001; action

[nikori]

[may 15; late morning/noonish]
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If anyone happens to go on over into the item shop, they'll find a man -- who, to be quite honest, looks more like a boy, if anything -- curled up on the floor of one of the back corners, next to a large pile of stuffed animals and, uh... pillows. He may or may not have knocked all of these over in his sleep. He's quite a graceful sleeper over there, you see. Especially since he's curled up all over one of those pillows. A very large one of those pillows with an image of a certain Toshizo Hijikata on it. Is he aware of it? nope.

...Yeah. May wanna wake him up.]




[may 16; evening]
[The following day, once he's more or less settled and kind of knows of what's going on here, he can be found walking over to Seventh Heaven for food. Except once he gets to the restaurant? He finds the bar. But he decides to actually not get a real drink for once while there. Instead, he gets one of these... milkshake things. A chocolate milkshake. What the heck is a chocolate milkshake. He's staring this thing down with a raised eyebrow before trying it.]

Huh...

[Feel free to poke at the guy who's staring at a milkshake like it's a cup of rainbow brussel sprouts and platypi.]

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[anita_hero]

[She just shrugs.] I know it doesn't. I'm sorry.

[nikori]

[Siiiigh. As nuts as it sounds, it doesn't really sound like this girl is trying to pull his leg, so...]

Mm... You sure that's really how it is, then? Is there any way to get back?

[anita_hero]

I'm pretty sure. And no, not voluntarily. At least not yet.

[Not a fan of the all-powerful captors, here.]

[nikori]

Really... [..He's really not sure if he should freak out or just feel upset about that. Here's hoping this is just some sort of crazy dream, really..

..And then it occurs to him that he's sitting here shirtless with pants that aren't his. Umm.] Oh! Uh, what about my clothes? And my other stuff too.

[anita_hero]

Oh, um - if they're not around here someplace, your clothes will be in the clothing shop and your stuff should be... [She waves a hand around.] Well, in here, somewhere.

[nikori]

[...So whoever brought him here jacked his clothes and things too, huh? That's. Well then.]

Right... In that case, guess I gotta go ahead and find those, huh? [He puts his hands on his hips and glances around. Hmm, where to start...]

[anita_hero]

I can help you look, if there's something in particular you're missing. [She thinks she'd definitely be better at that than at giving the intro speech.]

[nikori]

Oh, could you? That'd help a lot! [Especially since he has no idea where to look first here. I mean, what even is half of this stuff..]

Really all I'm lookin' for are my clothes and swords though... So d'you know where I could find those?

[anita_hero]

Oh, your swords will be in the weapons store and your clothes will be in the clothing store, so...not in here. But I can show you. [She points out the door.]

[nikori]

If you could, that'd be great, thanks! [a pause as he gets ready to head over toward the door..]

Why are my things in shops anyway though? [I mean.. really..]

[anita_hero]

[She shrugs, leading the way.] I guess the Malnosso couldn't think of a better place to put things. If you ask me, there should be some kind of lost-and-found.

[nikori]

[Following!] A lost-and-found... That would definitely be better than putting them in stores where other people can take them. I think that would be a better idea.

[anita_hero]

Yeah...I got pretty upset when I showed up here and found out that my Emperor's stick was just sitting out in a store. [She gestures where it's strapped to her hip. Yeah, she takes it everywhere.]

[nikori]

[Oh huh. Heisuke peers over at it as they walk and as she gestures toward it.]

Huh... That like some kind of sword or something?

[anita_hero]

It's a sword baton - technically two swords, and also a staff. Here... [She unstraps the staff from her hip and draws the swords; the blades fit into the handles when concealed.] It's pretty useful.

[nikori]

A sword baton...? [Technically two swords and a staff? Heisuke makes a bewildered face at that, but when she pulls it out and shows him, his expression turns into a more interested and excited one.]

Wooooah... That's so cool! I've never seen anything like that before!