The Book Girl and The Egg.

[tohko_amano]

Characters: Tohko Amano and Wretched Egg for the first part and anyone else for the second!
Setting: The third floor and then the infirmary.
Format: Either prose or action!
Summary: Tohko meets Wretched Egg and finds out that Shiro isn't all that she seems. She then tries to find out what's wrong with her in the infirmary.
Warnings: Violence, since this will involve Wretched Egg.

Despite the chill and how poorly she felt, Tohko was still going about her library duties, sneezing over her shoulder occasionally and almost tripping over small corners. While she never made a mistake in cleaning, today she was making a few, as she sometimes put a book in the wrong spot. After she did this for the third time, she sighed.

"I really need to visit the clinic after this.."

Tohko, having found that the drones weren't much help in giving her medical advice, was looking over some of the pills, trying to decide which ones were the best to take. Tylenol? Advil? Or some of the other, weird and unusual bottles? Normally, she would have just stuck with the cold medicine on the shelf, but she was feeling so out of it that she was starting to consider other options.

Comments

[taintedwhite]

"That because you're way too innocent~ You say terrible and I say realistic and interesting."

[tohko_amano]

"How is that realistic or interesting? If that ending were to happen, there would be nothing more for the Indians and the Pirates to do! Neverland would get complacent!"

[taintedwhite]

"Or they would fight each other until one of the groups is totally and utterly exterminated~ Or until Neverland is destroyed."

[tohko_amano]

"But that would be out of character for them. The pirates were only sticking around to catch Peter, and they weren't really interested in killing all of the Indians. And Neverland can't be destroyed. That's the point."

[taintedwhite]

"Then the pirates would leave and find another place to plunder and destroy~ Same difference. And there's no place that can't be destroyed~ Only people not powerful enough to destroy it."

[tohko_amano]

"Actually..in the end, most of the pirates died. And Neverland can't be destroyed, no matter how strong you are. It's the place where all childhood dreams and escapes lie. It's impossible to destroy that without first destroying childhood itself, and there's no way you can do that."

[taintedwhite]

"You're sure of that~?"

[tohko_amano]

"Of course!"

[taintedwhite]

"As I said. Way too innocent~ But innocence, just like childhood, can be destroyed."

[tohko_amano]

"Childhood can't be destroyed. Most people leave it behind as they get older, but as long as there are children, it will continue to exist."

[taintedwhite]

"Not if adults never let them have one~"

[tohko_amano]

"Adults have nothing to do with it. Even if they try to snuff it out, they won't succeed. Kids are pretty tough, much moreso than anyone gives them credit for."

[taintedwhite]

"I beg to differ~ You clearly underestimate what adults can do~" Wretched Egg is a living proof of that.

[tohko_amano]

Tohko sighed and shook her head. "No..I don't underestimate adults. But nor do I overestimate them or think that kids can't beat them when they have to."

[taintedwhite]

"...Beat them, huh? Oh, they certainly can~"

[tohko_amano]

"I know they can."

[taintedwhite]

You missed her point, didn't you, Tohko? "But in order to do that, they have to become tougher than them."

[tohko_amano]

It was hard to get a point when the other person didn't even mention it. At that, Tohko sighed.

"Not all the time. Sometimes, the kids have to be smarter than the adults, or a bit luckier than the adults. Brute force isn't everything in those battles."

[taintedwhite]

Wretched Egg rarely mentioned it. Where would have been the fun in that?

"True enough. Brute force isn't everything. There's deception too~."

[tohko_amano]

Tohko sighed again.

"I wouldn't put it quite like that, but yes, other things do need to be factored in."

[taintedwhite]

"Ksha~ Put it as you will, book girl~"

[tohko_amano]

Once again, Tohko sighed..and held out her hand. She really would like her book back now.

"You know who I am, but what's your name? And please, give me back my book."

[taintedwhite]

"Well since you're asking so nicely~" For a moment she seemed about to give the book back. But before Tohko could grab it, she smirked, stepped back and dropped the book that landed on the floor in a loud clatter.

Then she turned around and started walking away. "Wretched Egg."

[tohko_amano]

Tohko sighed and picked up the book when Wretched Egg dropped it, checking it for any signs of injury. Thankfully, it was fine.

Tohko spoke to Wretched Egg's back as she turned away.

"Nice to meet you, Wretched Egg. And please, treat the books a bit more kindly in the future. They don't deserve to be kicked around like stones."

[taintedwhite]

Wretched Egg let out a low hiss. This girl with her patronizing tone was getting annoying. Wretched Egg was starting to think she had been way too nice and patient with her. The fact that Shiro seemed to like her well enough was what made her hold back. But Wretched Egg could only refuse to indulge her violent instincts for so long.

A second later, Tohko's back was connecting abruptly with the bookshelves behind her. The whole bookcase trembled and books fell down all around her and onto the ground. Wretched Egg kept her pinned there by the neck, her hand tightening around her throat. The look in her half-lidded eyes was cold and dangerous.

"Ksha~ What about I treat you less kindly in the future~?"