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Fuda # 6

[It's a beautiful, sunny day. The temperature is apparently between "boiling point" and "molten lava", and every sane person is inside, hugging their air conditioner.]

[Except for this guy. Tsuzuki is searching the grass outside House 49. He looks downright distressed, sitting on his knees and brushing his fingers through the lawn and dirt. When he's down with one patch, he hurries to the next one, not caring much about the heat even though his body does.]

It has to be around here somewhere...

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It's an old-fashioned one, with thick leather...straps.... [He's watching the color change on James face and is currently wondering what is happening.]

Oh, that sounds nice. I think I used to have one like that, long time ago.

[He crouches down and looks across the ground for something shiny, seemingly oblivious to his new friends curiosity]

[That seems to be enough time for Tsuzuki to stop acting like an idiot.]

You just turned blue. Are you okay?

Hmm? [James looks up, and in so doing grows feathers and a beak]

I'm fine. [Blink] are you okay? [Trying not to grin now]

[That's a pretty neat trick. Tsuzuki's eyebrows shoot up.]

Yeah, thank you. [He realizes it was said in a teasing tone, but he couldn't help himself from answering honestly anymore than he could keep the soft smile off of his face.]

Are you a shapeshifter?

No, I'm extremely stable.

[Totally straight faced kthnxbai]

Heh!

Oh! I'm sorry. I'm Tsuzuki, what's your name?

[James stands up fluidly, his body shifting in the blink of an eye to something that looked like a doberman from Earth.]

I'm James. [He offers a hand and a smile] Nice to meet you.

[Tsuzuki takes the hand readily, still caught between surprise and amusement at the way James switches between forms. But he thinks it looks fun.]

Nice to meet you, too. Can I ask you something, James?

[James grins, he seemed to be doing that a lot lately]

I don't see why not.

[Tsuzuki just completely skips the step of asking James why he appeared to be a talking canine. He's used to animals gods that can do the same, so James is already in his good books.]

Can you control when you want to change? It's an interesting magic, but I've not met anyone that can change at will before.

[James just smiles, his eyes going slitted like a cats for a moment]

[Realizing that it might have been a sore spot to ask about, Tsuzuki blushes and stutters. He apparently didn't see the trick James did with his eyes.]

I mean--

It's fine. I'll tell ya later if you don't turn out to be a psycho.

[His smile doesn't falter throughout the exchange, but it does take on a rather bemused slant]

Consider it a deal. Is there a lot of sadistic people here, or does it just seem that way?

[Tsuzuki tries to make it sound light-hearted, but the idea troubles him a little.]

Well, I could give you an exact figure, but that doesn't take into account all the ones who appear normal.. so I'm not sure what use it'd be.

[His smile falters a little bit as his thoughts return to the more depressing matters surrounding Luceti]

I don't suppose you're that crazy anyways.. you smell a little funny, but everyone here does.

I don't think I smell funny. Maybe if I take a shower....

[James gives a bark of laughter]

I guess I haven't smelled any "normal" humans since I got here, so I may be doing you injustice, sorry [The name comes out a little awkwardly on his tongue] Tsuzuki.

[Tsuzuki tilts his head, suddenly curious.]

It's all right. How good is your sense of smell, exactly?

Well, I'm not really sure. I can adapt my nose however I want, so I guess I could smell everywhere a persons ever been in the last few weeks if I wanted to.. and if it hasn't rained.

[Oh shi- didn't mean to give away that much info, little wide eyed at that]

Really? [Sorry, now that kind of info gets Tsuzuki's attention really quickly. He looks him straight in the eye.] Can you smell whether or not people have been recently kidnapped?

Errr, uhh. You mean by one of the robot bouncer dudes?

[Oh dear, straight in the eye, small nervous scientist is small and nervous.]

Yeah. Or rather, how people smell after they've been in the hospital. That's what I imagine they probably smell like when they return.

[Tsuzuki gives into temptation and reaches over to pat James' head. He couldn't help it, he liked fuzzy animals and scientists, and he doesn't like it when people are nervous around him.]

[James is really not sure how to deal with this, no one has ever... patted... him before. In response to his "WTF CONFUSION INNER TURMOIL MAELSTROM" his ears sorta... wobble confusedly, his reply coming out a little broken]

Uh.. well... Y-yeah, I guess. You'd have to give me something to lo-.. smell for, but once I know what you want to find I can usually find it. [James's taking a step back now, the patting was definitely weirding him out.]

[Tsuzuki tends to be a very physical person, but he'll try not to touch James if he acts too shyly around him. He pulls his hand back and hides them both on his back.]

Sorry about that.

So your sense of smell is that good. Is your hearing enhanced, as well?

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