The new Deadman..

[sunflowerfairy]

Characters: Yotsuba Koiwai and you!~
Setting: Around the Tower's steps.
Format: Starting in prose, but I'll match you.
Summary: After unknowingly eating some contaminated food on the eleventh, Yotsuba gains some strange powers, and is rather..curious about them, so she starts to search for answers.
Warnings: Yotuba will get killed by Wretched Egg, so look out for that. And Yotsuba can control her blood, so..people who don't like that should probably avoid this post.

Yotsuba dimly remembered that dinner on the eleventh had tasted odd, but since it wasn't yucky, not many people payed to much attention to it, chalking it up to the Administrators again, and since it wasn't bitter, no one thought it was poisoned. She didn't give it much thought either, since she wasn't harmed. After all, she was a little girl with much more to do and much more to keep her occupied.

However, when Yotsuba woke up on the thirteenth, she noticed that she wasn't feeling..right. Not bad, just not right. Trying to think of what wasn't right, she got hopped out of bed and started to walk through the dorm floors. When she heard a loud noise from below-probably someone fighting or a newcomer-she jumped, surprised..and cried a little in pain. Turning her head around, she saw small spikes of her own blood coming out of her back.

This..wasn't normal, and curious, Yotsuba started to walk up the Tower steps, calling out the people she knew so that she might be able to find some answers. Since she didn't know how they came out, she didn't pull them back in. They just stayed like that while she climbed and called.

"Dia..Diamud! Edgeworth?! Arada! Hibiki?! Yu..Yukki?!"

Feel free to bother her or help her out.

Comments

/o/;

[savarin]

I'm a friend! Are you safe?

[Where's that voice coming from? It's getting closer, at least... Red nearly passes by Yotsuba entirely because she's so small, but a flash of green out of the corner of his eyes makes him turn back. Have a dog-man riding a giant robot.]

Hey, kid! Are you the one who was shoutin'? You doin' okay?

[He's surveying the area for monsters, not finding any just yet... but perhaps they could be invisible or lurking around corners. If this child was in danger, he needed to get her out of trouble and fast.]

And now I'm sorry for being slow. ><; The memes swept me away..

[sunflowerfairy]

[Well, he was a friend, so that was good. However, while Yotsuba has seen some strange things here, she never expected to see a dog-man on a robot. The robot was pretty awesome, as Yotsuba had never actually seen a robot before..but before she actually ran up to him, Yotsuba smiled and turned around, showing off her back and the red 'spikes' sticking out of it.]

I was shouting! These popped out of my back..can you tell me why?

No worries! :3

[savarin]

[...what]

[Red just... looks them over. Spikes, made of some kind of red material, protruding from the back of this little girl. The fact that a kid this young was even here in the tower was enough to rile Red up, but letting something like this happen...]

I got no idea. Does it hurt? Are ya feelin' weird at all?

[Maybe it's best to get a closer look. Red hops out of the robot, approaching the little girl's back. Now that he really looks at the spikes, it almost looks like they're made of... blood?]

Listen, what were ya doin' when this happened? That's important!

Ah, alright then! ^^;

[sunflowerfairy]

[Yotsuba thought hard as she answered the dog-man's questions. Some were easy to answer, and others weren't. But she did her best, especially since Red said this was important.]

..Yotsuba feels a little strange..and tired.

[Keeping blood out of your body would do that.]

And Yotsuba jumped at a loud noise when these popped out!

:D

[savarin]

No wonder you're tired! I think this is your blood...

[How, though? What could possibly cause this? It definitely didn't seem to be something that the girl could do normally. A quick touch of the spikes leaves a dab of blood on Red's finger, although some may be his; those things are sharp.]

Listen... Yotsuba, right? Look, my name's Red. I'm not gonna hurt ya, okay?

[He doesn't need to kneel far to get his face at eye level, and he tries to smile despite the situation.]

Try to relax. Can you pull 'em back in?

:3

[sunflowerfairy]

My blood?

[Well..this was more than passing queer. Yotsuba didn't know what caused this or why blood-spikes were popping out of her back. However, while she wasn't smiling, she wasn't suspicious of Red..after all, he was a friend. She just looked..confused.]

Okay..but..Yotsuba doesn't know how to..

[savarin]

Right, dunno why I thought ya did. Hold on, okay?

[Moving to Yotsuba's back again, he takes hold of the side of one of the spikes. It's a little slick, but he's got a good grip, so he starts trying to push it back into Yotsuba. Gently.]

Maybe if I help it along a bit, you can pull 'em in... how's it feel?

[sunflowerfairy]

Okay..

[Yotsuba actually cried out in pain a little when he tried to push them back in. Even gently hurt.]

That hurts!!

[savarin]

[Red immediately lets go, recoiling from the young girl. He wasn't quite expecting that response.]

Sorry, sorry! It was worth a shot, alright?

[Okay. Pushing them hurts, and Yotsuba can't figure out how to retract them. This could get interesting.]

What if ya get surprised again? Maybe they'll go back in!

[sunflowerfairy]

[Yotsuba tried to calm down and not cry as she replied.]

Maybe..but why did they come out?

[savarin]

I dunno, alright? Did anythin' weird happen recently?

[What to do... in the end, Red tries to wrap his arms around the girl, avoiding the spikes. Maybe a hug would help calm her down.]

Look, we're gonna figure this out, alright? I promise.

[sunflowerfairy]

No..

[Yotsuba was used to hugs, so she didn't squirm..but she remembered that Daddy wouldn't like her crying, so she took a deep breath and tried to calm down, sucking in her stomach..and at that moment, the spikes went back in. Not that Yotsuba noticed yet. She put her arms around Red.]

..Alright.

[savarin]

[He holds Yotsuba there for a little while, letting the girl calm down. They both needed to have a clear head, even though Red was furious about a little girl being in a place like this... but that was something to deal with later. With another little smile, he pulls away and looks the girl over.]

H-hey, what happened? Your spikes went in! Lemme see your back!

[Nothing of note, really. There's a few holes in her shirt, and it looks like she's got some small, bloody cuts where the spikes were, but she recovered admirably well.]

See, I knew if we calmed you down that they'd go back! How are ya feelin' now?

[sunflowerfairy]

Oh! They did!

[Yotsuba brightened up a little bit at that, and she turned around, letting Red see her back before turning around again.]

I guess that's all Yotsuba had to do! Yotsuba is..tired..but she's not sick! Thank you!

[savarin]

Good to hear! I knew we could do it!

[Now that her back problem was taken care of, Red has something else on his mind. He'll crouch down in front of her again, resting one hand on her shoulder.]

Listen, Yotsuba... if ya ever need help, you can come find me. I'm in Room 2-10, remember that. Just wanna make sure that a kid like you doesn't get hurt.

[Maybe there's some way that he can ask the higher-ups to go easy on Yotsuba. That's worth looking into.]

[sunflowerfairy]

Yotsuba is glad we did!

[Yotsuba smiled and nodded at his advice, looking pretty chipper, despite the scary ordeal she went though earlier.]

Yotsuba will try to remember! But..why are you a doggy?

[Here we go..]

[savarin]

[That's a good question. How to answer...?]

W-well, uh... why aren't you a dog or cat? Where I come from, there ain't no humans, so I'm guessin' you come from somewhere without dogs and cats?

[Because what are normal Earth animals.]

[sunflowerfairy]

No, there are doggies and kitties back home! But..people don't usually look like them.

[What is understanding other universes?]

[savarin]

[Well, that's interesting. Dogs and cats, but they don't look like people? Take someone from Red's home, then take the humanity out of them... what do you get? Red's clueless.]

Not sure I understand. Are you sayin' that where you come from, dogs and cats are just, uh, animals? Not people?

[If this other worlds thing really is true, then there's some weird places out there.]

[sunflowerfairy]

[At that, Yotsuba smiled and nodded.]

Yup!

[Oh, the joys of other universes meeting up.]

[savarin]

What do they look like? I mean, kinda like cats and dogs, but...

[This is very new territory. What to say?]

Look, got a picture of 'em or somethin'? I gotta know what these are!

[sunflowerfairy]

I don't have a picture..but Yotsuba can draw them!

[Even though her drawing skills were horrible. Not that she knew.]

[savarin]

That sounds great! Do ya need supplies?

[Wait... it's night, right? Monsters might be coming down these halls any moment now. This isn't the place for drawing.]

Hey, I got a better idea. Let's get ya back to your room first. Wanna ride in my robot?

[sunflowerfairy]

Oh..I do! I don't have my crayons here with me!

[At that suggestion, Yotsuba's eyes widened. But not in horror. This was in surprise. Yotsuba had never seen a robot before, and now she could ride in one.

This was more awesome than candy.]

Yes please!!

[savarin]

Alright! One sec!

[With a grin, Red leaps into the cockpit, immediately grabbing the controls and lowering one of Dahak's huge hands for Yotsuba.]

Just step on and I'll lift ya up here!

[He's very good at controlling it, so don't worry... just as long as Yotsuba doesn't start fiddling with the controls.]