[Video/Action] First Stitch, revisited ℵ

[sewdamncute]

Video
[The journal opens up when Kanji's foot tips it over. The camera shows the tree tops, leaves dark and green with tiny splotches of a blue sky showing through. The voice of an irate male is heard shouting at the top of his lungs at no one in particular.]

Can't believe I'm back here with these dumb ass wings. The fuck is wrong with these stupid bastards that they can't leave me back home where things are finally calm?! It's Golden Week!

And why the hell are these wings so...pink? Do I look like a dude who wears pink?

[And suddenly, Kanji's very angry face is in front of the camera. It's obvious that he's in the New Feather pants and no shirt. He really doesn't look like a guy who should even know what the color pink is, let alone wear it.

His grey eyes go wide before a slight blush shows on his cheeks.]

Fuck!

[And then the journal is slammed shut.]

Action
[Later, when he's dressed in his normal clothes, Kanji can be found looking for a place to stay, since he already knows how Luceti works. After finding an apartment, he's going grocery shopping and stopping off to get some supplies to occupy his time.

He'll also stop off at Seventh Heaven for dinner and to see who's working there. He stops off at the school and Azalea to check in with his former teacher. He would like to see when the school is back in session.]

Comments

[sewdamncute]

Yeah, the others said that too when people told 'em that they'd been here before. Evidently, Senpai was here under a different name. Called himself Souji Seta or somethin' like that.

[Yes, Naoto, Luceti sucks. Welcome to Kanji's way of thinking!]

Uh, thanks, I guess. [Just...gonna not look at you for a minute. Not blushing! Maybe a little.]

I found an apartment already. Just pickin' up groceries for dinner. Yanno, spaghetti rings and all that. [Since that's what he dropped on his big dumb feet before.]

[fortunesgun]

That's even more peculiar.

[She had taken for granted that they had all come from the same universe, but perhaps that wasn't the case? There were plenty of shows that were centered around the idea of parallel universes, where each universe looked similar,but there were small differences. Perhaps that was where this "Souji" had come from?]

[No, that line of thinking was rubbish. She doubted that there was any such thing as a "parallel universe," more likely than not, it was a trick by the Malnosso.]

[At any rate, this talk was likely to lead them nowhere.]

Would you like to eat together?

[sewdamncute]

[Brain. Shutting. Down. Gonna stare at you for a long minute, blank faced.]

T-together? You mean just us?

[fortunesgun]

Yes. I agree that it may not be ideal without the rest of the Investigation Team, but in Luceti it would likely be best to stick together. This place can be rather dangerous at times.

[She did take note that Kanji looked rather flustered, though. Perhaps it was the stress of just arriving?]

At any rate, it would do us both good to catch up, I think. If you've been here before, there are likely things you know about this place that I don't. Furthermore, I'm sure you have some questions too; after all, you've just arrived here again, and this place seems to change rather quickly.

[sewdamncute]

[Naoto... no. Just... stop.]

That ain't what I meant!

[How can she be such a good detective but so stupid when it comes to basic human interactions. He's probably not the best judge of things but even he caught that she's basically just invited him out on a sort of date. Especially since they'd be alone.

Does she just not get that he likes her?

Soooooo frustrating.]

[fortunesgun]

Oh? What did you mean?

[She is earnestly confused; she'd thought that having dinner would be the best course of action after his arrival; they would be able to catch up, Kanji could fill her in on what he knew about the enclosure, and in turn she could fill Kanji in on the events he'd missed.]

[He did seem rather perturbed, perhaps it was the stress from arriving here?]

[sewdamncute]

[Where's a wall when you need one? Or... Fuck it. It's Naoto. She'll probably never get it.

He takes a deep breath and just tries to get his brain to jump start again into something logical.]

Forget it. Yeah, dinner sounds fine, I guess. Gotta eat.

[fortunesgun]

[Naoto catches onto Kanji's frustration, but, once again, chalks it off to post-arrival stress.]

What time should we meet, then?

[sewdamncute]

[He gives up. He really does. He can only go so far with Naoto like this on his first day.]

Gimme an hour and I'll meet you at Seventh Heaven, I guess.

[Public's good and not liable to get him into trouble, right?]

thread end?

[fortunesgun]

I'll see you then.

[The public location did sound rather nice; it had been awhile since she'd been able to go out with friends.]