ｆｏｕｒｔｈ ｗａｌｌ。ａｃｔｉｏｎ。

[repudiate]

[ People. People everywhere all of a sudden. And Ange doesn't know the cause for it, nor does she particularly feel like thinking about it right now, so she does what she does best.

Being anti-social.

Ange is mostly planning on finding some quiet place where she doesn't have to stay inside all day yet doesn't have to face the crowds either, but obviously it isn't really working with so many people all over the village all of a sudden. So the chance is big that rather than avoiding the crowd, she'll only run into people more and more as time goes on. Maybe there's even some familiar faces. Or familiar trollfaces, considering the kind of people Ange knows. ]

Comments

[prearcana]

[There may be a lot of people, but the little boy over here looks particularly lost. Also, possibly familiar.]

[repudiate]

[ She's just walking, really, but-- then she spots that boy, and of course he looks familiar. There's not many people around in the world with that kind of hair, but this boy is younger than Minato and what's.. going on...

Well, she figures she should at least approach him, she'd feel bad for leaving him alone either way if he looks this lost.. ]

... Hey. [ trying her best to sound a little less intimidating than usual, even!! ] Are you lost?

[prearcana]

[He looks at her, his expression a bit suspicious and wary - it's a stranger! - but he is very lost. So he nods.]

[repudiate]

[ what do.. she wants to know if it's Minato or not, but.. just asking him would probably be weird, so.. ]

What's your name? .. Ah, I'm Ange, by the way. [ probably seems better if she introduces herself first.. awkward. ] Ange Ushiromiya.

[prearcana]

[she can get her wish, then. His name doesn't seem too dangerous to tell a stranger.]

Minato Arisato.

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Minato-kun, huh. [ If not just because just calling him the way she always does wouldn't be good if he doesn't recognize her like this. But it's definitely him, just.. much younger.. what do. ]

... If you need some help, I could help you, I guess.

[prearcana]

Can you call the police?

[because.... that's what lost kids are supposed to do. Find a police officer.]

[repudiate]

That's going to be a little bit difficult. There's no sort of police in this place. [ --- wait, was that really the best thing to tell a kid.. she should remember some more tact. ]

[prearcana]

[stare at...]

Why?

[repudiate]

Well.. I don't know. This place is a little different from where you just came from, probably.

[ ... ] It's also why we all have wings like these. [ pointing at her own pink ones. ]

[prearcana]

[...]

I don't have any.

[repudiate]

It's since you arrived today, I think. Most people who did don't seem to have any.

... You can understand that, right? It's all a little complicated, I bet.

[prearcana]

[He nods. He seems to be taking this all in a strange amount of stride, actually...]

[repudiate]

[ well, that's better than dealing with a hysterical kid.. besides, it does seem sort of like Minato to do that. And this is Mininato and all. ]

... Are you hungry? [ she can't take him back home after all since Minato himself is probably there, but leaving him here alone isn't an option either. ]

[prearcana]

[he just stands there until his stomach growls, and then he slowly nods again.]

[repudiate]

[ the quiet type no matter the age, huh.. ]

We could get some food, if you want. Is there anything you like?

[prearcana]

[Yes, though... He's a bit quieter than he would have been a few months ago...


....]

Hamburgers.

[repudiate]

Hamburgers..? Sure, let's go get some.

[ a slight nod, and.. there's a moment of hesitation, as if she isn't sure if she should do this, but.. then she slowly offers out a hand to the kid. ]

... We should make sure you won't get lost again at least, right?

[prearcana]

[He looks at the hand for a long moment - as if, maybe, questioning why she'd do that - but finally nods and takes it.]

[repudiate]

[ D'aw, Mininato. Don't worry, Ange is just going to try and navigate her way through the crowds here with you to find one of the restaurants.. ]

[prearcana]

[It's been a little while since anyone took him to a place he wanted to go to, so he's following quietly, while glancing around at the crowds.]

[repudiate]

[ After a little while they arrive at one of the restaurants, and after a quiet nod she leads him inside, towards a table as they sit down. ]

... Do you go out for dinner often, Minato-kun? [ might as well try to make some small talk to keep the boy from being so quiet.. ]

[prearcana]

[...well... he used to, sometimes. But now, the closest is being handed some random fast food to eat quietly by himself.

So he shakes his head.]

[repudiate]

[ s-sob, poor kid.. ]

Then it must be a little weird to sit here now, huh? [ it feels.. so weird.. to be the one to make conversation this much.. ]

[prearcana]

[He thinks about this, then nods again, very solemnly.

...Sorry Ange. It will take more than that to get him talking again.]