1 Excitable Cat Android + 1 Confused Teenage Boy = ?

[nk_1124]

Date & Time: 2/23
Location: Somewhere Under the Rainbow!
Characters: Atsuko "Nuku Nuku" Natsume and Martin Darkov
Summary: Nuku Nuku has arrived! Confused Kitty Cat + Confused Young Boy = ALL THE SHENANIGANS
Warnings: N/A


The nice lady who welcomed Nuku Nuku had done her very best to try to explain the situation to the poor little cat-android, but with a brain as simple as hers, it was doomed to failure.

Once she was handed the key and informed that it would unlock the door to her home, Nuku Nuku got the idea that Home = Papa-San and Ryuunosuke. They were clearly waiting and would worry if she didn't hurry home! So hurry Nuku-Nuku did - though her route generally took the high road, like over roofs most of the time. It was a great way to get her bearings.

Sometimes she followed the road at ground level however. In any case, she was rushing along with the netbook clutched in her hand, magenta hair streaming out behind her like a banner as she zipped in and out of the way of people. Zoom zoom!

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[theguideless]

Martin was much, much better about not barreling into people and things (living or otherwise). In fact, all the steadying advice so many had given him was actually really sinking in...days after the fact. Swimming in a virtual sea of no was also pretty sobering, and it slowed his progress substantially (which protected him from any more blunt-force injuries).

Slow, but not stopped utterly. He couldn't give up, after all.

Without a map, keeping his bearings was a test in of itself, and Martin Darkov was hardly what anyone would call a multitasker. In fact, it was taking up all of his attention to just not get turned around (again). But he was learning! In fact, he was going much farther than he had yester--

CRASH!!

[nk_1124]

Crashing into Nuku-Nuku is probably a good bit like feeling like you crashed into a car. Only without as much damage, because Nuku-Nuku's reflexes were simply stellar. The second she spied someone in her path and realized she wouldn't be able to stop her headlong and reckless sprint in time, she had to adjust her momentum.

The second she slammed into the poor boy, she twisted her body around so that she would cushion the impact with the ground. "MYAAAAAAAA!!" Poor Martin might still get a rough roller coaster of a ride at the tumbleroll since Nuku-Nuku loses her grip on him somewhere in there. There's a -WHUMP- that follows that, leaving Nuku-Nuku sprawled on her back with her legs up against the nearest wall, dizzy as all get out.

[theguideless]

There was really no time to think before the world got was (flipped, turned) upside-down, backward and inside-out and every other disorienting way Marty could even fathom. None of which he was actually fathoming at the time, though, since it's hard to keep focus when one's being bounced, rolled, and bumped into walls and something's screaming rather shrill.

Mainly, the thing going through Martin's head was OH NO OH NO OH NO OH NO OH NO...

Somehow, he wound up face-first on the ground. Somehow, he was all sore and probably good for a bruise or six. Somehow...

"Owwwh..." Somehow, somehow he was really, really dizzy. "H-huh...?"

[nk_1124]

Wasn't that fun? Don't you want to do it again? ...what do you mean, no?

"Nngh -" Nuku-Nuku glances down -- or rather, up -- or...some direction, whichever way Martin was. "Nya?" Ooooo crap she ran someone over. Papa-san always warned her about that. Bad cat, bad cat!

Kippuping to her feet, she scampered over to where Martin was on all fours. Hi, have a face suddenly all up in your business, Martin. Are you alive?

[theguideless]

Martin wasn't able to process just what was in his face right away; it was a big, kind-of pink, blurry blob which grew in focus as he blinked the bleariness away.

And then sharpness returned, and it was definitely a face.

"Y-YAH!!"

He couldn't flail much without accidentally hitting the face, so he shrank, turtling as best as he could. Big eyes gawked back up at the face, too surprised to take a breath.

[nk_1124]

"YAAH!" Nuku-Nuku recoiled in surprise at first. And then she giggles - what a weird way to greet someone! "Nuku-Nuku is glad you aren't hurt! Papa-san has always told Nuku-Nuku to be careful when running on the streets." Pause. Papa-san didn't see that, so technically she's not a bad cat.

"Ano..." Erm erm. She tilts her head, curious by the reaction, "Are you okay?"

[theguideless]

Suddenly that face was spewing out words, faster than Martin could really follow. Nuku? Papa? Streets? Huh? All he did in response for the most part was simply blink.

"Uh...Huh?"

[nk_1124]

She's ... probably going to make him do a whole lot more than blink, as she leans forward to invade his space again, sniffing curiously. Nope, she doesn't smell blood or anything. Not a lot of it at least.

"Are you hurt? Papa-san says if you're hurt you should see a doctor."

[theguideless]

Oh, dear. That was a lot of personal space being breached right then and there. Martin shrank even more, then rolled outright to get out from under the strange girl-person...thing.

Panting in surprise, he managed to get to his knees, palms on the ground. Wide-eyed and gawking, he tried to make sense of the stranger.

Not a whole lot of luck. Her hair was pink...!

"Wh...Who are you?"

[nk_1124]

Hrm! She hops to her feet, dusting herself off happily, and then points at herself with a thumb. "My name is Atsuko Natsume, but you can call me Nuku-Nuku!"

That's right, call the strange girl "Snuggly Wuggly". It's totally normal.

[theguideless]

Martin blinked.

Twice.

He wasn't very familiar with names outside of his family, but Nuku-Nuku sounded very, very strange to him.

"O-oh," he managed, gulping. "Uhm. A-alright..."

Nuku-Nuku: Befuddling people one step at a time. :D

[nk_1124]

Nuku-Nuku keeps smilin' away like a serial killer and leans down a bit. "Nya - who are you?"

i'll have no internet til monday after this tag fyi

[theguideless]

"Uh," Martin replied, still dumbfounded. Pink...?

He gulped, finally blinking again. What did she ask? Name? Oh.

"M-Martin..."

No prob :)

[nk_1124]

Nuku-Nuku holds a hand out to help Martin up, "You look about Ryuunosuke's age! Do you go to school with him?"

SLAMS BACK IN

[theguideless]

Martin continued to stare up at this strange, new girl until the hand in his peripheral was too hard to ignore. He stared at that, too, but only for a moment. The words coming from her mouth were only making the vaguest sense, in that they were indeed words and he should've maybe understood, but...

"I, uh," he shifted his weight in preparation to lift his own hand, but hesitated. "No, I don't...don't think so." His frown got a little fearful. "What?"

/CATCH!

[nk_1124]

The hand remains out! She does start to look a little confused though. He's afraid? She didn't sense anything dangerous nearby though. "Are you scared? Don't worry, Nuku-Nuku will protect you!"

Says the girl that nearly killed him crashing into him. Even if she did shift to keep from getting him too hurt.

[theguideless]

Scared?

Well...Maybe, but that wasn't something anyone ought to admit. Not even Martin, tiny and mousy as he tended to be. He swallowed, shaking his head.

"N-no, that's...that's okay." He tried pulling a smile, just a twitch. "I'm sorry. For...running into you."

[nk_1124]

Nuku-Nuku would be more than happy to help him not be afraid! She laughs at danger! Laughs and smacks people on the back! But only if she knows they can take it.

"It's okay! It was Nuku-- It was my fault! Papa-san always tells Nu, me, to be careful when I'm running around and I should apologize. WHere were you going? Nuku-Nuku -- I will take you there!"

By the longest, most complicated and fun route possible!

[theguideless]

Watching the strange girl struggle to offer help in the first person was more surreal and odd than actually listening to her. Because trying to listen to her made little sense to him on the whole.

He stared at her blankly for seconds after the question just to process it.

"Uh..."

The sound was just filler. Seconds more passed.

"Oh." She wanted to escort him? Martin's hands lifted and his mouth twitched, looking apologetic. "N-no, that's okay. I'm just going to go home now."

[nk_1124]

What a weird guy! But Nuku-Nuku didn't seem to mind - since he didn't need her help, and he wasn't injured, Nuku-Nuku nodded cheerfully.

"Okay! See you later Martin-san!" Pause, "Nuku--I should go home too. Papa-san and Ryuunosuke will worry!"

She waves a hand, and turns, springing off the ground to bound off to the rooftops. It's less likely that she'll crash into someone up there.

[theguideless]

She was a whirlwind of pleasant words and extreme motion. Martin couldn't blink lest he miss something.

Like a girl suddenly on the rooftop.

He had to double-take to believe it. She jumps faster than Alex does... The wonder overtook his initial task, lifting him up on tiptoe, stretching far as he can to see. He shuffled steps to gain balance and not fall forward, hopping a little to move and try to catch one last look before she was too far to be seen.

Hardly the strangest thing he'd seen so far, but...but she stood out, absolutely.