( ooc cut for length )
[ooc; I REFUSE TO LET THIS STUPID SICKNESS STEAL ANOTHER CURSE I WANTED TO PARTICIPATE IN!!! *rabble rabble rabble*
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Oh no...
[ooc; Hit me! Like last time, no Tomoe's, no Enishi's. Otherwise, no holds barred XD! >>; and I have to pass out *snort*]
[Lets out a small... slightly crazy sounding laugh. Seems a bit fitting considering the last curse he was affected by.]
[There's movement--and if you're paying attention... that sounds like wet cloth...]
[There is some shuffling and a loud bump--that jars the device into video mode.]
[And whatever he had been wearing--it appears it was likely a white sleeping robe--it, and every inch of skin was dyed red and dripping with what could only be blood. His hair was caked with it... and where he moved or touched a small trail was left...]
[ooc; lol I forgot about day one... but he didn't escape day two. We can haz out damned spot. He'll be in the bathtub if anyone needs him :/ (and for the sake of RP, his device will find its way in there for replies~)]
[Something shifts--and it sounds as if its shifting through something, likely broken glass... or... ceramic...]
Kaoru-dono... stay inside... don't leave the apartment... [he growls again.] Youko-san, Misao-dono... stay away from the shop...
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This unworthy one... is affected by... something... he... I... don't trust myself... I'll stay stay here... until it's over...
[He growls and shifts again--and that is definitely broken... something...]
[After a few more seconds the feed is cut.]
[ooc; I'm not even sure what he is. Mid-transformed into some cat/fox thing... OH HEY YOUKO! GUESS WHAT! \o.O/ STARTING TOMORROW YOU GET TO HELP WITH INVENTORY AGAIN WHEE~
EDIT: LYNX. Were lynx. *snort* took me a bit]
[God this looks familiar... Didn't he just get over doing this...?]
[Except... there's a different quality to that empty look this time... It's... really honestly blank. There's no sign of sorrow this time. He's just... there.]
[And yes, that is a bird that just landed on the hilt of his sword, chirping about for a moment before flying off again.]
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[ooc; oh god this is so late >>;;;; His heart got nabbed by Rue EARLY Sunday morning... I just sort of got busy yesterday and forgot to post ^^;;;; So I guess maybe he wound up pretty far away from town and no one who may have been looking necessarily found him? rofl I don't know... Action if anyone wants to drag him inside somewhere~]
Less that a year ago--at least in his own world's time--he was convinced by a young Shohondai to stay at her dojo after he saved her from a group of thugs who thought too much of themselves. He thought that a small break from wandering couldn't hurt, and so he stayed--and just as he always expected would happen, Kaoru-dono and the others who became close to him were put in danger because of his past.
When he was 'contacted' by the Meiji government to aid in stopping a coup being planned by his successor he tried to leave them behind in Tokyo for their own safety--only to have them track him down to Kyoto. When he came out of the ordeal alive he decided to return back to Tokyo with all of them, beginning the concept of ceasing his wandering permanently and opening up further to those there...
However it seems as though there is some sort of cosmic joke in that, because not one month after our return to Tokyo a personal war was declared on him and anyone who had come into contact with him by another ghost from his past. Yukishirou Enishi, this unworthy one's
This information in and of itself was bad enough--but he was trapped here in the City for over a year while worrying over what Enishi was planning. In that time he had married Kaoru-dono in the City, only to have the marriage be forgotten by her three separate times through the City's ploys of memory loss. He was also awarded a vision of the future fight by the City last December to see Kaoru-dono killed by Enishi--only to have his fears all but confirmed when the City sent him back to his world when every event during the battle lined up with that vision--and even then he was unable to see for sure how everything ended because the City saw fit to draw him back in seconds from finding her body.
He has found solice with this situation finally as Misao-dono and Kaoru-dono are now both here in the City from a later date than himself in our world, and so he has confirmation that Enishi did not hurt Kaoru-dono--and according to Misao-dono it was--or will be--a doll, constructed by one of Enishi's cohorts, real enough to fool even Megumi-dono who cleansed its wounds...
Even so, that is what he has to look forward to the next time he leaves the City, these realizations locked away the same way they have been every time he has returned, and while he has assurance that everything will turn out in his favor while he is here...
FML anyway.
[ooc; *snort* it's been a while since he tl;dr'd on the network... ~_~ I think I'm getting rusty... *and Tomoe sort of wandered into it on her own, but he doesn't really care about the technicalities, he still considers it his fault on any level you look at it]
[Whoever--or whatever--it is is now out of view again--at least until a hand appears, picking up the device, angling it around to study it.]
[Have a face... you... may recognize... The same general shape is there... as well as a familiar cross-shaped scar... But his skin has a bit of an inhuman sheen to it--and are those scales of some kind lining the frame of his face and jaw...? But the eyes are probably the most striking in that they are completely gold with a slitted pupil.]
[He's staring non-commit-ally at the device, a frown stuck on his face and one brow lifted slightly in confusion. Some sort of noise comes from somewhere off the feed. His posture doesn't change at all, but his eyes raise to look to the source of the sound, a predatory gleam to them.]
[He lowers the hand holding the device as he starts to move, the feed shutting off.]
[ooc; *SOB* backdated to... um... earlier?
[There's a small get-together going on down by the lake. Anyone who caught Kenshin's oh-so-enthusiastic announcement here, or Misao's slightly more enthusiastic announcement here is more than welcome to be there--or if there are any party crashers they're welcome too.]
[Kenshin is wandering around, periodically trying to slink off--only to be caught repeatedly and talked, coaxed or dragged back into the thick of it...]
He would assume everyone has been able to... find each other by now, yes?
( [Private to Kaoru] )
[EDIT; added after Youko
[Does not sound particularly thrilled to be saying this--but you know what? A quick mention is better than the giant sparkling announcement he was threatened with once already...]
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Apparently it has been decided this unworthy one's birthday is to be August 29th*...
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Mou...
[ooc; *Kenshin's birthday is actually June 20th, however, considering how fuzzy his memories are of his childhood (and the fact he had actually lost count of his age by the time he met Kaoru in the series and had to count it up on his fingers ~_~) I figure there is a good chance he doesn't actually *know* when his birthday is--just that it was in the summer months. However, after this thread with Youko... \o.O/ they're just saying it's August 29th... because it's August... and there would be no character torture if he managed to get it set to June or July *snort* *sigh* And now that I've spent like an hour and a half writing this... I'm posting and going to bed /fail ((Lore, feel free to tag with Youko doing the
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For the people... who can see past an old name... to see the man behind it...
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Mou... he's affected by something... isn't he...?
[ooc; lol... l-late... please pretend this was MUCH earlier @_@]
Apologies... to anyone this unworthy one terrorized the last two days... he knows he was very... hyper... and... inquisitive... when he was that young...
[Embarrassed? You'd better believe it.]
( ~~~~~~~~~~Action for Kaoru~~~~~~~~~~ )
Kaoru-obasan... Kaoru-obasan... Kaoru-obasan... I'm hungry... Can I...
[And then there is dead silence. And you can almost hear that quiet amazed gasp as something utterly wonderful must have caught the five-year-old's attention.]
KITTY!!
[And then there is a shriek of joy, and all you hear is a child's shrill laugh and the clatter that must be a combination of Kenshin's cat running the hell away from him and the five-year-old following behind.]
[ooc; pffft. Grabbag age reversal~ Kaoru went up. Kenshin went down. He's currently 5, and will only answer to 'Shinta']
It was odd enough that this unworthy one went to the Hall...
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Considering everything, that is probably for the best... The relationship was strained at best... but he is glad that we were able to meet here...
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[Private to Youko]
Saa, the party is today right...? He may be a little late... he has to re-situate his cat...
[A low hiss:] Nandayo...
[Several moments of silence, and then the rustling returns and the feed picks up some sort of movement before the device clatters to the floor, landing to face up the ceiling.]
[A figure shifts above the device--which was apparently in their lap unnoticed as they stood up.]
[The figure leans down over it and lifts the device. Kenshin's face comes into view--or at least it appears to be Kenshin, if the color and cut of the hair, as well as the shape of his face are any indication. However gone is that sad, haunted look that always seems to hang around him. The lines of his face are hard, his eyes a brilliant amber that seem utterly cold despite the hue--and the dark cross-shaped scar he is all but known for is absent. Instead there is one long line running along his left cheek, seemingly much lighter than it had been.]
[His eyes narrow, head tilting slightly before he stands again, the feed picking up what would appear to be two swords in his possession--a wakizashi in his belt, a katana in his opposite hand.]
[He starts to move about the room, and the feed dies.]
[ooc; road not taken. A different one for once! Unforetunately for Kenshin... most of his alternate paths end in one of three ways: 1) dead 2) crazy 3) dead AND crazy. Today? We get crazy. The turning point: instead of taking Tomoe back to the Kohagiya the night she witnessed him kill the Yaminobu ninja--he silenced her. Which meant that the madness growing in him at that time eventually took over and snuffed out the Kenshin we all know and love, leaving just the hitokiri (who, in this instance, miraculously survived the government's assassination attempts--I'm too lazy atm to figure out how... and he's too crazy to remember or care anyway :/ So... uh... approach with caution? 8D]
( Private to Misao )
( Private to Kenji )
Mou... this unworthy one thinks he is finally finished with bandages for a while...
[ooc; 4th walling is a go! No mention of death dolls, and please no Tomoe or Enishi players at this point. The boy is acting normally on the outside but his head is more fragile than ever right now >>;;;]
[There is a long pause.]
How long... has this unworthy one been gone...?
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How long ago did Kaoru-dono leave...?
[ooc; oops, I forgot to note: he was discharged from the hospital on Tuesday and is now being a very bad patient and....... kind of hanging out in Xanadu because he doesn't want to go back to the empty apartment. Again :/ (someone yell at him)]
Hello?
Is there anybody in there?
Just nod if you can hear me.
Is there anyone at home?
Come on, now,
I hear you're feeling down.
Well I can ease your pain
Get you on your feet again.
Relax.
I'll need some information first.
Just the basic facts.
Can you show me where it hurts?
There is no pain you are receding
A distant ship, smoke on the horizon.
You are only coming through in waves.
Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying.
When I was a child I had a fever
My hands felt just like two balloons.
Now I've got that feeling once again
I can't explain you would not understand
This is not how I am.
I have become comfortably numb.
O.K.
Just a little pinprick.
There'll be no more aaaaaaaaah!
But you may feel a little sick.
Can you stand up?
I do believe it's working, good.
That'll keep you going through the show
Come on it's time to go.
There is no pain you are receding
A distant ship, smoke on the horizon.
You are only coming through in waves.
Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying.
When I was a child
I caught a fleeting glimpse
Out of the corner of my eye.
I turned to look but it was gone
I cannot put my finger on it now
The child is grown,
The dream is gone.
I have become comfortably numb.
[Apparently he doesn't get a reprieve even when he's in the hospital...]
[ooc; (Pink Floyd "Comfortably Numb") Hopefully not too similar to yesterday |D. He'll... be responding with bad singing ^__^b]
[He's currently staring off into the space in front of him, clearly unfocused--which probably has to do with a combination of his apparent lack of sleep... and whatever is in that IV-drip behind him... He's absent-mindedly pulling at the tape holding his IV in-place on his arm (and a few marks along his lower arm hinting that the thing had been pulled out a number of times already and had to be re-inserted in different veins).]
[After a moment a nurse enters the room to check on him, but he either doesn't notice... or doesn't care. Possibly a combination...]
Mr. Himura, if you pull that IV out again and make me re-run it a fourth time, there is going to be hell to pay.
[She moves about the room, checking various charts and recording information. He doesn't seem to think too much of the threat.]
Human beings... aren't meant to have tubes running through them...
Regardless, that IV is staying until you start eating and drinking more.
Nn...
[She comes over, actually reaching down to remove his hand from the IV tape before moving to take his blood pressure.]
I'd be satisfied if you slept more than a few minutes at a time as well.
Nn...
[She sighs a bit exasperatedly, pulling the sleeve of the hospital gown up to inspect the bandages on his upper left arm.]
We'll be changing your bandages on the next shift [Jots something down.] I'm also sending a meal in, please try to eat it.
This unworthy one... isn't hungry...
I understand that, Mr. Himura, but you need to try to eat it anyway.
[He blinks slowly (lids lightly off-timed), turning slightly to look at her, his expression... not really much different, just focused on a single point instead of staring off into space.]
[She sighs in response, starting to walk away, hanging the clipboard on the end of the bed.]
I'll be back in to check on you shortly--and leave that IV alone.
[He tilts his head around to watch her go in a clumsy movement (screaming that he had strong painkillers in his system that he clearly wasn't used to), and after a moment he makes another lopsided blink, head turning back to where it had been before, going back to... staring off into space.]
[ooc; Red=Kenshin, Blue=NPC nurse. Kenshin. Is not. A good patient. |D And I meant to get this up around WEDNESDAY and got distracted... so... |D if this is too long of a hospital stay... please ignore the time screwiness? Visitors are welcome! Not sure how talkative he'll be though...
Kaoru-dono--!!
[He skidded to a stop.]
[He'd lost the scent... He'd lost the perfume... Where was it...]
[No... the buildings... he didn't recognize the buildings... Where had he run to? Where was the trail?]
[He spun around once, his vision clouding, his head reeling.]
What... what is--
[This wasn't Tokyo. He didn't recognize this area at all. It wasn't Tokyo.]
No...
[No... he was wrong... He did recognize these buildings... But it still wasn't Tokyo.]
[This was... the City]
NO!!! Not now!!! Why now!?!?! [The rage he had felt when turning on Enishi bubbled up full bore, momentarily overrunning his fear for Kaoru, and came out in a wordless bellow, the sheer force of his own voice making his vision speckle black.]
[He turned, swinging his sword in frustration at a post, the wood splintering from the blow, the movement re-opening the wound spanning his chest that had barely begun to clot. He took a ragged breath, his free hand moving to hold to the wound as he continued to bleed out. Not the City. Not the City. His mind was clouded, but all he could remember was that there was no way out. No way out. And he needed to be back there. He needed to find her. He needed to follow that goddamn trail to see what Enishi had done to her...]
Kuso...
[That eerie strength that had been all that was carrying him for hours finally gave and he went down onto his knees, leaning against the stump of the post he'd just destroyed, his vision blurring substantially.]
Kuso...
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Kaoru...
[There wasn't anything he could do... There was nothing he could do. He was goddamn powerless again...]
[His vision blurred again, and finally went black as he lost consciousness leaned against the post, his sword still clutched stubbornly in his right hand.]
[ooc; have one beat up Rurouni. He's in ur City. Bleedin' on ur streets. :x someone come drag him to the hospital?
[In a voice that... doesn't really sound all that different... maybe a hair higher.]
This unworthy one shouldn't be getting used to this...
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Utena-dono, this unworthy one will not be running the shop today. He can come in to get things opened if you feel ready to try to run things on your own. The last time this happened there was a small fight... so he would rather avoid that...
[ooc; genderswap! Practically nothing changed! (that people would readily notice anyway) *snort*]
Is everyone alright? Kaoru-dono? Kenji?
[The sound of broken pottery being moved around--probably swept--can be picked up.]
He hates to say this, Utena-dono... but we're probably going to have to go through inventory again...
[ooc; *SOB* that's my MMV... and I worked my butt off on it, and youtube made it all pixily and created weird artifacts in the sound >< ANYWAY, characters can see ANY of that--that is pretty much what he saw in that vision of the future this past December. And below is a more specific dream. People can just observe or interact. For interaction, they may wind up having Kenshin in various forms--as a child (Shinta), as Battousai, or as himself--speak to them as his dreams melt back and forth between the past and present a lot. You can also have Tomoe or Eiko talk to them! If you have a preference between any of the above, just note it! I have been DYING for this curse!!! Also, the following written dream is mostly his subconscious still trying to deal with the several 'road not taken' curses I've put him through, melting straight into the worry over Enishi's jinchuu.]
( cut for length )
Mou...
He supposes he should be thankful it is as harmless as it is. Tomo-chan had been affected with that curse a long time ago when she was still here... before Kaoru arrived here the first time at all. It was a stuffed cat—or two of them—back then... He seems to have a penchant for toys...
He would have liked to humor her yesterday, but that was asking too much, wasn’t it City? Mou... his head still hurts... He can’t remember the last time he made her that mad... Maybe that time with the dishes... or the... [coughs] brothel girl comment... Mou but he was cursed then too! He should be exempt from these things when he’s cursed! Even if... he says really stupid things...
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He hopes she isn’t worrying about him... he should probably check in just to make sure... Mou... she probably still wants to see him dead right now though... Maybe... if she’s still affected...
Then again she could be affected with something else too. He really should check... just to make sure it isn’t something problematic... [let’s out a small groan] but he doesn’t want anything else thrown at him either...
Moooooou...
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He hasn’t seen or heard from Ukitake-dono for several days... that is a bit odd... He should probably stop in at the temple and check on him today... he can stop by and see his cat too. He’s surprised that he misses Orenji as much as he does... he would probably sleep next to him if he still had him in the apartment... Saa... this unworthy one isn’t used to sleeping alone anymore... That seems almost ironic considering barely a year and a half ago he had trouble even sleeping on a futon in general... Now he has trouble sleeping on a futon alone...
He never would have thought he would change so much in such a short—
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Shimatta, that this is on isn’t--
[Feed abruptly cuts off]
[ooc; straight from 'I cannot tell a lie' to 'no inner monologue'. Have fun. He'll babble about anything if you make his mind go in the right direction >D
HOW CAN YOU HOLD OUR BABY SO CARELESSLY LIKE THAT!?! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU!?! ARE YOU REALLY THAT MUCH OF A JERK!?! YOU COULD HAVE KILLED HIM!!!!!!
[And somewhere along that string of screaming she starts grabbing any found object around her and winging them at Kenshin--who hastily throws his arms up and starts ducking.]
It’s a stuffed animal!!! [This really doesn't seem the wisest thing to say at the moment... and also doesn't really seem to be something that he WOULD say at the moment...]
What is WRONG with you!?! How can you dangle a day old child like that!?! One. Day. OLD. Does that mean anything to you? DOES IT!?!
It’s not a child!!! You’re affected by a curse!!! [Lets out a yelp and a small curse as something manages to bean him in the head.]And he wasn’t dangling it!
[He continues trying to dodge, but damn it she had a good arm and even better aim!]
WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOUR SON IS NOT A CHILD!?!? [She keeps throwing things, and he keeps dodging them.] GET OUT! OUT OF MY HOUSE! YOU'RE MAKING HIM CRY!
[And he answers... more truthfully than what seems logical at the moment...]
It's a toy, Kaoru!!! Kenji is over in the temple!!
[Seems to go a bit still and white at his own words--like he just signed his own death sentence...]
[And then tries to BOLT around the psychotic woman--who goes eerily still and silent herself for a few seconds--]
[--that is until she just ERUPTED in angry incoherent Japanese that seemed to contain something about 'toys' and if he thought the product of their love was a toy, then what did he think of her--and it seemed like the strength and accuracy of her throws seemed to triple, and she starts pelting him with found objects even harder]
[However, the rurouni tries not to stick around to measure the accuracy of her aim, and instead tries to preserve his own health and BOLTS OUT OF THE APARTMENT, getting beaned with almost everything she throws along the way...]
[There's more crashing and banging off screen where he's made it to the door, before it opens and slams--and he's gone! And safe... for a least a little bit...]
[ooc; XD I'm evil. Kenshin=red, Kaoru=blue. She's affected by 'it's a bug, it's a boat, it's OURS', and Kenshin? is affected by "I cannot tell a lie". Because NORMALLY? He would humor her in this state. *pets him* He'll be responding from a computer at the tea shop where he will be hiding until further notice.]
Shimatta...
[ooc; free-for-all! Only thing I don't want mentioned is Enishi's death doll, otherwise have at him! duplicates are fine
[There's a bit of a pause, then a chuckle.]
[And another pause and a little more of a chuckle.]
Saa... now what are you doing, City?
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[A bit of a rustling sound as he sticks the photo inside his kimono.]
( just got hit in the head with this photo )
[ooc; as I am like... psycho... and can't make my mind up on anything, people can feel free to find any of the below images, or anything here or here--sans voice bubbles, of course. (I stuck with the 'happier' pics to actually post here) and since I'm a retard and forgot to even think about in-City events... Kenshin at least has a reprieve and nothing from the City will be available--at least for him, not speaking for the rest of the crew.]
( Cut for image dump )
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They weren't my parents. They were slavers. My parents died of cholera last year. But even bandits and slavers are only bodies when they die... so I made them graves.
[Pauses as Hiko Seijuro speaks.]
Kasumi-san, Akane-san and Sakura-san. They were taken from their families because of debts. I only met them the day before, but I was the only boy and we didn't have any parents. I thought even if it cost me my life, I had to protect them. But...
I looked for good stones for their graves but these were the only ones I could find. I looked for flowers too, but I couldn't find any...
[Pauses again.]
Shinta.
[Pauses for a long moment this time...]
Ken....shin...
[ooc; starting here through page 24, or just watch this from about 12:00 to 15:00 or so--And lol... this can kind of go either way... "awe" or "b'awe"... @__@ Most RK moments do that... actually (wth?)]
It’s nothing.
This unworthy one didn’t want to involve you in the dangers of the Battousai within him, but after three months of being a rurouni, he finds himself here.
It’s a little strange for some reason to be returning with you as if it were natural.
[A very long pause as he listens to the Kaoru in his head (while... probably ignoring the Kaoru in the room with him...)]
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Tadaima de gozaru yo.*
[ooc; (*I'm home) one of the best wibble moments in the manga XD
( Private to Kenji )
[Voice: (unfiltered to take away the chance she might miss it)]
Kaoru-dono...
...
[There's a long sigh.]
Mou... Welcome to the City...
[Long pause.]
This unworthy one doesn't know where you are right now... but if you hear this... please respond to him... He needs to talk to you...
Alright...
...
Alright...
What did you do this time, Himura...?
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[Have a tapping sound, probably his sword on the ground as he thinks.]
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Mou... no matter what it was, I'm pretty sure it didn't involve a tea shop...
[More tapping.]
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...
[And that age-old tone of the husband who is about to be couched:]
Tomoe is going to kill me...
( [ooc] )
Mou... the thing pops on of its own accord half the time... why is it when he tries to use it he can't get it to work--
[And another hard clunk that manages to snap the video feed on.]
[The feed picks up a ceiling and what would appear to be a desk or a counter of some kind--and a small red dragon now leaning over from the top of said counter trying to reach the fallen device from on top of the counter top. The camera gets a good view of one clawed thumb as he gets a hold of it and lifts it back up.]
[View changes to clearly take in Ukitake's tea shop, and the miniature dragon currently sitting on the top of the register counter.
Ah! There it goes...
[No... not really... it's been going for a while, but we'll not mention that...]
[Feed tilts up to take in the dragon's face again as he tries to talk into the microphone (currently unaware it's on video, poor man... er... beast...]
Ukitake-dono, this unworthy one is going to be... unable to run the shop today. Are you unaffected or have anyone who can stand in for him?
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Misao-dono, Kenji, are you affected? Do you need any help?
[ooc; Safari Day--and not realizing people are being affected by different things yet! Continuing with the Hiten Mitsurugi theme, Kenshin is a dragon again! But only about five or six feet long ((and yes, I'm fail atm because I'm not sure if there are any other employees at the shop at the moment @__@ The only ones I knew of were dropped I think... ah ha ha ha...))]
Where...?
Where is this place...?
[Sounds of shuffling.]
Akane-san...? Sakura-san...?
[More shuffling.]
K-Kasumi-san?
[There's a bit of a sniffle.]
I'm so cold...
[ooc; ..... >> I'm... a bitch... Have a City!Dead Shinta in your tea shop, confused to hell won't have it that this is what the afterlife is like. Long story short, about all of the 'what if' scenarios for Kenshin... pretty much end with him in various levels of dead, or various levels of crazy.
[He doesn't look all that happy at the moment...]
[~Other interactions here!~]
[Eventually he does make it to the temple, and finds his way to the room Kenji is staying in and raps on the shogi twice, shifting Orenji down in front of him as the cat starts to squirm a bit.]
[ooc; Breaking the double post taboo! Well... not really since the last one was just for me, but whatever. Open action post if anyone wants to come pet the kitty
[Kitteh pics! here! and here!]
[ooc; Yes, City. You can has a rurouni. Only not. He's going to legally keep the apartment (after all, all of Kaoru's stuff and the rest of his junk IS in there), and take his cat to Kenji until he figures out what the hell he's doing. 8D so basically he's going to be squatting here and there (probably at the tea shop and around the temple)]
[A no-nonsense voice... that doesn't sound terribly like the Kenshin most people know comes out:] Get off the counter.
[The background sounds continue for a few moments.]
Get off the counter.
[The sounds continue again--then]
GET OFF THE FUCKING COUNTER!!!
[There's some sort of scrambling sound, followed by something shattering--]
[Then there's an eerie dead silence for a good ten seconds...]
[And then something just seems... to snap.]
[There's a half-strangled bellow, immediately followed by a shower of shattering sounds and a distinct repeated banging until something finally CRACKS--another half shout and finally an echoing SLAM...]
[Another second or two of silence......... and one more lonely shatter.]
[ooc; *cough* um... Wrath anyone? 8D someone just flipped out because the cat broke cup... and proceeded to break the rest of the dishes and the cupboard door in his kitchen... then almost knocked the door off its hinges when he stormed out... (on a side note, the cat is FINE, no calling PETA on him!)]
[Added Later, unfiltered:]
Kaoru-dono has left the City again... This unworthy one and his son checked the Hall earlier today...
( Private to Self )
[Not too far in front of the remainder of the stocking shelf, Kenshin is sitting cross-legged, staring at a spot on the floor ahead of him with a distinct soulless look in his eyes, the video picking up his profile.]
Why...?
[His voice trickles out of his throat in a way that it doesn’t seem that he was the one who spoke.]
Why...
[The movement was slow, but his right hand lifted to touch the scar on his left cheek, fingers resting over the wound.]
[His voice tightens further into a strained hiss.]
Why... Tomoe... Why did you...
[After a long few minutes his hand finally drops back down into his lap, though he continues staring emptily forward at the same spot. Finally, the feed seems to shut off of its own accord.]
[ooc; SO! Crowning moment of fail. Technically that would be him wandering off to rot in Rakuninmura for god knows how long. However, he hasn’t actually done that yet at his canon point—though he had a nice little preview of it during December. SO, next runner up? The time directly after Tomoe’s death. He did the same damn thing. Sat there in their house in Otsu for a good half a month, wounds barely treated, half starved and still dirty from the day she died, not really moving until Katsura Kogoro came to get him.]
...
Though he can’t say he has enjoyed this, your skills are truly admirable.
But Shishio, if you speak of time, it ran out for hitokiri’s like you and this one long ago.
[Pauses... listening to "Shishio" speak.]
It ended the moment this one took up the sakabatou.
Prepare yourself.
[There's a long pause as the two opponents... measure each other up and wait for an opening--]
[Then there's a fairly significant battlecry, followed by the loud crashing and shattering sounds... as a shelf full of tea and various kettles, cups and other things dies a very noble death...]
[And that's enough to snap him out of it...]
......................
Oro...?
......................
[And have a fairly significant YELP as he comes out of it and realizes what he just did.]
Shi-shimatta..........!
[IC EDIT:]
[Sounding rather miserable at the moment:]
Mou... Kaoru-dono... this unworthy one will be home late tonight... [Some barely intelligible muttering about a huge mess...]
[ooc; Reliving the final blows in the fight with Shishio. Appropriate manga pages start here... and pretty much go through to page 7 of the next chapter.
OR, you can just watch the first half of this episode:
( Rurouni Kenshin, Episode 60 )
Oh yeah, Uki? He'll totally pay for the damages XD]
Who are you. How did I get here. And where are my swords.
[ooc; aaaaaaaaaaand we have 'when we were dumb'. Kenshin is in the mindset of the bakumatsu--meaning Battousai is on the loose--and... didn't react very well to waking up with Kenji in his personal space :/ He'll eventually respond to comments
( Action for Kenji )
Ye think ye can beat me old man? I be half yer age an' twice as fast!
Your pride will be your downfall, knave!
[And said epic battle continues under to moonlight!]
[...]
[At least until the stroke of twelve and the end of the curse--]
[And the 'Admiral' suddenly just goes 'poof' ... or rather 'splash' as he just... disappears! Replaced by a tiny bundle of flailing limbs, yelping plainly as the water goes right over his head in the surf!]
[ooc; from genre!swap straight into age reversal! Kenshin is now 5 years old, and will be answering to the name 'Shinta'..... and be very confused if you call him anything else >>]
[Stands straight, one hand tucked into his coat for... no apparent reason...]
Citizens, this is admiral Kenshin Himura of the H.M.S. Akebeko, vowing on all that is right and proper in the world that he will vanquish the dreaded pirate captain, Kenji the Crimson Sword, guilty of being disturbing the peace, being generally loud and pompous, more counts of treachery than can duly be noted here--
-=Said dread pirate captain was sneaking up silently behind the foolish admiral, grinning merrily and waving at the camera before snatching the hat away and darts off again with a pretentious laugh=-
[And 'Admiral Himura's face falls into irritation, complete with an eye twitch, realizing what just happened...]
--and stealing my hat...
[And without further adeau, the 'Admiral' turns on his heel and takes off after the dreaded pirate captain...] Halt in the name of the Queen, you survey-ridden sea beast!!!
[ooc; this post brought to you primarily by Kenji-mun...... as my brain died hours ago...... Speaking of which, I'm going to bed--we just needed this up so that she could make HER post. XD]
[Have some fumbling sounds as a certain tiny rurouni attempts to make it across the room--wearing a black suit that appears at least four sizes too big, shoulders of the jacket drooping off of his own frame, sleeves somewhat bunched up so that one hand can hold the pants up--the legs of which are pooling significantly above shoes that appear as big as boats on his feet...]
[And about half way across the room--something goes wrong and he goes bowling straight over, limbs flailing trying to regain his balance--] ORO!?! [And one of those mammoth shoes goes flying off of his foot with the momentum of his leg flying up in the air, arcing beautifully before coming down and bouncing right off the back of his head.] Atatatatata... [Proceeds to sit up on the floor, rubbing the forming lump.]
[Apparently the cursed clothing is refusing to come off--unless public embarrassment is involved...]
[ooc; 5'3" samurai swapping with 6 foot + FBI agent XD and WHOO-HOO, BREACHING 200 ENTRIES!!!]
...
Has anyone seen him?
[ooc; and we're off to the Hall of the Missing again~]
Na-nani...?
[A very distinctive, irritated... and maybe slightly more feminine, growl]
Not... this... AGAIN...
...
[A bit more fumbling, and 'he' finds the computer.]
Of course...
[More fumbling, and he manages to click the video function on by accident...]
[And really... those who know him... probably won't be able to see... or hear... much of a difference...]
[Looks a bit disheveled from sleeping, hair standing up in odd directions... not that... it... didn't look that way normally... and holding a sleeping robe tight across his front (with maybe a hint of a bust under there somewhere?]
Mou... Misao-dono, Sano, Kenji... if any of you are affected by this... don't. panic.
[Turns to look behind him--probably where Kaoru is sleeping, still oblivious to the fact 'he's' being recorded.]
Mou... is she...?
...
Yare, yare...
[And the feed shuts off.]
[ooc; and FINALLY, after... two or three times making him a woman, I FINALLY have a comparison shot (sans gi)! Forgive me, I suck at hakama and swords >>
We were in the farmer class... he remembers that much... he had older siblings... two brothers he thinks... It's really terrible that he cannot remember this... isn't it...? He thinks his father's name was Miki...
They all died in a cholera outbreak when he was six... he was the only one who survived...
When people speak of parents... to this unworthy one... Hiko Seijuro is the person he thinks of in regards to himself... his Shishou... The man raised and trained him from age seven on... gave him his name... His train of thought there probably isn't terribly surprising.
Even if the man is an arrogant, overbearing, prideful, anti-social, angry and generally unpleasant person... and despite this unworthy one's own foolish mistakes he still considers him--
...
Mou why is he posting this....
[ooc; on the spot head cannon FTW! And yes, this is me being extremely bad, because I'm posting and passing out >>]
fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffd a ob/// i
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..oaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
[Some mostly unintelligible muttering, but phrases similar to "what did they say?", "how did this work?", "Western foolery", "demon box", and "telegraph" could possible be made out if anyone is listening close enough.]
kkkkooooooooooooeeeeee//////////////////
a al;wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
[Then, there is a loud beep, followed by a slight yelp of surprise and a thud as the currently abused device hits the ground.]
[In a small, very, very frustrated voice:] Moooooou... this unworthy one can't figure this out on his own...
[ooc; so affected right now...]
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