yogen | narumin rescue squad

[ Is senpai happy? Hikaru falls quiet to think, remembering... gentle smiles, a soft voice, the patience he has that they think maybe now feels more like resignation. There are plenty of people who pretend. They do too. ]

...If something can help Narumin, I think it's worth a try. It'll be okay, Helena. Because Lucifer-senpai's here, and he won't let anything bad happen! So we have nothing to worry about.

[ He'll take care of everything, so don't be afraid to take the risk. ]

[it's steadying, his words and his hand on her shoulder, braced like she had been the last time. and with a deep breath in, a deep breath out, she has to admit he has a point. with Hikaru's words weaving in, it seems foolish to doubt like she is, even if she still knows in her heart that all that death was her fault.

forgive her, for wanting a little faith. it's true, she hadn't even hesitated to use it on Dito, when before in the school it had proven itself safe again. but...is it still safe? it has to be tried, if it will lead them to even a fragment of a soul - if, hopefully, she can take the burden on herself instead of injuring him. she can do this. she has to - to help look for even the smallest hint. slowly, Helena nods for them - hope to save him.

the cane comes down to strike the earth, and to Helena's ears, the world is thrown into definition.

please. show me something I need to hear.]

[ The soundwaves spread to touch every corner of this place, revealing surprisingly little for how much had been crammed inside the city streets. Helena's attention is drawn to Hikaru first of all, as an npc "threat" no different from when she uses this ability in the school, and perhaps Lucifer if she deems him a threat as well. Outside of that, she takes note of:
- the fluffy white dog on Lucifer's lap
- something small and low to the ground on the street they had initially appeared on, in the midst of all the destruction they had wrought
- the police car that had been dispatched to arrest them
- something up high in the direction Lucifer had been leading them when dousing for Narumi's home
- and a large building towards the center of the city ]

Nothing was destroyed, wow... How fitting.

( when she asks for it, there was hesitation, but he'll work on that afterwards. alight squeeze to her arm before he lets go, hands dropping down to his side. instead, he'll stand by her side, )

Are we going the right way?

( she can answer at any time, but for komaeda, he's going to walk over to the person of the dog they stole, and look at their expression to see if everyone in the city looks the same or not. he's saying something about how he's not going to bring their dog back, and probably pick pocket them too... any valuables? some weapons? )

Yes and no. There's a number of things that stand out to me.

[the perception will fade - the city, in all its complexity - but the memories remain, etched into her mind's eye. resonance that cannot leave her, now that she knows, and before it becomes less clear, she outlines to the group, gesturing and explaining what needs to be seen, what's important. back the direction they came, because there is something there, as well as the car they ran from. something higher up, and a building in the center of the city.]

...and we also need to keep the dog with us.

[she can find the hints of their path, but not fully understand it. it will take all of them to manage.

probably they need to make sure the dog isn't going to get left.]

[Keep the dog with them? Sure. Lucifer will just hold onto the frozen dog. This is a completely normal thing to do.]

[ The dog is very cute and very fluffy, with a bright pink collar that feels a little too loose and a bright silver dog tag with the name "Michi" engraved on it.

While nothing substantial pings Helena about the park, they can at least tell, in comparison to the rest of the city, that it's marginally better kept. The trashcans are overflowing and overdue to be taken out, but at least all the trash is inside the cans. The grass is full and green, aside from the yellowing edges where dogs sometimes stop to take potty breaks, and the playground equipment looks old but well used. It feels like a happier place, but maybe only in comparison. ]

Lucifer-senpai, how long will everything be frozen? If we need to go back, I don't want us to be around when everything starts moving again.

[ They should probably head there first? Or save it until last, they think. ]

This level of spell is a bit harder to maintain. It should remain frozen for the next hour or so. Unfortunately, I can't exactly make it as permanent as I did with Narumi's body back... outside of his soul.

[Over there, you know, where things are ostensibly worse than a big city where the cops are after them.]

Then it's best if we start with that place first, it's dangerous... after all, and the less people we have to deal with... the better.

( and komaeda can't stand noisy places, so this works out for him. he's already going to leave from the body that he was trying to loot... goodbye wallet, and walk to the park's exit as he waits for everyone else. looks left, looks right. does this mean they can get a new car. )

[ The closest car on the street seems to be a pickup truck that ig Komaeda can remove the person from the driver's seat and commit grand theft auto, but also everybody should have the experience at one point in their lives of sitting in the back of a pickup truck and hanging onto dear life. There's a pair of pink fuzzy dice hanging on the rear view mirror. ]

( you know where he's going, he certainly is going where you think he's going, there's no stopping him as he starts to remove another body so he can have the driver's seat. )

...Komaeda's going to put us into a mobile deathtrap again, isn't he.

[she can hear him moving around. please confirm.]

He absolutely is.

[Lucifer, meanwhile, who is a demon and is unfortunately related to his brothers who love pranks, gives into the temptation of moving the frozen guy Komaeda just kind of... cast out of his own vehicle. Frozen Guy™ is moved to the passenger seat of the stasis'd car behind them, where Lucifer buckles them in and closes the door.

Chaos.]

Sit wherever you'd like, Helena. Komaeda — don't get us killed, please.

Ah... goodbye friend.

( he's sulking a bit at seeing the man taken to the other car — could have been another crunch, and ooh, that lucifer icon is so cute? — aside from that, he waits for everyone to get in the back of the pick-up truck, and he stares at the dog that's sitting inside of the car with him. that's fine, and so he reaches out to pat their head. )

Is everyone ready...?

( he adjusts the mirror before him so that he can see behind, the back of their heads more apparent than the road, it's fine, komaeda doesn't need to see that part since everything is frozen. he turns the key in the car, the vehicle vibrating and shaking to show that it's turned on, and gas spews from the back — sorry, sorry. his girlboss hand clutches the wheel, nails tapping against it as he waits for them to give the signal.

...

...

signal is someone alive because komaeda's going to push his foot down on the pedal, turning the vehicle around so that they can drive back to where they came from. take in the scenery guys, because komaeda's foot tends to become dead weight """accidentally""" speeding up every so often, just a little fun you know. )

Lucifer-kun... do you think Ito-kun will be alright once we leave from his bo— ( ACHOO! and he speeds up with his foot slamming on the pedal because wow, how abrupt, once he gets himself together, he lifts up his shoe so they're at a proper speed. he ALMOST hit a pole, but no one saw that, no one... ) ...Ugh.

[this is terrifying all over again. her heart picks back up when Komaeda hits the gas, and whoever is closest to her is getting Helena clinging onto them as tightly as a possum does, made all the more fearful by the bouncing and moving that comes from no seatbelts and the wild domain of a pickup truck. please send help, this is not what she signed up for when she told Sara she would help.

hopefully the drive won't be too long, but who knows.]

[Lucifer is very cute, yes.]

I believe he'll be—

[OOOOH NEXT TIME THEY COMMIT GRAND THEFT AUTO LUCIFER IS DRIVING, WHAT THE FUCK—]

—fine, yes. I wouldn't let us come in here if it would cause further problems.

[...he says, like bringing Komaeda places doesn't cause problems.]

[ "Further" problems, like Narumi obviously has some issues of his own without their being here. The way back is as eventful as the way here, and they eventually return to the street they had arrived from with all its broken windows and demolished buildings and people all cut up with glass and that one man lying on the ground who got run over by the car.

The door they had all exited out of, incidentally, is a ramen restaurant. ]

( it's a pretty safe ride for the most part, the dog sitting in komaeda's lap as they pull up where they were before — he drives slow so that the wheels aren't popped by the glass on the ground, and he will park on the curb where the ramen restaurant is.

looks to the side. )

Anyone hungry?

( he'll cross his arms on the wheel, looking through the rear view mirror to see if everyone is ready to get off yet. )

We can't...be distracted...

[slowly, she sits up, having to detach herself from whoever got clung onto tightly as they drove. someone's soul shirt probably has wrinkles in it now.]

Remember what I said about what's important...please look around.

My soul is not hungry, no, but don't you think it's interesting that the place we appear to have come from is a restaurant?

[Lucifer knows in his mind that Levi would be super jealous right now, since Lucifer's at an Authentic Ramen Shop™, technically. Lucifer also knows that not looking around the area would be pointless, so he gets out of the car and makes his way toward the shop. If he opens the door, are they going to be back in the room they originally came from, or is this going to be a fun situation where they open the door and there's an actual restaurant behind it?]

It really is, I wonder...

( komaeda doesn't leave from the car, instead, he's propping his arm against the window, and his cheek pressed against the palm of his hand. he watches everyone else though, thinking that if he stays within the car, that maybe nothing bad will happen while they check out the restaurant. besides, he glances to the dog next to him in the car, and what are the chances that it may try to hop out or something, he doesn't know how frozen animals work — but he'd rather not put them in that predicament. instead, he'll try and climb out the window on the opposite side so that he can look around the debris that's fell over, analyzing what dead bodies are trapped under the rubble, or the few that couldn't make it since they're pierced by glass. )

[because we decided it, Helena's having the belated realization that "wow, Lucifer smells nice" and is also walking around with a feather in her hair.]

Low to the ground....I remember that much...something small and out of place...

[tapping around, trying to find what strange object they were sent back here to collect in the first place...Narumi, what secrets are in your heart...]

Ah, and if someone could check the car the police have, that would be very good.

[ "I'm not hungry" Lucifer says but opens the door anyways. Inside is an actual restaurant! It isn't very well populated at the moment, but there are several round tables in the main eating area, as well as stools in front of a counter where you can watch the chefs cook and not feel so awkward that you're eating alone. On the side wall are some advertisements, including a handwritten one for a lost dog and a phone number to call, several notices about missing children, a poster promoting a ramen eating challenge at this restaurant, and also mugshots of Clamor, Hanako, Helena, Hikaru, Komaeda, Lucifer, Sara, and Shin. The floorboards squeak underneath their feet.

Outside of the shop, there are a bunch of people pinned underneath the rubble, unidentifiable until 24809403 tons of concrete are removed from on top of their person.

Hikaru flips their hood over their head as if they're the most inconspicuous out of this group just in case things get unfrozen in the interim, and volunteers to check out the police car, be right back. ]

( guys, under the squeaky floorboards... get under there!!!

okay, komaeda can't do anything with all this rubble of dead people, so he's going to flip over like one or two, and then look where hikaru ran off to. because he wants them to help with digging through the ocean or rocks, glass and dead people with him.

...

...

grab the police car keys, hikaru, grab them. )

[ I read that as "flip off like one or two" and went damn, Komaeda,

Hikaru gets to the police car and sees a police dog in the back seat poised to maul wanted criminals but it's frozen so they reach inside and pat it on the head ]

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