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[notating]

[click, there's Joshua's back. He sort of haphazardly dropped his communicator on the counter.]

I suppose this is normal? [He turns and right at the center of his collarbone is the glowing mark. He looks mildly curious before he huffs a sigh and shrugs.] Really, all these mysteries are tiring to investigate. I'm not really a laborer.

[He giggle/

Comments

[Video]

[first_scorned]

Yes, that mark is completely normal. The effects to it? Not so much. That's ancient magic at work here. From what I've seen, whatever is going on is, at least, interesting.

[ Oh, Naoya hasn't touched the coral again yet, so he was still himself. He wasn't that stupid, not after what had happened last time--he would hold off as long as possible. ]

Ah, it's a good thing so many people were willing to test it for me. Looks like it isn't truly radioactive--it just seemed to have drastically changed them.

[ Yeah, that was pretty useful. Those children were nothing if not amusing to him. ]

[Video]

[notating]

A permanent change? And why have some of us not been affected? [He shrugs.] Curiouser and curiouser. [He doesn't sound that concerned. Honestly it's better than being bored right? It's just magic.]

[And now he smiles. Ah, red eyes. Just what he was looking for.] I don't believe we've met.

[Video]

[first_scorned]

Who knows. It's too early to say for now--if it wears off, it's possible that it's some form of a curse. It wouldn't be unlike a demon to place one on humans, after all.

[ Mm, he heard that statement about red eyes prior, but he wasn't the only one with them, so who's to say it was him? He'd have to confirm that first. ]

Ah, were are my manners? I don't suppose we have, have we? [ Something tells you he doesn't really care about manners in the least. ] ... Naoya. I assume someone you know is here by the sound of it--Neku, was it?

[ He has suspicions--he'd almost thought of the boy as a duplicate of someone he knew, after all. He just had to double-check. ]

[Video]

[notating]

My, you sound quite knowledgeable on these matters. Run into demons often?

[He hums to himself at that. Neku was too vague when he mentioned Naoya for Joshua to get a good idea if there was some bad blood in whatever encounter they've had. It could be messy if that was the case but-]
Oh, you've met Neku? He's something of a- [a pause as he tugs idly at his bangs.] business partner. Back in Shibuya of course.

[Back to the smirk] He did mention something very interesting about ice pillars and the barrier. Magic, as you said.

[Video]

[discardedtheory]

It seems normal, I believe- coming in contact with the coral causes some sort of reaction within the mark to make it begin glowing like that.

[He doesn't have any side effects from it, though...he shakes his head and gives a sigh.]

I say, it looks like many of you are the types of people to use others to do your dirty work. Not that I disapprove, but to have so many users and not enough people to use...[He smirks.] It'll get nowhere, really, if you want to find those mysteries out.

[Video]

[notating]

Though the glowing isn't the only symptom. [he uncrosses his arm, smirk crossing his face.] My, that coral is very interesting, isn't it?

[and he smirks just a little more at that remark about dirty work.] Who says I want the mysteries to be solved? We assume answers will inevitably lead us to an escape. It's possible I want to stay, they are rather accommodating, don't you think?

[Video]

[discardedtheory]

Really? I just came here a few days ago. Pray tell, what other symptoms are there?

[He just shakes his head and grins at that.] Oh, well then, be my guest. But I suppose that staying here for you is better because you don't want to go back where you came from. In a less euphemistic way of referring to it, you're being sort of a coward, don't you think?

[Video] 1/2

[notating]

You haven't noticed? I'd say the other prevalent symptom is rather obvious right now.

[whowasphones]

Don't worry. I'm on it.

1/2

[notating]

[... well, that was disturbingly easy. Hm, was he- one way to find out.]

[notating]

Why Neku, aren't you helpful. You know I have some groceries to pick up too but I always get lost. [Milkin' it]

[whowasphones]

Oh yeah, you're still new here. Why don't I come with you? You could probably use a hand with them anyway, right?

[He is going to cry in a week.]

[driedfisheyes]

[...Oh hey. It's you.]

As normal as this place gets.

1/2

[notating]

[hey buddy!] You're unaffected as well Blue?

[notating]

[hee hee] It would be a shame to lose your sparkling personality to these strange happenings.

....LJ sent me those two notifs almost 5 hrs apart.

[driedfisheyes]

[... forever]

It's Rutherford. [/corrects]

It would be less a case of being unaffected, as being unable to be affected. [Guess whose mark isn't glowing! =D Guess who is probably going to be regretting this physically very soon...!]

[mysteryboychaos]

Mysteries, you say? Can you tell me more?

[notating]

You hardly have to take a few steps without running into one. The coral, the marks, the overly helpful townspeople. And, of course, why and how we're here in the first place.

[mysteryboychaos]

I'm afraid that I've just recently arrived here. There is still much that I do not know.

1/2

[notating]

You did pick an unfortunate time to show up.