kaisou | Fire and Furniture

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Fire and Furniture

WHO:Tsunayoshi Sawada And Katsuki Bakugou
WHERE: Ikea
WHEN: August
WHAT: Let's go fight a mimic! And maybe bond over mediocre meatballs! And maybe get banned from Ikea!
WARNINGS: Property damage, physical violence and likely some swearing.

[Tsuna is standing off to the side, trying not to be noticed.

He's not entirely sure what he's doing here, for a variety of reasons. He'd seen the request and well, a thousand dollars is a thousand dollars but he also has no idea how to fight a mimic. For all his video game knowledge, it doesn't really transfer over to real life.

But he also can't shake the voice in his head that tells him to just do it. It's a familiar voice, and yet Tsuna is unable to place it. So it just kind of sits and tells him to do things. Things he doesn't want to do and yet ends up doing them anyway. It's annoying.

He looks around. The store should be closing soon.]

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[A thousand dollars to catch a thief? Sounds easy enough. Does Katsuki want to return to the endless Ikea hell? No. He doesn't. But he could use that money.

What he's not expecting is to see Tsuna here.]

What the hell are you doing here? Don't tell me you responded to that request too?

Hie!

[Tsuna was also not expecting to see Bakugou either. Really, he wasn't expecting to see anyone, which was also the hope. He doesn't exactly have a handle on the powers he's developed after all.]

Well, uh, yeah...I mean. Yeah.

[He pauses, taking a breath.]

I thought it might be worth checking out at least.

[Katsuki considers for a moment. I mean... Tsuna did fine in the nightmare realm? This couldn't be more dangerous than that. Right?]

...fine. Let's go over details and make a plan. According to the quest info, the thief is evading cameras. So they either know the blindspots or they're fooling the cameras somehow. I'm guessing the latter. So we're most likely dealing with someone with magic of some kind. What do you think?

[Tsuna nods. He doesn't admit it, but the magic stuff goes a little over his head. ]

If they know it's avoiding cameras, then it's probably somewhere like the display rooms, rather than the warehouse, right?

So we should probably check those areas.

Most likely, yeah.

[That said...]

You been in here before?

Once or twice, but it's been a while.

It's not like I regularly need furniture.

[Okay then. Katsuki is just going to assume he knows this place is an endless hell then.]

Right. Let's go then. We'll keep an eye out for anything suspicious.

[Is that not the case for any Ikea?]

Right, yeah.

They're not gonna kick us out though, right? It's almost closing. Should we hide somewhere?

We're here for a job. They hired us for this. How are we supposed to do it if we're not in the store? The thief has been stealing after hours anyway. Doubt they'll kick us out.

I guess so. But it's not like we have a badge or anything. How would they know?

We use our damn words like normal people?

[Katsuki. You don't know how to do anything like a normal person. Let's be real.]

We gave our names when we signed on. Security probably knows those names. We just explain that shit and if we have to, show ID.

[For a brief moment, there's a flash of memory for Tsuna. Or a feeling. The feeling that he can't do anything like a Normal Person. That's just not the Vongola way.]

Right. I guess that makes sense, and hopefully no one gives us any trouble.

So, I guess we start looking, huh?

Right. We look for anything suspicious. Try to find any clues.

[Mostly it's going to be a lot of wandering around in endless Ikea hell. He already knows that. They're in for a long night.]

Right.

[He feels a little silly, going through everything when he's not really shopping. And it's starting to feel a little creepy as the store empties out. It's weird to not have the crowds.]

I didn't see anything in the cabinets over there.

[Katsuki doesn't seem particularly troubled to be wandering around checking things out as the store empties out. He doesn't really know what they're looking for. But he knows he'll know when he sees something out of the ordinary.

While Tsuna is checking the cabinets, something has caught his eye. He's crouched down investigating scuff marks on the floor. It could be nothing... he stands up.]

Good idea. It didn't sound like there were signs of a break in. So whoever is doing it either has keys or they're hiding somewhere until the store closes.

They'd probably be able to figure out if it was an employee, one way or another.

So, we might just have to check the furniture. I can try the next section. There doesn't seem to be anything here.

Yeah. I'm definitely leaning towards it being someone hiding in here. Possibly more than one. The question is how they're getting things out... don't go too far. If we get separated in this place it's gonna be a pain to find each other again.

[Tsuna had proven he could fight in June's realm. But he hadn't seemed to really understand his own powers. So... Katsuki doesn't want him out of sight when they don't know what kind of people they're dealing with.

So he stays close enough to keep Tsuna in his line of vision as they make their way through the store. The store gets emptier and quieter as they go.

And then lights start shutting off as the store begins closing up for the night. Katsuki turns on the light on his cellphone and keeps pushing on.

And somewhere in the distance something moves. Katsuki pauses to listen.]

[As the store empties and the lights go out, Tsuna's initial bravado, what little there was, diminishes. He's not the biggest fan of the dark at the best of times, and eventually moves so that Bakugou is in front. But he does turn on his cellphone's flashlight as well.

The more light the better.

Tsuna winces at the sound, looking around in the dark and suddenly, very strongly, regretting his choices.]

What was that?

Think that's our thief. Stay close.

[Tsuna may be losing confidence, but Katsuki starts moving towards the sound. Pausing to listen for more sounds. Whoever or whatever is out there, it's moving around out there in the dark.

But it doesn't sound like footsteps. It sounds like something dragging. Sliding.]

[Tsuna nods, moving in a little closer to Katsuki. Maybe a little too close, but he doesn't like that sliding sound.

Almost peeking out from behind Bakugou's back, he holds up his phone, shining the light around in the hopes that maybe, it was just the sound of the store settling.]

[The sounds get louder as the move and then suddenly... they stop. But it sounds like it's not much further ahead when it stops. Somewhere just up ahead. Katsuki steadily moves forward, shining the light of his phone at the furniture lining the aisle. Checking for signs that anyone might be hiding.

They make it a good ten feet down the aisle and then, while Katsuki is opening a cabinet to check inside, Tsuna might hear the sliding sound behind them. Katsuki misses it because of the sound of the cabinet clicking open. But if Tsuna turns he may see a wardrobe is now sitting in the middle of the aisle behind them.]

[They're supposed to be working together, so Tsuna does take the chance to scan around the room with his phone light, just in case he sees anything. He's eager to be done, so he rushes and really only catches the wardrobe out of the corner of his eye.

But catch it he does. It almost doesn't register at first, but then it does and Tsuna gulps. He reaches back and tugs and Bakugou's sleeve]

Umm...

[He says in a quiet voice and points.]

[He turns his head as Tsuna tugs on his sleeve. He looks where he's pointing, frowning as he sees the wardrobe. At first confused. Until he realizes it's in the middle of the aisle.

But he doesn't immediately think the wardrobe itself is the problem. He turns his light left and right, looking for signs of a person around.]

Someone is fucking with us. Oy! You think you're funny? Come out and face me! I'll kick your ass!

[And while he's busy with yelling into the dark store... the wardrobe moves. Just slightly. A wobble. And then... a thin crack spreads across the front, horizontal. It grows wider, splitting open to reveal sharp teeth.

This doesn't go unnoticed and Katsuki jerks Tsuna back by the back of his shirt. Dragging him further from the creature.]

What the hell?? What is that thing??

[Tsuna absolutely lets that happen because his legs have forgotten how to work in the face of this...thing. He is trying not to scream.]

It's a monster! No one said anything about a monster!

[He's gonna wake up any moment now. This is just a dream, right?]

[The mimic lurches forward and Katsuki shoves Tsuna to the side to get him out of the way, raising his hands to catch just above the mouth. It slams him back into the dresser behind him, causing it to topple and Katsuki to fall back.

He lets off an explosion as he does, catching the mimic enough that it jerks back. But Katsuki still ends up toppling, cursing.

And while he's scrambling, the mimic turns its attention on Tsuna, advancing on him instead.]

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