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Niky was at his shop, as usual. No gigs yet, but things have been...stressful. He didn't know what it was, but everyone could feel it. It's been a while since Team Rocket had tried something, so maybe it was because of anxiety of them finally making a move. Whatever the case, business had been slow. Even Sol was borderline sleeping on the job as is. Records of all kinds were inventoried, questions answered, special orders picked up. There was comically nothing to do. With a heavy sigh, the blond went to the back to start cleaning a violin that was dropped off earlier in the day. As he was doing so, he noticed something on the cameras. A...certain individual. But he couldn't figure out why. Lee the Lucario was watching him, and looked to be about to approach the person to see if maybe the Pokemon could help.

Niky grabbed his cane and walked out. Seemed like an interesting customer at the least. Walking out onto the floor, he saw the man. Again limping towards the man, the blond got a better look at him. Oh...he might recognize the guy. More due to the prosthetic arm and...heterochromia, though he wouldn't see that till the guy turned his head towards the blond. "Good afternoon, looking for something in particular?" He gave the rocker his most sinceriest customer service smile. A former idol meeting a rockstar...who would have thought.

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Like most days, Ezra was dressed to impress. His suit coat was a glimmering, designer thing.But it’d been thrown haphazardly over his shoulder, hanging like a nobleman’s cape. The t-shirt under it was borderline offensive, but enough to draw a smirk from like-minded people. The jeans, meanwhile, were a gorgeous dark wash. Perched on his shoulder was a Rattata in a matching jacket. All in all, he
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His fingers flew over the dusty jackets in the bin in front of him. Gray-and-maroon eyes flicked across titles with an apparent disregard for what was in them. His hand stopped on one record. He snorted, his gaze flickering up to Fifteen’s eyes. “Fuck. I can’t believe this shit counts as music.” People with vinyl usually had tastes, but some asshole had thrown poppy garbage in here.
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He was in the S section. Indulging in an ego stroke, perhaps?
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At the click of a cane, the platinum artist turned to face Niky. “Well, now I know why pickings are so fucking slim.” It was one of those idols. And a crippled one no less. Fuck, those fangirls were into orphans. This ‘hushed’ whisper was audible. It wasn’t actually trying to hide.
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His lips twisted upward. “A record.” Time to indulge his inner Karen.

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POSTED ON Aug 30, 2024 1:24:36 GMT

The man recognized Niky. It'd been years since he'd been in any real spotlight...it was sort of surprising. But maybe this could make it easier? Nope, what the guy "whispered" axed that idea pretty quickly. Well, he better not be too belligerent when he actually got there. Well, depending on what the guy wanted, all he would have needed to do was take a few steps toward the idol. The rock part of the S section started there. But nope, Niky stood just past it in front of the guy. The rocker said he was looking for a record. That...opened up a lot of options. "Well, you've come to the right place. If pop music isn't your jam, let's step a bit over here..." The blond took a few steps back and pointed at the more rock section.

Which if the rocker was looking for some ego stroking, he'd see that his latest album was sold out, and only a few of his other ones in stock. "Or is there a more specific record you're after?" Niky hoped this guy would simmer down. Or maybe the blond could have some fun with this guy. The way the rocker's lips had twisted into an almost sadistic grin, Niky was thinking the guy might be going full Karen. Which Sol the Larvesta would be happy to "correct" that behavior.

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There was one thing Ezra loved more than sex: music. Something his dickbag father had tried to beat out of him. It reminded him too much of his stupid whore wife he said. But that love of song had passed to him like goddamned fetal gonorrhea. And that’d drove him to sample everything that music could offer. Which included the teen bops of this dickless sack in front of him.

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As Niky led him away from the trash, Ezra shrugged. Fifteen’s prim claws were drug away from a sleeve as the twink brought them to the rock section. Guy thought he really understood him, huh? Uppity little fuck. With a grin, Ezra pawed idly through the sleeves before him. He paused for a moment on one of his own album covers.
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“Yeah. No.” He waved the stuff in front of him away like some Paldean’s spicy fart. He leaned in closer. “I was thinking something a little more soulful.” There’s a teasing lilt to his voice. “Circa say 98?”

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Niky hoped he was good at reading people. Ezra didn't much care for him. Lee even bristled and was ready for action at a moment's glance. He noticed Ezra pause just for a moment at one of his own album covers. Yep, a little ego stroking. Or admiring the cover, he couldn't tell which. Either way, the man rudely said no to the selection shown. Leaning closer, and in a teasing voice, he mentioned something more soulful...Circa Say 98. "Now, Mr. Settentrione, if there's something specific, it saves everyone trouble and frustion to just be out with it the first time. This way please." Niky led the man a little bit further down, and then just around the corner, pointing out the exact album. Lee the Lucario following the duo.

Niky just watched the man intently, wondering what else he was going to do or say. The blond couldn't tell if the rocker was trying to push his buttons or what. There was always more to a person than meets the eye. But there are also times where you get as advertised too.

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If Niky knew him, he’d understand the rocker liked nobody on the surface. With the exception of his Nonna, there was no one on this fucking space rock he respected. Or. at the very least, no one he deferred to. He’d spent way too much of his childhood getting wailed on by a loser. It’d cost his younger, pussier self his arm, his home, and his mother. No fucker would walk over him again. As the rat tail scolded him, the white-haired man’s smirk grew.[break][break]

The guy wanted frustration. Other people’s irritation pleasured him in a way even the best hookers couldn’t. If he’d ever given a fucking shrink the time of day, he was sure they’d have a field day with that one. But he didn’t plan on bearing his heart to some nerdy little fuck. Unfortunately, it seemed his last clue was enough.

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Still, tease or not, the idol led him to what he was looking for. On the cover of the album was a white-haired woman. She was smiling shyly with her upper body draped across a piano. She was beautiful. But those blue eyes were haunted, always looking at a ghost. “And we didn’t even need a second clue.” Ezra murmured to the girl. “Look at you go.” The ivory-haired man cooed. Sarcasm dipped from every syllable.[break][break]

He flipped the album over. On the back was a family photo. A suave, dark-haired man with a smile, a little Ezra in his arms. There was a quote on the bottom: ‘This album is donated to my loving husband—a wonderful father and businessman. I thank you for my darling star.’ He then grabbed the next album behind it, a duplicate.

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His lips pressed into a thin line before he turned to Niky. “How much?"

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The rocker followed silently. And after swiftly and nearly soundlessly unlocking the case and letting the guy peer in. Not a lot of people go for these locked cases of albums...they were too expensive. The specific one that Ezra wanted Niky found sad in its cover. All in the eyes. And he didn't even know why. Maybe he was too empathetic. "Don't underestimate me. If you wanted to test me, you should have used a more vague clue." Irritating as the man was, he wasn't anything he hadn't dealt with before. Hardly the worst either. Then came the question of price, even though it was clearly stated on the sticker underneath the album. Oh well, there's a surprising amount of people who don't read signs. "It's 10,000 PD." Now to wait if the guy was going to go full on karen over the price, even though he could easily afford it. Which means this could get super annoying or super entertaining.

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“And you need to make up your mind.” Ezra’s voice is exasperated but also playful. For now, the rabid side of the wolf was dozing. “It’s like talking to a woman.” First, he wanted him to just blurt out what he wanted. Now, Tiny Tim wanted an Arceus damned riddle. Still, it wasn’t hard to draw a link between him and the old lady. Even through the glass case, the resemblance was undeniable.
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As for the price, he didn’t have time to read shit like that. Not when he had a little helper to parrot it at him. “So much for a family fucking discount.” The white-haired man muttered to the rat on his shoulder. “Guy’s a fucking vampire.” Not that he bit anywhere near as hard as him. Chicks loved that shit. Though he whined about it, the man is quick to pull the money out.
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“Take it.” He tosses it at Nikky as he reaches for the album. There’s a strange almost frantic look in his eyes.
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Niky rose an eyebrow, but maintained his smile. "I have. Karens are either extremely annoying to deal with or extremely fun. For the record, some people claim dealing with a gay man is similar to talking to a woman. And I am very happily gay." His own voice was rather amusing. While not the worst customer he's ever had, Ezra had certainly been interesting. Though he didn't quite expected a complaint about the price. "It is a rarer album, no matter the ties you have with it. Though let's be honest, we're all vampires here." Granted, the blond might not bite that hard, but his Pokemon sure would. The rocker may have whined about it, but he still paid up. Counting it quickly and efficiently, the amount accounted for tax, so he got to finishing up the transaction.

Printing off the reciept, Niky also handed the guy his change. "Thank you for shopping with us, Mr. Settentrione. Please have a nice day!" With a light hearted smile plastored on his face, Niky gave the guy the brightest, twinkest star of a smile he could. Despite the frantic look in the rocker's eyes. While curious, it was not his place to comment or dig. Just give the best customer service he could.

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Looks like he’d help this fruit puff get his rocks off. Great. “Well, la-de-fucking-da—” Ezra starts off. “Let me hoist the Pride flag.” His dad absolutely despised the gays. He thought they were a corrupting force. If one touched his hands, the guy would wash them in boiling hot water until the skin was pink. When he heard his son wanted to be in musical theater, well, that’d been an affront. Some of that hate had trickled down to his son, but his best friend was basically a personified rainbow.
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He just had no idea why it was fucking relevant to bring up here. Nobody wanted to hear about the groupies he got it on with.
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“Should be rarer.” The silver-haired singer mutters, the words an actual whisper. Don’t get him wrong, he loved his mom’s music. The shit was all he really had left of her stupid ass. But this album? What a bunch of bologna. It actually featured a love song. Not just that, there were two of the damned things. It didn’t help that there were well-written and beautiful. But people played them for all the wrong reasons.
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“Truer fucking words.” The man grins, showing off his canine teeth. “You just prefer sucking cocks to necks.” The comment’s inappropriate but almost playful. As the other guy counted the cash, Ezra smirked. “Drink up, blondie.” The man took the receipt and stuffed it in his pocket. His metal hand collects the change with surprising deftness and drops it carelessly in a pocket. He might throw it at an ugly stripper later.
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"Thanks." He doesn’t see the smile.
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CRACK! The record shatters in two as he bends it. His metal hand then turns that to little shards. Before Niky can round the counter, he’s set the thing on fire with his lighter. The smell of burning paper and resin fill the shop. Fifteen shuffles down his arm as if to warm his paws over the remnants.

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"I got spares if you want any." This was amusing. The blond really did have spare little pride flags. The number of morons still against it was still astronomical, but always hilarious when the book was thrown at them for destruction of property. Which this album wasn't anymore. He did hear a whisper, but was so low that he didn't quite catch it. Smiling in amusement, he did make a comment. "And enjoy it too. Nothing wrong with that." And if those thought so differently, then they can go fuck themselves. Ezra showed just how long he had the prosthetic with how well he moved it to take the reciept.

The counter wasn't completely solid. There was just enough space under it for a small trashcan to shuffle through. As soon as he heard the snap, he slid the metal trashcan underneath just in time to catch the remnents of the album that fell. Interesting that the man didn't just throw them in there. His Fabio the Popplio showed up to give a toned down version of a Hydro Pump to put out the flames. "I don't do refunds on lost or damaged product." Especially when it's obvious that the customer was the one that destroyed it. Who knew Ezra had a beef with this particular album.

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