i go out walking all day long

[yelloweyesdarksomething]

WHO: the Monster in the Darkness and SO TOTALLY OPEN
WHERE: anywhere on the streets between the Porter Building and April's house - but he gets lost so assume "wherever in the city"
WHEN: Today, afternoon/evening?
WARNINGS: only if you ask him what happened back home
SUMMARY: Monster gets ported back in! and then wanders a bunch as he remembers stuff
FORMAT: WHATEVER YOU WANT



[ Monster's first thought was: "this isn't the Astral Plane..."

His second thought was: "Xykon's gonna be so mad at me for getting lost."

His third thought was: "...This place seems familiar."

The Monster wanders out of the porter building, squinting glowing eyes through pitch-black darkness under a bright pink umbrella. He starts to remember bits and pieces. More. Then more.

He finally remembers that he had friends here, good ones! And one of them was gonna ground him for sure so he better get back to her closet.

...Wherever that is.

He also remembers that if he cheers up a bit, he might be able to get out of the dark, but he can't. He's too sad. Not about coming back here, but about Tsukiko and stuff like that.

The Monster wanders the City, getting distracted and sidetracked and lost, but eventually making his way back to the place where all his stuff is.

Wow, he has stuff. ]

Comments

[foreshadower]

[ Well, it's not like the Shade cares that he's scared, but he looks pretty amused by the perceived prospect. ]

Hello there. Nice umbrella.

[ He was the master of icebreakers. ]

[yelloweyesdarksomething]

[ Squinting at this guy. He seems weirdly familiar. ]

Thank you, Mister...?

[foreshadower]

Black. [ He said it immediately, and then paused to reconsider. ] Or you can call me the Shade. Either or will do. You were the one from the network, were you not? The monster?

[ He recognized the voice well enough, and Shade was good at picking out voices. ]

[yelloweyesdarksomething]

Oh! [ Man that was ages ago, wasn't it? But his memories are coming back. Didn't he talk to this guy one time or something? ]

Yeah, I'm Monster. It's nice to meet you, Mister Shade.

[foreshadower]

The pleasure is all mine, Monster. [ He said it like a joke that only he got, before he lifted his cane, pointing at the deep shadows hidden underneath the umbrella. ]

You never told me you were a shadow monster.

[yelloweyesdarksomething]

What? [ He squints at the man through the dark, and then looks at himself (an entirely useless endeavour) ]

Oh, no, I'm a different kind of monster. These are just supposed to keep me hidden, so I can be a surprise.

[foreshadower]

Indeed? Now I am truly curious. What sort of surprise?

[yelloweyesdarksomething]

A scary one, I guess!

[foreshadower]

Yes, you're truly terrifying. [ There's no sarcasm, but the dry wit is certainly there, cutting only slightly as he examines the shadows with...what one would call the experts eye. ]

I assume you've felled many Pee Cees in your time, yes?

[yelloweyesdarksomething]

Oh not really, before I was a henchmonster, I was in the circus.

[foreshadower]

[ He lifted his eyebrows, something in between interest and curiosity. ]

The circus? That's such a lucrative career! Why give all of that up for being a mere hench?

[yelloweyesdarksomething]

Oh well, Redcloak wanted me on his team so he busted me out of the circus. It was all exciting and stuff. There was a chase scene and everything.

[foreshadower]

I see. [ He looked a little...lost. A chase scene sounded like something out of Tinsel Town, not something that would happen to a creature lost in the shadows. ]

That does sound particularly exciting. What were you being chased by, precisely?

[yelloweyesdarksomething]

The people at the circus. They didn't want me to leave, 'cause they were my friends. But my new friends wanted me really bad, so I went with them.

[foreshadower]

Ah, so you jilted the old for the new? I'm sure it must have had some perks then, didn't it? [ Right about now, Shade was wishing for a pen and paper, but there was nothing for it. He would have to record this later. SORRY MONSTER, he just likes stories. ]

[yelloweyesdarksomething]

Oh well, um, I got to hang around zombies and see loads of drama, and then I got stuck in the shadows until I could eat the heroes, but at least I got to travel and see new things like stuff outside the dungeon and that one city my friends conquered and I met my best friend! I haven't seen him in a really long time.

So um, not much changed, really.

[foreshadower]

I see. [ He leans forward a bit, tipping his hat slightly down. ]

You said stuck? What sort of shadows are these? [ He peers intensely over the rims of his sunglasses, more than just a bit curious about them. ]