001 { howling in the dead of night }

[determinedhowl]

Characters: Koromaru and you, good sirs and madams!
Setting: All around the tower, starting in room 3-04.
Format: Starting in prose, but I'll match your preference.
Summary: Puppy did not have a good few weeks in the tower. Why all his friends either not here or acting strangely? :(
Warnings: Possible omg cute while everything else goes to hell pfffffffffffffffft.

The last three weeks have been very confusing for the humans he's seen, and even more so for the canine that awakened in a strange room with three strange people he didn't know. Though, they did seem to be okay... and running into Chie-san wasn't too bad, either!

But... where were his friends?

He couldn't really put his own collar on by himself (we do not count the one he awoke with, it doesn't do the same thing), so he carried it in his mouth for a while, unless someone was kind enough to put it on him. Really, he looked kind of down about it as he began searching every floor for any sign of them being alright.

Probably didn't help that the last thing he saw was one of his closest friends flying up to the moon on his own as they cried out for him...

> ...
> Bother the furball?
> Yes
> No

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[fuhgeddaboudit]

"You're friends with her like Mitsuru an' Akihiko?" Labrys might have clapped her hands together in excitement if the throbbing ache in her arm didn't make her reconsider.

"That's great--I mean, I ain't seen her around here yet, but I wanna meet all a' their friends."

[determinedhowl]

'Yeah! Mitsuru-san saved my life after I defeated a Shadow on my own but exhausted myself in the process. I couldn't let them destroy Master's shrine after he died because of them...'

He whined once, concerned as he nudged the hand that was attached to the injured arm with his cold nose. He's sorry he doesn't know Dia skills, or he'd cast it on her right now.

'You've met them? My friends?'

[fuhgeddaboudit]

"Huh-? Oh, it's okay. I just gotta find someone t' help me repair it and I'll be fine."

Labrys smiled as she spoke, a little awkwardly. She was built to be durable, but she still felt pain just like any other human. Repairs in this case would amount to something like amateur surgery on the scale of discomfort.

"Yeah, I met a couple of 'em back home and here. Mitsuru and Akihiko were real nice to me, an' so was Aigis."

[determinedhowl]

'Okay.' He was still a little concerned, but he'll let it slide for now so long as she does get it fixed. He doesn't like it when his friends are hurt, new or old.... and if she's Aigis' sister, then she's a friend of his.

As for them being nice to her... it definitely sounded like them, so he's happy to take her word on that. Aigis-chan was never anything but unless someone set her off, and Akihiko-san and Mitsuru-san always were two of the more protective of the team. Though that may be splitting dog hairs with that one.

'What's happened to the others? Why is everyone acting so odd?'

[fuhgeddaboudit]

"Uh..." She paused, trying to figure out how to answer that once she'd decoded it.

"It's somethin' to do with the tower. It does weird stuff to time an' all that--most a' my friends ain't got a clue who I am 'cause they ain't met me yet."

Another pause.

"That doesn't make a bit a' sense when I say it like that."

[determinedhowl]

He merely tilted his head to the side at that one, curious. What. How can they not know you yet? That made a little sense but just... what.

Okay, he whined a little too. Hey, they're still your friends, right?

[fuhgeddaboudit]

"Yeah, it's okay. They're still them, so it don't really matter all that much."

[determinedhowl]

'That's good.' He seemed happy about that, because if they had turned their back on a future friend, then he'd have to growl at them. And no one liked it when he howled... Things tended to spontaneously combust.

Yes, he was kidding. He wouldn't set anyone on fire unless they hurt someone else.