+20+ Relocation confusion

[fellpool]

[Set a little after midnight on April 2 in house 59.]

[Leon is slow to wake up from what feels like a bad dream -- something about him being stuck somewhere, unable to get back home. It's vague and strange enough to be uncomfortable, but struggling against the dream just seems to drag him further in... When at last he regains control of himself, he forces his eyes open, breathing hard and resisting the urge to roll out of bed; reflexes or not, he didn't want to wake up his roommate.

...It takes a moment for him to realize something is off about his room. His eyes adjust quickly, and he realizes he's looking too far up to see the ceiling. He peers over the edge of the bed, not seeing the bottom bunk that he had been expecting.]

Loki-kun?

[He climbs out of bed, stumbling towards the door to hit the light switch. This ... wasn't his room. Where was the bunk bed he shared with Loki? His yo-yos and Rubik's cubes were on that shelf, but that definitely wasn't his shelf.

He pulls open his bedroom door, ready to hurry out to the living room and call for his housemates. Names die in his throat when he finds that he doesn't recognize the hallway he's stepped out to, and he grips the doorknob warily before slowly, cautiously stepping back into the bedroom.

Leon hurries over to the bedside, fetching the journal off the small table there. After double-checking it, he opens it up and -- without worrying about a filter -- starts speaking.]

[voice]

H-- hey. Loki-kun, this isn't funny. What did you do? It's too late to be doing this kind of stuff... [He mutters under his breath.] We still have school in the morning.

Minato-san, I think someone's playing another trick on me...

[action]

[Whenever he gets dressed and finally gets up his courage to explore the house, Leon can be seen creeping around house 59 wearing his standard black beanie and dark green hooded sweatshirt. He's trying to find the front door so he can find a pair of shoes to ... uh, borrow.]


(ooc: Leon's AU information!)

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[emp3thy]

[Sorry Leon... Minato is fast asleep in his normal bed at this time, somehow feeling like he's more tired than he really ought to be. He won't wake up until morning, or until someone comes and rouses him directly.]

[fellpool]

[Sob. You are a horrible senpai, Minato. But it's not like Leon could have expected anything different in this situation ... once he finds a clock and realizes what time it is.

So, once he sees the clock, he's going to set about getting dressed. He can totally save himself from this confusing situation. Yes.]

[emp3thy]

[Minato is the best senpai what are you saying. He's trusting that Leon can handle himself!

Minato will be waiting when Leon makes it back to the house. Or sleeping. Sleeping and waiting.]

[fellpool]

[Terrible senpai. The only thing that could make this worse is if it was raining outside! Does he really want to find a soaked catboy out there?

Leon digs through the room that doesn't look like his but apparently has all of his clothes and belongings. What should he absolutely bring along? He's got his journal, his Evoker, some of his clothes, his school books and book bag...

After some debate, he stuffs as many of his yo-yos and toys as he can into his pockets and book bag.

Then he's off to face the unknown.]

[emp3thy]

[Koromaru, at least, will greet Leon at the door when he makes it back. Though the way he's barking is more for a casual visitor than a returning member of the household... Still, since Leon can't speak dog it's probably not noticeable.

Upstairs, Minato finally starts to stir.]

[fellpool]

[Between carrying as many of his things as he could on his back and waking up in the middle of the night, Leon's weary from the trip back to the house. He doesn't catch anything too odd about Koromaru's behavior, and he gives the shiba inu a tired smile as he shuts the door as quietly as he can.]

Hey, Koro-chan. Is Minato-san up? ...Probably not, huh?

[emp3thy]

[Nope, is the dog's answer, wagging his tail. It's still late at night. Minato, though, heard the barking... and is coming down to stop Koro before it wakes up Minako. Ryoji is probably already awake, wherever he is now...

At the bottom of the steps, he spots the catboy. ]

Takuma-kun? [...why are you wearing a backpack in the dead of night?]

[fellpool]

[Underneath his hat, Leon's ears perk up at the voice in the semidarkness. He looks towards the stairs, trying to hide his relief.]

H-- hey. Sorry to wake you up, Minato-san.

[emp3thy]

Why are you up so late?

[He's still eying the backpack. Koro is settling down, though he still is giving Leon an oddly confused expression.]

[fellpool]

W-- well. [His shoulders slump, and he briefly hangs his head.] I woke up in someone else's house. I walked back here.

[emp3thy]

Experiment?

[now he wants to check on all the other housemates.]

[fellpool]

Probably... [He wouldn't be surprised, now that he's had enough time to reconsider this being Loki's idea of a bad joke.] All my stuff was back there, too. I tried to bring as much as I could.

[emp3thy]

[you poor kid.] We'll have to get the rest later.

[....] I'm going to check on the others.

[mirrorblade]

[Usually, Claude doesn't have too much trouble sleeping, but tonight is different somehow. He doesn't feel like he's slept very much, and for some reason, he doesn't feel too comfortable, either. While noise in the house wasn't strange even at this time of night (that's what happened when you lived with so many people, anyway), he can't help feeling restless once he's woken up, so he decides to get out of bed and maybe get something to drink.

Once he steps out of the bedroom, though, he notices something... unusual.

This isn't where he fell asleep... is it? He stands there for a moment, confused, before he catches sight of something moving out of the corner of his eye. And he tilts his head.]

Who's there?

[fellpool]

[Leon jumps when he hears a voice behind him, and he freezes in his tracks. Crap, he'd woken someone up. Now what should he do?

...

He clamps his mouth shut. Yeah. That would work.]

[mirrorblade]

[Claude can't tell very much about Leon from his silhouette, unfortunately. He doesn't really look like any of his housemates, and hiding his ears makes him even harder to recognize! So all he can really think is...]

...are you a thief?

[fellpool]

No, no! [So much for keeping his mouth shut. He flails his arms, turning around to face the guy and step away at the same time.]

I just-- I got lost...

[mirrorblade]

In someone else's house? [Not that he's even sure if this is his house. ...wait a minute. He knows that voice.] Leon?

[fellpool]

[He's trying to calm down a bit, but he startles all over again when he hears his nickname.]

Y-- yeah?

[mirrorblade]

What are you doing here in the middle of the night?

[fellpool]

I-- I showed up in an upstairs bedroom.

[mirrorblade]

You showed up? [That's... an odd choice of words.] You showed up how?

[fellpool]

I really don't know. My clothes were there, my things were there... But I'm not in the right house. [...] Do you know which part of the village this is?

[mirrorblade]

Uh... [Well, that is a very good question, Leon. A very good one.] Actually? No, I... don't.

[fellpool]

[...Okay, that wasn't the answer he was expecting. Did he mishear that?]

You don't...?