Musa's House

[scarplo]

The crystal, being within meanacing appearance hight for a surprisingly fit old homeless guy, is well within ninja leaping range. As the ninja leaps up, announcing his presence to the world, the moon, and probably a few people next door, both look at him, more than a bit surprised. Kitten ears pick up the surprised whisper of "Musa?"

The younger is close enough that mere mortal ears hear it, and looks behind to see his older representation. He smiles broadly, points at the old man and says, "Do I know you?"

The elder's response comes in a quick haymaker. This being on a rather precarious perch, the younger falls off, and the elder begins to go after him as the ninja rises.

[Musashi]

Musa landed lightly, and blinkblinked at his cuddly old man throwing a hell of a punch. "Well, snap."

As the two Scarpitywarpities (what? stfu) went off the pillar, Musa gave a little annoyed flick of the tail. "I just got up here! Would you slow down a sec?! Who am I supposed to be saving you from, Scarpy?! Tell me and I'll beat 'em up for you!"

[scarplo]

"WE NEED TO TAKE HIS HEAD OFF!" Came the shout of the elder falling man.

"Who's head? Don't I know you from somewhere? And that was rude! Why are you angry?" Said the slightly bruised younger man before he hit the ground. When he did, it was in a crouch before looking up and smiling again, a bit of blood leaking from his loosened teeth. "I hope we can be friends. Then you can help me find the light!"

And it got brighter.

[Musashi]

"Decapitation? Okay.. okay, yeah, I've done that before. Sure, no problem!" Musa hopped on down from the pillar, and upon landing he went right into a ninja-run, whipping out his katana and aiming it for the head of the younger Scarpidoodle.

[scarplo]

Ninja's being ninjas and this young man being the opposite of a fighter in every legitimate sense, Musashi's sword would probably not draw blood as it flashed through the younger Scarplo's neck. Not simply because a skilled ninja picks up bad-arsed killing techniques at an entry level, but also due to that body disolving into sand thing as the head fell.

The brightness faded.

[Musashi]

Musa gave his sword a little flick to get off a few bits of sand, then slid it back into the sheath on his back. Upon exiting Killer Ninja Mode, the kitty scampered to his old fogey-Scarpy. "Hey! Hey! Scarpy! Did I do it okay? Is everything okay now?"

[scarplo]

As the old man was still falling while Musashi took the younger's head off, there wasn't much scampering to do. It's at least as likely that the kitty ninja raced around Scarplo for a minute or two, looking for praise.

The vagabond hugged him tightly, which might have been better or worse. Scarplo probably could have used a shower at that point. "You did fine."

[Musashi]

Musa was not bothered by any smells, as OMGPRAISE was much more important. And receiving it made his tail waggity-wag and his cute wittle kitty ears wiggled.

"So is it all done then? Is everything okay? Or is there anyone else's ass that I need to kick?"

The kitty also took a moment to peek over Scarpy's shoulder... where'd Sca go? :o

[scarplo]

The vagabond gave the ninja a soft squeeze, pushed him away, and snatched up the head. "I'll be back."

And then old man jumped over the crumbling three story ruins of a building.

Sca stood roughly twenty feet away from the entire scene, her expression grim.

[Musashi]

"HEY SCAAAAA! COME HEEEEEERE!" Wavewavewave. "EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE OOOKAY!" :D

[scarplo]

Sca limped up to the ninja, watching where Scarplo left. "Musashi... do you know what he's doing? Where he's going?"

[Musashi]

"Nnnnope! But I'm sure he's going to fix things. And everything will be okay now." The ninjakitty took Sca's hand and began pulling her along towards the direction Scarplo went.

[scarplo]

Sca followed, but when they saw him clear another ruin and vanish into the whirling sands, she stopped. "Musashi... we'll never find him in that."

[Musashi]

"Sooo, what do we do? Do we wait here? You know more about this place than me, ne?" Musa's ears drooped a bit as he gazed off in Scarpy's direction. "I'm sure he'll be back soon, though. With everything fixed."

[scarplo]

A stiff hug, and the faint sound of crystals cracking, nudged the ninja. "We figure out what to do, and have some tea. Come on."

And the lame cowgirl pulled on the ninja.