[Maverick Hunters Headquarters - Break Room]

Variance steps in without any sort of fanfare, except possibly for the rustling of the large bag he carries in with him. It doesn't look particularly full, but there's definitely something in it. As for Variance himself, he looks a little... embarrassed, maybe?

Seikou grins and looks up. "Konnichiwa, Vari-sama!" he says bouncily. Either he got into the Karma Jolt again, or he's just being randomly hyper again.

Variance nods in reply and slightly turns his head to the side, offering the bag to Seikou wordlessly. Upon peering even slightly in, several folds of black cloth can be seen. He still looks ashamed about something...

Seikou blinks at Variance, absently pulling out the clothing. "Is something wrong, Vari-sama?" he asks.

You say 'Just remember that I said I wasn't sure I would get something your style...'

Seikou looks at the clothing for a moment, then nods and grins. "This is perfect, Vari-sama!" Rather than wasting time with changing, he just slips the shirt and pants on over the undersuit, a small amount of the grey still showing.

Variance again nods, still looking rather sheepish, though an obvious sign of relief flits across his features for all of a moment...

Seikou sighs and leans back. "I'm glad to have you back. It's boring around here most of the time... Pike and Lance don't talk much, and Signas is hiding again."

Variance strides over to the cooler again, taking a small drink before settling himself in a random chair at the table. "Pike and Lance I can understand, but I still haven't been able to figure out what Signas could be doing that requires him to stay in his office so often."

You say 'Of course, it could just be more paperwork and Hunterly matters, but even -I- don't spend that long on them...'

Seikou looks thoughtful for a moment. "Hmn... He could be holding wild parties... Or he could be plotting to take over the world with the aid of two idiotic girls... Or I could be reading too many manga..."

Variance literally stops for exactly two seconds, then looks up to Seikou in an expression of complete bewilderment. The first one he could believe -- he'd even said it was possible himself many times -- but the other two were just so... 'out there', he couldn't help but look confused.

Seikou seems to be deep in thought about this now. "Hmn... How could be hiding his bishounen hair under that hat..." He grins and looks up at Variance. "Karma Jolt is -great-, did you know that?"

Variance still looks frozen in shock, nodding numbly. This Hitomi... could it be possible she was -worse- than Shima? Could -anyone- be worse than Shima?

Seikou does seem to be channeling his creator's insanity, as he starts to ramble about the mechanisms of fitting that much hair under so small a hat.

Variance tries not to mind it, but then realizes that would probably look incredibly rude, inwardly curses, and tries to look interested.

Seikou finally finishes with, "So he probably has an interdimensional portal under the hat, making it a Hat of Holding!" With that, he seems to be done, and leans back, a satisfied smile on his face.

Variance nods again in his current sort of unsorted acceptance. "I... see. Compelling."

Seikou relaxes there for a moment, until suddenly he blinks. "Wait... what the -hell- did I just say?"

You say 'Something about Signas ruling the world and interdimensional portals in hats. I think you should cut back on the caffeine for a while.'

Seikou nods. "I agree heartily."

Variance leans back leisurely in his chair(shuffling a fair bit as his 'belt' refuses to let go of the chair back for a moment), idly examining a random nothing from... ((Where -do- we keep our inventories, anyway? o.O))

(insert odd discussion about armor and stuff here)

Seikou leans back again, black hair spilling over the couch cushions.

Variance peers intently at the item, turning it about in his hand now and again... He'd found it at the very bottom of the Magitek Factory, even before he became a Hunter, but still he held it for reasons he couldn't comprehend...

Seikou glances over at Variance. "What are you looking at, Vari-sama?" he asks, curiosity evident in his voice...

Variance looks up briefly to recognize the glance, then goes back to analytically examining the odd cluster of faintly glowing crystals. "Just something I found a long time ago... Nothing special."

Seikou peers at the crystal and blinks. "...Odd..."

Variance nods in agreeance, continuing to examine the obviously magical ore. He seems fascinated by it, not merely by its appearance, but by something a little less visible to the untrained eye...

Seikou blinks again, then looks away. It feels like he's starting to develop a headache, although he has no idea -why-... such things aren't common in Reploids.

Variance suddenly pauses in his analysis, looking up to Seikou in mild concern. "You alright?" It couldn't be seen, but there was something about the subtle field of mana around the stone that seemed a little strange...

Seikou nods, placing one hand to his head. "It's probably nothing..."

Variance offers him one last concerned look before replacing the stone in whatever pocket he procured it from.

Seikou shakes his head. Something was -wrong-...

Variance again peers at Seikou, nearly as intently as he had been eyeing the magirock. "That's odd..." It's nearly whisper-quiet, meant to be directed at himself...

Seikou looks up at Variance, shaking his head in order to clear the worry from his mind. "So, how are things?"

Variance maintains his concern even after seeming to dismiss the issue. "Fine, I suppose."

Seikou shakes his head again. The headache remains, at the back of his mind... Although not nearly as strongly as when the rock was in sight.

(Good thing we figured out how to make -closure- later on. x.x)