fervidity | voice || fourth (hokage's bday!) wall

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voice || fourth (hokage's bday!) wall

[Like everyone else, Kushina is confused by the crap ton of new arrivals and their lack of wings. Only she's going to question the whole network about it instead of keeping it to herself. Maybe someone will know the answer.

She's hanging out by the bakery when she makes her post, so maybe you'll overhear her if you're around.]

I have a question. Why don't any of the new arrivals in Luceti have wings this month? I thought you needed them to be here.

[Silence... for a while, until there's a plucking/ripping sound and immediately afterward a loud;]

OWWWW!!

['Ttebane. She drops the journal, turning it off.]

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[It's a warm scarf, so it's practical. His gaze glides down to the floor, where the feathers are scattered.]

You should know better.

[After all, hasn't she been here for over a year? JUDGIN' SO HARD.

Still, he stoops to pluck the feathers from the floor.]

[Also bunny.

He can judge her for the NINE MONTHS she's been here but she crosses her arms from it, watching him pick up her feathers. LOOK, IT MADE SENSE AT FIRST.]

There's a bunch of new arrivals without wings.

[This explains everything. And she bends down to pick up the feathers he missed before crouching there beside Haru, spinning them between her fingers.]

Maybe things changed from what was normal. It does all the time.

[Nine months, one year, close enough!!

Yeah, he's noticed the new arrivals, though has made little effort to engage them. He doesn't really have much desire to bother with annoying questions repeatedly in a short period of time.

Haruka holds the feathers he has out for Kushina to take. He's only returning them to her. Or passing the junk he doesn't want to her. Either or.]

It doesn't matter if we're still stuck here.

[Takes... them. And doesn't know what to do except try and maybe shove them back in. It's not working. She grunts a bit as she talks.]

Well, yeah, but... it would make being here a little easier. I don't like cutting holes in clothes I get for people just to fit some dumb wings in there. Plus, they don't even do anything besides being an obvious weakness.

It's kind of dumb compared to everything else that's annoying about this place, but it's still something.

[Haruka the feathers aren't staying :c]

[Kushina, how are you an adult.

Well, Kushina has a point, and he does agree with her, but he's just... accepted it. Haruka's gaze leaves Kushina's face to fix on the feathers in her hands, brows pulling together in a small frown.]

Throw them away.

[She's a good adult, he's just eccentric like every anime character ever.

Stops what she's doing. And that's good idea but--]

... What if the Malnosso find them and uses it to control me more or something. They're connected to me.

[Haruka actually pauses and thinks about that. Kushina actually raises a good point.]

Burn them.

[That... will get rid of them, right?]

[SHOCK]

Wh- I said they're connected to me! Wouldn't it be like burning myself?

[You're too stubborn to get hurt by fire. But that thought stays inside his head. After a brief pause, he holds out a hand.]

Give them to me then.

[Trust Haruka with feathers? Y/N.]

[At first she stares down at his hand, looking surprised.

He took Genki from her and was taking care of him, well in fact. He kept the scarf she had sent him, though she wasn't sure if he was actually going to. He was wearing it right now. Haruka had done enough that Kushina has enough trust in him to carefully place the feathers in his hand.

He probably doesn't realize it's a big deal, for her. She really did think it was part of herself.]

What are you going to do with them?

[Haruka is totally completely trustworthy, yes.

Haruka takes the feathers, pulling one from the pile and holding one end with each hand. He doesn't really answer Kushina's question, casually bending the feather so it's almost folded in half.]

Feel anything?

[At first she gasps as its bent. Then she watches closely, narrowing her eyes and waiting for something when he bends it further.

Nothing.

She shakes her head.]

I still don't want the Malnosso to get a hold of them. It's like in those books, where they take some of your hair or something and then use it to make you a puppet. Then they make an army of people to do their bidding like that.

[Haruka actually somewhat believes Kushina; he is, in some ways, a stickler for tradition.

And he's totally listening.

Really.

Absolutely.

As he bends the feather far enough to snap it.]

[OH MY GOD.

That was her feather she's a little offended.]

Wha-- Why'd you do that!

[Haruka holds the two ends of the feather he just snapped, before handing the rest of the feathers back to Kushina.]

You can burn them.

[Probably. Even though Kushina had insisted they shouldn't earlier. But he figures, if nothing broke when he'd broken the feather, then there's no problem. Right? RIGHT?]

[just... STARES AT THEM and then at the halfsy feather. She might really dislike her wings but MAN. It was still part of her WINGS.]

I'm not going to! Besides, bending them doesn't mean fire wouldn't hurt.

[trusting haruka with her feathers was a mistake kjsglksj]

[yep

Not taking them? Well, okay then. Haruka turns to start walking, feathers in hand.]

Let's find out.

[A stove might work...]

[Just... stands there, trying to make sense of what just happened. What just happened.

She jolts into action.]

Hey!

[GIVES CHASE.]

Where are you going?

Somewhere with fire.

[So enlightening.

Maybe it'd be better if the feathers are confiscated.]

[She's reaching for them now. YOINK.]

If you really want to find out, then I'll do it.

[where's a stove]

The store probably has matches we can use. Come on..

[Imagine these two walking in with a handful of feathers and asking for matches it's going to happen]

[When Kushina snatches up her feathers, Haruka makes a small noise of protest--]

Hey!

[--but otherwise doesn't put up a fight, falling into step beside Kushina. ~~Kushina would win, anyway.~~]

[~~she would yes U HAVE LEARNED~~

She looks down at the ruined feathers in her hand as they walk, moving it around in her palm before remembering something.]

So, you like your scarf?

[UH.]

...It's warm.

[Which is about as close to a "yes" as she's going to get from Haruka. It's not really his preferred colour scheme (or animal, for that matter), but it's okay.

But he adds--]

You didn't need to.

[Give it to him, that is.]

I know, but I wanted to. I don't want you walking around shirtless anymore and getting cold.

[She also wanted to send Genki a bag of carrots.]

I'm glad you like it.

[IT WAS JUST ONE TIME. Haruka gives Kushina an annoyed Look at that, before looking away, subconsciously hiding the lower part of his jaw behind the scarf.]

Is it something you made?

[He doesn't really know much about Kushina, and he doesn't intend to dig too deeply, but...

Also don't send carrots, Mackerel will get fat.]

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