[OPEN] I'm in here

[immobileyes]

Who: Mary Kozakura (immobileyes) and YOU
When: IC 2/27-3/01
Where: Residential District, right by the not-so-standing apartments
What: Mary tries to dig up things from her fallen apartment over the course of a few days, success is varied
Rating/Warning: None!

---

[ It was hard enough, waiting for the water level to go down enough so that Mary could return to where her apartment was (had been) without risk of drowning. Seto's hoodie, the jacket Hiro had given her... they were the only things she'd been able to find at the time, but now she can search for anything remaining from their apartment.

So feel free to come across a tiny teenager over the afore-mentioned days, getting drizzled on and trying to pry up pieces of the smaller rubble - and HNNNNNGHing at the bigger pieces of debris that she can't budge at all - as she hunts about. The stuffed animal she'd received from Lily is gone, the headband from Kaoru and Shiho has been twisted and bent beyond repair when she miraculously finds that... the dried flowers, from the bouquet Elza had given her... no sign of them. All of her tea...

Mary almost wants to cry, but not yet. She just keeps looking.

And don't be alarmed if she seems worn-out when you see her. It's not some weird elemental effect, she's just terrible at stamina. ]

Comments

[immobileyes]

[ YEAH. YEAH, SHE DID. Hold on, she's going to slowly push herself semi-upright. ]

I-I'm-- a little.

[ SHE JUST HAS REALLY SHITTY STAMINA, SORRY JULIAN-- ]

But you fell down really hard--

[babermetrics]

Aw, man . . .

[There's nothing Leon hates quite like seeing girls sad. It's not like he can blame her; who wouldn't get like this, and worse, over their place getting trashed? But it's still the worst. He lifts his hand--the cleaner one, not the one he'd picked up the saucer with--to pet her on the top of the head. Gently, and carefully, since she's already come to the conclusion he's a little scary, and he's not aiming to make that any worse.]

You can get a new one, right? Hey, there's gotta be some stuff in here that didn't get totally wrecked.

[deontology]

"Everything" is a little vague, but we can start with the teacups and the books, at the very least.

[He's taking her completely seriously, okay.... HERE THEY GO. Back to digging.]

[harepiece]

[OOPS... He doesn't think there's a machine in the library that can put ink back onto a page...]

Did it? [He's assuming so...] Was it something from home, or can you get another copy of it here?

[prosecutory]

[He scrutinizes her from head to foot.]

It's a simple tool to use...but a spade might work just as well. [Considering her size.]

[immobileyes]

I got it here, so I can get another one... s-so it's not that bad...

[ BUT THIS POOR BOOK. ]

[immobileyes]

... You're feeling better, then? [ YOU'RE NOT PASSING OUT SPORADICALLY ANYMORE, RIGHT-- ]

[immobileyes]

Oh! I can use that!

[ Garden tools!! ]

[reprizesal]

I know... they can be selfish and greedy.

[And sometimes, thefts and murder get involved.]

And they probably do. But... there are still some who might be nice enough to help.

["Nice enough". They won't immediately remove his distrust in them, but it's enough for Sayo to try and give them a chance.]

[coexistent]

We will. [this is the kind of stuff he's pretty okay at, so he thinks he can keep this much up.]

Let me know if you need help moving anything, okay? [the debris is pretty heavy, but even if he can't lift it, he can use his keyblades to knock it out of the way. put those junk sweep skills to the test.]

[cutebutexpendable]

Famous last words. But okay, look- all that junk's so heavy, you're so flippin' cold, aaand I'm guessing you're not the looting type. So why even bother?

[theshiningone]

I'll help you see if there's anything else under the rubble. We'll probably find some treasure if we're lucky!

[Still optimistic even in these times...]

[immobileyes]

Because it's important! [ If her hair could bristle, man. Although it just might be, just a bit. ] A lot of this came from my friends!

[immobileyes]

... Are you really strong?

[ ROXAS ARE YOU MAGICAL BECAUSE YOU LOOK FAIRLY SCRAWNY BUT SHE ALSO SUSPECTS THAT YOU'RE KIND OF A BADASS (well, she remembers the nurse). ]

[immobileyes]

Like you.

[ Well. Yes, here he is, and she's certainly grateful for it! ]

[reprizesal]

... Yes.

[Awkward. How to deal with this. He looks away from her and back at the smaller debris. Um, uM.]

What kind of things are you looking for? Your belongings.

[immobileyes]

[ To be fair, Mary gets frightened of adorable girl idols too. It's the world, really. But she only flinches slightly, and then she just... tolerates it. She's used to hair ruffles and patting. ]

Yeah... it won't be that hard. And there's still a lot to look for.

[ She acknowledges your efforts, Leon. ]

[immobileyes]

Treasure... I didn't really have any jewelry or anything.

[harepiece]

[TIME TO GIVE IT A VIKING FUNERAL.]

Oh! That's good, then! We'll get you a new copy as soon as possible. Let's look a little more in the meantime, okay? There might be some others in that area...

[He'll helpfully start poking around once more!!]

[babermetrics]

Yeah--yeah, c'mon, we got this!

[He should really be the one reassuring her . . . but he feels pretty reassured anyway. He does pull his hand back after giving her adorable head a good ruffle, and then down he goes again to drag aside another few planks of wood and see what there is to see underneath. It's exactly the kind of work he hates, but for a sad girl--and especially right now, when he's feeling full of positive energy--he's all about making the sacrifice.

Now, away with these planks.]

You've got a lot of stuff, huh? So you've been here for a while, probably! Am I right?

[immobileyes]

My books, and... some of the dresses I got... there were flowers, but I'm sure they're not okay.

[overgrowth]

Forever, more like.

[ SO THERE. he throws another rock aside. ]

[immobileyes]

Y-yeah! [ But now that he's here-- ]

Was everything really okay with you, Oz? Nothing got ruined?

[yourfononsarewhack]

Precisely. [He settles his hands into his pockets.]

Now that that's taken care of... Well, are you going to endanger yourself or not?

1/2

[theshiningone]

Awwww... [Now he looks a bit down.] Then maybe we'll find someone else's jewelry.