Pandora Idols; closed to Seiko

[classifidol]

[ Takane can tolerate a lot of things. Stuffy people, rude people, long lines, society's expectations.

But there are other things she cannot, and one of those happens to involve any sort of threat to those she deems important. Which, in this case, happens to be a surprisingly mobile walrus-like beast attacking her fellow singers. Naturally, when it flees, she... follows it.

Because an eighteen-year-old girl getting into a fight with a giant walrus is something that won't attract any attention at all. Especially when she gains the upper hand by singing at it.

She is, however, not used to any of this, so perhaps some assistance might be in order. ]

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[corvis]

[ he can't believe she really was going to go after it. he's prepared for it, but the fact that he actually could have missed grabbing her makes him all the more internally crazy at what has been unfolding for him the past hour or so. but he's not even able to have words with himself over how he feels about all this as her reflexes to his grab are so fast that gilbert has to end up staring blankly at her for a second or two, wondering how he did not just get a good slap across the face (or did he and it was just that bad that he can't even remember it happening).

the girl's voice drags him out of his momentary daze, blinking and giving her a more focused and direct look, trying his best to give her an equally unhappy narrow eyed expression as if doing so is going to make his scolding all the more effective or something like that. (—well, okay, it's not going to help that but it does help him notice she's really kinda cute, now that he gets a look at her, and she's polite and it's like looking at a potential relative of sharon's only without the—) no. no no no. shut up, gilbert. just shut up, he tells himself in his head, letting his words spill out in response to further that mental command right along. ]

What do you think you're doing, do you even know what that is!

[classifidol]

A walrus.

[ soft, somewhat puzzled, because she doesn't know this man, but that frantic look on his face makes him seem younger than she'd originally suspected, and he still has quite the grip on her arm. ]

Or something similar... I must confess, I've yet to witness the behavior of a walrus, but that was peculiar for several reasons. [ what was a walrus doing there, why did it attack them, how could it move so fast, etc. ]

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[corvis]

[ did she just— never has gilbert felt his job to be so unimportant as it does now upon the chain being identified as a walrus.

even if it's a chain, this is on par with calling a leviathan a fish. ]

It—it..! Walruses don't do things like that!

[ not that he knows what walruses do, either, but unlike this girl he is not so good at admitting to such things. ]

[corvis]

[—AHEM.

gilbert is definitely bristled but certainly trying to calm down because he's not sure how to actually follow up his statement. telling people about chains can be pretty time consuming and considering the wal—chain— is quite fast, they don't really have that much time to spare. gilbert's only seen it at the mercy of being aggravated by her song, he has no idea how it acts when it's being aggressive.

he gives a small sigh before he slowly starts to loosen his grip on her arm. first things first. ]

You're—

[ he pauses, his brow creasing slightly. oh. maybe he should have listened a little better to the girls on what her name had been. he'd just taken enough time to grab her appearance and a direction to go in and bolted. ]

—those girls that were attacked earlier. They're your friends, right? They're worried about you, you know. What the heck did you run after it for, anyway?

[classifidol]

If I had let it remain or escape, there was no doubt that it would have continued attacking, or set its sights on someone else. Are you implying that I should have allowed that?

[ never mind that Takane had no idea what a Chain was, her protective instincts rule out all else. ]

[corvis]

[ that's true, though. he can't argue with her on her reasoning, it probably would have just gone off in search of someone new.

but, she's also missing a really important point, that kind of reminds him of someone else he knows... knew—no, he still knows them and he will always still know them because he will get them back alive. ]

So you turning yourself into the target is a good alternative? It would have had no qualms attacking you. [ . . . ] ...After whatever the hell you were doing to it wore off, anyway.

[classifidol]

Forgive the comment, as I in no manner intended to sacrifice myself, but I would have rather dealt with it directly than let it harm anyone I care for. As it stands, I can defend myself better than most of those girls.

[ a sigh-- she'd really rather not argue. ] And fortuitously, it lacked appreciation for music. A fact I can no longer seize advantage of, at the moment.

[ because a certain someone scared it off... ]

... .../scoots in here.. ....

[corvis]

[ he did it for your own good, missy. if it charged, definitely not a cute singing anymore, just a gurgling pancake. ]

...How did you even find out singing at it—

[ wait, why is he asking her that? it's not like he's planning on singing to it when he finds it. gilbert shakes his head, he gives a small tug to her arm now, aiming to sort of guide her along past him as he steps forward by her and let's her go. ]

—Nevermind, I can't—I mean I'm not going to—sing, anyway. You should probably get back to your friends so they can stop being so upset. [ and he...needs to go find this dumb thing, but at least there's some blood to follow now, which is exactly what he starts doing. ]

[classifidol]

In due time.

[ and that's all she says before she briskly falls into step alongside the man, because you know what, she is not going to leave this unfinished. ]

[corvis]

[ uh oh. ]

...It's the other way.

[classifidol]

I am aware of that. I'm accompanying you.

[corvis]

But it's not safe.

[ captain obvious in his glory. ]

[classifidol]

Precisely why I'm accompanying you.