna looked over each of the frontmost stalls, just to get a glance of what they had for sale. A couple glass art stalls, some sand art, some sculptures in clay or stone. A lot of pretty visual stuffs here. She stopped as her ears flicked to a door opening with some absolute banger music and looked over it. "Gorilla..Groove Music.. Huh, how long had this been here?", she asked herself, walking towards it. Whoever ran it knew what crowd to attract. She entered in it and saw it seemed to be mostly a music store but also had some clothes and a lot of people just jamming to sample music or playing a small tune on some of the showcased instruments. 

The faunus' eyes kept scanning over the store, locking onto the store clerk. ....Is that? No it can't be. Right? No fucking way that could be him. A familiar shadow loomed over the boy's eyes, not a normal shadow most wearing a hat would have. He seemed to be mindlessly flipping through some kind of magazine. She made her way towards the register, and the closer she got, the more it seemed to resemble the familiar face she knew ages ago. There was no mistaking that guy. Tyler Dumont.

[Sparky]

[Refs]

    Unaware of the familiar presence watching over him, Ty was content with this being just another slow day. Given his primary customer base was all in school or at their part-time jobs, currently there was just a small handful of individuals lounging around. Mostly from the same group, all content with simply relaxing to enjoy items they've already bought in the presence of their friends. His new employee, ever bubbling with energy, had been, in Ty's opinion, a good fit. The number of people who actually gave a fuck about her working there was a lot smaller than the pink haired girl first assumed. In fact, if there was any sort of loss of customers, it was so minimal that Ty hadn't even noticed. Nor would he bother to try and hunt it down to notice.

    Luke's presence back in the capped punk's life had been a positive one as well. Seeing an old friend like that was a welcome surprise. One Tyler appreciated heavily. And seeing as Luna was apparently in the city, the young man had plans to go to her place of work and give her the very same surprise. Man, that would be great. Seeing the look of shock and surprise. Gods, it'll be so fucking... funny... The ever hidden gaze drifted up from the magazine and towards someone who'd just entered the shop. Ty's jaw slackened as his ever shadowed eyes locked onto the amethyst gaze of a familiar, white haired girl.
    
    "You fucking hoe!" Tyler exclaimed, to the surprise of everyone inside. "Oh you dirty bitch!" The boy continued to cry, throwing his magazine at her. He continued to throw a few other items at her; a small plushie, a bag of gummies- noticeably soft or goofy objects. Then to the further shock and awe of all the onlookers, the young man vaulted the front counter wielding a rolled up magazine like a weapon. 

    "I was supposed to go to your workplace and surprise you first! You've ruined it! You've soiled it! Get out! OUT I SAY!" The rolled up magazine was put to good use whacking Luna, like an angry grandmother beating the devil out of their sinful grandchild. And indeed Luna was a sinful child! The girl ruined all of Tyler's carefully laid out plans! How could she? How dare she! "All this planning! You were going to be so freaked out and shocked! And after ruining all my plans, all my carefully laid plots and schemes, you have the audacity to come into my shop-" 
    
    Shimmering white gleamed out from beneath the unnatural shadows of Tyler's cap as the young punk loomed over his would-be victim. An aura of doom emanated from his very being as the young man extended his arms towards Luna...

    "-AND NOT EVEN HAVE THE COURTESY TO SAY HI!?" Before the woman could even have a chance to escape, Tyler's arms were wrapped around her. The boy hauled her off her feet and hugged her laughing as he swung Luna from side to side in a soul-and-spine crushing bear-hug.
    
    Onlookers... were still violently confused. 

    "Long time no see, Luna!" He exclaimed as he set the (now likely broken) faunus back down on her feet. "First Luke comes to visit me, now I have you coming by on my doorstep! I'm still really upset you beat me to the punch, but I'm still happy to see you. You scheme spoiling slut! Gods, how have you been? You look great! Really got that shine about you. Oh jeez, now that you're here I have to speed up all of my plans- look what you did! LOUISE! WHEREVER YOU ARE GET UP HERE AND MEET ONE OF MY OLD FRIENDS!"
    
    Tyler finally released Luna as he turned back towards the many aisles, looking upon it expectantly. "I have a friend I've been letting work here part time for the past few weeks, you'll love her. I was planning on introducing her to you after I surprised ya, but seeing as you're here, might as well!"

[fluffymcsnuggles]

[Refs]

Working at the music store had to be one of the best bets she had lost ever! Not that she was really a betting woman or a gambler... Still, it was super fun working at Gorilla Groove. She got to fiddle with speakers- broken old ones of course! Even work on drafting up some of her new projects when times were slow. It was great! Plus she got a whole new customer base being able to repair some music players and speakers or give them a few extra upgrades.

Louise was currently working on an old speaker now when Ty began to speak. She paused and raised a brow turning her gaze to him. For a moment she thought he was talking about her, which was weird since he never really called her a hoe or anything. Not like she was one anyways... Let's just say the romance department for Louise had been empty for a very long time.

Slowly she followed her gaze to where Ty was looking. A bit hard to tell with the dark shadows hidden by his cap but she could see who he was talking to now. A cute white-haired lady with lil ears that made her want to squeal in delight at the sight of them. She watched Ty through stuff her way. She let out a dramatic gasp as he tossed the gummies. NO NOT THE GUMMIES!

She continued to watch the odd exchange from behind the counter. Her eyes flicking back and forth between the two. Seems the customers were equally as confused by the conversation. She let out a small giggle though when Ty came over to give Luna a crushing hug. Ooooh, so this was Luna. She hadn't heard much but she knew enough- a little mischievous smile came on her face. Though it was quickly replaced by a more chipper and eager grin when Ty called her over.

"Okay~!" she chirped hopping up from her seat and heading over. Her black skirt swished with her movements as she skipped over to Luna. Her mechanical legs whirring with each skip. "Hi! I'm Louise it's super nice to meet you.
Ty told me some stuff about you-" and Luke but we're getting there. "I loooove your hair. Must be a dream dying it different colors. Mine takes a while and it always washes out super fast. It's so expensive but so worth it! How long have you been in Avalon? What do you do for work? Is it something cool? Are you like a super secret assassin? You look like one!"

[Luna]

[Refs]

Almost as if in slow motion, Luna watched Ty lifting his face from his magazine to hers and then everything started working in real time or fast forward. "You fucking hoe!", he started. "You dirty bitch!" Luna was about to clap back but immediately had to switch up to guard herself as he flung things at her. Mind you, it didn't hurt but gods did it cause a scene. A soft plastic thump here, a softer plushy thump there were the sounds as they hit and fell onto the ground.

Some of the shoppers whispered among each other in confusion, asking if the shopkeep has gone mad or if this girl was a problem for him and if she was even allowed here. Though even more questions arose as the boy went over the counter rather than around it in a rush and bear hugged the shit out of her, squeezing the air out and forcing her to wheeze from how tight his grip was. At least two hurriedly ran out to seek out a guard for help, assuming the worst that this girl was a mugger or something.

When Ty finally put her down she let out a gasp for air again like she was just on a run for her life. "You... You... Son of a WHORE.", she started. "That FUCKING hurt!" Luna looked annoyed for a minute but then returned the hug with a force almost equally as painful as the one he gave her. That was one of her many talents, matching up strength with her brain cell lost boys.

At least they seemed to be somewhat regrouping here in the capital city. Luna let go of Ty and the pat down her skirt to straighten it. "If you wanted to surprise me first, you should have sought me out faster then, idiot.", she said with a huff. Although, it was just a fake attitude she gave him which became more obvious when a shit-eating grin crept on her face as she glanced back at him.

It wasn’t until he was calling someone over that Luna’s grin faded. Someone new? Ty seemed to hit it off better than Luke in terms of making friends. But that was pretty typical, right? “Name’s Luna.” Though if Ty had already been talking about her, Louise probably knew that already. Whatever, courtesy is courtesy. “I just moved here. I work over at the Triangle.”, she said gesturing in a general direction, but not really in the direction of the bar itself. That’d mean she’d be using too much brain power to actually think of where the place is and no one has time for that.

“Can’t say I’ve really had a chance to do much with this other than cut it.” It was more the whole living in a shithole as poor people banded together scraping by to make a living and that kind of thing, but Louise didn’t need to know the nitty gritty details. “Even then I wouldn’t even know WHAT to dye it to.” There were too many options and Luna did not want to look like a Unicorn got drunk and decided to vom bomb her with a mess of pretty colours.

While they were conversing though, a guard or two finally showed up but after a few moments of surveying the issue, instead just gently scolded the people that brought them over urgency. There wasn’t actually anything that seemed to be an issue and the people that thought there was one were immediately embarrassed and went to hide somewhere in the store until they were sure people moved on from it.

[Sparky]

[Refs]

    An audible wheeze escaped the young man's lungs as Luna returned his hug with an equally spine-breaking hold of her own. Sometimes it was easy to forget how tough she was. That being said, it would be equally unwise to forget that Ty was going easy on her. She was tough, but Luna also had a cute face and personality to protect her from the real roughhousing the lost boys got into. Not to mention Luke always skulking the background as her secret personal guard dog, scaring the shit out of anyone who might have actually tried to go hard on her- but these were all stories for another time. That also being said, Luna was still a force of fucking nature no matter what, and in the rare cases where someone actually did try to hurt her, if Luna didn't kill them herself, the poor soul would have Luke, Ty, Zack, Io, and a good few other... unruly sorts to contend with. 

    Man, such good memories. Lotta chaos.
    
    What would Ty rank the lost boy's strength scale at? That was definitely a good question. Luna was certainly top five. Luke maybe... number three? Himself number two. Would have to swap those rankings if you weren't considering magic, because in terms on raw, unmodified strength, Luke was a force to be reckoned with. Io was definitely number one when he was around. That sorta shifted rankings a bit, but that was a different topic. Luna was definitely a high four. Girl was strong enough to snap brainlets in half and look cute while doing so. That shit was a talent. Wait I'm getting off topic.

    Tyler was pleased to see Louise hit it off easily with Luna, and the few people who had once been worried, calmed down when they saw the trio actively having fun together. It was just old friends meeting up. The young man couldn't help but laugh at the machine gun questions Louise fired out at Luna. For her part, the white haired girl took it in stride. 

    "Snrk- Oh man, I wonder how Luke would react to seeing you with different colored hair? What would you even change it too?" Ty continued to chuckle, imaging the dumbfounded techy's expression. Perking up, the young man tossed a grin back towards Luna. Arms folded over his chest, he cleared his throat. "Speaaaking of which. Have you asked him out yet?"

    Sorry Louise, Tyler's been invested in these two dipshits longer than you, he's going for the throat first. Gentle was not a word in this man's dictionary, obviously. And because it was a public place, that meant Luna couldn't murder him in cold blood for doing so! At least, without publicly embarrassing herself. Oh what a tragedy. She should have seen this question coming from a mile away though. After this many years? How could Tyler not ask about them. The guy had to have some sorta hope for these two love-struck braincells. It was like watching two graceful, elegant, goblins as they screamed in one another's faces for their mating rituals. That was to say- not at all graceful, not at all elegant, and painful to everyone who was left watching from the sidelines. 

    Either fuck or don't, please stop making a scene for gods' sake. 

    "I still don't get how you fell for that anti-social brainlet of all people, but that doesn't mean I don't want to see my two best friends happily together." Ty's voice became more teasing and 'girlish' as he continued. "Snuu-glin', smoo-chin'..."

    Ty smirked, knowing full well the next word to come out of his mouth was going to sign his own death warrant. He said it anyways. "Fuuu-ckin'~." Louise was about to get a speedy promotion. And after only working there for a few weeks no less!

    Wait was that good or bad?

[fluffymcsnuggles]

[Refs]

These two had a strange relationship. Good friends, she could tell that much at least. Even if it was a little weird it seems like a heartwarming reunion. How nice. Louise looks around at all the patrons who seem uneasy and she just gives them all a grin and a thumbs up.

"Nice to meet you Luna! What's the Triangle? I don't think I've ever been there. Sounds like a spy organization." Consider her interest peaked. She's just really feeling the spy fantasy for Luna for some reason. "Ooooh.
I think maybe a lilac would look good. Or like a deep blue- I can give you sooo many recommendations. Plus if you don't like it you can just change the color. I always go with pink though." She would love to dye someone's hair for them, it just seems like a fun thing to do with people! Luna might look good with a bubblegum pastel pink. She could see it now!

Louise gasped as Ty's brashness. She let out a small laugh. "Wow so you're just going for it." She had to admit he was asking what Louise was thinking. This stuff is just entertaining to her- plus if people get into happy relationships because of it great! She goes to swat Ty playfully as he begins to tease Luna. Now that's just asking for trouble. She lets out a small snicker though, she did find it a little funny.

Crazy to have known someone this long to be so comfortable around them. She was attempting to ignore the small sensation of longing. She'll have people like that someday she hopes! Not many people can tolerate her level of weird for long- save for Ty but she is pretty sure he just ignores her for his own sake.

"I think you should totally ask him out though." She was basically telling Luna she already knew what was going on. She grins at her excitedly. "You dunno till you try~." Practice what you preach Louise...

[Luna]

[Refs]

"Fuck I don't know, you think he'd lose his shit over teal?", she asked, though with a tone of sheer sarcasm. She liked to think she knew Luke well enough that she knew his favourite colour and how much that would throw the boy. Though when he asked about her asking Luke out, she seemed pretty taken aback, a blush on her cheeks an a less than friendly slug on the arm that would leave a light bruise at least. "The fuck no!? I just moved here!"

Tyler was being an absolute brainlet, letting shit out so open like that in front of strangers and worse! Someone she JUST met! Talk about fucking indecency. Absolute fucking smooth brain energy. Gods damnit Ty. His smooth brain ass kept pushing buttons and she held up a fist at him. "DO YOU WANT TO ACTUALLY DIE?!" That came out a lot louder than she wanted but gods damnit Ty, the next thing he'd be smooching, snuggling, and fucking is going to be that window pane if he didn't let off in two seconds. She hooked an arm around the boy's neck and held him in a lock while turning to Louise and giving her an overly sweet smile to hide the feral rage Tyler was about to dig out of her cute and wonderfully fluffy exterior.

"Oh, the Triangle is this bar that sometimes has leads on jobs. Anything to get coin. Sometimes busting heads-", she said she she gave Ty a little squeeze to make him black out for a couple seconds before dropping him. "Sometimes fixing stuff. Sometimes saving some weird old lady's cat from the rafters. It depends on what you fancy, but the man running the show there always seems to have a lead for everyone interested."

She ran her fingers through her hair, brushing some strands that went into the front back. "I've never really thought about it, but maybe some new colour would be nice. Gods know how long I've lived without looking like a unicorn vom-bombed on my hair." When Louise brought back the topic of dating Luna waved her hand dismissively.

"Please, I have standards and a method of my own. And between you and me..." She leaned in to Louise's ear only to whisper, "You wouldn't want to make the same jokes your boss is pulling."

[Sparky]

[Refs]

    "Listen all I'm saying is, you've been crushing on him since we were kids. Can't a guy root for his two best friends finally getting together or is that just illegal?" Ty held up his hands in a mock surrender. Joke aside, he loved Luke and Luna. They were family and he'd die for them. Despite Luke's anti-social tendencies and Luna's overly violent reactions. Everyone had their own problems though, so it's no big deal. "Anyways, if I'm thinking serio- HEY, OI!? THE FUCKAUGHHH-!?"

    Speaking of overly violent tendencies. 

    Tyler struggled against Luna's grip. Not using his magic, of course, given he was certain she was just playing around. It's not like she was actually trying to kill him. Right? Hehe... right? Wait why is she squeezing? Warning lights flashed up in Ty's head. Wait that's a bit too hard! Hold on! The young punk continued to struggle against Luna's grip with increasing ferocity. The whole time Luna was just casually and sweetly talking to Louise about The ∇ri∆ngle, until finally his brain tabbed out. With an audible noise, Ty's neck cracked as he completely blacked out, falling flat onto the floor. 

    Well shit. 

    Onlookers were speechless, and more than a little bit scared. No one had any idea what had been said aside from what Luna shouted, only to see the store owner fall unconscious. Thankfully, he was still breathing. So at least Luna hadn't outright killed the guy. Only moderately wounded him and his pride. Although, that last part was debatable given how scary Luna was looking to a lot of people right now. A few people actually made a break for it just out of fear of being next on the hit list, despite a lack of true association. Louise was, unfortunately, on her own now. 

[fluffymcsnuggles]

[Refs]

Louise takes a step back as Luna lunges at Ty. Well, she did warn him about the teasing so she isn't gonna get in the way and help. She tries to bite back laughter though and fails miserably while looking at the scene. It all was a little bit ridiculous. She's surprised that somehow the hat is still hanging on his head. There is still no answer to the question of what is under Ty's hat. Though personally, she thinks there is a pocket dimension there.

"Oh so that place is like a cool bar where mercenaries go. There must but like- a lot of badasses there. You ever see anyone with like a fuck ton of scars?
Or like a whole group of adventurers? That seems fun." She'd love to meet a bunch of wayward travelers. She sorta does at the music shop though. Which is pretty fucking awesome.

Louise's eyes widen in shock as she hears Ty's neck pop and his body go limp. Her mouth drops open and she stares at Luna. Oh my fucking god, he fucking dead. She goes still as Luna leans closer and whispers her threat. Louise gives one small swift nod. This is something she will likely forget she promised in a few minutes.

[Luna]

[Refs]

“Not just mercs. Everyone goes there. Party animals, we have a dance floor upstairs and two main DJs. We got civilians just looking for a drink and a bite. There are just freelancers out there too. Can’t say I’ve managed to really pinpoint a single group actually.”, Luna said.

A guard was brought back in, a seemingly different one that was nearby on their patrol. They saw Ty on the floor and walked over. “Ladies, what happened? I heard someone choked the store owner and he’s here on the floor?” The guard knelt down to check Ty’s vitals. Boy wasn’t dead which was a relief.

Luna kept an air around her that hid her embarrassment, since her flash of annoyance at Ty had ended after playing chiropractor and sandman at the same time. “Oh, he’s an old friend of mine. See, we have this strength contest, sorta, where we hug the shit out of each other. I think I won but accidentally hugged him a little too hard. Sorry about that sir.”

It was a half truth, a white lie. This guardsman heard enough honesty in her tone and could read subtle embarrassment off her body language to just sigh. To him, she was telling the truth enough for it to be passable. “Right… Well, make sure you’re both a little more careful when you do that. I’ve had a few people mention that he was killed by having his neck broken. He seems to just be unconscious right now.”

“Y-yessir! I’ll make sure to be careful next time, sir!”, Luna said. The guard nodded and got up, needing to file a report on his findings now and leaving the store. Luna sighed with a bit of relief. If Ty was actually dead, she wouldn’t know what to do. Both he and Luke needed to know to not push her fucking buttons. Chances are word would spread and her boss would hear about it but that was a conversation for another time.

[fluffymcsnuggles]

"Oh! That sounds really fun. Do you guys get your music from this place? Cause you should~. Maybe I could check it out sometime!" Maybe she could even do some work there as well. Shouldn't be too pushy though, they might kick her out. She gives a small pout upon hearing the lack of adventuring groups. "Aw man... You would think there would be more of them! Seems easier to do work together than trying to fight off some crazy bandits all on your own!"

Though if she did ever need to fight crazy bandits she was pretty sure she could handle it herself. She's a tough girl and she also can make explosives. Try her fuckers. Louise's eyes flick over to the guard that burst in thanks to the earlier commotion. Her gaze darts to Luna then back to the guard. She has no fucking clue how to explain this shit. She lets out a small sigh of relief as Luna begins to break down the situation.

"I mean people can be dramatic and also a bone snapping sounds WAY louder than what we heard!" Her commentary really isn't helping. She just gives the guard a small salute and wave as they head off. Ty would be fine... right? He's totally fine.

"WE should like...put him behind the counter to...rest." She says as she goes to grab Ty's unconscious body.

[Luna]

[Refs]

Luna shrugged. “Can’t say I really know where our DJs get their mix meal from.” It very well could be from here, considering how busy the place was. The faunus stared really hard at Louise. Stop talking, stop talking. She was trying to help but out of context everything sounded like it was building up to a murder.

“This isn’t the first time Ty’s been KO’d. He’s been through worse too.”, she said, hefting Ty over her shoulders. Despite her cute, curvy frame, Luna was strong enough to simply hoist the man on her own. Something would tell Louise she’s done this before who knows how many times.

She set him down on a chair, watched him fall over like a muppet and repositioned him so that Ty was now leaning over the desk like he was just napping. “You guys got a marker any- Nevermind, found one!” She took a marker and popped its cap off, drawing on the young man’s face. Eyes on his eyelids with three big and beautiful lashes. A swirl on one cheek, a dick on the other that faced towards the desk. A swirly mustache and a few lines for a light beard for good measure. He was still out for a bit more, so he wouldn’t notice that fast. She capped the marker and set it down where she found it, absolutely proud of herself.

[fluffymcsnuggles]

"Oh..." Lame. If the club doesn't get their music from here it probably has bad music. This a conclusion Louise has decided to leap to and will not go back. She still peers over Ty's unconscious body chewing her lower lip slightly in worry. "I'm sure he has. Still, you never know. Sometimes it's the tiny things that can kill us. You know like just one miscalculation and then BOOM all your limbs fly off!" She says with a dramatic wave of her hands. What an oddly specific situation to note.

She looks on with awe and surprise that she could just hoist Ty around so easily. Sure Louise could as well given her mechanical limbs, but that was technically cheating she supposes. Not sure if she would want to take this fox lady in a fight. She seems fun- if a bit mean... This definitely isn't the first time she's dragged around an unconcious Ty and she doubts it's the first time she has knocked him out either. Is it normal for friends to knock out other friends? She isn't sure she's never had 'em. Doesn't seem all that nice though.

At her question, Louise goes to grab a marker only to find she already got one. She lets out a soft snicker as she begins to make Ty an amateur art piece display. "Oooh! Lemme have it," she says reaching out for the marker and taking it into her hands. Then she goes onto Ty's arms and proceeds to but some dashes and marks along with an ominous 'note to self' that reads

"Don't forget."

What? She doesn't know but his reaction will certainly be funny.

[Luna]

[Refs]

“While that’s true...”, Luna said waving her hand in small circles. “I know to not kill my boys.” Though she really shouldn’t be doing stuff like suplexing them and playing chiropractor, that wasn’t going to stop her, especially when they start trying to push her buttons. Maybe try to not push her buttons, ever thought about that Tyler? LUKE?!

She let out a sigh, those two chucklefucks need someone to watch over them. Especially… Especially after Io’s passing. Why did he leave them all so soon? There was still so much for them to learn from that man. Her attention was taken from that thought as the marker she was holding onto was taken by Louise.

The faunus watched her work her magic. “Ooohhhh, good one!”, she said. She didn’t want to say too much in case Ty were to wake and catch them talking about their prank in the act. That would be an absolute fucking tragedy.

[fluffymcsnuggles]

She gave a small giggle.  Louis would fucking hope not.  She would rather her boss not die!!!  Then she would be out of work and down a friend which would really suck.  Ty probably wasn't going to wake up for a good while though.  Does that mean she's technically in charge?  What do people in charge do???  She has no clue but she figures it's just read a magazine or something.  That's what Ty does anyways.

She smiles eagerly at Luna's compliment.  It will be a little absurd and confusing but that's the fun of it.  She sets down the marker back to where she thinks it was before.  Not sure though.  "So uh....is there a reason you came in today? In the mood for some music cause I can kiiinda help with that!"