first sutra; action/video

[secondcoolest]

[ So. It's that time again, Vatheon. The new arrivals are coming.

This one is a particularly disgruntled young man, hair a soaking wet mess around his face, even covering his eyes. He lifts a hand to push the strands back against his head and he gives the SFC a look, flipping it around a couple times before he lets it settle back on his face again. ]

This is Suguro Ryuuji, Exwire, Tokyo Division, reporting--

[ But he stops and frowns, grumbling. ]

--Screw it. If there's anyone here from home, let me know you're alright.

[ BLIP goes the screen. He's going to be chilling in the plaza. ]

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[secondcoolest]

[ Sort... of.

Also he's having a conversation with a cat what is his life. ]

Alright, so... Where is he then?

[snagglefang]

[He wiggles in Bon's grasp to be let down.

'Let me go and I'll show you!']

[secondcoolest]

[ Oh. Right.

Just gonna... set him down on the ground here. ]

[snagglefang]

[And off he goes! He looks back at Bon to make sure he's keeping up, tails waving back and forth. It's a shame he can't talk to him-- if only he had come a day earlier!]

Meow!

[secondcoolest]

[ Hold on talking to Rin on the SFC and... YES good okay he has a towel.

And now he can follow. ]

Hope you know where you're going.

[snagglefang]

['Of course I know where I'm going! I know where everything is in this town by now! There's no way I could get lost.' Hah.

But he is leading him to the villa where he and Rin and everyone else live. Too bad he forgot his fish because now he was getting hungry again. Maybe there were some leftovers on the table still...]

[secondcoolest]

[ And look suddenly they're here. ]

Oi! Okumura!

[ KNOCK KNOCK peeking head in the door. ]

[keepsthefire]

Come in~

[Rin had already set out some extra food for Kuro, knowing he was going to be hungry after what happened last week, but realizing Bon was coming to he went and quickly set out a few more snacks.

So the cheery call comes from the kitchen when Bon peeks in.]

kuro - bon - rin?

[snagglefang]

[Kuro slips inside easily and bounds off towards the kitchen where his stomach ca-- Rin called.

'Rin, Rin! I found Bon!']

I dig

[secondcoolest]

[ And he'll just follow the cat, peeling off his jacket as he moves through the place.

Which is...

Nice.

They seriously just give this stuff away for free? ]

Hey.

[ Nodded greeting. All casual-like. ]

same!

[keepsthefire]

[Pretty hard to believe isn't it?]

I see that, Kuro!

[Rin lets out a laugh as his familiar hops on the counter, giving him a pet before pushing a bowl over before looking up at Bon.]

Hungry? I felt pretty drained when I first landed. Dunno 'bout you but if you are it might help.

[snagglefang]

[Yeah, he isn't even gonna bother responding and just dig into that bowl. Yum. When you go for a week without taste buds you start to appreciate food a little more.

So yeah, don't mind him.]

[secondcoolest]

I'm alright.

[ Casually sneaks a bite of something anyway.

What? His food is good, alright? ]

How long have you been here?

[keepsthefire]

[He saw that, Bon.

But he won't say anything, and just stand there with his tail swinging behind him.]

Almost a year. It'll be a year in like... February I think.

[He doesn't remember the exact date anymore, but he remembers a lot of pink being around. the stores.]

I'll be seventeen in December, actually. Like I said, Vatheon is weird with time.

[snagglefang]

[Have a paw batting at your hand, Bon. Rude.

'You should tell him about the curses!']

[secondcoolest]

[ WHAT the food's for him, too! ]

A year? What's the last thing you remember, then?

[keepsthefire]

[Rin just gives Kuro a look like 'Now? Can't it wait, I'm still getting over being my girlfriend for a week' and sighs, waving a hand.]

The very very last thing I remember was helping Yukio on a mission. ... but before that--

[because he knows that's a pretty generic answer]

was gettin' rid of the Gehenna Gate before it could destroy the city.

[snagglefang]

[As long as you don't mind cat slobber.

... But that gets his attention too.

'Gehanna Gate? Rin, when did that happen?']

[secondcoolest]

[ Oops unknowingly echoing the cat. ]

Gehenna Gate? When'd that happen?

[keepsthefire]

[That was a weird almost-echo effect to Rin's ears. He blinks a few times.]

Autumn, last year.

... what's the last thing you remember?

[And that's at both of you. He had never thought to ask Kuro, for some reason.]

[snagglefang]

['We defeated the Impure King in Kyoto!' His ears fall back as he gives Rin a very concerned-kitty-look.

'Rin...']

[secondcoolest]

Kyoto. The Impure King. Which... if it was Autumn a year ago for you, would have been around the same time we would've been in Kyoto.

[ Slow

eyebrow

raise ]

[keepsthefire]

... guys. I ain't ever been to Kyoto. And the only time the class went was when I was locked up an' on trial. And I was unconscious the whole damn time.

[Which is probably a blessing considering how the trial went in their time line...]

[snagglefang]

[Kuro looks at Bon, somehow looking just as concerned as him to Rin's answer. At least he and Bon were on the same page...

'But we did go! We even went to the tower like you wanted to!']

[secondcoolest]

We were definitely in Kyoto. Look.

[ And he's digging around in his pockets, pulling out a picture with a slight frown. ]

It's a little damp, but here. See for yourself. It's all of us up in the tower since Satan's son wanted to see it so badly.