Freedom Arms, Tuesday!!!

[the_merriest]

It was another Tuesday at the Freedom Arms! That meant Rikku was here, bouncing to herself and setting up display racks of guns.

The chicobo was with her, because Reno was still a freaking chicobo, because he was trying to set a record or something.

"It's a really good thing you're cute," she laughed. Otherwise, it'd get annoying, trying to get Petey not to chew on him all the time.

The shop was so totally open!!!

(Very open. There's going to be a naked Turk in here sooner or later, so ... SPOILER ALERT. Come take pictures or whatevs ...)

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[raspberryturk]

He was pretty damn cute, wasn't he? Reno was pretty proud of his cuteness, if he did say so himself! It meant that he could chew on things that he probably shouldn't be chewing on, and walk on furniture that even the cat and the ferret couldn't get away with walking on, and make happy roo-kii-roo sounds at all hours of the night, and he'd get cuddles for it.

Being a chicobo was pretty awesome, actually. Even right now, while Rikku was doing interesting things with those gun-looking thingies, and Reno was kind of obligated to wander over to investigate for what was probably the dozenth time that minute. Did it matter that some of the guns were bigger than he was and still not quite secured in place?

Nope!

[the_merriest]

"Don't get shooooooooooot," Rikku cooed, scooping up Reno and peppering light kisses onto his beak. "Silly Reno. If you get shot I am going to make fun of you forever. Don't play with the gunses and get shot."

Rikku was sort of hands-off in her pet-watching. What? She had potions. Wasn't like Reno couldn't handle getting shot, anyway. She had faith in his ability to be a badass, even if he was currently pint-sized and fluffy.

[raspberryturk]

It was true! Reno had been shot plenty of times! He could pretty much play connect-the-dots on old scars that he hadn't had a potion handy to take care of, by this point. Not that one could tell by looking at him right then, of course, since being a baby bird and being covered with feathers made that sort of thing difficult to notice. But it was true. It was practically Reno-related science.

Here, the island would help out with that and turn Reno back to his usual shape, so that people could have a better frame of reference.

Hey, baby. Did you want a naked boyfriend sitting in your lap and smirking at you while you worked today?

"It's the little things you do that remind me that you care, babe."

[the_merriest]

"Reno!!!" Excuse Rikku. She needed a moment to throw her arms around her naked boyfriend's neck and kiss him silly. Because that was exactly the sort of thing that made a good impression on potential shoppers: employees engaging in naked make-outs.

"I wouldn't really let you get shot," she giggled, inbetween kisses. "Wark!"

[raspberryturk]

"Kweh," Reno chuckled, smirking as he leaned up to kiss her right back. Potential shoppers? He didn't see any potential shoppers. Clearly, this meant there had to be naked kissing.

Anyway, he'd gone without proper naked kissing for two weeks, now. It was important.

"Probably for the best, babe. I can't see there being much more than a bunch of red feathers settling to the floor if I did, yo."

[kenselvren]

And look - here came a potential shopper!

Since their class had ended without the promised exploration of guns, Jalian had come to the most logical place to try and learn more about them.

She walked in, saw the naked kissing, rolled her eyes, and waited.

[the_merriest]

"Please, you're totally tough enough to --"

Oh. Oh. Hey, that was totally a potential customer.

"Sorry sorry sorry," Rikku chattered, standing up so quickly that Reno was dumped, unceremoniously, onto the floor. "Hi! Welcome to the Wellspr-- no, it's the Freedom Arms, now. Old habits. Sorry about that, he's not usually naked. He was just a chocobo, is all. Can I help you?"

This was considerably less flustered than Rikku might have been, a few short years ago. She was barely even flapping her hands! Progress!

[raspberryturk]

Reno, meanwhile, was mostly just blinking at the sudden state of 'splayed out on the floor' that he had just achieved with minimal effort on his part. What?

... Ah, a customer.

A customer who also happened to be a student.

"Well, this is awkward," he muttered to himself as he rolled over and reached for a rag to cover himself with.

They... probably weren't going to want to polish any more guns with that one after this. Reno would understand.

[kenselvren]

Jalian grinned a little at how awkward the male looked, then greeted the woman back. "Hello. I want to learn about guns." It looked like she was in the right place, right?

[the_merriest]

"Hi there," the blonde girl chirped. "I'm Rikku, pleasedtameetcha. Annnnnnnd this is Reno, and -- wait, you're not like in his class or anything, are you?"

Very teacher-like, to be naked on the floor of a gun shop.

She tugged off her long multi-colored scarf and tossed it to him. What? Most of her clothing was kind of essential for covering her own bits.

[raspberryturk]

"I don't know this one," Reno offered helpfully, bundling up the scarf in order to try to preserve at least some modesty. Not that he really had much of that to begin with, granted. "She kinda stands out."

Nothing personal, Jalian, but Reno had a bit of a history with very calm people with hair that color. Even if he wasn't judging you by it, he was certainly going to notice.

[kenselvren]

"He teaches?" She was less surprised about the males doing things like that these days, but still... She squinted at him for a moment, and took in the scars beneath the prettiness. She nodded. "No, I'm not," she agreed. "Can you teach me to use guns?"

Single-minded who?

[the_merriest]

The scars accentuated the prettiness. If you asked Rikku, anyway.

"Ab-so-lutely," Rikku enthused. "Have you ever used a gun before? What kinds are you familiar with? No worries, they're super-easy to get the hang of. We've got a shooting range right here on site."

[kenselvren]

"I'm good with a bow and spear. Better with knives," Jalian answered. "I've only seen guns recently, but they seem a good weapon to know."

[raspberryturk]

"If you wanna get a quick kill in before whatever you want dead gets too close, they're great," Reno supplied, briefly contemplating tying the scarf around himself like some kind of bright orange loincloth, and then shrugging and deciding against it. "Loud, though. They're a shitty weapon if you want to be stealthy about it."

Reno had plenty of experience with guns. They were second only to his EMR on his list of favorite weapons.

[the_merriest]

"Unless you're up on a rooftop playing sniper," Rikku chirped. "I mean, you've got to get the right kind of gun for that. High accuracy and a really good scope, and then you can take someone out from super far away. But that requires, like, setting things up way ahead of time, not spur-of-the-moment fighting."

[kenselvren]

Jalian nodded. "We had some in one of my classes. Small ones." She gestured. "They seemed...less precise but more damaging than knives. There are a lot of different kinds?"

Don't worry, Reno. You were sort of pretty, but she was more interested in the weapons.

[raspberryturk]

Yeah, Reno was gathering that. And pretty okay with it.

"Shit, are there ever," he replied. "Ones made for accuracy and ones made to blow the head off a friggin'... what are some big Earth animals? Bear? Off a bear. Plus, factor in what Rikku can do with 'em from there..."