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ofmanydevices (ofmanydevices) wrote in disappear_rpg,
@ 2010-02-01 12:33:00

Entry tags:

kozue, tom

Who: Tom and Kozue
What: Buying Tom clothes for the beach, and possible discussion of death and hair color
When: After Dungeon, Before Beach
Where: Junes outside of Iburi.
Why: Because right now Tom's beachwear consists of a single black t-shirt.

Tom sat in his car at the meeting place he'd arranged with Kozue. He knew he couldn't meet her at the dorms, since people might see him, and point out he was too young to drive. He really didn't care about where they went, but Kozue was rather insistent on going to Junes. In fact, Tom didn't see the point in thi trip at all, but he had promised Kozue he would go swimming at the beach, and for that he would need clothes to swim in.

So here he waited, for the girl that brought him back from the dead. Tom still didn't know what to think about that. Of all the emotions you would expect someone who had died and come back to have, being slightly down about not being dead anymore would not be one of them. But there it was. And he knew he couldn't tell anyone, so he sat, and smiled when Kozue appeared.

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anthesphoria
2010-02-01 06:27 pm UTC (link)

Kozue, in characteristic sunglasses and sundress, appeared at the corner, looking around in her 'I am sneaking, sneak sneak sneak' mode—which was very, very obvious to anyone who happened to look at her.

Give the girl a break, stealth just isn't her thing.

When she caught sight of Tom in the car, she raised her hand and waved, realized that she was supposed to be sneaking, stopped, and then hustled over as fast as her short legs and strappy sandals would allow her.

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ofmanydevices
2010-02-01 09:00 pm UTC (link)

Tom lowered hi gaze. He hadn't actually expected Kozue to attempt to be sneaky. If he had told her to be sneaky she probably would have pranced around humming her own spy theme music or going "sneak, sneak, sneak..." When she slipped into the car he nodded to her, and started the car up.

"Kondo-san, are you sure about this? I'm still a little uncomfortable with this idea. I can't just wear one of my suits?"

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anthesphoria
2010-02-01 09:35 pm UTC (link)

"One of your formal suits? In the water?" She shook her head, as she sat down and buckled her seatbelt. Hey, did Tom have a driver's license? She knew his aunt had taught him to drive, she'd seen that memory in Paradise, but…

But it was such a nice car, who gave a crap if he could legally drive it or not? She fluffed her hair slightly; unlike Tom, she would have been glad to be seen just now. "You can't wear actual clothing in the water, especially not the ocean. Or on the beach. It's covered in sand, you know. Do you want to be picking sand out of your pockets for the next six weeks? Besides, it's like a zillion degrees in Okinawa. You really would get heat stroke and die."

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ofmanydevices
2010-02-01 09:54 pm UTC (link)

Tom grinned just a bit.

"Well that's okay, since you'll be there to bring me back again." He put the car in drive and set off toward the next town over where the local Junes was. he knew the route pretty well, it's where he got all of his throwing knives. While driving, he was exceptionally careful, practicing every possible safety laws. The last thing he needed was trouble with the police.

"It's just... I dunno... I'm used to trying to avoid notice. And like... we're just buying clothes to swim in right?"

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anthesphoria
2010-02-01 10:16 pm UTC (link)

At first, she cracked a smile, appreciating the joke—it sunk in a bit, and she deflated slightly, folding her hands across her lap and watching as they took the city streets slowly; stopped at every light and sign; it was far smoother than she thought a car like this probably deserved.

It was weird how she'd never thought much about her own power until now--it had always been something useful but understated, not as showy as Masami or Reizo or even Kiriko or Misaki—they could do it too, but they could also set things on fire and stuff. And now, within the last two weeks, she'd figured out that she could pick up people who'd been knocked out—knocked out she staunchly had told herself at the time—and then... there was really no denying that she'd actually brought Tom back from being dead.

It took her a moment to snap out of the quiet, somber pattern of thought: "Uh, sorry, what were you saying? No, you need a real swimsuit, you'd stand out more on the beach in an office suit. Don't you know about, like, camoflauge?"

If you can't make the crazy person speak normal, speak crazy unto them.

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ofmanydevices
2010-02-02 05:36 pm UTC (link)

"Camoflauge wouldn't be necessary. There won't be anyone on the beach we don't know." Tom shifted slightly in his seat.

"I just... you're taking me out to pick up these clothes... its the latest in a long line of people being concerned about me. which only got worse when I died." Dying, Tom had found left him with an odd feeling, or lack of feeling. It was confusing to say the least.

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anthesphoria
2010-02-03 03:33 am UTC (link)

Darn it; gambit had failed, hadn't it. Kozue frowned for a moment, but Tom was moving on, and she listened, and her fingers clenched slightly when he had finished. It was no less unpleasant to hear about it than it was to think about it, really.

"Well, that does kind of make sense that people would be worried, doesn't it?" She'd been, after all, awfully worried. "I—who else has been checking up on you?"

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ofmanydevices
2010-02-03 05:01 pm UTC (link)

"Well, everyone's been asking me about how I'm doing, if I'm okay." He shrugged slightly and noticed that the Junes was getting closer. He pulled into the parking lot.

"It's a little disconcerting. Shouldn't we be worried about Ito-san? Or you, or Ishinomori-san, over the course of the fight you were far more injured then I was. And clearly you're far better at not dying." The last sentance had ended up sounding far sadder then Tom had intended.

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	anthesphoria 2010-02-07 10:26 pm UTC (link)
	"Uh." Kozue looked for a response to that and found herself lacking; she swallowed, instead, and after a moment smiled. "Well, you--" No, that didn't sound right either. She answered with a lackluster "Well, I care, so I'm asking." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

ofmanydevices
2010-02-09 06:10 pm UTC (link)

"I appreciate the thought Kondo-san, but I feel like..." Tom let out a breath as he pulled the car into a parking spot.

"Ito-san just went everything, we have so much new information. And plus I didn't even suffer at all. I was instantly felled, and instantly healed. Other people were far worse off then me. There's just... far more to be worried about then me, and my inability to take a single hit from an enemy."

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