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 Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 11:43 pm
Seph was there in a flash, literally. A bright light, then nothing, as if it were a trick of the eyes. "I'm here."
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Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 11:50 pm
Iri tilts her head, hearing Reeve's mental call. She crawls out from under her bed, having been looking for something in which to put a bottle rocket. Whatever has that boy making a sort of all call, it sounds important. Definitely more important than launching a firecracker at a random squirrel.
The bottle rocket and a lighter get tossed onto her bed. Two tessen replace the most recent sources of the girl's entertainment. Dusting herself off as she walks, Iri makes her way to the front porch. When she pushes through the front doors, an eyebrow raises. Blood. Lots and lots of blood.
"Eww... I really hope you didn't do this. I would be concerned if you had. And I'm certainly not cleaning it up. What's going on?"
She flashes a grin at Seph and looks back to Reeve.
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Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 12:05 am
"Did anyone see who caused this?" Reeve asks, his voice cracking a little. "I'm guessing you didn't, Iri, based on where you came from. I realize," he adds, scratching the back of his head, "that this is kind of a random time to throw this in, but I'm glad to see the both of you. Really...."
(Damn nostalgic thread!!!))
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Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 12:06 am
Her returns Iri's grin, then looks at the mess. "When'd you do this, Reeve? You should know by now that Ninja's are not maids. Just look at my room. And your's, by the way." He smiled and nodded. "It's good to see you, too, Reeve." He gave Reeve a conspiratorial wink, then knelt. "This' blood. And no, I didn't cause this. I thought you had."
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Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 12:09 am
Iri looks sheepish. "Eh, actually, I was under my bed. I wouldn't have seen anything. Won't go into that. Anyway!" She straightens up and stares at the thing in Reeve's hands. "Always glad to see you as well, buddy, but what's going on. You don't sound happy."
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Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 12:20 am
Reeve's nervousness fades away into stern reprimand.
"Of course I didn't do it. Of all the many wonderful things I am right now -sober being one of them, unfortunately- I'm not suicidal right now. I just thought a copious amount of blood, coupled with the sound of a body hitting wood, might be of interest."
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Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 12:25 am
Suddenly the import of the situation hit him. Maybe he'd been non-ninja'ing it up for too long. There was blood on the floor. Blood! And a lot of it! It had to have come from somewhere, right?! If not the three of them.. where?
His face became stern, almost flipping to a frown. "Who's blood is this..?"
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Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 12:30 am
Iri looks away from Reeve and to the blood on the porch. She tilts her head in her curious bird manner. With that amount of blood, there would surely be footprints, and footprints she sees.
"Eh, looks like whoever did it walked away..."
Avoiding the blood with her bare feet, Iri follows the footprints off the porch and takes note of the trail of wetness in the grass. The trail comes to an abrupt end, and she can't see where it might have gone. Odd.
She turns around and starts to study the blood spatters on the porch. "Weird pattern."
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Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 12:31 am
Appearing atop of Reeve's shoulders in nothing but a towel, still dripping from the hot springs, he frowned and looked around slowly.
"Blood...Reeve...you've got to stop killing things out of boredom man..."
He chuckled slightly and leaned back, letting himself slip off of Reeve's shoulders and starting to float a little in mid-air.
"But seriously though...where'd the-what's the note?"
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Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 12:34 am
"That's what I said, Tut." He nodded a hello his way, followed by a slight, if not grim, grin. "Where there's blood, there's usually a body.."
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Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 12:37 am
"Too right, it IS wierd, Iri... And I'm sorry to call you out so late. Remind me to ask what it was you were doing under your bed later..." It seemed idle side-chatter couldn't be avoided today. He takes his own private moment, looking at the blood-covered steps, the same ones he'd walked on long ago. Later on in life, it'd strike him as funny, this sudden nostalgia creeping in -now-, of all times. And funny, how someone's pain can make you appreciate the small things. Those blood-covered steps- how much crisis, joy, pain, sorrow, happiness- how much blood had they seen over the years?
Coming back to the real world, with his brother on his head, Reeve looks at his note, obviously confused. He hands it to Tutsumi with an I-have-no-idea kind of shrug. Much like Iri's under-the-bedness, Reeve'd discuss the propriety of spawning on your brother in nothing but a towel later.
"I'm guessing it's Aven...but why is -she- bleedin'?"
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Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 12:43 am
Iri grimaces in disapproval of Tutsumi's attire, or rather his lack of attire. "That's not right, man. You're not supposed to run around like that in front of ladies. No one wants to see that."
She looks back to Reeve. "If you really wanna know, but it might make ya laugh at me. Anyway, I don't know who Aven is, but apparently she got away. Probably flew or teleported, by the looks of it. But why is it so odd that this person is bleeding? What have I missed? I really shouldn't leave so often..."
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Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 12:44 am
"Strange things happen when you're flying." He shook his head. "I picked a bad day to stop sniffing glue.." Upon stretching his legs back out and standing, he pocketed his hands. "Could've been in a fight. Or struck by lightning. The list goes on and on. I just want to know if we can find her, and help her."
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Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 12:46 am
Sighing, Reeve adds another thing to his 'Things to do later' checklist. Seph's Re-Hab.
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Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 12:49 am
 "I'm quite sorry, Iri, but I just was in the hot springs...not much time to change when you get an urgent call from your brother. As for no one wants to see that...well...I'm sure others could disagree."
With a slight chuckle, Tutsumi takes the note from Reeve and looks at the handwriting, then frowns. He then closes his eyes, creating rose petals and sakura petals which then cling to his body and form a new black attire for him. His old one was boring him anyway. He then opened his eyes and handed it back to Reeve.
"It's Aven's writing. That much is certain. I'm half afraid of opening it, knowing Aven. So it might be best if you opened it...seeing as it was meant for you. One thought does come to mind though...and that's the thought of Sarya attacking Aven in a blind fury...Aven coming here to warn us...and then flying off to try stop Sarya."
He twitched his nose slightly.
"Of course that's one out of many guesses."
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