It took them long enough to get here...

[envy_the_sinners]

Who: Scar, Raikov, Lust, Greed
Where: Outside Saffron
When: Around Sept 16, may contain subthreads on different dates.
Summary: Meeting up! ...Semi-reluctantly. But totally not.
Rating: Starting PG to be safe?
Log:

Why had they crossed two entire regions, again? Right, because Lust wanted to "see Scar" about something, and he had had nothing better to do.

Raikov had, for some reason, stuck by him throughout the month he had spent traveling.

They were approaching Saffron City when they finally caught up with Lust and Greed, though Scar was beginning to show reluctance as they approached the campsite. This whole thing was stupid, not to mention pointless. What was he even doing here?

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[majorcrotchgrab]

Raikov puffed out his cheeks. "It matters to me! He's the one I told you about that was also in Kanto. Our relationship is... odd."

Friends with benefits...? It was hard to say. They were in far less contact than Raikov would have liked to be.

"And he never told me he was traveling with anyone..."

The Russian wondered if Greed had even bothered to mention him to Scar's female friend. He felt a sting of jealous at the prospect.

[ossifragant]

Greed may have offhandedly mentioned he was seeing someone here once or twice, but unfortunately most of the conversations he and Lust have had on the subject have been about other people.

"She's a sweetheart," Greed comments about the Pokemon before he stands back up, recalling the pink bird into its Pokeball. "With any luck," he continues, "This will go smoothly." He hopes so at any rate. He's not exactly keen on having Scar travel all the way to Kanto and having him put his foot in his mouth around Lust.

[a_sin_for_him]

"She really is, her name is Miriam. What, no flower today?" Her tone is teasing as she reaches out to stroke the Skitty. Guttle rolls over, excited that his friend has joined them.

"Hopefully. Are they coming or not?" Lust peers up the road, frowning thoughtfully.

[envy_the_sinners]

Scar ignores Raikov's further protests and continues down the road, now well within the sights of Lust and Greed. He isn't going to stand there and listen to the other man complain about something so trivial.

"Then hide in the trees." He's only half joking. If you can even call anything Scar says a joke.

Miriam, meanwhile, looks as if she's committed some horrible failure by not bringing Lust and Guttle a flower. She's torn between soaking up the attention and dashing off to find one.

[majorcrotchgrab]

Raikov really can't tell and assumes Scar's being serious. But he declines the offer and follows after him, making sure to straighten up his hair and clothes a bit. He wants to present himself in a positive light for both Greed and the mysterious woman.

And as soon as Katya sees who they're meeting, she rolls her tiny eyes.

Here we go again...

[ossifragant]

Greed isn't the patient sort. Waiting for Scar to show up is actually something rather out of character for him. There are things to see! Things to do! More birds to catch in Saffron, and probably on the routes as well. They're everywhere and he's certain he's going to regret it if he doesn't find out more about them, but instead he opts to stick by Lust's side.

"Is that them?"

[a_sin_for_him]

"That's Scar, alright."

Finally. And she assumed the man following was his traveling companion, the one that was a bit sweet on him. She smooths her skirt down though it doesn't need it and fidgets with her hair, as though she can't decide just how she wants it to fall. What if Scar's companion doesn't like her? What if Scar honestly can't accept that she and Greed are very close friends, without romance between them? What if musical instruments or some other ridiculous thing start raining from the sky and interrupt their picnic before they even get a chance to discuss anything?

It could happen. This place is strange like that. Guttle is apparently not at all nervous, and eagerly rolls down the road to meet Scar.

She's thankful Greed's hung around for this.

[envy_the_sinners]

Scar's frown eased some when Guttle rolled up to greet him. He had something of a soft spot for the rotund creature, though that was true for most Pokémon.

"Sorry it took so long." He mostly addressed Lust, but at least he bothered to regard Greed. He didn't want to see him, but he was starting to learn that that didn't mean he could simply ignore him, either.

Miriam was occupied with reuniting with Guttle.

[majorcrotchgrab]

First thing was first: good impressions. Raikov stepped forward and held out a hand to Lust, offering a charming smile. Katya simply watched, occasionally glancing over at Greed with a grumpy expression.

"Ivan Raidenovitch Raikov. It's a pleasure to meet you, Miss...?"

[ossifragant]

If there's a problem, Greed chose not to acknowledge it, still standing next to Lust, looking fairly relaxed. He hadn't been expecting to see Raikov, but his surprise had been more of the 'this is unexpected' look than anything else. He ignored Katya's expression, too busy watching Scar.

At least Scar had acknowledged him this time. It was improvement enough for the homunculus.

[a_sin_for_him]

"It's alright. It isn't as though we had plans you were holding us up from." Lust isn't going to complain to Scar. He is here.

And Raikov, that was right. She remembers the other man's name now. She isn't sure what she was expecting, but he's polite. And he didn't mind trekking up here, so she's thankful to him for that. It wasn't good for Scar to always be on his own.

"Lust." She takes the offered hand, having grown used to the habit. "And no 'miss', please. I don't like social titles."

[envy_the_sinners]

"See? The world didn't end." That was aimed at Raikov, and Scar didn't even try to be discrete about it.

He glanced to Lust, then, still frowning some.

"Now what?" He was here, like she had asked, and he still want entirely sure why, or what she even planned to do.

[majorcrotchgrab]

"I didn't say it was going to," Raikov spat before returning his attention to Lust. "Lust. You're a... homunculus like Greed then?"

That made him feel slightly better about the situation. She wasn't just some random woman. But her name... he couldn't help but wonder if there was something going on between the two.

[ossifragant]

Greed raised one brow at the question, his expression delicate. It was hardly a rude comment, so he didn't say anything, content to fall silent. Well, maybe not quite content because he was still glancing frown the group as a whole to Scar in particular. If he was aware of Raikov's current thoughts, things might get a little heated, but fortunately he remained unaware, looking fairly pleased at how well things are going, all things considered.

Scar wasn't immediately trying to get out of dodge and wasn't immediately getting hostile with him, so Greed considered that quite the victory.

[a_sin_for_him]

"Why would the world end?" Lust lifted a curious eyebrow at Scar. What in the world was going on?

"And yes, I'm a homunculus. Much younger than Greed or Envy, but of the same biological nature." Before any assumptions were made in that regard. Compared to the other sins here, she was practically an infant.

Lust would just roll her eyes if she had any idea that Raikov was entertaining the same sorts of thoughts she suspected Scar of. If anything, she was more worried the other man would be put off by her interest in Scar - since as far as she knew, it was a common interest they shared.

"And I made a lunch for us, I thought we could take a walk and share a meal." The last was directed at Scar. That was casual enough, wasn't it? She didn't call him out on his rough manner, he was being civil to Greed, she'd take what she could get.

[envy_the_sinners]

"I don't know. Something about cold feet." Scar gave Raikov another sideways glance as if he could better explain.

This is why one should never irritate a vengeful jerk.

But then there was Lust, whose plans were exactly what he had been hoping they wouldn't be. He didn't externally react beyond a nod, but he suddenly wanted to be anywhere but here. This had been idiotic. They were just going to end up awkwardly staring at the grass the entire time. He didn't want to talk. When did he ever want to talk? Why had he agreed to this?

Cold feet indeed.

[majorcrotchgrab]

"I see. I haven't met Envy yet. I'm assuming he's here as well?"

And then Lust said the magic words. Completely forgetting about his jealousy issues (as well as ignoring Scar's comment), his smile grew wider.

"... Lunch, you say? What did you make?"

[ossifragant]

"No, he's still in Johto as far as I know," he said with a shrug. Envy suddenly showing up in Saffron would be rather funny, but he didn't expect it.

He knew what Lust was intending, because it was the plan all along, but of course Raikov wouldn't have any way of knowing that. He decided it was best to continue to be polite to Scar because that's the most pressing issue he can think of at the moment. "She went to a lot of trouble, you know," he said, doing his best at a genuine smile. It was a bit awkward, but he was trying. "I'm certain you'll enjoy it."

[a_sin_for_him]

"I'm sure you'll meet him eventually." As apparently Raikov and Greed already knew each other. Wasn't that a coincidence!

Then she simply blinked, staring at Raikov a moment.

"I made sandwiches and cold salad and things for myself and Scar." Had Scar not explained why they had even come here? "There's a boxed lunch for Greed, if he wants to share it with you."

Since she'd begun learning about cooking, she'd taken over meal making. And Greed was being remarkably helpful and supportive in all of this, she wasn't going to go off and leave him without a proper lunch. She hadn't thought about Scar's traveling companion.

She clearly still needed to work on her social skills.

"I suppose I could put something together now..."

[envy_the_sinners]

Scar closed his eyes for a moment, lips set thin at Raikov's question. Of course he hadn't explained exactly why they were here; it had been bad enough with the accusatory remarks upon realizing that they were meeting up with a woman. But now he was just making this more awkward than I needed to be.

But the look he gave Greed certainly communicated his confusion. Okay. And...?

"It's fine," he finally said, quiet and offhanded, to Lust. Don't let this awkward misery persist any longer than it had to.

[majorcrotchgrab]

The only thing he knew was that Scar and Lust had planned to meet up. He put two and two together though, realizing that's exactly was this meeting was: Just for Scar and Lust.

"Oh. I'm sorry for assuming... Don't worry about making me anything."

Raikov made his way over to Greed and went to wrap an arm around his, grinning. "The two of us can go find something to do while you two walk and chat? After all, we did make plans for when we finally met back up..." Even if it was meant to be back in Johto. He certainly wasn't complaining though. "If that's alright with everyone... ?"

[ossifragant]

No one he had been with had been so grabby, and it shows by how Greed froze up, looking awkward, like he wanted to pull away from the grip but didn't want to give Raikov the wrong impression.

"Right," he said quickly, taking a moment to find his voice again. "I wouldn't want to hold the two of you up."

[a_sin_for_him]

Lust had no idea what was going on. Raikov's casual approach to Greed surprised her - Greed had never seemed very interested in casual physical contact, even from people he was close to. Well. Things got more and more interesting.

But she supposed it would certainly go to great lengths to assure Scar there was nothing between her and Greed.

"Alright, then. Greed can feed you." That took care of that. And Greed wouldn't be by himself. "Don't get into too much trouble. Feirefiz, bring the basket?"

Lust's Furfrou trotted over, picnic basket in his jaws. She was bringing him and Guttle along as buffers. She thought Scar would like the sweet natured dog Pokemon.

[envy_the_sinners]

Watching Raikov latch onto Greed actually brought a bit of amusement to Scar's face. There was some kind of pleasure in it happening to someone else after he had put up with it for so long.

Especially when that someone was Greed.

"Have fun." There wasn't anything mischievous in his tone, but it was implied. Scar crouched closer to Feirefiz when he trotted over. This would be far easier with the Pokémon here.

[a_sin_for_him]

Well, that was that. Lust clasped her hands behind her back and began walking, following a little path off into the forest. Guttle and Feirefiz followed, the former rolling in circles around Scar's feet every now and again.

"I didn't know your traveling companion and mine knew each other," she began, once they were off on their own. It at least made for a good way to start the conversation, she'd been worried about a long awkward silence while she tried to think of something to say.