[OPEN] Enter Kiyondo

[moraloutrage]

Who: Kiyotakando Ishimaruda and you!
Where: Around the mansion
When: Backdated way back to June 1st!
Rating: PG-13 or a bit above that? Will likely contain swearing and mention of death/murder, also spoilers through Chapter 3 of DR1
Summary: Ishimaru returns from a canon update that has changed him very dramatically.
The Story:

A. Arrival

[After a week gone, a certain person finds himself back in the lobby of Wonderland's mansion. The person formerly known as Kiyotaka Ishimaru looks a bit different than usual. His hair now looks white, and his eyes almost seem like they're emitting glowing auras! And while it might be less obvious, the wristwatch that he's always worn on his left wrist is cracked and not working.

As he regains his bearings, he rubs his head, because he has a pounding headache.]

That bastard thought he could get the drop on me...! Well the joke's on him! Now I'm outta that hellhole! [Then, he adds, with regret.] But... I never found my bro!

B. Bike

[Kiyondo is a man infused with the soul of Mondo Oowada, the SHSL Biker. And it's time that he lived that out for real! So he decides to get himself a good bike to ride out of the closets. He ends up pulling out some dorky-looking bicycle, and he looks it over with an arrogant grin.]

Heh... Not as powerful as what I'm used to working with, but it'll do the trick! [He proceeds to pull a bicycle helmet out of the closet, don it and ride the bike through the halls while grinning madly.]

C. Wildcard

[Or just run into him randomly around the mansion! Feel free to come up with a scenario or hit me up for further plotting!]

Comments

B

[naughty_nurse]

[What in the world is all that noise? She dares to poke her head out of the hallway...

... Well. That's a thing that's happening.]

Huh? Ishimaru?

[moraloutrage]

[He comes a stop when he hears her, and the memory starts to click in.]

Eh... Tsumiki? [But then he quickly shouts back forcefully.] Hey, don't call me that anymore!

[naughty_nurse]

But... Ishimiaru!

[She's too relieved to see him to really take note of his demand. She runs out of her room towards him.]

You were gone for days...! I thought...

[Maybe he'd gone home, to death and murder games and no salvation.]

[moraloutrage]

Gone for days, huh? Well sometimes, a man's just gotta go! [He responds sternly.]

By the way, do you have something in your ears? Because I said not to call me that! That's not who I am anymore!

A

[shslliar]

[Kokichi hasn't seen the Ultimate Dork for a week, but there the guy is. Red armband on white and all.

Time to mess with him.]

Ishimaru-chan! Where were you!? You missed the whole...

[Kokichi trails off as he gets close enough to notice the drastic... Changes.]

Woah. Ishimaru-chan. When'd you bleach your hair like that?

[It's the biggest understatement of the year and he knows it.]

[moraloutrage]

[Kiyondo affixes a glare towards the shorter teen as he recognizes him.]

Ouma... this is no time for stupid questions! [He balls up a fist.] If my hair's been bleached by anything, it's been by the energy of pure brotherhood! Got it?!

[shslliar]

[Blink blink.

Glancing at a mirror.

Glancing back at this weirdo glaring at him.]

Okay, I may be an only child, but I'm pretty sure just having a brother doesn't turn you into that.

[Is he an only child? Is he lying? Hard to tell at the moment.]

B

[testcase]

[Ryoko doesn't remember why she came to this hall or what's going on, but she'll move out of the way when the bicycle comes by.]

Um...I don't think you're supposed to do that.

[She can't recall, but she's pretty sure this isn't normal. Nope.]

[moraloutrage]

Oh yeah?! [He responds with a sneer as he rides past, eventually turning around to remain in her earshot.]

And who's gonna step me?

[testcase]

[Not her. A career as Wonderland's hall monitor has nothing to do with her.]

I don't know. But maybe a wall if you take a turn too quickly. Or someone could open a door.

[That would probably put a stop to it. But she's just throwing ideas around.]

B

[krmvgivv]

[Dipper's just walking here and he is not expecting someone to bike by him like a crazy person!]

HEY! Watch it--

[Then he sees who it is. He might look a little different, but Dipper's pretty good at faces. His eyes widen.]

Ishimaru? Are you... doing something against the rules?

[Not that Wonderland exactly has rules, but biking inside is pretty solidly a Not Allowed thing.]

[moraloutrage]

[Kiyondo skids to a stop and scoffs as he looks towards Dipper.]

And what if I did, pipsqueak? I'm not just some member of the public morals committee anymore!

[krmvgivv]

Really? [Dipper looks more confused than anything else.] Why? This is a pretty big change.

B

[entreats]

[ Ange seriously needs a few moments to process what she's seeing here as Kiyondo passes her on the bike in the halls. The sight she just saw can't click in her head that easily. Was that Ishimaru with grandpa hair and.. what, eyes on fire? Riding a bike through the halls?

Is there some weird event going on again. Is that it. She hasn't seen any weird shenanigans yet, but there's no other explanation for this aside from that. Or she just ate something so bad that it made her hallucinate.

She does want to know what's going on though, so she moves in the direction that Kiyondo biked down the hall in, and she finds him having stopped for a moment there, standing next to the bike. ]

... Did you decide to get a makeover?

[moraloutrage]

[Kiyondo looked towards her, briefly confused for a moment as he recognized her. The memories of his life here felt almost alien in nature with his new mindset.]

...Urshiromiya, right? [He says, as if his memory isn't flawless in this regard.]

This is more than just a makeover! I became a whole new man back at Hope's Peak! The soul of my brother is now one with me!

[entreats]

[ Look, Ange understands brother complexes! She really does! But this is not the answer that still doesn't explain one bit of what's going on here. Her own eyebrows have never been on fire over it, okay, and his attitude seems even more intense than usually. ]

Is now.. one? [ There's some scepticism in her tone there, although she mostly seems kind of baffled. Especially by Ange standards. ] How exactly did that happen?

B

[like247]

[Wendy is heading out to set some pranks in the tea rooms when suddenly someone goes whizzing by her. Jumping back, slamming against the wall with a yelp.]

Hey! Yo Dude... [She frowns, getting a glimpse but realizing that it's probably not who she thought. But for his sake, she hollers after him.] Speed, Man. We've got rules, you know.

[Okay, not at all but still.]

[moraloutrage]

Rules? [He scoffs as he continues to whirl his bicycle around.]

Rules are for fools! You should get with the program!

[like247]

[Wendy's mouth opens wide and then snaps closed. Confusion twists her fingers entirely as she takes a step closer, which is maybe not the best idea.]

Whoa, dude. I totally thought you were someone I know. My bad.

[Because, seriously, so totally not. Not with that attitude.]

B

[nomorules]

_{[It's a bad day to be a pedestrian in the halls of Wonderland's mansion. Ryuji is just stepping out of the library with an armful of new comic books after exchanging in his old ones when Kiyondo goes ripping past on... what the hell is that, a pedal bike? For real?]}

Ah-- whoa!

_{[He only gets a glimpse of the white-haired boy bent over the handle bars as he zips by headed somewhere in a hurry. In his surprise, the comic books go flying in a confetti shower of flapping pages.]}

[moraloutrage]

[Whoops. And one of those books happens to land on Kiyondo's face.]

Hey now!! What's the big idea!

[Without being able to see where he's going, the bike soon topples over and dumps the boy onto the floor.]

[nomorules]

_{[Kiyondo being unceremoniously blinded is a blessing in disguise; it means he can't see Ryuji join him in losing his balance and greeting the floor with his rump. Clearly the lesser of two evils.]}

That's my line!

_{[Ow, for fuck's sake! That was his tailbone!]}

What the hell are you doin'? You ain't even wearin' a helmet! _{[Such sympathy for Kiyondo's plight... Okay, honestly, maybe a little sympathy.]} Are you all right?

C

[trabryu]

[ It's been one whole week since Ishimaru's nowhere to be found. His belongings remain where they are, just like when Commander Shepard suddenly vanished, so that's something to hold on to. But what is Mondo without chronic worrying about his soul brother? The war's getting close, it's hard for him not to fret. No one knows when exactly it'll start, and with every disappearance, he can't help linking it to the Queens. He can't lose Ishimaru just yet. There are many things he has yet to say, things he has yet to make true. Yes, the goal that Maizono and he had discussed before: making sure Ishimaru is ready for the future that awaits him back home, and making sure he's happy here. Even if the memories will be lost, maybe... maybe something will catch on. And for that, he can't have Ishimaru leaving this world just yet.

He can't count the times he's grabbed a person by mistake just because they're wearing white clothes the past few days. The first two days, he can handle, but the longer it goes, the more he can't. This time too, his body moves faster than his mind in reflex, and before he knows it, he's had the other person's arm in his hand, voicing the name out loud: ]

Ishimaru!!

[ ...Ah.

He's probably gotten the wrong guy again ー that's not the colour of Ishimaru's hair. But... this posture, this built, this unnaturally straight spine, this... strangely familiar aura... Could it be? ]

I... Ishimaru, right?

[moraloutrage]

[He turns pale as he hears that voice say his name, and for a moment it's like there's a hint of his old self underneath it all.]

K-Kyoudai?

[Kiyondo turns his head to look right at him. There he is! The person he lost. He had gone back home and experienced that entirely awful sequence of events, that horrible truth and the execution that followed it. He watched this man reduced to nothing but butter!

But he heard his voice afterwards, too. Alter Ego brought him his spirit, and now they were fused together. He steps back uncertainly, tears streaming down his eyes.]

It's you! But... It can't be! I'm you now!

[trabryu]

[ The moment the person turned his head to him, Mondo spun the whole body his way, now grabbing both arms tightly to examine the person before him further. It's Ishimaru... but not him. Is he the Ishimaru he knew here in Wonderland? Or did this guy come from a different universe? The hell's going on? He's acting and looking so goddamn... wrong. ]

What... what the hell're ya sayin'...

[ His grip reflexively tightens. ]

Whaddya mean you're me?! Get yourself together!! I'm right here!! Where've ya been?!? Did ya know how worried sick I was?! You fucki--

[ It tightens, tightens, and tightens, that it probably will hurt the other if he can even feel it.

The agitation, paranoia, distress, anxiety ー the mush of emotions of not having Ishimaru around for one full week finally explodes and overflows. It's one thing if Ishimaru went home, but the fact that his things were still here made Mondo think of endless possibilities, his negative side of the mind taking charge of the ship. But now, Ishimaru's here. He's back here, in front of him. Whether or not this is the Ishimaru he knew, it doesn't matter ー at least for now. Tears begin welling up in his eyes, teeth gritting so hard like they're about to break. ]