alttitude | [ sousei & jae-ha make mistakes ]

[A blank blink.]

...Slacks. A button-up shirt.

[SO...

Boring clothing.]

[A mutually blank blink.]

Is that... what you want to wear.

Yes.

Preferably white or black.

[He's 80 years old in his fashion sense.]

[god he hates that]

Thoughts on green?

[and then less obviously - ]

Blue? Red?

[...Sigh.]

...Blue is acceptable.

[There.

Do you feel better now.]

You really what a shame it is, don't you? For such a beautiful face to only be wrapped in mediocre colors.

[but oh well, he finds a measuring tape and brings out a smaller table for sousei to fold and place his clothes because he seems like the type]

Oh well. Now if you don't mind undressing...

[ ♥ ]

... For what it is worth, I do mind.

[But also like.

He gets it. He needs clothes. So with a soft sigh, he starts to unbutton his uniform coat anyway. Just to get this over with.

He's leaving his shirt on, though? So like. He's just removing the uniform coat, which he does neatly fold and set aside.]

Surely you should be able to gather accurate enough measurements like this.

... the answer to that is no.

[not really? for slacks? in particular that's a certain kind of Fit]

I could ask to see your current measurements but that would still require you to take off your clothes.

But since you're obviously against it, I can work around it.

[alter the design a bit and - ] It might require a few extra fittings but there's not much else to do in the castle anyway.

[so he doesn't mind investing a bit of time in this]

[He's very against it. Jae-ha does not get to see how far down Sousei's scars go on this day.

Instead, he simply nods.]

Very well then. Since you are not opposed, we will do it that way.

Hmm - there is a temptation to respond with 'Yes, sir'. The uniform combined with your personality really is too strong.

[but that's fine, he'll approach now and obviously hold the measuring tape so that he can take sousei's measurements, top to bottom

the evil (the uniform) must be defeated]

[ur full of shit, Jae-ha.]

I suppose that is the purpose behind this uniform in particular.

[The stripper boots, to make him more intimidating.]

Have you worn many?

[yeah he'll make conversation even as he takes sousei's measurements, why not. less awkward.]

Only two.

[Two separate uniforms is a lot for most people, Sousei.

Almost three tbh. Navy uniform when

(and at least he's good at standing still with perfect posture. Asshole.)]

This is simply my most recent.

Why - oh.

One for each treason?

[Oh my GOD Jae-ha.]

That is--

[...]

That is not why, though I suppose it is not inaccurate. [SIGH]

Well you can hardly commit a second treason in the same outfit you wore for the first treason - they might know what to look out for.

[stop him]

Did you have to play an especially commanding role for the second one?

[That. No. Stop.]

I suppose.

[He shrugs a little, quirking an eyebrow at Jae-ha.]

I was assigned one, anyway.

[Sousei glances at the folded coat, humming an ever-so-mildly distasteful note.]

The black does not leave much to be imagined, does it?

[It's not a color that's meant to be taken as anything but Very Serious. Even for Sousei it's like "whoa there". Or maybe he just misses his Yamainu blues sometimes.]

[He actually pauses, tilting his head even as he lightly presses his fingertips at the back of Sousei's forearm, encouraging him to raise his arms so Jae-ha can get a measurement of his waist.

But he can't help but think - 'Ah, you're actually making conversation with me?'

Not that he says it out loud:]

I think it's the trim that makes it more starkly commanding. Black and white are quite plain, but clean. Which - it doesn't surprise me that's the type of image you aim for.

[And obediently he lifts his arms for Jae-ha too... look at this, they're behaving like civilized people.]

Perhaps.

[Sousei looks at it blankly for a moment before he managed a very small shrug.]

It was the image necessary to accomplish my goals, anyway.

[Gotta look put together and commanding to get his fingers into all of those little pies he was sticking them in.]

The image you go for, however...

[A beat, and he's looking at Jae-ha rather curiously.]

"Green Dragon", you said. Is it intended to all be thematic? [Aesthetic? The blue and gold do look nice with the green hair but Jae-ha's undoubtedly got an image he's going for.]

Oh? Did you take my words at the festival to heart? You're asking more about me?

[he's obviously pleased even if sousei's about to deny it smh. his words come with a smile and a hum.]

It's not all talk, if that's what you mean. Being the Green Dragon, one of four Dragon Warriors... that was decided for me from the moment I was born.

[and he laughs faintly - ] People have told me that I don't look anything like a dragon since those tapestries unfurled.

It's a difficult thing to explain that even as proud as I am - it's not an easy thing to have out in the open either.

Shut up.

[DON'T LOOK AT HIM LIKE THAT.

Ugh.

Also yeah that's... pretty much what he was thinking. Jae-ha doesn't look like a dragon, but if it's just something that's not easy to have out in the open, then....]

But I believe I understand better. [A beat, and:] I doubt your claims less, now. Though it is strange, you being a dragon is not the strangest thing here.

[That said...]

Decided for you the moment you were born, though?

I think my being a dragon makes quite a bit of sense, actually.

There are four Dragon Warriors - Green, Yellow, White, Blue - and there are typically children born in the hidden villages that possess the qualities of the dragon to show that they've been chosen. The White Dragon's hand, the Blue Dragon's eyes...

[he leaves off what he has even if it's on his tapestry smh]

This is exactly who I was meant to be - and my sense of beauty evolved from the moment that I got to choose for myself, instead of follow stupid prophecies and outdated expectations.

[Yeah. He's got it. But he won't bring it up, it's fine. He's more interested in--]

"The moment that you got to choose for yourself"...? You discarded all of that for your own purpose instead, then?

Escaped.

Because prophecies are prisons, and expectations are cages.

[just to make us both unhappy it's worth noting that jae-ha does need to get on his knees in order to get the measurement for the in-seam of sousei's pants

he's pretty okay with it]

[ur right i'm unhappy

Sousei is studiously not looking at him because he doesn't want to see Jae-ha's face right now.

HE JUST WANTS

SOME PANTS.

THAT'S ALL.]

...I can understand that. You do not seem like the sort of person who enjoys being caged by any means.

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