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Shizuka Doumeki (throughyoureye) wrote in vas_captio_rpg,
@ 2009-05-19 23:10:00

Entry tags:

!dropped, !incomplete, day 08, kimihiro watanuki, location: museum, shizuka domeki

Who: Watanuki & Domeki
What: Clone Wars
When: Late evening
Where: The museum
Rating: PG-13
Status: TBA

Domeki returned to the museum with all haste. The words spoken by Watanuki's double haunted him in time to his footfalls and he found that he couldn't quite banish the admonishments as easily when he was on his own. It was one thing for him to not flinch in the face of an insult but it was quite another to nurse a hidden bruise - especially a bruise which had been well deserved. Still, Domeki knew that it was not the time to be thinking of himself - not when there was a double of Watanuki wandering about and causing trouble and not when the very fact that Watanuki had a double likely meant serious repercussions. It didn't take much studying, after all, to know that a double was a sign of death.

Trying not to think too deeply on this, Domeki let himself into the museum. Only when inside did he realize that he hadn't asked Watanuki where he would be waiting but Domeki assumed that it wouldn't be all that difficult to find the other. His features grim, he wandered with purpose toward where he had last seen Watanuki.

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aprilfirst
2009-05-20 10:59 am UTC (link)

Watanuki had just returned to the museum when he noticed the message Domeki had written in the journal. The short exchange that followed had him so rattled that he even forgot about taunting Domeki. It was as if even him, who was usually calm and composed, had been taken by surprise. Watanuki could hardly blame his friend. If there was someone walking around and looking like him...

Someone else had written in the journals saying that there were clones, but he had only been concerned about making sure he wasn't talking to a clone. The fact that a clone of himself might exist (and even worse that his clone might meet his friends) had completely escaped his mind.
He shook his head, pacing the room up and down. It sounded like nonsense, but he'd seen too many strange things to disbelieve this. He wanted Domeki to arrive as soon as possible and explain everything.

He ran to the door and bolted it open as soon as he heard steps outside. Luckily it was Domeki. Sighing with relief, Watanuki waved at his friend even though they were just a few feet apart.
"What took you so long?" he blurted out. "What happened? Is Tink okay?"

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throughyoureye
2009-05-20 04:56 pm UTC (link)

It was paranoia, pure and simple, that caused Domeki to take a long moment to study the teen before him. He knew that he had left the double to walk the streets once the confrontation had been over and he knew that it would have been very hard for the false Watanuki to make it to the museum before Domeki was able - but he still studied the Watanuki before him for any sign that he might be another cheap imitation.

Fortunately, the tone of the voice and the nature of the movements spoke of the truth and Domeki allowed himself to relax - but only slightly. Even if he could consciously dismiss what the clone had said, he couldn't quite fully banish the effects of the words on his way of thinking nor could he dismiss the truth under the lies.

"I had to take Bell somewhere safe and I didn't want to leave her alone. I had to make sure that she was alright," he explained as he crossed his arms over himself. "She's...shaken up by what your double had to say to her but I wouldn't have left her if she wouldn't be alright. You might want to talk to her once all of this is over."

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aprilfirst
2009-05-21 01:57 pm UTC (link)

"It's me!" Watanuki said, when he realized that Domeki was studying him and possibly trying to decide whether he was the real one or the clone. His heart sank when he realized that he had no way to prove this, at least not if the clone was really identical to him, but thankfully Domeki seemed satisfied that he was the original. He still looked ill at ease, though, and his words didn't reassure Watanuki at all.

He groaned when he heard that Tinkerbell hadn't come along. "It would have been better if she wasn't alone," he said quietly. "Will she be safe?"
It wasn't that he thought Domeki had been careless. On the opposite, Watanuki knew that his friend wouldn't have left Tink if he wasn't sure the little fairy would be okay. But he couldn't quite shake off the sensation that if the mysterious person behind the journals wanted to harm them there would be nothing they could do to save themselves.

He was almost more worried for Domeki than Tinkerbell. Whatever had happened, it had affected Domeki badly. He'd never seen his friend look like that, not even when he was under the spider's curse.
"I'll talk with Tink as soon as possible," Watanuki said. "But first you have to tell me. What did that clone do?"

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throughyoureye
2009-05-21 05:22 pm UTC (link)

Silently, Domeki rather agreed that it would have been best had Bell come along with him but the situation had worked against him - the fairy had been so shaken by all that had happened that she had seemed to not want any company and he hadn't felt that forcing his presence on her would have done either of them any good. In fact, he had gotten the impression that his presence might have been more trouble than it would be worth.

"She should be alright," he nodded in response to the question but he was speaking more from hope than from surety. The state of Bell was still a concern for him but his concern for Watanuki had proven to be the greater of the two. "I would have asked her to come with me but I was pretty sure that she'd just say no."

"When I found him, your double was doing nothing more than walking the streets but during the course of the conversation he said some very hateful things to Bell - mostly how no one cared for her and she would always be alone. He also kissed and insulted her." His recount seemed to show no care for the effect the words would have on Watanuki but Domeki knew that it was important that his friend knew as much as he could about what had happened - at least as far as Bell was concerned. "I'm not sure that she understood that she was speaking to a double of you, so you may want to be careful around her for a while."

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aprilfirst
2009-05-22 01:13 pm UTC (link)

Watanuki bit his lower lip as he heard Domeki explain about Tink. He was still worried for her: the tiny fairy had seemed happy of his company when they'd met, and it bothered him that she would rather be alone now.
However he saw no reason to complain with Domeki - he was sure that his friend had done all he could, and he could see that he wasn't much happier about this either. He'd have to go and find Tink as soon as possible, but now finding out about his clone was more important.

He listened quietly at first, but when Domeki told him about the kiss he couldn't contain his anger any more.
"He did what?" Watanuki exclaimed, feeling very upset. He could feel himself blush already at the sheer thought of kissing someone. It was also unthinkable that he would insult Tink.
"You know I'd never do anything of that sort," he pleaded with Domeki. It was a pointless question - of course Domeki knew, otherwise he'd have questioned him instead of realizing that there was a clone of him on the loose - but he needed some reassurance.

Even though he'd been prepared for this (he could hardly imagine a clone created in this place for good purposes) it had been a harsh blow.
"What about you?" Watanuki asked, carefully. If his clone had insulted Tink like that, it was only logical that he would have insulted Domeki as well. Watanuki was worried that Domeki wouldn't tell him about that.
Of course it was pointless to bring it up if Domeki already knew that it was just lies made up by the clone to hurt them both, but Watanuki would have felt better if his friend confided in him.

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throughyoureye
2009-05-22 06:05 pm UTC (link)

Domeki knew that Watanuki would never act as the double had but that was cold comfort when the thought had occurred to him that the double might have been placed into the situation with the sole purpose of saying and doing the things which Watanuki would not do for himself. This thought would be easy enough to dismiss if it had just been kissing and insulting Bell but the words which had been spoken by the double rang with just enough truth to cast a bit of doubt - and that bit of doubt was enough to grow into something much more.

"I know you wouldn't hurt Bell like that," Domeki agreed with a slight nod. That much was easy enough to agree to - especially with the realization that Watanuki hadn't ever been brave enough to even hold the hand of the girl on whom he had a longstanding crush. "She doesn't know you so well, though, so she might still be confused."

To the latter question, he just shook his head. Domeki wasn't sure that he wanted to add any additional guilt to what already had to be a heavy load - but he also knew that being honest with Watanuki was likely the best approach. "He said many things to me," he began vaguely. He did his best to keep his voice even and unaffected, not wanting to share the effect the words had had on him. "Many of them had to do with how I act around you - leeching the will and the kindness from you, making it impossible for you to be alone with anyone you like, using you to make myself seem better. Things of that nature - though he did also mention what a mistake it was for you to take the spider's curse from me."

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aprilfirst
2009-05-25 02:33 am UTC (link)

For the first time in a few days Watanuki remembered the strangeness of his current situation. Maybe it was because he always had Domeki around, but he had almost forgotten that almost nobody here knew him for more than a week.
Back in Tokyo, he had Yuuko, Maru and Moru, Himawari, Zashiki-warashi and everyone else.
The thought that someone could believe him capable of saying and doing such awful things made him sadder than he would admit to Domeki.

When Domeki told him about the clone's words, Watanuki was so shocked that he couldn't reply for a long while. He wanted to deny even thinking about those things, but there was enough truth in them that it was hard to pretend.
It was true that he often complained about Domeki imposing on him and making him prepare his bento, and that he always seemed to appear when he could be alone with Himawari. And he never said thank you once, or apologized for calling him an idiot.
But... to be honest... neither had Watanuki.

Watanuki shook his head vehemently. "Idiot," he said in a loud voice, trying to pretend his words hadn't bothered him. "If you were that much of a bother, I wouldn't be hanging around with you."
Then he brought one hand to his eye, unable to look directly at Domeki. "And I never thought it was a mistake to take the spider's curse on me," he added more quietly.

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