Rebecca
*Indrawan walks out of an arts and craft store in the middle of downtown Isakstad carrying a large bundle of art supplies, from wood, to paint, to all sorts of chisels, he walks with an unsteady gait as the weight of all the thing that he carries weighs down on him, he's obviously struggling with all the items that he's carrying as sweat forms on top of his brow and falls down to his chin, onlookers look at the young boy with looks of pity as he walks through the crowded street of downtown Isakstad.*
Darren
Tuna had just walked out of the butcher's shop with a concerning amount of shopping bags filled with meat products when he sees a short, tan skinned boy juggling way too much craft supplies. 

The onlooker's focus went from the poor boy to Tuna the moment he stepped out of the store just moments earlier. After all, a tall, crazy looking man with bright blue hair and a muzzle was much more interesting of a sight than a boy struggling to carry groceries. 

Unfazed by the glares and the mumbles of the pedestrians, Tuna headed over to the struggling guy. He wasn't quite sure why; he wasn't the type to go out of his way to help someone by all means, but the boy looked a bit familiar. Perhaps someone from NC considering the direction they were going. 

Walking up to him nonchalantly, he picked up one of the box of supplies that the boy was struggling with from his arm. 

"Need a hand?" He hummed, carrying the heavy box of supplies in one hand, Standing in front of the short boy, looking unintentionally menacing. 

Getting a better look at his face now with the supplies not in the way, Tuna squints and tilts his head a bit, looking at the boy in front of him. 

"You seem familiar. Are you the new kid in NC?"
Rebecca
*Indrawan looks up at the tall man that was carrying his luggage for him, he was by all means grateful for a helping hand but at the same time he was confused about why a stranger would help him carry his stuff that is until he mentioned NC*

"NC, Newton's Cradle? You're a student there too?"

*Indrawan's voiced cracked in excitement to meet a potential new friend randomly in the middle of the street, as the tall man carries some of his baggage his gait becomes more steady*

"I am, I'm Indrawan pronounced In-duh-rrrra-wan what's yours, oh and thank you for the help!"
Darren
"NC, Newton's Cradle? You're a student there too?"

"Mhm," He hummed, "I kinda figured you were a student from the direction you were going." 

He was a bit taken aback by the excitement coming from the boy. He wasn't used to excitement being the first thing people experience when meeting him. It was always fear, distrust or indifference considering his looks. 

"I am, I'm Indrawan pronounced In-duh-rrrra-wan what's yours, oh and thank you for the help!"

"No sweat. It's Tuna, by the way." He said, smiling through his barred mask. "Your name's cool, are you maybe somewhere from south east Asia?" Tuna is an idiot in a lot of things, but the one thing the guy is surprisingly really good at is geography. 

"But anyway, I'm surprised you didn't hit me and run. I look kinda scary, no?" He snickered, tapping his metal mask. "I'm not used to people being all excited when we first met, but its a welcome change."
Rebecca
*Indeed to many folks the sight of a tall man with a metal muzzle and striking blue hair would cause an alarm to set off, perhaps even causing a fight or flight instinct to react, but whether to sheer naivety or a sense of goodwill, Tuna's presence does not perturbed Indra at the slightest in fact the opposite the strange looking man has caught Indra's intrigue and he can't help but stare in awe at Tuna*

"What no!, you don't look scary at all!, you look really cool!, i like that thing in your face?, whatever it is it's very stylish!"

*Indrawan talks with the excitement on his voice not leaving*

 "Also yeah i'm from Indonesia!"
Darren
"What no!, you don't look scary at all!, you look really cool!, i like that thing in your face?, whatever it is it's very stylish!"

Tuna raises a brow at Indrawan's remarks. His naivety was both amusing and concerning. He chuckled a bit at the remark, reaching his hand over to ruffle Indrawan's short, curly hair. 

"You think I look cool?" He said through a chuckle, "This muzzle ain't here as a fashion choice. You know what that implies right?" 

"You ought to be more careful, lest some other shady guy pick you up from the streets." He said, using a bit more fancy words than he had in his vocabulary before joining NC. Perhaps Haoran was rubbing off on him. 

"Lucky you, I don't bite," Yes he does, "But be more careful about who you hang with." 

"Also yeah i'm from Indonesia!"

"Sick." He hummed, "I kinda figured." 

"Anyway, if you're heading back to the campus, I can help ya carry your stuff back."
Rebecca
*Indrawan nods and fixes his shuffled hair, he never thought for a second that his trusting nature would put him in trouble, his grandfather always assured him to look past someone's looks and judge people by their actions and at this moment Tuna was helping him*

"Well if you were a bad guy you wouldn't help me carry my stuff!, and yeah thank you for the help!"

*Indrawan walks alongside Tuna as he walks side by side towards the campus*
Darren
"Well if you were a bad guy you wouldn't help me carry my stuff!, and yeah thank you for the help!"

"Mmmyeah," He hummed, walking with Indrawan towards NC, "I'm just saying there are a lot of bad people out there that look like me, if you catch my drift." 

"And it's no sweat, again." He looked down at the box he was carrying out of curiosity. A lot of wood, paint and all sorts of different crafting tools. 

"This is a lot of stuff." He commented, "You into wood working? What's all of these tools for?" He asked out of genuine curiosity, but the way his voice deflected it sounded a bit dry. 

"What kinda stuff d'you make?"
Rebecca
"OH, OH, OH, i make puppets!,and designs sets for them too!"

*The boys voice perks up as the kind stranger showed an interest to his hobbies, he's clearly excited that someone has taken an interest at what he do and at a moment's notice it seems like he's ready to tell him all about it*

"I'm still adjusting to my dorm rooms so i still have a few equipments missing, i still planned on going to a mechanics shop for the special effects too, oh, oh, oh, and i need some more fabrics for the clothes so i need to go to a tailor shop..."

*The boy rambles to himself, his excitement clearly got up to him and he begins to tell the Tuna about all the plans he have for his puppet show as they walk*

"...So that's how i plan on making Cinderella's dress and shoes!, i also need some lights to make sure the puppets stay the center of stage, dude it gonna be so awesome..."
Darren
"OH, OH, OH, i make puppets!,and designs sets for them too!"

"Yeah?" He hummed, looking straight ahead. "That's cool."

Tuna walks quietly alongside Indrawan, listening to him ramble on with the occasional 'yeah?' 'go on,' 'that's cool' comments. He's paying attention- but not quite at the same time. He enjoys the noise though, its almost calming. 

He's never quite had anyone pour out their passions to him like this in account that his only other friend is not one to open up about his interests, at least verbally. 

He couldn't give much input in the conversation but it doesn't bother him. He could tell its something Indrawan's really passionate about and he's less than bothered to be hearing him out, albeit quietly. 

"...So that's how i plan on making Cinderella's dress and shoes!, i also need some lights to make sure the puppets stay the center of stage, dude it gonna be so awesome..." 

"Sick dude," He commented, after Indrawan's extensive rant. "You must really like this kinda stuff. I know as much about puppets as the other guy but it sounds cool." 

"I don't got much going on myself." He said after he's sure Indrawan's done talking. "All I've been doing in NC's really just been doing experiments on my powers with a buddy of mine and playing the guitar every once in a while."
Rebecca
"Woah you play the guitars that's awesome!, maybe you can even play for my puppet shows, or, or, or i could spice up one of your performances??? I know lots about stage design and stuff i could make all your performances
**Pop**"

*Indrawan begins another rant this time about all the different stage tricks that he could do*

"...And so once we have you rise from the stage we could have fog machine blow through the stage, making the audience goes woah..."

*He'll continue on this rant for quite some time until he almost run out of breath, his enthusiasm for what he does not dwindling even as the walk tires him out*

"...So like you could have a projector behind the screen have a video play, makes the concert more exciting you know?, also wait you said you experiments with your power, what *Are* Your powers dude, is it awesome?"

*Indrawan asks excitedly as they walk together to NC campus*
Darren
Tuna goes back to nodding along to Indrawan's little rants, repeating the same affirming words like a broken radio to let Indra know he's listening. He smiles a bit at some of Indrawan's ideas, finding his enthusiasm amusing. 

"Cool," He said, a slight smile on his face after his rant, "Well if you need anyone for a guitar gig, I'm your guy." He leaned into Indrawan's spectacular plans, if not only to amuse him further. 

"Also wait you said you experiments with your power, what are your powers dude, is it awesome?"

"Hm, ah yeah my powers," He hummed, before looking back at Indra. "My teeth." He opened his mouth wide and pointed at his sharp, canine like teeth through the bars of his mask. "I serve an electric bite. Its why I wear this muzzle." He turned his head back at the road after the demonstration.

"Its pretty cool unless you count for the fact that its unbearably itchy all the time. I'd go insane if I don't bite stuff. Like I'm a teething, hazardous dog." He chuckled, even though he knew how dangerous the combo of electric teeth with the carnal urges to bite could be. 

"Pal of mine's a huge nerd, wants to learn the mechanics of my powers. He's also trying to make a cure for the itching in the process so its a win win situation." 

He looked back at Indrawan, not fully turning to see him, "How 'bout you? What are your powers?"
Rebecca
"Woah that's so cool dude, you could do a lot of cool shit with electricity you can like power your phone with your teeth and stuff, i wonder why you have itches from your teeth though, maybe it's because your teeth has faint static that sends shock to your gums, maybe you could use braces to alleviate shock across the teeth? Or or, or, or maybe..."

*Before Indrawan even begins to answer back Tuna's question he begins another rant on the reasoning and limits of his power, why they act like that, and all the medical and scientific research he knows about electricity in the human body*

"...And that's the basics of naturally produced bio-electricity perhaps your powers are related to that, oh wait i almost forgot you asked me a question too, what was it?..., Oh yeah my powers!, here let me show you!*

*Indrawan sets down his boxes for a minute and grabs a sheath of paper from inside one of them, from that one sheath of paper he begins folding it until a paper frog was made in the palm of his hand*

"Alright watch this..."

*Indrawan closes his eyes for a minute, and as he does so the paper frog in his palm begins to twitch, before it slowly but surely sprung up from Indra's palm and into the ground the paper frog proceeds to circle the two, jumping merrily along the way*

"Pretty cool right?"
Darren
Indrawan's rant on his powers put a slight smile to his face. He didn't understand a lick of what he was saying, by all means. But it made him wonder that if Indrawan is this chatty about the logistics of his powers, what could possibly be swimming around in Haoran's mind whenever they do one of their experiments. 

"...And that's the basics of naturally produced bio-electricity" 

After Indra's long winded rant, he cant help but laugh a bit. It wasn't a mean spirited laughter by all means, just one of amusement. "Sorry for laughing," He said through a chuckle. 

"I'm not making fun of you, it's just that if you can talk about this much on the possible mechanics of my power, I wonder what my quiet genius of a lab partner has floating around in his brain." 

After gaining his composure, he looked up to see the paper frog Indrawan was folding come to life in front of him. 

"Oh shit!" He exclaims, a smile on his face. "Damn that's cool." He looks down at the paper frog that was now circling the two of them as they walked. 

"I'd show you my powers but I figure it'll land me in juvie." He said, jokingly. 

"But anyway," He stops and bends down to pick up the paper frog. "I don't think it's a good idea to be flaunting your powers outside of campus." He hands the frog back to Indra, standing back up. 

It was very out of character for Tuna to be enforcing any rules, considering his general personality. Perhaps it was because Indrawan had an air of naivety to him. Or maybe it's because haoran has been rubbing off on him too Much. Who knows.
Rebecca
"Hmm?, oh yeah, i guess i was told that it'd be bad for me to show my powers, i don't know why though, i want to show everyone what i can do with my puppets..."

*Indrawan closes his eyes and the paper frog hops into the palm of his hands once more, the paper frog slowly stops moving before losing all life all together, he stores it inside a pocket in his baggy pants before taking back his packages and walking back to NC*

"I guess i should just use regular puppetry for my regular shows then, which reminds me i'm planning on telling the story of Cinderella for my next puppet show, so basically..."

*Oh boy are you ready for another long ass rant about an obscure topic that Indra seems to be a fountain of knowledge about?, because Indra sure does, he begins telling Tuna on how he planned on telling the story, how he plans the staging and how he wrote an original script for it*

"...And so that's how the original story by the brothers Grimm differs from the Disney interpretation popular culture knows about, i'm planning on having my story be a mix of the two..."

*In the middle of his rant Indrawan notices that they have arrived in front of NC Campus*

"Oh hey we're here!, you can set down the boxes now if you like" *Indrawan sets his boxes down and closes his eyes, an army of marching puppets come to where they are, they begin carrying the boxes that Indra has put down*
Darren
"Hmm?, oh yeah, i guess i was told that it'd be bad for me to show my powers, i don't know why though, i want to show everyone what i can do with my puppets..."

Indrawan seemed like the naive type, but he couldn't quite blame him. Tuna knew better than to flaunt his powers to some random stranger, but even then he knew his powers were much more destructive than Indra's. 

"Yeah well, unfortunate as it is, 'tis the way of the outside world." 

"I guess i should just use regular puppetry for my regular shows then, which reminds me i'm planning on telling the story of Cinderella for my next puppet show, so basically..."

Tuna readies himself for another round of 'Yeah?' 'cool' and 'mhm's as Indra continues to go off on another tangent on puppets. 

He doesn't contribute much to the conversation, again, but he listens, kind of, somewhat. 

"Oh hey we're here!, you can set down the boxes now if you like"

"Seem's so." He hummed looking up at the building. "You sure you don't need any he-"

He stops talking as an army of puppets crawl out of the box to aid in carrying it. "Well I'll be damned." He chuckled before putting the box down. 

"Well, I gotta go meet my buddy at the lab soon, so I'll leave the carrying to your puppets." He hummed, patting Indrawan on his back. 

"Invite me to one of your pupper shows next time." He smiled down at him before going to head in the building. "See ya."
Rebecca
"Oh i will Tuna!, and thanks for helping me get this far!"

*Indrawan waves enthusiastically as Tuna leaves, the puppets began carrying the boxes that Tuna had put down carried them inside, he waves for a good few minutes as he walks away, before he heads inside himself with the puppets along with him glad to have made a new friend along the way here*

**FIN**