[Introduction] Last Laugh

[death_kl0wn]

The game is over. Nobody won, any more than anyone in the Shinigami realm really won those interminable rounds of gambling. As soon as he realizes the game was coming to an end, that Light's fascinating plan had fallen apart, Ryuk leaves the warehouse, leaving the humans to squabble among themselves and phasing through the iron roof before vaulting

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[justiceis_red]

And what he may see, first of all, is a familiar figure, head slightly bent forward and a book open on his lap, legs crossed, the image of focus and determination that he always has been. Or so it would seem, if it weren't for the vague shadows around his eyes and the fact that his headache still hasn't died down, but neither of those things are visible.

He's reading old lore about the shinigami, trying to catch some hint of two realms, but nothing seems to be coming up...of course, half the information he's reading is, according to Ryuk, incorrect. He pauses and looks up from the page, seeming to be thinking.

He seems, so far, to be unaware of Ryuk's presence.

heeee excited. XD

[death_kl0wn]

He's passed through a wall into what's clearly... oh what do the humans call these rooms full of books? Oh yeah, a library. Not that he ever had much interest in books: a little too static, though he's found manga somewhat interesting.

That's when he spies a human leaning over an open book. And not just any human, but his former pet. This is interesting... Maybe this place is where humans who've used death notes end up, but that doesn't seem right either: it's a little too much of something to be nothing, but he decides it's worth looking into.

He hovers closer to Light, near enough that his crooked shadow likely falls across the pages of the open book...

[justiceis_red]

And as Ryuk draws closer, the hair on the back of Light's neck starts to stand on end, and his hands still in the middle of turning a page, perhaps a momentary dread passing through his thoughts, but he forces it aside, and turns his head slowly, as though slightly nervous of what he might see.

Really, the still rational, completely functional part of his brain scolds, he should have expected it. What else casts a shadow like that? And at least it isn't Rem.

All the same, he yells, jumping up and wheeling around, taking a step back, eyes wide and, after a moment, filled with alarm and resentment. It's not fear, not quite, but for a moment he does breathe too fast, staring at that grotesque grin and wondering...

...what Ryuk thinks he can get from Light now. He grits his teeth, controlling himself. "Ryuk," he grinds out, stubbornly looking up, at Ryuk's eyes.

[death_kl0wn]

"Heh-heh-heh, long time no see, Light," he says, his mouth stretching in that humorless shark-grin. Then he glances around, taking in the surroundings. "Guess I was wrong about what happens to a human who uses a death note, or at least what I was told was wrong."

[emocaliban]

Sometime later, if Ryuk goes exploring, from a doorway somewhere a young man, slight, pale, dark haired, sidles out of an inconspicuous room, looks both ways, and promptly jumps, spilling a half a cup of coffee on his shirt.

"Fuck!" Caliban yells descriptively - that burns - and looks straight at Ryuk. "What the fuck are you?"

Polite can wait. He has hot coffee on his shirt.

[death_kl0wn]

He's slipping along a hallway, trying to sniff out some apples, when he almost collides with a dark young man who reminds him of L, only a lot more mouthy, given the way he cussed.

"Heh-heh-heh, that's gonna leave a mark," he snickers. Humans flailing are always good for a laugh.

[emocaliban]

Oh, a lot more mouthy. Caliban is pretty damn mouthy. Caliban shoots him a glare. "If you ruined my jacket I'm going to kill you," he says, absolutely humorlessly, and checks his gun while he's at it, just to make sure it didn't get wet. That'd be bad.

"And you didn't answer the question."

You're not half as bad as Abbagor, that's for sure, says Cal. And you smell a lot better too.

[death_kl0wn]

Ryuk laughs out loud, a harsh, unpleasant, raspy wheeze that somehow manages to be humorous and unsettling all at once. "Boy, would I like to see you try to do that: I'm a shinigami. I kill people, and there's really no way to kill me. Well, there is one way, but I ain't telling you that. Pretty dumb way to die anyway."

[ebonyjaenelle72]

Deceptively innocent looking blonde, sitting in the main room on her feet, and reading her own book. She keeps tucking her hair back behind her ears as it falls forward, and seems quite unselfconscious - and extremely normal.

No one can say Jaenelle doesn't know how to take a break and relax every once in a while.

Your wish is my command. >.>

[death_kl0wn]

People around here sure like to read books, Ryuk thinks as he approaches the blonde girl. He almost didn't go near her because of that, but her hair makes him think of Misa, whom he thought was very interesting and... oh, right, cute. She wasn't afraid of him and even hugged him when she'd gotten her memories of the death note back, something that no one had ever done before. Or since, though he wouldn't mind: it's an interesting feeling. Thus he comes closer and lowers himself to the floor, looking at the girl with his head cocked, curiously.

[ebonyjaenelle72]

Jaenelle objects! Books are marvelous. However, she finds the strange one who has just approached her and sat down much more interesting. She smiles, barely, and lifts up her head to look at him.

"Well, hello," she says, probably with surprisingly littler startlement or concern. "You must be new - I'd have known if you were here before."

[death_kl0wn]

"Yeah, just kinda wandered in here," he says. "What is this place anyway? Doesn't feel like my world and it doesn't feel like the human world, either." He likes her smile and the fact that she's not afraid of him, either. The only thing that would make her as cool as Misa is if she gave him an apple...

[vkandispwnsme]

At one point, Ryuk can come across a very large orange and white cat sunning itself by a window. The cat perks up its ears first then turns its head and stares right at Ryuk with large blue eyes.

[death_kl0wn]

Ryuk is used to animals staring at him, the few times he's been to the human realm: most animals can sense things that most humans can't see, but there's something unusual about this one he happens upon as he continues to explore these new digs.

"Hey there, fuzzball, you lookin' at me?" he asks, coming closer to the cat.

Squeee!! I can has Altra!

[vkandispwnsme]

Altra sits up when addressed. I was. What are you?

[Your other choices are Lia, Saetan or Pasha. Any preferences?]

[death_kl0wn]

"Whoa... where'd that voice come from?" the shinigami says, looking around, thinking this has to be.... oh, right, a trick. He's seen the humans pull some pretty strange ones that kept everything very interesting, but this beats it all: no one's ever spoken inside his head before.

Hm... huge toss-up between Saetan and Pasha: I lurve Saetan and it would be neat to see his reaction to a different kind of shinigami, but it would be fun to mind-screw Pasha by throwing a death god at him.

[the_bloodless]

Kvothe has been out getting some air, and is just now returning to the mansion. On his way back to his and Bast's room he stops in the kitchen and gets himself a snack, a nice, juicy red apple. He hasn't eaten it yet as he walks out of the kitchen, tossing it in his hand instead as he passes through.

He might not notice Ryuk's presence immediately when the Shinigami approaches, but perhaps that will change if Ryuk draws his attention.

[death_kl0wn]

He's been desperate for an apple almost since he got here, and it's starting to cause his neck to twist around. But then as Ryuk is sneaking along a hallway, he spots a guy tossing -- joy of joys! -- an apple up in the air. He hovers closer and as the apple arcs, he reaches to catch it.

[the_bloodless]

Kvothe pauses midstep when the apple freezes in midair and looks at it, but all he sees is the apple. Floating. Which makes no sense. He frowns slightly and studies the air around the apple, trying to discern just what is holding it up as he reaches to take it back.

[death_kl0wn]

"Mmm! Finally, thought this place wouldn't have any apples," a gruff, slightly gleeful voice grits from out of nowhere in front of him. And then a huge bite disappears from the side of the apple, as if an invisible six or seven foot man with a big mouth just bit into it.