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[dayeverlasting]

[ Hinata feels strangely light-headed, but warmer than he had the moment before. His fingertips are still stiff and numb, his gait stumbling, but somehow his back feels sun-warmed and the breeze is gentle against his face. But that's impossible. Last he remembers, it was night and--

Night.He drops to his knees, clutching at the diagonal slash

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nope never forgiven

[overknight]

[ It's not often that one sees oneself bleeding profusely (to death?) in the middle of the public, and it's a sight Night certainly wasn't expecting. His feet had taken him to his destination of their own accord. He'd thought it was perhaps his instincts picking up on a demon nearby, but he's proven terribly, terribly wrong when he sees himself.

Well. There's no demonic presence here besides his own self. Either this is a trick, or by the process of elimination and the words he strains to hear from the doppelganger . . . ]

Hinata . . . !?

[ He sprints over to the newly identified body. That's impossible. And if this is in fact a trick (he remembers those wounds, even from this distance. He doesn't even need to look all that closely), he can always retaliate. He's dealt with trickery plenty of times in the past. But he needs to check, and see. ]

.../c-cliffs self. ; A ;

[dayeverlasting]

[ It's strange, hearing your own voice call out your name. Hinata manages to look up and catch the sight of an Exorcist's uniform, and he wonders perhaps if his mind is playing tricks on him. But then he drags his gaze the rest of the way up to stare into his own face and for a moment he can only give Night a blank, uncomprehending look. ]

You're not... God, are you? Not that I wouldn't be flattered, but--

[ He laughs weakly at his own joke, mopping clumsily at his eyes with one torn sleeve. ]

Maybe I'm dreaming. I guess I always was... a bit of a narcissist...

. . . /dives off cliff after you

[overknight]

[ Night is beside Hinata within seconds. He listens quietly, but scowls at the last few words. ]

Don't talk like you're dead when you're not.

[ Or was he? Night isn't ready to wholly accept this stranger as Hinata, yet, but he'd responded positively. It doesn't hurt to play it safe. Nevertheless, he glances at the wound, unnecessary as the gesture is. He already knows how severe it is. He's seen one exactly like it before. ]

You're not going to last if you stay here.

[ He probably wouldn't last at all. ]

.../SOARS INTO THE SKY WITH????

[dayeverlasting]

I'm pretty sure the minute you start a conversation with yourself like this, past tense is the way to go... [ The gallows' humor is strong with this one. At Night's assessment of his situation, Hinata glances down at himself and has the exact same thought. That he probably won't make it either way. So he just slowly turns his gaze back up and keeps talking. He doesn't really know what else to do. ]

...I don't even know where 'here' is.

[ Hinata mumbles this half to himself as he tries to make his vision focus. It almost looks like... the Academy, but that can't be right. He left his key to the school back home. Hadn't thought he'd need it. ]

[fortifyingnight]

[This Night doesn't come till much later, when Hinata has had a chance to bandage himself up. There were others ways he differed from the familiar the man had seen before. He hadn't taken possession of Hinata's body to gain the appearance that he had today, he'd been able to create a duplicate form. Since they'd met, he'd also defeated Pazuzu and given Monaka the safe life she deserves.

He'd long since accepted the death of his former friend, so when he runs into his virtual duplicate, Night freezes.]

.... [ Hinata's body had been cremated, unless he was a ghost now there was no way he should be standing in front of him...! Which... if that were true, it was his job to exterminate the other....]

[dayeverlasting]

[ One would think that, as an Exorcist, Hinata would know better than to go gallivanting around after learning that he's very much supposed to be deceased. But he's hungry, and he swore off cafeteria food from True Cross forever upon graduation. (He breaks that oath now and again, but near-death experiences give him a voracious appetite so he wants to treat himself to something nice.)

He figured he'd go and find some kind of restaurant, have himself a nice meal, and meet up with Night again after.

For a second when he first sees someone else with his face, he jumps and thinks that he's been caught sneaking out of bed. Then he realizes the look he's being given isn't quite right.

He really needs to stop leaving the house unarmed, dammit. ]

Um-- Can I help you?

[fortifyingnight]

[So long as he isn't eating souls then he's still on the good side.

Night stiffens almost immediately at the question, shaking himself back into gear.]

Yeah, you can tell me why you have Hinata's body.

[dayeverlasting]

...Well, that's pretty simple. I'm Hinata, and it's my body.

Is there a reason in particular you also have my face? [ Since he's already been through this conversation with Night, unless Night went and conked himself on the head or otherwise contracted short-term amnesia in the last hour, this can't be his familiar. Er. Former familiar.

This is all going to take a lot of getting used to. ]

i am a terrible person.

[crybabyyukio]

(Wandering down the path, shoulders hunched and hands clutched tightly together by his chest, Yukio was feeling more confused and terrified with each step he takes. He never meant to get separated from his nii-san or his tou-san; in fact, he's always the one to stick to either one of them and never let go.

But when he finds an injured person, his instinct to tend and care overrides his fear.)

M-Mister!

(Bitty Yukio runs up to him, worry clearly on his face.)

oh my god bittio. you are the best person.

[dayeverlasting]

[ Hearing the voice of a young boy, Hinata finds himself quickly snapping out of his reverie, the events he had witnessed prior to his arrival hear chased away by his own instinctive need to defend those weaker than he. This couldn't be the forest, then. There's no way a child could have stumbled upon them. ]

H-Hey, there. [ He glances around to see if this kid belongs to anyone, blinking his eyes to try to keep his vision from blurring too much to see. But it looks like this kid's the only one around, so-- ]

Where... Where are your parents, kid?

[ Hinata coughs then, and it feel wet. When he glances down, he sees his own blood splashed against the pavement.

Great. When he was young, he'd definitely wanted 'traumatizing a small child' to be his last act on earth. ]

orz

[crybabyyukio]

I... don't know where tou-san is.

(When the stranger coughs blood, Yukio finally realizes how much is around him. There's a lot. A lot. A person bleeding that much isn't good at all, that much Yukio knows because blood is suppose to stay inside the body.

The wounds and tears didn't seem so bad from a distance, but now he can see that mister is in a really bad shape and Yukio can't help but feel small and powerless and even more lost.

Just... just think of the few times when Rin would play pretend with him so he can get some doctor training!)

You shouldn't speak so much, mister! I'll-- I'll call for help!

[dayeverlasting]

[ Under normal circumstances, Hinata wouldn't want a child Yukio's age running off for help when the child himself is lost, but given the circumstances, he's not sure he has much choice in the matter. He's in no position to be helping anyone himself, and he imagines dying right before the boy's eyes would be a smite more traumatic than simply bleeding everywhere. ]

Do you know... a store nearby that would let you borrow their phone, maybe?

[ The least he can do is nudge the kid in the right direction. ]

how do you keep getting me to tag you with all my accounts

[noonesfirst]

[A young boy with a strong wanderlust, he was so used to leading his father and brother around Rin often didn't look back to see if they followed him. So when he found himself alone, it wasn't... scary. Big brothers have to be brave! So he would be brave!

But the sounds of some guy... saying night?]

Are you going to sleep mister...? [ Rin will toddle over, looking wide eyed-up to the adult with confusion.]

you might as well go ahead and bring all your other accounts.

[dayeverlasting]

[ He's probably just... hallucinating that voice, right? There's no way a little kid could be here with him, just like there's no way that can really be the sun and no way this can really be the school--

But then he glances over, and sure enough there's some kind of child standing not too far from him. ]

Sleep--? No, Night is... He's my cat.

[ Since, well, you can't just go around telling children that 'Night' is the name of your demonic familiar. ]

OTL

[noonesfirst]

[Rin walks up closer.]

Did you lose him?? [And that's when he see's the blood.]

Oh no-did a bully beat you up?! Where'd they go??! [Because every grown man wants to be protected by a child.]

[dayeverlasting]

[ Oh yeah, you got him. That, too, was one of Hinata's aspirations when he was a bright-eyed, bushy-tailed young thing. To have his honor defended by a seven year old after allowing himself to be possessed by a demon. Yep. All his dreams coming true, right here and now. ]

N..no, I did something bad. It should be okay now. [ Since now that he's no longer possessed, Night has no reason continue attacking Hinata. And Night doesn't seem to be here anymore anyway.

Hinata wonders if the demon is upset with him. He couldn't blame Night even if he was. ]