Room 429, Saturday Evening

[raspberryturk]

So, today had been a long day. Between his best buddy getting shot by some fancy-talking twit on the beach, and the annoying hex that had been placed on him by that nasty, nasty old chick during his and Doji's Sex Ed presentation, Reno was more than just a little ready to curl up on a chair by the window, staring out over the island.

Quietly. Very quietly. The laughing fits had subsided, fortunately, but he was still annoyingly mute.

At least the chittering of the ferret involved sound. When Reno wasn't in A Mood, he'd have to give Mako extra treats or something for helping him preserve his sanity.

[For one person in particular, but open for interaction before she shows up if you don't mind a somewhat one-sided conversation.]

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[raspberryturk]

There was a very quiet sort of tsk-tsk-tsk as Reno shook his head, digging through his dresser for his DVDs.

Most people kept clothing in their drawers. Reno didn't have much clothing. His drawers hid all the stuff that he didn't want anyone stumbling across if the school ever started doing room inspections.

And then he surfaced with it. The glory of his collection. The holy grail of porn.

He wasn't going to pop it in to show her. At least not yet. He was just going to tap the write-up on the back and then hand her the case.

It was, effectively, the Midgar Slums equivalent to Girls Gone Wild. Except... well... slummier.

[the_merriest]

"'Slum Girl Sluts'?" Rikku said, grimacing.

Okay, at least it wasn't anything really crazy involving barnyard animals or people puking on each other. 'Cause. She heard some people were into weird stuff and she didn't want to know.

"So ... is this just ... girls?"

[raspberryturk]

Reno nodded! It was a very enthusiastic nod!

Hottest slum chicks in Midgar! 100% bonafide footage of the hottest chicks under the plates, doin' what they do in the soothing darkness of the dirty underside of the proudest city in the world!

... Well. The city was gone and Reno's porn stars here were probably all dead by now. BUT HE HAD BEEN HELPING THE ECONOMY BY BUYING THIS, OKAY?

It was a good deed.

Plus, it was girls rubbing their titties all over one another.

[the_merriest]

Okay, so it was a lot of girls having sex with each other and he was really, really proud of it. That shouldn't make her giggle as hard as she did.

"Local pride?" she asked. She wondered if the Al Bhed had some sort of dark, seedy underground of porn, and then realized she really, really didn't want to know.

"So ... you want to watch this with me?" she laughed. "Why?"

Watching movies like this seemed like a solo activity. For, uh. Solo activities.

[raspberryturk]

Reno considered that question. And then he gave his shoulders a shrug.

Answering 'why' would require words. Full essays of words. Words from A through Z, in every configuration he could manage. Mostly words like 'licking' and 'nipples' and 'juicy,' and it was a damn shame he couldn't speak right now. Soooo he reached forward and tapped the box again, just to be sure she hadn't missed the part on the back that had advertised, in big, friendly letters, that the 'cast' was 100% Midgarese, and by the end of the movie, they were all naked.

Naked, of course, was the important part.

Pleeeeeaese could they watch it?

[the_merriest]

"It's ... a bunch of naked girls," she laughed. "You don't need me here to ..."

She started making a gesture, and then blushed, harder. "Is that really what you do?" she asked. "Watch ... things like this and ..."

Gesture gesture gesture?

Guys really did that?

[raspberryturk]

Yep! They sure did! Reno was going to agree by nodding and smirking and gesture gesture gesturing back and sticking out his tongue.

If she stayed to watch it, Reno wouldn't have to gesture gesture gesture anymore! They could co-gesture or something!

And, if nothing else, at least she'd get to see an example of fine Sector Six film-making, purchased from the one and only Wall Market! ... Before the market had crashed, so to speak.

[the_merriest]

"That's disgusting," she giggled. "That's why you have these? For ... that? I mean. No wonder you don't have a roommate."

Rikku did have a roommate, thank you very much. And a boyfriend. So she didn't really need to ... y'know. That.

Not that she had much when she didn't have a boyfriend, or a roommate. It was kinda weird and all.

[raspberryturk]

.... Well, what else would Reno have it for? Honestly, silly girl.

Soooo he shrugged again. And reached to take his prized possession back. And opened the cover.

Ah, the sweet smell of cheap-ass Sector Six merchandising. Whoever filmed this thing probably burned their copies on some ancient home PC, too. Scrounged from, like, the trash tossed away by some slick ShinRa CEO topside.

That was how all the best porn was made nowadays. Wasn't it?

But the DVD inside was shiny! Shiny, and it had porn! And Rikku could get a looksee at what his hometown had looked like!

Uh.

Kinda!

[the_merriest]

"You really want me to watch this with you?" Rikku laughed. "Won't it be kinda boring for me? I mean. You'd better not think you can just drool about naked girls and touch yourself and I'm just gonna hang out."

[raspberryturk]

Reno was laughing again, and fuckdammit it hurt, but it was his own freaking laugh, so it was the best ever.

Oh so causally, he motioned to the bed. Sit down? He was still all... sore and shit. Wasn't like he was going to start jerking off to this or anything while she sat around rolling her eyes.

Sometimes, porn was simply an art meant to be watched and appreciated.

As you do.

[the_merriest]

"That better not mean 'no, no, you get to do the honors,'" Rikku giggled, settling in onto the bed. "I have more interesting things to do, y'know. Just saying."

[raspberryturk]

Reno gave her another grin, momentarily acknowledging the presence of his invisible box with both hands in front of him, and then shrugging and silently admitting defeat, there.

He then reached for his laptop. Dvd-rom drives were awesome.

[the_merriest]

"You weren't one of the filmmakers for this, were you?" she teased. "Lugging a camera around and asking girls to strip for you? Can't believe you'd cut off your career to join the Turks, zoto."

[raspberryturk]

D'awww, nah. But Reno was flattered that Rikku had thought so much. Alas, Reno's sexual skills were best left to his own endeavors, and the porn was best left to actual pornographers.

.... Though filming him and her doin' it would be pretty cool, he mused. Hrm.

He shook his head and waved a hand while he waited for his laptop to start up.

[the_merriest]

"Is this the one you were watching during the Pimp Club?" Rikku asked, glancing around the room with a bit of a frown. "Do you have any popcorn? This kinda requires popcorn. And why do guys like watching two girls together, anyway?"

Probably wasn't fair to ask so many questions when he was mute.

[raspberryturk]

Reno couldn't answer them all! Too many questions! So he boggled at her a moment while he mulled that over. Huh.

And then he shrugged and decided to just shake his head- nope. Totally not Barney's porn. That was all artsy and shit. And he didn't have any popcorn, and he couldn't answer a 'why' question without reaching over and copping a feel of her boobs.

He liked her boobs, okay?

[the_merriest]

He was going to get slapped for it. "Yes, I know, you like my boobs," she sighed. "Even though they have nicer ones that you watch while you -- you-know. Which is gross and what if I watch this and decide I don't wanna do it with you again, anyway?"

[raspberryturk]

Reno re-claimed his hand, looking about as hurt and traumatized as he could manage.

It was difficult to give pouty-face puppy-eyes when your face still hurt from laughing too much. But Reno was a survivor, and he found a way.

All things considered, Reno's best porn was also some of his slightly more tasteful, straightforward porn. If only because the slum budget meant they couldn't invest in crazy props and such.

He popped the DVD into his computer and looked back at her again- it was a look that pretty much screamed, 'if you want me to turn it off, just say so.'

[the_merriest]

"No, let's see what happens," she said, nodding to it. "This is really just girls doing things with each other? I so don't understand guys."

Only a little curious. Really. Just humoring him. Shut up.

[raspberryturk]

Reno was totally willing to be humored. He was! Look, big dramatic entry sequence thingie to display the hot chicks and the logo- he totally grew up down that street, but the logo covered up his place, which wasn't hard. It wasn't a big place. And then BAMN. Hey. Slum sluts! Indoors!

Seeeeee? This porn wasn't so bad. It was gooood. In a weird, kinda homey way. The way of the porn.

Reno was enthralled. Mostly in Rikku, trying to gauge her reaction to this.

[the_merriest]

"You knew that street?" Rikku said, noticing the pointing but unable to place it better than that. "Wow, that's ... is this hard for you? 'Cause it's not there any more?"

A little bit of home. Maybe someone had porn spheres, from Home. She'd watch the first bit over and over again. I remember that hallway ...

She snapped out of it, noticing the brunette girl winking and blowing kisses at the camera, and a friend of hers joining from offscreen. Brown hair, thick blonde highlights, and the second girl was cuddling the first.

"They're prettier than the other girls were," Rikku said, chewing her lip. "I mean, the other movie, they kinda looked all fake? Like their boobs were balloon-y and their faces kinda didn't look real."

[raspberryturk]

It hadn't even occurred to Reno that there was a possibility of difficulty in watching porn. Until just that moment, as Rikku mentioned it. Huh. Come to think of it, it would'a been nice if that street there wasn't all... gone, and shit. But it was a pretty crappy street.

They all had been.

So he waved a hand dismissively and looked back at the screen. Yeah. These girls so looked better than the freaking silicone-tittied botox bitches from most porn flicks did. They were just girls, right? All... real people and whatever. Reno didn't know about other guys out there, but he was certainly more a fan of human females than freakish peroxide space-aliens.

[the_merriest]

"They seem real," Rikku said. And maybe it was partly 'cause they looked a little hard around the edges. Maybe that was why he liked slum-girl videos; if these two wanted, they could probably beat up the cameraman and take his wallet. Possibly his spleen.

It made her feel silly and fluffy and young, next to them. So she frowned and settled in closer.

They didn't seem interested in the cameraman. Too busy making out. All sloppy and tongues, like they meant it.

[raspberryturk]

Maybe they did. Maybe they were kissing to feed a kid back home or something. Reno didn't know. He wouldn't have been surprised either way.

As she settled in closer, he settled back against her, wrapping his arm around her again. They still had their snuggle-setup going. Snuggling and porn, starring real people who were probably real dead and it really didn't matter.

Someone grabbed real life and shoved it into this video. It was probably a big seller for the people topside, too- they tended to want to pretend they were dirtier and harsher than they ever actually were. Down below, it sold cheap enough that the locals could afford it, because if they couldn't, they'd be out of business damn quick.

Probably for the best that slum kids typically couldn't afford that fancy, fake crap.

Reno was really more interested in the girl in his arms than what was going on in the video. He'd seen the video. He knew exactly how it went. But he had no idea what to expect from Rikku, right now.

Huh.