towerofanimus | O3 | Accidents happen

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O3 | Accidents happen

Characters: Hibiki and you, there!
Setting: Floor fifty-seven
Format: action, but I’ll [try to] match you!
Summary: He’s only trying to have fun around this tower, as hard as it is to believe for some of the its residents.
Warnings: n/a really unless you count a tragic loss to the soccer community

extra: sorry to all those i threaded with; if you haven’t guessed they’re dropped! my deepest apologies, really! things (cough school) came up and i guess i really have time, but i’d love to tag with you all again--especially the ones that commented on my last post i'm really really sorry!! (hearts)will you forgive this kid?

[He's tired; he had been at it for hours--running and kicking, his cap and hoodie long discarded. But there's no way he could stop, no way at all! He finally learned, that person taught it to him, and he's set on making them proud. Almost there.. He would get the timing right no matter how long it took, he definitely wasn't giving up. A determined grin set on his face, he readies himself. Now!]

Go, Arcanine! Ember!

[One small step for giant dog, one big kick for young boy! Hibiki jumps and kicks the soccer ball as hard as he can, sending it flying upward. He watches as Arcanine shoots out a stream of fire at the ball, pushing it forward towards an imaginary goal. The flames looked absolutely awesome, the ball cutting through the air like that reminded him of the meteor shower he saw once when he was a kid. Ah......but back to the subject at hand. He..he did it! He timed it correctly and the ball caught on fire and it went and it worked! It wasn't much, or nearly as cool as it could be, but he did it. Hibiki throws his arms up in the air and lets out a loud whoop, falling back onto the grass.]

Did you see that, Arcanine? We did it! [He motions Arcanine to come closer so he could pet him for the job well done...not really noticing where the ball went or what happened to it. That could possibly pose a danger to the pair. Possibly.]

Ahh, after so many tries of not getting the ball high enough or ember-ing it the right tome, we got it!! You think Sakuma-nii would be proud? I can do one of those super cool kicks, just like him! I mean it's not as cool as his, but it's close right, boy? We can play soccer together now, I have to show him!! [Hey, listen to your pal Hibiki! He listens to you when you "tell" him you're hungry!! Hey, listen!]

...Hey, Arcanine!! Heeeeeeeeeeeey! [He waves his hand at Arcanine, trying to get him to look down again (really, he's tired! Give him a break and please look down!)]

What's so interesting over there anywa-- [Well things escalated quickly. He really wished he didn't turn his head. And maybe that he decided to not keep an eye out on a flaming ball, but hey, people make..mistakes........Yeah this was bad.

The fire spread like, well, wildfire and--crud what could he do? He didn't have any water pokemon on him and sending Typhlosion or Ampharos out wouldn't help any! He scrambles up and furiously scratches his hair. Ahhh, what a mess!! The fires getting closer, where's the exist, he can't even think straight right now!]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH WHAT DO I DO?!

[Huh? Is this dejavu? He remembers....yeah...he screamed bloody murder the first time here too. Sorry Sakuma-nii. We'll play neext time, okay?]

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[While Watanuki still isn't happy about being in the tower nor about the fact that none of ~~his friends~~ the other residents of Ayakashi Hall are here, he's decided that he might as well explore the tower. He's stuck here whether he wants to be or not so it's better that he gets to know it more.

So for the week after his arrival, he dedicates a day per section. Today it just so happens that he finds the soccer field and since it seems relatively harmless, he bravely ventures off the staircase.

He notices someone else on the field and a giant...dog(???) and hangs back a bit, apprehensive-- until the dog sets the ball that the boy kicks on fire. That doesn't seem like a good idea because a short while later, the fire from the ball spreads across the field and it's easy to see the boy panicking.

Without thinking, Watanuki runs over to him and grabs one sleeve and drags him towards the stairs.]

[And suddenly he's moving backwards? Was he...moving himself with his mind? N-no way, he's not a psychic type! So what.....he looks at his sleeve and there's a hand! And with that hand is an arm, connected to a body of this blond kid? Huh there were more kids around this tower than he thought.

So why was he getting dragged--oh, yeah. Fire. Fire that he caused, such an idiot! But he perfected his hissa..hissa..ts....hissy attack! And it's then he realizes he's only wearing his t-shirt. His hoodie, where was his hoodie?!

Hibiki starts to panic even more, he needs to find his hoodie! He struggles against the boy pulling him away, he has to get his hoodie back!]

Arcanine! Find my hoodie! L-let go of me!

[Since he asks, Watanuki lets go. He's not about to try and hang onto the kid if he wants to struggle. He keeps alert though, ready to grab the boy again if he decides to run back towards the fire.]

Is now really the time to be looking for a hoodie?

It's important! [Arcanine went off to the left, so obviously he has to go right! Oh, but before he forgets,] Thanks! [He has manners, afterall!

And it wasn't the hoodie that was important, he could live in a t-shirt for the rest of his life (maybe) but what he kept in the pockets..! Hibiki absolutely couldn't lose them, especially not to a fire! Red hoodie, red hoodie, where are you?!]

[So guess who'd been lurking in the shadows and watching Hibiki and Arcanine train? That's right, iiiiiit's Morty!! Watching a Trainer and Pokémon play together is one of those things that always just warms his cold, frozen, socially awkward heart. The boy seemed pretty intensely interested with it, though, so Morty didn't walk up to interrupt; that would be rude and probably also throw off his groove something fierce. Morty knew the feeling himself. So instead, he simply stood there and watched, looking more than slightly like a creeper -- and the smile on his face didn't help.]

[And then Arcanine let the ball drop, and as it did, Morty's grin did too.]

[Morty's protector instinct kicked in immediately, and the fact that he recognized Hibiki from times past had no bearing on it. He didn't have a Water-type on him, and Chandelure couldn't control that fire or put it out. There was nothing to be done about the environment, and while that saddened him, it was better to save some lives, even if he couldn't preserve the lives of the trees or the grasses. So out comes Dusknoir with a quiet pop. Morty jumps on the Ghost-type's back, and it knows what it's supposed to do almost immediately.]

[Hibiki may feel a jarring sensation from behind his neck; that was Morty, pulling him up by his jacket. Dude actually had some muscle to him... but not an awful lot, apparently, since Dusknoir cupped the boy in his hands shortly after. And after it was just the fire-resistant one who was on the ground, Morty actually bothered to call out to Hibiki:]

Call Arcanine back!

[He blinks once, and twice. What just happened? But Hibiki has no time to think when an order is shouted out at him--yea he should have done this ages ago but he was panicking too much--he quickly calls Arcanine back to his ball.

Hibiki lets out a sigh and falls back onto whatever he's on, definitely not grass. And with that he immediately shoots back up and looks around; yoooooo he's not on the ground anymore. First things first, one must feel around your environment and maybe stop when one realizes it's a freaking Dusknoir. Another Pokemon!]

Whoa, thanks Dus- [Blazing fire can wait, he just noticed a head of blazing yellow and purple! Hibiki almost has to do a double take, he's totally just seeing things, inhaled too much smoke, yeah that was it!] Morty?!

Yes!

[NOT GOING TO OFFER MUCH MORE THAN THAT because seriously Hibiki, there are more important matters at stake here. Such as the fact where you've just set an entire floor on fire. So without even needing to take directions from its Trainer, Dusknoir turns around and heads for the staircase, somehow squeezing itself up into the rafters of the floor above... hOPE YOU LIKE CORPSES HIBIKI, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT'S UP HERE. Specifically, they've been hung from the rafters. Well isn't that nice.]

[Morty doesn't seem to see anything wrong with it, though, as he just directs (?) Dusknoir to turn around at the corpse party and rest on the ground, allowing Hibiki to climb off if he wants.]

...Are you alright?

Moooortyyyyy!! It is you! [Who's oblivious to his surroundings? This protagonist is! He's blinded by his excitement of seeing someone from home, and one of his favorite gym leaders! (aw) His knight in shining, well, ghostly armor came and saved him and Arcanine from the flaming soccer field. Catch him, he launches himself at the other trainer and pulls him into a big ol' REUNION HUG.]

[Wait, what? Reunion hugs were never supposed to happen!! Morty, uh, isn't so great with shit like this; how does he people? How does he Hibiki? It's a good thing that Dusknoir was hanging out in solid form right behind the two of them, or else Morty probably would have toppled over from sheer surprise. (That would have killed his pride for ages.) But fortunately, Dusknoir was there, and the fall was cushioned by lovely ectoplasma skin. Afterwards, Morty awkwardly starts resting his hands on different parts of Hibiki's arms and shoulders, in an attempt to push him off without actually, you know, pushing him off.]

[Because that would be rude.]

It is... me. Nice to see you, Hibiki.

[Huh? Why the heck was Morty touching random parts of his arms? Hibiki just chalks it up to Morty being Morty, in other words, he's not getting out of this that easy. This hug's gonna last until Hibiki feels like he's had enough purple in his life!! Which would be never, but he thinks eventually he's gonna have to go to the bathroom and do other Pokemon trainer things so he lets go. For now.

Hibiki nods his head and beams at the guy, as if that wasn't indication enough he was happy to see the other.]

Yeah! I never thought I'd see anyone from Johto ever again, wow! And you have your Dusknoir with you, cool, it's been a while!!

Hey, wait! [Goddammit, the kid actually is trying to run back. He really should just drag him away and forget about the hoodie altogether but something about the boy's tone makes him reconsider because despite how much Watanuki likes to proclaim that he's delinquent, he really is good at heart.]

What's it look like? It'll be quicker if more people look.

[You can never have enough purple in your life, grasshopper.]

There are actually quite a few people from Johto here. Jasmine of Olivine is, as well as another traveling Trainer named John... have you not met them?

[LET HIM SHOW YOU THE OTHER POKÉREFUGEES. SHINING, SHIMMERING, EXPERIMENTED ON AND PSYCHOLOGICALLY TORTURED.]

Red hoodie, can't miss it! Ack, where's my hat?! [Hibiki scurries here and there, running back and forth and even accidentally getting too close to the fire--he needs to find it! Ahhh, why did he just dump his clothes on the ground like that?!

A bark from Arcanine makes him turn around, hope rising in his chest that his friend found it, but alas it was just his hat. Better than nothing, but gah he's freaking out now!]

[His eyes go wide, another gym leader?] Jasmine's here too?! Oh, John I think I met him a little while ago, we didn't get to talk much though. Yeah he's from Johto, but it's different you know? Like..uhm....it's not that familiar kind of whoa Johto people!!! Sort of?? Does that make sense? [And Hibiki's making weird hand gestures hoping they would get his point across, but probably not. There was no connection like he and you have, gosh can you understand that Morty?!]

Perhaps it's because he's a traveling Trainer, and not a Gym Leader who you've most likely seen much more of all the time. [Morty tries not to stare too hard at Hibiki's... intense hand gestures, as that would be rude, but he does have to step back a few times so as to avoid getting whacked in the face.] I haven't talked to him that much either, to be honest, but he seems nice enough.

Yea, it'd be cool if I could bump into him again! I static shocked him the first time we met hehe... [He scratches his cheek and laughs, his eyes slowly wandering around the room. Accessing the environment is definitely important, even not in the wild!]

So where are we....[Annnnd Hibiki wandering eyes finally reach the ceiling. Here in the seemingly bland room--which wasn't bad, he's cool with bland sometimes! Things are hanging out up there. He's just seeing things, right? There really aren't...! He takes a small step back and bites his lip, just in case he screams...or something. Okay, he's not cool with this room at all, nope, nope. So maybe he clutches onto the hem of his shirt a little too tightly and closes his hand around Typhlosion's pokeball.]

[Watanuki starts looking too but the field is huge and with only the three of them looking... that's when he gets an idea.

If Hibiki looks in his direction, he'll see Watanuki disappear into a puff of smoke and almost immediately about half a dozen raccoon dogs spring out of the smoke. They waste no time and run off into different directions.]

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[As if he would notice anything but the fire that's making him sweat bullets. But that's not to saw Arcanine didn't see the bunch of weird small things running around! He's got the idea that this is a game, nevermind the fire--he's immune who cares?--and starts chasing after one.

Is this a joke to you, Arcanine?

Meanwhile Hibiki's been running around, calling for the hoodie (please come back to him) and finally sees the majestic red piece of clothing laying a few feet away. He pushes down the victory whoop in favor of running towards it and avoiding the fire that seems to be closing in. He wonders if Sakuma-nii would be proud his attack could do this much damage....huh he would make a pretty great fire Pokemon.....

The increasing temperature snaps him out of his...weird thoughts and he spins around to look for the guy that helped him and his "faithful" companion. Oop, time to make a run for it.]

I got it!!!!

[The raccoon dog that Arcanine starts chasing gives a squeak of fear before it runs, frantic to get away from the pokemon's terrifying looking teeth. It starts heading towards the stairway because it's in the opposite direction of the fire and it doesn't want to get burned or cornered, thank you very much.

The others seem to have heard Hibiki and they abandon their search, running over to join the boy in his escape instead.]

[More little creatures? Arcanine is a very happy dog, getting closer to that one running up the stairs right now. However, a call from his trainer makes him stop and go fetch the poor boy. Not that said boy would ever know that's how Arcanine saw it....he was just glad he got his clothes back. Leaping onto the pokemon's back, the two made their way to the exit in record time.

Arcanine, of course keeping his eyes on the last of the little running things as they disappeared past the door.]

Whoooo! Made it!

[When he gets through the doors though, the raccoon dogs are gone and Watanuki is back, standing just inside with his arm crossed and looking not very impressed. Part of it is probably because he's grumpy he just got chased by some weird animal but also partly because the floor they're on now, 58, freaks him out a bit.

He's been through it before but that doesn't mean he's used to the corpses hanging from the rafters above and he does his best to not look up.]

What the hell were you thinking?

Yaho--huh? [Hibiki stops mid "yahooooo" and his arms freeze in the air, still on top of Arcanine. If the other kid wasn't so serious face this would've been kinda funny. Kinda.]

What do you mean? I had to get my hoodie!! And look, I did! [He slides off the big dog and holds up the innocent clothing. So red and uncharred, just the way he liked it.]

Did you really? How did you accomplish that? [Morty chuckles a bit too, simply because giving someone an electric shock upon first meeting is such a Hibiki thing to do. For all of the misery that has been brought into this Tower, for the first time Morty feels quite grateful that other people have been brought here; selfish as it was, to have Hibiki and John around made him feel that Johto still wasn't quite gone.]

...Oh? Is something wrong, Hibiki?

[Morty looks up.]

[ ... ]

[Excitedly:] Oh, there are corpses up there!

[He lets out a few sputters, but nothing that coherent since, newsflash, Hibiki's kinda of terrified at the moment. He inches closer to Morty--why was he so chill with it anyway? And then he remembers, Oh, ghosty things. He wants to hide behind him, but at the same time he's yelling at himself they can't do anything, he's down here, they're up there...uwehhhhhhh.

Looks like Morty'll have to wait for his story.]

Well, yeah, going back into the fire to just look for a hoodie is kinda dumb but why'd you have to go and play with fire in the first place?

Hey, hey! I've got some pretty important stuff in this hoodie! [Hibiki holds it close to his chest, subtly patting the pockets to make sure its contents were safe.]

Annnnd I didn't think it would get that out of control, honest! We did it a bunch of times before and nothing like that ever happened, right Arcanine? [bark bark] On the bright-side I finally got the move down! Kekeke!!

[Watauki rubs at his temples. Is this kid for real?]

You're shooting fire out in a place full of grass, how can you not think something would go wrong? Luckily this tower is indestructible or the rest of us would be in trouble.

[Finally though he seems to notice that Arcanine isn't something one sees commonly, at least where he's from.]

What is that thing anyway? A demon?

[Although it doesn't look like any demon he's seen before so he's not entirely sure.]

Well nii-chan did it! Or something similar anyway, it was a one time thinggg! Will never happen again! Promise, kekeke. [Scouts honor, weird guy! He even salutes for added effect.

And ah, the question. Hibiki's not even surprised, hardly anyone here knew about Pokemon! But how does he even go about explaining it...]

De...mon? What's that? Arcanine's a poke--well he's uh. He's my friend! [nailed it.]

He must be a terrible brother if he's teaching you how to burn the place down. [And he just gives the boy an unbelieving look when he salutes.] Well, not that the tower can actually burn down but it's still reckless and you could have gotten hurt or hurt someone else. [Wait a minute. Why is he the one lecturing the kid anyway? Even if his brother seems pretty unreliable.]

A demon's kinda like the monsters they have here. [Yeah, friend is a totally good answer :/] Did you tame him or something? He's not attacking anything.

Kinda, if you put it that way! But that terrible nii-chan taught me how to play soccer, that's why I "burned the place down!" I.....I wanted to show him what I learned. But...I haven't seen him in a while......he'll show up eventually though, right, boy? [He smiles and pets Arcanine on the head; it really relaxed him (as he was being totally grilled by a kid that looked his age) and gave him a little reassurance that something was there with him.]

Arcanine only attacks when I tell him to! And I guess I tamed him, I raised and trained him since he was a little pup, keke! I'm glad I have him here. [...] You wanna pet him? He won't bite!

[He doesn't get what's so great about being taught to play soccer but more importantly--] What does soccer have to do with burning things?

[Also he's kinda reluctant when it comes to petting strange things even if the boy who claims to have raised it says it won't bite especially since he saw it shoot fire not too long ago.] I'd rather not touch it.

Ah--huh, I really have no idea. But nii-chan explained it to me, uh what was it again..uh..hiss..hissatsu!! Yeah, that! Mine just happened to include fire, ehehe.

Aw come on! He's totally harmless!! And look at all this fluffiness, you won't see anything else like it! [Just call him Hibiki, number one salesman! He makes a strange face that kinda looks like a cross between sleepy and "come hither," but overall looks weird. Not to mention he's taken to petting Arcanine's head like a villain would his pet cat--except Arcanine's a dog and maybe ten times the size? It's an offer you can't refuse, really.]

Nothing you're saying really makes sense. Hissatsu? Is your brother a video game character or something???

[And Watanuki makes a face. Sorry Hibiki but he's not sold.] No, I'm very sure I don't want to touch that thing. I'm a delinquent so I don't do things like petting things even if they're fluffy.

Hmmm, I dunno, but he's as cool as one! [Really, Sakuma-nii is the best, he only wishes hhe could find him right now!

Hibiki tries--keyword tries--to muffle his laughter behind his hand. A delinquent? That or maybe he's laughing cause he he said delinquent and fluffy in the same sentence. Yeah.] You kinda remind me of my bes- my friend!

[Wow, he definitely caught on to that muffled laughter so he starts scowling.] That kid sounds unfortunate.

Heheh, he's a huge grump, kinda like you! [Wait, that didn't sound right...but he really was grumpy!]

In a good way, ya know? Like that aw, all you need is a hug kinda grumpy!

[???????]

We're nothing alike then because I definitely don't need a hug.

Awwww, don't say that! C'mere, yooooouuuuuuu!!! Lemme give my savior a hug! [And with that, he pounces, laughing all the way.]

What the hell?!

[Sorry but Watanuki ducks out of the way. Not this time, buddy.]

Don't touch me!!

[Does this guy really think that'll stop him? A hug will really do some good! After all, it worked on Silver after a while...heh. Hibiki wonders if he should get his Ampharos to use stun spore and the hug the guts out of this guy, decisions, decisions.

Nah, it's more fun to chase after him.] Savior-saaaaaaan!!!

[Aaaand off he goes, running up the stairs.]

Didn't you hear me? Go away!

[If he had known the kid would be this much trouble he would have let him burn.

Okay, no he wouldn't but still. He doesn't need this right now.]

Eh, don't leave me behind! Come one, boy! [He calls out to Arcanine as he's running up the stairs. This feels familiar..almost like...he was back home....ah this guy was just like Silver; that really didn't help.]

One small hug isn't going to hurt you, it might even help!!

Maybe if I needed one, which I don't so just stop!!

[Still running--! Does this kid know the meaning of the concept "give up?"]

Haha, what if I just want to give you one, huh?? Go Arcanine, stop him in his tracks! [Arcanine barks in compliance and leaps over the blond boy--wait Hibiki didn't even know his name! He'll have to changed that soon. Anyway, Arcanine lept and is currently blocking the path with his ginormous self, looking all too pleased.] Haha!

[Joke's on you, but Watanuki has a trick or two up his sleeve.

There's a small pop and suddenly smoke surrounds him. Half a second later, a tanuki runs out of the smoke and weaves through Arcanine's legs to the other side. Once he makes it through, he transforms back and continues running up the stairs.]

I don't want any hugs. At all!

[Hibiki makes a whining noise, just come here!! He shouts a quick apology and returns Arcanine; sending out Ampharos seems like a pretty good idea now..............or he could just do something totally reckless like jump and tackle the other boy! 50% no wait, maybe 74% chance of getting hurt, but that's where the fun lies! Ready..steady...go!!!!!]

Hibiki! Hibiki, calm down. They're just bodies.

[Man, COME ON.]

[Aaaaand Hibiki manages to latch onto his legs, good job! Watanuki's still moving forward thanks to his momentum and since his legs are trapped, he only has one way to go-- he falls forward and hits his face against the edge of a stair.]

Shit, fuck!

[In pain, he curls up as best as he can, hands clutching at his forehead.]

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