blowmypinwheel | 001 | 1st Catch [ action ]

[ You know, this feeling wasn't that foreign to him. Sluggishness, his body aching all over. Like he just fell from a high place and landed straight onto cement. Not too different compared to the times he had been kicked off the roof. If he didn't know better, he could have sworn that's exactly what happened-wait, he didn't know better. That's probably exactly what happened!

His eyes opened, his body jolting up from his sprawled position. This was her fault, huh? She probably kicked him off the roof again! He didn't do anything to deserve it though! ]

What the hell, Yurippe-! [ His yell stopped short, as his surroundings began to register, the angry look in his eyes slowly turning into one of confusion. He gave a few blinks, as he rose off the ground. Nothing around him looked familiar. It didn't look like the front of the main building, much less anywhere else in the school.

What the hell? ]

[ ooc: He's kind of just wandering around the plaza, so feel free to throw yourselves at him. ]

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[Doo da doo, going out for a walk aaaand--]

Whoa!

[Bumping into someone.] Sorry!

[ dazed, confused, and now he was an obstacle in the middle of the road. ]

Oh! [ Jeez, now he was feeling bad. ] Don't worry about it, I just...uh... [ Am standing in the middle of the road confused as all hell and I don't know where I am. ]

Lost, I guess.

[Oh.]

I guess you're new around here. [Not 'guess', just know. Anyone who stays in Luceti long enough would know the basic layout.]

Yeah. It's pretty obvious, isn't it? [ What with the shirtlessness and the generally confused look. ]

I guess a little direction wouldn't be bad right now.

I wouldn't mind lending a hand. Let's get your clothes first.

[Yeah, it's summer right now, but this guy would probably appreciate having his clothes back.]

A-ah. Thanks. [ He sheepishly rubbed the back of his head. It's true, he had just been wandering around shirtless all morning. ]

...Is everyone dressed like this at first?

If you're a guy, yeah. [He's about to lead Hinata to the clothes store.]

The girls get stuck with a dress. [~~and that's how he knows Naoto's gender~~]

Huh...[ Kind of like the afterlife, then. Boys and girls coming in dressed differently. ]

Which way to get my clothes back, then? If you could lead the way, I'd really appreciate it.

The clothes store should have your clothes there. You just gotta find it among every other clothes.

[Said store will be in view about...now.]

[ This all seemed way too convenient. Even though he could see the store now, he was still...hesitant. ]

So if they're in a store, doesn't that mean we have to buy them back now?

See, this is one of the better parts of being here. We don't have a money system here, so...everything's pretty much free.

[Yeah, free. Items, food, materials, whatever you can get from the stores.]

[ Free. Free is good. ]

So you don't have to work, or anything? Or even trade? [ The more he learned about this place, the more like the afterlife it seemed. ] I guess that makes it easy...I don't have any money on me anyway. [ He rubbed the back of his head sheepishly. ]

Thanks. I'm Hinata.

Yep. People general do work because they want something to do. That's why you see people in the stores, libraries and places like the school.

[Which he's attending, but summer.]

I'm Kouki Wakahisa. [Opening the door to the store~]

A school? [ Jeez, did he really leave the afterlife? ] That sounds pretty cool. I was a student back home too. [ He followed him inside the shop, his eyes now traveling around for anything that might resemble his school uniform. ]

Do a lot of people go to the school here?

Same here. [A lie, but Kouki said it so casually and naturally. He gave up being a student for a few reasons.

Then Luceti happened.]

And yep. Anyone who wants to learn can attend, and no one would bother you if you stop attending.

Huh. I might look into it, then. [ He said, as he pulled out a red shirt. it looked just like the one he had back home. ]

This whole place kinda sounds too good to be true. [ Now to find the coat... ]

We might be classmates, if you're lucky enough.

[Oh man, the next part.]

Yeah, it's almost too good to be true. Thiiiis would be where I mention the bad parts.

[ Hmm. If this was a horror/survival manga, then right about now, he'd be told that every night, monsters come through the village and eat them, one by one. ]

Let me guess. Things go bump in the night?

[Nah, something like that are easy enough to set up precautions against.]

Maybe around Halloween, but no. We get experiments unleashed on us from our local, morally ambiguous organisation.

[ ...Well, he believed everything up to this point. Wouldn't help to stop. ]

Alright, experiments. What kind? Blood tests? That kind of stuff doesn't sound so bad.

Nope, not blood tests. [You know, he wouldn't be surprised if the kidnappings involved that as well.] Just your monthly or bimonthly changing appearances, affecting the mind, landscape and all sense of logic.

Roughly speaking.

[ He reached for his coat, though now his hand stopped midway. ]

...What, were we kidnapped by aliens?

[He pause at that.]

Technically, yeah. Since the Malnosso aren't natives to this world. But I heard it's not their fault for bringing us here, just...directing us into this enclosure.

[ First God, now aliens. Why couldn't outside forces just leave him alone? ]

Huh. [ He finally took the coat, putting it on. If anything, it gave him a little bit of comfort. ]

Anyway, thanks, Kouki. It's alright if I call you that, right?

No prob and yeah, you can call me that.

[He doesn't mind either way. Kouki, Kou, Wakahisa, Catphones and so forth.

...Just not a Certain Name. Only certain people can use it.]

Nice coat you got.

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