The graceful arrival of Soul Eater-verse Fakir

[queruloussoul]

[[Fakir lands face first in the middle of the street.  He had just swung Ahiru in a wide, powerful arc at their opponent, going in for the kill.  But then--what exactly had happened?  The great hulking monster who's soul he'd been about to collect wasn't there anymore, and neither was Ahiru, which had left him to pitch forward, driven by his own

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[schwanherz]

*Ahiru had been feeling restless. Even since her fight with her Fakir, Devotion had been fidgeting in her chest, wanting to make things right somehow...even if Curiosity and Frustration even now were complaining about how she still didn't know what she did wrong... So, leaving a note outside Rue's door and Moon sleeping on the couch, she had taken her ducky pillow under her arm and decided to go find the house she thought was Fakir's. When she approaches the house, though, she sees another Fakir with green eyes and different clothes in front of it, standing in front of the window as if waiting for something. Blinking with Curiosity, she makes her way over.* ...Hello.

[queruloussoul]

[[And that would be the voice of his moronic weapon. Fakir turns to chew her out.]]

You! What the hell were you thinking, leaving in the middle of a battle?! I was about to--

[[He pauses. Ahiru is dressed differently than she was before, and she appears to be toting a ... stuffed duck?]]

What the hell are you wearing? Did you leave battle to change clothes

[schwanherz]

*Ahiru blinks in surprise.* ...Battle? *This Fakir was fighting somebody? Why? Was he fighting ravens? She adjusts her grip on the ducky pillow so that it rests a bit more over her yellow-shirted chest, and tries to explain.* ...I got them from the closet, back at the house. I'm sorry, but I'm...not who you think I am, Other-Fakir: this town...it has a lot of people who look alike...

Sorry, this one can be especially stubborn. xD

[queruloussoul]

The house ... ? [[Fakir's normal Ahiru scowl turns into a deeper one.]] Stop talking nonsense! I don't know what you're going on about, but we don't have time for it!

XD Haha, Ahiru won't care. Her Fakir is similarly stubborn.

[schwanherz]

*Ahiru frowns a bit more, Sorrow rippling in her eyes as she tries to explicate again.* This town has a lot of people who look like us and have our names, but are not us...like there's an Ahiru that's a vampire, and a Fakir that's a Goblin King, and a Rue that doesn't have a heart...and a lot of others too! They were taken from their worlds too.

xD Then I guess she's prepared.

[queruloussoul]

Look, I don't know what you're going on about, but we have more important things to worry about. I can't reach Shinigami-sama, Ahiru. I don't know what's going on, but it can't be good.

[schwanherz]

*Ahiru tilts her head to the left, a bit confused.* "Shinigami-sama"? *She'd never heard of anyone named that before... She doesn't feel Frustration necessarily yet, but her voice does grow a bit firmer with the emotion brushing up against Sorrow.* Other-Fakir, I told you: you were taken to this town. No one's been able to get out or contact anybody outside of it.

[queruloussoul]

Yes, Shinigami-sama. The one who decided I should put up with you. Remember him?

[[Fakir's scowl deepens again.]] What's with calling me "other?" And what are you going on about?

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[schwanherz]

*Ahiru shakes her head, her eyes still sad but gaining a frustrated edge.* Mm-mm...there's no Shinigami-sama where I'm from. I haven't met anyone called that here, either.

[schwanherz]

Because you're not the Fakir I know. The Fakir from my world has red eyes, and he dances with me. He's been here for a while. *She adjusts her grip around her ducky pillow so that she can reach her other arm out to bring it around the other Fakir's arm, like she does with her Fakir.* ...But I could help you find the Ahiru you know, if you want.

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[queruloussoul]

[[Fakir stares for a moment. Why is she being so ... passive? And why does she keep acting like she doesn't know anything?]]

... What's wrong with you? Did the monster do something to you to make you this way? What am I supposed to do about this?

[queruloussoul]

[[Fakir automatically twists out of Ahiru's grasp. What's that all about? Since when does she touch him?]]

Gah! What's wrong with you?!

Nice going, you made Sweethearts give you the sad eyes.

[schwanherz]

*Ahiru is startled by the other Fakir yanking out of her hold, and Loneliness ripples through her despite herself, making her eyes quite sad as she looks up at him.* ...Nothing's wrong with me, Other-Fakir. I...just want to help you find your Ahiru...because it feels cold, when you're alone...

*cries* It's too bad this Fakir is only going to get even more weirded out.

[queruloussoul]

[[Fakir just looks at her warily. There must really be something wrong with her. She wasn't in her right mind. But what was he supposed to do about it?]]

L-look, I don't know what's going on with you or anything else, but I'm your technician and I'm going to fix it somehow. Just ... stop doing that.

D'oh~! Sweethearts will stay with him even if he doesn't get it.

[schwanherz]

*Ahiru shakes her head, her eyes still rather sad as she says quietly,* ...I'm not your Ahiru, Other-Fakir... *He'd be sad once he found that out, wouldn't he? Knowing he was alone would make him feel lonely, wouldn't it...? Affection makes her feel as though she should stay with him until he finds his Ahiru...but Devotion reminds her that she was looking for her Fakir. She goes over to glance through the window of the house Fakir was supposed to be staying in, wiping away some of the dust to look inside. ...It was so dark...where was he...? She glances at the other Fakir and asks,* ...Have you...seen a Fakir with red eyes, Other-Fakir?

asdaflk She's just so darling.<3

[queruloussoul]

[[This weird, emotional stuff is way out the realm of things Fakir is equipped to deal with. Especially coming from Ahiru. It was like she'd changed her personality along with her clothes. He doesn't know what to say, so he doesn't say anything, just watches as she looks through the window he'd been trying to call Shinigami-sama with.]]

What? No. [[These strange, cryptic comments ... it was like she was possessed.]]