towerofanimus | There were wires all around, electrical sounds

Characters: Rabbit and Open!
Setting: Lagoon, forest, and then rampaging around the dormitory.
When: Anywhere from midday to midnight
Format: Prose/action it's whatever you please
Summary: Rabbit has gotten bored and went exploring. Unfortunately he gets so bored that he's forced to take drastic action in the form of loud accordion sounds on the dorm floor.
Warnings: Rabbit is his own warning.

Lagoon

It was pretty here, he'd admit that. Pretty enough to bask in the sun and play in the sand but not nearly pretty enough to even attempt to play in the water. The robot knew his own weaknesses. He settled for hurling large rocks into the crystal clear lagoon waters, or skipping stones, before building a massive sand castle in the sands of the beach and rampaging through it. He cared exactly just enough about his clothes to carefully hang them from a branch before happily making a massive mess out of the pristine beach. The Spine would have had a fit to see his brother prancing around with no pants on, but it wasn't as if there were any parts to hide persay. Then again, a lady showing up might actually earn the shameless robot's embarrassment.

Forest

Not half bad. He hadn't been in a forest in a long time, and it was kind of interesting to be in one again. Clothed this time, and attempting to climb up the bigger, thicker looking trees. He knew damn well the little ones would never be able to support his copper frame. Humming show tunes and generally being loud and childish in the forest, at the very least he was keeping it to a wild, wooded area rather than a place where people might actually be attempting to rest. Anyone approaching the robot here would probably get talked to death, as he was fast running out of patience for this place, as massive as it was. He enjoyed attention after all, exploring only fun if there was someone else to do it with.

Dorms

Well he'd lost it.

He'd returned to the dorms with exactly zero things to do and not enough of the attention he so craved. He was used to people! Lights! Action! Music! Brothers to tease! And so far he hadn't met anyone he knew at all so... Well apparently everyone must suffer.

He'd taken to roaming the halls, a horrible honking accompanying him. He'd gotten the accordion out and was pretty much abusing the poor thing, pressing every key imaginable and rapidly expanding and contracting it, mad mechanical giggles and whirrs filling the hallway, which would occasionally break out into full out laughter and a few lines of garbled music.

He was so bored!

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"Sure we could! I wo-wonder which floor ha-ha-has sunflowers in 'em." Now he had to think about that. Should he go looking for sunflowers right now? Say, weren't they trying to do something else here just a moment ago?

Wasn't it important? He couldn't remember.

They had been trying to put Yotsuba to bed, but that thought had wandered away from her head for the moment.

"Oh..Yotsuba doesn't know..but we could check each one!"

Well at this point it had fled Rabbit's mind too. Now he wanted some sunflower seeds to put on ice cream. Even if he couldn't taste them, they were still nice to have, weren't they?

"Y-y-yeah! We could che-che-check each floor fer s-sunflowers! We got a lotta time, ma-may as well!"

In Yotsuba's mind, they were. Sunflower seeds were tasty, even if she didn't get them all the time. Before she replied, she yawned.

"Sure! It could be an..ad..adventure!"

Wait, that yawning meant something. He was supposed to be doing something else... Ah! And it clicked back in his head.

"Wa-wa-wa-wait, kiddo, you need ta ge-get some sleep fi-first! Now I can te-tell yer tired." All that yawning was a dead give away!

"We'll g-g-go lookin' fer sunflower seeds a-a-after ya get some sleep, okay?"

Oh! Yotsuba remembered too, but she also remembered that Rabbit was going to tell her a story before she fell asleep.

"Oh! Okay then! That'll be fun! And you can tell Yotsuba about the banjo player before I go to sleep!"

Right! He was! He was going to tell her the whole story and play his accordion again for her. He just wished he had someone on the banjo for it, it really wasn't the same without a banjo player.

"Y-yeah! I'll te-te-tell ya the whole st-story. An' you ca-can dream of ba-banjo players an' alligators drinkin tea!"

It might not be the same..but it would still be enjoyable for Yotsuba, since she had never heard it before.

"Yotsuba would like to hear that story! And..that should be a nice dream!"

Even if it took a turn for the worse and the alligator ate the banjo player.

It would still be fun to do as well. He did so enjoy playing, and Yotsuba made for such a good audience. Suspender Man might not have been the best lullaby, but he'd get to that point later on in the night.

"It'll be a g-g-great dream! An' good music ta go with it t-too!"

No these are sophisticated alligators, they totally wouldn't eat people.

It might have not been the best lullaby, but there was no way Yotsuba would be able to tell.

"Then Yotsuba would like to fall asleep!"

..They might..and yet, they might not.

"A-alrighty then! Are we almost to yer room? We'll ge-get ya all settled in an' I'll te-tell ya all about the suspender man."

He had sweeter songs. If she still wouldn't sleep after that, he would have been more than happy to sing something softer and more dulcet for her to listen to.

"Alright then..um.."

Yotsuba looked around at the room numbers before answering. 2-05, 6, oh!

"Here's my room!" Yotsuba happily called out, pointing to room 2-07. However, Rabbit didn't have to worry. Yotsuba loved music, but when she was in bed, she was usually down for the count.

Ah, here they were! Rabbit looked pleased enough, heading right into the room what is this about waiting for the owner to enter first he knew what he was doing here.

"Alright! Ge-ge-get in be-bed and I'll tell ya a gr-great story. Ya sleep with anythin'? A bear or a doll or somethin'?"

Yotsuba was about to correct him on his door manner, since you were supposed to knock if it wasn't your own room, but..then he asked her to get in bed with her teddy bear, and that thought went out of her head. Smiling, she followed him and spoke.

"Oh! Juralumin might like to hear the song!" Quickly, Yotsuba ran to her trunk, took off her shoes, and pulled a slightly battered teddy bear with a yellow ribbon around it's neck.

Smiling, she showed it to Rabbit.

"Rabbit, this is Juralumin!"

Say hi to the nice teddy bear.

The Walters don't even believe in doors. Rabbit goes wherever he pleases! But he grinned as she ran to her trunk, looking for a place to seat himself as she pulled out the bear.

"Oooh he's a cu-cute lookin' fella. Heya Juralumin!" He tipped his hat, as polite as can be, because you should always be polite to new people, before settling his accordion in his lap and placing his fingers at the appropriate keys.

"A-a-ain't never se-seen a cuter bear 'n that. Are the both of ya re-ready for a story now?"

While Juralumin couldn't move on his own, Yotsuba tipped him forward to make him bow and spoke for him.

"He says hello! And.."

At the question, Yotsuba quickly got into bed, holding her bear on her lap. This would be a great song!

"We're both ready!"

Rabbit waited until she was right in bed, reaching over to tuck her in first before standing back with his accordion. Right, this was a good story song! She would love it, if she liked all the other ones.

He (needlessly) cleared his throat, twitched once, and played the opening chord, starting in with the song.]

Since it was a story and supposed to help her fall asleep, Yotsuba didn't sing to the song, but she did move her head to the beat, and her teddy bear couldn't help but dance along a little. However, she couldn't keep her eyes open for long. At the part where Suspender Man vanished, Yotsuba finally fell asleep, dreaming of banjos, alligators, and teddy bears.

He kept up the song right to the end, finishing up with the usual flourish (even if she wasn't awake to see it). He waited for a moment, just to make sure she was asleep, before creeping over and pressing a cool kiss to her forehead.

"Gnight sweetheart."

Looked like he had something to do for the rest of the night. Linger around close to this room and make sure no one dangerous looking got anywhere near it.