40th Sphere (backdated to Saturday morning after the event)

[child_abuser]

[Jecht wakes up with a gasp safe and sound in his own bed - well, the one he's been calling his own for the past couple of months, at least.  For some reason, Yuugi isn't there passed out drunk next to him like she usually is, but that isn't the first thing on his mind.  Growling and rubbing at where he'd been stabbed in the neck the night previous

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Annnnnnnd action!

[thelittlecanary]

[Look who came running when she heard he'd been killed.] Jecht!!

[child_abuser]

[Looks up from lounging in his favorite lawn chair to see Garnet running down the street toward his house. This is met largely with a sigh.]

"Garnet..."

[thelittlecanary]

[Plops down on her knees in the sand beside him, shooting him a look of concern. He seems to be alright, but the dread she's feeling is hard to shake.] What happened last night?

[child_abuser]

"...I woke up in a hotel room with a woman I'd never met before, we ate dinner, I took a nap, and the next thing I know she's stabbin' me in the neck with the silverware."

[He recounts it all rather matter-of-factly, but the look on his face clearly reveals that he's still pretty pissed about it.]

[thelittlecanary]

That witch! [Her look of worry pinches slightly, and she's looking irritated now, too. As soon as he mentions getting a fatal neck wound, she's looking him over, healer's instincts taking over. She cups his jaw with her fingers and tilts his chin gently to the side to get a better look at his throat, brow furrowing when she cannot find a trace of his injury.] But there's no sign of your wound now...

[child_abuser]

[Shakes his head and shrugs.]

"That's how it is here. When you die, you just wake up the next morning, good as new. She's tryin' to use that to lie and say she never killed me at all - that I just dreamed the whole thing up."

[thelittlecanary]

[Releases Jecht and settles down in the sand beside him, placing her hands in her lap.] Who is she?

[child_abuser]

Never met her before last night. Her name's Banika Conchita. Little bit shorter than me, red hair, kinda uppity. Really not much to tell. I don't even know where she lives.

[thelittlecanary]

[Tries to picture his description of this woman.] ...I can't say that I've ever met her before. [And chances are she never will, if Jecht has anything to say about it. She goes quiet, pursing her lips and hugging her knees.] ...Do you know someone named Mukuro?

[child_abuser]

Well if you see her, just stay the hell away. Don't need anything like that happenin' to you too, okay? Mukuro, though... nope, don't think I know that name. Why?

[thelittlecanary]

Alright, I'll be careful. [And she pauses yet again, wondering exactly how she's going to describe Mukuro to Jecht without worrying him.] I've spoken with him over the phone a couple of times. I...think he could use some help. [UNDERSTATEMENT OF THE YEAR]

[child_abuser]

[Jecht raises an eyebrow.]

"What kinda help?"

[thelittlecanary]

He...isn't right in the head. [Well, now that she brought it up, it'd be stupid of her to tell him half-truths.] He threatened to kill me, and himself. He's also the one who kidnapped a young girl a few weeks ago.

[child_abuser]

"He what."

[Sits up, gritting his teeth angrily. No. No fucking way is that happening. Not after he just got stabbed himself. No one is going to fuck with his summoner.]

"Where's this kid live? I'll beat some sense into him."

[thelittlecanary]

Jecht, wait! [She doesn't even know how she's going to present her plan without further angering him, so she flounders, lips pressed together in a thin line.] ...

[child_abuser]

Wait? For what? 'Till he makes good on his threat to kill you? 'Cause if what happened to me last night is any clue, he might do just that.