Musa's House

[scarplo]

Scarplo looked around at the assembled bishis, blushed, and giggled. "Well, I'm here..."

He stepped in, a slight limp slowing the pace and smiled sunnily at them. "What can I help you with?"

[Musashi]

Musa, who was still glaring DEATH AND DOOM AND YOU RUINED MY HAWT YAOI MOMENT at Yuki, perked up upon "seeing" Sca. He wiggled his kitty ears and waved. "Hi Sca~"

Yuki discarded his bloody tissue and practically pranced over to the cowgirl-in-a-vagabond. "Silly thing, we've been looking all over for you! We weren't able find you when we went into... what, is he like your dad or something? Anyway, we couldn't find you inside his head. So we had him bring you out. And now that you're here.. how would you like your very own body, kiddo?!" :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

[scarplo]

The cowgirl's mind in an old homeless guy's recently enhanced body waved back at her cat-boy ninja friend, and then giggled at the prancing talkative bishi.

"Oh, very much... but I can't accept it yet. He's not better."

[Musashi]

Yuki awwww'd and took one of Sca's-but-not-Sca's hands and patpatted it."Really? What's wrong with him? Besides this floppy arm. You know we'll do everything in our power to help, Miss Sca~"

And off in the background, Musa was all like ;___________; cause he's WORRIED about Scarpy!

[scarplo]

Sca looked at Scarplo's arm and smiled. "Oh, nothing's wrong with his arm. He just won't forgive himself."

[Musashi]

Yuki pulled up a chair for Sca. "Won't forgive himself? Do tell, Miss Sca."

[scarplo]

Sca sat demurely, presenting the bizarre image of an old man legs crossed tight, one hand resting on a knee, another hanging limp. "I don't know much... he keeps it locked away tight and so much is still lost from earlier... but it's been ruining his life."

[Musashi]

Musa hopped up and rushed over suddenly, grabbing Sca and SHAKING her. "What do we doooooo?!"

"You might not want to shake her fluffy cow brains out~"

The kitty meeeewed and stopped, and hugged Sca. "Sorry. But I'm worried. I want to help. What can be done to help him? I want to make it all better..."

[scarplo]

Sca sighed and slumped. "I don't know. He won't tell me, and it's too hard to look with what's happened."

[Musashi]

The kittyninja hrrrrmmmed, and then... BING! Yeah, you can practically see the lightbulb! Shiny!

"How about I come in there and we look together, Sca? We can fix him! I know we can do it! Then he can be happy and we'll go on a picnic and it'll be /great/!" :D :D :D

[scarplo]

The grizzled old man blushed just a bit beneath his beard and smiled shyly. "Well... if you're certain... I mean, I wouldn't want to impose..."

[Musashi]

"I am TOTALLY certain! It'll work! We'll make it work! And if anyone gets in our way, Musa gonna smack some b****es! Mmhmm." Nodnod.

Yuki gave a bishi shrug. "Well, I don't see why not. You can give it a try. But you call me in if anything bad happens, kiddo."

Musa wrinkled his wittle bishi nose and flicked a kitty ear annoyedly. "I'm not a kid. I'll be fine!"

And then he did GLOMP the Scarpy-body'd Sca mightily, and pressed his forehead to his.. hers... PERSON'S. YEAH. THAT WORKS. :D

"Okay, let's do this! Try to connect with me okay?" He shut his eyes and rather quickly fell into a ninja-y meditative trance.

[scarplo]

The ninja heard Scarplo's heart go all a flutter as he entered the trance, and swiftly felt a shift in the area. There was a sudden wail of wind, and the sharp sting of sand wisking through the air. A hand, strong and rough, squeezed his own.

"Musa-kun! Come quickly!" Sca's voice was deeper than before, a bit older, and much louder as she shouted over the sand storm. What features she should show were hidden beneath brown cloth, along with the rest of her body.

[Musashi]

"Gwaaa, what's with all the sand?!" @____@

But the kittyninja clung tightly to Sca's hand and trudged along after her, folding his fuzzy ears down so as not to get sand stuck in them. Kitties don't like sand in their ears!

[scarplo]

Sca pulled the ninja close, and flung a second cloak around the ninja. "Don't let go!"

The sand whirled around them, nipping at any exposed skin, trying to stall and bury them bit by bit, but almost as quickly as it began, the storm seemed to pass, and the two were in the desert choked ruins of a city.