Often, people's enthusiasm for things that don't even involve them blows my mind. Take my mother for example. As soon as she found out about our class' idea for the P.K. Festival, she was all over it.
"You need to dress as someone who will fit with your pink hair! How about Natsu from Fairy Tail? He'd be perfect!"
No thanks. Kaido is already doing Fairy Tail and that's enough to put me off for life.
"Oh, that's perfect, Kusuo! The two of you could go together." Was she not listening or am I just talking to myself?
I said no. I'll find something else.
She rolls her eyes. "Then who? You've got to find someone who fits your hair colour, unless you're planning on wearing a wig but I really can't see that because those things on your head will get in the way of that and you never seem to take them off so they must be important."
She's beginning to remind me of Teruhashi with all this talking...
"I can't think of anyone else with pink hair except him, it's not really a common hair colour for movie characters unless you want to dress as a girl instead-"
Please stop there. I cut her off. Even if I can transform into a girl, my classmates, thankfully wouldn't recognise me so I'd still be accused of not taking part.
"Well do you have any suggestions then?"
I like Captain Jack Sparrow as a movie character for no specific reason, just that he's funny but he'd stand out too much, and as my mother said, I'd have to wear a wig as well as a hat, both of which are problematic because of my control devices. I guess she's right. It'll have to be someone with pink hair.
You're right with the hair but perhaps not someone who has exclusively pink hair. I'm thinking a character that's actually customisable so that I don't have to put much effort into looking like them but not one that's so basic that no one will recognise them. How about Robin from the video game series Fire Emblem
"Is that that strategy castle game?" Kurumi asks, and I nod, a little surprised that she knows it. Taking out my phone, I show her a picture.
He can have pretty much any colour hair and can look like almost anything. They can also be a girl too, so Robin is a very versatile character.
She nods approvingly. "Then all you need is the outfit and you're set. I think I can probably make that.."
It is at that moment when my father arrives home and, as usual they began their usual trills of 'I love you.', 'I love you more.', 'No I love you more!' Etc. Etc. and I can make a swift getaway to my room to watch TV.
I'm actually thankful to my father for distracting her as there's a new anime starting in 5 minutes and it looks good. I simply have to see it, and as you know, I can't record things due to my telepathy giving me spoilers.
And that, my friends, is how I was roped into cosplaying as a video game character. What a pain.