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Fourth Death 〰 [Video]

[The screen whirls into focus, showing Tatsumi with a bright smile and sunglasses on, despite the bandage tape across his nose]

Ya! Who is up for a talent show? Kotomi-chan and I thought it'd be a fun to see all the sort of things everyone is capable of.

Is there anyone in charge of the High School? I noticed the auditorium could use some fixing up. I'd be more than happy to help with that if it means we can host a talent show there!

In fact, I found some things that-

[His smile drops into a surprise, as he looks around a the empty table-top before him.]

What happened to all the stuff?

What stuff..?

[Tatsumi sighs before he turns to face Kotomi, who is standing behind him]

All the stuff we found while making the map.

[Kotomi just returns a blank gaze, tilting her head slightly sideways as if she has no idea what he's talking about.]

... Stuff?

[The taller of the two wilts, his strange hair tips seeming to droop ever so slightly]

You know, the snacks and soups and mugs and...things. Where did they go? You were carrying them a moment ago.

[There's that same blank stare for a few moments, her gaze shifting from Tatsumi to her hands (perhaps to make sure they're really empty) and then behind her.]

...

Huh. I wonder where they went off to...

[There is a huff and the feed ends as Tatsumi turns it off before anything else is broadcast]

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[ Kotomi doesn't even notice that the feed stopped (although one might doubt whether she actually knew it was on in the first place), but she's still looking at their surroundings as if everything might pop up out of nowhere again.

This takes her a few silent moments before she speaks up again. ]

That's strange.

[Tatsumi isn't pleasure but he doesn't growl or get scary at Kotomi. What purpose would that serve?]

When was the last time you remember seeing it?

[ She too looks sort of surprised over the missing things, really. ]

I'm pretty sure I had them a little bit back.

Well, we should use the map we made and retrace our steps. it's early enough that we should be fine.

[He makes his way to the door, determined to find the stuff, if someone didn't just take it out of Kotomi's hands to begin with.]

[ Kotomi isn't walking just yet, she seems completely lost in thought still. ]

Maybe they went home..

[Tatsumi stops, turning again to face her, before opening the door.]

Who went home?

The things we gathered. They might have felt lost and lonely after being taken here, so they might have gone home. [ Saying this as if that would be completely normal. ]

[HE stares at Kotomi for a good moment. He realizes she is dead serious and not pulling a prank. He isn't sure if he should be laughing or not.]

Things don't just get up and walk around, though. They don't get lonely and besides, even if they did, wouldn't those cans of soup want to be eaten?

You must have dropped them or something.

Maybe they don't want to be eaten.. They can't tell us, so running away is the only option.

[ It's all she says on the matter though, she's walking towards him and the door so they can backtrack a bit. ]

Food can't run away once it's in a can, Kotomi-chan.

Don't tell me that's what stuff did in the place you're from.

[He opens the door, closing it after she follows him and starts along their way]

Normally they don't back home, but if this is another planet.. It might be some alien food.

[ Even though she walks next to him it's easy to see that she's just following his lead like some tiny duckling following its mother. ]

I haven't had any food run away from me here. Actually, I haven't found anything that has ran away from me. [Unless you count Tohru, but he is Tohru.]

Are you sure you don't remember just putting them somewhere or dropping them?

[ Tohru runs away from everything forever. ]

I don't know.. I would remember if I had, right..? [ No, Kotomi. You wouldn't remember. ]

Ya, but you also would have remembered if they ran away from you, right?

[Back on the streets. Tatusmi takes the map out but it's just for show. He knows exactly where they been.]

Maybe it happened when we weren't looking for a moment.

[ Kotomi actually has no idea where they went through, but since she sees Tatsumi looking on the map she'll just rely on him. She's still staring around to try if she can find any of the things they gathered earlier. She is actually wandering a little bit away from Tatsumi because of it but doesn't notice as usual. ]

Even if that did happen, we know where they are.

[Tatsumi stops, hearing something aside from the wondering girl, looking around.]

We should hurry up and find them, though.. Someone else might find them and take them.

[ Kotomi is, of course, as oblivious as ever to everything and still looking for the things. She even crouches down now to look around closer to the ground, as if that would help anything. ]

[Tatsumi sprints over to Kotomi's side right after she kneels down, not wasting a second of breath to even shout her name. He steps in front of her one foot and kicks his boot into the air, blocking the pounce of a odd looking creature.

He then picks up Kotomi as if she weighed nothing and hurries off with her before the wolf shakes it's head back into focus]

Edited 2011-01-01 19:44 (UTC)

[ Kotomi doesn't notice the creature until the moment Tatsumi jumps in and grabs her, and even then it takes her mind a few seconds to progress what happened.

But when her brain finally catches up she lets out a soft whimper. Of course, Youhei had told her that there were monsters out there and that they had to be careful, but the thought hadn't exactly crossed her mind again this quickly and it surprised her. ] W.. what..?

[Kotomi's whine and question went unattended as Tatsumi places her down, into an entrance way of an abandoned building. He turns back to face the angered beast. There isn't anything for him to use as a weapon. So, he waits for the monster to attack head on, punching it downwards into the concrete. It pulls out from under Tatsumi's fist and snaps at him. The werewolf back steps to kick at the creature again only to have his booth grabbed by teeth and pulled instead.]

[ All Kotomi can pretty much do is watch the entire fight-- she just sits there frozen (although this time it's out of fear rather than just being too busy dreaming off into her own world). And even though the fight so far showed her that Tatsumi was strong, but that monster seemed so strong and scary too. And what if he didn't make it, what if he..

She wants to move and help and do something - even though she couldn't do anything in the first place - but the fear paralyzes her and she can only sit there with a shocked look on her face. ]

[Tatsumi is pulled, bringing him to fall onto his bottom and back, feeling the twist in his leg a the "wolf" shakes it about. He manages to kick it upside it's head and frees his foot. In a split moment, he grabs the beast's head, as if he had no fear at all. Tatsumi twists it sharply. If only he was as strong as he should have been, the monster's neck would have snapped. Instead, the force of the twist causes it to flop over, snarling and scrambling to get back up.

It's brutal the amount of times Tatsumi beats the wolf over the head with his bare fists. After an excessive round of punches, He shoots up into the air, only to bring his boot down to crush the wolf's head. He remains standing, catching his breath. He was hating having a microchip more and more. Tatsumi looks down at his bloody hands and realizes he busted those up pretty good. THey're even shaking but that could be from the adrenaline rush too.

Then, his attention turns to Kotomi. He is smiling, quite pleased with himself.]

You alright?

[ It's a good thing that Kotomi is too busy being nearly numb from the whole situation, since it keeps her from seeing just exactly how brutally Tatsumi is taking the monster down. She does, however, notice a bit of it and it's quite unlike the sort of fighting she had expected out of him. And somehow, even though the creature is dead she still feels sort of scared.

Kotomi is shaking and shivering all over from the encounter and frankly even looks like she's about to start crying. After a moment she manages to nod weakly. ]

I'm.. not hurt..

[Tatsumi kills his smile, seeing the look on Kotomi's face. He really didn't want to upset her more. He Wipes his hands on the sides of his jumper, feeling the stinging pain from the broken skin.

Walking over, he motions her to come hither.]

Good. Let's just forget the stuff and head back, okay?

O.. of course..

[ She somehow manages to get up and walk a few steps so that she's closer to Tatsumi again, although it's rather slowly. She's still shaking a little bit, not to mention she's not lifting her gaze from the ground. ]

Um.. Are you a-alright, too..?

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