021 - [Action/Accidental Voice]

[hageshii]

[Early, early on Sunday morning at about 4AM, the journal will begin broadcasting the sounds of someone's room... and two other people in that room. See this thread for what exactly is broadcast. Afterward, two unsavory characters will be dragging a certain doctor off in the direction of the mountains. There will be no responses over the journal, as the three of them didn't bring their journals at all.

Later in the day, they can be found at the hot springs up in the mountains. Bang and Goroh are both standing around to make sure Litchi doesn't try to run off, while Litchi... will no doubt be worrying. But never fear! In his wisdom, Goroh brought a supply of booze and liquor along for the trip. Feel free to try and find Litchi after her apparent abduction.]

((ooc: Only action tags will get responses. Any one of Goroh, Litchi, and Bang may answer your tags. If you're lucky, you may get all three!))

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THAT MORNING...

[hageshii]

[Well, this was Litchi's new house. Goroh hadn't been there yet, but he knew it was behind the smithy, so this had to be the one. He just had to wait for that idiot Bang to show up before they put their plan in action. With any luck, they wouldn't wake up that annoying scientist or the freakish cat thing. But with Bang around? Goroh was far from optimistic.]

[startwithabang.livejournal.com]

[It's supah ninja Bang time! He's stealthily running and jumping from different rooftops, trees, etc. to get to Goroh's location.]

TOH! [He jumps down off a rooftop and uses his scarf as a parachute to land gracefully in front of him.]

As smooooth as water.

[hageshii]

[Goroh grimaces as Bang lands in front of him and answers him with a hushed reply.]

You'd be smoother if you didn't talk.

[startwithabang.livejournal.com]

[Whispers. HE NEVER DOES THIS BUT IT'S FOR MISS LITCHIIII]

Oh, don't you start with me YOU! This day is about Miss Litchi, our disagreements can wait until later!

[hageshii]

[... There really is no point to this, either? Litchi might as well be awake by now. Regardless, they're into this now.]

Fine, whatever. You're the ninja here, so get us inside.

[startwithabang.livejournal.com]

Me? You're the one that came up with this plan, I thought you would have atleast thought of a way to get in.

[Well regardless he's scoping out the place to find a way to sneak in since he obv has to be the brains of this operation.]

[hageshii]

[Actually Goroh swiped one of Litchi's keys earlier. But he just wants to see how a ninja would manage to sneak in unnoticed.]

That's the reason I brought you along.

[startwithabang.livejournal.com]

[Sigh.]

Fine, but if you want to get inside, you must do exactly-- [He puts two fingers up to his own eyes and then points them in the direction of Goroh's eyes giving somewhat of a mimic his every movement signal.] what I do. You must become my shadow. My very essence. Now, let's go!

[Then he quickly-- but very silently-- jumps onto the roof, running all the way to the other side of it, and does a roll before leaping off towards a nearby tree and kicking off of it, doing a few mid-air flips along his way towards the ground. You still following right? Well once he lands he does about a dozen or so fast cartwheels over to Miss Litchi's window which brings at just the side of it. You could just uh... walk too I guess.]

[hageshii]

[In the meantime, Goroh goes to the other side of the house, uses the key to unlock the door, locks it behind himself, and quietly maneuvers his way into Litchi's room. He'll be waiting for you there, Bang.]

[Action]

[yellowthirteen.livejournal.com]

[...After the hell that's been the past week, Yellow 13 decided that today would be a good day to visit the hot springs up in the mountains. As if the burning trees raining from the sky weren't enough to conjure up his nightmares of Ulysses again, the Tease attack certainly was. Fortunately, he laid low for the latter and was unhurt, but hearing the news of the grisly fates of several villagers really unnerved him. He really needed to get away.

Teaching Nu to fish really helped, but he decided being someplace a bit secluded and relaxing would be nice. So here he is, already in the hot springs, unaware of Goroh and Bang's plans for Litchi. So far, it's doing wonders for his nerves.

Let's see how long that lasts.]

[Action]

[not_meatbuns]

[It's not going to last. At all. Because Litchi has gotten into the booze, and she's well past drunk. And we all know what that means.]

Well, hell~o, David~!

[Splash. Incoming glomp from behind. She is wrapped up in a towel for cover, for all it's worth. Which isn't much, since it's hard to keep that chest contained in a towel.]

Fancy meeting you here~

[Action]

[yellowthirteen.livejournal.com]

[Wait, that voice is... Oh god, surprise glomp from behind! He's not getting away from that is swiftly embraced by Litchi. ...And he recognizes that tone. Impending doom isn't on his mind yet, but he is rather startled by how quickly Litchi moved. And no, he doesn't get a very good look at Litchi, other than glancing back to her no-doubt smiling face.

Thankfully for him, he's also wearing his swimming trunks in the water. That was more the style in Erusea, at least...]

Uh... hello, Dr. Faye-Ling. I didn't expect to see you out here... how are you?

[Action]

[not_meatbuns]

[Oh, she's smiling, alright.] Just won~der~ful, thank you.

[This is a very drunken giggle back here. And she still hasn't let go. Your hair may very well be in danger of being put in hundreds of teensy-tiny pigtails, Thirteen.] Yourself~?

[Action]

[yellowthirteen.livejournal.com]

[Good thing he's still looking back at her. It won't be quite so easy for her to get at it without him feeling something. ...Or so he thinks. Litchi can seemingly warp reality while drunk...]

Very well. Like I said, I hadn't expected anyone to be out here... but this is a nice surprise.

[...Well, it is. He does like being around Litchi. And admittedly, he's rather unbothered by her violation of his personal space. Way to be a sucker, 13.]

Did you come out here to get away too?

[Action]

[not_meatbuns]

Not at all~! Mr. Goroh and Bang dragged me out here, actually. They said I needed a break; I told them I'm okay but they insisted~ [And she really doesn't sound bothered about it at all. Must be all the alcohol.

She finally lets him go, but the personal space violation isn't over yet. She leans in close with a conspiratorial whisper. Even the sing-song tone is gone.]

Speaking of Mr. Goroh... I need to get those sunglasses away from him. Think you could you help?

[Action]

[yellowthirteen.livejournal.com]

[Oh, this ought to be good. In a quiet, matching whisper.]

What did you have in mind?

[Action]

[not_meatbuns]

[PARTNER IN CRIME GET! Litchi is pleased.] I'm not sure... I just can't seem to get them away from him. Maybe I could distract him while you grab his glasses?

[bullet-dance.livejournal.com]

[She was an hour or two late on this, but once she heard the recording Noel was up and following their tracks. They mentioned something about the hot springs, so that was where Noel was going. SHE KNEW IT WAS IN THE MOUNTAINS.

...but didn't know where. Derp. Nevertheless, she's up there. SOMEWHERE. SHE'LL SAVE YOU MISS LITCHI.

Traveling up is getting to be so tiring though. ;;]

[cry-camellia.livejournal.com]

[Having reached the exact same conclusion, Tsubaki is SOMEWHERE in the mountains too. Miss Litchi must be around there somewhere...

Hmmm.]

[bullet-dance.livejournal.com]

[... ... Wait. Isn't that--?]

... Tsubaki?

[cry-camellia.livejournal.com]

[Sure is! She turns toward the voice with a start.]

Noel! Are you... did you hear what happened?

[bullet-dance.livejournal.com]

[She walks over to her.]

I-I did. [...] Were you going after them, too?

[cry-camellia.livejournal.com]

[She nods.]

I was really worried after hearing what was broadcast. [...] Do you know the way?

[bullet-dance.livejournal.com]

[...Ffff. It's a good thing she ran into Tsubaki. Not that Noel knows what to expect, but if things got dangerous... yeah. But it's not like she can tell her to turn back now.]

I have this, but... [And she shows Tsubaki a page of the journal, which has a map of Luceti. Not the most detailed, but STILL.] ...I'm not sure how accurate it is.

[cry-camellia.livejournal.com]

[It really is a good thing. Tsubaki ran out, weaponless, on a justice-related impulse. There's always a backup, but... let's hope it never comes to that.]

I see. I'm sure it couldn't be too far off. [Frowning at the map.] I suppose we should keep heading this way, then.