First memory, first love.

[thekoistiger.livejournal.com]

*Kotetsu's a pretty fun-loving guy, and the theme park had been a blast. But all good things have to come to an end eventually, and without the park to distract him, all he's got right now is an empty past and a bitter awareness of the huge gaps in his personal knowledge that his arrival to this place had brought. Not that he'd ever admit it to anybody, but the loss of memories had hit him hard. There was a lot he had done in his life, he's certain of it, and the size of the hole is palpable.

He sighs, flopping onto the couch, holding his hat on his head. A little something would be nice. Just a morsel.

And it's about this point that he notices the ring sitting on the coffee table.

He frowns, reaching towards it. He knows this ring, he realizes in a flash. A brief memory runs through his head of a marriage ceremony, and a beautiful woman with long dark hair standing next to him, cutting cake. The name comes to him unbidden: Tomoe.

He has a wife. She's waiting for him.

He smiles, slipping the ring onto his finger. Only with it back on does he register how much it had been missing, the familiar cool metal against his skin. Well then. He's got more reason than ever to get his memories back, and to find a way home. She's waiting for him, after all.*

All right... Wait for me, Tomoe. I'll get back to you soon enough.

*Re-energized, he gets up. Time for a walk around the compound, he thinks. Which is... probably where you're going to run into him, humming a little tune to himself.*

Comments

[thekoistiger.livejournal.com]

*lkjasdflkjasdlf Give him a second, he needs to come down off the ceiling.*

GEEZ! Listening in on a guy like that. Don't you know how to knock?!

[survival-101.livejournal.com]

What! I was walking by!

[thekoistiger.livejournal.com]

Just -- just warn a guy, will you? Geez!

*Okay. Calm, cool, and composed. Right. He didn't just spaz like an idiot. Really.*

Uh, what was the question again?

[survival-101.livejournal.com]

Alright, whatever. Tomoe.

[thekoistiger.livejournal.com]

Ah. Right. Well, unless my memories are screwing with me, my wife, apparently. Geez, doesn't this place know forgetting your wife is a doghouse offense?

[survival-101.livejournal.com]

Sounds like something good, at least.

[thekoistiger.livejournal.com]

Just reminds me how important it is that we figure out what the hell is going on around here, and try to find a way back. Still, it feels kind of nice knowing someone's waiting for me, you know? A little sad too, but I've got something to work for.

[survival-101.livejournal.com]

Back!? You want to go back!?

[thekoistiger.livejournal.com]

Uh, yeah? Why wouldn't I?

1/2

[survival-101.livejournal.com]

[survival-101.livejournal.com]

N-no reason, I guess...

[thekoistiger.livejournal.com]

O....kay?

*Well THAT was a weird reaction. Wonder what prompted it? Maybe she had a crappy family life at home.*

I guess you prefer it here then, huh?

[survival-101.livejournal.com]

No! I mean, well...

[Oh dear, how to approach this...]

Hey, uh, you've... you've lived up here all your life, right?

[thekoistiger.livejournal.com]

Well, it's not like I really remember -- wait, "up here?"

[survival-101.livejournal.com]

Look, how do you deal with the radiation?

[thekoistiger.livejournal.com]

Radiation?!

[survival-101.livejournal.com]

Yes, radiation.

[thekoistiger.livejournal.com]

You know, I don't really remember anything at all, but I can't shake the feeling radiation wasn't really one of my day to day concerns.

[survival-101.livejournal.com]

[She's silent for a while as she processes that information.]

...hey. You think we all came from the same place?

[thekoistiger.livejournal.com]

Huh? You know, I hadn't even thought about it. Thing is, there's been a few people I've seen since I got here that I get the feeling weren't familiar to me even when I DID have my memories. Did you see those wings Roz's got?

[survival-101.livejournal.com]

Thought those were part of that ridiculously fancy outfit she's got.

[thekoistiger.livejournal.com]

Seems kinda like it. I swear I saw the things stretched straight out stiff as a board when we were on the Iron Dragon, though. I think they're the real deal.

[survival-101.livejournal.com]

...huh. Wouldn't have guessed, but I haven't really talked to her that much.

[thekoistiger.livejournal.com]

Anyway, if it does mean we're all from totally different places, I wonder if that actually means anything?