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@r.asuka

[luciformis]

You put out a call for a lighter.

[ Never mind that this message has some great and unnoticeable encryption and that this isn't even a question. This is as close to a welcome as he's going to get. ]

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This had better not be another lecture.

[luciformis]

Find me steel wool and a 9V battery.

Once you do, I'll meet you toward the back of the Observation Deck.

[ There's an attachment with this text. It's a map. ]

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Oh thank fuck, someone who understands the need for MAPS.

[ He likes this guy already!!!! ]

[luciformis]

Yeah.

It's uploaded to the BBS, but it isn't something most would scroll through after arriving here.

[ Most people would rather panic first. And most people he spent time with as a kid hated him. ]

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Woulda been nice if my buddy had told me about instead of being "oh just find the lift" like an ASS.

[ Not that he really expected Kira to be any other way. ]

Anyway, brb on a quest for a battery and some steel wool.

[luciformis]

It's possible that they might not even know about it. It's fairly new. Though, it's surprising to me that no one else seems to keep a digital map for their own use.

[ That's because you're a nerd, Ryo. ]

With luck they'll be around. The previous crew left an assortment of things behind.

[ He isn't saying to check the unoccupied rooms, but that's also what he's absolutely saying. ]

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[ One slightly prolonged search later, another message pops up. ]

Victory! Observation deck?

[luciformis]

[ He's already up there. ]

Yeah. I'm the one with the white coat.

[ Sure enough, when Katou makes it up to the Observation Deck, there's a bright spot of a figure in a less visited corner. It is almost reminiscent of the dips in architecture behind college dorms where the undergrads would light up, the smell of smoke no matter the flavor caught between the bricks and the ivy. He doesn't look quite like he belongs, but there's something in the set of his expression that would argue otherwise. He hears the other come up and doesn't lift his hand in greeting as much as he holds it out to accept what he's found with a slight nod of his head. ]

Once I get the spark going, you want to be quick. I'll have to drop it.

[ He gestures more with the scuff of one shoe (also white) toward a small bowl of water he's got near him. He doesn't intend to start a fire, at least. ]

un: kamen.rider

[nishizono]

[ so apparently he's arrived on board the terminal while some weird plague is going on. sure, okay. tetora can manage. time to contact every single person on his deck, why the hell not. ]

hey, room 515, episode 2. why are there two of you listed? you alive? i have a question. other than those ones, i mean.

un: icansmokemyself

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Because Kira ordered me to stay in his room and it was so fucking convenient that I pretended he had a say in the matter. i'm alive! what's up?

[nishizono]

your roommate agreed to trade me drugs. cool guy.

[ that's not the question. also: not the point or the full truth. when has tetora ever done anything that was linear and coherent, though. ]

i was wondering if you had any i could bum off you, as well.

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he WHAT?!
i'm going to kick his ass!
i've been mooching off of HIM
i'm gonna be fucking LOOKING though, let me tell you, what an asshole!

[nishizono]

ooooh now it makes sense. i found the dealer guy, nice.

if it's any consolation to you i need drugs to stay alive. no hard feelings.

i'm tetora, by the way.

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i need drugs to not wanna murder half the shitheads on this ship-station-thing.

[ He's being facetious, he wouldn't actually kill them. He'd just think about it very strongly. ]

name's katou. you really need drugs to stay alive???

[nishizono]

[ tetora, on the other hand, would absolutely kill them. ]

don't let morals stop you from reaching your full potential, wow.

and yeah, i do. don't be jealous, it's not fucking fun at all.

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it's not about morals, it'd just be a pain in my ass. anyway, that actually does sound like it fucking sucks. tell you what, i figure out where to get a steady supply of drugs other than mooching off what kira finds, i'll let you know.

ACTION

[counterfeitheart]

[Kira is finally KIRA again and that means it's time to go back to his own room since it's a little less awkward with his human face.

And hey, it was his room first anyway, so Kira just comes right into the room and smacks Katou right on the back.]

'Sup asshole? You got any more cigarettes or did you suck 'em all down already?

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[ He was half-lying down on the bed lazily, so Kira catches him entirely by surprise. Katou makes an "oof!" sound at that hand. ]

Hey, what the fuc--- [ Wait a minute. ]

Holy shit, you've finally got your face back.

[ He sits up properly. ]

I've still got like, five cigarettes. I've been behaving.

[ Not that anyone outside this room would appreciate that. ]

[counterfeitheart]

[Kira appreciates it because it's been a Long Month. He could use a little nicotine.]

Pretty fuckin' impressive if I do say so myself. [Katou of all people wasn't known for his moderation.]

Let's have one. I gotta celebrate having my face back. [Honestly, it did just... feel more comfortable, and he actually grips at his face a little as if savoring the feeling of being back in this flesh. It's not that he hated his actual face! This was just so much easier.]

A shame we don't have anything more than that, though. I could really go for some booze or shrooms or something.

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If I thought I could get some shrooms right now, I'd do anything for them.

[ How literal is that? He doesn't actually know. ]

But yeah yeah, let's fucking celebrate.

[ Hopefully with actual fucking at some point. He digs out his pack with a degree of relish and pulls out a cigarette. ]

And then there were four.

[counterfeitheart]

[Kira also hopes so. 9S had been hospitable but there was really nothing like fooling around with Katou.]

Fuck yes. [He flops onto the bed then with a sigh.]

You get a lighter or do I really have to fuckin' bring out my wings again?

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Wing it up, I remain sadly lighter-free.

[ Really, you'd think either someone would give him one or he'd find one. Sigh. ]

[counterfeitheart]

How do you live like this?

[He huffs, frowning, but you KNOW he's not going to turn it down. At least he only needs the flame for one moment with a regular cigarette, so he just manifests his wings, fluttering them a little before he offers a thumb to Katou with a flame on the end of it. It was KINDA like a lighter.]

Light 'er up. We've gotta figure out a better way to do this, though.

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[ Katou leans in and lights up the cigarette, taking a drag of the cigarette and releasing a puff of smoke a moment later with a sigh. ]

Shit, that's much better.

[ He gestures around vaguely with the cigarette. ]

I've got as far as a one-use thing with a battery and steel wool, but it's not the same as a real lighter.