[Open] What...what just happened?

[sewdamncute]

Who: Kanji and you
Where: All over the city
When: July 11th, all day
Style: Action to start, but can match to you
Status: Open!

[He'd woken up near that strange coral thing, but he was pretty sure that he was dreaming still. Kanji wasn't a panicky kinda guy though, so he'd take his time and figure out what was going on.

This was a pretty strange place, even for one of his dreams. An underwater city? He tried to remember if he watched any strange movies about Atlantis the night before, but he was pretty sure the last thing he watched on TV was a samurai drama with his mother. And the sight of the strange fish swimming by his head as he walked around was just a bit too much for him.

He sat down near the carnival entrance and took out the Starfish Communicator that had been beside him when he woke up and the stupid paper brochure as he used the towel around his neck to dry his hair some more. The brochure called this place Vatheon and said that he was stuck here.]

What a load of shit. This's gotta be a dream. I'm gonna wake up in my bed and Mom's gonna nag me to eat before school. It's just another fucking normal day, like the others've been since Senpai left.

[He scrolled through the list of foreigners and almost dropped it when he saw familiar names. His friends were here! Sure, some were missing, but Yu-senpai, Yukiko-senpai and Naoto were here! He saw their address too and nearly dropped everything again as he jumped up and ran towards where they supposedly were.]

Yu-senpai! Yukiko-senpai! Naoto! [His voice went before him as he ran through the Nostalgia Nook to where this detective agency was situated.] Oi, where is everyone?!

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[sewdamncute]

[Kanji's a big guy, he's used to it. He's bigger than his senpai and most of the police force. The captain of the basketball team asked him if he wanted to join after Yu-senpai left.

He was also well-muscled for a guy his sized. Not too big, not too small.

And, except for that confusing time for him, he was pretty sure that he liked girls. So, having this strange guy invading his personal space like that was really kinda freaky.]

I don't know what you heard, but I got someone I like already and it aint you! Back off!

[gigglesnortpriestess]

[Hey boys, guess who is coming out of the agency door at this very moment? If someone guessed Yukiko then you're right. She was coming out with some tea when she spotted their friend and newcomer to the city.]

Kanji-kun?!

[Whoops, there went the teapot. Need to get a new one now.]

[sewdamncute]

Yukiko-senpai? You're here too?

[Ignore the fact that he saw her name listed with Yu's and Naoto's. Nope, that's the first thing out of his mouth when he sees his childhood friend and senpai standing there with a teapot in tiny shards at her feet.]

H-hey, are you okay?

Don't mind her for now, she's a fly on the wall. ^_^

[detectiveprincess]

[Naoto had thought this going to be an ordinary day, much like she had veen accustomed to for a while. She would get up, work around the agency to get it ready and then go to her patrol duty. After that she would go to one of the cafes nearby and get some food and drinks for the three to share so that Senpai wouldn't always have to cook.

At least that's what she had originally thought. That was before she had a nagging feeling as she was ordering the food. She ordered some extra food and a few more drinks. She wasn't sure why, but she felt she should.

As she was a few blocks away from the agency, she heard the yell. Her heart almost stopped. there was no way, was there? Not three months in a row...

She couldn't exactly run with the food in her arms, but she walked faster. As she drew closer, she saw her two senpai talking to a very familiar tall figure in black. She silently made her way into the building, being sure not to bump against Yukiko-senpai or Yu-senpai. Putting the food on the largest table - where maps and things would be spread - she made her way back out and silently observed for a few moments.]

[rainbowarch]

There's a door right there leading to it.

[He gestures in the direction of said door.]

[420]

[Gamzee simply doesn't understand personal space. Or heterosexuality. Or toasters. Mainly toasters actually. Like. How the fuck do they even all work, a bro pops in a normal slice of loaf and up pops another motherfuckin' kinda bread. That shit is sheer magic. He's pretty sure there is a portal all up hiding in there what exchanges floppy slices of breads for sweetly toasted ones.

Yeah.

Definitely that.

Kanji's outburst earns him nothing but a slow blink, before Gamzee drops his hand with a shrug.]

Aww, bro, you just all chill here for a sec. I weren't meaning nothing of that fuckin' sort with it, aight?

[He grins.]

I got a motherfucker I dig a whole motherfuckin' load too already. I ain't all thinking as to like be exchanging him for any person new.

icyu

[linefacingforever]

[Oh Yukiko... Yu shook his head ruefully, bending to help pick the pieces of the broken teapot up. Good thing most things were free in this place...]

[It was hard to miss the little shadow that slipped by them and into the agency; nice try, Naoto, but he chased around toddlers in a day care for the summer. You had to be a little shorter than that to escape his notice.]

[Still, he picked the conversation back up as he gathered the pieces, letting Kanji know what they knew of how the dome worked. He waited, listening for the soft sound of her slipping back out, before he interrupted himself.]

Well, we should take care of this. We'll be back.

[Without a word of explanation, he grabbed Yukiko by the hand and bolted with her into the agency, right past Naoto.]

NOW KISS /shot

[gigglesnortpriestess]

[She was about to ask why Kanji couldn't come in because if he was here, he should be welcomed in the agency. But Yu had his reasons like maybe he wanted to show him around later and just get the mess cleaned up first.

In other words: she didn't notice Naoto.

Nonetheless, she followed their leader inside.]

Don't do anything he wouldn't do.

[linefacingforever]

[Instead of hurrying to the garbage to dispose of the teapot, however, Yu dumped the mess onto the table by the groceries, before going back to the door, leaving it open enough of a crack for him and Yukiko to peer out of.]

[Naoto had been here for months, alone. This ought to be good.]

I hate you both!

[sewdamncute]

[Of course he noticed her when she first appeared. And he knew exactly what their senpai thought they were doing by disappearing so quickly. But, his attention was on her, completely.]

H-hey, Naoto. H-how ya doin'?

[No, he wasn't blushing and his palms were not sweaty, okay? Stop asking him things like that, conscience!]

[detectiveprincess]

[Naoto really felt awkward now. One of her two crushes from back home left her here with the other one. This SUCKED and Senpai was going to pay for it later.

She pulled her cap down over her eyes. He didn't need to see that she was year older now. He didn't need to see how much she'd backslid before their senpai had shown up. He didn't need to see...

At least not yet.]

Hello, Kanji-kun.

[sewdamncute]

[Yep, same old Naoto. Still hard as hell to talk to her. Fuck his life. Gets kidnapped to a strange place and still has difficulty talking to the girl he liked.]

So, uh, you're here too, huh?

[sewdamncute]

[Fist pump of victory.]

Thanks, dude. [He came up short, finally realizing that he hadn't bothered to introduce himself or ask the other guy his name. His mom would have been super embarrassed of him for that breach of behavior.]

So, uh, my name is Kanji Tatsumi. Sorry I didn't introduce myself properly or anything like that before.

[sewdamncute]

[Kanji doesn't understand toasters either. Maybe later they can commiserate about that. When he's not, you know, freaking out about the other kid being all over him.]

G-good. Just...you stay over there, and I'll stay here and we're okay.

who's late I'm not late shush

[spacecase]

[What about



a doge

Being gifted with dog hearing and all, it's only inevitable that Jade hears Kanji muttering to himself and goes to investigate.]

Hello! No, sorry, it's not a dream

[detectiveprincess]

[Yeah, same old Kanji. Loss for words and everything. It felt like just yesterday that she had seen him last when in truth...]

Yes. I've been here a while now.

[420]

Aww, you just relax, dude, ain't nothing what's wrong with a couple of bros laying skin on each other.But sure, I can keep to staying here if you want.

[Touching your friends is a very wonderful thing indeed. And seeing that Gamzee had grown up without company, he had all the social graces of a dead, rotting starfish. Barely.]

[rainbowarch]

Oh, I'm Cielo. Nice to meet you.

[He pauses a moment to think about the apology he was just given.]

It's okay, you just want to find your friends, ja?

[sewdamncute]

[Did she really expect him to change at all? Kanji is always going to be Kanji, after all. Especially around Naoto.]

Uh, so, do you...like it here?

[sewdamncute]

Y-yeah. [Still, no reason to be rude.] I...guess I'll be seeing you around this place then, yeah? I mean, it's not like we're going anywhere, if you can believe that stupid brochure, right?

[sewdamncute]

[Haha, to Kanji, who most people avoided, touching by anyone but his mother usually meant fighting. At least it did until Yu-senpai and the others. He knew what social graces he was expected to have, but he didn't have much practice outside of his family's business.

Probably wasn't helped by the fact that he looked like a thug most of the time, but he liked what he liked, yeah?]

So, you got friends here then?

Never too late. <3

[sewdamncute]

[The voice makes him look up to see a cute girl. Which normally was enough to make him blush, since she was staring at him intensely. But she had...

Dog ears.

Fucking. Dog. Ears.

That. Moved.

So. Fucking. Cute!!!!]

Y-yeah... [Sorry, too busy staring at your ears and blushing to be eloquent.]

[spacecase]

[She blinks and looks around to see if there was anything in particular that caught the boy's attention. Seeing nothing, she realizes--ah, yes, he's staring at the ears, they're probably twitching again. So Jade halts their twitching and points at them.]

Yes, they're real. It's okay to touch them if you ask, I don't charge money for it.

[The casual way she talks about this says that she's probably gotten reactions like this before.]

[sewdamncute]

[She just offered to let him touch her cute, furry ears! But, wouldn't that be rude? Like a total invasion of personal space, yes? Cute girl with cute ears offering to let him touch them? What the fuck?!]

N-nah, I'll pass. I ain't no furry freak or anythin' like that.

[spacecase]

["Furry freak" immediately reminds her of her brother's rambling about furries on the internet and she cringes.

Come on, Jade, no, that's not what he meant. Do not react.]

S'cool. Anyhoo, like I said, this isn't a dream. We are stuck here until whatever brought us here sends us back home. [And she just sits down next to him like it isn't a big deal at all.] I've been here for almost a whole year now, it's not bad once you make some friends and find things to do!