1 • Paperboy Hat • [Action/Voice]

[wildkotetsu]

[Start of the day: waking up flopped across a bar counter missing a shirt with a monster headache.

The day before: nothing at all like this or leading up to this.

It makes him wonder. Kotetsu T. Kaburagi, rolling off the table in alarm, slams face-first into the floor with a muffled grunt, before patting around for a bar stool to use for leverage. And he drags himself up, his entire face pounding now—

Oh, this place is apparently closed. Or maybe just really empty today (feel free to prove that last point). Because the doors are shut, the lights are dimmed, and he's flopping himself back up like a half-baked penguin to a seat that is next to a lot of empty seats. Hoooo, my head is killing me. First thing to notice, his side was nearly entirely healed up. The remnants of a burn were barely visible in the room. The second, the wings. The wings that were attributing to his headache. The things that only birds should have.

Those wings.

Alright, alright. He's obviously just tripping some heavy balls right now. As he leaves the building looking unbelievably confused, he messes with the journal. It... sort of reminds him of stuff back home, only... he's pretty sure paper doesn't work like this. There are people talking on it. He can read their stuff. Er, watch it, even.]

[Voice A]

Oi, oi, what's the big idea here? Where's my city at, huh?

... Did I get dumped in the countryside?

[Mrrr. Ojisan isn't much liking the cold air—he lets out a biting sneeze, before mumbling,]



I must be going crazy... Talking to books...

[Doesn't matter! What does is finding some clothes that isn't showing off his poor cold bod. He's partially successful, but not entirely. He finds his very own clothes—but. But there are important things missing.]

[Voice B]

Aaa, if anyone sees a few things, could you tell me? A really cool paperboy hat, for one. Can't find it anywhere. [he rubs his noses, trying to sound casual about this] I found my watch, but I'm still looking out for a ring... It's just a normal silver band, but it's pretty important. If you find it, could y'let me know?

[If you'll excuse him, he's got a item shop to dig through with determination.]

Comments

[wildkotetsu]

... I see. So we're pretty in the dark about these guys, too, huh?

[i_am_not_cute]

[She nods.] Everything that's known about them, you can find in the guide I bookmarked for you in your journal. [She grimaces ever so slightly.] Um, do you want to get some food? We can talk while we eat... [Please say yes, for she has just realized she is starving.]

[wildkotetsu]

Mm, I am pretty hungry... They have a restaurant around here?

[please say yes, please]

[i_am_not_cute]

There's one right over there!

[Lo and behold, there's Seventh Heaven, right across the way! How very convenient.]

The food's pretty good, and it's all free!

[wildkotetsu]

[Hold the phone!]

Free? Are you sure??

[i_am_not_cute]

[The phone is held!]

Yup! Everything here is free -- food, housing, clothes, stuff from the item shops.

[wildkotetsu]

... How are they affording all this, anyway?

[YES THAT IS MY VERY NEXT QUESTION SHUT UP]

[i_am_not_cute]

[Tiger what is wrong with you what are you expecting from this child. B|]

I don't know...but the Malnosso must have a lot of money if they have the technology to kidnap all of us from different worlds and keep us here, right? [...this doesn't actually answer Kotetsu's question, but.]

[wildkotetsu]

Right.... It's got to be really big. You don't know about any other people besides them outside the barrier?

[i_am_not_cute]

Well...there's the Third Party. I haven't seen them myself, but I've heard that they're kind of like us, because they look like people with wings, but they want to kill us all.

[wildkotetsu]

... Wait a second—

Third Party? What's that about?

[LITTLE GIRL THIS IS IMPORTANT

PEOPLE TRYING TO KILL US OKAY]

[i_am_not_cute]

Well, like with the Malnosso, everything that's known about them is in the guide to Luceti. But... [She takes a moment to rifle through her memories, digging up what she's read about them.] The Third Party wants to kill off all of Luceti in order to end the cycle of death and rebirth that happens here. Because, um, if you die here, then you get brought back a week later.

[It's like a Game Over, but with lag. And corrupted game data.]

[wildkotetsu]

What?

[... That's crazy. He blinks, but that hardly wipes off the look of disbelief.]

That's impossible... People can't just come back like that.

[i_am_not_cute]

I...I don't know anyone who's died and come back. [She does, technically, but she just doesn't know it yet.] But it's in the guide, and it was written by someone who's been in Luceti in a while, so they'd know, right?

[wildkotetsu]

.... [He rubs his chin, thoughtful.] But how... Unless maybe they have someone who has that kind of power...?

[i_am_not_cute]

If they do, their power works really weird, because anyone who comes back ends up having something missing from them, like important memories, or powers, or even body parts. I heard you can get them back eventually, though...

[Isn't Luceti just the coziest little place?]

[wildkotetsu]

... Sounds awful. It makes sense, though. I can't imagine bringing someone dead back like that without some kind problem...

[i_am_not_cute]

[Pao-lin nods solemnly.

And then her stomach grumbles.]

Ah...I definitely need to eat...

[wildkotetsu]

[EHEH]

A-aa, right, right! Let's get out of here and get something in our stomachs!

...

They got cheeseburgers here?

[i_am_not_cute]

[Pao-lin nods as they start walking.]

Yup! They have lots of different food here, it's really great! Yesterday I had fettuccine alfredo for dinner.

[wildkotetsu]

....


That sounds really good, right about now...

[i_am_not_cute]

Well, then, let's go get some!


((OOC: We can end the post here if you want! Tiger's probably gonna wanna tag Pao-lin's latest post at some point anyway. :D;;))

[wildkotetsu]

((ooc: Word, dawg. :^|v))