Musa's House

[scarplo]

The spells revealed that Yuki was simply not where he should've been. As Scarplo's coughing somehow grew even worse. With a shudder and a spasm, the bonds flickered and vanished, letting Scarplo tumble to the ground and gag.

[Musashi]

Despite the dizziness, Musa scooted himself to Scarp and hugged him, and nuzzled him, and cuddlewuddled him.

Hitaru leaned back against the table next to the one Scarp had been on, somewhat obsuring what was on it. He sighed and wiped some sweat from his forehead. "Musashi, please try to find him. I need to rest a moment."

Musa nodded while still clinging to Scarp. He opened wide the channel in his mind between himself and Yuki, and had to cling tighter to the vagabond to keep from blacking out.

[scarplo]

The vagabond shuddered and spasmed in the kitty-ninja's grip as Musa stretched out to his mentor. As the ninja's mind strained, Scarplo groaned, coughed, and ultimately did a technicolor yawn.

As it turned out, the bacon seemed to take a while to digest.

Within the new puddle an orange crystal pulsed.

Musashi's mind suddenly found Yuki and almost immediately became awash with warm fuzzy tinglies.

[Musashi]

Hitaru siiiighed and rubbed his forehead. "I just washed that floor."

Thankfully Musa had been hugging from the side. That was close. :O
"I feel like I've found Yuki... and I feel all fuzzy-like. But I don't see him." The kittyninja took some tissue from a ninja-pouch and tried to clean Scarp up a bit, and rubbed his back and mewed softly to him.

The reaper-bishi raised an eyebrow at Musa, then noticed something sparkly-pulsey among the bacon chunks. "...I'll go get the mop."

Which he did, and cleaned up the mess, and we don't need to go into great detail about the cleaning. XD He picked up the crystal in a wet rag and started cleaning it off.
And since he moved, the other table was no longer obscured. On it rested body parts loosely stitched together with thread that glittered with multi-colored sparkles, and the parts came in various shapes and sizes.

[scarplo]

Scarplo regained his senses slowly, coughing and sputtering. "I'm going to have to lodge a formal complaint about your style of transportation."

The cleaning went swiftly, and with a glance, Hitaru must've recognized the captured, crystalized, and distilled incarnation of his partner in crime, in mid orgasm.

The vagabond smiled a bit sheepishly at the ninja, and started to stand. "Was that supposed to happen?"

[Musashi]

Hitaru examined the crystal, turning it this way and that. "Why does he always have to get himself into trouble...?"
He attempted to open a telepathic link with the crystal.

Musa held onto Scarp and helped support him as he stood. "No, I don't think so. I think something went wrong... but I'm glad you're all right. Er, you are, aren't you? Do you need anything? Water? Do you want to lie down?" The kittyninja gazed up at Scarp with much kitteny worry and concern.

[scarplo]

The crystal responded to the telepathic link with much vigour and openness, flooding Hitaru with much the same warm fuzzy tinglies that Musa recieved. An overwhelming sense of physical bliss seemed to pour from the crystal.

Scarp read the kitty's concern and his eyes hardened. Those same eyes glanced around the room, then locked back on to Musa's, "What happened? Where's your friend Yacko?"

[Musashi]

Musa held onto one of Scarp's hands. "I think you mean Yuki. But you should totally call him that! That'd be funny. But I'm not really sure where he is..."

Hitaru just couldn't fight off the urge to smile when filled with warm fuzzies, so he pulled on his hood to cover himself up. He walked to the kitty and the vagabond, and held out the crystal.

"Apparently he's right in here. You have a very interesting mind and body, Scarplo-san, to be able to crystalize and throw up my partner."

[scarplo]

Scarp looked down at the crystal and somehow managed to look even more grim. "I need someone to tell me what happened right now."

[Musashi]

Hitaru rolled the crystal around in his fingers, while Musa clung to Scarp and mewled.

"We were walking around in a sandstorm. Then I sensed something here and left Yuki alone. Some strange shadows were coming from you and I was attacked by them. A face appeared.. it looked something like you. And it insisted that I wasn't real. But Musashi came in time to dispose of it. As for what happened to Yuki, I don't know."

Musa's fuzzy ears drooped. "I feel kinda funny..."

"You should close your connection with him for now."

The kittyninja sniffled and did so, and clung even tighter to Scarp.

[scarplo]

Scarp closed his eyes and seemed a statue for a moment. Then, he sighed. "The eye must've deemed him a threat. Break the crystal carefully, and quickly and he should be alright."

The vagabond seemed to slump down onto the table, sitting in a hunch. "And it was shadows?"

[Musashi]

Hitaru set the crystal on another table, and began aiming his scythe over it. "Yes, shadows. Though a different consistancy from the usual shadow, I suppose. Heavier and thicker. At one point there was a smell like salt water."
He began to gently pick at the crystal with the scythe.

Musa huuuugged Scarp, and meeeeeewed, and nuuuuuzzled him. "I don't like all this bad stuff happening..." Sniffu. "Whatchu mean by 'the eye?'"

[scarplo]

Scarp smiled at Musashi, an embarressed, sad smile. "A... safety to keep me from killing myself, I think. It keeps me from feeling too much," he hugged the ninja tightly, "I haven't had much use for it."

Since Hitaru lost his scythe in the shadows, and no one saw him lose it, no one had much of a reason to think it odd he had another ready. The crystal itself had an odd consistancy, almost a chalk. It flaked easily, coming off in small chunks where enough pressure was applied.

[Musashi]

Musa SQUEAKED and squeeeeeezed the vagabond. "No, no killing yourself! Not ever! You can't leave me alone like that." The kitty ninja rubbed his head and a fuzzy kitty ear against Scarp's cheek in a kitty-like manner. "And is good to feel things.. yeah? Don't you want to feel things?"

The typist completely forgot that Hitaru lost the scythe, so let's say he used Magical Bishi Plothole Powers to get it back.. I guess? ^^;
Hitaru cut at the crystal a little harder.

[scarplo]

Scarplo didn't reply. He just held the ninja in a stiff embrace.

The crystal began to crack, hairline fractures running across it's whole surface. One good hit would be enough to shatter it.