mundane tasks in a not-mundane place

[mephistofeels]

Characters: AU Kyuubey, open to all.
Setting: Floor 11
Format: Starting with action brackets, but I'll match you.
Summary: Between the wear and tear of life in the Tower and a run-in with SAW!Rose a while back, Kyuu's got some laundry to do. Literally.
Warnings: Possible death because, well, incubator.



[Humans find stained clothing distressing. The best way to deal with them is to wash them out. As clothes-washing machines cannot be found, more primitive means must be used.

...is about how Kyuu's thought process went when ze decided to do some laundry. The jumpsuit provided by the administrators, specifically, was an absolute mess. Therefore, it required cleaning in order to be serviceable again. Throwing it away was out of the question; waste not want not after all, and it would be good for wearing again once it was cleaned.

(Yeah, ze's been wearing the friggin' jumpsuit most of the time - when in humanoid form, that is. No, Kyuu doesn't have a sense of fashion, why do you ask.)

At any rate, Kyuu is now on the eleventh floor, washing zir jumpsuit in the lake. Thankfully, there were spare clothes in zir trunk, so ze is wearing this for a change.

And yes, ze is humanoid right now.

Break zir/your brain?]

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[mephistofeels]

[And with the sound of that voice, Kyuu nearly drops the jumpsuit in the water. After a moment's flailing, ze manages to keep from dropping it. Hooray coordination! That being said...that statement probably requires an answer.

The desire to hide zir identity - the fear of...whatever, is strong right now. It's completely irrational, though; death is even more impermanent here than it was back home.]

It's still usable, so I'm keeping it.

[Sound familiar, Kyoko?]

[prayed]

[Oh, that voice is definitely familiar, though she's having a hard time placing it now--or rather, she's dismissing the first thing that comes to mind. After all, who would associate the furry little life-ruining monster with this kid? This person's definitely familiar though, enough that it's annoying. She moves closer, glaring a bit as she looks Kyuu over.]

Oi, don't I know you from somewhere?

[mephistofeels]

Yes, but not in this form. [There's a brief pause as ze considers the implications of this.] It seems the wish that enabled me to do this wasn't made on your world.

[Ze looks over zir shoulder at Kyoko after saying this, head tilted slightly.]

[prayed]

[She's not able to hide her shock for a moment for a moment. It's pointless to remain outright aggressive towards Kyuubey when tolerating zir would lead to more gain, but she's never seen zir as being anything close to 'human.' It's confusing and vaguely irritating to see her as such and to know it's only this way because of someone's wish.]

Wait, you're not saying you're that thing, are ya?

[mephistofeels]

I am - the one you met in the cafeteria, yes.

[There's two Kyuus, kiddo. Fear for your life. Or something.]

[prayed]

[That irritates her, to think that there were at least two people who threw their life away for a thing like this. She hates, too, how the way those wishes are forcing her to view Kyuubey as human.]

Just how many girls were stupid enough to wasted their one shot at a miracle on ya?

[mephistofeels]

Just the two, and admittedly one of them was very angry at me. Considering how I was, how I still am in your timeline, I really don't blame her. The other...the other I tried and failed to talk down. It happened more often than I'd like.

[Sayaka is one in a long string of zir failures, the latest notch on the string - but no less significant for that.]

[prayed]

[She shifts the bag of apples that she's holding in one arm, biting into another with her free hand. She walks next to Kyuubey.]

There's no talking to people like that once they've made up their mind, y'know. Someone that thick headed. Ya can't even beat sense into 'em. Ya oughta know that. Well, I guess your kind's the same way though.

[Impossible to negotiate with, that is.]

[mephistofeels]

With something like this at stake, I...feel I must at least try.

[With this blasted conscience in place, ze....feels it is The Right Thing To Do, to at least try to make sure these kids don't just give up their souls for something petty.]

[prayed]

Something like that doesn't sound right coming from ya, y'know.

[She pitches an apple core to the side and stretches out before grabbing another two. She bites into one, offering the other to Kyuubey in something of a shaky truce offer.]

Want a bite?

[mephistofeels]

It's still strange, yes.

[Ze blinks at the apple and at Kyoko, giving her a kind of awed, 'are you serious?' look, before--

Huh. Ze can smile.] Thank you. Apples are nutritious, after all.

[Nom, apple of truce.]

[prayed]

O-oi, don't get the wrong idea! I'm just siding with the lesser of two evils, that's all!

[She's definitely going through apples faster now. The awe and subsequent smile (one that isn't plastered on) is a strange enough sight to leave her perhaps a tiny bit flustered.]

[mephistofeels]

I am aware of this.

[Apples of truce are the best kind of apple.]