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Tweak says, "Bake 'im away, toys!"

vc_player_npc (vc_player_npc) wrote in vas_captio_rpg,
@ 2009-05-17 14:06:00

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!dropped, day 08, location: museum, npc, shizuka domeki, tinker bell

Who: Clone!Watanuki, Domeki, and Tinker Bell
What: Anti-Watanuki fun
Where: Outside, somewhere near the museum and the theater
When: Late afternoon
Rating: TBD, but PG for starters
Status: Active

The snow had been melting, and, as with spring, with it came birth. The false Watanuki was, at first, surprised to find that he had been granted physical form. Then, his lips curled into an almost-sneer. Why would he not be given physical form? He was the potential Watanuki, he realized, as his memories began to take form. All the wasted energy of the real one was his to use.

He walked slowly, making his way down the road. It was all very new to him, being alive, and he was having a bit of difficulty coming into his own thoughts and body. The real Watanuki had so many thoughts, so many opinions, so much social conditioning that he simply could not understand. He also had many complex interpersonal relationships. Then there was that bizarre power he had, the one that the real Watanuki had had seventeen years to come to terms with; he'd barely had seventeen seconds.

Pushing his glasses up on his face, he inhaled deeply. The air was still a little crisp, and he'd inhaled with too much vigor. He broke into a coughing fit, doubling over slightly. He was not, for the moment, aware of anyone else in the area.

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throughyoureye
2009-05-17 01:49 pm UTC (link)

A sense of uncertainty accompanied Domeki as he made his slow way down the road leading from the museum to the thrift shop. The idea of leaving Shannon in the museum still didn't sit entire well with him - even when he did his very best to convince himself that it would be alright; he did know that Watanuki, at the very least, was still in the building and so that was someone to help out - but he wouldn't feel entirely right until both Shannon and Bell were both someplace safe.

The rough sound of coughing tugged Domeki from his thoughts and he quickly tracked the noise to its source. Annoyance quickly overshadowed his concern when he spotted Watanuki bent almost double but he did still move rapidly to his friend's side. "Idiot, what are you doing out here? You know better to go out alone - and who did you leave with Shannon if you're out here?"

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tink_says
2009-05-17 02:22 pm UTC (link)

"Wow!" came the soft, happy voice that came echoing down the road. A giggle followed it. "Lucky me! I get BOTH the Domeki and the Watanuki? I was only expecting one, but I won't say no to both!"

What did not follow that voice, however, was a five inch ball of light. In its place was a girl, who barely stood at five feet tall, with long, platinum colored hair, pale skin, and two massive, transparent wings. She glowed a brilliant golden color, and her eyes were a deep shade of blue. Her feet were bare, and she had on a dress from the thrift shop that she had doctored slightly; it was white, form fitting, and its jagged hem stopped just past her mid thigh. When she was five inches tall, such details about her were lost, almost completely invisible. In her larger form, though, Tinker Bell was quite stunning.

Running as fast as she could, she giggled and began to slow when she saw them. When she reached Domeki's side, she tossed her arms around his waist, hugging him tightly. "You really are the best for coming to get me!" she exclaimed. Standing on tiptoe, she planted a kiss on his cheek. It left a golden glow in the shape of her lips behind, and it tingled slightly. She looked over at Watanuki and wrinkled her nose. "You're the second best this time. Sorry, Watanuki. Better luck being my hero next time!"

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vc_player_npc
2009-05-17 02:40 pm UTC (link)

Idiot? Oh, yes, he remembered. That was what Domeki and Watanuki called each other. His eyes narrowed, the blue one becoming almost steely and the gold one almost glowing. The corner of his lip turned upwards into a sneer, and he peered over the upper rim of his glasses at him. "I'm taking a walk, Idiot. What do you think I'm doing? Why should I have to stay in there with Shannon? She's your problem anyway. As far as I'm concerned, she can take a long walk off of a short pier. Why should I have to babysit?"

"What are you doing out here, anyway, dumbass? Not like you've got something more important to be doing than defending the woman that you care so much about. Why would you leave her all alone if she really matters to you? Selfish."

At that moment he heard a piercing voice, and he winced slightly. Adjusting his glasses, he stared down the road at the beautiful girl who was running towards them. He gawked for a few moments. Who was she? His memories, hazy as they were, began to fill in. She looked somewhat like a girl he remembered. No, she wasn't a girl, she was a fairy. And she liked fruit. But she was big now? And she was gorgeous.

Advancing on them, he shoved Domeki to the side and bowed deeply to her. "Tinker Bell," he said, "I am enchanted that you could join us. I hope you know, however, that I will not settle for being second, especially to this idiot." He cocked his head at his friend. Kneeling in front of her, he kissed the back of her hand, looking up at her. "He may be a hero, but I am a gentleman."

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throughyoureye
2009-05-17 03:47 pm UTC (link)

Domeki narrowed his eyes at Watanuki. He took a long moment to study the slender body of his friend but there was nothing obvious to mark him as a fraud - all was as he remembered, right down to the golden eye. Domeki still couldn't shake the feeling that there was something off about the Watanuki standing before him but he felt that it had largely to do with the words and the attitude currently being presented. He had never known his classmate not to show concern for someone in need - even, or sometimes especially, if the someone was a stranger.

"You seemed to like Shannon a rather lot yesterday," he ventured. Domeki was doing his best to keep an even voice even as he searched for some way to test the person before him. "You did spend drink most of the night away with her, didn't you?"

"I left her alone because I thought you would be there with her," he admitted with a casual shrug. His expression still held at a cautious neutral, not feeding anything back. "I thought I could go find Bell if--"

His thoughts and words were interrupted by the sound of a feminine voice and Domeki found himself staring in surprised amusement as a short but beautiful girl ran over to join them. It wasn't hard for him to place the spirited girl as a larger version of Bell and he managed a smile and a laugh when she threw her arms around him. The kiss to the his cheek, as well as the tingling which followed, came as a surprise to him but he seemed pleased enough by the show of affection.

"I'm glad that you're doing alright, Bell. I--" His words trailed away as he found himself shoved to the side and Domeki again watched in confusion as Watanuki knelt to kiss the back of the fairy's hand. A faint frown tugged at the left corner of his lips but he held his silence and simply watched - for now.

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tink_says
2009-05-17 04:07 pm UTC (link)

She giggled and held onto Domeki for a few moments more. Tink's grip was intense; it was as if she did not want to let him go. "Oh, I never said that I was all right. At least I'm not alone anymore, though, and I'm glad for that. Though I wasn't particularly alone in the thrift shop towards the end there, though, but that's beside the point. I'm glad to be with people I actually know who aren't acting all that weird."

At just that moment, however, Domeki almost flew from her grip. She stood there, mouth open, as she gawked in amazement. Now, she had never seen the two of them together in the same place, but she was pretty certain that best friends didn't usually shove each other. "Hey, what was that abo--"

Looking down at Watanuki, she blushed a little and her glow turned a faint pink. She had never known Watanuki to be charismatic and romantic towards her. Was there something that she'd been missing? After all, he had asked her to the dance that she'd been planning. And for someone that she'd shot down so violently, for someone who had suffered the bad end of her temper, he seemed awfully forgiving. The Japanese were pretty nice people. Honestly, she'd been downright shocked when Domeki had offered to save her.

"Of course I'd join you," she offered up, gently tugging her hand away with a giggle. "I mean, you're the only two people that I have left. Everybody else thinks I'm a bloody stupid ass for the mood swing I suffered yesterday. Well, maybe not Dean. I'm still not sure on that whole thing. And Mister Decorations Man. But that's different. I figured I'd be alone forever. I still feel terribly about that, though, and I don't know what to do to make up for it anymore. Ugh. Everything's so odd today."

Arms crossing over her chest, she smiled and canted her head to the side. "So, where are you two staying? Where are we going so I don't have to be on my own with strangers anymore? I feel so much better knowing that I've got the two of you, now. I promise that I will try much harder to hold my temper off. It's so hard for me. I can only hold one emotion inside of me at a time, and I don't know how to not get angry at things that bother me. I guess I need lessons."

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vc_player_npc
2009-05-17 04:23 pm UTC (link)

"Of course I didn't," he retorted. Drinking didn't seem like something that he'd do a whole lot of. "I barely know her. That's why I don't want to play babysitter with her. I'm sick and tired of taking care of people that I don't know. Too many damn needy people! They need to learn to stand on their own two feet. Or they need to find somebody else to rely on. I don't want the job. I just want to be myself and not have to worry unnecessarily so much anymore. Is that a lot to ask?"

"Besides," he continued once Tink had taken her hand away from him. He stood up, wrapping one arm around her waist, and pulling her close to him. "I can't trust you to be alone with this angel. You're a filthy, lustful pig, and something horrible could have happened to her. Have you seen her? It's too risky for something this delicate, this precious, this beautiful, to be left alone. Anyone could come along and smash her to bits on your watch."

He grabbed Tinker Bell's chin and turned her head towards him, his grip around her waist tightening, almost squeezing her too hard. Leaning in, he kissed her square on the lips. Once he was finished, he shoved her aside.

"Eh. Disappointing. It definitely wasn't as magical as it should have been. She's actually a little bit bitter tasting." He smirked, glaring at Tink. "Or maybe it's just all of that hate that you seem to have towards everybody. Nobody would actually want to be with you, no matter how beautiful you are. Domeki only came because it would make him look better to everyone else. He tries so hard to look like a good person."

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throughyoureye
2009-05-17 05:04 pm UTC (link)

The tally had been done and Domeki found this one before him wanting. It was true that the teen before him looked and sounded just like Watanuki but the words, beliefs, and behaviors were all wildly inaccurate - Watanuki would never act in this way which meant that the body standing here either had to be Watanuki possessed or some manner of doppelganger.

Until he could be sure which of the two was true, Domeki would be careful not to harm the body - but he wouldn't allow it to do any harm either. He glared and reached to save Bell from what he assumed to be an unexpected and unwanted kiss but Domeki hardly had time to move before Watanuki had released her on his own. He took a quick step to stand in front of the fairy - just in case Watanuki thought to try anything further.

"The bitterness must have come from yourself - the emotion seems to come naturally to you and it taints all of your words," he stared steadily at the form before him as he tried to sort through the best way to deal with the situation. He didn't want to hurt the body but he really couldn't allow this Watanuki to wander around and to damage the reputation of his friend. His thoughts wandered to the bow he had found but he hadn't thought that he'd need it for something as routine as this - and he didn't know if what he used to banish spirits would work in a situation such as this. "You may want to be more careful of yourself or you may find yourself banished from this place."

Glancing over his shoulder, Domeki looked to Bell with sympathy. He could guess how the fairy would take the unkindness which this Watanuki had treated her but the words to soothe the wound were not forthcoming. "Don't listen to him, Bell. He doesn't know what he's saying. We'll take you someplace safe, alright?"

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tink_says
2009-05-17 05:43 pm UTC (link)

Tink's eyes went wide when Watanuki of all people grabbed her. She fell into his grasp, struggling and wiggling a little, but he was bigger and stronger than she was. She pushed against his chest, wings flapping. "Lemme g--" She was cut off by the kiss. Not even closing her eyes, she let out a scream into the kiss. Her light started to turn red, but it quickly turned blue when Watanuki practically flung her away.

Bitter? She tasted bitter? "You big jerk!" she cried out. Her eyes had started to water. "You...you're a bully. You're my friend. Why would you say something like that? Why would you do something like that?" Hugging herself, Tink began to sniffle and whimper. She shook her head, not wanting to cry in front of either of them. They liked her happy, and she was trying to stay happy and upbeat. Nobody liked a sad or angry fairy. Regardless, she found herself unable to keep a few tears from falling.

"Domeki, what's wrong with Watanuki?" She was trying to keep herself focused on the matter at hand instead of on the fact that her first kiss, ever, had just been stolen by a mean man who was pretending to be one of her few remaining friends. "Fix him! I don't like this Watanuki. I don't want him to be like this."

Creeping forward, the blonde gently clutched at his arm. She was trembling slightly, and her aura was a very deep shade of blue, almost violet. She was frightened, she was hurt, and she was sad. "It's not true, right? You're here because you like me, not because you want to look good to everybody else? Watanuki's just sick, right? And you'll stay with me?"

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vc_player_npc
2009-05-17 05:58 pm UTC (link)

"If I'm bitter, it's only because of people like you and her. You never know when to quit. I start out kind and polite, and you take, take, take, and you give absolutely nothing back! The two of you are leeches. You're draining the life out of me! You're the worst best friend that anyone could have, Domeki. Always calling me an idiot, always conveniently appearing wherever I am, always barging in on the girls that I happen to like. No one could ever like me with you around, because you always go out of your way to make yourself look better. If you didn't have me to put down, you'd be nothing! First you stole Himawari, and now you're taking Tink away from me as well, not that I give a damn about her now that I've seen how crazy and demented she actually is. Ew. I only took that piece of your eye so that you could finally be of use to me instead of you just draining me dry. I was hoping that it would have left you more disfigured, but I'm not that lucky."

He shook his head and laughed. Domeki thought that he was a spirit. That was enough to make him lose it. He held his sides because his laughter was too hard and hurt too much. "Banished from this place? Who do you think you are, Domeki? Someone of power? You have no power here. How does it feel to be me for once, Idiot? You can't even stop that little troll who pretends to be a girl over there from crying!"

"There's nothing wrong with me, Tinker Bell. That's the problem, isn't it? You can't stand people that you can't use. Well, here's an interesting bit of information for you. You're useless. Nobody likes you, and nobody needs you. That's the cold, hard facts, and Domeki hasn't got the spine to tell you. I have. You should at least appreciate me, because I am honest. I'm not going to sugar coat things for you. Nobody wants to be your partner, and everybody, after that little stunt that you pulled yesterday, hopes that you die."

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throughyoureye
2009-05-17 10:24 pm UTC (link)

It was easy for Domeki to decide to tend to Bell's needs before he entertained those of whatever had chosen to take Watanuki's shape. He turned her head toward the fairy as she clutched to his arm and he frowned at the almost bruised color of her aura. "This isn't our Watanuki, Bell. This is something else entirely. You know Watanuki would never treat you like this nor would he say these things to you. You don't have to listen to what he's saying and you don't have to believe him. I am here because I do like you and I want to be your friend. You might have those whom you angered but there are also those who do need and who do want you to be around."

He paused a long moment as he thought of the invective which had been thrown at him and Domeki found that there was some truth buried in the words - he did have a habit of doing the obnoxious things which the Watanuki-shape had mentioned and he was fully capable of realizing how they could easily get on one's last nerve. The only grace which kept him from swallowing the bitter pill whole was that he had faith that any true grievances could be aired between himself and Watanuki without such an emotional and wordy display.

"Even this Watanuki is right about a few things - I do follow him around and I do tend to show up where I'm not wanted. Maybe I even am a drain on him," he shrugged his shoulders as if rather disinterested in the crimes listed against him. "He's also right in that we share an eye but he seems to forget that it would have been much easier to simply leave the web over my eye so that I would be half-blind instead of him having to nearly give up his own sight."

"I know that I have no way to banish you and that I have no power - but that doesn't make me like you," he shook his head as he lifted his glance to meet the mismatched eyes he knew so well. "You know why? Because you don't need power. You don't need anything but the empathy and kindness you always had. Because of that, I won't ever leave you alone and because of that I know you're not Watanuki."

Domeki was not the violent sort but he was not above doing what was necessary. Gently, he disentangled from Bell's hold on his arm and he stepped forward to close the distance between himself and the Watanuki-shape. As he did so, he threw his balled fist forward in search of the softness of the impostor's stomach. Admittedly, Domeki wasn't the strongest person in the world but he was rather hoping that it would be enough to incapacitate the Watanuki-shape for a moment.

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tink_says
2009-05-17 10:51 pm UTC (link)

"No, Domeki, he's right. I...everything he said, it's probably true."

When he pulled his arm away from her, Tinker Bell sank to the ground, landing in a heap. She curled her knees up to her face, hiding herself, sobbing softly. It was too much. It had been too peculiar a day, and too bad a few days, for her to simply brush off the things that the Watanuki shaped thing had said. All of her emotions were running too close to the surface.

It hurt her brain to try to think about what was going on. She trusted the Domeki, but she also trusted the Watanuki, too. They were both fairly strange to her still. She had not known them long, and she had mistreated them both in horrible ways in her state of rage. In truth, she was not certain what wicked words their mouths were capable of. Her heart was aching, and it was breaking at the same time. Just when she thought that things had gotten better, that she'd found people who could handle her mood swings and who would forgive her, Watanuki had said some incredibly heartless things. Why couldn't everyone just be like Peter?

But no, it was good that they were not like Peter. For though he had a great capacity for forgiveness, Peter Pan had a greater capacity for forgetfulness. That, after all, was how she had ended up here.

"Nobody wants to be my partner," she wailed, as that was the comment that summed it all up and touched her current worry and woe the most. "Nobody in this whole place, in the whole world, in any world, in the whole of the Neverland, wants to be my partner. Nobody wants just me the way that I need just them." She sobbed louder, her wings curling around her balled up body even more, blue dust falling to the ground with her shaking. "Not even you. You've got a partner. You've got the Watanuki. Nobody needs only me."

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vc_player_npc
2009-05-17 11:14 pm UTC (link)

Watching the fairy crumble, the faux Watanuki could only smirk. He felt somewhat bad for her, but it was important that people see the truth. She, especially, needed it. He shook his head, looking up at Domeki, who had advanced towards him -- just in time to be punched.

A horrible wailing sound escaped his throat as he doubled over, holding his stomach. He had not been expecting Domeki to hit him. In fact, in his very limited memory, he did not really recall being hit. It may have happened, but he overlooked it. Looking up at him through his hair, some of it hanging in his eyes, he let out a squeak at first. The wind had been wholly knocked out of him. There were no words, no snarky sarcasm, just a general sense of being pathetic.

"You're a barbarian," he breathed, holding his sides in pain.

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throughyoureye
2009-05-17 11:43 pm UTC (link)

Domeki knelt on the ground before the fake Watanuki. He cocked his head so that he could again have eye contact but his expression was back to its unreadable neutral. If he felt regret for having punched the duplicate of his friend, then it hardly showed on him. "You're feeling only a fraction of what you've made her feel - but it's a start on the path to empathy. I don't expect you to stay in this place but if I see you again then I hope you have learned."

In a graceful movement, Domeki was back on his feet. He moved to where Bell had curled on the unforgiving ground and he knelt beside her. Much as he had done when she was small and trapped in their common cell, he brushed a hand through her hair. "I do have Watanuki but that doesn't mean that I cannot be partner to you both. They said that we should travel in groups - we can be a group: you, Watanuki, and myself. I would like that and I'm sure Watanuki would, too."

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tink_says
2009-05-20 11:09 pm UTC (link)

For a few moments she was silent as he stroked a hand through her hair. She had made no reaction when he had punched the fake Watanuki. She still wasn't exactly sure what, exactly, was going on. Her mind was still reeling from all of the horribly mean yet, somehow, true things that he had said to her. She tilted her head towards his hand only for a moment before pushing his hand away.

"You shouldn't hit people. Just like you shouldn't wish them dead. Even if they deserve it. I've learned that much in the past few days." She attempted a half-hearted laugh as she turned her face away from him. It bothered her that he was seeing her crying in such a situation.

His suggestion, though, simply prompted more tears. She buried her face in her hands, her blonde hair forming a curtain to hide her from his view. The glow around her body got darker, so dark that it was barely a glow at all. "You have Watanuki. I don't have anybody. I want somebody to myself!" She was not aware that she sounded somewhat like a spoiled brat, but all of the pain that had been in her heart since Neverland was building up and pouring out. "I want somebody to want only me! I want somebody that thinks that I matter. I don't want to be part of the group anymore. I want to be special!"

She stumbled to her feet, her chest shaking with her crying, and she turned. Glaring at the fake Watanuki, she spit at him. "You might be right, but that doesn't mean that I have to let other people watch me as I fall apart." She started walking, looking lost. "I should go."

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vc_player_npc
2009-05-21 03:13 pm UTC (link)

"If I'm only feeling a fraction of what she's feeling, then what fraction of what you're feeling am I experiencing, Domeki?" He curled into himself, laughing. "It is not I who needs to learn anything, though I have chosen to take this lesson to heart. You are incapable of taking criticism gracefully. It's a shame, really, as it's such a necessary part of being alive." Demented. He was just a little bit demented and sick.

The fake Watanuki watched the two of them from where he was curled up on the ground. His fists curled into fists, and he began uncurling himself. He'd be feeling that for quite a goodly long time. His eyes narrowed at them. How were they still so close? They knew the awful truth about each other.

When the fairy spit at him, he barely flinched. She was walking one way, and he was walking the other. "I know I'm right," he said, wiping his shoulder. "The question is when will you accept that I'm right?" Hands in his pockets, he picked up the pace, doing his best to get out of there before he got hit again.

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throughyoureye
2009-05-21 04:57 pm UTC (link)

Domeki took his hand back without comment when Bell pushed it away and he shook his head slightly. "You're right. I probably shouldn't have hit him - but it will make things easier a little later on." In silence, he listened to her declaration that she wanted to be the sole important one in someone's heart and he felt that he could understand what she was saying - it was nothing more than what a large portion of the world wished for. Unfortunately, only a small number of those ever achieved such a fine thing and even fewer realized what they had.

Sitting back on his heels, he watched as Bell moved to wander away but she seemed so last that he didn't know if it would be wise for her to go alone. "Bell, let me walk with you - just as far as you're going."

Domeki turned his head to watch the not-Watanuki as be began to walk away but he came to the quick conclusion that following him would do little to no good; it would be better to tend to Bell and to warn the real Watanuki about what might be ahead of him.

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tink_says
2009-05-31 01:05 am UTC (link)

Her eyes followed the Watanuki as he walked away. It felt as if her heart had been shattered into a few thousand little pieces, and all of it wanted to pour out of her eyes. She took a few deep, heaving, shuddering breaths to try to calm herself. It wasn't a very effective practice for her. Very frequently, the emotions that she experienced were overwhelming. They had to burn themselves out and use up all of their energy. This upset, compounded with others of late, would take some time to clear up.

"I don't know where I'm going," she said absently. Her voice sounded far away. Stopping, she looked back at him, wiping her eyes with the back of her arm. The tears were welling up again, and her eyes felt heavy. "I'm not sure I can let you walk with me. I mean, you've got people waiting on you." Her voice trailed off. Crossing her arms over her chest, she turned away from him, clenching her teeth. Wretched. Absolutely wretched. "I don't want to be a bother, after all, and keep you from getting back any more than I already have. I probably should have stayed in the thrift shop, but I just couldn't take it anymore."

Her hands lifted, covering her face, and she tried to keep breathing slowly. "I don't know where I'm going to go because I don't have anywhere to go. Nobody needs me the way that they need you. What am I going to do, Domeki? Where am I going to go?"

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