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[alittleblackmagic]

[It is 5 o'clock in the morning.

For some inexplicable reason, little boys always need to use the bathroom at 5 o'clock in the morning.  Preferably, they call for their parents while they do it to optimize sleeping schedules.  Palom, lacking any parents, usually settles for being as disruptive as he possibly can, instead.  ...He remembers just in time, though, that Hiroshi has pretty much had the worst few weeks ever and compromises on a single loud-ish yawn instead.

.....

Come to think of it, he'd flopped into bed while Hiroshi was furiously punching something into the magic phone thing, looking kind of unhappy.  He'd figured it had been some last minute sort of conference with the old guy about whatever the instructions had been (honestly, he could've figured it out if he'd been given half the chance, he was sure).  

Well, Palom had enough of being left outta the good stuff.  The only thing to do was to borrow the communicator briefly and read through the messages to see what the secret was.  It would just take five minutes of being sneaky.

...Cracking open Hiroshi's door, he, of course, pokes his head slowly in to see...]

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[It is still 5 o'clock in the morning.  Sucks to be you if you're not awake.]

Guys!!!!  Hiroshi's gone!!!

He left me this stupid note, and it says 'Dear Palom, I am a stupid moron and I decided to go do this all by myself and get trapped with a bunch of stupid blue ogres for the next kajillion years because I am a stupid moron and stupid morons go off by themselves in the middle of the night to get killed and eaten also feed the dumb octopus.'

Hurry up, don't tell me you guys turn these things off when you're asleep, we have to go find him!

.........Fine, I'll wake you all up myself!

[action]
[Sucks to be you even more.  Practically every apartment is subjected to incoherent high-pitched ranting and pounding.]

Comments

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[shineslightintodarkness]

[Rudolph jolts awake and grabs the phone, half-asleep and confused then...]

What?! That boy... let me get dressed.

[alittleblackmagic]

There's no time --

[on second thought, naked old dude wasn't really something he wanted to see.]

Fine. But hurry!

...And did you figure out anything else interesting about the staff-thing at all?

[shineslightintodarkness]

[He was wearing pajamas, but the weather is just too cold to just simply slip on some slippers and be done with it. Rudolph was out of his room in a flash - messily dressed but who cares?]

Do you have any idea where he may go to? I am not as familiar with the region as others.

[alittleblackmagic]

I don't know! I wasn't paying that much attention yesterday! Where was it you all decided to go?!

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[washurhair]

[Who comes knocking like that this early in the morning, especially when someone is in the middle of a morning bath? It doesn't take her that long jump out of the bath and to put on a robe.]

What going on? [She wasn't expecting to see Palom at her door] Don't you have your roommate to bug instead of me?

[alittleblackmagic]

Bug?! I don't bug anyone! I just tell them when there are really important things they need to know, like the thing that'll make all the monsters go away is gone and so is Hiroshi so you should be up!

[washurhair]

But you're so tiny- Wait WHAT?!

Hiroshi went missing with staff? Why would he run away with it? Did he say anything to you?

[This is not good. She goes to change into something more battle worthy, not caring that the kid is still around.]

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[82the8th]

Hahahahahahahaha, he actually did it!
And he went ALONE!
I was expecting some hilarious levels of heroism, 8ut nothing like this!!!!!!!!
Hahahahahahahaha!
Aaaaaaaahahahahahahahaha!
Haaaaaaaahaaaaaaaahaaaaaaaahaaaaaaaahaaaaaaaahaaaaaaaahaaaaaaaahaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!

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[alittleblackmagic]

[Palom still types like a five-year-old. ...Oh, wait.]

Y0u diid thfis, iddnt you.?!11!?!

[Oh whatever it's like anyone doesn't know who this is by now.]

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WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?!

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[82the8th]

Because he was the best hero for the job. Why else?

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[rookierabbit]

[Oh, god, what is that racket, he is trying to sleep here after that particularly stressful day--]

...oh. What do you want?

[Barnaby looks less handsome and more groggy at the moment, seeing as he's got a bad case of bed head and crankiness to top it off. Then again, when you've been woken up at 5 am in the morning, you tend to be cranky as hell.]

[alittleblackmagic]

You outta bed! Hurry up and go do your superhero thing!

[Palom will latch on and begin to attempt to drag Barnaby out of the room. ...He has a pretty good grip.]

[rookierabbit]

[He digs his heels in. It's way too early in the morning for doing his superhero thing, for whatever reason Palom seems to have in mind.]

Why are you making such a racket this early in the morning? Some of us are trying to sleep.

[trustycrowbar]

[The door gives a small roar in response.] HnnnrgallRIGHT, hold on--

[The yelling voice of a five-year-old-boy has just the right frequency to phase right through concrete, wood, steel, pillows, and sanity. Gordon yanks the door open, looking as sleep-rumpled as the plain t-shirt and shorts he's wearing, and squinting sleep-doped death down at Palom.]

What's your problem? What do you mean, Hiroshi's gone? I thought you guys just saved him again!

[alittleblackmagic]

I <>did!

[Palom is anything if not modest.]

But he ran off again! It's like one of those stories where the princess is always getting kidnapped except this princess is a stupid moron who gets himself kidnapped! Now hurry up!

[trustycrowbar]

Gah, jeez, quit shovvin'--

[He glances back into the apartment. Booster is missing. Dammit.]

Alright kiddo, give me a minute, n' I'll be right out.

[It takes him three minutes, actually, to throw on a grey sweater and jeans and after much delegation, grab the crowbar under his bed.]

Alright let's go. I've got to be outta my damn mind...

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[healeveryone]

[Rosalia's still half-asleep as she gets up out of bed and opens her door to look outside.]

Palom...? It's too early to be awake.

[alittleblackmagic]

Really? I wake up at this time sometimes to watch the flashy things on the television but that's not the point; my roommate's gone!

[healeveryone]

[Okay, that's enough to wake her up more.]

Your roommate's gone? What happened?

[theheirofbreath]

What? Seriously? Do you have any idea where he went?

[alittleblackmagic]

Probably wherever we decided we were going, right? I don't know; it's not like he left detailed instructions so we could catch up with him.

[theheirofbreath]

Do you want me to help you search for him? It'll go faster with more people.

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[youngestboxer]

[Yuta's not entirely awake yet, but he's quick enough to catch on.]

...That idiot. Just what does he think he's doing?!

[alittleblackmagic]

Getting killed.

Can you stop him from moving, wherever he is, if you think about it really hard or something?

[youngestboxer]

Not if I don't know where he is. And if I isolate places randomly, I might just trap someone in with one of those things.