woken up like an animal

[ringwizard]

Date & Time: July 3rd, afternoon & evening
Location: Everywhere
Characters: Dragon & OPEN, Dragon & Kirika, Dragon & Nitoh&friends
Summary: Haruto's phantom wanders around being an asshole, then Nitoh kills and eats him. Fun times were had by no one.
Warnings: Dickbag despair monster ahoy. Certainly violence and probably just general rudeness. At least one fight scene.

{ a | OPEN }
It is strange, to be so free, but Dragon enjoys the feeling of the rain on his skin (his skin, not Haruto's, not any more) and the sights and sounds. He has no sense of smell or taste, like any Phantom, but from the looks of some places, he thinks that might be something of a blessing. He's already a little overwhelmed by his sixth sense, the sense for despair, which covers Exsilium like a fog in places. He wanders, wearing Haruto's face, following the strongest despairs and sifting through Haruto's memories for the faces and names of his friends. Occasionally he ducks into a shop, but mostly he walks down the middle of sidewalks without regard for anyone else around him.

Manners are alien to him--and if he's crossed, that's easy enough to take care of. Sometimes, he knocks into someone on purpose, if their despair is sweeter, or darker.

{ b | closed to Kirika }
Knowing now what Oriko is, what she is capable of, Dragon assumes Kirika is much the same. Oriko's words about Kirika in the conversations she's had occasionally with Haruto lead him to believe her young, cheerful friend is her partner in more ways than the tender ones.

That makes her dangerous, and that means his approach must be more careful. Dragon follows Kirika until she is alone.

"Kirika Kure," he says, from behind her. "I have been looking for you."

{ c | closed to Nitoh&the Dragon Exterminators }

For a Phantom enjoying his freedom, he's been leaving a trail. Well, that, and he left the Garuda PlaMonster behind instead of fetching it to keep with Haruto's ridiculous rings, his conduits of Dragon's powers. He catches the PlaMonster, and looks up at its companion, Kousuke Nitoh's green abomination, and crushes Garuda in his monstrous fist, the pieces falling unpowered to the ground.

He is prepared, this time, fully in command of his powers and faculties. "Come," he says, to the Gryphon. "I will wait."

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[ringwizard]

"Nothing is the matter with me," he says, and steps closer. "In fact, I'm feeling much better than I have been," he continues, though of course that's a joke she's not privy to. He laughs, but it's humorless, and the shape of his dragon form drifts over his face.

"And what can I do for you, Lucy Heartfilia?"

[celestial_wizard]

She's not so sure about that. In fact the urge to back away is almost overpowering, but she stands her ground, watching him suspiciously. "You don't seem yourself." Truer words, really, and she can't put her finger on it, but there is something inherently wrong about him.

"Do for me? ...Nothing - I just... I was just saying Hi, to see how you're doing.."

[ringwizard]

"I assure you, I am perfectly myself," Dragon muses, "for all that 'myself' entails." He puts his hands in his coat pockets, a nearly perfect echo of the original's posture, and leans back on his heels. He tires of this charade.

"Haruto Souma cannot hear you, Lucy Heartfilia," he says, at least, smirk curling his mouth.

[celestial_wizard]

It's almost sickening to see this faker wearing Haruto's face. That smirk gets her irked too, enough that she tenses, narrowing her eyes. She can't believe that he wasn't in there - that he couldn't hear any of his friends.

"You're in his body - what did you do to Haruto?"

tagging everyone back late: a lifestyle.

[ringwizard]

He chuckles. "I consumed him," he says, as easy as breathing. "He weakened enough that I cracked him open. This is my body now, Lucy Heartfilia. There is no Haruto Souma--he has reached his finale</i."

Fashionably late: Setting the style you mean!

[celestial_wizard]

"Consu..." She claps a hand over her mouth, horrified, and then outraged. "You... You LIE. Haruto isn't gone - he's still in there!"

She takes a step back though, fists clenched. How could he... how could he?

[ringwizard]

"I am no playactor, girl. I do not lie. But think as you will--it changes nothing. He is gone, and all that is left is me," he says, and his eyes flash red.

He watches her. "Do you have the strength, Lucy Heartfilia?" The strength for what, he lets her think on.

[celestial_wizard]

SHe doesn't want to even entertain the thought that something like that would happen - even though it's right there in front of her face. "Strength for what." She snaps flatly.

To stand against him? She wouldn't challenge him alone - not if Haruto fell to this guy.