[Action] 04 - Setting aside that really weird dream... >_>

[souhi_no_arashi]

Kurogane stalked ahead of his traveling companions how the hell had he ended up with those anyway?! and wondered how much further that bird was going to continue leading them through a now somewhat thinning forest.

Actually, they hadn't traveled much more than a day and a half and had already seemed to reach nearly the other side of the central forest that supposedly split this land in half. He'd been expecting it to be bigger, honestly. Perhaps the bird had taken a path that passed through a narrower section of the woods. There wasn't really any way to know without a map or some exploration and Kurogane didn't care that badly to find out either way though. At the very least, they seemed to be reaching the end of the forest with little incident. Which both relieved him and pissed him off. He didn't particularly want to look out for that kid and would have had to if they'd come across any trouble, but at the same time, he was bored out of his mind and just itching for something to happen.

His dreams the previous night had only proved that too true. Shaking his head, bits and pieces of the dreams lingering still with him, he tried to clear them out. Fighting side by side with a "Princess of Dolls?" Tch. And that girl with the wings on her feet and that grinning idiot... standing around while he was chained down... He developed a twitch just thinking about it. He'd wanted to smash in that guy's face just to make him stop grinning and looking so damned smug and happy!

Kurogane was finally pulled out of his musings about the bizarre dreams when he realized he had lost sight of the damn bird again. He lifted his eyes to an increasingly cloudy sky, not thinking much of the fact that it had been sunny only minutes before, he wasn't going to complain. He spotted the creature circling in the sky before taking off toward what appeared to be a tower or castle not far ahead, peeking over clumps of tall trees. He paused and turned back to the others, eyes falling on Taiki, "That it, kid?"


(( OOC: So! Taiki, Mokona and Sakura if she uhhh tailed them (though they have been walking for about a day and half since the river meeting, so she'd have been gone from home that long too, but please feel free to have her following them!) - we are arriving at Fay's tower after following Windam! I figure the dream event happened the previous night when they made camp. ))

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[fluorite-flux.livejournal.com]

Oho, that had been a fun response!

"Wow, Kuroro is a little scary, isn't he?" said Fay, chortling a little. "But, in his own way, he's a little cute too! That's why Kuroro works!"

[souhi-no-arashi.livejournal.com]

And now it was Kuroro? And who the hell was he calling cute?!

"OI, DIDN'T YOU HEAR ME?!" Was he even listening?

[fluorite-flux.livejournal.com]

"Ehg? Didn't you hear me?" said Fay, leaning further out the window and put his hand up to his ear in exaggeration. "I know I'm so very high up here after all. It's okay though, Kuro-cutie, I'll repeat anything you want!"

[souhi-no-arashi.livejournal.com]

It was at this point when the bottle, still over half full, went sailing up at the window, or more accurately at Fay's face.

"SHUT UP, I KNOW YOU CAN HEAR ME! MY NAME IS KUROGANE!" Kurokuro and Kuro-cutie even had the same number of syllables for crying out loud!

[fluorite-flux.livejournal.com]

Fay's eyes widened in surprise and his hand shot out, catching the bottle right out of the air. He breathed a sigh of relief and waved the bottle at the man below.

"It's okay, Kukuro! I do not think even a drop spilled!"

[souhi-no-arashi.livejournal.com]

Kurogane's eyes in turn widened, watching as almost effortlessly the blonde snatched the bottle mid-flight and indeed, didn't seem to drop any of the liquid inside.

Certainly not what he'd expected from the looks of him.

[fluorite-flux.livejournal.com]

"Hey, Kuro-roo, do you want it back?" said Fay, bringing the basket back up on the windowsill. "You can keep it, really. I have dozens of bottles in here!"

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"Damnit, that isn't my name!" he grumbled but motioned for the bottle again. That little stunt had caught his attention. He definitely hadn't figured someone like that guy would have reflexes like that and it made him suspicious. He couldn't have always been locked up like that to have those kinds of skills. And it hadn't looked to be a fluke with how easy he'd made it look and the lack of surprise himself.

"How long have you been up there?" he asked, waiting for the liquor again he knew he'd need it if they were going to talk any further.

[fluorite-flux.livejournal.com]

"Whatever you say, Kuro-kins," said Fay, slowly lowering the bottle back down to him as he considered the question.

"Hmm, ever since I was a young boy," he said. "I hardly have any memories of not being in this tower."

[souhi-no-arashi.livejournal.com]

Kurogane's jaw clenched and it was quite possible that one could see him bristling even from the tower's window, however he let the name this time pass without erupting. Was it just him or were the names getting worse?

As soon as the basket was within reach, Kurogane snatched the bottle back and took another swig out of it. He didn't buy that answer in the slightest.

"You've been living up there alone since you were a kid? You've got to be kidding," he said, giving the blonde a clear look of disbelief. What kind of moron would live in a tower all their lives?

[fluorite-flux.livejournal.com]

Fay poured himself another glass of liquor, swirling it a bit and then laughing, pointing at himself.

"Does this look like the face of a joker?"

[souhi-no-arashi.livejournal.com]

Kurogane gave the blonde a look that clearly enough answered that question with a resounding 'yes' without a word needing to be spoken.

"Why the hell would you do that?" he retorted, still skeptical, though he could think of no reason to lie about such a stupid thing to a complete stranger either.

[fluorite-flux.livejournal.com]

"Why not?" was Fay's answer as he took a sip. "Everyone must live somewhere!"

[souhi-no-arashi.livejournal.com]

Snorting the man threw back another swig of the bottle before answering. "There's an entire world out there to live in, that's why."

He couldn't even imagine any living thing willingly being caged like that. To live their lives as if in a prison. Bars or not, it was still nothing more than that.

[fluorite-flux.livejournal.com]

"And some people have found their little corner," said Fay, smiling serenely. "Not everyone is a wanderer like yourself."

Following that though, his eyes took a sidelong cast to them as he studied what he could see if the man below him.

"Speaking of which, aren't you a bit far from home?"

[souhi-no-arashi.livejournal.com]

"To find something you have to have looked first," he replied gruffly.

Kurogane snorted at the question and grumbled to himself before answering in a growl, "What of it?"

Touchy subject, clearly.

[fluorite-flux.livejournal.com]

"Ahaha, nothing, nothing at all," said Fay, savoring another sip of liquor. "I was simply pondering to myself that you seem like someone who may have many interesting stories in his wake."

[souhi-no-arashi.livejournal.com]

Kurogane scoffed, "Of course a kami's life would be more interesting than some fool's who's chosen to spend their entire life locked in a tower."

Though, to be honest, he was bored out of his mind most of the time. No one to challenge him seriously unless he acted out and then all he got was scoldings or punishments. Tch.

[fluorite-flux.livejournal.com]

"Then, perhaps, would you care to share some of those tales?" said Fay, now grinning hugely. What excellent company!