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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[determinedhowl]

Probably some pretty good advice, something that Koromaru didn't receive but was perfectly fine for now. Maybe it was a good thing he could sense something was off about certain...floors...

...

Oh. Was this what Yoshino-san meant? There really was more than one of everyone out there? He blinked twice, then barked. Yep, that's him! Was this the Ken he knew, though?

So many people he knows yet doesn't. Please be one of those from home...

[heavenspear]

Ken lowered his weapon and bent down instead. "Hey, isn't that your collar? How'd it come off like that?"

He tapped the ground in front of him. "C'mon over here, I'll put it back on for you. Did you get a chance to get something to eat yet? If you're hungry, we can head over to the cafeteria."

This sure seemed like the Koromaru he knew, which was kind of a relief and kind of not at the same time. How many people were left back in Iwatodai to stop Nyx? He had no way of knowing.

[determinedhowl]

Beats him. Koromaru had woken up on the bed with his collar in the trunk. Thus, Koromaru did not hesitate to trot on over, sitting down patiently and letting his friend take the collar from him. He wasn't sure about hungry, but he wouldn't mind spending time with his little buddy (only he could get away with thinking that...right?).

He whined once though, worried. If both he and Ken were here, then... what would happen to their friends? Their world and everyone else?

...He wasn't the only one worried about that, right?

[heavenspear]

Ken took the collar from Koromaru, wrapped it around the dog's neck, then fastened the clasp. A little adjustment to make sure it wasn't pulling any fur the wrong way, and the deed was done. Opposable Thumbs: Think of What They Can Do For You (TM).

He reached over to gently scrub at the spot behind Koromaru's ears with the tips of his fingers. "Are you... worried about the others? I hope they're not here. I mean, I kind of hope they are here, but."

Ken was silent for a moment. "Look, someone told me that Earth might have been destroyed, like it said in the note I got when I woke up here. I don't know if it's true or not -- I'm not sure what to believe out here. But if it's not true, then I know everyone will be doing the best they can to make sure Nyx doesn't win."

[determinedhowl]

Ken did a fine job with it; no pinched fur or anything! Though he still had a thought of 'cheaters' when it came to all you hoomans and your opposable thumbs; not that he minded that, though. They needed them because their jaws weren't as powerful.

He was silent for a while, content for the moment as he listened. They always knew where to scratch, and he sat as Ken spoke. He whined at the thought, though. Yes, he was worried. Especially since he'd met Minato-san already, and with what he saw before waking up on that bed with a note he couldn't really read--

Okay. That did it. Koromaru barked.

'Don't give up.' They'd come so far as to defeat Ryoji...the Appriser, whatever it was still their friend! Earth couldn't be gone, not after what they all did to protect it! There was no way Nyx would win! Especially since they all had faith in one another, even though only Minato-san could stand before her out of all of them.