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Who: Kaoru and you
Which: Log (open)
Where: Around the plaza and markets
What: Costume shopping, fear dolls and, of course, shenanigans
Warnings: Include any content warnings

i: Cuddle Your Fears

[Kaoru had accepted everything pretty easily. A dream world? Sure, why not? She just came back from an adventure to an alternate universe where Minamoto was a young woman where they were visited by alternate versions of herself where the Children were all teenage boys. This isn't even that weird even with her being able to sleep and dream in this apparent dream world.

In short: her tolerance for weird things is pretty high.

Even so, she wants to draw the line at random dolls that look like her just randomly appearing. She frowns at it.]

Why isn't this thing cuter? I'm way cuter than that. [Yes, this is her complaint.]

ii: Halloween Shopping

[Catch her picking out costumes! Most of what she gravitates towards have short skirts. These, she may turn to someone, holding it against herself.]

What do you think?

[...but she'll occasionally pick one out that she thinks is funny. Like a full bear suit.] You should try this!

[Either way, she doesn't care if you're a stranger. This is just how she rolls.]

iii: Wildcard

[Drop a line here and we can work something out!]

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I don't know. What if it just teleports back? It's already so ugly I don't think I can deal with it being able to teleport too.

[Also she'd feel so bad for Aoi...having to have such an ugly thing have the same power as her.]

What have you tried?

[ Ugh. She's right, but also maybe it wouldn't... who knows. ]

I've tried lighting it on fire. Didn't work.

[ Which makes sense, if it's as fire resistant as he is... ]

Do you think if we get some really heavy rocks we can tie them to it and toss them into a river?

Don't characters who drowned always turn out to be alive in dramas?

[That being said.]

Let's go find some rocks. Even if it comes back it would at least be funny.

[... He hopes that's not foreshadowing their doll problem.]

There should be some pretty heavy ones by the river already, right? There's usually all sorts of rocks by rivers.

[A pause.]

We're going to need some rope or something to tie them to the rocks, though...

...I don't suppose you have some rope on you?

... Nope.

...I guess we could just throw rocks at them instead.

[That would also be fun, she supposed.

Joking aside, she took a moment and tried to think like Minamoto. He probably would encourage her to think of why the doll appeared in the first place, wouldn't he?]

[Unfortunately, brute force has worked for Kazuya in the past. He's perceptive, but also a brute force kind of boy. It's worked in the past, so why not now?

He crosses his arms, considering.]

We could maybe go barter for some rope. ... Or I could see if Orthrus might be able to eat them?

[...It's a two headed demon dog. Surely it loves tearing apart stuffed animals. Dogs love that shit.]

[She wishes brute force worked on everything but Minamoto has reinforced that, no, brute force doesn't solve everything.

It's still good for stress relief though.]

What or who is Orthrus?

[Sounds fake.]

A... dog? Sort of?

[Oooh maybe he shouldn't have said that out loud...]

He's a demon dog. And has two heads. So I figured... one for each doll?

A two-headed dog, huh?

[...does she want to see a doll version of herself chewed up? Even if it's ugly? On the other hand, they won't have to pay for rope!]

I guess it's worth a try.

[See, Kazuya isn't as worried about seeing a doll version of himself turned into a chew toy.

He'll futz around in his back pocket for a moment, grabbing his COMP out of habit and even bringing up the menu to summon a demon before he realizes that A) Orthrus isn't even in it, and B) He doesn't actually need his COMP to summon a demon anyway.

Not that he puts it back into his pocket, but he does exhale and focus, a dark, swirling and electrified portal appearing to the right of him where said two headed dog exits from, portal closing behind it.

Both heads look... incredibly happy? And it's tail is wagging excitedly. And perhaps, most surprisingly, it speaks:]

MY MASTER HAS CALLED!

[Loudly. With twin voices.]

WHAT WOULD MY MASTER REQUEST OF ME?

[To that, Kazuya spins on his heel, snatching up his doll behind him, and offering it to the demon.]

I thought you were doing some pretty good work back home, so I thought you might like a reward for being such a good boy. [Yes, he is talking to the demon dog as if it's a regular dog, and a good boy at that.] You want a chew toy, right? For being such a good boy?

[Orthrus... Barks. Like a dog. And he's clearly excited, juding by the way he's bouncing up and down on his front paws.]

MY MASTER BELIEVES I AM A GOOD BOY? THAT I AM WORTHY OF A TREAT?

That's right! And this person right here has another toy so you don't even have to split it!

[Her first, immediate thought was: that dog is so ugly. What's that colour combination?

But the personality is pretty cute. 7/10 after factoring that in.

That being said, if she found anything strange about this entire thing she didn't show it (because, really, this isn't that strange.)]

That's right. You're worthy of two treats!

[Because the doll is creepy and an insult against her cute image. So she holds up a finger and the doll flies over to the dog(?) as if it were pulled by an invisible string.]

[Orthrus... Howls and bounces more in response, and then jumps to catch the doll that flies at it.

Which Kazuya watches while blinking curiously at the action that causes the doll to move on it's own. Well now! Weird. Another person with magic powers. There really are a bunch here, aren't there?

Kazuya's own doll is also subsequently taken. And both are chewed on and drooled on, with occasional flames coming from the demons mouth as it tries to tear the dolls into pieces with... Very little success.]

Well, that takes care of that problem, right? Dogs love destroying things. I'm sure he'll figure it out.

[She watches and, okay, this actually makes her feel better. Even so...

She sighs.]

Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to be doing anything. Besides, this has the sort of feeling you get from those RPG quests that have a specific way you're supposed to solve it.

You think so?

[He's just watching his demon chew delightedly on both dolls. It's for the best neither of them have a squeaker inside, or it'd get pretty obnoxious pretty fast.]

I never was good at figuring those kinds of things out.

[... That's what Atsuro was for. Or Naoya, when they were younger and still lived together.]

I'm not good at it either!

[She's the cute one and the muscles not the brains...

She watches the dog chew for a moment.]

Did the dolls have to be that creepy...?

I don't even know why mine looks like that, honestly.

[What with his demon cloak and red eyes and such. Ugh. It sucks! He wants Orthrus to chew it harder!]

I really wish they weren't that creepy. There's no need for it.

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