towerofanimus | The new Deadman..

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The new Deadman..

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.

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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.

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.

[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?

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!

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.]

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..]

[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.]

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

[What is understanding other universes?]

[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.]

[At that, Yotsuba smiled and nodded.]

Yup!

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

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!

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

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

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?

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!!

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.]

[This was Yotsuba's equivalent of winning the lottery. For her, this was as good as it got. Grinning like a madman, Yotusba nodded.]

Okay!~

[Yotsuba stepped onto the hand, being careful to not fall off. No promises on those controls though.]

[As promised, Red raises the hand carefully, holding it at the perfect height for Yotsuba to hop into the cockpit. There's just enough room for her to sit right next to him.]

Okay, where we headed? Which room are you in?

[Yotsuba managed to hop inside the cockpit and wiggled beside Red, smiling.]

Oh..Yotsuba doesn't know!

[Her reading skills were not that good, and she had never checked to see what room she was in.]

Wh-- what do ya mean you don't know?!

[Okay, maybe she knows how to get there another way. Red scoots over a little more, letting the girl have some more room.]

Listen, if ya can't tell me which room it is, can you point me in the right direction? I mean, you gotta know how to get back, right?

[As Red scoots over, Yotsuba takes advantage of the extra room and looks out of the cockpit, smiling. She was inside a robot. This was amazing!]

Yotsuba knows you to get back! It's that way!

[Yotsuba pointed down the hallway.]

How do you control the robot?!

Well, I use these levers and buttons and pedals... looks real hard, but I got no trouble usin' it.

[Speaking of, Red sets it moving down the hallway in the direction she's pointing. They're not going too fast, so she can direct the dog-man as needed.]

Pretty cool, isn't it?

[As they moved, Yotsuba's face just brightened. The robot was moving!~ She was in a moving robot!]

It is! It's..it's super cool!

[It might even go beyond super, but Yotsuba doesn't have a proper word that goes beyond 'super'.]

Can Yotsuba try?!

You... wanna drive Dahak? No way! Sorry, kid, but you're not old enough.

[Red presses on, keeping an eye on Yotsuba just in case she decides to start messing with the other controls. She needs to navigate, anyway.]

Have you even used a robot before?

What?! How old do you have to be then?!

[Thankfully, Yotsuba hasn't messed with the other controls, but she does look stunned at that.]

This is Yotsuba's first time seeing a robot!

Well, old enough to-- oh, furballs, I forgot you probably came from some other world! You don't got robots, do ya?

[Red sighs, stopping Dahak and dangling one arm over the side of the cockpit. This girl would probably never get a chance like this again...]

Y'know what, I'll let ya drive a little bit. I don't think you can reach the pedals, so just move the arms around a little. Here ya go.

[He scoots over a little more, letting Yotsuba at the levers and buttons that control the arms. Should anything happen, though, he's more than willing to shove her over and get control back. Gently.]

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