Local Flavors [Natsumi/Lujuria]

Natsumi was on a mission, an extremely important mission! She was going to find Kenichi. He disappeared without a trace and Natasha was busy with the Vandenreich stuff, so Natsumi made her way back to Japan. This was where they first met, so she hoped this was where he would call home. She was definitely gonna find him here, somewhere. She did find something, but it wasn’t Kenichi.

Natsumi was not the most alert person out there, but today was different. Since she was being very careful to search and find her friend, she spotted more things than she normally did. She saw a drug deal in an alley, a woman swiping cash from her stall, and a kid stealing a toy. But most of all, she saw a lanky, strange looking monster looking around. Using her telekinetic abilities, she floated over.

Landing behind the sneaky looking monster, Natsumi walked up. “Hello!” she said loudly, and suddenly, though not loud enough to catch the attention of anyone outside the alley. “What are you doing? Wait, are you one of those hollow things?”

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“Floatin’ one speaks to you ‘cause you’re a hollow,” Natsumi said moving herself around to the other side of her new acquaintance, but making sure to keep within the alley. “I’ve never seen one of ya this close before. Everyone be sayin’ to kill hollow when they seen, but you ain’t doin’ nothing that says do that. I usually’ll just try and kill ya, but Momma says that ain’t always the first thing to do…”

“By the way, my name’s Natsumi,” she said, floating back to the other side and up to eye level with the hollow. Though clearly physically an adult, there was something childish and naive about Natsumi as she examined Lujuria. There was a cheer and curiosity about her that one would normally see of of someone much younger and inexperienced in life. “So, you’re lookin’ for foods to eat or somethin’?”

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Sadistic? No. Psycho? Well….

“You’re better than other hollow?” Natsumi asked, tilting her head curiously. The hollow talked differently than she expected. Everything about this hollow was different than the stories she heard, so maybe Lujuria was right. Maybe this hollow was just “better” than the rest. Natsumi had been better than many of her previous opponents. That is why they were all dead and she was floating around Tokyo.

As the hollow crouched down, Natsumi lowered herself too, but never choosing to touch the ground. It was strange to suddenly have a hollow wrap an arm around her. “Mint ice cream is the weirdest,” was all Natsumi said before moving toward the edge of the alley. She peeked her head around a corner and looked at the different stalls. This brought her back to the last time she was in the city. “Hehe…”

“Follow me,” Natsumi said and floated up toward the roof of the building. She landed at the top and pointed down at the stalls. “Let’s do this a little at a time… Too fast and people’ll notice, so… pick somethin’ and I’ll get it for you.”

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Natsumi watched Lujuria’s process for choosing. She even mimicked the sniffing, but in no way could separate the scents like she could. Besides that, up this high, the scents were much fainter and mixed together. Once Lujuria chose, Natsumi looked to the item and held out a hand. She definitely approved of the choice.

"It's a deal!" Natsumi smiled as four of the Takoyaki left the stall and rapidly floated up. She made sure to grab it when the seller was distracted by a customer. Two landing in each hand, she held two up for Lujuria. "I thought all hollow were supposed to be monsters that eat people. How come you're not doing that?"