A Hurtful Smile

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Fight For Those Who Can’t | Ch.1 Body Reaction | Nikko

That’s... certainly someone on fire. Of course Nikko was jarred by that, being one of the first three to find Ikue like that but, he wasn’t majorly freaking out either. He simply looked on with a distant stare, his head tilted forward a little. It seems he had already accepted the death of one of the others, and rather well surprisingly enough. That is, until Yakamochi found the other body. Nikko had looked outside as a few more gathered around it. He only barely saw it before the others obscured it, but, was that...

“.....Kid?...No no no no nononononono!”

As if he had completely forgotten about the fire, Nikko bolted outside towards the group and shoved his way to the front. There he was. Kiyoshi, dead. And this is where Nikko isn’t the mature one. He was stunned by this, even though they hadn’t interacted all that much, and when they did, it was mostly Kiyoshi making fun of Nikko. Despite that, something about this set something off in him,

“...Who....”

“WHO’S THE FUCK-HEAD WHO DID THIS!?”

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Fetch-Quest | Nikko | Ch. 1 | OPEN

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shslstainedglassartist:

If Nikko wanted a staring contest, Folke could give it to him. The bundled up gargolye that is the Stained Glass Artist met his gaze flatly, revealing nothing but interest in his gaze.

For a long minute silence reigned.

Eventually though, Folke found the will the make his curiosity verbal.

“There’s patches…in your skin. What did you fight? Foxes…predators…dangerous way to live, if you aren’t the strongest. You…holes are normal in worn costumes…but something caused them. A lost…battle…maybe?” His head tilts at his owm words, as if he’s confusing himself with all his guessing.

Yep. There he goes. At least this time what Folke was saying actually made sense to Nikko. Even so, the questions this time seemed to ruffle Nikko a bit.

“F-Fight? Hell no, I ain’t stupid!”

“I’ve just had this stuff for a while. Like, a while, kind of while, ya know? The mask alone is probably just as old as me...”

“...Everybody snags their clothes on something every now an’ then, an’ a plain ole stitch would look worse, so, yeah, just patch it as it goes.”

That was an odd pause there. Since when does Nikko have a pause button?

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Fetch-Quest | Nikko | Ch. 1 | OPEN

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shslstainedglassartist:

Folke had been trying to take a nap. Nikko clearly hadn’t noticed him, curled up under the plain blankets on guards’ beds, but the cursing and complaining woke Folke up to where he could notice Nikko. Sitting upright, he slipped his feet to floor as he sat on the bed, lifting his glasses to rub at his eyes.

“Doesn’t open.” He murmured, voice scratchier than usual with sleep. He yawned. “Bothering…pointless task…waste of energy. Predators…are all about energy conservation…right?”

Nikko was alarmed by Folke’s voice, and his focus shot up to look at whoever the hell had been here the whole time. Oh, it was, this guy, the probably unintentionally freaky one.

“Heh, why need to save it when you have too much of it in the first place,” Nikko joked, trying to hide a bit of his frustration at the crate. But that didn’t have a chance at lasting long.

“Rrrr, screw it!” He finally called out, and begrudgingly sat down on top of the crate. If it wasn’t gonna open, he was gonna make it have some use, apparently a bench in this case. He eventually turned his head a little bit to look back at Folke, I guess just, waiting for him to say something. There was something oddly interesting about this guy to Nikko, he would always have some of the weirdest things to say, and given some of the things that Nikko says, that’s saying a lot.

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Fetch-Quest | Nikko | Ch. 1 | OPEN

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primadonna-idol-girl:

“A crowbar, no. But I DO have some hair pins I can maybe use.”

She gently knelt in front of the chest and pulled out a hair pin from her pocket. With the dexterity of a rogue, and the confidence of a lion, Kae began picking the lock, turnign back to Nikko to speak to him,

“So Nikko, have you found anything interesting besides these so far?”

“Nope, nothin’ so far. This place is kinda fuckin’ empty. But I guess since it is all fake an’ stuff, they’d only give us the actually important stuff so we don’t get distracted, right?”

“Buuuuut, if that were really true, than we’d actually be able to open one of these damn things without havin’ to break into it, so what do I know.”

Clearly this is this boy’s first video game.

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Fetch-Quest | Nikko | Ch. 1 | OPEN

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primadonna-idol-girl:

Kae couldn’t help but notice the poor boy trying to open the chest; she wanted to giggle a little, but she knew she’d feel bad about it if she didn’t help him. Gliding into the room, Kae leant in from behind him,

“Do you need a hand there?”

A bit startled by the sudden entrance, Nikko turned to Kae, looking mentally drained. Probably from trying to pry this chest open for god knows how long.

“Yeah, ya wouldn’ happen a have a crowbar handy, would ya? Cuz this damn box ain’t playin’ fair.”

Nikko looked back at the chest and kicked it out of frustration.

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Fetch-Quest | Nikko | Ch. 1 | OPEN

Well, this has been a turn of events, this went from role-playing game to killing game in no time at all. And how did our residential fox-boy react to this?...Pretty underwhelmingly actually. After hearing the new king’s spiel, he just rolled his eyes and walked the other way. Ever since he’s just been wandering back and forth, he’s probably been the whole place over at this point. This kept on until finally his movements were interrupted.

“C’mon! Open goddamnit!”

He was prying at one of the chests in front of one of the beds, blatantly ignoring the lock on it. Maybe someone should help him? Or maybe just watch him continue to struggle, it might be mildly entertaining if your cruel-minded.

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Prop Check | Nikko | Prologue

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primadonna-idol-girl:

Kae was just was excited knowing he recognised her, but she held her excitement to actually answer him since she’s infamous for just plowing ahead into fangirling over everything,

“Yeah, I got my sister front row seats! She was the lil blonde girl in the front row crying, cuddling her plush, and sobbing ‘I LOVE HIM SOOO MUCH BIG SIS’ at your latest show. She’s uh…. she’s a really…. emotional kid.”

Kae giggled, tugging at her hoodie. Her hips swayed from side to side as she shuffled enthusiastically; maybe she could get Catalina his autograph? Or hey if they could be friends, she could pull the ultimate gift and let Catalina meet him face to face. But she was getting ahead of herself as she answered him,

“Yeah! I do concerts all over the place! But usually I’m co-presenting or playing my character in The Ontario Four! Though uh, I doubt it’s broadcast outside of Canada, hehe…”

“Ehehe, s-seriously?”

If it wasn’t for the mask, Nikko’s face would’ve have been all red...oh, wait... with embarrassment after hearing about Kae’s sister. Something about that made Nikko feel all warm and fuzzy like the giant plush toy he is.

“Huh? O-Oh, Canadia?” He was so wrapped up in the thought of this fan of his that he almost didn’t hear everything else Kae was saying.

“Man, it musta been somethin’ from school then. Whoopty doo, we’re on those all the time, aren’t we?”

“Well once this whole virtual, whatever this is, is all said an’ done, ya gotta set me up with somethin’ alright? You saw mine, so I gotta see yours.”

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Prop Check | Nikko | Prologue

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shslbento:

It clearly took Yuki a minute to catch up with his talking speed, but she was used to that.

“I mean, the point of food is to be eaten… I don’t really have the time or money to do ‘real’ art, I guess. Just trying to have fun with my chores… kind of thing. And you can win some good prizes in the bigger competitions.”

She let out a breath. “So you’re from Hope’s Peak, too, right…? I guess you’re an actor or something? Theme park… mascot?”

“Eh, I mean you’re not entirely far off but, it ain’t just that...”

“I do all kinds of performin’ stuff, plays, parades, theme park stuff sometimes, always gettin’ the weird an’ bulky costumes. Y’know like the ones with like a buncha movin bits, wings, tails, whatever.”

He gave Yuki a moment to let all that sink in, and secretly hoping she finds it impressive.

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Prop Check | Nikko | Prologue

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ultimatecartography:

What, did she say something funny? She didn’t exactly understand, but she smiled in response to his laughter.

“Nice to meet you, Ingo-san… Or do you prefer if I continue to call you Fox-san? Do you make your own costumes…?”

And there’s that regular question - it was her fault for not following it up the way she normally does, with an explanation as to what it actually was, and it really wasn’t a bother. 

“Cartographer… I make maps. Unfortunately… there is no go karting involved… though that would make it much more interesting.

“Nah, most of the shows n’ stuff I’m in have the costumes already made up an’ the just fit em’ to me, I don’t get much of a say in it, but I don’t really care, it’s what I like doin’ so, why fuss over it? But yeah, that’s more of the costume designer’s job anyway...”

“But I did make all this myself,” referring to what he’s wearing now, “Made this crummy mask myself an’ it all kind added on from there.”

Believable. Judging from all of the patches, this clearly wasn’t the work of the SHSL Costume Designer.

“So, maps, huh. Weird word for that, but whatevs...eheh, maps an’ go karts, kinda like one of them racing games someone told me about. Heck we’re already in a game, so we might be on to something there!”

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Prop Check | Nikko | Prologue

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whitehairedperformer:

“Well, there’s nothing stopping ya from taking that role…. Or are ya not a mascot? I just assumed because of the costume”  Yakamochi shrugged before letting out a small sigh and glanced up at his googles after they were mentioned. “Nah, nothing fancy like that. I’m a street performer… The googles are supposed to help catch people’s eyes, being bright and flashy?”

“Names Yakamochi, What’s your name?”

“Nikko’s the name, heh, an’ I’m likin’ your style already Mochi.”

...Are you proud of that Nikko? You certainly look like it.

“Guess that ain’t much of a surprise, performers kinda run on the same page no matter where ya do it, the streets, the stage, hell I’ve done both. So uh, what’s your scthick? Mine’s costumes if ya couldn’t already tell.”

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Prop Check | Nikko | Prologue

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shslstainedglassartist:

“I’m..trying to…follow you…myself. Sorry.” Folke murmured, turning to look back at his own lap. He wanted to stare up at the fox guy’s face and get a proper look a how emotions played out when expressed by this skinwalker, maybe get a closer look on how the mask lined up with his face, but he was already feeling a bit tired and the thought of standing was unpleasant. So he stayed sitting next to the guy.

“You don’t…have to know symbols…to be them. Fox tails aren’t lucky.” 

Folke paused for a long minute.

“Folke Nørregaard-Krøyer…I have a…weak voice.” He wheezed out, like he had a permanent sore throat that was determined to make its existence known with every word. Folke was still staring at his lap, glasses sitting on his nose. “And you…a tail-less fox. Both. Something missing…..the name for you…?”

Nikko looked a bit concerned about this guy. He didn’t seem healthy, like, by any stretch of the definition, even being aware of his quiet voice. Nikko couldn’t help but feel bad for the poor guy. He slowly slid down to Folke’s level and was now sitting beside him

“The name’s Nikko. Nikko Ingo.”

“So uh Folke Ne...Nuh.....Folk-tale?” Nikko is terrible with foreign names and as such comes up with something else that he knows he’ll remember. “So, what’s with all this fortune cookie soundin’ stuff? Are ya like some kinda fortune teller or somethin’?”

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Prop Check | Nikko | Prologue

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whitehairedperformer:

Yakamochi sat up slowly, he was in the game now right? He glanced down at the grass beside him and ran his hand over it. It felt so realistic, this game was amazing so far. He got to his feet and noticed another person in a fox costume grab hold of a tree branch… only to fall shortly after. Yakamochi couldn’t help but laugh at what he saw.

“Well that’s good to know”

Yakamochi walked over to them so he could get a closer look at the costume they wear. “Nice costume ya got there stranger, ya a mascot or something?. Oh, are ya the game’s mascot? That’d be cool”

“Heh, maybe, I wouldn’t mind bein’ the icon of the group.”

“You think they woulda told me if that were the case though, or let me in first to make up some kinda neato intro for everybody.”

Then that’s probably a no on him being the mascot.

“So uh, on the idea of attire, what’s with the goggles? Ya some kinda sciency guy or somethin?”

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Prop Check | Nikko | Prologue

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shslbento:

“I guess I’m not surprised… I’m not exactly… famous. Unless you enter a lot of bento arrangement competitions, but… then I would be sure to recognize you. I think. Unless you don’t usually wear the mask… It’d be kind of hard to recognize you with it on…”

Yuki pondered for a minute, slowly swaying. “Nikko… Nikko… Nikonikoshite… Humm. I’m not sure. Can’t think of anything.”

“Is it safe to say ‘nice to meet you’ then…?”

“Yeah let’s just go with that.”

“Huh. Bento, that’s like, food art in a bento box, right? So that’s your thing, eh? That’s neato, but, kinda stinks like, it might look cool but, ya can’t rally display it for a long time without it going back and, hey, it’s food so someone’s prolly gonna straight up eat your hard work and-”

“Uh...oh. Sorry, my mind kinda goes to weird places sometimes.”

Well that might have been a downer for Yuki, or it just confused the hell out of her.

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Prop Check | Nikko | Prologue

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ultimatecartography:

She smiles apologetically. Sorry, boy she has forgotten to ask the name of - Clara isn’t the help you need when it comes to technology.

“… You… are right. They called it a ‘game’, but I have never played a video game before, so I do not even know… the basics. But, there is no controller, so maybe they thought it would be fine with people like us, who have no idea what we’re doing.”

Looking at her fellow virtual classmates, she was glad to see none of them were somehow flying or doing more than she had figured out.

“… Maybe they will explain everything once our guide arrives. At least, I hope so… it does not… seem… too complicated.”

That just may be wishful thinking.

“… Oh, I am sorry… I never introduced myself. My name is Clara Yamaguchi - a cartographer. It is very nice to meet you, Fox-san. What is your name?”

Nikko had started holding back laughter when it was his turn for an introduction. Weirdo. The hell was even funny anyway?

“Nikko Ingo- A costume guy!”

“Kghkgh, but I kinda like “Fox-san”, somethin’ funny about it.”

....Your a highschool student, right?

“For serious though, cartogra-what? Like...go-kart? milk carton? ...Uh, the hell is that?”

.... I reiterate. Your a highschool student?

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Prop Check | Nikko | Prologue

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shslstainedglassartist:

Folke frowned. “No…that wasn’t…what I meant. At. All. It…wasn’t intended to be…sexual.” 

Folke was probably being too blunt about this, but the odd mix of showing how he was most definitely knowledgeable on the implied subject, the lack of embarrassment from him that Nikko had even said such a thing at all, and the near-innocent way Folke had rebuked him were all painfully genuine.

“Animal without…tails…are symbolic too. New dimension. More added. Could…be a sign of achieving humanity. Or that…carelessness…will soon cause you…misfortune. Maybe it already has.” For a voice so weak and scratchy, the words were certain and precise.

Nikko felt a little bad for flustering the poor guy, he clearly didn’t mean what Nikko was joking about

“Aa I’m just joshin ya bro, don’t think too hard about it. First rule about me, I just do what I do an’ see how it goes from there.”

Something tells me this character combination won’t be netting any positive effects anytime soon.

“Weeeell, I did fall out of a tree just now so. Eh, maybe the tail thing wouldn’t be so bad, I mean, it’s not like I’ll have it in the real world or anything right? Maybe it’ll make me luckier, like a lucky rabbit’s foot, but a lucky..”

“ Fox’s...tail....Yeesh, even I don’t know what the hell I just said.” It’s a sign of the apocalypse!

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Prop Check | Nikko | Prologue

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primadonna-idol-girl:

Kae tried not to laugh. She tried so damn hard. Seeing Nikko scale the tree, and subsequently fall on his ass, brought back some pleasent memories. Even if the fursuit didn’t..

She walked over as he leant against the tree, answering him with a nod while she tried not to giggle,

“I’d say you were up about a minute ago!”

Her giggling was gentle as friendly, but she continued on,

“You’re….Nikko, right? My little sister is a big fan of yours!”

Wow, Nikko was thoroughly shocked and excited that someone had recognized him, it doesn’t tend to happen very often cuz, you know, always in a different costume, and when he isn’t, he’s in this stupid disguise.

“Hehey! Nice, musta seen one of my stage shows then, wonder which one, there’s been a ton of them, an’ I don’t think they’ve aired on tv just yet..”

As he said that he looked over the girl that had recognized him. Something about her seemed familiar too, had hey been in a show together? Probably not.

“..Huh, thinkin’ of that, I think I saw you on the tube once. Can’t say I remember where exactly but ya look familiar. You do like live shows an’ stuff, right?”

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Prop Check | Nikko | Prologue

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paraflinchjirachi:

“…The tree works.” Kin repeated dryly, looking up from her DS. She hadn’t been paying attention to the boy at all until he crash-landed, and now she was just sort of taking in the … everything … about him. She didn’t know where to start. “Lose a few brain cells falling out of that tree? Or did you just not have that many to begin with?”

She huffed and looked back at her screen.

“Nothing’s ‘up’. I’m busy. Don’t have time to talk to you. Go crinkling or something, Rainfurrest boy.”

Be thankful if you don’t know what that meant.

Oh goody, a smart one, and not in the fun way either. This is the kind of person Nikko absolutely loves to mess with. Time to go to town. Nikko rested his head in his arms as he rolled his eyes at the girl’s snide remark.

“But ya had the time to acknowledge me. Not as busy as your lettin’ on, eh?”

And now to see how the chaos unfolds.