evening calm oo1 // goodbye, precious life

[bittybrows]

[ A - Action - 912 Bilko Boulevard - morning ]

[When Izumo wakes up, she freezes, staring at the unfamiliar ceiling--the unfamiliar surroundings. She could probably scream or yell or thrash--but now, instantly shocked into alertness, she stays silent but jerks up in her bed, surprised to find her long hair black instead of its usual purple and

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[dualizes]

Unfortunately the operators in this town will be of little to no help for you, Kamiki-san.

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[bittybrows]

[Oh, thank God, a familiar voice.]

Okumura-sensei--?

[bittybrows]

[And then an exasperated sigh.]

At least there's one sane person in all this madness.

[dualizes]

Mm, it certainly helps when things here turn ugly. Either way, welcome to Mayfield the best little 1950s American town you've ever been kidnapped by. ( Ah, even sensei has a degree in sarcasm. )

I don't know why or how we came to all be here but we're stuck with no apparent way out. Besides myself, Rin is here too. ( A beat. ) Though I have to offer a word of warning concerning the next, the Earth King is also here.

[bittybrows]

[Not funny, Yukio, she is legitimately distressed here, okay. 8|]

Earth King... [Aw, shit.] ...you talk like you've been here a while. But didn't you just arrive, too?

[Because obviously if she saw you a few hours ago, you can't have been here long... right?]

Why aren't the others here?

[dualizes]

( Okay, okay. It's serious business from here on out. )

Not at all. I have been here for a while, since the end of August to be exact.

( NOPE. Time shenanigans. )

A good question, but not something I can answer. They seem to choose at random just who and who does not come here.

[bittybrows]

The end of--

But I saw you a few hours ago!

[dualizes]

And I don't doubt you did, but what I said is the truth. From what I've heard, time can be quite strange and that does seem to be the case here.

Kamiki-san, if you don't mind me asking... just what is the last thing you remember before being brought here?

[bittybrows]

[...pausing, because there are certain things you are not supposed to know that include her helping to break Rin out of his prison. 8|]

We were all in Kyoto--trying to stop the Impure King.

[dualizes]

( Just don't put too little faith in him, because really... he was there when Mephisto gave Shura those coats. )

So then, the Impure King had already been revived?

[bittybrows]

[Ah, but Izumo doesn't know that. ♥]

Yes.

[dualizes]

( Exactly. ♥ )

I see... I hope you were all somewhere safe then.

( Because he does generally worry about you exwires and your habit of being shounen protags. )

[bittybrows]

[There's just silence on the other end of the line.]

[dualizes]

( Well, that is definitely not good. )

Kamiki-san, what happened?

[bittybrows]

It's sort of an "all hands on deck" situation.

[dualizes]

An "all hand on deck" situation, was it?

... So it's safe to assume that you were all out in the forest as well. ( A beat. ) It is also safe to assume that this includes my brother?