☀ 8 smiles [video]

[cantsaygao]

[The communicator switches on from Sakutaro clutching his hands over the button too hard. When the video feed appears, it shows a room somewhere in the Gohl Rowhouse and a little brunette girl running past the camera, away from aggressive magical brooms, mops, and various cleaning supplies. Yes, Gohl. You have a new little tenant.]

Uuuu- uu-!

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[betrayedblade]

[Eventually the sounds seem to move away. They don't disappear, but almost get more animated in fact. If they peer out in curiosity they will see Giovanni battling off the possessed brooms and mops. :| ]

Giovanni -> Sakutaro -> Maria? XD

[cantsaygao]

[Slowly, the closet door creaks open and Sakutaro's head pokes out to watch.]

Uryu-? Giovanni?

Cool with me!

[uumobile]

[Aaand Maria's peeking out above him]

Uu-? Sakutaro's friend?

Re: Cool with me!

[betrayedblade]

[He clears some space for a bit and glances back at them.]

...will keep you safe.

[And whirls back around just in time to parrying a broomstick.]

[cantsaygao]

Uryuu! Giovanni's a friend. Lives in the same building as us.

[He is staring quietly in awe. But then he frowns, tottering forward a few steps. Silly Sakutaro doesn't have any powers to do anything though.]

...W, want to help too...

[uumobile]

Sakutaro's friend is Maria's friend, uu-!

[Sorry though bud, Maria follows him and links arms with him so he'd have to drag her with.]

Help by staying safe.

[betrayedblade]

[He flashes them a quick smile over his shoulder.]

Yes. Please listen to la piccola principessa.

[cantsaygao]

[Oh yeah, and Maria? He forgot to mention his friend knows Italian and it sounds awesome. Except this is the first time he heard this word.

He comes to a halt when Maria links arms with him. Darn. He wanted to be a hero too.]

U, uryuu? Giovanni... is alright? [And he tries to sound out the Italian.] What's... a la... pi-... picco-... uryu-?

[uumobile]

[You'll get your chance, silly little lion. Crazy brooms just aren't it.]

Uu-? What is Maria? Confused, uu-. P, prin...

[betrayedblade]

A little princess.

[He deflects another broom, and then slashes his sword in a powerful horizontal sweep that cuts the first one in two and knocks the rest back.

He glances back at them in the interim.] Don't you think, Sakutaro?

[cantsaygao]

A princess? Uryu. But Maria's a witch...

[Taking the words "princess" literally. He's serious when he says that Maria is a witch. Not a bad witch, but a pure, white witch.

Watching one of the brooms get cut into two, he starts bouncing up and down and tugging at Maria's sleeve with his free hand.]

Uryuryu! Did you see that, Maria?! [It happened right in front of them, but he's just a bit excited now.] Awe-some~! Uryu!

[uumobile]

Uu-? Maria can be a princess witch! Get lots of tea and a fancy house!

[She giggles along with Sakutaro, making sure the little tyke doesn't trip over himself in his excitement. HELLS YEAH that was cool.] Maria saw, Maria saw! Giovanni is super awesome!

[betrayedblade]

[He chuckles fondly at them and it makes his eyes sparkle with...golden flecks. And we mean abnormally golden flecks. He glances back at the regrouping supplies.]

They should have thought better of attacking mia piccola principessa strega. A knight must protect his princess, yes?

[He turns back to the oncoming supplies and readies his sword.]

[cantsaygao]

[Abnormal golden flecks? That's okay. Sakutaro comes from a world where there's all sorts of abnormal things.

He's too amazed by Giovanni to try and play a heroic lion. He pumps up a fist, covered in over-sized sleeves, in the air.]

Yeah, yeah! Get 'em, Giovanni! Uryuryu!

[uumobile]

[Maria likes sparkles! She also loves the idea of being a princess, and he calls her all sorts of fancy words.]

Go, go! Giovanni's gonna win, beat all the brooms! The best knight Maria's had!

[betrayedblade]

[The children are so adorable. Of course he will show off for them. He hacks the next broom into several pieces with quite the flourish.]