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[Clove is around town for the two days. She can be found in the woods for part of the 25th, but the 26th, she'll stick around, try and see what's up with the new people. Migration of new people has been weird, but... this is something else.

She'll probably take up a sort of "camp" at the bakery. Because sweets and familiar setting.]



[Faith will continue her usual rounds, running errands. When she notices newcomers? Well, she'll do her best to help, and, come the second day, the table outside her apartment building is back outside, her stew pot ready and bread cooking inside.

She'll feed those who come looking for it.]



[Robert notices the change quickly. New people in quite a decent number, all of them quite different. So, well. He'll be speaking to as many as possible, trying to understand what is going on and why. Because of that, he'll be around almost anywhere in town.]



[Hikaru sees one thing with this: unfamiliar faces. Too many of them.

He'll still go out, but he'll mostly be found with Kaoru. Sometimes he might be a few feet from his brother but rarely more than that. He won't be too friendly, especially if his usual seats are taken by strangers.]



[Norman doesn't get out much. Maybe about an hour or two each day. His ribs are healing, and he's trying to keep moving a little bit, but... For the most part, he's still down for the count. If he's out and about? He'll be moving slow, being careful, and just maybe striking up a few conversations with the new "figments of imagination" or whatever the hell these things are.]


(Catch-all post for the fourth wall event! Anyone you want during the event, just tag here with that in the header, and I'll respond accordingly!)

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[mukuchi]

[WHAT A WAY TO GREET A-- oh. Mori's face doesn't change any, but he tilts his head in a way that asks if Hikaru is okay because he sounds super crabby. Also he raises his hand to say hi back before pointing at his side where his usual companion is conspicuously missing.]

Mitsukuni is missing.

[hikaruorkaoru]

[Oh.

Oh.

Ah. Well.

Hikaru stares for a moment, blinks a bit, then:]

I'm sure he's around.

[He won't tell his senior student that he was here for three months before Kaoru came.]

Do you... want me to help... look for him...?

[mukuchi]

[With all these people here, it's throwing his sense of smell off and Mori nods. Help would be good. Help is always good.

Also it might make Hikaru less crabby. He points to the open spot next to him.]

Kaoru?

[hikaruorkaoru]

He's here!

[...Though. Okay. Okay. Need to tell him.

Deep breath, bowed head, brace self, look up.

Then:]

...Sometimes...

This place is really weird.

Sometimes people don't all come at the same time.

[mukuchi]

[Kaoru is here...sometimes? Are they playing a trick on him? Mori tilts his head. Does he mean the chauffeurs are late? Because that's a thing. Normally Mori would be the one to go pick up Mitsukuni, but he wasn't even sure how he got here himself so it's not all that unusual that the family drivers would have gotten here at different times.

It's a pretty rural place they got taken to though. Mori looks around.]

Theme park?

[hikaruorkaoru]

...Kidnapped, actually.

[As weird as all this is. As impossible as it is.

That's the only way to explain it.]

They've been doing it for months. With all of us? One by one.

[mukuchi]

[Kidnapped? Months? One by one?

Mori's demeanor instantly changes into that of the guardian dog and he frowns, standing more at attention than before. Kidnappers - it would make sense. Individually, they were all worth millions at the very least. Get all of them, however, and you'd practically be holding Japan's economy in your hands. He turns to Hikaru and, in all seriousness, says:]

We leave now. Get Kaoru.

[hikaruorkaoru]

[If anyone could get them out -- could take on the Malnosso and whatever else weird shit is here -- it's Mori-senpai.

But. A thought occurs.]

...What about the wings? And the... [He hates mentioning this, tries not to. Ever.] And the barcode?

[mukuchi]

[Wings and barcode? ...Wow, in his distraction at having lost Mitsukuni temporarily, he hadn't even noticed them.

He looks over Hikaru for a moment, then thinks. He knows someone at the school should have a family in plastic surgery - all of those things can be removed.]

Surgeon. Talk to someone I know in the Medical College. It'll be okay.

[hikaruorkaoru]

Don't even know how they did it...

[But.

He looks up and tries to manage a smile. Not quite the indomitable Hitachiin spirit, but.

There's a scary sense of hope and worry he hasn't felt. Because he and Kaoru just had to bide time.

...With Mori-senpai here, they had a real chance.]

Kaoru'll be back soon. We'll do a look through the village for anyone else... Then we go.

[mukuchi]

[Mori puts a hand on Hikaru's head, ruffling his hair a little. Don't look so blue, little twin. It'll be okay. Just...keep him away from sharp corners or trapdoors while looking for Mitsukuni and he'll totally protect you. Yup.

He nods and sniffs the air - Kaoru had to be close. The two were never too far away and he's alright with waiting until the other twin returns before starting his search.]

Tamaki.

[He can smell him, too. Faint, but it's here, somewhere.]

[hikaruorkaoru]

Milord?

[Hikaru perks up a little. His favorite victim is a plus.

Though...]

What about Kyouya-senpai? Or Haruhi? ...Though I guess she wouldn't really be worth very much, so they probably wouldn't bother with her.

[mukuchi]

[He sniffs the air again, then shakes his head. He can't pick their scents out of the air, but with all the people around he isn't all that surprised to find it difficult.]

Not sure - too many. [He gestures around them to indicate 'people' - foreign scents, ones he doesn't know and can't fully track or understand.]

Should move when Kaoru gets back.