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[painlessfighter]

[Hello, Luministi. Your new resident hasn't even been here 24 hours, and he's already testing things, namely the stability of your town home windows. Little tip for you: they can't withstand rubber bouncy-balls when thrown hard enough. Nor can they withstand magic, it seems...

If you're in Luministi Greens West, the first sound you'll hear coming from house B3 is a single window breaking. If you happen to be watching, maybe you spot the bright red rubber ball that did the damage in the first place. If that isn't enough to tempt you into looking, about two minutes later, you will hear the lovely sound of every single window of B3 shattering. Loudly.

Natsuo walks out of his front door, smiling, and closes it behind him. He sits on the stairs, as though the broken glass isn't even there. He looks quite pleased with himself.]

Youji should be here.

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[lamb_of_gold]

[YOU KNOW WHAT? Mu's here because I said so. He looks at the broken glass, then up at the...boy with cat ears? The hell?]

Was this your doing?

[painlessfighter]

[Good reason! Anyway, Natsuo nods, still smiling his little somewhat creepy smile.]

Mhm. This house needs better windows.

[lamb_of_gold]

Or, perhaps, you oughtn't go around breaking them.

[painlessfighter]

They're not your windows.

[lamb_of_gold]

I still have to live in this town, and I don't think your neighbors would take too kindly to stepping over broken glass each morning.

[painlessfighter]

[That goes in one ear and out the other.]

So are you a citizen?

[lamb_of_gold]

For now.

[painlessfighter]

For now? Where are you going?

[lamb_of_gold]

Home, eventually. I did not come here of my own free will.

[fortune_sought]

[Sophie peers a bit nervously out her own window when she first hears the noise. after the murder, she is rather suspicious of sudden nearby breaking glass. but when she sees the young man, her attitude changes completely, and she storms right out her door and over to him]

Just what do you think you're doing!?

[painlessfighter]

[Someone looks mad... not that Natsuo cares. He's still got that small smile in place, as he tilts his head to one side.]

Testing.

[fortune_sought]

[a bit shrilly] Testing!? There's a murderer on the loose, and you're shattering windows! Are you mad?

[painlessfighter]

[His catlike ears twitch, but his expression - the tiny, kinda creepy little smile - doesn't falter, not even a little.]

There's a murderer on the loose?

[fortune_sought]

[sharply] Yes! A woman was murdered, and just about everyone in town disappeared. Which obviously didn't occur to you at all when you decided to announce to everyone in town that you're right here!

[painlessfighter]

How could it occur to me if I didn't know? [pause] So how many people has he killed?

[fortune_sought]

[she is too angry to listen to reason] Well, hadn't you noticed there wasn't anyone else!? And one is quite enough, in my opinion!

[painlessfighter]

Huh? Should there have been someone else in there? [He turns to look over his shoulder, back at his house.]

[irreversibly.livejournal.com]

[Xion was taking a walk around Luministi Greens West to clear her head after... after everything when she hears the first window shatter. She curiously starts heading that direction when the sound happens again, but louder. Alarmed and worried, she hurries towards the sound, yellow shoes hitting the ground at a steady pace. Her mind is automatically sliding into mission mode, away from everything personal and towards being prepared for battle --

And a boy walks out of the front door of the house with the broken windows, smiling. Xion skids to a stop and stares.

What... What just happened?]

Are... Are you okay?

[painlessfighter]

[Natsuo looks up at her, blinks... then pouts.]

No. Youji isn't around. I don't know where to look for him, he's not in the big, stupid house.

[irreversibly.livejournal.com]

[... ? So what was all of that about the glass...? The boy doesn't seem bothered by it, which means he probably made them break. So does that mean he broke them because he doesn't like that he can't find his friend?]

I'm afraid I haven't met a Youji yet... But maybe he just arrived, too. If you want, I'll look for him with you.

[painlessfighter]

[He considers this for a second... then smiles again and nods.]

Okay. Are you from here?

[While standing, he places his hand right onto a pile of broken glass. Some of the pieces stick, and his palm is now bleeding, but he doesn't notice it at all.]

[irreversibly.livejournal.com]

[sldkfj;fd h-his hand...]

Ah... N-No... I'm from another world, like you...

[painlessfighter]

[La la, still doesn't notice~!]

Another world? ... Like me? Huh?

[irreversibly.livejournal.com]

Everyone here, except for the townspeople, are all from different worlds.

[painlessfighter]

What's that mean? There's no such thing as other worlds.