01 Lost Kid in Hallway Alert!

[bittydragon]

Characters: Yamato and YOU
Setting: Hallways!
Format: You pick and I'll follow
Summary: Bitty Yamato wakes up in a decidedly unfamiliar place - and his first instinct is to wander about aimlessly trying not to panic.
Warnings: None for the moment, except bratty genius child alert

Yamato was barely managing to keep his indifferent expression up as he made his way through this strange place's hallways. His geta clacked loudly against the floor, and he held his hands up to his chest as if preparing to suddenly protect himself against an ambush. Hey, he had obviously been kidnapped, so an ambush was very likely to happen!

He was, to put it simply, very scared. He had never left his house before, never even went outside, and suddenly he is placed in an alien building with the news that his world had been destroyed? How could that be? He was raised to protect Japan so - what would his purpose be now? And where was Alcor? Had he been destroyed too? No...no he was too powerful for that! No doubt he would appear at any moment and take him back home, yes...

He just had to find him!

So if you're wandering the hallway, you may see a young child in a black and gold kimono, looking more than a little frightened and confused. Don't try to startle him, you might get a weak Agi singing your eyebrows off - or do startle him if you're mean enough, just to see could hit the ceiling.

Comments

[bittydragon]

Yamato, of course, was on the defensive when the stranger approached him. Waking up in an alien place...of course he will be mistrustful of any who came near him.

"...yes," he replied after a pause, his hands still raised to his chest. His expression was very still and cold, his gaze intense as he stared up at the stranger. He didn't seem hostile, but... "Who are you?"

[nemophila]

Dang, this kid was pretty intense. Though he supposed it wasn't unlike a lot of the other little kids he knew when he was younger... nevertheless, he did hold his hands up in front of him a bit and kept at a distance.

"My name's Jun Kurosu. Don't worry, I'm not going to hurt you or anything..."

[bittydragon]

Yamato's gaze flattened a little. As if he would take those words at face value. If this 'Jun' had anything unpleasant planned for him, of course he would say he meant no harm. However Yamato merely gave him a scrutinising look, deciding not to shun him immediately in case he did want to help.

"...if you say so," Yamato said coolly, making it clear he didn't trust Jun in the slightest. "Tell me, what is this place? Who kidnapped me?"

[nemophila]

You'd think he'd be used to mistrusting gazes by now, but it still wasn't ever going to not be a little off-putting.

"It's some sort of tower. No one really knows where it is, or how it works... You were brought here by the people that made this place-- Jason, Riki, and Dax, I beleive."

[bittydragon]

No one knows where this tower is? And those name...none of them were familiar in the slightest.

"I assume we can't leave the tower," Yamato murmured, looking down with a small frown. This was bad. He had to get back to resume his duties - he had no time to be playing prisoner and jailer with some psychotic kidnappers. Truly they must have too much time on their hands to make a prison for their games...

[nemophila]

He shook his head with a frown. "No one's been able to find an exit. Something's crashed in here before, so there must be some sort of world out there... but that's all we know of the outside. Like I said, no one knows how to leave..."

[bittydragon]

"..."

Yamato looked up, the frown still firmly in place. He seemed to size Jun up for a moment. "If you look hard enough, there will be an exit," he said simply. "Nothing is stronger than the human will."

[nemophila]

There's a slightly surprised look on his face. Besides the fact that words like that sounded hauntingly familiar, it was surprising coming from the mouth of a child with such conviction.

"You think so...?" There was a thoughtful look on his face. "Tell me, who taught you that?"

[bittydragon]

"..." Yamato looked away, an irritated look clouding his expression briefly. "A man...he continuously espouses the goodness of humanity and their will, but I have also observed it for myself. Throughout history it is humanity's indomitable spirit that allows them to progress."

He paused, looking back at Jun, his gaze becoming angry. "Even if they are becoming disgustingly stagnant now...there are days where I cannot see the goodness in man when they continue to be such corrupt fools."

He had seen great stupidity on humanity's part, and it did anger him to see how they favoured some people simply because they were born into the right family, or had the right enough money, being completely idle and lazy and utterly unworthy for their station in life while other, more competent people wallowed in poverty and misery. How was a system like that fair? The Hotsuin family were right when they said it needed to be corrected...

However Alcor still said that it was more than that, and for now Yamato was willing to withhold his judgement somewhat. Although humans responded to change easier when it was in the midst of a revolution - perhaps a more peaceful and subtle approach could be done. Alcor would be upset if Yamato began wildly changing the status quo, and no doubt it would weaken Japan to do such a thing foolishly. It would take time, and he probably wouldn't see society completely change before he died, but he was determined to at least begin the metamorphoses of a corrupt society.

[nemophila]

He couldn't resist a small chuckle of amusement, though it probably seemed a bit out of place in the conversation. Oh yeah, that definitely sounded like Al Suha to him. Unless there was someone else who went around talking about humanity's willpower. It certainly wasn't Philemon at least.

"You shouldn't think so negatively of them... stagnant once, but something always happens to push them back into progress. Sometimes they'll even pull themselves out of it. The corrupt is never as numerous as the good-hearted."

[bittydragon]

Yamato's eyes narrowed at the laughter, not understanding the cause for it, and let out a small scoff at Jun's words.

"Hrn, if so, they are taking their time about it," Yamato said dismissively, turning his face away - although his gaze remained on Jun, so he glared at him from the corner of his eye. "The 'good-hearted' seem fewer than the idle incompetents."

[nemophila]

"I thought the same thing, some time ago." Jun just kept smiling pleasant, despite the glare.

"I can't deny the impression. But there are always people out there that are willing to do something if you give them the right push. It's just the push that might be the problem.

[bittydragon]

"You speak as if from experience," Yamato said bluntly, his expression still more than a little suspicious.

[nemophila]

"I am."

Simple as that, his smile gone in favor of the truest of true neutral expressions, as if he was talking about nothing more than the weather.

[bittydragon]

"..."

Yamato rocked back on his heels, his geta clacking against the floor from the movement. His eyes didn't leave Jun once, darkly intense yet thoughtful.

"I'm looking for someone," he said, dropping the subject. Might as well get to the important information...

[nemophila]

"The star Alcor, right?"

His smile was back at least, when he answered. He wasn't sure if Alcor would like him using his real name, but he had a feeling that the kid would recognize that more than anything else.

[bittydragon]

Yamato looked a bit confused over 'the star' comment, but he recognised the name. He paused, gazing at Jun with a narrowed stare.

"Yes. How do you know him."

[nemophila]

"He's a friend of mine. He's taught me a lot since I got here." The next smile was a bit of a sadder one though. Not that he was sure he was ready to tell a kid that this was a horror Tower of death and dying. "He's around here though, so that's good news."

[bittydragon]

"A friend..."

Alcor never mentioned having friends before. From what Yamato gathered, Alcor only really interacted with him as far as humans went. Had he been lying...? Surely he couldn't have been in this tower for so long - Yamato only just got here, so...

"He never told me he had friends."

[nemophila]

"Not from your world. I only just met him here." He was pretty sure they weren't from the same world...? Jun surely would've known if there were sentient stars in his world by now.

"Time seems to stand still around here, so it's not surprised you haven't heard of me."

[bittydragon]

"Hmm..." Yamato still appeared disgruntled over something - nay, almost sulky. Alcor having friends... he was his caretaker. He didn't want anyone else taking up the man's precious time...

Yes, Yamato is now ignoring you out of sulkiness. For all of his intelligence, he is still a child.

[nemophila]

Jun hardly knew how to deal with other kids, he wasn't exactly any kind of super nanny. So it's leaving him a bit confused, and his brow furrowed in concern. Was the kid confused, or...?

"Is something wrong?"

[bittydragon]

Yamato turned to glare up at Jun, his cheeks puffed out a little and his lips set into a bad-tempered pout.

"I'm not sharing him!"

Damn straight he isn't!

[nemophila]

"Huh--?"

Oh that.. wasn't the reaction he was expecting. Well then.

"Um, I'm not taking away any of your attention, if that's what you're worried about..."

[bittydragon]

Yamato just sniffed, giving Jun a look that said he didn't believe him in the slightest, but he was being kind in not calling on his obvious lie.

"Good."

Pout pout pout pout pout pout!