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[week 0 ; friday ; a while after tiger reveal, but he's swapped back]

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[ This guy looks... a little more beaten up than he did when he left the lobby earlier. And while he said it was pretty important for people to be pairing up and going in groups, those plans didn't quite pan out the way he wanted or people agreed on.

That's what happens without any kind of proper rules and such. But it happens. So, for now, he's looking around to see if there are any signs of Marius anywhere. And that's how he's found himself popping into one of the stores to see if he might have gotten caught under a shelf or something... (These things happen.)

And who is he coming across? Well, it's no other than Allen. ]

Looking for something?

[ Not accusatory, just curious. ]

[lefthandpath]

[Tiger did his best. and he does Allen a bit of a startle, but he calms pretty much immediately after realizing who it is.]

Ah, just for some supplies and things. I'm not sure if anyone managed to get those doors in the Opera House open?

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I haven't heard any news on that yet. It seems strange that it'd be open and suddenly isn't.

[lefthandpath]

Oh, not the main doors, the ones people mentioned were locked the other day. But I might have missed changes on that front.

Week 1, Saturday, post-Trial

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[so, Allen's been working on getting some laundry done (wringing out wet clothes: very cathartic), and is therefore dressed in the oversized clothes he stole from the other city. waiting on clothes to dry is a pain, so he decides to chill in the Solar for a bit, a book in hand and curled up on the couch with Rowan as a canine next to him, her head comfortably under his left arm.

unfortunately, Allen doesn't seem to be focused on the book at all, mostly just kind of squinting at the page.]

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[ Kotetsu finds himself wandering around, checking various places with no real aim in his travels, Finley right next to him, back in her tiger form.

he pauses when he sees Allen. ]

Dull book?

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What?

[he looks up, blinks, then looks back to the book.]

Oh. I don't know. I didn't get very far.

[and he closes the book.]

Were you wanting to sit?

Week 2, Wednesday, pre-mini events?

[lefthandpath]

[mayhap there will not be shiny shards in the game room??? surely not!

not when Allen Walker is just innocently looking for decks of cards.

why would there...?]

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[ clearly there would never be a single shard in this entire place.

kotetsu is here sitting on the floor of the game room, just looking at the giant boards in though. finley laying lazily by him as a tiger. ]

[lefthandpath]

You wouldn't happen to have seen any deck of cards here, would you?

[he gently nudges Rowan in her canine form out of the way as he continues the search in some cabinetry]

Week 2, Saturday, post-trial

[lefthandpath]

[trial was a lot. Allen Walker is wandering around the mansion and its grounds. mostly on the lookout for people he's a little more familiar with.

how's one of the dads of this circus doing?]

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[ it sure was a lot. he's out sitting in thought, trying to digest everything. when he spots Allen, he nods in his direction. ]

Quite the day, wasn't it?

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I was starting to worry we'd get it wrong...

Week 3, Monday

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[Allen Walker is setting up shop in the market........................... for gambling.

he's even chosen a nice spot with some shade.

surely no one would have objections to this.]

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[ well. this is something. he pauses when he sees this stall. ]

Setting up shop already?

[lefthandpath]

If the previous weeks are any indication, having supplies for the later half would be in our best interests. And, ah, we have to be a little more law-abiding in this place, right? So I might as well earn some coin.

[week 4 ; saturday ; post-trial]

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[ Kotetsu's not able to rest after everything that happened. it's so much that he feels restless. every week brings new, terrible surprises. but he's hobbling along with a crutch that's too small for his ass.

he comes across the tournament area, tiger tail lazily moving behind him, Finley padding along next to him in her tiger form. when he sees Allen, he slowly approaches him, not saying much at first and just waving in his direction. ]

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[Allen has been working on his martial arts practice on... whatever's not been destroyed by the swordsmen and women of the living. and when he notices Kotetsu, he frowns, pausing.]

You should be resting.

[time to fuss over a tiger dad, let's find you a place where you're not hobbling on one leg???]

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That's a familiar phrase.

[ he got it more after his close encounter of the trident kind, but this also. he doesn't protest as Allen gets him to a sitting spot. ]

I can't just sit still.

Week 5, Friday

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[some point after the Temporals get healed up, Allen eventually finds his way back indoors and to the dining room. the only thing is... he mostly seems to just be staring at the food that's put in front of him.

he's at least taken off the white lab coat, but there's signs of the healed wounds on his arms--clearly punctures and scratches from something like many pieces of glass shards--seeping blood slowly. he doesn't seem to notice, instead just kind of nudging a finger at Rowan in her squirrel form as she slowly stuffs her cheeks in his stead.]

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[ despite everything, Kotetsu knows a guy's gotta eat and he plans to bring some food to his companion. but he pauses in his trip when he sees Allen and walks slowly over to him. ]

Mind if I sit and talk with you for a bit?

[ Finley is in her tiger form, trailing close behind Kotetsu. ]

[lefthandpath]

[both Allen and Rowan look up to him. Allen with a mildly blank look, Rowan with her cheeks full and puffed out.]

If you'd like...?

Week 6, Monday

[lefthandpath]

[it's finally happened. all these different places, Allen has been able to rely on Rowan to get him around without getting lost.

and now, in a big city, he is lost and ended up in the public transport terminal, staring at a terminal map with the utmost confusion because this isn't like the trains he knows at all. what even is all of this??? and where's the exit again???]

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[ luckily, Kotetsu is no stranger to city life. he's used public transport and has had to navigate all over. granted, he's had a lot of technological assistance, but that's beside the point. perfect timing, though, when he comes across a lost friend in the crowd.

he leans over to peer at the map, grinning a bit. ]

Looking for someplace in particular?

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[when you open your mouth to tell a little harmless white lie and then--]

No, I've just gotten lost and I don't understand these maps.

[... noooo.]