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[justabignobody]

Characters: OU!Riku and open
Setting: Floor Three → all around the tower, backdated to March, 17th
Format: whatever you go with, I'll match
Summary: In which Riku is looking for his cloak and blindfold and really not thinking about the collar event. Come stumble across him?
Warnings: nothing really, I'll update if it becomes necessary though

[To say that Riku was not amused by the events of the last few days was probably the understatement of the century. He would probably be even more irritated if he could actually remember more than just the occasional flash and then just... coming to in the upper library, wearing a lab coat that's two sizes to big for him.

He's disposed of it by now, very much ignoring the twist of foreboding in his stomach as he backtracked to the last location he could remember being at before blacking out to search for his Black Coat and blindfold - the library on the third floor - no way that he'd just lost them after all. Right?

Right.

So he just strides rather quickly and purposefully towards the elevator - resolutely not looking at anything that might show him his reflection, his most likely changed eyes (he can pretend that they are still the same as they used to be, right?) - travels down to the third floor and starts to look for his things.

And yeah. Not thinking about what might have/actually did happen just yet.]

[ooc: Just for reference Riku is currently wearing his KHII cloths and has amber eyes. Even though he'll really try to just. not really look. at anyone. ever. orz]

Comments

[sageprincess]

... Riku?

[He looks quite different without that strange blindfold and heavy looking cloak, but Zelda's fairly sure it's him. The boy seems stressed for some reason, though, so she tilts her head at him as he passes by, a slightly concerned expression upon her face.]

Do... you need help with something?

[justabignobody]

[He stops in his tracks, head turning, long bangs falling over his forehead and eyes.]

...Princess Zelda.

[He shakes his head just a moment later.]

No... I've got it covered.

[Maybe. Probably.]

[sageprincess]

[... Even without the blindfold, he's hiding his eyes. Curiouser and curiouser--]

Are you certain? I... do not mean to pry, but perhaps I could be of assistance.

[justabignobody]

[Uhm yeah. Uhg... it's been so long since he's been himself without cloak and/or blindfold; he's feeling exposed. Like everyone can just see what being so close to the Darkness has done with him.]

Yes. It's nothing you should trouble yourself with, milady.

[pitiedthefool]

[He doesn't know the other, but if he knew about the irritation he would more than likely sympathize with it. Yet all he does while he continues to familiarize himself with the different locations of the tower is stop in his tracks. He seemed... agitated somehow.]

... Looking for something?

[justabignobody]

[Well, it's probable that he's searching for something - he isn't usually crouching down to the floor of the library just for the kicks of it - or at least he was... until he's called out for it.

He turns his head, blinking up to the other... there is something kind of unusual about his scent.]

...Ah. A black, leather coat and a long stripe of black cloth. Have you seen either?

[pitiedthefool]

[He blinks at the gold eyes, automatically thinking shadow, yet at the same time... hadn't Margaret's eyes been gold, too? Yosuke's eyes were close to the same, but... For now, he'll just push aside that thought and try to think while observing. What was with that look-?]

I might have. [He stops, trying to recall. In one of the brief moments he was conscious, he could have sworn he had found something black. Though, his mind had been in a haze too much to make its shape out.] I think it was on a table near the back of this floor.

[justabignobody]

[He frowns as he tries to figure out just what exactly seems so strange about this guy's heart's smell - there is a lot of light, but there is also something... he can't really name it. It's all- well, not forgotten, but maybe temporarily ignored when he mentions having seen something.

Well that's the first hint he had gotten so far, so. Better see if it would lead him somewhere. He nods at the other.]

Thanks.

[And off he is already.]

[lethechained]

[He's not the only one unamused.]

[It's just been one thing after another, lately; that horrible game and her death because of it, the psychological repercussions of that death and the method by which it was acheived, her newly refreshed trepidation regarding her own powers - and then, of all things, those very powers going haywire and doing all sorts of horrid things to people who didn't deserve it, all against her will.]

[Needless to say, she's not in the best of moods. It may be over now, but... the recovery isn't. If he goes far enough into the library, he'll find her tucked away somewhere with a book she's trying hard to focus on.]

[justabignobody]

[Even if he hadn't needed to go over that corner for a thorough search, he would have come anyway - neither of them might be in the best of moods and he's still not sure how much he wants to know about the days he can't quite remember or the ones he has been left with and knows aren't his, but... he can't really keep avoid it forever right?

Still he is a little hesitant as he comes closer.]

Naminé...?

[...He is not even going to ask if she's all right.]

[lethechained]

[The look in her eyes probably says it all when she raises her head sharply at the sound of her name. There's something almost fearful there, something full of shame and guilt and the dregs of a panic so long present that it's nearly been worn down to nothing. She's paler than usual and there are hints of exhaustion still in her face. There's a moment of realization as she sees his state, and then she's turning her face away, almost as if she's embarrassed to be seen this way, which is ironic when he's the one missing his blindfold.]

Riku--....

[Her hands withdraw from the book she'd been holding, leaving it on the table before her, but she doesn't seem to know what to do with them, and eventually they end up folded in her lap as she almost cautiously turns her eyes his way again. By that point, she's managed to bury some of those other things that were there before, and now it's only an obvious concern in them.]

... What happened? [But oh, she can guess, and she hopes against hope that maybe the answer won't be the first conclusion she's come to.]

[justabignobody]

[Indeed it does... it reminds him of the days when he had just started working with her and DiZ, when they hadn't quite known each other yet, only that it's worse now. He steps closer to the table, frowning slightly.

...He may not be quite looking at her either.]

I... can't remember.

[He isn't all too sure if he wants to either.]

[selenic]

[Estelle is wandering the Tower, too. She's one of the few lucky people whose collars haven't been tampered with. There's clearly something wrong with Riku, though, and though she doesn't know him very well, she's still automatically concerned.]

Are you alright?

[justabignobody]

[She's definitely lucky - the collar tampering had been pretty much everything but fun. He turns his head when he hears her question, though it might look like he still isn't quite looking at her.

It's probably not easy to tell, not when his bangs are pretty much hiding half his face.]

Yeah... I'm fine.

[selenic]

[She frowns, taking a step forward.]

Are you sure? You look... Sick.

[justabignobody]

[Okay, yeah uh... he's blinking beneath his bangs, because sick? Really? That assessment... kind of surprises him actually. It probably shows.

He nods.]

As said... I'm fine.

[swordofzero]

[Suzaku would have just ignored the man but he was aware of what had happened over the last few days and though his collar had not been changed, he had seen the effects. He felt he should at least try and help the others here and so he paused at looked towards the man.] Is everything okay?

[justabignobody]

[Riku frowns slightly over to him, head slightly bowed, long bangs hiding his eyes for the most part.]

Ah, yes. I'm just looking for a few things.

[swordofzero]

Do you need any help? [He gives a polite nod in greeting but remains his distance.]

[hystericull]

[It's really pretty inconvenient when anyone runs into Gamzee while they're trying to get things accomplished. Unfortunately, he catches sight of Riku, snooping around like he's hiding something and simultaneously searching vigorously for something else. Curious and mischievous as ever, the alien boy makes his way to Riku's side, cocking his head at him inquisitively and fixing his yellow eyes on every movement he made. Gamzee followed at his side silently, acting too much like an annoying child for being thirteen years old.]

[justabignobody]

[Yeah well, Riku will just ignore him as he deliberately looks everywhere but at Gamzee as he searches the lounge for his things.

He's pretty good at that. Consider it maybe a challenge?]

[hystericull]

[Oh, did Gamzee love games. As he very well should, because, as pointed out to him from an equally-batty comrade, his name sounded very similar to the word itself.

So he took great pleasure in following Riku around wordlessly. He wasn't very good, however, at the ignoring part, peeking over to try and meet Riku's eyes and snorting silently in an attempt to repress the giggles that threatened to echo throughout the area.]

[drknss_bnd_lght]

[Ventus knows those steps. It was one of the people who helped him when his collar had been changed. He was sure of it, at any rate.

As such, Ventus will actually pause and offer a small greeting.] ....Hi.

[Small and passive of course. He doesn't think that he ever thanked the other, either.]

[justabignobody]

[Riku stops in his tracks, head turning... he recognizes the guy himself; it's the older Ventus.]

...Hey.

[drknss_bnd_lght]

I... I never thanked you. When you helped me.

[Or got your name, but that's.. a moot point as Ventus won't ask for it.]