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He'd stayed out too late again and now the sun had sunk below the horizon. The doors to Test's house would be locked, which meant Touda had to find somewhere else to spend the night. He didn't really mind all that much, however. There was something about the October moon that set his blood to singing, a feeling that was strangely exciting.

Wandering the streets was something the boy enjoyed, especially since he'd gained a human form and found he had a lot to think about. The mischevious mononoke had turned into a semi-angsty child.

Rounding a corner, Touda spotted a familiar figure which caused his eyes to light up. "Antony?" He approached the blue haired boy with a questioning smile on his face. "What're you doing out here?"

A faint grin flashed across Touda's face and he shrugged, trying to be nonchalant about the whole situation. "I can still be small and furry... but I dont mind being taller. I'm not invisible anymore." He wasn't sure wether this was an improvement or not, yet. "You don't look very happy. Whats wrong?" Uninvited, Touda took a seat on the bench next to Antony.

Touda frowned, feeling something inside him responding to what Antony had said. It wasn't anything he could define, though. A fleeting feeling, like a lost memory. He shook his head a little to clear it.

"There have been weird things going on at Test's place, too." The boy informed Antony, then realized that his life had changed so much since he'd last saw him. "Test - thats who we're living with now, we ran away from the lab - she wont talk about it in front of us. But I've seen..." He didn't know how to describe it. "She's been having strange visitors. They look like people, but they're not." His voice lowered to a whisper at that last part.

Touda's eyes stretched wide at the sight of Chris. He'd never seen anyone so big before, nor heard a voice so beautiful. It took him a moment to process what the two of them were talking about. The name Carmel sounded vaguely familiar.

"Who took her?" Touda demanded, frowning. It was in his nature to feel protective over innocents. Doubly so if the innocents were girls.

"I'm Touda." He frowned a little. "I think I remember her, your sister. With the ribbon tail?" His eyes narrowed in thought. "She could see me. Before. That means she has spirit-sight, you know." He gazed at Chris. "We danced." He added softly, with a little smile. "She was fighting with another girl, a dwarf who'd put a booger on her shirt." He looked at Antony. "You think it has to do with the old lady you met?"

"A slayer?" This reminded Touda of something, but he couldn't think of what. It was that feeling, again. That feeling that there was supposed to be more inside his head than what was really there. He let out a growl of frustration and with a faint "poof" shifted into his animal form.

It was only seconds before he shifted back, his eyes gleaming with what should have been fear, but wasn't. Not quite. "Oi!" He shouted at Chris and Antony, trying to be heard over their bickering. "Shut up!" He glanced upwards. The sky seemed normal, but when he'd taken his mononoke form... "Theres something wrong. Really, really wrong."

Touda pointed upwards. Though the sky looked normal again, he could still somehow feel the pulsing sense of danger that had emanated from the tear. It was etched in his memory now, and he couldn't forget it. What was worse, instead of fearing it as he knew he should, he felt an odd sort of excitement instead.

"Up there. The sky... theres a tear in it!" He looked from one to the other. "I couldn't see it until I went into my mononoke form, though." He added as a lame attempt to make them feel better if they couldn't see the rift. "I dont know what it is, but I don't think it's anything good."