Better Check the Warranty

[carbonatedscientist]

The problem started when Sento stumbled across that mustachioed dragon, and said dragon's self-proclaimed "amazing" wares. Sento hadn't thought them amazing, and he'd told the dragon so, and there had been a bit of an argument, up until the point at which Sento had found an odd-looking bracelet in the pile. It was a thin band of silver, and this band of silver was studded with several figural beads shaped like different animals--there was a rabbit, a hawk, a hedgehog, a panda, a gorilla...all animals Sento had corresponding FullBottles for, all animals he'd used as half of Build's transformation.

He'd been so taken by the coincidence that he'd haggled with the dragon for it, and in the process, he'd completely managed to miss the fact that the silver band that held all the animal beads was actually a sculpted cobra.

It is perhaps that cobra that made absent-mindedly putting the bracelet on a very bad idea. The bracelet was, rather unfortunately for Sento, just a tiny bit cursed. (This is, the dragon would claim, what Sento got for refusing to purchase the extended warranty, which would have covered cursed artifacts.)

Sento's hair is now white, his eyes are now red, and he's sort of prowling around the town, occasionally kicking over some townsperson's fruit stand or flower cart just because he can. Oh, the humanity of it all.

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[triggerhappytraitor]

"...If you said it was junk, why the hell were you wearing it?"

[carbonatedscientist]

Sento frowned. "That's...a good question. I don't know that I have an answer for it." And he looked very troubled by that.

[triggerhappytraitor]

Tachibana hesitated a moment, looking at Sento and debating before reaching out to put a hand on the man's shoulder.

"Well, whatever caused it, it's taken care of now. So try not to worry about it too much."

[carbonatedscientist]

Sento still looked troubled, but he nodded. "I...suppose so." It would just give him something to ask around about, was all. Tachibana didn't need to know.

[triggerhappytraitor]

"As long as you don't start any more arguments with dragons, you should be fine, right?"

There was a brief pause before a small amused huff escaped him and he shook his head. "Utterly ridiculous, this place..."

[carbonatedscientist]

Sento gave Tachibana a withering look. "Arguing with dragons was how I lived my life back home, why stop now?" Banjou was close enough, he supposed. "Everything about this place is just as ridiculous as that."

BELATED REALIZATION AND LOLS :D

[triggerhappytraitor]

A blink. "I thought your world was similar to mine, only instead of Undead you had that... Mars box."

[carbonatedscientist]

Sento laughed. "It was a joke. Banjou's given name is Ryuga, he uses the Dragon Fullbottle...he's got a bit of a theme, you might say."

[triggerhappytraitor]

A small puff of laughter escaped, Tachibana nodding in understanding. "Seems to be a trend, with Riders," he smiled. "The stubborness as well as the theming."

[carbonatedscientist]

"I suppose so," Sento allowed. "Stubbornness can often keep you going in this line of work."

[triggerhappytraitor]

"Certainly isn't common sense," Tachibana agreed with a self depreciating, if light smile.

[carbonatedscientist]

"Riders are very uncommon," Sento pointed out. "Our sense just tends to run that way, as well."

[triggerhappytraitor]

Another small huff of laughter answered that. "Yeah," he agreed with a faint smile.

"Feeling hungry at all? There's a food cart not to far that's really good. My treat."

Not that it really mattered in a place where the crown seemed to finance everything, but hey.

[carbonatedscientist]

Sento grinned. "In that case, then sure, I'm hungry." There was a pause and a bit of a frown. "I'm not sure when the last time I ate was; I'd been wrapped up in some experiments and got interrupted by a noise outside, and there was that dragon..."

[triggerhappytraitor]

"All the more reason to get something to eat," Tachibana nodded, starting to head over to where the food cart was. "Might be good for us to set up a system where when one of us takes a break to eat, we check on the other to make sure they do likewise." Because he knew all too well how one could get lost in research...

[carbonatedscientist]

"Some sort of alarm system, perhaps." Something that would be harder to ignore might be better, but he was warming to the idea. "Or I'm sure Garren would be happy to assist."

[triggerhappytraitor]

Tachibana couldn't help the faint laugh that resulted. "He would, yeah. He can be rather loud, when he chooses to be. And very motivated, when it comes to food."

[carbonatedscientist]

Sento laughed. "That would make him an ideal ally in this task, then."