Forty-Third Spool of Thread - [Voice/Action]

[so_shik]

[There's the sudden sound of a bunch of boxes falling to the ground, contents spilling everywhere as the journal's camera points up to the ceiling. It shifts suddenly to focus on a particular pink-haired girl who was unceremoniously dumped into the back room of her shop on top of said boxes.]

Ugh...thanks for the warning, jerks. [She begins to

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[slaying]

[ ...oh this is all her fault. or mostly her fault. she feels bad. but there's a plan to keep secret. ]

Shiki! You okay?

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[so_shik]

[On the bright side, she can never be mad at Buffy. She sounds fairly relieved though when she hears the other girl's voice.]

Yeah, I'm okay. It's weird, Buffy, it's like they didn't even really want to do anything to me this time. How's everything here?

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[slaying]

[ everything's falling apart.

she can't say that, though. so! smile! ] Sounds like you lucked out. And things are -- good. Warming up.

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[so_shik]

[Hmm...well, no need for her to be suspicious of Buffy's cheeriness.] So I've noticed. Should be good for business at least...oh! I have your order almost ready. Kind of got interrupted, sorry.

[voice]

[lists_to_port]

Someone has broken into your shop? Fiends.

[voice]

[so_shik]

Exactly! And not only did they break in they stole some of my stuff, too! Not that I can think of why they'd want to steal what was stolen, but come on.

[voice]

[lists_to_port]

Let's not think of why, darling. I, Admiral James Norrington, will do my best to apprehend the criminals!

[voice]

[so_shik]

...Admiral? [Nice try, Jack, she's vaguely aware of who you are...but she'll play along.] What exactly can you do?

[Voice]

[markofthewise]

It's almost June.

[Kidnappings! Always such a pain. Now, how long ago was it since he last saw her...?]

How long does that make it?

[Voice]

[so_shik]

[A sigh. Greeeat.]

Not as long as I thought, at least. About a week and a half...but you know how it is, Sokka. It always just seems a lot longer.

[Voice]

[markofthewise]

I usually don't remember it, personally. [It's kind of weird talking so casually about kidnapping, but it's easier to just treat it like an odd thing, like some weird weather, then something horrible and invasive.] Only that one time when we were warned about it first. And I was only in there for a day.

[Voice]

[so_shik]

Most people don't...the only reason I remember this one is just because they didn't really do anything this time. [But hey wait.] Wait, wait, wait...which time are you talking about?

[voice]

[soundfrequency]

Shiki...!

[Now that's a voice he's very glad to hear right now. As soon as he notices she's at the shop he's out the door and headed that way. He's a lot better than he was the other day when he got sent back, but all he can mange right now is a slow jog over there. He brought his journal along with him so he can talk to her before he gets there, since it's going to take a few minutes.]

Stay there, I'm on my way.

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[so_shik]

Neku! [Oh good. Good, he's okay, that's one less thing to freak out about. There's another sound that appears to be a box of buttons being knocked to the floor as she moves over to the door of the shop.]

Tell me you're okay at least. That's all I want to know right now.

[voice]

[soundfrequency]

I'm fine. Just-don't freak out when you see me.

[voice]

[so_shik]

...you realize that by saying that I'm probably going to freak out, right?

[sea_king_bait]

Someone broke into your shop? That's really mean.

[so_shik]

Tell me about it. They could have at least done it when I was here, but no. Had to be while I was gone for a week. Jerks.

It's kind of weird though...theft usually isn't common around here.

[sea_king_bait]

I've never heard of people stealing before the last few days. There was a pirate calling himself "Admiral" stealing from people on the bridge a couple days ago. Maybe he did it? That'd be weird, though. He said he didn't steal from "pretty girls".

[so_shik]

[...Keimi you have pretty much confirmed what she was thinking. AUGH. Thanks a lot, Jack.] Admiral huh? I might need to have a word with him soon then. What was he stealing anyway?