[musebox post]

[eternitycoder]

This is a post for playing out any musebox-type things, set in the DV-verse or otherwise. None of this is meant to be game-canon, just fun things~ ♥

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[eternitycoder]

[He looks at the books in the fireplace dubiously and steps aside.] Yes. With our luck, the smoke detectors have also gone on the fritz and we'd die of smoke inhalation.

[esypuo]

Be right back.

[Rikku shuffles off into his room and comes back with what looks like a failed chem experiment]

Smells like pie!

[He pops the cork on the bottle and sets it in the fireplace as a strong smell of apple pie wafts out of the bottle]

Give it a sec.

[eternitycoder]

Alright. [Pause.]

[Nope, he's too curious.] Why does it smell like pie?

[esypuo]

Failed perfume sample.

[eternitycoder]

...women like to smell like pie? [This mystifies him.]

[esypuo]

I said "failed". It was supposed to smell like apples, but something mixed wrong and I wound up with apple pie. Couldn't even get rid of it at the club!

[It's no secret that Rikku spends every other Friday at one of the local gay clubs.]

And some of those guys'll take anything free.

[eternitycoder]

[And Artemis has no problems with his roommate being openly gay--he is from California, after all. But Artemis doesn't go to any club of any sort, and hasn't even really talked about girls or boys or anyone he finds interesting. But he can guess that if Rikku thinks he could have passed it off to someone who wanted to smell like pie, but couldn't, it must have been fairly caustic stuff.]

Are we waiting for it to tell us if the chimney's blocked? Is it so strange that it has an IQ?

[esypuo]

Nope. If the chimney's blocked, the smell should get stronger, since it can't escape. Logically, anyway.

[eternitycoder]

Ah. [Artemis stands in front of the fireplace, waiting and occasionally sniffing.] ...I can't tell. I'm still smelling the macaroni and cheese.

[esypuo]

[Rikku pulls out a small light and twists so he can shine it up the chimney]

Nope, we're good. Light her up!

[He takes the vial and recorks it]

[eternitycoder]

Right. You're keeping that? [He makes a strange face and starts clicking at the lighter.]

[esypuo]

You never know what might come in handy!

[He heads back into his room, bopping to a song in his head]

[eternitycoder]

True... [The lighter finally sprouts a flame.] Quick, this isn't going to burn very long, it's just paper and cardboard.

[esypuo]

Want me to get a few pieces of that broken futon frame? It's still in my room.

[eternitycoder]

I'm certain it's just particle wood, but it probably burns. Bring it in. [Artemis grins to himself.]

[esypuo]

Hey, wood is wood!

[He comes back out with a few smaller pieces and tosses them on the fire]

Blanket fort?

[eternitycoder]

Go forth, I will bravely start the fire. [He smirks and crouches down, holding the lighter under the corner of one of the school newspapers he picked up. Soon, the paper has caught fire and is spreading.]

There. [He shrugs out of his jacket.]

[esypuo]

[Rikku stops to watch for a second. Artemis is so pretty, so not Rikku's physical type, but...well, he really likes him. He hasn't even brought anyone back from the club or wherever else in a while.

And then he snaps out of it and starts building the fort]

[eternitycoder]

[Artemis smiles, unaware of Rikku watching, and moves to help him. Shifting chairs, spreading a blanket here and there, and then crawls in to enjoy the fire.]

[esypuo]

[Rikku grabs the pillows and spare blankets and joins him]

I still can't believe you hadn't done this before we moved in together.

[eternitycoder]

Well... [Artemis shrugs weakly while making room for Rikku.] It comes with being the son of someone important. ...you don't do a lot of things.

But, all of that is changing. My parents will be shocked when I go home. [He smiles and rests his head in his arms.]

[esypuo]

Yeah. Next step: figure out which club I need to take you to, The Abbey or Ricky's.

[The gay bar or the generic one he went on the weeks he didn't go to the gay bar]

[eternitycoder]

[Artemis snorts and rolls over a little so he can see Rikku.] You know I'd be absolutely awkward at a club. It would be the worst experience of my life, going to a social place when I'm so very... unsocial.

[esypuo]

Liar. I've seen you socialize at parties!

[eternitycoder]

Those were receptions! After concerts! I'm allowed, and encouraged, to sound full of myself there. [He smirked and pushed one of the smaller throw pillows at Rikku.]