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That's awful! (⇀‸↼‶) Let's make sure your new coat isn't from a dumpster this time.

Okay, be there in a few.

[ Just as she's written, Rem will be at the market. Pulling her red cloak together, she looks around the crowd for a familiar face. Denji had mentioned how tattered his clothes were been, and she can't help but recall how he looked after the fight with the dragon. If his clothes have gotten worse in the month since then, she hopes he's at least wearing a few more layers than strings! ]

[It does not take Denji long to make his way to the market as he's quickly grown accustom to wandering about the area, enjoying the various food stalls that littered the area. Needless to say he's become somewhat of an expert on the cuisine available to them here ranging from delicious seafoods of all sorts to freshly baked goods from the local bakery Zack had initially introduced to him on his birthday. Pushing through the bustling crowd the teenage boy spots the familiar red cloak Rem so often adorned herself with and gives a happy go lucky wave of his hand to flag her down.

Quickly closing the gap between them it wasn't long before he stood before her now with a sincere smile gracing his features. Giving a playful salute with two fingers to his forehead in greetings she can blatantly see why he needs her help finding some new clothes now, white dress shirt tattered at the sleeves and the bottom frayed along with his black dress pants. The only thing that remained intact were his red and white sneakers but were certainly looking a little grimy themselves in need of a good scrub down.]

Hey there, Rem! It's good to see ya!

Hello, Denj-- [ The state of him causes to pause, and Rem gives him a worried once-over. She's not the only one, either, as some people passing by turn their heads to gawk at him. ] ..Denji-- Denji. [ A bit more urgently: ]

Point at a shop, any shop, and let's start there! Right away! [ At this point it doesn't matter what he buys, so long as he gets something else wear! ]

[Giving himself a once over before his attention shifts to gaze at the gawking eyes all around him, Denji scratches the back of his head followed along by a light hearted burst of laughter at Rem's insistence to find the closest shop possible.]

Its really that bad, huh? Damn...Guess I'm just used to my clothes being messed up after a good fight or two!

[Looking about their nearby surroundings the fellow teen shrugged his shoulders before pointing towards the nearest shop that was adorned with a thread and sewing needle on its sign post.]

How 'bout that place?!

[ Thank the Crystals he chooses (what appears to be) a reasonably priced place!

Rem walks with him into the shop, and as she opens the door, a chime announces their presence. A few clerks greet them, but seeing as they're busy with other customers, Rem and Denji are free to browse on their own. ]

Sooo... Denji. I think the first question you should ask yourself is this: what do you like to wear? Or, what colors do you like? [ Rem's not an expert on fashion, as she's stated, but she believes these are the basics when choosing an outfit. They've helped her refine her own clothes in this world. Even if she is no expert on the type of garb, she's found she can at least pick an appealing style. ]

[It wasn't as if Denji was really looking for anything stupid expensive to wear anyways considering he was used to grabbing whatever he could out of dumpsters or stealing them from outlet malls back in the day before acquiring his Public Safety attire for work. So when Rem pressed the question forth about what exactly he would like to wear a hand scratches the back of his head as he looks about the place.]

Hmm- Well...I like cool t-shirts and short sleeve button-ups I guess? I've always wanted to rock a Zhongshan suit but...I never went to school so I didn't get the chance.

[His eyes light up as he points out a cool looking shirt that immediately catches his eye!]

Yo!! That is a nice damn shirt right there!!

You.. never went to-- [ Before she can ask about the whole 'no school' part, he changes the subject, and she lets it drop.

Rem's eyes light up as she takes in the design of the shirt, gaze then shifting from it to Denji, as if she could picture it on him right then and there. ]

Hm. Hmmmm. [ A hand goes to her chin as she hides a smile. ] I don't know, Denji, you might just have to model it for me first.

[Denji's eyes go wide in shock and disbelief as Rem suddenly asks him to model the new article of clothing for her, a faint shade of blush forming over his cheeks almost instantaneously. Rubbing the back of his neck a bit shyly at first before a smirk slowly creeps over his features followed in short by a firm nod of his head.]

You got it!! But first we gotta find some pants too...

[Words drifting off as his eyes train over the immediate area and spot a pair of distressed jeans that fit the bill. Pointing with an excited look over his face he runs over to the rack and grabs them before holding up the shirt and pants to himself.]

I could definitely rock these!! Gimme two minutes and I'll be right back, alright?!

[It doesn't take him long to find a dressing room and slip into the newfound clothes acquired giving himself a once over before stepping out and striking a pose for his counterpart with a confident grin.]

Well...Whatcha think, Rem?

[ Rem is nothing if nothing a good cheerleader type of friend, and so when Denji returns, fully dressed in both (1) adequate and (2) fashionable clothing, she leaps out of her seat. ]

Like you could be on the cover of a fashion magazine. [ And, he'd picked out both articles of clothing on his own, too! She'll never doubt his sense of style.

Rem walks over to him, making a loose fist and placing it in front of him as if she were holding an invisible microphone. ] Well, Mr. Celebrity? How do you feel with the new threads?

[Denji knows what he likes at the end of the day and wishes he could have afforded new clothes like this back home before joining Public Safety but he could barely even keep a roof over his head let alone eat at the end of the day. When Rem jumps for joy complimenting his sense of fashion the fellow teenager chuckles modestly as he strikes a pose, both hands on his hips like a superhero with his head held high grinning wide from ear to ear.]

Damn you really think so, Rem!?

[He never thought he could be in a magazine let alone on the cover unless it was in the newspaper for disturbing the peace as chainsaw man, even if he was trying to save the masses from evil doers like devils or the yakuza back in the day.]

I feel good...Real good actually! Like I'm not some homeless dude on the streets anymore that's for sure.

[ She claps her hands together as he poses, but-- there it is again. He's so cherry, but then he casually mentions something uncanny and tragic. ] Okay, but please tell me you have a home, now...?

[At the mention of having a home the boy simply blinks wide eyed as he rubs the back of his neck a bit awkwardly with a burst of laughter under his breath.]

Yeah...About that.

[He's still been sleeping on the streets without so much as knowing their is an appointed apartment waiting for him for the better part of two months now. Denji may or may not have missed the part about picking up his keys from the office in Nogard.]

[ The awkward laugh. The hand rubbing behind his neck. He--
no way....!

She levels her gaze on him. ]

D-Denji.

[Denji cannot help but shrug his shoulders as he laughs at himself without hesitation, no one ever told him about the appointed apartments before and didn't read the fine print about picking up that key as previously mentioned. It was a marvel he could read at all given he had no proper education and had to fend for himself at a young age.]

What can I say I don't wanna spend my money on a house or somethin' like that but my own boat would be pretty cool I guess!?

[Maybe something that would be big enough for him, Power and Aki to live comfortably on if he could figure out how to bring the latter back from the dead after all with the magics at play here in Escordvi.]

[ WELL PUTTING IT THAT WAY, saving up for a place to stay? That sounds rather logical, and she can agree with that. ] Oh, mm, one's own boat is rather ni--..

[ Wait a sec. ]

I'll pay for a room for you! [ Like hell is she going to let a friend be homeless! ] And-- ah, ah-- [ She raises a finger, as if to stop him in whatever protest he hasn't yet given. ] I have coin to spare. No excuses!

[The fellow teen blinks wide in disbelief at Rem's generosity in this situation and was about to protest when she quickly stopped him in his tracks. Rubbing the back of his neck again as he chuckles lightly under his breathe, Denji simply nods in agreement albeit reluctantly at first.]

Guess you're not giving me an option to say no, huh?

[A genuine smile growing wider over his lips as a heartwarming feelings wells up in the pit of his stomach. She really was the most kindhearted girl who actually was worried about his well being even if he did still harbor feelings towards Makima for taking him in out of the cold and giving him a real chance at life. She wasn't intimidating like her that was for sure, Denji always feeling comfortable when in Rem's presence.]

Of course, not! [ She replies, giving him an incredulous look. ] Who would ever want to see a friend sleeping on the street?

[No one had willingly offered to put a roof over his head at least not for free, sure Makima put him up with Aki after teaming up with Public Safety but that had its fair share of rules and stipulations that were quite literally lethal if he did not comply. She made it perfectly clear she had no use for dogs who disobeyed orders and would be put down swiftly without remorse if he failed her. Thankfully up until he was plucked from his home world and brought here to Escordvi's shores that had not happened...yet.

An awestruck look is stricken over his face as a hint of red flushes washed over his cheeks, nodding eagerly in response to her sympathetic act of charity. Rem was far too nice to him but someday soon Denji would have to repay her multiple acts of thoughtfulness and would make damn sure if she ever needed for anything the fellow teenager would see to it.]

Well...You are probably one of my closest friends here but you'd be the first to give me a real place to call home without holding a leash around my neck like a tamed dog.

[ ...

What-- ]

Denji.... [ A concerning picture is starting to form in her head about him the most he talks about his past. ]

Friends don't hold things above each other. Much less treat each other like 'dogs on a leash'.

Really? Huh- Well I never had any friends other than Pochita growing up so I guess I wouldn't know what makes someone a good one or bad then.

[Denji was just happy to have people who wanted to be around him as far as he was concerned and wasn't really thinking about the negative prospects that may have came with the stipulations of his 'friendship' with Makima upon first joining Public Safety. Either way it was better than the life he was leading up until that point being nothing but a shell of a human being who was barely scrapping by everyday to survive, living perpetually off an empty stomach and unlikely dreams. Nowadays he at least was able to feed himself and had a roof over his head with some genuine kinship with Power at his side.

Looking up towards the sky he thought about all of the people he'd seen come and go so quickly in his brief time within Tokyo Special Division 4. Fushi, Himeno, Hirokazu and most of all Aki. A solemn sigh escaping his parted lips before he finally looks back to Rem with a half hearted smile and shrugging his shoulders.]

Even still...It is better than the life I led before joining up with Public Safety. At least I can eat a good meal nowadays.

[He also got to see Makima everyday but he wouldn't voice that to her. Although he didn't know her ulterior motives for being so 'kind' to him but that was neither here nor there.]

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Had to make sure when Denji and Alhaitham's little trip to get his place before this reply. NOT YET.

oh my god dd

He's not that bright ><

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