A man dressed in a long black coat and pants stood in front of the desk. A gray mask, much like a surgical mask, covered half of his face so only his violet eyes were visible. He swayed on his feet and pressed his palm against his forehead with a grunt. His eyes flicked back and forth erratically as he filed through recent and painful memories. A
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Looking at someone. Someone mean.
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"It doesn't work."
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He made his way to the sorting room, not so much thinking as being magnetized, pausing only a moment outside the door to compose himself.
He was frightened as hell, but by all the gods he wasn't going to let it show. Steeling himself, he leaned against the doorway, hands in his pockets, watching Karasu drip his own brand of charm onto the quill.
"There is no more disappointing thing," he said after a moment, "than waking up one day and finding one's hard work undone."
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"Kurama..." he purred slowly, tasting the name. "It's been...quite a while." There was really no way he could tell how long it'd been. After all, he'd spent the time dead. But it was at least long enough for Kurama to regain the courage necessary to greet him upon his arrival.
Karasu moved from behind the desk and strolled towards Kurama. "I must thank you Kurama," he began with exaggerated formality, "my death was lovely. Poetic, even. Having all the blood drained from my body by a carnivorous rose?" There was sarcasm and honesty in his voice, an unnerving mix. Karasu took two more steps then stopped a good arm's length away from the fox. "I never dreamed it would end that way," his voice dropped to a malicious whisper. "I'll have to thank you sometime."
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He glanced at the desk, a little smirk on his face. "And now you as well. Am I to expect Toguro again?" His gazed flicked back to Karasu's vace, eyes narrowing only slightly. "You daren't cause trouble here, Karasu. I won't allow it."
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