17 • Tiny Journal • [Video/Action] (backdated to daytime, April 1st)

[wildkotetsu]

[Video]

[There is a whistling noise.

Like something falling.

It is very quickly followed by a grown man's unconventional Japanese-inspired sounds of Oh Shit. But then the journal hits the ground, springs open, and realizes exactly five seconds of a man about to hit the ground at insanely fast speeds. Lucky him, he woke up from his mallynapped... nap... just in the nick of time. No problem! There's a blue glow and he lands on his feet before staggering across a very thick field of plant life.]

Holy... that was close...

[Phew. He blinks down to the journal, and then realizes he's back.

Sure, almost just fell to his death, but he's back!! A smile drags across his face, relieved. The screen makes everything look pretty... normal... lots of sky. Lots of Kotetsu as he scoops up the journal. Must pretend to be a-ok, for his daughter's sake. She's probably already freaked out enough, thinking about how experiments might be. Or what they do there. Cells. All that scary stuff not made for children.]

Kaede!! Papa's back now; sorry if I scared you. I'm on my way home.

[HOPPIN' THROUGH DA FOREST, GLOWIN' ALL COOL.]

This forest really let itself go! I don't remember havin' to swim through so much of this...

[—are trees supposed to be that gigantic? And holy crap, is he wading through grass? He slows to a stop, blinking. His glow shuts down as he skids to a stop on an obscenely large tree log. Look at him. Look at how illogically... He rubs his chin, looks back to the journal.]

Are we in the middle of a shift? Everything's all huge and—

[THERE IS NO WARNING BEFORE A HAWK SWOOPS IN AND TAKES KOTETSU, JOURNAL AND ALL, IN ITS CLAWS

AND JUST

FLIES OFF WITH HIM IN ITS CLUTCHES]



EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHH—!!!!

WHAT THE HELL!?!

[SO BEGINS AN ADVENTURE SOMEONE HELP ME

I AM CLINGING TO A BIRD OF PREY'S LEG

I HAVE NO POWERS REMAINING FOR AN HOUR

AT LEAST THEY SHRANK MY TINY WATCH WITH ME???

Anyone who doesn't get the... joy of seeing the message and talking to him during that mess, he'll be running to get back into town, avoiding animals. So if you see a 10 inch tall man in white kidnap pants, it's because the world hates him. Time to go home, no time to waste!!]

[Action]

[Okay. Let us not mention that happened ever again. Eventually, our hero gets out of the clutches of the evil hawk—but now he's in the clutches of... tininess. Can't do anything about it, either. So he spends some of his time in the kitchen of Seventh Heaven (because he will order Kaede to go to school SCHOOL IS IMPORTANT!! But either way, he'll get to stick around parkouring around with his wire. It's good exercise. Co-workers and lurkers, don't mind him.

... He may or may not be attempting to wash the counters with a large rag by running across it dojo-style.

Yosh!! Can't give up my occupation just because of a little height disadvantage!!

Please god, don't let this last long. He's too clumsy to be this short.]

((ooc: kotetsu is gonna be a very lil' dude until around the 13th/14th of April. Open to anything! Time a-ok to break with me. :|b))

Comments

voice;

[towered]

Oh my goodness gracious, are you alright!?

[ No that's a dumb question, Flora, he's being whisked away by a hawk. Shucks!! That must be an awkward pickle to be in, and she's not really sure how to help the little guy get out of it.

It's not like she can just leave him there, though... ]

A-Ah, maybe if you...if you try wiggling around you'll slip from his clutches....[ Though that might be a bad idea, given he's...flying. Through the air. Oh gosh darnit, why isn't she better at this helping people thing. ]

voice;

[wildkotetsu]

[CALM YOURSELF KOTETSU THIS ISN'T TOO DIFFICULT

THERE'S A SIMPLE SOLUTION

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA]

What do I do after I get free exactly?!

[oh my GOD i am a hero i am gonna die from a small bird of prey

i am a loser]

voice;

[towered]

A-Ah I.....I don't--[ OH GOD THINK, FLORA, THINK! A man's life is in danger!

Just.

Every puzzle has an answer, right? So FIGURE IT OUT! ]

Are there...are there still trees beneath you? I mean, you could always grab hold of one of them, and then try to climb down from there?

[ Yes, Good plan. Perfect plan. There's no way it could fail.....right? ]

voice;

[wildkotetsu]

[AAAAUUUUM. Well. He looks down, then looks at the bird, then looks back down.]

I could--try to rope a twig! With my watch wire--??

[WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG??]

voice;

[towered]

[ ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. ]

Ah--that's a good idea! It seems your best bet, anyhow. [ Not that she actually knows what a watch wire is, but it sounds pretty cool.

She's thinking like spiderman-style shenanigans, here. ]

oh and his is forever video, oops! 1/3

[wildkotetsu]

Yosh! Let's do this!

[He clasps the end of his journal in his mouth between his teeth and bend backward, aiming for the nearest tree--the tip top of a pine, it looks like! With a shot, there's a zip of wire! It wraps around the tree!]

I goh iht!

2/3

[wildkotetsu]

[and then the bird is flapping and flapping and why aren't I flying--

and the tree branch bendsssss in the direction it beats its wings--



maybe




this was a bad idea]

[wildkotetsu]

[SUDDENLY SLINGSHOTTED ACROSS THE SKY BY HIS OWN SOLUTION

BUT AT LEAST THE BIRD LET GO??

BUT I'M FALLING THIS IS COUNTER-INTUITIVE]

OH CRAAAAAAAP--!!

slkdfjlk I'm laughing so hard oh my god 1/2

[towered]

[ Oh, good! It worked, the bird let him go, and now he'll be-- ]

[towered]

[ OH FUCK NO ]

Don't...DON'T DIE!

[wildkotetsu]

IEYAAAAAA--

[Was that a 'yes' to that demand? No? Maybe? Who knows. But he does re-aim in midfall and shoot the watch wire into the trees; it catches, and he swings like a regular Tarzan through the trees. Too bad he lands in a nest of branches and heavy plantlife, because at that point he just tumbles from poofy green branch to branch with a grunt (and perhaps a Japanese curse or two).

AND THEN SUDDENLY

IT'S SUPER QUIET

AND THE FEED IS DARK]

[towered]

H-hello....? Sir? [ She waits a moment but. It's still dark. And quiet. And oh no. OHHH NO. ohnoohnoohnoohnoohnooooooo

HE'S DIED AND ITS ALL HER FAULT ]

I'm sorry! I'm so so sorry, you've gone and...and...all because of my suggestion! [ Ahhhhhh. ] I'm not sure if ghosts and such are something that needs worrying about here, but if you...if you end up as one, please don't haunt me. I never meant for this happen, I swear.

[wildkotetsu]

[FROM THE DARKNESS, THERE IS A SPOOKY GROAN]

Uuuuggghguuuh...

[2SPOOKY]

[towered]

[ SCREAMS. ]

[wildkotetsu]

AAaaaa?!

What?! What??

[oh it's still black-screened, but there's his voice!]

What's going on?! What happened?? Who's in danger?!

[towered]

YOU'RE--

[ Wait. Waitwaitwait. He doesn't sound very ghost-like... ]

I-I...I thought you'd died!

[wildkotetsu]

Mooouuu.... It's good to know I'm still alive--

[might get a black eye and definitely a bloody nose, but. totally alive.]

...

Aaaah, I'm in a tree. I thought I tasted pine...