paixaorpg | Something Wicked this Way comes [Complete]

Character(s): Tod, Naminé, Kyo, Dipp, Kinoko
Content: After Sora and Riku leave, the remaining people in the room are left to figure out what to do.
Setting: Actua Are
Time: Night? Evening?
Warnings: None yet.

It was always troubling to wake from a nightmare and find that it wasn't a nightmare at all; it was real. Naminé gasped for air when she heard the screams from below. "It can't be, not now," she whispered. She wrestled herself from the covers just as Sora and Riku left. She barely took any notice as she ran over the the window.

Whatever she might have said then got caught in her throat as she looked out. It didn't take her long to figure out where the screams had come from. There they were, prowling along the streets. The dusks.

She bit her lip and turned away from the window. she couldn't take it any longer. It was then she realised that Sora and Riku had left and it was now just her, Kyo, and the boy. They would probably be wondering what was going on right now, but she didn't know what to say to them. Instead she moved from her position at the window, going to sit on her bed once again. She covered her ears in a vain attempt to make the screams stop. What was she supposed to do now?

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Kyo walked back into the room with a very serious expression on his face. He had been aware of the Nobodies for some time, and had been keeping an eye on them from the window in the next room. He was worried about Tohru… very worried. He hoped that she had been pulled back home, and was no longer in the city. It seemed likely because Kyo knew that she wouldn’t have just wandered away from him. It was nice to think that she was pulled back home… and considerably better than the alternative.

Kyo had been awake since the beginning of the attack. He would have liked to have gone with Sora and Riku, but he knew that the only way he could fight would be in his true form, and that should be saved for a last resort. It had been decided that Kyo could be of the most use staying behind to protect Namine and the Tod.

Kyo thought the fox boy very odd, especially considering that fact that he actually used to be a fox, and wasn’t simply cursed, but was actually an animal.

Kyo walked into the room and saw Namine curled up on the bed with her hands over her ears. He felt an odd pain in his chest; her actions seemed so similar to something Tohru would do. He wanted to try to comfort her. “Don’t worry, I’m sure that Riku and Sora can handle this, and I can protect you until this is over.” Kyo made and odd face that might have been an attempt at a smile.

Tod, somehow or another, had managed to stay fast asleep. Maybe it was a sign of the toll the last day or two had taken on the young fox. Jerked from one home to another, and then right off to the strangest yet. (Even if he had to admit, the humans being able to understand him was awful convienant.) The loss of Copper's friendship, the Widow, and now everything else he'd never known. A new body, new humans; he'd been starting to wonder if maybe Big Momma'd been right. Would any of this have happened in the first place if he'd just stayed home that night...?

It was only when a particularly loud scream echoed up from below that he shot up, still sensitive ears perked and eyes wide. "WHA-HUH?! What's -- " Showing every bit of his 'morning grace', Tod scrambled to get up only to crash to the floor in a panicked mess of pillows, sheets, and flailing furry limbs. (A guy could really get to hate mornings around here.)

Naminé blinked away tears that were forming on her eyelids. She looked up as Kyo walked in and lowered her hands from her ears as he spoke to her. Kyo calmed her a bit and she tried to smile, though she couldn't completely conceal the look like she was going to be sick to her stomach. Swallowing hard, she nodded to Kyo. "Thank you." But she couldn't help but feel that she didn’t deserve his protection at all.

Something Kyo had said worried her. "Sora and Riku are gone?" she asked. Yes, they were very strong but... how many nobodies were out there? Could they really take them on? She was also worried about Riku's state. If Ansem came back again, what would he do?

Her thoughts were cut off by another scream, causing her to shudder and attempt to block the sounds with her hands again. It wasn't doing much good at all. There was another loud crash, this time coming from inside the room. She gasped and jumped up from the bed. They had made it inside! But when she turned to look, she found that Tod had fallen off his bed. Naminé collapsed onto the bed in relief, although even that feeling was short lived. She couldn't take much more of this. She squeezed her eyes tightly shut. How long was this going to go on?

“Way to go fox boy,” Kyo attempted to say bitingly, instead it came out as though he was thinking hard on something else… which he was. Kyo wandered over to the window, and looked out. The Nobodies continued to rampage on the streets below, chasing the few civilians who were still on the street. It wouldn’t be long, probably a matter of minutes before they ran out of prey on the streets. Kyo had seen enough to realize that there was at least some remedial intelligence guiding the creatures. They would realize that there prey was in the buildings and move in.

Kyo sighed and turned to face his two companions. “So, they aren’t from my world, do ether of you know what they are?”

Tod finally managed to pull himself up, shooting Kyo a particularly sour look as he did. Yeesh. So he fell... again. Wasn't like that guy knew how tough it was to go from four legs to two in an instant. "Don't know anything that'd make people holler like that." There was a faint touch of pride in his voice as he added, "... 'cept for me, once or twice. But never that bad."

Wasn't much that set folks to screeching when you lived on a farm. The Hunter was loud, but he'd never screamed. Just flat-out yelled. He pulled himself slowly back up onto the bed, wiggling to try and get loose from the sheet and get a peek out the window to get a peek at just what all the fuss was about. His eyes widened. Those definately weren't any chickens out there, that was for sure.

Shaking himself free of the last touches of sleepiness, the once-fox finally managed to dislodge himself, quickly turning to Namine once he had. He huddled further into the coat Riku'd given him, ears drooping and a look of utter dismay and hurt etched onto his face. "... Y'mean Widow Riku's gone?"

The other fellow, Sora, he was nice enough too... but it was Riku he was most concerned with. He'd been so nice to him, hadn't laughed at him once. On top of that, even if he knew they weren't one and the same, that hair of his still made Tod think back to the Widow back home. He'd gotten attached to the silver-haired boy, and fast.

Now he'd gone and left Tod alone too?

The dark fworp was kind of dark and a little scary. But Kinoko had decided she was going to brave, even if that meant shutting her eyes and holding her breath until... Kinoko opened one eye, and then the other, both hands going to tug on her hat. Well, this wasn't ... they were in a different place now. And there were other people there as well.

Kinoko made an 'eep' noise and turned to back through the fworp, except it was gone now and instead she bumped into Dipp. Well, so much for being brave, huh? It was a persony and another sort of person. And another. And they were all so tall.

Dipp felt odd going through that portal, but ignored it a little. His hand had found itself on Kinoko's shoulder as they went through, his Katamari under an arm as he went in and looked prepared to beat something over the head once they were through. He dropped his hand down to his jacket and zipped it up once they were inside the hotel room, and then reached for his journal once he saw that there wasn't too much of a threat going on inside.

"Excuse us," he began calmly, tossing his head a little to move some of his dark hair from his brilliantly light eyes. He glanced down at his mushroom of a cousin, placing a hand between her shoulders and let her stay there near him. "Riku sent us here, said it would be safer." He assessed the situation quickly, and made it easier for everyone that way. "My name's Dipp, this is Kinoko."

It was just one surprise after another, wasn't it? Naminé managed to keep from jumping off the bed this time, however. It made her feel that she now had some measure of control, though she knew she really didn't. Not at all.

Two people had appeared in the room. The presence of the portal sent a shiver through her, despite her attempts to suppress it. She had seen them too many times before. She was wary of them at first, but they didn't seem like they meant any harm. Especially after they mentioned Riku.

"Riku? You've seen him? Where is he? Is he all right? I--" she cut off sharply, pressing a hand to her mouth. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't question you so much, after just arriving here. I'm Naminé. Uhh, the room is very small, but make yourselves comfortable," she said shyly. The last phrase sounded awkward to her. She wasn't very good at meeting people, was she?

Kyo did actually jump to his feet and raise his fists, but dropped them as soon as the strangers (and indeed strange they were) mentioned Riku. “So you have seen Riku and Sora, are they ok?” Kyo tried not to laugh at Namine’s offers of hospitality. They simply seemed comical in the current situation. “My name is Kyo, by the way, this is Namine and the fox boy over there is Tod.”

Something Wicked this Way comes [Complete]

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