mall mall mall

[gemuinemanagement]

Who: Robin, Lupine, you and your string buddies
Where: The Mall
When: Day 512, after the scramble

[The video opens on Robin and Lupine at the mall. Robin waves for the camera and clears his throat - it's his first time announcing a Live this way, so he's a little nervous. …And nervous for other reasons.]

Um, so, one of the activities the game suggested was to do a Live, and another one was shopping together, so we thought we'd do a mall Live? We can make it a competition to see who puts together the best outfit.

[Clapping Robin right on the back as Lupine leans into frame, a broad toothy grin for the cameras.]

Harvesting all the best dressed people in all of Tokyo-F... or whatever. Come show us what you've got!

[Honestly, he was just gonna take pictures, but it makes such an easy counterlive, if any other Lilises wanna join 'em.]

[Bring your own toplevels and counterlives! Have fun getting dressed up for your new friends and crushes~]

Comments

[at_heart]

[ Digging through the racks. ]

What're you comfortable showing off?

[gemuinemanagement]

Um... Cloud Retainer picked an outfit for me with some of the legs showing and that was okay...?

[at_heart]

[ Hmmm. ]

Like bare? How much leg?

[gemuinemanagement]

[He has a photo on his phone of himself in this outfit, which he shows to Lupine. Answer: a little bit of thigh.]

[at_heart]

[ Oh no, this baby. ] [ He studies it for a moment, tilting his head, then: ]

So, would something like this be okay?

[ Honestly, might be too much for wearing around town. But it's also a test. ]

[gemuinemanagement]

What happened to the pants?

[Why are you showing him a partial outfit, Lupine. Clearly you don't actually expect him to wear this.]

[at_heart]

[ .........lips quirking. ]

Not all outfits have pants. This one has — whatever you call thigh-highs when they're made of metal.

[gemuinemanagement]

...I think I would like to at least have shorts...

[dying a little bit]

[at_heart]

So...

[ Out comes his phone and I'm so sorry Robin but he's gonna start showing you pictures. ]

No on this kind of thing?

[ Skirt and no pants, open-backed sweater and no pants, skirt and no pants (BEDE edition), tunic dress and no pants...

All of the photos are of Lupine in the outfits. Mostly thigh-high stockings or leg warmers under long tunics/sweaters, but by long we mean they just barely cover the tops of his thighs. ]

Are you sure?

[gemuinemanagement]

[ajklfajlkfa]

I wouldn't look nearly as good in those as you do!!

[Also BRIGHT red.]

[at_heart]

Hey, don't sell yourself short, you've got legs!

[ lupine this poor man is already dead ]

Just try... this on.

[ rummage rummage, emerging with the pieces for this. ]

At least let me see what I'm working with here.

[gemuinemanagement]

[That at least... is sort of decent, kind of... He doubts there'll be much to look at with his chest exposed but he can at least try it on?

He takes the pieces and disappears into the changing room, taking a Long Time before slowly emerging. He looks like he might implode from embarrassment at any second.]

[at_heart]

[ Lupine's gaze is immediately critical, and also not even remotely on Robin's face. Going to circle you, if you don't stop him.

Hmmmmm. :|aaaa Hands on Robin's shoulders from behind, gonna try to take the overcoat off. ]

[gemuinemanagement]

[Is Lupine checking him out... Oh no, oh no, oh no...

He doesn't fight the coat being taken off, but he does hide his bright red face in his hands.]

[at_heart]

[ i'm so sorry robin ] [ Lupine slings the coat easily over one of his arms, then tugs the hem of the... skirt? To straighten it in the back. He thinks that hits right... ]

I think it works.

[ Tug, tug. ]

[gemuinemanagement]

L-Lupine, that's, um, um???

[aaaAAAAAAAAAAAAa]

Y-you can't just do that!

[at_heart]

Can't do what?

[ UTTERLY BLANK, Robin, he doesn't even take his hands off the hem. ]

[gemuinemanagement]

You can't put your hands there so suddenly??

[He's not even directly touching the butt.]

[at_heart]

[ Okay, well, at least he's letting go now! ]

It's just the hem of your skirt. Tunic? Whatever.

[gemuinemanagement]

Close enough! It's embarrassing!

[aaaa]

[at_heart]

[ ???????? ]

—Okay, well.

[ RALLYING. ]

Honestly, I think you should just wear this around for a while. Try to get used to it.

[gemuinemanagement]

I'll do my best...

[It's still Kind of A Lot, but it's better than the other options.]

[at_heart]

[ Still. Puzzled by the overreaction. He rubs the back of his neck, headtilting at Robin. ]

—So, my turn. Wanna pick something for me?

[gemuinemanagement]

...I can pick anything I want?

[this is way, way too much power]

[at_heart]

Yeah, sure. Whatever you like.

[ Does he kind of expect to wind up covering way more than he normally does? Yes. But Robin has Pine/Cornsilk Rights. ]