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They could leave to rescue the others tomorrow morning?

Itsuki blinked and looked up at the clock. At this rate, the boy was eager enough to have left right now. He knew waking up early would not be a problem for him at all.

"...I can go get some supplies." Being the youngest at the meeting, he felt a small need to prove himself useful with this mission, "Someone could come with me to help carry things, though." Secretly, he hoped Kyoko would offer, though he wouldn't admit it.

He began to go over a plan of his own in his head: getting supplies--what would they need?--packing up his weapons, getting to the boats and leaving... The idea of going out on a mission to the islands had become more and more exciting for some reason. In fact, it was giving him a tingling sensation in his chest right at...

Actually, right underneath the necklace. Instinctively, he fiddled with the tooth on the necklace and felt himself wanting to leave as soon as possible. It was more than just the mission now... but why was he so interested? He was never particularly interested in water before.

Its nothing. ...Just my first real mission, that's all, he rationalized then pushed the thoughts aside.

The tingling was getting just a tad bit annoying.

Staying upon on the deck had made Itsuki feel like his neck was going numb. Ever since getting on the boat, the skin around his neck was giving him a tingling sensation. But now, even as the boy had descended below the deck, the sensation hadn't changed much.

"Maybe I should take it off..." Itsuki looked down and thought he noticed something different about the piece.

I'm just imagining things.

...But this feeling is getting troublesome.

The boy proceeded to remove the necklace and hung it from a screw in the wall. He stared at it for a moment as he rubbed his neck, the feeling most definitely gone.

It started to replace itself with a different feeling...

"O-oh god..."

Itsuki quickly found the nearest trashbin and emptied the contents of his stomach into it. Waves of nausea seemed to come with every sway of the boat, that seemed much more sensitive to now, and the boy felt it safe to stay by the trashcan.

What... am I seasick? I heard about it but--aagh. ...Why now?

Itsuki could only let out a whimper.

Now this really sucked.

Itsuki found himself glancing anxiously out the doorway of the storage room. He was really interested in talking with Yeste' and Kerryn, but he couldn't bring himself to focus totally. In the back of his mind, he kept finding himself thinking, I wonder what it looks like outside... Of course, Itsuki would remind himself, Storm, remember?

After Yeste's statement, Itsuki replied "I have nothing personal against water, really. I just don't like being cramped up underneath here." The electric sensations in his neck were going haywire and the boy was beginning to get rather antsy. He finally sighed, placing his hands in his pockets, "I wish the storm would stop."

Yes, stop so I can go back out on the deck. On the deck, near the water...

The thought made Itsuki curious and wasn't sure where it had came from. Was it really from being cramped up below deck or was it something else? There was a nagging feeling in his stomach as if he hadn't eaten in days, making Itsuki more miserable by the second.

"...There is nothing to do." He stated, finally.
Damn, he would give anything right now to be making landfall anywhere soon.

SOMETHING was calling to him, he finally decided, after the forth thought consisting of deck passed through his mind. Ah, it would be nice to feel the sea breeze on his face, look out across the horizon... Even if it was a storm!

What?

Itsuki was thankful for Yeste's question, able to distract himself long enough to answer. "Life is boring for me. I've trained a little, wandered around town, got this necklace, and now I'm on this mission. Its the best thing that's happened to me so far." It wasn't a lie, was it? Not much had happened, but he could have said something, something about the stone... or those nightmares. But he hadn't.

And how was this trip the best thing ever? Itsuki was baffled by his own thought processes. Just when he considered calling himself possessed, he reminded himself why the trip wasn't that great.

He was being stuck inside a boat during a storm... in the middle of nowhere. Instead of at least outside! Damn storm. What I wouldn't give to be on one of those islands right now...

"I can't wait until we hit land," he finally stated, again, after a few moments. Itsuki was plainly aware of how he must have sounded, having such a one-track mind, so he added, "I'd like to see what I can do in a real mission."

When Yeste' brought up the idea of getting stranded, one part of him seemed to consider it.

After Itsuki thought over the prospect of being stranded on the island, he shrugged, "Well, it would be a nice change for a little while. But it'd probably become really boring." Although, the sudden images coming to him of sunbathing on the shore, climbing trees...

... was definitely not appealing to him! That was not his style at all!

At least I'd be stuck there with Kyoko and Yeste'... and maybe even Urahara. He reasoned, but chose not to voice aloud. Was that just an excuse?

"...I wonder if the storm stopped yet?" he noted the boat still rocking, but he couldn't tell if the rain had ceased. The anxiousness was consuming Itsuki, he felt as if his legs would promptly fall off if he didn't get moving (hopefully upwards) soon. To this he suggested with a small mischevious grin in Yeste's direction, "I think I'm gonna go check... wanna come?"

I just can't take staying down here any longer... What's happening to me?...

A Simulacra be normal? Pshaw. As if responding to Itsuki's question, the necklace's other beads also changed color and warmed up considerably.

As soon as the necklace was formally recognized, it began to glow a bright blue, heating up till it became almost painful for Itsuki. It sure was having fun, for a necklace.

And then, almost instantly, the necklace stopped glowing and went cold, but no sooner did it do that than a teen peer over Itsuki's shoulder, watching the necklace with a most amused grin. "I think you broke it."

((He's yours... *Had to add that line in.* Pleasedon'tkillme.))

Mat followed Itsuki out to the living room and glanced at the humble offerings of the apartment. There was a small couch with a coffee table infront of a small television. He had no clue what the appliance was for, but before he could examine it further, he heard a shriek to his left.

"W-who are you?"

The companion turned to the direction of the noise to find a young woman eyeing him from what seemed to be the small kitchen. Itsuki sat on the couch and looked to her as well. "He's the weirdo that came out of that necklace you bought me."

"Weirdo?" Mat folded his arms across his chest, "Hey shrimp, that's not a nice way to treat someone you just met, you know."

Itsuki began to glare at him for the comment but only rolled his eyes when the teen stuck his tongue out at him.

"...He came out of the necklace?"

Ian walked out of the kitchen slowly and continued to watch Matareka carefully. The teen soon noticed her gaze and watched as she slowly ventured closer. Seeing a great opportunity, Mat suddenly lunged at her with the fierced growl he could manage.

As expected, the woman yelped and fell backwards, leaving Mat to crack up laughing and Itsuki sighing in disappointment.

"That's Ian, she's the one that owns this apartment and takes care of me. ...Though sometimes I wonder who's doing the caretaking."

Mat grinned and kneeled down to look at Ian, "So you run this place? My name is Matareka. I guess I'll be staying here... so I'll try not to scare you so much."

Ian blinked a few times before standing up, "Um... Make yourself at home, then..."

Itsuki stood up and headed for the door. Looking back, he announced, "Ian, I'm going out." The woman looked over as she straighted out her skirt, "Why don't you take... Matareka with you?" "Just 'Mat' is fine, that's what the shrimp calls me..."

"Take him?" Itsuki interrupted and sighed, "Fine. C'mon, let's go." The simu headed out of the apartment, the teenager following behind shortly.