Robo27

Sol City [Modern Slice of Life] . (CHAPTER ONE COMPLETED!) . ARCHIVED

I am ok for a time skip, as long as everyone else also agrees

Sol City [Modern Slice of Life] . (CHAPTER ONE COMPLETED!) . ARCHIVED

Had work all day today, need to rest a bit, will have a reply up first thing tomorrow morning!

Sol City [Modern Slice of Life] . (CHAPTER ONE COMPLETED!) . ARCHIVED

@Pilatus I like it. Now I finally have a sense of distance for when I am talking about when I have to choose how to get somewhere.

Sol City [Modern Slice of Life] . (CHAPTER ONE COMPLETED!) . ARCHIVED

Kei Kinzo

Kei Sat there silently, he felt the awkward air set itself down right around the two of them. He knew he was misunderstood and more likely than not there was no way out. What really gave it away was her reply, she was blunt and a bit cold as if shutting down an advance that was never actually there to begin with. He was embarrassed, he managed to accidentally show himself as being nothing but a no good womanizer. He hung his head in shame and sighed to himself under his breath. 'Oh well' he thought to himself. Looking up back at Marlin he shrugged lightly and went along with the rest instead of making things even more awkward.

「I guess you're right swimming faster than the rest is key, I shall keep that in mind when practicing.」

He cleared his throat and rubbed his left arm with his right hand. Successful huh? I guess he would consider himself that but he didn't want anyone thinking that he was better than everyone else.

「I guess, but honestly I put it all towards school so it's not like I am running around spending money left and right trying to show off.」

The conversation between Marlin and Kei was abruptly ended when Ren made his way back to the table with another guest. Kei looked the new stranger up and down for a brief moment and smiled, introducing himself.

「Hey stranger, my name is Kei, nice to meet you.」

During this time Ren offered to order some drinks while it was a nice thought, Kei was good for the day he had his drink and didn't feel like drinking any more, ontop of that he was driving home later he didn't want to inadvertently get drunk and end up having to drive home impaired.

「I am good as well, I had my drink for the day and considering I drove here, I'd rather not introduce any more alcohol into my system. Thank you for the offer though.」

Things were definitely getting interesting in this bar.

@PrinceAlexus@Furiosa@aladdin_sane

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Ok so I had a very eventful day, my car broke down on me on the way home, boy was that fun, anyway I am home now though so that's the good news of the day, let me catch myself up!

Oh also I wasn't trying to flirt >.> literally awkwardness happened lol

Sol City [Modern Slice of Life] . (CHAPTER ONE COMPLETED!) . ARCHIVED

@PrinceAlexus Sorry that took so long, I got side tracked in youtube videos lol.

Sol City [Modern Slice of Life] . (CHAPTER ONE COMPLETED!) . ARCHIVED

Kei Kinzo

Upon hearing her admit to looking at him, he felt a bit of the awkwardness in his mind go away, he felt a little better about approaching her. He still did not want to come off as a creeper though so he kept as collected as possible. After taking yet another sip from his drink, he finally finished it off, ice and all, considering the ice just melted away. He placed the cup down on the table and with a light cling sound he then slid the cup away from the two of them. After being preoccupied with his cup for a good five seconds he finally looked at the girl as she spoke to him again. She had mentioned how she thought Kei possibly looked like someone from Anchorage. He let out a very friendly small laugh and began to speak.

「Ahaha, that clears everything up then, well I am sorry that I was not the person from Anchorage.」

He let on a friendly smile as she began to mention the sports facility and how she used to be a competitive swimmer.

「Hey I feel the same way, if life let's me I try my best to be at the gym everyday of the week. Just like you, though, sometimes life gets too busy. Also got to say, I could never imagine trying to swim competitively, I can swim but I completely suck at it when it comes to speed and form. Maybe you can teach me sometime?」
His eyes went wide for a very brief second, he felt that he said「 something that could be completely misunderstood, after all Kei was just trying to be friendly to someone he just met today, but not come onto her. He was deep in thought before she had asked him a question, at first he didn't catch the first half of it, but he immediately caught the tail end of the question.

「My thing huh?」

He really had to think about that for a second, how could he just openly go and tell her I am currently a student that day trades as his job and for side money deals small arms. That's not something everyone hears on a daily basis and nor is it something that people normally take part in when trying to be a good member of society. He ran his fingers through his hair and scratched his head for a brief moment.

「Well I am a student currently. I work from home, the pay is decent, I make enough to say that I am comfortable.」

Kei paused for a very brief second.

「Aside from that I honestly don't do anything else, I just kind of go about living life as the days come」

@PrinceAlexus

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Great! I'll just wait for @aladdin_sane to reply before I post more. But maybe @PrinceAlexus or @Robo27 heard the large thud from the bathroom? :')

@Furiosa

I'll say for my character he didn't due to the ambient music of the place.

Also @PrinceAlexus I shall have a reply to you soon.

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Kei Kinzo

Kei listened intently as the female named Marlin spoke, and as for the guy, before giving any sort of name he called Kei out for being presumptuous. Honestly he was right for all Kei knows maybe they were trying to get the attention of someone else in the Old Starboard. It wasn't long after that though that the male of finally introduced himself as Ren. Kei smiled and nodded, as he went to open his mouth and apologize for being presumptuous about the stares, Red stood from his seat looking a bit uncomfortable and excused himself to the bathroom. As such Kei didn't get to apologize or say anything at all to the male rather. Now it was just down to Marlin and Kei.

It was during this time that another patron had come into the store but, Kei did not pay much attention to the other customer. After a brief second of silence, Kei looked towards Marlin and began to speak.

「Well as Ren said before excusing himself, I was definitely being presumptuous and as such I wanted to apologize for being that way. As such there is no reason to be apologizing for anything as in all technicality you could've been just staring into space that coincidentally was in my same direction.」

After taking another small sip of his now diluted rum and coke, he coughed slightly to clear his throat.

「Anyway as you were mentioning about the pool, I definitely did see you there earlier today, while brief, I did see you. Is going to the sports facility a part of your daily routine? Thinking back I have seen you there other times besides today. Sorry if I am being a little nosy, no obligation to answer by the way.」

Kei didn't realize but he was starting to become a blabber mouth, he was just going on and on about something he really had no business knowing about. Not only that it was starting to make him sound a little creepy. In his mind he had come to realize this and as such he was starting to become a little embarrassed of himself. He let out a small laugh trying his best to mitigate any awkwardness between the two of them.

@Furiosa@PrinceAlexus

Sol City [Modern Slice of Life] . (CHAPTER ONE COMPLETED!) . ARCHIVED

Personally for me your writing style isn't problematic at all, quiet makes it easy for me personally to know what you are reacting to in a sense. As for giving a heads up I feel that if things get really fast and people are posting one post after another we would need it, but right now I think everything is a ok.