Fur-al High

[Goblin Cat 😸]

Her father chose the diner with american food as usual. It seemed to be the only place they ate at since coming to Japan. She followed Mordecai and sat opposite from him in the booth he chose. She crossed her arms and yawned boredly. She was tired from packing. "Where are we even going?" Marlowe questioned. Unlike the other times before, her father didn't tell them exactly where they were going.

"I'm not sure entirely, Mr. Rice set it up for us." When the waitress came, he ordered a coffee as well as some eggs and pancakes with a side of bacon. Marlowe ordered her usual blueberry waffles with two scrambled eggs and a glass of chocolate milk. "He set it up, and is letting us use the jet to move to wherever it is. I feel lucky to have got in with him, he seems to have a penthouse in just about every corner of the world it would seem."

"How nice of him." Marlowe said sarcastically.

[Srgntcuddles]

Reno poured his emotions into his playing, somewhat of a release for them. The song it spawned was terribly sad and had a sort of feeling of being lost intertwined with it. His face was emotionless as he played, eyes closed not even looking at the notes. They just poured onto the strings, he had committed the notes of his instrument to memory. But his mind was too cluttered with all sorts of things to think which lead to his instinctive playing.

[Shinzuu Katame: Her Tolfy]

Shinzuu heard some music in the distance and followed it. On the other end of the park, he found Reno, and almost smiled, seeing the kid. "Oh, Reno! Nice to see you're here. Did you not go home last-?" Shinzuu stopped in mid-sentence and listened to the music. All of a sudden, the music swept him away with the emotion that poured from it. Shinzuu was then overcome with depression and found himself sulking, crouched and facing a tree, "I wish I had never been born...."

[Goblin Cat 😸]

When their food arrived, they both ate in silence. Marlowe seemed pretty irked at her father, and he knew that. He was trying to keep the mood going, but as swiftly as he would bring the mood to be positive, Marlowe would kill it again. Eventually, he gave up and just finished his meal, sitting there looking at her. The only time he spoke was when he ordered a refill on his coffee. When Marlowe finished eating, they both left the diner.

[Srgntcuddles]

Reno continued playing, completely oblivious to Shinzuu below him. He didn't hear him speak either, lost in his playing. The music was still sad and depressing as it flowed through the air, the notes practically taking a visible shape. His playing continued for some time, however it soon changed. The melody clearly less sad and depressing. It was more a peaceful tune, not upbeat but not sad at the same time.

[Shinzuu Katame: Her Tolfy]

Shinzuu finally dropped out of his slump when he heard some commotion over at the basketball court. He slowly made his way over to the court, the sound of the ball and screeching sneakers cheering him up again. Some of the kids there noticed him and waved him over, "Dude, what are you doing on the ground? Come on, we could use you on our team. We're getting our asses kicked right now." Shinzuu shifted to sitting down against the fence and chuckled, "No thanks, guys. I'm just here to watch this time."

[Vee Katame: His Wolfy]

Veronica wound up at the park when she finally paid attention to where she was walking. She could hear music in the distance and recognized the playing right away. "Reno..." She thought but at this point his tune was peaceful so she didn't bother to go looking for him. Shinzuu had advised her to leave him be today anyway. She wandered through the park, dragging her bag behind her until she found a nice tree near the basketball court and decided to sit under it and take a rest. When she finally paid attention to the basketball court after sitting down, she noticed Shinzuu sitting against the fence. She decided to stay where she was though and leaned her head back against the tree, looking upward and sighing.

[Goblin Cat 😸]

When they got back to Mr. Rice's home, Marlowe and her father immediately began to pile things into Mr. Rice's personal jet, again, some of Mr. Rice's men helping them load their things up properly. Marlowe was quiet the whole time with the exception of when she had to ask if there was a specific place for something. With the help of Mr. Rice's mean, packing the jet didn't take long at all. Marlowe hadn't even broken a sweat, but then again, she let the men to most of the work. Everything seemed so surreal until the jet started and her father hurried her along to get inside. She took a seat in the back away from her father and laid down to sleep again. She didn't want to see herself leaving to where ever it was they were going. "The others won't miss me much." she muttered to herself pulling a blanket up to her chin. "I mean, I wasn't here long after all." She silently stared daggers at the back of her father's seat as she drifted off to sleep, the jet finally departing from Japan.

[Shinzuu Katame: Her Tolfy]

The morning breeze was cool and the heat from the sun was a good mixture. Shinzuu yawned as the comfort of the weather got him tired and drowsey, so he closed his eyes and fell asleep to the fun and familiar sounds that he was used to. He slept a good part of the morning, and awoke not too long after noon, when he heard the chimes from the school, signaling attending students that it was time for gym.

[Vee Katame: His Wolfy]

Veronica had left her spot underneath the tree in time to leave the park and make sure that she would arrive at school on time. She figured Shinzuu would make his way when he was ready so she left him alone. When she got to school, she sat through all of her morning classes as usual, taking notes. When it was time for gym, she decided that she should probably go to gym class today so she headed there.

[Srgntcuddles]

Reno finished his playing after awhile and eventually played himself to sleep right in the tree. He slept against the trunk, carefully balanced on the branch. He was holding his violin close to his chest as he slept, seeming as if he was holding it like it were a stuffed animal to sleep with. As he slept he was dreaming, in his dream his parents were alive. He was sitting down at a table with a large cake on it, there were a bunch of other kids around, too. It was vague though, all the people were blurs walking around. Reno was the only one at the table, staring at his cake. Soon the people began to fade into nothing, eventually leaving Reno all alone.

[Shinzuu Katame: Her Tolfy]

Shinzuu groaned as he got up and looked up at the clock. He stared at it for quite a while before he realized it tread that it was well after noon. "Oh shit!" Shinzuu got up and was about to rush when he realized that it was kind of pointless to go back to school since 1/2 the day was already gone. He grumbled to himself, "Ah, dammit. Oh well, might as well enjoy my day." Shinzuu was about to walk out of the park, but noticed Reno taking a nap on a branch. He walked up to him and poked at Reno's leg, "Hey, man. You okay?"

[Srgntcuddles]

In his dream Reno heard a voice that he couldn't place, calling his name. He looked around seeing nothing, the world around him starting to fade just as the people did. Soon he awoke, hearing Shinzuu. "Hmm? What?" he mumbled. He forgot he was in a tree, not expecting anyone to have bothered him. He fell out of the tree and onto his face, luckily his violin wasn't crushed under him. It landed safely, undamaged beside him. "Ow..." he grumbled sitting up from his face plant.

[Shinzuu Katame: Her Tolfy]

Shinzuu stepped up and squatted down next to Reno, finding a stick nearby and poked him in the face with it like he was a dead body. "Umm... you alright, man? You don't look so good." When he got no response from Reno, continued to poke Reno in the face until he tired and put the stick down. Shinzuu hobbled over in front of Reno and pulled his face on both cheeks. "Hey! You in there!?"

[Srgntcuddles]

Reno waved the stick off, confused as to what was doing it. Then he saw Shinzuu as he was grabbing his cheeks. "What? What do you want?" he asked grumpily pushing his hands away. He fell back a little, keeping from falling on his back by propping himself up on his elbows. "Shinzuu? What are you doing here?" he asked. He didn't expect him to be there. Reno looked around for his violin, seeing it was undamaged he left it alone.