paixaorpg | He ought to stand up straighter [Active, Open]

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He ought to stand up straighter [Active, Open]

Character(s): L, others?
Content: Given advice by others, L sets out to find a place to stay, or somewhere where he can figure out this mess.
Setting: Just inside Vanaheim gate, around Actua Are
Time: Evening
Warnings: Nothin'.

Despite what seemed to be true, L was dead and now he had to deal with himself. First things first: he needed a place where he could stay here, a computer (other than this journal he had received at the entrance), and something to keep him occupied for the time being.

He made his way towards Actua Are, remembering what he had been told through the journal by a girl named Namine: it was one of the places to stay, but the Haja o Que Houver was better. For some time he merely stood, staring at the building, biting the nail on his thumb as he did so.

For once he wasn't thinking; just looking. And then he shuffled on, on the lookout for the Haja o Que Houver. Comparisons had to be made before he could even think of staying.

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NiGHTS had been drifting aimlessly by the Vanaheim gate, watching the people go by. S/he had noted that almost everyone in the city looked alike (boring, NiGHTS thought, crossing her arms with a sigh), but for people who clearly weren't native to the area. Were they like NiGHTS, who had somehow been pulled here?

Even lost in thought as NiGHTS was, she still noticed the lanky, disheveled young man wandering half-aimlessly through the city and, being NiGHTS immediately called out to him, flying over at glittering dust trailed from her fingertips. "Hey, you!" She grinned, crossing her arms and examining this person. "Are you new here?"

L turned at the sound of a girlish voice calling out to him and came face to face with...a thing. Well, that was unusual. He had come in contact with what seemed like talking animals here before, but this creature was trailing sparkles. L had never hallucinated before, but now seemed like the best time for it to happen.

He came to the conclusion that he must have been seeing things, but nothing stopped him from turning and saying, as politely as he could, "Yes, I'm new. Why do you ask?"

NiGHTS grinned at the look of confusion at this stranger's face, tilting her head. "Well, it's pretty obvious. You seem lost, and you look different from everyone else here." Never mind that NiGHTS did, even more so than this person, but she was used to that. The Maren crossed her legs and floated in midair, tilting her head.

"Kind of boring here, isn't it?" She continued conversationally. "The city has no sky and everyone looks the same." Brilliant eyes flickered to the dark-haired man, half-sizing him up before she laughed again, shrugging. "Well, my name is NiGHTS. What's your name?"

"Hmmm. I suppose I am lost," he admitted, looking again towards the city. Perhaps if he started walking towards where he was supposed to be going, this thing would follow. If it was just a hallucination, he'd know. He began to walk again, not looking back to see if NiGHTS was following him.

"Ryuuzaki," L said before he could stop himself. He didn't know why he was using a fake name, but it seemed the Death Note could be anywhere now. He still expected Kira to be watching every move him and his team made, and as such he continued to use an alias. "This does seem like a dull city, as a matter of fact. I'm sure there's something happening somewhere."

NiGHTS, being bored of everyone and everything else, followed along, flying in leisurely circles above Ryuuzaki's head. She winked and idly pulled faces at random passerby, chuckling at the strange and, occasionally, mildly frightened looks she got in return. She looked back down at Ryuuzaki as he introduced himself, and floated upside-down so that they were face-to-face for a moment.

"Ryuuzaki, huh?" She shrugged, and looked up at the domes before a mischievous, yet harmless grin came over her face. "Wherever that somewhere is, I know a way that's faster than walking."

L watched NiGHTS out of the corner of his eye, slightly irked by the creature. It seemed like she wasn't a hallucination after all. "Would you mind not doing that?" he asked, looking up at him and stopping in his tracks. "It's very distracting, and I don't like being distracted while I think."

He tilted his head. "How?" She knew something, he could tell, but as soon as the question came out of his mouth he regretted asking it.

NiGHTS half-pouted for a moment, then chuckled, acquiescing. Only a few minutes, and the man was already reminding her of Owl.

At the question, NiGHTS grinned again and held out her hand. "Dualizing," she answered simply. "It will allow you to fly and keep a lookout." She half-expected the man to say no, as he certainly didn't appear to be the adventurous type, but it couldn't hurt to ask. Besides, with the snippets of chaos NiGHTS had seen and heard (something about monsters and light and shattering), flying was sure to be safer.

"Flying?" He tended to have a tough stomach when it came to things such as flying, but could it still hold out now that he had practically died once? L looked at her hand, and then back into her face, unsure if he should trust her at all. Could she support his weight?

Finally he decided, and delicately took her hand between his first two fingers. As he held it awkwardly, he told her, "Be careful. Dying again wouldn't be preferable, as I'd like to stay here a little longer."

The instant Ryuuzaki took NiGHTS' hand, the two beings merged in a flash of light, and NiGHTS seemed to be standing alone. Of course, this wasn't true; Ryuuzaki has essentially possessed NiGHTS, and they were both in control.

NiGHTS decided to take the initiative and flew up, over the heads of the citizens, and stretched her arms out, enjoying the air rushing against her face. "There," she said, "now pick the direction you want to go in and we're off." She flew in a circle by way of demonstration, and faced the direction the other had been walking in.

Startled, Ryuuzaki swerved drunkenly through the air before figuring out how to fly. "This is new," he muttered, not sure how to react; the afterlife was becoming stranger by the second. If he didn't know he had died somehow, he would expect to wake up all of a sudden in front of the very monitors he used for the Kira case. It seemed to be a dream.

He made his way over to where he assumed the Haja O Que Houver was, albeit slowly and cautiously. "Do you know any places where one could buy pastries or candy?" he asked suddenly, the thought occuring to him that he should be able to eat.

"Owl usually gives a much better explanation than I do at this sort of thing," NiGHTS chuckled, "but he's not here." No one NiGHTS knew, in fact, was here. She laughed as Ryuuzaki slowly made his way, prodding him along by way of short dashes and gestures.

"A place to eat?" NiGHTS replied, blinking at the question. She crossed her arms in thought, allowing Ryuuzaki to continue to fly. "Hmm. I don't really know about that sort of thing. I've never needed to eat, but..." Her eyes flickered over the area, settling on what appeared to be a cafe. "How about over there?" she asked, pointing. "That looks like a good place."

Not that NiGHTS was used to this area, having arrived only this morning, but Ryuuzaki didn't need to know that just yet.

Jerked around by NiGHTS' movements, Ryuuzaki began to fly a bit faster. He was slightly irritated by the thing, he admitted, but he wasn't going to show it. Losing his cool was something he couldn't afford, not when he was finally getting help.

He looked in the direction where NiGHTS was pointing, and nodded. "As long as they have dessert and tea, I'll be satisfied. That looks like it will do." He didn't normally, but perhaps he'd have to get used to it...if such a thing were even possible.

NiGHTS allowed Ryuuzaki to take control, feeling the slight speeding up of the man's pulse and the heating up in her cheeks. "Don't worry," she said, by way of reassurance, "you're doing fine, especially for being new at this." The Visitors to the Night Dimension that NiGHTS had previously dualized with had also caught on quickly to flight, as well, and the Maren gave a half-smile at the memory of it. I wonder if this person has any of the Ideya.

"All right, then," she replied, smiling over her shoulder at Ryuuzaki, "and I'm sure they do." Didn't cafes normally have that sort of thing, after all? Not that NiGHTS knew for sure, but she couldn't see why they wouldn't.

L had no idea how to react, so he settled on a simple, "Thank you." He had flown on airplanes and helicopters before, but he couldn't think of anything similar to this; Paixao seemed to be a magical place in itself. He continued to fly in the direction he hoped the inn was, and as it appeared on the horizion he slowed down. "How do you...stop?" he asked.

He was somewhat reassured at her words. Having a taste of home (meaning the taste of sugar) would help him to think straighter, even more so than the irregular way he sat in chairs and the like. Perhaps he could configure this journal he had received, too, and attune it to the goings-on of the town...he'd be content to sit in his room, alone, for the rest of his days here, if it came down to that.

"You're welcome!" NiGHTS replied cheerfully, letting herself lower to the ground. She released Ryuuzaki, floating a little ways away to avoid disorienting the strange, interesting human. "Like that," she said, as though she had been explaining all along, and tilted her head at Ryuuzaki with a friendly smile. "It's easy." Then again, NiGHTS had been flying since the day she was... born? Created? It didn't really matter, she supposed.

She crossed her arms behind her head and allowed herself to drift up to the roof, out of the way, and raised her fingertips to the air near her face as though playing an instrument. Immediately, the soft tones of a flute sounded, and NiGHTS played the tune she seemed to have known her whole life while she waited for Ryuuzaki.

L stumbled a bit before regaining his balance and standing at the edge of the hotel. "Is flying common here?" he asked, but didn't wait for her answer; instead, he proceeded to stare at the building blankly. To the unknowing observer, it would seem he wasn't doing anything, but he was assessing the building, taking in all its flaws and comparing them to the other hotel he was looking at.

L looked up at the sound of the flute and moved so he could watch NiGHTS. It intrigued him, how she could play music out of the air. He tilted his head and listened to the flute for a while, thumb in mouth. "Lovely," he said simply.

NiGHTS looked down at L, shrugging as she played and shaking her head slightly. No one else she had seen was able to fly. She paused in her song for a moment to elaborate. "I think I'm the only one here that can do that," she replied. "Everyone back home can fly, though - except for Visitors." And that was where NiGHTS came in, of course - at least, if she found the Visitors interesting enough.

A smile came to the Maren's lips at the compliment, and she bowed. "Thank you. I've known how to play since the day I was born." At least, she though she did; Wizeman had never elaborated on the day of her creation and NiGHTS hadn't ever liked him enough to ask.

Well, of course only the people of this mysterious, magical land could fly! NiGHTS didn't seem to be used to normal people yet, let alone the very laws of physics. L continued to stare straight at NiGHTS. "It's only natural. You're very out of the ordinary, and not everyone can fly."

At her comment, L thrust a finger into the air. "Not likely," he said matter-of-factly. "Infants have a very small range of control over their muscles and a lack of developed motor skills. I believe the earliest you could have learned was..." He stopped to calculate the numbers in his head. "Two. Maybe three."

NiGHTS blinked, tilting her head to the side and chuckling softly at the Look on L's face. "I guess I am," she replied cheerily, stretching a bit. "I'm even considered odd for my own kind." Mostly in that she had never felt loyalty to her master and creator and had, in fact, helped defeat him.

"Really?" she asked. "But I was born the way you see me now." It was true; NiGHTS, along with the other Nightmaren, came into creation fully-formed. "Everyone in my world is born like this." Even the Nightopians, who were total opposites from the Nightmaren, hatched from their eggs fully formed.

"Well, standing out is good, I suppose." In a crowd of criminals, that was, and only good for him. Was L even a detective anymore? Torn from something he had been doing since he could remember, he was unsure what to make of himself now. He was sure he'd have to find a job, and some people he could work with...it was overwhelming.

L shuffled closer and circled NiGHTS, looking her up and down. "What are you?" he asked suddenly. He had no experience with the realm of magic and mythology at all, as it had never applied to him. When a magical creature was standing before him, though, it was rather difficult to ignore. Without warning, L stuck out a hand and poked NiGHTS on the arm several times. "You seem to be solid," he mused, almost to himself.

NiGHTS shrugged again, laughing as she flew off the roof and lowered herself to the ground. Since NiGHTS had no need to eat or sleep (not to mention the fact that she had never aged), she remained, as always, unconcerned with the things humans needed to do to get by. Dreams were what NiGHTS knew, and the making of them, and while being pulled from the world of dreams hadn't been pleasant, it was still preferable than floating around being nothing.

NiGHTS kept her gaze on L, chuckling in amusement at L's perplexity and, being NiGHTS (and thus being used to confused Visitors), not minding the poking at all; in fact, she was only further amused by it. "I'm from the world of dreams," NiGHTS answered, so that's what I am." What she was, of course, was a dream (or rather, nightmare) that Wizeman had created. She stretched out her hand so that L could touch it and laughed again. "Well, I am real, as you must know by now."

[OOC: Sorry for the repost. D:]

L watched NiGHTS carefully, unsure what to do with her. He withdrew his hand quickly and shoved it in his pocket, where it would be safer. "You are a dream," he said slowly, turning his eyes up to the ceiling of the domes. "I was assuming you might be a hallucination of sorts. It wouldn't have surprised me if you were. I seem to have been seeing many things lately."

Without waiting for NiGHTS' reply, he turned on his heel and walked straight into the hotel they were standing in front of. "This one is better," he said, not stopping or turning to see if she was following or not.

NiGHTS was used to that look; no-one, even Wizeman, ever quite knew what to make of her. "I may be a dream," she responded, "but this place isn't. You are awake, if that's what you're wondering."NiGHTS had been to the waking realm before, but only rarely, and usually far from the sight of humans. She tilted her head at Ryuuzaki, curious. "Seeing things?" She laughed. "Well, don't worry. You definitely aren't now."

She decided that she may as well follow him, as there was currently nothing else to do, and looked around her, grinning mischievously at the people she saw inside.

"What a reassurance," L replied; unlike NiGHTS, he ignored all the people within the hotel's lobby. He quickly procured a room, still thinking about the type of creatures he could encounter here. He had heard Timon mention "locals" on the journals, and that a good number here were nothing more than visitors.

What were the locals like?

He turned around, realizing NiGHTS was still behind him. "Are you going to follow me up until my room?" he asked. "I'm not a very interesting individual to watch." He was just going to look around; it wasn't as if he had cases to solve anymore. Boring, indeed.

NiGHTS chuckled. "I suppose it is. My kind don't dream, after all." It would be ironic, not to mention disturbing, if a Maren or Nightopian could dream. Most Maren, after all, were not created with free will (NiGHTS only knew of herself and Reala, in fact) - what would it mean if they could?

Well, there was no use in thinking on it.

The creature laughed, shaking her head. "Not necessarily," she reassured him, "but I've never been here before. It's interesting; nothing at all like the Night Dimension."

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Thanks for telling your friends about me and friending me and all that :D

Ehe. >.>; I just mentioned that you were a fantastic L, and Em was all "OMG SHOW ME." <3?

<3! Fo' srs.

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