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

[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))

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[Ffft--she really shouldn't laugh. She really shouldn't...but she does. A-At least just a little bit. If he can act like that, then Kotetsu should be all right. He's a trooper, she knows, but she still worries about him when things like that happen. It's not easy being little! And Miyabi's much, much smaller than Kotetsu is. She can at least give him a little help on how to function the way he is now.

...But first she has to fix his nose. 8| Dab, dab.]

Are you all right? Eh, ah...I-I mean, besides that. Nothing else hurts? Can you move all right?

[oh ooooh here he'll hold the little handkerchief with one hand against his dumb face]

I--think I'm okay! Nothing's broken...

...

Never thought I'd be able to say I almost got carried off by a bird...

Eh...ehehe, well, it's actually something that happens a lot when you're this size. I've been carried away and gobbled up by animals of all kinds, both here and in Nippon, too. Though they usually learn we're not food very fast. [Because the poncles usually pry their mouths open and/or get spat out. They're a hearty, resilient creature, for being so teeny tiny.]

But I can try and tell the birds not to snatch you up like that hawk did. I feed most of the animals here sometimes, so they do me favors. If I give them something good, I can ask that they leave you alone, Mister Kotetsu.

Wow... you must have had some pretty tough times...

[sorry did you say you could help him

all he heard was that you get gobbled up sometimes]

Y-Yes, well...uhm. That's just how it is for us! We never really get eaten by the animals - they usually spit us out when they realize we're not food - but it's really gross being covered in slobber...among other things when you're this size, but we learn to cope.

[Walking on spider's silk and vines, getting through mouse holes and cracks in the walls, being able to ride on the backs of the friendlier animals...it may be hard, but it's also a lot of fun sometimes.]

[that all sounds

really horrid]

Aaa... Then--do you have any advice for me?

Since I dunno how long I'll be stuck this way... and all...

Eh... [Oh, uh, yeah, that's definitely going to be hard for him, isn't it? Hm.] Well, like I said, I'll speak to the animals so they won't bother you if they happen to see you, but try to keep some little bits of food around if you do happen upon one. The ones I come across, at least, can be bribed with food for a ride or carrying heavy things...though I'm also able to communicate with them a little bit because I'm a poncle, but...you can still try!

And, ehh...I suppose keep items on hand. Rope or string if you can't hop very high like I can, a weapon, maybe, like a sword or a knife or spear...oh! If it begins to rain, leaves and mushrooms make good parasols to keep the water off! And stay far, far away from the paths a lot of people walk every day. It may be longer to go another route, but it'll be safer. Y-You, uhm...don't have much chance to be, eh...s-stepped on...

Right! Food and ropes! Don't get stepped on!

[.... gosh, he's still in just those stupid pants, too

stupid experiment pants

Maybe showing off a bunch of battle scars isn't a good idea. He drags his knees to his chest.]

People almost step on you? But--can't you get a lot bigger?

[The hammer! Right? He swears he's seen you big before. He swears. Was he out of it that day, or what...]

[...Right. She should...probably take him to get some actual clothes, too? Yes, that's probably a good idea, if the only clothes that would fir Kotetsu are most likely doll's clothes. She could make him some, sure, but it'd take a long time.

Also you're lucky a lady doesn't pry, mister, though Miyabi does glance at those scars with a tiny grimace. ANYWAY...]

Oh, yes! I can, with a special tool from my homeland that can shrink and make things bigger, but...e-eh. Uhm--...w-well, it doesn't always listen to me, and it wanders around the forest sometimes, too, so it's not always a guarantee that I'll be bigger on certain days.

[THANK YOU Sanji pries enough B^T

wait what]

.... It... wanders around the forest?

Eh...y-yes, it does. The Lucky Mallet really has a mind of its own sometimes, though it is also a magical tool, so...I-I suppose, uhm--...

It is a bit strange, isn't it?

A...ah, a little.

I guess I'm not used to--magic hoppy mallets.

Luceti must not be that weird to ya, huh? I mean, other than the crappy way they treat people sometimes...

Well, it is and it isn't. I'm used to a lot of strange goings-on coming from Nippon. My home was always filled with imps, demons, and spirits...so seeing weird things never really bothered me.

But coming here was a lot different from my home. Firstly, back in Kamui, everything is mostly covered with ice and snow...and the buildings are all different. I've never seen some of the appliances used back then, so I had to be taught how - twice, actually! They changed once. [From gas to electric. It was such a headache.] But I've lived in Luceti for a long time, so I've adjusted.