I can move mountains, I can work a miracle [OPEN]

[rassera]

WHO: The residents of Nonah 05 + YOU!
WHERE: Nonah, Residence #005
WHEN: All month long (January)
WHAT: Nonah 05 open log for January Shenanigans
WARNINGS: Obligatory Bull and Tetsuo warnings apply.


Starters will be appearing in the comments. If you want something specific from any one person (Kaneda rassera, Tetsuo iamtetsuo, Bull rideme and Ken amadaman), feel free to drop them a line and ask! Otherwise, feel free to add your own starters for the whole household or individual residents as you like.

Comments

[glitterateur]

[That's basically permission to come in, right? Right. Mabel slips inside, closing the door with her foot and digging through her bag. She promised candy and she will deliver.]

If I'd known you like Hi-Chew I would've brought some! Even though we don't get imported candy usually until summer? When there's lots of tourists and stuff.

[violentmotion]

You dare cast doubt upon this Emperor's timing?

I came exactly when I was supposed to.

[iamtetsuo]

[Field guide to Tetsuo: If it's from Japan he'll be happier to see it.

For that matter, field guide to Kaneda as well.

Tetsuo isn't like how Mabel last remembers him. He's hunched up small on the bed wearing Kaneda's jacket, for one thing; for another, there's no trace of much emotion left on his face in general that's not either worried or sad, most likely both. His hair's also weirdly flat, and less hedgehog than usual.

His room's pretty much bare; there's no decoration, no sign of anyone really living here if not for the random pile of stuff in a few corners. He's been here for half a year and it looks like he could have moved in yesterday.]

I didn't think you'd have it. No one does.

[Except Ken Amada. HE does... and that's a topic best left undiscussed for now.]

[iamtetsuo]

..?

[okay but why would she be worried, it's not like she knows him. ...and if she did, that's all the reason why she SHOULDN'T care, in hindsight.]

[missleadingquestions]

[She notes his hesitation and turns to face him from her seat on the floor.]

I didn't wanna be alone after that. I figured you wouldn't wanna, either. I know you don't know me or anything, but I just wanted you to be okay.

Being hurt by someone you thought cared about you is the worst.

[burnmetwice]

I. Whhhat. What? Kururu?

[He notices that he's not wearing pants while in bed with Sumeragi--Kururu--about the same time he realizes he's not wearing a shirt, either he grabs the edge of the blanket and awkwardly pulls it up, clutching it over his scarred shoulder. He feels like melting back into bed under her scrutiny, but he hasn't forgotten about the aspirin.

Also, his total bewilderment aside, seeing Kururu immediately brought forth concerns way more important than his nudity or the state of his body or why Kururu was suddenly. Here. In bed with him. He sits up fully, too fast. Wincing but still clutching the blanket to him. ]

My regalia—

[glitterateur]

It's kinda rare? We have to special order it from a catalog with all kinds of stuff from all over the world. It's like a novelty thing!

[She glances around briefly, noting the total lack of personality going on in the room. The guy needs a poster intervention. And around a hundred hugs, from the look on his face.

Mabel plops down on the floor. A few more seconds of digging before she finds the bag she's looking for, holding it out for him to take.]

Here. You can have all of them, if you want! These are kinda terrible for my braces.

[rideme]

... Then I will be fine. I will be all right. That's one thing you don't need to worry about.

The rest of it... I can't help.

[He's lowered his voice. Looking at her seriously and directly. Every word is heavier, more direct.]

Yeah, people died. It sucks. It really fucking sucks.

You're not always going to know what to do. Hell, half the time, I don't know what the fuck I'm doing either. And that's all right.

[rideme]

[He sees that. He sees that scoot, and shifts accordingly. In the opposite direction. Because this isn't about pressure. Not now.]

Where'd the remote go? I'll show you this thing I found the other day.

[rideme]

[His head snaps up, swiveling sharply around to locate the speaker. He's on guard at first, until it registers who it is, and his whole expression alternates between relief and... well.]

[A lot of other things.]

Kasumi.

Hey. Long time no see.

[iamtetsuo]

[Like a rude heathen, Tetsuo points to it. It's not that far from Bull, fortunately enough.]

There.

[resoundingpledge]

[ Good. Good. That's . . . a really good first step, just talking like this, just using each other's names. The first step in closing a gap she hadn't really noticed that was there, or that was even important before now.

Maybe it wouldn't have been, if they were home. If she hadn't spent a night listening to his heartbeat, to the ache in his muscles, to the too-sharp harmonies of his tendons and bones.

She winces a little in sympathy when he sits up too fast again, shifting a little so he can see the A-T nestled at her side. ]

They're okay. I vented the motors . . .

You've done a really good job looking after them.

[iamtetsuo]

Yeah. Everyone saw it...

[Insult to injury. Since when does a psychic NOT see shit like that coming.]

[stealwithit]

Hey.

[ Her tone is short, professional, but with an attempt at warmth, although to an extent that it all almost sounds fake. ]

Yeah... Long time no see. I know it's a dumb question, but -- [ she gestures at his injuries. ] are you alright?

Jan 10th; evening

[rassera]

[Maya had told him that Tetsuo was eating relatively well ever since he woke up from his death. That she'd been slipping things under the door, leaving it just outside of it, eventually serving him a bowl of udon...

It'd surprised him, really.

But it certainly wasn't one he was going to question. In fact, he'd even asked Aunt Cass to help him learn to make something just for Tetsuo. Something that he COULD just order out for, go pick it up in 20 minutes, and be done with it. But Kaneda had been practicing his cooking, and it seemed all too fitting that Tetsuo should be one of the people to try it.

And be the FIRST to try this.

It took all afternoon, and thankfully Tetsuo wasn't feeling all too social that day (he probably used it all up for the Pink Princess premiere), and kept to his room. It's about 7pm when he makes his way up the stairs, a bowl in his hands and a pair of chopsticks held in his teeth as he walks up, dodging Rocky and Stitches who seemed to be wrestling on the steps.

Taking a slight veer to the left, he heads towards Tetsuo's room, looking at the meal he'd made with silent pride.

Kitsune Udon. With homemade noodles and fried tofu, three as opposed to the usual two...some vegetables for stamina and nice dashi.

Tetsuo was going to (hopefully) love this.


Without hesitation, he reaches his hand up, knocking his knuckles on the door.]

Mmff!

[Wait, let him take those chopsticks in that hand.]

Oi, Tetsuo.

[burnmetwice]

[His head was spinning. Throbbing. Maybe it was the concussion, maybe it was relief. It didn't really matter. You should have come sooner is right there so close to the forefront of his brain he almost says it allowed, but he doesn't.]

When did even get here? How long have I even been out...? How did you find me?

[He could imagine, at least, the answer to the last question. This god-like Ikki. Kazu didn't even care. He could almost believe it with Ikki here, now.]

[timecapture]

... I'm sorry.

[She feels so stupid. So childish.]

It's just... I was scared. And really worried about you all.

[iamtetsuo]

Yeah?

[He sounds neutral enough.

The scent change was gradual through the house, and with the door closed, none of it really permeated much into Tetsuo's room. Which is all for the better if Kaneda wants to surprise him with home cooking.]

[burnmetwice]

[Okay, yeah, now he remembers she said not to do that and he's noticing why. He feels kind of nauseous and his head is swimming, but he still bends over himself despite the pain of it to put a hand on the regalia. It helps soothe the crazy spike of anxiety that lances through him when Kururu mentions the motors--all Kazu's brain hears at first is 'TOUCHED MY A-T'. Which. Understandably. He was intensely paranoid about. No-one but Kazu had laid a hand on the delicate, internal parts of his A-T for a year now, not even when he had let Hiro take a look at them. He was meticulous about them, cleaning and servicing them after every run, no matter how tired he was... They meant too much to him for anything less.

Common sense thankfully catches up with him before he can give in to a kneejerk reaction. Vented the motors, right, that was good. Kururu knew her way around A-T, obviously. Sustained heat wasn't good for the guts. Especially after that run, which is starting to come to him in patches. Fuck.]

I. Yeeeah. Thanks. [And because his voice comes out kind of faintly and wobbly and stilted and because he had been a nanosecond away from almost yelling at her instead, he tries again.] For. Er. Venting the motors.

[violentmotion]

A couple days ago. Long enough for me to get bored. [He ticks off the answers almost routinely. It's dry, careless. But at the last, he gets a smirk.]

The last, we happened upon a cruel and terrible kidnapper, an evil thug who sought to hold you random until all of the girls stripped before his wild and terrible desires.

[This is, completely, and utterly, a lie. Kaneda is probably EVEN IN EARSHOT OF THIS BULLSHIT.]

[burnmetwice]

Ii. Am not totally sure.

[He blinks a little under Tetsuo's gaze and realizes he's in nothing but boxers. He quickly snatches the blanket off the bed and wraps it around himself, around his scarred shoulder and the multiple bruises.]

It all happened... [So fast? It did feel like a blur. But one thing that stands out his Kaneda. Fire. His Infinity Atmosphere. Tetsuo was wearing Kaneda's jacket--was that good or bad?]

Kaneda! Is he okay?!

[burnmetwice]

Tell me something only the real Nakayama would know!

[rideme]

[Don't try and fake him out, Kasumi. You're both liars. Sort of. He just looks at her for a minute, before blowing out a breath.]

Been worse.

You... want to come in?

[iamtetsuo]

[There's a pause where Tetsuo DOESN'T comment on that, but at least looks down when Kazu makes a mad dash for sheets. It's not THAT big a deal, but the second someone makes a big deal out of it... it suddenly very much is. Why you gotta make this even more awkward, Kazu, WHY. People already make jokes.

It's.. both good and bad, Kazu. There's no quick answer for that.]

He's fine.

["He's always fine".]

[learntofly]

I know exactly what Emiri had planned for your date.