[BACKDATED] Round 1, Day 4

[awildcatappears]

Characters: Mikoto and you, ALL OF YOU
Format: Action
This log is: Open
Location: Near the woodlands.
Summary: Mikoto’s an unhappy wet cat kind of upset that she lost Gaara as her weapon. And he’s the person she happens to be closest with at the moment… so she’s not taking it too well? She’s failed her brother type figure.
Warnings: N/A

Mikoto is the type of person that if she doesn’t want to found, she’ll make it that way. But considering she doesn’t know the layout of the school that well, she doesn’t exactly have anywhere to go. She lost Gaara as her weapon, but it’s more than that to her. She kind of saw a brother in him, and a younger sibling never wants to fail their older one. It doesn’t mean that’s the end of their friendship, but she’s taking it that way.

She’s in the middle of trying to climb a tree. But for some reason, she can’t remember how and she’s failing… miserably. Never mind the uniform, but her skin is all scratched up. Legs, face, arms… if they’re not covered in cuts, they’re definitely covered in dirt.



{I didn't want to backdate this ridiculously. I will get to this log Saturday night or so. Worst case, Sunday when I come off hiatus}

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[dancingflames]

[A rather unusually coloured Mai is wandering the edge of campus idly, pulling on a strand of blue hair as she looks at the colour. It's really not her colour...it's much more like Natsuki's, but not exactly. But even less her colour is the lighter blue that graces her face today. But with whatever is going on in this weird place, she's stuck feeling rather like a blueberry today.

Along her path, though, she catches the sight of someone a bit more familiar than this hair shade. She's a bit away, but Mai is close enough to tell who it is without a doubt.

Mikoto...

She had just seen the girl yesterday, and things were made rather clear by that encounter. No, not clear. More like the least clear they've been in a while. That whole conversation has been weighing on her mind for the last day, confusing her more than ever.

But... now Mikoto just looks like she's in terrible shape and struggling at a tree. It's immediately obvious that something was wrong here, because normally Mikoto would have no trouble getting up into a tree like that.

Fishing her (normally white, but now orange) handkerchief out of her pocket, Mai looks down at it and back to Mikoto. There's no way it could clean all that dirt off her, even with the bottle of water in her bag - and after yesterday, it's not likely Mikoto will let her. But still, she can't help but worry. Mai approaches a bit closer, nonetheless. No one should be left dirty and hurt like that.]

[awildcatappears]

[Mikoto is a little bit too focused on climbing the tree right now to notice Mai. She just wants to get away from everyone and up a tree is the closest thing she has to it right now. But when Mai approaches, that's when Mikoto notices. She's an animal, a wounded animal on high alert of their surroundings. Her head turns in the other girl's direction, but instead of running away, she stays her ground. Running away would mean nothing.]

So you've come to mock me, Mai?

[dancingflames]

[Whatever got into Mikoto's head, it's very weird. But Mai nonetheless stops a moderate distance away at that statement in shock.] That's not it!

I just...I just wanted to help you. You're hurt, aren't you, Mikoto? We need to clean your wounds, or they're going to end up infected...

[awildcatappears]

It doesn't matter. [She's not suicidal. Just at the moment, she just doesn't care.]

[dancingflames]

[Mai pauses for a moment.] But...You're a Player aren't you? If you end up sick, you won't be able to fight...They'll take away your tokens, won't they?

[She looks down to the ground.] We shouldn't have to fight, but...tokens are the only way we can get our memories back. Maybe we'll find out why we're here...and how to leave.

[awildcatappears]

It doesn't matter! [She's upset enough at losing Gaara. She just wants to go home and--]

...Mai...

[dancingflames]

...Mikoto...

...Can't we sit down and talk? I don't understand what happened...but can't we at least talk about it? I don't want to lose you either...

[awildcatappears]

But--

[dancingflames]

I...I could make something for you too. Like fried rice? Or yakisoba? Or naporitan?

[awildcatappears]

[Damn suckered in with food.]

...okay...

[dancingflames]

[That's more like the Mikoto she knows, and Mai looks visibly relieved.] But first we need to get you to the infirmary... Do you need help? I can carry you there...

[awildcatappears]

I can walk... [Well she can... it just may not be all that great in posture.]

[ninjasloveme]

[Gaara isn't particularly worried about being lost in battle. It's happened twice now, and it just means he has to take care of a different person each time. Mikoto is still the one he's spent the most time with, and bonds are, after all, valuable. There's no resentment in his face as he approaches the tree, just a slight tint of concern.]

Mikoto.

[awildcatappears]

[She almost freezes at the voice. It's Gaara's... and it does make her a bit uncomfortable. Like a scared cat (who can't climb a tree), she hides behind it.]

[ninjasloveme]

[he just stands there, arms folded and eyes blank, waiting for her to come back out.

He really will stand there forever if he has to.]

[awildcatappears]

[She's trying to read your expression, but you wear the same one ALL THE TIME]

[ninjasloveme]

[untrue! Occasionally his eyes narrow, like they're doing now, and he sighs, like he's also doing now.]

Mikoto. You did your best.

[awildcatappears]

But... I failed you...

[ninjasloveme]

[a shake of his head, if she can see it from her hiding place]

You didn't fail me at all.

[awildcatappears]

I did... I lost.

[ninjasloveme]

No one can win all the time. [besides.] Winning isn't what's important... Friends are.

[awildcatappears]

Friends?

You think we're still friends? [Oh, that helps her to come out of her hiding spot.]

[ninjasloveme]

[now that she can see him properly, a nod suffices.]

[awildcatappears]

Really?

[ninjasloveme]

Really.

[awildcatappears]

[Okay.. you win. She walks out her hiding spot and approaches Gaara and then suddenly, a glomp hug.]

I'm sorry I really am!

[ninjasloveme]

[it's a good thing he doesn't have his sand here, isn't it? Without it - and its added stability - he topples backwards onto the grass from the momentum of her hug.

He's not really very heavy or tall, if you think about it.]

... Yeah. [you can have a headpat. It'll last for about five seconds, until the penalty triggers]

[awildcatappears]

[She was about to say something else, but the penalty kicks in and nghn it hurts.]

What--

[ninjasloveme]

[through the pain, he knows, peripherally, what this is, so he also knows that they have to stop touching for it to end. With one movement, he sits up and places her next to him, rather than on him, and the pain subsides.]

[awildcatappears]

[When she's on the grass next to him, she holds her head until the pain dulls down to nothing.]

What happened?

[ninjasloveme]

You aren't my... 'Player' now. The system hurts you if you touch someone partnered with another person.

[awildcatappears]

Oh... [Watch her curl up into a ball okay.]

[ninjasloveme]

[nooo don't do that Gaara's bad at this touching thing 8(]

Are you hurt?

[awildcatappears]

[Well you saw her attempting to climb the tree right?]

...no...

[ninjasloveme]

Mikoto.

[awildcatappears]

I'm fine... really.

[ninjasloveme]

[well, he won't push at that any more.]

Were you trying to climb that tree?

[awildcatappears]

Uh huh. But-- I can't remember how.