[The screen flickers to life strangely. A black cat's footsteps, ghostly and patchy are seen for all of a moment, stepping past before simply seeming to vanish. Behind this, Karasu can be seen lying on a bed on his back. That mask is on his face, but loose, now and then displaying a trace of his cheek. He's wearing pants at least, and looks unkempt and underfed. His cloak is gone, and he's clutching a
magenta boy's uniform from a Japanese school. He doesn't seem to mind in the slightest that people might be watching him as he nuzzled the garments shamelessly. ]
Kurama...
[The name is a sigh, full of wistful longing. Black lacquered talons grip at the clothing as he rolls over, onto his chest.]
How you escape me...my beloved...but...you'll be back. Our destinies are entwined...
[A low, mad chuckle escapes him, and an explosion is heard and seen, small but enough to damage the wall, exposing the interior and likely causing the neighboring room to shake.]
You had best return, koibito...I miss you...
[Is that genuine sorrow in his voice? It's gone before you can be sure as he flings himself onto his back once more. There's another explosion, in the next room. Anyone on the 5th floor likely felt that one, as well as heard it]
Your heart will be mine...and it...will taste delicious...
[And those claws rake at the garment, and over himself, leaving reddened welts. Karasu simply laughs, low and mad, with the faintest trace of sorrow somewhere in his voice.]
I'll tear this place apart to find you...