No Patrol Today [Rukia, Shiro]

"Oh, you aren't huh? Well, that's good to know. I'll keep it in mind."

While Rukia's impression of Shiro's appearance did more or less match his assumptions, she didn't especially judge him based on that. She'd known more than enough people that looked pretty...out there, but were still alright. Shiro dressing like he was out of some old TV show didn't make her think less of him or anything.

"No, I don't think you'd look good in a top hat at all, actually. Everything else, though, I think you'd pull off great."

Making her way toward the men's section, Rukia started looking through everything, picking out a few stylish shirts for him before handing them over to Shiro.

"Here, these are a good start. Go try these on."

"Hm... I think that one looks good, but the other two are a little much, they don't match you at all. You're more...sleek. Stay there."

Off she went again, hunting down a few more shirts that were a bit simpler, plus some jackets and the like to finish off the look. They were getting somewhere now, and Rukia was thoroughly confident that before long they'd have Shiro looking like a respectable member of society. Well, he already was respectable beneath that lazy veneer, but getting that from the inside to the outside was the process.

"Alright, here you go. Try these out too, I think we're getting somewhere."

Excitable wasn't quite the right word for what she was at the moment, but she was definitely having fun. She'd felt old and out of touch for a pretty long time now, and it was nice for Rukia to just...get out, do something. Be normal again.

Oh. He pulled that look off really well, actually, better than she'd expected. He looked good. Er, was that an okay thing to say? Of course it was, where was her head even going? She'd have told anyone they looked good if they wore something well. She was getting a little carried away keeping that teacher-student divide so close to her chest.

"Yeah, you look great. That's the look you should be shooting for, definitely. Probably should look for something better for this time of year, to. Give me a second, I'll be back again."

Now that she had it all laid out in her head, it was a lot faster. A tank top, some good-looking shorts, perfect. Anything else come to mind? Maybe some swim trunks? No, no, they weren't here for that. Besides, they didn't even have that sort of stuff here. Confident in her last few choices, Rukia returned once more with lighter attire, handing it all over.

"Alright, here we go. After this we can go somewhere else for more formal stuff."

"Funny, I thought I was the one doing all the work here. But I guess you do wear it all well, so I won't take all the credit."

Grinning a bit as she spoke, Rukia led the way on, keeping her eye out for anywhere that seemed like it could put together a good suit. She wasn't just going to get something budget, she wanted him to have an actual proper suit. Fitted, tailored, the whole works. Why? Well, she'd promised, hadn't she? That was enough reason for her to help him out. It didn't take long, thankfully, since this did seem to be the part of town that was a bit more upscale.

Rukia entered and immediately made her way over to the tailor, a bit expectant of good things given the place's atmosphere. Exceptionally austere, very stark. With something like this, they'd better be getting something worth paying for.

"Hi, can we get my friend here fitted for a suit? Something modern, nothing too antiquated. I can leave color and specifics to you guys, and don't worry about the budget."

With a nod, after a bit more back and forth, the tailor gestured to Shiro to come with him, so that the fitting could actually start.

Even if Shiro wanted to be done with all this dressing up, Rukia wasn't going to be satisfied until they had something that actually made him look presentable in a formal setting. That was the whole reason they'd come here, after all, so there was no point in going halfway on it. And, well... It looked like they'd succeeded there.

"I guess we're done, yeah. That's nice, I like that. Go change back, I'll pay and we can go eat."

She knew he was probably getting tired of all this clothes shopping, and to be fair, Rukia was too. She might have known a good bit about fashion and all of that, but that didn't mean she was the sort to spend all day out and about looking at clothes. Of course, now the question was there they'd actually go. Probably not somewhere fancy, even if she didn't mind giving Shiro a chance to actually put those new clothes to work. He deserved a little breathing room for now.