fellpool | +20+ Relocation confusion

+20+ Relocation confusion

[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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[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.]

[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.]

[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.]

[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?

[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?]

[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.

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.]

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

Experiment?

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

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.

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

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

Sure. I'll... I'll bring my things back to my room. [He sighs, but he's ready to head back to his room and crash -- even if he wakes up Loki in the process.

With a wave to his senpai, he heads further into the house.]

[And now Minato heads to check on everyone. First is Keiichi's room, then he heads upstairs immediately to look in on Minako (fast asleep where she should be, thankfully.) And then across the hall to Ryoji....]

[ Ryoji is nowhere to be found, but in his place is Mooncloth, a black pegasus with a very familiar scarf. Sprawled on the floor, he seems to be enjoying a book, but on hearing the door open, he looks up, smiling brightly. He lifts one of his normal, non-Luceti wings (those stay folded up between his original pair) in greeting. ]

Oh, good morning Minato! I heard Koromaru barking... did he wake you up? It didn't sound like anything was the matter...

[Meanwhile, Leon practically drags himself to his room, deciding not to flip on the light in case he can in fact manage to sneak in and not wake up Loki.

...This plan is quickly abandoned when he realizes something is again off, and he flips the light switch to stare at the empty room.]

Ah...

[It's not quite a gasp, not quite a yell. But this is just a bad surprise on top of a bad surprise.]

[meanwhile meanwhile, Minato stares at the pony.

Then he backs up.]

[...closes the door...]

[waits for ten seconds...]

[....opens the door again.]

[....

he's still a pony.]

[ Of course he's still a pony! He's always been a -- well, no not always. But as long as he's known Minato, at least, he's been a pony!

Mooncloth tilts his head in confusion at Minato's expression and the game he's playing with the door, and then the pony stands up and clops over, so that when Minato opens the door again, Mooncloth is right there eyeing him worriedly. ]

Minato, are you okay...?

...Ryoji.

[what do you say to your friend who's turned into a weird cartoonish pony.]

Are you?

Hm? Oh yes, I'm fine! But you didn't answer -- and you're giving me a weird look...

[ Seriously, man, what's up? You're really starting to worry Mooncloth, particularly with the way you said his nickname... ]

You're a pony.

[sorry he can't get over this.]

[ Blink blink and awkward smile. ]

Ah, yes? I am. And you're a human! Are you sure you're okay?

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/barges on in!

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/done

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