[catchall] Izutsumi

[sixillusions]

Either they'll get along fabulously or it'll be this

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Week 0, Monday

[sixillusions]

[I have no idea how we're going to get CR when we're both feral cats but it's fine IT'S FINE

Kanda is existing...!! He's in his normal clothes with his hair in a ponytail and a sheathed sword in hand. The word falling can be seen on the back of his hand as he stands with his arms crossed, frowning at the plaque with his name on it. Why this.]

[nyas]

[ WE HAVE TO TRY

izutsumi is also existing in her default clothes. stares at the plaque, then at him. well more like the word on his hand. ]

What are you doing?

[sixillusions]

[IZUTSUMIIIIII I SCRITCH HER LITTLE EARS!!!!!

He glances at her, then back at the plaque.]

I don't want my name here. [This isn't his house. Why this]

[nyas]

Then destroy it.

[ THAT'S NOT HOW IT WORKS ]

[sixillusions]

[No he thinks that's a good idea actually

He taps it experimentally with the edge of his sword. Nothing happens... it does not budge.]

Tch.

WEEK 0, SUNDAY POST-EXE.

[nyas]

[ this cat is mostly vibing, but watching kanda curiously. he is a mixture of 0 to 100 with feelings. YOU STILL AGGRO, BOY? ]

[sixillusions]

[He... is not! Once Boothill's body burns away, Kanda immediately strides away from the execution, sheathing his sword as he goes. He makes his way away from the crowd, heading towards the woods! She can follow if she wants? Or he'll probably come back eventually. Whichever.]

[nyas]

[ sure, she's curious enough to follow him as he heads towards the woods, and it doesn't look like he's SUPER SAD and or UPSET. so no feelings to deal with. maybe, who knows. ]

[sixillusions]

[It's true, he doesn't look sad or upset! He does look... distracted, a little, like he has things on his mind, but he certainly isn't about to burst into tears.

He heads off just until he hits the fog borderline, where he'll settle in to start doing some sword forms, running through them. He seems pretty comfortable navigating the space without getting too close to the fog, which is probably because he's been out here doing this every day like a loser with no other hobbies.]

[nyas]

[ oh my god it's just sword fighting routines

she's about to cry over how boring he is, damn. she just lounges high up in a tree and lets him do that HELP. ]

[sixillusions]

[She's so valid

Eventually, if she hangs around long enough, he'll call out.]

Do you want something?

[She's not distracting him so he won't care if she says "no" and just continues to hang, but it's worth asking.]

[nyas]

[ yeah, she'll hang out enough. beats going back and running into someone feeling emotional after what happened today and the day before okay. ]

No, not really.

[ that sure is her answer, she yawns a little before she stretches. ]

Quieter out here. Less people.

[sixillusions]

Mm.

[Agreed... this is why he's out here all the time. Imagine being social and wanting to talk about feelings. What does he look like, a blond architect?

But that also means he's just quietly going to go back to what he's doing... sometimes a PC is silent and that's okay. Hilariously this means she's decently high on his list of people he doesn't mind. Bless.]

[nyas]

[ feelings talk..... gross. it's fine that's what lavi is around for.

also this is so funny, IT REALLY IS A SILENT PC. but y'know he's not fighting her or chasing her off so this really is just cat :handshake: cat communication. she will continue to vibe here. ]

WEEK 2, MONDAY.

[nyas]

[ i think it'd be funny if she just came to that same spot she followed him before, the woods with the fog at the edgeline.

maybe he's practicing his sword stuff for a bit or whatever he's doing but she'll pipe up from where she's perched on a tree branch. ]

Hey. If I tell you my monster, tell me yours?

[sixillusions]

[Yeah he's probably out here. Further than before, knowing what's going on this week, and a little more tense with her being here this time because of it, but not enough to throw off his routine and leave, at least not yet.

Anyway, flatly:]

No.

[nyas]

[ UGHHH, frankly she expected this anyways but her tail STILL lashes with a pin back of her ears -- ]

Why not? Don't you have something to wish for? Or is it because of that whole tied-connection thing?

[sixillusions]

[SHE REALLY ASKED THE MOST ANTISOCIAL PERSON HERE... IZUTSUMI PLEASEEE

And to make it worse, his tone is utterly unmoved by her frustration.]

I don't want anything.

[nyas]

[ LISTEN, DON'T QUESTION HER DECISION!!!! ]

Even though the wishes really do work? What about if your partner really needs it?

[sixillusions]

Then they can figure it out however they were going to before they got kidnapped by a cult that wants to feed them to a god. If they don't die first.

[nyas]

What if there is no way back home for them? This solution could be the only possible way.

[sixillusions]

If we can't get home, we'll be dead, so it doesn't matter.

[That's not what she meant Kanda]

[nyas]

[ It's ok she speaks her mind anyways ]

I mean the wish! We'll definitely get back home, the horned Seers said they would help us with that, but the wish upgrade might be the only possible thing that can fix the person that needs it.

[ wow izutsumi don't sound like it's personal ]

[sixillusions]

That's not my problem.

[OKAY,]

[nyas]

Okay, well, what if partnerships is needed to get back home?

[ SHE IS QUICKLY RUNNING OUT OF IDEAS HERE OBVIOUSLY ]

[sixillusions]

[Just looks at her like ???]

That doesn't even make sense. [Local man doesn't understand murdergames, potential endgame requirements]

[nyas]

That's how stupid magic works. It never makes sense!

[ is that even correct. anyways she moves in a stance. ] Fine, we can do it a different way, I'll fight you and if I win--

[ nah, it's shadows ensnaring them both for memory time. ]

[sixillusions]

[Holds sweet Izutsumi up like simba

The memory plays out, and it's difficult to tell what Kanda thinks about it, if anything at all in that memory resonated with him or not. He doesn't bother pretending like he didn't see it, because they're both so blatantly thrown into it, but his face is unreadable. When it ends, he simply responds to what she was saying before like nothing happened.]

No.

[nyas]

[ don't do that, she's a stinky gremlin

and honestly, no reaction is better than a reaction when some people would probably apologize or be sad at her and she can't handle those emotions. but also she just grits her fangs at him. TCH. ]

Then just give me the first letter at least! So I can move on!

[sixillusions]

You can move on now. You're wasting your time.

[Perhaps there are one or two things that might get him to change his stance, but--for now, he's not budging.]

Week 5, Thursday

[sixillusions]

[I assume that he noticed or heard about this at some point even though it would be really funny if he didn't

Unfortunately he didn't bring fish. He sucks. But he's here to see if she's alive... where is our catte!!!]

[nyas]

[ HOSPITAL BABY, though she doesn't look or seem to recognize him when he enters the room, her ears do perk at the sound and she seems exhausted, tired but also guarded since she can't flippen see so she has to ask but ]

..Who.

[sixillusions]

[OUR SWEET BLIND CAT!!!! SILLY CAT DON'T YOU KNOW THAT NOT SEEING THINGS IS FOR A TRIO OF MICE WHO ARE REALLY INTO AEROBIC EXERCISE]

Kanda. [He won't stay long, at least; he's mostly just making sure she's not falling to pieces. He's terrible at comfort and doesn't usually ask personal questions, though these adventures are a little different.] Are your memories okay?

[His were fucked up and so were Caelus's, so he has to ask.]

[nyas]

[ PIXI WHAT DOES THIS MEAN ]

Ah. [ there's a brief blip of surprise at that. to be fair, she's not good at comfort either, but she began to think that just maybe he wanted to know about what they went through. but that question comes and she doesn't say anything

her emotions are... conflicted. guilty. hollow. ] I don't know. We spent our whole life over there that it gets... but I know it ain't real.

[ there's the slight bit hesitation though. ]

[sixillusions]

[It was a three blind mice joke that I made really convoluted for no reason

He frowns a little.]

Your... whole life?

[nyas]

[ YOU KNOW, YOU TRIED. unfortunately i am stupid

a nod, though she reaches to try and scratch at one of her ears as she talks ]

S'what it felt like, and we had memories to back it up? I guess. I remember my childhood on that land, growing up, what I did for a living and stuff.. remember the.. family I made there with people. Just a whole made-up life.

[sixillusions]

[LMFKJSHGKH IT'S OKAY IT MADE NO SENSE

But wow this sounds super fucked up. Damn. He already hated seeing his loved ones die on his CYOA--he can't imagine how pissed he'd be to return from one and find out that his wholeass life was a lie. That's already his reality he doesn't need it on CYOA too.]

Do you--know them? Your... family. [In reality, he means, if she can tell.]

Week 6, Monday

[sixillusions]

[Only a cat in personality this time

But also do you want to do a silly shitpost AU memory!!! I can come up with one if you'd like

Otherwise he is here--either in the dojo running through his morning exercises, or carefully poking around the new places. He can be at the new clothing store if you prefer that!!]

[nyas]

[ HAVE FUN AND GIVE ONE IF YOU SO DESIRE give me tasty pixi AU writing

they can poke around together, given she's checking out the new store curiously ] --Any weird curse to it?

[sixillusions]

Doesn't look like it--

[Kanda finishes his stretches in the locker room alone. Outside, he can hear the roar of the crowd, and the smell of chlorine permeates the air. The floor is damp beneath his bare feet, but he prefers it that way. It's like being connected to the waters of the earth.

Izutsumi pokes her head in. She's dressed in a full-body swimsuit, scuba-style. Her cat ears poke through her swim cap, and she still has cat feet, but she's lacking a tail, for some reason. "Hurry up, slowpoke! Everyone's waiting on you!"

Briskly, Kanda nods, puts his own swim cap on, and moves to follow her.

This is it. They're finally here... at nationasl.]

[nyas]

What were those clothes. What were we doing?

[ WHAT IN THE DING DONG IS THIS NATIONASL AU - not her exact words, but the confusion is as clear as day. ]

[sixillusions]

[HE ALSO LOOKS SO DEEPLY CONFUSED]

I... [????] Swimming?

[HE CAN'T SWIM]