Second Name - [action/voice]

[returnthyname]

[When Takashi wakes up, he finds himself sitting on the bridge out in the rain and instantly he feels that somethings wrong.  It isn't that he's in an unfamiliar place or out in the rain or the fact that he can feel feathers sticking to his back.  It's that he vaguely feels like he knows where he is.  But where... ]

....Luceti. [The name leaves his mouth without him even thinking about it.

He was.... brought... back?  He was brought back.  

It's slow, but the memories he had of this place slowly start to return to him.  He's surprised he had forgotten it all; the experiments, the wings, the Malnosso.  The Malnosso.  What did they want from him?  

All Takashi wanted to do was go home.  Go back to his home.  This is the second time they've done this to him.  They have the best timing, really.

--But wait.  Now that everythings coming back to him... he can remember Reiko and Tanuma.  That's right, they were here with him!!  But he isn't sure deep down if they're even here still.  He hasn't been here in over year.  Well, back home it's been a year.  

He has to check though.  He has to know that they're safe if they've been stuck here all this time.

So he gets up and grabs his journal, not thinking to use it as he tries to remember his way back house 54.  If you're out walking in the rain, you may spot a teenage boy in new feather pants wandering about, sometimes looking completely lost.  Some of his memory is fuzzy still, okay!  Please help him if you can.

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A little while later, after he's been returned home and caught up with Tanuma on everything, he opens his journal.  At first he's quiet, unsure of what to say.

After a moment, he finally speaks up]  ...I'm back. [It's said in an almost awkward tone]

Does this kind of thing happen a lot?  Being brought back from home and be able to remember Luceti, I mean.  I didn't think people could remember anything if they came back.  [Well, at least he can't remember if anyone else could remember anything.]

...Also, I think Reiko Natsume has returned home.  [There's a hint of sadness in his voice.  He didn't even get to say goodbye.]  If she took anyone's names, please tell me. 

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[kindaqueer]

[When Natsume when home, Kaname hadn't known what to feel. On the one hand, he was glad that Natsume wouldn't have to go through any of the pain or experiments this place brought. He was home, back where he belonged. But even though he was happy for Natsume, there was a definite sense of loss that he hadn't wanted to admit. With just himself and Reiko living there, the house felt so much bigger than before, and so empty...]

[But then Reiko went home. And that's when Kaname realized just how painful it was to feel truly alone. At least back home, he always had his father. But now, alone in this big house, knowing he might remain alone until they decide to send him back -- if they decide to send him back... it was painful. But he couldn't bring himself to just pack up and leave, just on the off chance that maybe one of them might come back.]

[It was a silly hope to cling to, but that silly hope was all he had.]

[But living on his own was still a reality he had to face, and he'd spent more than enough time playing the denial game. He was just heading back from getting some groceries from the shops when he saw someone walking around in the rain, shirtless. Not even an umbrella, geeze! So, he starts heading in that person's direction, thinking maybe he can at least offer to walk with them up to the shops to get dressed or something--]

[And then he realizes who it is and stops.]

....Natsume?

[voice]

[mydearapple]

It happens, but it doesn't seem to happen often. People are more likely to forget everything than remember it, even if it's only been a short time. If I hadn't been told, I wouldn't have known that I was here before.

[voice]

[kindhearted]

Takashi! You're back!

[Roji hadn't heard from him in a while, and he was beginning to worry that he got mallynapped or went home. Turns out it was a little of both, apparently.]

... I'm sorry about Reiko.