01 ☣ video/action for NBT

[guitarnero]

[ The audio turns on with the hiss of static, it lasts about half a second before- ]

Stuck? Stuck?! Bullshit!

[ Whoever's speaking, they're clearly angry. There's the sound of paper getting pushed aside and metal hitting the floor, followed swiftly thereafter by glass breaking and plastic getting crushed. The horrified gasps of a few scientists

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[tigerlikereflex]

[JUST WHEN HE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO START LEAVING TOWN. Someone being upset and breaking everything and terrorizing -- is that blood?

Yeah, Kotetsu spun on his heel and took a run on back to the lab, his Pikachu hot at his ankles. On reaching the door and shoving it the rest of the way open (already ajar..), he clenched his fists at the sight before him, frowning deeply.]

Hey. Breaking things and terrorizing the people here won't send you home any faster.

[tigerlikereflex]

I'll take the compliment!

[Up on his feet again after rolling, Kotetsu is carefully giving his side a ginger skim of one hand despite the competitive smile. With that lunge though, he's ready and catching that fist in his own to swing his right fist on a path for Nero's face.]

[guitarnero]

[ And--pow! Nero is going to have a bruise blossoming on his jaw, not that he seems to preoccupied about it. Instead his leg sweeps forward, intending to catch the older man off-guard and bring him down. ]

/finally gets to tagging FFFF

[tigerlikereflex]

[You know, if his partner didn't regularly use kicking as a method of attack, Kotetsu might be less prepared for it. Spreading his feet to keep his balance, he dropped the fist in his palm and ducked down, using his other hand to push that leg up over his shoulder before picking Nero up in a football-like grip and throw him over his back.

Well, more like carry him over his back like a sack of potatoes, since Kotetsu hasn't let go.]

Are you done yet?

haha, wait, who's the slowpoke here? pfffftt

[guitarnero]

[ Okay--what?

Nero has now found himself over the other man's shoulder like an unruly child. This...isn't going to go down well. A nasty snarl erupts from his through. ]

Put me the hell down!

SLOWPOKING IS FUNNNN 8D;;;;

[tigerlikereflex]

[Nero is being the unruliest of children. Kotetsu is only gripping a little harder with both arms; one around the middle on his shoulder, the other around legs so he can't get kicked.]

Not until you've calmed down. Using your already injured fist around is only going to make it hurt worse when I bandage it up.

o/\o

[guitarnero]

[ gjfdkh HE IS A GROWN MAN PUT HIM DOWN >C Nero still has his arms free, though, and he's pushing off of Kotetsu's shoulders. If that doesn't work--elbow to the head. But please, Kotetsu, don't let it get to that. ]

Why would you bother--put me down.

i like how i meant to say 'waving' instead of 'using' in that last one FFFF

[tigerlikereflex]

[NO. Kotetsu isn't quite letting him go yet, it might resort to elbows to the head.]

Because you're just angry and worried about what you just left behind; you weren't scaring those lab people for no reason at all. [Giving a half smile, he stands and waits.]

So. Have you calmed down?

[guitarnero]

You done psychoanalyzing me yet?

[ Yeah, Nero doesn't really do happy fun sharing time, sorry tigerpapa. He doesn't elbow Kotetsu outright, be he does shove at the other man's head in an effort to extricate himself. It's clear his aggression has subsided, however; even if he may not show it, Kotetsu's words did hit home in some way. ]

[tigerlikereflex]

Yeah, I think so.

[With the shoving at the side of his head, Kotetsu finally leans down to plant Nero on his feet again and dust his hands. Giving a smile despite a nice bruise forming, he's turning to head towards the lab.] I'll get a first aid kit, you wait right there.

[guitarnero]

[ Just. So unsure. Kindness from a non-Kyrie person, what do?

...He waits, apparently. ]

[tigerlikereflex]

[Returning not long later, he's motioning for Nero to have a seat so he can sit across from him on the ground and open the first aid kit. Getting to work, but he does give a 'Sorry, this will sting a little at first' warning before carefully dabbing disinfectant over the wounds.]

[guitarnero]

[ Nero, still impassive and uncertain, just lets Kotetsu work. When he moves to apply the alcohol, Nero almost scoffs--him, feel the sting of rubbing alcohol? what does Kotetsu think he is, twelve?--but is shocked at the spasm that runs down his arm when the pad does touch his wounded hand. He hisses.

It hits him all at once, now that the adrenaline is gone; the blossoming bruises he's collected, the cuts, the stiff soreness, the fact that none of it has healed yet. He hasn't just lost his Devil Bringer, he realizes, grim. He's lost everything that made him a good demon slayer. It's a powerful worry, but his turmoil is absent from his face. ]

[tigerlikereflex]

Are you feeling slightly better than earlier? [Wrapping his knuckles in bandages, Kotetsu tears the edge off the roll and smooths it down. Sitting back then with a quiet smile, he's apparently ignoring the swollen bruise on his cheek.]

I can fill you in on what's going on with this place.

[guitarnero]

Kind of.

[ It's a bit of a morose answer, but it's about all Kotetsu's gonna get, and honest besides. He's grateful that the older man let him blow off steam, though. It's like Dante without the mocking, and in the absence of that edge to respond to, Nero's left scowling at the air. At Kotetsu's question, he cocks an eyebrow and nods, listening. He was expecting the other guy to insist on cleaning the lab, but...truth be told, Nero'll probably to that on his own later. ]

[tigerlikereflex]

[He doesn't mind, it's better than screaming and throwing people around again.]

To start, we've all been brought here through unknown means, and no one has been able to figure out why yet. The most I know is that we're on a different world, and the whole "take this Pokemon and train it". I haven't heard of too much trouble outside of general life and how to get around.