003 [Video]

[iwasherefirst]

[Rose is at her flat, looking mussed and perturbed. She flips on the device and considers her words for a moment before she speaks.]

Anyone here take responsibility for a little boy 'bout ten years old or so goes by the name of Huey? He ought to have some proper looking after; running amok in the City grabbin' at girls and being a right creeper. He's too young for that and somebody ought to look after 'em.

Comments

[child-radical.livejournal.com]

I'm not running amok.

[iam-thebadwolf.livejournal.com]

Yeah? What do you like to call it?

[child-radical.livejournal.com]

Poor impulse control?

[iam-thebadwolf.livejournal.com]

S'xactly why you need someone to look after you properly.

[child-radical.livejournal.com]

It's probably just a one off thing...

[Now the bookcase's words of his increasing consumption of girly mags and his first groping victim are coming back to pester him.]

Look I'm sorry for groping your butt...and your chest.

[iam-thebadwolf.livejournal.com]

[Rose is momentarily a bit speechless. She's not sure what you say to an apology like that.]

You can't just go doin' things like that.

Sorry I called you a pervy wanker.

[child-radical.livejournal.com]

I know. I just got a uncontrollable urge once I saw you.

[iam-thebadwolf.livejournal.com]

Maybe you ought to work on that.

[child-radical.livejournal.com]

I'll try to.

[iam-thebadwolf.livejournal.com]

Who looks after you?

[child-radical.livejournal.com]

Nobody, I've got a roommate and a pet.

[iam-thebadwolf.livejournal.com]

Seems like there ought to be somebody takin' responsibility for you.

[child-radical.livejournal.com]

I've done okay for myself...minus the sudden inclination to fondle random women...and the dying.

[iam-thebadwolf.livejournal.com]

[Rose is giving you this look, Huey]

Who's your flatmate then?

[child-radical.livejournal.com]

A older girl named Tsubaki.

[iam-thebadwolf.livejournal.com]

Yeah? [Rose makes note of this. She thinks someone ought to have a talk with her.] I'm not angry or anything, just...concerned. You know?

[child-radical.livejournal.com]

...it's probably just pent up energy or something. I'm sure everything will go back to normal. [After they get much worse.]

[iam-thebadwolf.livejournal.com]

Maybe you ought to go play football, or somethin' like that.

[greedful-cheat.livejournal.com]

Another one? How strange. Is there a stray curse going on?

[All going to plan. Soon.]

[iam-thebadwolf.livejournal.com]

You mean I'm not the first?

[greedful-cheat.livejournal.com]

Sadly. This is looking like it's becoming epidemic! You're the second person who's been groped by what I assume is the same child from what I can gather.

[iam-thebadwolf.livejournal.com]

Sounds like he need some guidance.

[greedful-cheat.livejournal.com]

He's at that age. He's all hormones. Guidance could help, but those hormones don't help at all.

[iam-thebadwolf.livejournal.com]

Yeah but that ain't much of an excuse. You don't see other boys runnin' 'round here doin' that sort o' thing.

[greedful-cheat.livejournal.com]

We don't seem to have that many children here. Also, you haven't seen the right curse for that either.

[iam-thebadwolf.livejournal.com]

There's curses for this?

[greedful-cheat.livejournal.com]

Why wouldn't there be?

[iam-thebadwolf.livejournal.com]

Because they're just kids.

[greedful-cheat.livejournal.com]

You think that matters to the Deities, the City or whatever causes curses? I don't think so.

[iam-thebadwolf.livejournal.com]

The City subjects kids to the same sorts of curses they do the rest of us?

[greedful-cheat.livejournal.com]

Nobody is exempt from what I can gather. Some people do get lucky and don't get cursed from time to time though...

[iam-thebadwolf.livejournal.com]

Wonder how you work that out.

[greedful-cheat.livejournal.com]

Deux ex machina perhaps... Whatever it is though, is certainly amazing.

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[doujin-dork.livejournal.com]

Oh no it happened again?

[Private]

[doujin-dork.livejournal.com]

Uh, hi.

I, um, know him. He's usually not like this, I swear.

I think I should probably talk to him.

Re: [Private]

[iam-thebadwolf.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's a bit of a relief. So what's wrong with him?

[Private]

[doujin-dork.livejournal.com]

I don't know. He might've gotten into something he shouldn't have. Or someone might have done something to him.

Re: [Private]

[iam-thebadwolf.livejournal.com]

Somethin' done to him? You've got ideas?

[Private]

[doujin-dork.livejournal.com]

[Long pause.]

Well, no. But there's a bunch of creepy stuff in the City. So it could be anything.

Re: [Private]

[iam-thebadwolf.livejournal.com]

That's a bit frightening. Guess in the scheme of things, this is a bit harmless.

[Private]

[doujin-dork.livejournal.com]

Yeah, kinda.

Mm, it's not the worst I've seen happen, no. It's still not good, though.

Re: [Private]

[iam-thebadwolf.livejournal.com]

This sort of thing usually resolve itself?

[Private]

[doujin-dork.livejournal.com]

[SHE HAS NO IDEA- but she'll try and stay positive.] Yeah, it usually goes away.