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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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[Mori was confused by where he was, but that confusion wore off after he saw a familiar face.

Or rather, smelled a familiar scent. Although he hadn't been able to locate Mitsukuni in the sudden rush of people (which made him more than a little worried), he knew he had to check in with his other friends though. The scent he picked up was one he couldn't ignore.

Which is why Mori came up from behind Hikaru and tapped him on the shoulder.]

Find your own place to stay. Not a charity service!

[He's already saying it as he turns around. ~~Someone's as friendly and helpful and warm and giving as ever.~~ But when he sees who it is, his eyes widen a bit. Then, he grins.]

Mori-senpai!

[At one moment he was enjoying the company of princesses in the Third Music Room and the next moment, he was surrounded by people who didn't know. What's more, from a beautiful flower-filled scene brought about by a spring afternoon, he was now surrounded with towering mountains filled with the snow of a winter morning.

Tamaki did not complain about it. Instead he looked around curiously whilst wearing his school uniform. He was so amazed at the view, that he did not notice a familiar student standing right in front of him. He just kept walking until he suddenly bumped against Hikaru.]

Ah..sorry...

[So. many. people.

Which, okay. Was more interesting than this place usually was. But it also meant things were a lot more crowded without any sort of decent warning, and that was just annoying.

He's kind of tempted to grab Kaoru and just shut themselves up in their apartment until this ends or is settled or something and call in a few favors to get food delivered.

And then, for what has to be the third time today, someone knocks into him. So, well. It's not a happy Hikaru who rounds on them:]

What is it with people? Can't you watch--

[But he stops mid-sentence. Because he's realized who he's talking to, and his eyes just widen.]

[What met Hikaru was a usual and innocent smile. It was Hikaru after all. So he was here in this beautiful place too.]

Did I approve a Winter Club Activity some time ago? Because it seems like Kyouya brought us here...

...and I haven't seen Kyouya anywhere!

Um--

[Weird. Weird, weird, weird. Good weird. Because if Tamaki's here, maybe the others are, too?]

Kyouya-senpai isn't here.

[...Or maybe he is, now. Or--

Okay, okay. One step at a time.

He already found his clothes. That's a good thing. Now. To break it to him and watch him really freak out.]

Um. Milord? You seen the wings yet?

Are you sure about that?

...he's usually somewhere quiet. He has to be...[He'd never leave Tamaki alone.]

...wings?

...what wings?

[He said afraid to look behind him or behind Hikaru.]

Not like this place cares about how things should be.

[His muttering is just a bit bitter. Small, tiny touch. Because he's never going to be okay with how long he was away from Kaoru, how many times he told everyone that Kaoru would be there in a few days because he simply had to be.

Because Kaoru would never leave him all alone.

But it's easier to focus on the second part. To tell himself the total freak out would be funny. So, he circles around Tamaki and pokes his back, figuring the jacket is just over--

Nope. Which leads to a lot more touching. Feeling along his back.]

You don't have them?! How'd you get out of that?! No fair!

[To prove his point, he takes off his thicker -- winter appropriate -- coat and turns to show his. Small wings, now dyed a very plain shade of beige.]

The rest of us got stuck with them!

What do you mean by that?

[He felt the sudden poking, and he wondered what that was all about. He quickly twirled towards Hikaru and gave him a confused look.

...

And then he sees Hikaru's wings.]

Are those supposed to be wings?

Yeah, yeah. They're kind of lame. You can't even fly with them.

[Not the important issue, though. What matters is the fact that Tamaki does not have them.]

BUT WHY DON'T YOU HAVE ANY?! THAT IS NOT COOL.

What?

[There was a momentary pause before he bursts out into laughter. He doesn't want to be rude, but this was simply too funny.]

Wings are for flying..hahaha.. and yet you can't fly??

[Then there was another long pause. No more laughter. He was now confused with Hikaru's statement.]

...that's because I've never had wings to begin with.

People who come here get wings. Show up, get wings. That's the way it works.

So what's up with this?!

[This is so weird. But. Okay. Okay. There's three of them now. But. But were any of the others here?]

Have you seen anybody else from home?

[This was just too weird for the lonely prince. Why was Hikaru talking this way?

He goes nearer to Hikaru, holds his shoulders and shakes him a bit.]

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

What is this talk about wings, and getting it when arriving here? Where is here? And why are talking about home? Is Kaoru not with you?

This isn't home!

[Hikaru shouts it. He can't help it.]

We've been kidnapped! Everyone here has! It took me three months to find Kaoru! Before they brought him here!

This isn't home!

[He doesn't know how to explain it. Doesn't understand how it.]

[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.

[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...?

[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?

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.

[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?

...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.

[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.

[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?

[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.

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.

[What. The. Hell.

This Hikaru is not especially pleased right now - with anything. He looks a little bedraggled in the school pants he's been wearing on and off for the last two weeks, and the sleeves of his shirt have been masterfully removed and re-formed into pockets where he's carrying an assortment of items that wouldn't be considered 'useful' off of a ship. His hair, dyed a dark ash colour, hasn't seen any product treatment for fourteen whole days now, but is still arranged artfully - albeit limply - because he has standards thank you, and walking around without paying even a little bit of attention to your looks should be a sin.

This is the second time he's wound up somewhere ridiculous, and he is far beyond 'sick of it'. Don't know where your favourite seats are, other-Hikaru, but you can bet when you try to go to one of them, this guy is going to be in it, head in his hands, and stewing in anger.]

[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.]

OUT!

[He is done being patient and polite. ~~Not that he ever was.~~ But this is his seat in Celsius Tear. A nice little two-seater by the window, perfect for him and Kaoru to sit and ignore the rest of the idiots here with their nice teas.

So someone sitting there -- the hair color is enough, right now, to throw him off from realizing anything is very wrong -- pisses him off. The fact that this someone doesn't have wings just makes him more angry. Because how come he didn't get to miss out on that?!]

That is our table. SO MOVE!

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.

Get your own damn table! Can't you see this one's taken?! [He snaps before looking up. His eyes are narrowed into a glare, ready to chew out whoever the hell it is that thinks they can boss him around. He is not in the mood to be taking anyone's crap right now.

What he sees sends him reeling though, and completely obliterates his nasty look.]

Kao--? [nooooooooooo, that's not Kaoru. He stops himself before the first syllable finishes leaving his mouth - if that's Kaoru, he'll eat his own damn socks. But, if it's not Kaoru...? He was definitely Hikaru, so the one who looked like him had to be Kaoru, right?! But this--no way. No way. He knows Kaoru, and this - this is not Kaoru. His confusion and shock result in words flying out of his mouth before he even has time to process anything.]

Who the hell are you?!

[A clone?! Maybe a triplet? What if it was a crazed fan who spent millions on plastic surgery to look just like them?!]

[..................

This is not Kaoru. This is definitely not Kaoru.

But the one who is not him is Kaoru. But this isn't Kaoru. So this is...]

Who the hell are you?!

[It's perfectly timed, perfectly pitched. Which is actually what's terrifying.

So he jumps back.]

CLONE! CYBORG! DEMON!

[One of those things have to be true.]

[That's unnerving! Stop talking at the same time as him! In perfect synch, Hikaru is firing his own accusations, eyes wide.]

CLONE! BODYSNATCHER! ALIEN!

[In an effort to say something out of time...]

TOP-SECRET GOVERNMENT EXPERIMENT?!

[Every word said in synch just freaks him out more.]

No! No, no, no, no.

I put up with wings! I AM NOT PUTTING UP WITH THIS!

[But there's nothing to do. It just keeps STARING at him. With its wrong hair and exact voice and winglessness.

There's nothing else to do. Nothing else he can hope for. So he does the one thing he has always been able to rely upon when he's in trouble:]

KAORU!!!!

Kaoru's probably still stuck on the ship, you know-nothing body-double! [He stands up in anger, pointing his finger in accusation at the clone.] Who the hell do you think you are?!

[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.

[This is starting to really frighten the host club king. So he takes Hikaru's shoulders in his hands and shakes him a few times.]

If this is another joke, its not funny Hikaru!!!

[how about a certain familiar face obliviously walking by hikaru (and kaoru?)]

Geez, they really pulled out everything they've got for this event. It feels like the room got so much bigger... And I don't even want to know how much this cost. I just wish they would have let me know they were doing this beforehand...

[Yep she thinks this is just a stunt pulled by the host club. Don't mind her walking on by and grumbling to herself.]

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I SAW EVERYTHING XD

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