Just Two Pink Pals [Moe, Igen]

Igen snickered a little at her antics and watched as she slowly settled down. "well hey, not all of us fit into conventional ....uh..... look....stuff." He forgot the term he was thinking of, but eventually waved it off. "Look, I usually need things like Blind dates if I want a foot in the door." He murmured, puffing his cheeks a little. It was very rare for Igen to actually voice his gripes about his own looks. He didn't think he was ugly or anything, but when he was drunk, or well, when he was with Moe, since she too sortof wasn't a conventional babe, so to speak, it did slip out.

All the same he snorted. "I mean yea I know that. I enjoy it honestly. I thought it'd be ... you know.. kinda Awkward. But she really is just nice to hang out with. But you know how people get. A bunch of my squadmates been all over me asking if you know 'anything happened' when they heard I went on a date. It's like Academy all over again." He sighed, shaking his head. It was a little exhausting.

Igen raised a brow a bit at that and frowned. "Eh?! I'm not resigning myself to anything! All I'm saying is that I don't mind setups!" He insisted, backpedaling just a little on what he'd said just moments before. A bit defensive to be sure.

Be careful Igen. You don't want to wind up an old maid.
"And you hush!" He hissed at the feline, entirely unaware that only he could hear their little snide comment.

"It's not prying, they're my coworkers, theyre looking out for me! Eri even gave me advice on what I should wear. I actually get aLONG with my coworkers you know." He murmured in their defense, pouting a bit before he let his shoulders relax a little. The news about how Moe was treated made Igen snort a bit. "Yea, THAT'S why they aren't setting you up on dates." He noted cheekily, giving her a bit of a smug look as he lightly tapped her shoulder with his elbow playfully.

"ANYway. All that aside. What have you been up to? Aside from socking your squadmates that is."

Igen frowned and leered just a little at Moe before puffing out his cheeks and then letting out a tch. Hmmm. That said.... he glanced toward his Zanpaku'to and .... pondered. Speaking of fighting. He wondered, shoudl he ....train with her? His mind flashing back to the recent fights he'd been in. He should do ... better....right? Not only just with himself, but now he had a whole other part of himself to train with. Hmm.

He pondered that as Moe talked about not wanting to be set up, as well as ....fighting? One of Kyo's sisters¿ The only ones he actually knew were Miki and Nao. Was it one of them? Even so.... he couldn't help but give something of a sly little smile. "I mean yea, they ARE pretty strong. I actually wound up fighting Kyo's Mom, Lady Sawachika." He murmured, and then hopped up onto his feet for a moment and gave Moe a fierce grin. "I got my ass kicked, but it was AWESOME. It was way above me, but I felt friggin AWESOME." He murmured, closing his eyes as he thought back to that fight.

"It was.... strange. She was stronger than me, but not so much that she wasn't enjoying it. I could FEEL how into it she was getting." He murmured, thinking back. It wasn't quite like his fight with Shaoling, even though she'd been much stronger. It felt much more like how it felt to fight Kyo, or Lady Rio. He looked to Moe and smiled excitedly.

"Did you feel anything like that fighting Kyo's sis?"

Igen couldn't help but chuckle just a little at Moe's pantomime of the situation, smirking for a moment as he let out a sight. "The mom wasn't too bad. But one of his other sisters...what was her name..Nao? I dunno what the hell she did, but like...I don't think I've ever felt so immediately sick and nauseous and just unwell as when she did it." He shuddered, shaking his head a bit before folding his arms.

"That said, I DO like most of his family! Theyre all really cool to be honest and fun to be around!" He pointed out with a big smile, fondly recalling the little gauntlet and his ...well..MOST interactions. Still, Nao's recollection made him nod slowly, taking a bit to consider her response. Huh, she hadn't felt it? Maybe they just hadn't been like into it. It DID take something special to really DRAW that out of someone. You kinda had to be looking for it. Even igen couldn't always draw it out, like with his fight with Shaoling. Hm.

"Hmmm, fair enough." He murmured, reaching down to pet Ko, who gave an annoyed noise, but seemed too tired to really stop him. "So what's your plans these days? I kinda been planning to train with Ko here for a while. Got some ideas on some stuff to maybe try." He murmured, rubbing his neck before looking back to Moe.

Igen blinked, a bit ....startled at that. "EH?! You think so?!" He murmured with a bit of surprise! He had thought it was just like, an accident. But had she maybe done that on purpose and just...PRETENDED it was an accident? Huh... that didn't really seem like the Sawachika way. However... now that Moe had brought it up, he did wonder. Maybe she was just like.. an outlier? Hm, he'd have to ask Kyo about that. Hm.

Her plans honestly didn't surprise him, and her snide little remark had him frowning just a little. "I'm not just sitting around. Still. How about I join we join you then? A little friendly spar using Shikai and stuff?" He offered, his expression lighting into one of his trademark smiles as he did so. Ko slooowly stretching before getting up, seeming to be roused by the promise of a bit of action.