Among the Stars

Independent multiversal Pokemon OC Please read the about for Nanami's information!!

[stxr-walker]

AGAIN????

FUCK OFF, BOT.

[stxr-walker]

"...Sounds like Akira, but with his boyfriend. I'm surprised they're not married yet."

[stxr-walker]

Lore Drop!

[LORE DROP!]

In her early days of universe/world hopping, Nanami was completely lost. It wasn't until the world of crumbling alchemy that she'd really started to get a grasp of better traversal between realms.

Better tools, better weapons, more of a means to defend herself in more dangerous territories.

(In a shared storyline/side verse with sailingmakai, she'd been found by Akira and is traveling with him instead on an actual ship...and picked up Akechi along the way, too.)

[stxr-walker]

you had her at food.

[BINGO]

"Is...is that five bingos?" All the important ones were selected, too. "Um...have you considered ever having a girlfriend?"

She's never tried it but she couldn't deny...She was curious.

[sailingmakai]

"Uh... Y-yeah. Metaverse is... was? A sort of... World of thought and cognition. Some of the denizens of that place gave a bunch of us an app on our phones, so we could get in and help them solve some problems. When I first got here, all it would do is take me through portals once I got close enough. Goro was after all that ended, when we lost connection to the place - app vanished until I woke up here, so I thought..." That it had been gone for Goro too.

"I guess he still has it?"

[stxr-walker]

"Mm..."

Nanami didn't exactly understand what he was saying--but if it was a way for Goro to exit the ship without them. Without backup. Without people with experience...

...Maybe he'd felt a little trapped.

"Has...he...always had that sort of tendency? To not care about his own well-being, or is that new?"

Sure, when they picked him up, he was severely underweight(he had a decent amount of meat on his bones now), and she recalled him intentionally hurting himself with a thorned plant that they had.

She and Sayuri were only listening, but she could infer that much at least.

[sailingmakai]

"I have no idea! I mean, I used the Metaverse app before I figured out how to do it myself, so... Maybe he just. Has that? The app? If he has magic I'm gonna implode because since fucking when-" There was no way Goro had magic. Right? He just... had a phone Akira hadn't accounted for.

[stxr-walker]

"...Metaverse app?" She hadn't used any of her technology from her own world at all. Nanami figured it wouldn't be useful anymore outside of it.

So she didn't exactly take apps into account...

[stxr-walker]

"I'M GOING TO LOCK YOU BOTH IN YOUR ROOMS."

[sailingmakai]

"...What does he mean almost died, doing what- Who or what almost killed Goro and where are they so I can kill them back."

[stxr-walker]

"...How did he get off the ship without you or me?" Nanami asked quietly. She still had tears in her eyes after hearing what he said.

[stxr-walker]

Ingredient and resource gathering had been entrusted to them if she and Nanami were to head into any one universe by themselves. Alone time was bountiful on the ship, yet...it felt different like that.

More and more, Sayuri had been finding herself...admiring Nanami.

She was generous. She was kind. Even when she was nervous or anxious--

She was pretty. Her smile was gorgeous. But...would she want her? Compared to her...Sayuri always thought she was rather plain.

"What do I do...I think I...love her..."

[kitxkatrp]

"Ahh--Miss Hudson, those biscuits from before...I was going to have them try some." He seemed cheerful at least, though the woman in question looked like she wanted to sigh a bit at the mention of the biscuits...

And when she was addressed she gave a small, but kind smile.

"Hello--make yourselves comfortable." She gave a small bow. "...Though I"m afraid my biscuits are far from perfect...I tried to make them into the shape of a star and failed..."

"But they taste just fine," he reminded her. "Presentation isn't everything." John set the plate down in the middle of the table revealing--very misshapen looking biscuits. "I already tried one, so I can say that for certain."

[stxr-walker]

The two girls looked at each other for a moment then both accepted a biscuit to try.

"--He's right! It's good!!"

"They taste fine to me, too," both girls confirmed. "I don't mind if they're misshapen at all. They look a lot better than what I'd probably do."

[kitxkatrp]

"...I see...that makes me very happy. I was worried..." He admitted with a little honest smile before bowing his head slightly and then turned to where--luckily--water for tea was already being boiled.

"Would you like some tea? Miss Hudson just finished some biscuits as well--"

Speaking of which--

"Oh? We have company?" The woman peeked into the room. She'd gone to change clothes after a bit of a culinary disaster--

[stxr-walker]

"Sure, we'd love some," yes she was speaking for Sayuri, but that was mostly because the girl was a little too stunned and maybe a little too out of her element to speak. However, that changed almost immediately when someone else entered--thankfully not Sherlock.

"H-hi," she greeted the woman a little stiffly, then cleared her throat.

"...Hello," she tried, hoping that sounded better. Did it? She couldn't tell

[kitxkatrp]

"There's no need to be so nervous. Come in." At least, that was the way he was interpreting her actions. Thankfully, the downstairs was clean and tidy, and he had been speaking with Miss Hudson about a few things before going to see Mary. It seemed it was a good thing he hadn't left yet.

He offered them both a seat at the table. "Is there anything I can do for you today? Is this one of the friends you were looking for?" If so, he was more than enthused that she had found them!

[stxr-walker]

It looked so nice in here!! Britannians--...The English...had such pretty things! Unknown to Sayuri, however, this wasn't even a Noble household. In her own worldview, any Brit was above the poverty line.

This place was different. It was so much different than the conquered Japan she was used to.

Nanami lightly nudged her when Watson's back was to them.

"Yeah! We found the boys, too, but they were too busy to join us here today," Nanami spoke cheerfully. "I think they said they were going to go looking for some library or something. They want to learn some things while we're here."

[kitxkatrp]

To say that today was an awkward day would be the understatement of the century. It was quiet in 221 Baker Street--the kind of quiet that was thick with an atmosphere that made you want to choke on air.

That being said--it was John Watson who answered the door. He blinked in surprise for a moment before--

"You have no idea how happy I am to see you safe and sound!" After their last parting, he had spent many hours worrying about her--far more than he'd like to admit. He knew he couldn't miraculously fix her situation, but...

[stxr-walker]

Oh she was so glad it was Watson that answered! From what little she'd heard about Sherlock(and how both Akira and Goro talked about him--the character, at least--she wasn't sure she wanted to try her luck with him quite yet.

She knew she wasn't that amazing an actor.

"H-hi," she tugged Sayuri a little closer by the sleeve. The girl was shorter than she was, but they were the same age.

...Ah, right. Sayuri had to remember this universe was alternate history from the one she came from. Britain wasn't necessarily ACTUALLY the Britannia she knew.

"...Good morning..."

[stxr-walker]

@kitxkatrp

"Ah--the air quality here is so bad!!! Why'd you bring me here??" Sayuri was being pulled along by Nanami, her sleeve covering her mouth. She just wanted to go back to the ship at this point.

"Just--Deal with it, for now. I wanted to introduce you to some people..." Why she had such a strong urge to, she didn't know why...maybe just to prove her 'friends' were nice and wouldn't actually abandon her? She didn't exactly paint them in the best light that night.

Though, she was more or less imagining the boys when she made up that scenario. She pulled her up to the flat and knocked on the door. 221 Baker Street.

Sherlock and Watson lived here. At least Dr. Watson was nice...

[stxr-walker]

She was sitting at the bottom of the stairs that led below the deck, listening to their conversation, learning more about Goro. About...the place that both of them came from, regardless if it was parallel to each other or not.

Goro did kill people...She'd already guessed that. But the man he'd mentioned...Shido. That sounded personal. He sounded...so very affected by whatever he did...or by however he knew him. She didn't really like the way his voice was starting to sound though--

The door in front of her opened and she jumped slightly, trying her best not to make a noise.

"...Nanami? Why are you sitting there?"

"I-I was going to go up after taking a nap, but--We shouldn't interrupt whatever talk they're having. A-actually, let's uh...can we go to your room?"

"Umm...? S-sure...?"

[stxr-walker]

"...Akira likes Goro. Goro likes Akira..." Sayuri mumbled quietly, leaning against the rails of the ship. She sighed and rested her cheek against her arms.

"How nice, to like someone and have it be mutual. Even if the dynamic is...weird."

"...Does that mean that...it's okay? That I find her pretty? That her kindness draws me in...? That...these butterflies fluttering in my stomach aren't...a lie?"

[sailingmakai]

He flinched.

"... ...R-right." Goro would shatter if Akira died, he suspected. If not literally, then certainly damn near close enough to. "He probably wouldn't, would he." Regardless of if Kenzo could bring him back (usually) Akira didn't doubt Goro would not react well to having to see that.

"I'll... find some.... mice, or something, instead. Something that won't cause too much of an issue if it turns out to be dangerous."

[stxr-walker]

"...Sorry," she didn't like that reaction. Maybe it'd been a little too much, she overstepped. "I just...I can tell he means a lot to you, right? And, um...I kinda overheard your conversation the other night. Um..."

They had a prior connection, surely.

And Goro...he was a tough one to get close to. She wasn't stupid.

"...If it means anything, I think...you two would make a great couple."