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[pickedapocket.livejournal.com]

[There's a slightly green boy squatting just at the edge of the lake, giving it a very suspicious look. He warily dips a hand in the water before scooping up a bit to examine. Not seeing anything immediately wrong, he takes a few more handfuls and splashes himself with them, not paying much attention to the fact that he's still fully dressed.] Where am I? This is too big to be the pond...

((OoC: Not going to type out the lisp, but he does have one, just to mention.))

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[pickedapocket.livejournal.com]

Luministi. That's the town? Or the lake?

[painlessfighter]

The town. You really must be new...

[pickedapocket.livejournal.com]

[Jimmy doesn't feel very new — he's already to his first summer, after all — but this Natsuo might know better.]

Is that bad?

[painlessfighter]

[He shrugs.]

It's just boring. And no one can get home, like I said. We're stuck here.

[pickedapocket.livejournal.com]

How do you know we're stuck?

[painlessfighter]

Because we've been trying to go home. I said that. But we can't. I think we need to find whoever is really keeping us here and hurt them. I bet that would work.

[pickedapocket.livejournal.com]

You don't know who they are?

[painlessfighter]

No. They won't show themselves. Cowards, I bet.

[pickedapocket.livejournal.com]

Or smart.

[painlessfighter]

Or stupid. [Mumble, mutter...]

[pickedapocket.livejournal.com]

Why is it stupid?

[painlessfighter]

Hiding is stupid. If you're going to do something to other people, you should show yourself.

[pickedapocket.livejournal.com]

If they're going to hurt you, you should make sure they can't catch you.

[painlessfighter]

They started it! [Huff!]

[pickedapocket.livejournal.com]

That doesn't mean they're stupid. [This is starting to feel similar to an arguing with Sally.]

[painlessfighter]

[There's an instant shift in his attitude from aggravated anger to... calm, eerily serious anger instead.]

They still started it. And I'll make them hurt if I find them. They can't keep me here, I want to go home. I want to find Youji.

[It's said more like a promise than a threat, but it's still just as intense. And hey, have a tiny little smile to just make it even better.]

[pickedapocket.livejournal.com]

[He scoots back a step, but he's still listening.]

Who's Youji?

[painlessfighter]

[He remembers the fuss that Sophie raised when Natsuo told her the truth, so he decides not to use the word "sacrifice" this time.]

My friend.

[pickedapocket.livejournal.com]

You lost them? [Jimmy almost knows the feeling — it would have probably been easier if he had been able to lose Gracie.]

[painlessfighter]

Kind of. The town didn't bring him, it only brought me.

[Okay, now he just looks sad.]

[pickedapocket.livejournal.com]

Maybe you should ask whoever brought us to bring him too.

[painlessfighter]

But I don't know who it is! And I'd rather just go home...