Animal or Vegetable? [Incomplete, Closed]

[machitobaye]

Characters: Machi Tobaye, Itsuki Koizumi
Setting: Catacombs, Morgue
Time: Day 003, Unknown Afternoon
Summary: Machi finds a morgue, Koizumi finds a morgue, Raile does some backlog because it's been bugging the HELL out of him.
Warnings: Some creepiness.

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[facetooclose]

It was a little disgruntling that a child would be so incredulous about his map. Granted, it was unlikely to be actually helpful. But he didn't expect a boy so young to be so eager to brush off the endeavor as useless. Koizumi hadn't acquired that sort of cynicism until he was at least- ah- well, that is- perhaps Koizumi wasn't the best example to use after all. The point was, your average child should not be this cynical.

"I'm trying, yes." His indignation didn't show through his perfect smile, but it may have seeped into his voice, despite his best efforts. He took the map back from Machi and put it in his pocket. "I hope that, in making an accurate map of the house, I will be able to find any hidden rooms or passageways, and in the best case scenario, an exit."

He wasn't sure what to make of Machi's slow, careful speech. It was possible that the boy was just struggling to speak Japanese. However, the cautious side of him interpreted the broken explanation as evasive. The boy had also been very quick to put the body away once he saw Koizumi. The kid was sort of suspicious-

Oh, for god's sake, no he wasn't. Machi was a child, he reminded himself. Life at the Organization was just making him paranoid. He couldn't wait for Haruhi to stabilize and rid him of this ridiculous double life. He was slowly becoming the Organization expected him to be, and who Haruhi expected to be, and neither were who he thought he was before.

"Yes, it wasn't here before," Koizumi said. "It's certainly odd, how the house can build upon itself. And where do you suppose the bodies came from? They don't look fresh."