a crash course with yatagarasu! [open]
Misaki was skateboarding through one of the parks in Sector 006. It seemed to be the only sector that wasn’t overly populated or looked like something out of hell. It was kind of nice in this one — eons better than the fucking ghetto he was assigned to live in. Like, what the hell? He might’ve been part of a street gang, but he wasn’t trashy… Was it the baggy clothes?
Anyway, he figured he’d spend the majority of time in this sector and the shopping district. Maybe he could get himself a job there… earn some money. It’d give him something more to do with his days, that was for sure. Misaki was getting sick and tired and disappointed. His search for any people he knew these past few days was, so far, fruitless. A job would distract him from missing his Homra clansmen for a little while.
Not today, though! Today, in Sector 006, the weather was great! Perfect for skateboarding around and listening to music. It reminded him of being back in Shizume City aside from a few missing key parts…
Fuck that negativity, though! Misaki turned up his music so that it was all he could hear, drowning out his thoughts (and surroundings) completely. He didn’t even plan on dwelling on how stupidly small the skateboard they gave him was. It was working for him for the time being, until he could earn his old one back.
Misaki’s eyes were only fixated on what was in front of him; the path his skateboard was taking. Every once and a while they’d close and he’d inhale the fresh air, focusing on that amazing feeling of the breeze on his face. Skating made him feel like he could fly. He did a trick and suddenly he was soaring, weightless, and free. It was a more spiritual experience than one would think. Misaki left all of his worries and stresses on the ground while he was in the air. He’d fly high forever if gravity would stop pulling him back down.
With his music blasting, he felt like the only guy in the entire world right now; grinding off of rails and benches, doing various heelflips, kickflips, indys, and kickturns like it was nobody’s fucking business! Having tunnel vision while skateboarding, though, wasn’t always safe in a crowded area — and Misaki didn’t really hear anyone around him. So accidentally gliding into someone coming right off of a trick wasn’t his intention.
“Fuck-!” he shouted, a little louder than normal considering the headphones, falling to the ground.
Misaki groaned, sitting up, and rubbed the arm he landed on. He then pulled his headphones off, shutting his music as well. Raising a hand to shadow the sun from his eyes, he squinted over toward the person he accidentally skated into.
“Oi! You okay?! My bad! I wasn’t payin’ attention!”
The pain of the collision did nothing to diminish the awe that had taken hold of Nero. The young man's lithe body soaring through the air, muscle rippling under his skin as he flipped and turned with the skill equaled to a dryad resisting temptation. It was beautiful! Sculpturesque! At once, she was filled with the desire to capture his form with an artistic endeavor... through a triad of melodies? Slap colors against a hungry canvas?
Nero shifted from the ground, posed on her knees and her hands quickly took a hold of the red head's own.
"I remain well! Tell me, o' illustrious youth... will you teach me this.... this glorious technique!" With her shoulder, she motioned towards his skateboard before devoting her attention back towards him.
"Grant me kindness! I would dearly love to learn!"














