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[001] working after hours

[Here's a place you wouldn't expect Touya to be: on a roof.]

[He's looking a little different today, too. Specifically, he has a rather large pair of black wings in addition to his small ones, and his hair is significantly longer (read: it drags). He's surveying the village, looking for anyone who looks as though they may need help, protection, et cetera.]

[And, of course, he's looking for his dearest Yue. Touya can sense him, certainly, but he'll wait to make his presence known after Yue realizes he's there. They shared the same blood, after all--it was only a matter of time before Yue came to see him.]

[But until then, he's content to talk to anyone at all. His strength has rapidly returned since his illness, after all.]

((Touya has been AU'd from a fic where Yue turns him into a guardian. Have fun kids. ♥))

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[little!Gin, the alarmingly tragic looking orphaned child, just happens to be passing by. He managed to get a decent pair of shoes in town and a jacket that's much too big, but this town is still really... really strange in his book. Doesn't help that there's a creepy guy in black with a power mullet sitting on the roof of one of the houses. While he doesn't sense any reiatsu, it's not necessarily a telling sign here, he's found.

Is this guy supposed to be death? A demon? Some kind of really weird Hollow? Gin isn't sure, but he's fairly certain he doesn't want to cross its path. He's currently trying to creep past it and back toward the woods without being noticed.]

[Oh no! A tragic-looking, scared little boy in oversized clothing! *GUARDIAN SENSES TINGLING*]

[Touya's brow creases in concern. A child shouldn't be walking around by himself in the snow, especially not into the forest. There were things in forests that ~~led people off cliffs~~ were dangerous for kids.]

[Without pausing, Touya spreads his wings and jumps off of the roof. He glides straight for the child, hoping he can get to him before he has to chase the kid through the trees.]

[No sooner does the thought spark in his mind than the darkly mulleted man spreads his wings and- it's coming right for me, isn't it.

Gin is off like a shot. He doesn't know shunpo yet or you wouldn't even blink before he's gone, but he sure moves fast for a scrawny little thing.

If he can just make it to the edge of the forest, he's sure he can lose him in the trees. Those wings aren't made for tight spaces, thank goodness. He glances over his shoulder just long enough to see the man giving chase and with effort, Gin manages to fling his book over his shoulder, hoping for a distraction at the least, a good solid hit at best.]

Hey, wait! [Touya stops dead at the trees and lands. It takes a bit of concentration, but Touya eventually dismisses his wings and gives chase into the forest. Dang, this kid moves fast.]

[The child is moving away rather quickly, despite being a little kid. The book catches him on the side of head, but it didn't hurt him so much as make him stop to pick up the book.]

I'm not going to hurt you, and you dropped something!

[Threw it, really.]

[Unfortunately, he's still a child. Childlike steps, childlike endurance, and there's still snow on the ground. Not exactly difficult to track, even if he loses sight of him.

Luckily though, the book seems to have caught the guy, slowing him a bit. Gin's a ways off, stopping behind a tree to catch his breath.]

[Touya slows his pace and looks down at the snow to figure out where the child ran to. He wouldn't last very long alone in the forest when it was so cold...]

[He tracks the footprints to behind a tree, and decides that the best way to catch the boy is to sneak up on him. He floats up through the tops of the trees and floats over to the tree the boy's hiding behind--and drops down in front of them.]

Hey there, you're pretty fast.

[He chances a glance behind, just to see if he's still being followed, but there's no sound of footsteps. However, when the flying man drops outo f the air right in front of him, he's stuck with his back to the tree.]

Whadda ya followin' me for?! I didn't steal nothin'! They said I could 'ave these shoes!

Hey, hey, calm down! [Touya holds up his hands in a somewhat defensive position--even though he knows this kid isn't a threat to him.]

I don't think you stole anything, I'm just worried about you running around by yourself when it's so cold out... [He frowns with the utmost sympathy and holds out the book he picked up while chasing the child.] And in the forest no less. It's dangerous in here.

[Worried. About him. Gin's expression says anything but belief. He snatches the book and holds it tightly to his chest.]

Ain't any more dangerous n' the town.

[Touya smiles a little when he takes the book so forcefully, though he has to wonder if something happened to this kid to make him run into the forest thinking he would be just as safe here than he would be in an apartment or house.]

Why do you say that?

[Gin looks at him a moment, considering. Everyone here is so different from the people in Rukongai. Back home, no one would have to ask something like that. It was obvious enough.]

People 're more dangerous than a lotta stuff out in the forest. 'Least out there I know what t' expect.

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[001] working after hours

serey, what is this I don't even-

This, Mika, is a nine car accident. Keep watching, you know you want to.

Can't... loook.... away......... it burnsssssss

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