[event] Level...down?

[collectyourfriends]

 There's a green-and-yellow something streaking through the hallways, a massive trail of silver tinsel and the smell of static following in its wake.

 A few moments after that, there's the sound of someone yelling in the distance--a child. 

"No! No no no no no Sparks no stop!"

And sometimes Sparks does stop. 



And waits for that little voice to catch up.



And every time, every time, he stays until the tiny child almost gets to him before turning and snapping his teeth at their hands and arms, and then he's off again.

Frisk is getting tired of this. Frisk's getting tired. They're so cold, in just a pair of long shorts and a T-shirt that says You're Numero Articuno! (They don't get the irony.) They'd rather be playing out in the snow anyway, 'cause they've never got to before, but they can't, because Sparks is being an extra jerk.

They've already got a collection of bloody marks on their arm, lines that end in dots--the unique bite of the Electrike line. It looks really weird, and feels even weirder, all tingly with the aftereffects of electricity.

Not that any of that'll stop them. They're going to catch up to it and give it a good scolding for wrecking peoples' stuff--the tinsel, the wreathes, the candles, some of the doors. Naughty naughty.

//warning that uh yeah, if your character gets in sparks' way he will probably attack them. it won't be too damaging but it won't be particularly fun either :V

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[oldmantiger]

Oh god what is that.

Is it a cat is it a dog what is it why is it growling what what what...

Oh god it's coming right for them.

With a startled yelp of alarm and a sudden flaring of blue light around himself, Kotetsu scrambles out of the way of the rampaging Sparks. He hits a nearby side table and doesn't so much knock it over as break it to pieces, but he can't even muster up apologies just yet. Shock is too deeply set in as he stares first at the creature, then at the child.

"W-What is that?!"

[collectyourfriends]

"Sparks!" they shriek, another call that might be read as an answer.



He shoots past before slowing down to look at the new human, watching him...shine?

After a moment, Frisk's eyes slide from him to the new kid, and they slow too, ending in a stop. "...Why you glowing? You a Psychic?"

[oldmantiger]

As the initial rush of shock fades, Kotetsu almost looks more afraid of them than he is of the...thing. Whatever it is. A sick dog, maybe? He's never been outside Oriental Town except on one field trip, and that one afternoon in Sternbild turned his world on its head. So maybe creatures like this are normal in...wherever this is. Besides, dogs are easy. People are less so. So he stays where he is on the ground, crouched amidst the splintered bits of wood and watching Frisk warily.

"...Sai Kick?" He frowns. "I...I don't know what that is. Is that what you call 'NEXT' here?"

[collectyourfriends]

They march forward--toward him, toward Sparks too. The breaking gets him a scolding look, same as they've been giving Sparks for wrecking stuff. They think it all belongs to somebody, see.

"...Next what? Psychics glow and float stuff and move and can talk in your brain, and you need to say sorry like Sparks."

[oldmantiger]

Now he's even more confused - stumbling, stammering, and trying not to cry as they give him that look. He knows it all belongs to somebody. Probably somebody rich and important, too, so he'll get in even more trouble if he's caught.

"N-Next nothing! Just...just Next! That's what they call us! It s-stands for 'Noted Individuals with Extraordinary Talents.' I glow, sometimes, and I guess some of them can float stuff or talk in your brain, but..."

He does need to say sorry, though. Maybe that will help. It doesn't always. Kotetsu swallows painfully and scrubs at his eyes to stave off the threat of panicky tears. "S-Sorry. I didn't mean to." He never does.

[collectyourfriends]

"Never heard of that. You must be from a diffren' region," they decide. "We're from Hoenn."

They kick one of the table bits. "Not me. Gotta find the...the...owner people." They beckon. "You say sorry for the table, an' Sparks and me for the decorations after I catch it."

[oldmantiger]

"Hoenn...? I've never heard of that place." Not that that means much. Kotetsu has never paid much attention to Geography or World History. "I'm from Oriental Town," he adds, ijn case that helps at all. "Near Sternbild."

He looks from the child to the...dog? Monster? At least Sparks isn't the most impossible thing Kotetsu has seen all day. Not even really the least scary, now that he takes a second look. He knows he needs to say sorry for the table, but it also seems like he should say sorry to Frisk for getting in the way of their quest to recapture their pet.

"Um...can I help you catch Sparks? I can run really fast," he offers awkwardly. He's still got a couple of minutes of power to work with.

[collectyourfriends]

"Don't know those," Frisk answers dismissively.

Sparks is staring right back at him, paws scratching against the floor.

They stare at the other kid dubiously. "It'll zap you and bite you up if you try." That isn't exactly a 'no'.

[oldmantiger]

Kotetsu slumps a little, sighing again. "Yeah," he agrees with a resigned sort of nod. "Not many people do." Which...fine. He can work with that. Oriental Town wasn't anything special anyway, and he only ever went to Sternbild once. It's a big world out there.

It's not exactly a no, and just from talking to Frisk, Kotetsu has his doubts that they're a NEXT. Which means that it's better that Sparks bite and claw him instead of Frisk. So he gets to his feet, dusts himself off, makes to turn away - and then, all in a sudden blur of superfast movement, turns around and lunges at Sparks, trying to grab the Elektrike around the middle.