Can't we just put a bell on him?

[easyopentabs]

WHO: Rue, Duck, Mytho, anyone else who wants to help look
WHERE: Central Park
WHEN: Um, Tuesday.
WARNINGS: Typical crazy heart-stealing poof stuff.
SUMMARY: Following Fakir's direction, Duck and Rue go to Central Park to look for Mytho again, and hopefully prevent him from causing any more damage.
FORMAT: Paragraph, I guess.

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[poorduck]

Duck came by barely a minute later, with high hopes for today's search. She didn't know Ken very well, and although she knew he was a friend of Lyra's she also knew that he had helped a great deal the last time something like this had happened. And he seemed to understand, to a certain extent, what Mytho was going through. After all, she had no doubt that she and Rue would find Mytho. The trick was defeating the Raven Prince once they had.

"Hi, Rue!" she greeted the other girl cheerfully.

[notyetaprince]

Miki had debated on whether or not to bring his fencing sword. On one hand, Ahiru had asked him not to hurt Mytho. On the other hand, the boy was somehow... stealing hearts. He needed to be stopped somehow. While Miki hoped convincing him would be sufficient, and that there wouldn't be any need for violence, in the end, he brought it with him, not to attack Mytho, but to defend others from the boy.

For one others probably would have characterized as a bit of a bookworm, Miki was in surprisingly good shape due to his fencing training regimen, and he reached the park fairly quickly, looking about for Ahiru and Rue and Mytho, hoping he had arrived in time to be of some use.

[digikaiser]

Ken arrived within minutes after hearing what had happened on the coms. A deeply serious look in his icy blue eyes. He was wearing his gray school uniform, a backpack with Wormmon inside slung over his shoulders.

He lowered his head shyly as he noticed Rue and Duck. Slowly waving his hands. "I'm sorry I couldn't have stopped this." he said, sounding somewhat guilty.

[easyopentabs]

Rue nodded in acknowledgement as people came, inwardly scowling at how many people Duck had told. Deep down, she knew they probably did need the help in subduing him, but she had a need to keep this private much stronger than that. She did not speak until Ken came along.

"It isn't anyone's fault," Except mine, she almost said, but she wasn't about to reveal that to these people.

[poorduck]

"I'm the one who should have been paying more attention to Fakir and Mytho." Duck said. She felt like she'd let everyone who'd been involved in the previous incident down.

"Thanks for your help." she told Ken.

[notyetaprince]

Spotting the assembled group, Miki swiftly strode over to the trio. He didn't know Ken, but assumed the other boy was like himself; one of those who answered Ahiru's call for help.

"Ahiru-san. Rue-san."

He nodded to the dark-haired boy in recognition, not quite sure what to call him. Almost subconsciously, Miki slipped a hand into his pocket and clicked his stopwatch. He was nervous, unsure of what to do, despite how calm he seemed on the outside, and the familiar gesture helped him maintain the facade.

[easyopentabs]

Rue, being Rue, very quickly ended up separating from the group, and searching on her own. She had very little luck with this, eventually began to let her mind wander, and inadvertently ended up going in a circle, coming to a place very near where she started. Sighing, she looked up at the sky--and spotting Mytho, sitting in the tree.

"Mytho!" she called loudly.

[poorduck]

Having failed at finding Mytho the last time, Duck was determined to leave no stone unturned. She searched every bush, looked in every trashcan, checked behind every tree. This, however, was not a very efficient method of searching, and so by the time Rue found Mytho, she herself had not strayed very far from the original starting point.

When she heard Rue's call, she ran over. "Rue, have you found him?!" she asked hopefully. She followed her companion's gaze up to the tree.

"Mytho! We don't want to hurt you!" she said.