route_1065 | hands on a piano.

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hands on a piano.

Who:

bewilding
Where: Goldenrod City.
When: Backdated to December 25th!
Summary: Judith being Judith, Ieyasu being Ieyasu. One-half dense, the other half wistful. Guess who's who.
Rating: PG!!
Log:
[ it was christmas.

to say judith had frequently celebrated christmas was a bit of a lie. to say she didn't frequently celebrate christmas was an understatement, mainly because... well, she wasn't familiar with it. and she hadn't exactly had people to celebrate it with, even if she had known.

it was different now, though. it's why she's on her wailord, outside of a certain someone's window, donned in a rather festive looking christmas hat and usual outfit. she's kind of glad this holiday came along now. it gave her a distraction from things like raven's departure.

she had to admit that it felt a little more lonely.

but enough about that. time to knock nicely on a certain someone's window. in her other hand was a bag, with a present and... the jacket she had forgotten to return. ]

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[As soon as it comes from his window, Ieyasu can guess exactly who it is that's visiting him now. So with a smile and a slight chuckle at the rather festive accessories, he'll more than happily open up the window, tilting his head.]

You could always tell me to meet you outside.

[Nonetheless, he figures it's rather chilly out- and so he offers her a hand as well to help her inside.]

[ she's returning that tilted head with one of her own. completely innocently: ] That would be too easy, wouldn't it?

[ now, after that comment, judith's taking ieyasu's offered hand almost immediately after he extends it, coming into the room quickly enough. she dusts herself off for a moment before returning her wailord back into it's pokéball... and then she's turning back to ieyasu, her hand on her hat.

... oh, right. ]

Merry Christmas. [ it's the rare time she's said that, but it felt nice. ]

[He chuckles at that, not even entirely sure what the whole holiday is about (besides apparently jumping on people to turn them into Christmas trees?), before making a fist over his heart.]

And Merry Christmas to you too, Judith.

But really... I wish you wouldn't insist on doing things the hard way. I hate feeling as though I make you do all the work.

It's okay. It's fun. [ honestly. she gives him a bit of a mischievous smile as she says this, though it's really not that different from her usual smiles.

she leans her head in the direction of the window. ]

You should try it sometime. [ and she's actually quite serious about that, though she kind of sounds like she's joking. ]

[... joking or not, it was said and therefore he's making his way to the window.]

Are we taking a walk today then?

[ ... well. part of her isn't surprised, and yet part of her is. she doesn't show it either way, but there is that slight moment of amusement. ieyasu was good at that, it seemed.

she just nods. ]

Maybe a run, too.

[He glances out the window and... well, he supposes it's not that bad. He's at least adapted to the idea of having limits now, but he's certain he can handle a simple jump from a window.

However he turns back to her and tilts his head.]

Will you be alright in the cold? Do you need a scarf?

[He's actually successfully forgotten he's already loaned her things.]

[ ... oh, ieyasu. she lifts the bag up a little bit to take out what was inside... aka, the jacket he had loaned her a while back. she's not giving him the present just yet, only because... well, she didn't feel like it yet.

but she does lift the jacket up in her other hand. ]

How's this? [ except she doesn't really mean that she'd wear it, since she doesn't actually need it... but somehow she feels like ieyasu would end up worrying if she didn't. ]

[ Huh . . .

He smiles and nods.]

I used to have one just like that! I'm glad you came prepared though.

[ .... well!

that's going to get a chuckle. ]

It's yours.

[ . . . !

He blinks then, sitting on the windowsill.]

Ah, so that's where it went.

... well, I guess that makes sense.

. . . Mm.

[ so this conversation didn't go the way she expected it to. which was more fun, of couse, because if ieyasu was predictable it wouldn't be the same.

but she's still a little bit. well. not surprised but amused that he forgot his own jacket. ]

I hope you don't mind my spiriting it away.

[That just makes him laugh and shake his head.]

No, not at all. I really hardly even noticed it was gone! A number of my clothes seem to be pulling a disappearing act...

[read: he gives them away and proceeds to totally forget]

You're actually welcome to keep it if you'd like, Judith. I'd hate to take away what I've already essentially given.

[ it doesn't take a genius to figure out where his clothes are going... he had given it to her without prompting easily enough, and, well, considering he forgot they existed.

how cute. but she won't mention it. ]

If it's all disappearing, I don't think it's such a good idea to keep it.

No no, not at all.

[He holds up both hands defensively. He's... probably not going to stand for taking it back, Judith.

In fact, he sheepishly rubs the back of his neck.]

If I'm losing it all... well, I'm rather certain I probably won't take good care of it. I'm sure it'll be safer in your hands, Judith. I trust you to use it as you see fit.

... There is one way to use a jacket.

[ she won't push that at all, anyway. she lifts the jacket again to look at it for a moment, before placing her bag down and putting the jacket on. as an amused afterthought, she thinks that hayate would be pleased.

it's a little big for her, like before, but that's fine. ]

[It is fine! And he's rather pleased because now she'll definitely be warm outside.

A tilt of his head.]

Shall we go then?

[ a nod. she picks up her bag before she gestures toward the window, giving ieyasu a bit of a playful look. ]

First to jump?

If I may have the honor.

[He flies around on a Gundam, he's got this.

So it's a glance over and... well, he's rather glad that he and Mitsunari didn't pick a room in any of the higher stories.

But besides that, he jumps out of the building, at least careful about landing on his feet and reaching out to a windowsill as he approached ground level to keep him from landing too hard.

And then he moves back a bit, but you can bet he'll be quick to catch her if she needs it.

... though from what he knows about Judith, he doubts she'll need it.]

[ she leans over the windowsill to catch ieyasu falling. she doesn't blink throughout the whole thing--it's unsurprising that he lands on his feet. as soon as he steps back she puts a leg on the windowsill.

falling off heights? no big deal... usually. but she's not worried now. she's careful that the bag is steady before she leaps off. does ieyasu need to catch her?

... nope. she lands perfectly well, crouched on her feet. just what she was used to back home.

finishing it off with a casual rise to her feet. no problem at all. ]

[Well, she just continues to prove that he worries for no reason.

Nonetheless, he grins and shoves his hands in his pockets (these are genius inventions, he really should've followed Motochika's lead a long time ago) and chuckles.]

Where are we off to?

[ she tosses a glance behind her to the window they had just jumped out from before taking in ieyasu's question. ]

Hm. [ it's good that judith's quick on her feet. a small glance around gives her only one idea--which is to walk past ieyasu and to a snow bank.

she's picking up snow between her hands and... rolling it into a ball. other than that, though, she offers no explanation and does her best to keep what she's doing hidden from her companion. ]

[.... she's always so whimsical, it's a wonder that he can follow even half the time. This is not one of those times. So as she does that...]

... can I help somehow?

[Though he's not sure what she's doing. At all.]

[ she's going to keep patting it into a ball. she's not to mean she'll leave him in the dark forever, though...

... which is why she turns around when she's done and throws it in his direction.

react fast, ieyasu. she is completely expecting you to. ]

[He moves to the side immediately in response to something being hurled in his direction, fists even coming up to block his face-

.... wait-]

... oops. Reflexes.

[He laughs sheepishly before glancing over at Judith with an arched brow.]

I take it that was no accident.

[He's willing to play if you are, Judith.]

Maybe. [ airily. is she playing? yes, yes she's playing. ] Maybe not.

[ and there's her answer. she almost moves to make another snowball, but she'd already ambushed ieyasu once so... maybe waiting for his consent was more appropriate. either way, he'd blocked it.

she'd kind of be disappointed if he didn't though, so she's not too upset. ]

You reacted well, either way.

[A laugh.]

The battlefield is a nice place to learn a few things...

[But here, he'll make the move to make another snowball as well. A bit of friendly snowball fighting sounded alright with him.]

[ she lets out a--]

That's true.

[ --before she goes on to snowball building. as... quickly as possible, because she's the competitive sort. sorry, ieyasu, but she's not planning to lose. ]

[The short answer tips him off that this is getting serious.

It's not like he's got any plans of surrender either. So as soon as his snowball's all set, he'll be turning it quickly and throwing it at her.

... He can only do this because his conscience is free knowing that she's wearing his jacket and that'll keep her from getting too cold.]

[ you know what, it'd be no fun if she didn't take a hit. so she's going to let that snowball hit it's mark, just so she can throw her snowball in return.

TAKING IT LIKE A MAN, Ieyasu! ]

[Oof! He's already gone to prepare another snowball so that one hit him dead-on.

... and now he's got the bright idea for a snow fort.

BRING IT ON, JUDITH.]

[ oh, defenses. that's smart.

--too bad judith is a fan of head on assault, so she's putting down her bag with his present into a kind of safe corner... and then using both hands to fling as many snowballs as she can make at him with all her might. even if he's building.

no mercy, okok. ]

[No mercy is okok with him because he's built tough. lol Toyotomi. lol punching out Hideyoshi.

NAH HE'S GOOD.

except when one hits him near the eye-]

Gah!

[but other than that, he's satisfied with his fort and he ducks behind it to return fire]

[ well judith isn't a hideyoshi but we can pretend. c: either way, how are you supposed to throw snowballs at a fort....

... you know what, judith's just going to approach it like a toyotomi. with one whole snowball. even if she's getting some thrown at her. ]

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