5th Soul | Too weak to be useful

[42_passes]

[Action | 945 Beulah]

["Family" members, if any are home, may notice the scrawny quiet child of the house dragging a rather large steel pipe through the house. Where the heck Crona got something like that may be a concern...but what on earth does the kid intend to do with it?

It's a little hard to sneak through the house with a heavy-ass pipe.]

[Action | Around Town]

[Same as in the house...there is a young gender ambiguous child dragging a large, heavy steel pipe through the streets.

Not much else to say on the matter...except the kid seems to be arguing quietly with nobody in particular.]

[Action | Near Makeout Point]

[Crona really hadn't been sure where to go, but ended up near Makeout Point. Seems there isn't very many people around this time of the day...skipping school seems to have its advantages. Crona finds a reasonably stable place to stand, as well as a place where the kid might not be easily noticed.]

Stooop, I'm doing it okay? [...] It's not my fault you can't do anything.

[Crona lifts that pipe, holding it as one would hold a sword. It's painfully obvious that it's hard for the young waif to lift the thing and keep it suspended, but Crona begins moving through what would probably be the strangest sword-forms anyone has ever seen. Or at least, attempts to. It's hard for Crona to control the heavy implement, and has to set it back down against the ground pretty often.]

I told you, they said you'll probably get more back later. [...] I just want to help if something happens. [...] Because they're nice to me, just like Maka and everyone were...

[Feel free to interrupt, Crona's already growing used to the fact that there's nowhere safe around here...but the kid will probably still be easily surprised by people showing up.]

Comments

Around Town

[imbodytemp]

[Mesousa, noticing the young kid dragging the pipe around, stares, listening intently to the kid's outer monologue.]

[42_passes]

[Crona just continues to talk to nobody, with short pauses in between as if the kid is having an actual conversation with nobody.]

I said I don't know. [...] It's not my fault, either. [...] It's not my fault. [...]

It's not my fault!!

[imbodytemp]

[As the conversation begins to get heated, Mesousa can't help but throw a little bit of support Crona's way.]

No! It's not!

[42_passes]

[Crona literally nearly jumps out of that skin, spinning around and holding that pipe as any swordsman would hold a weapon.]

Wh-what??

[imbodytemp]

[The rabbit jumps a bit before talking at a fast pace in a sad tone.]

I'm sorry I didn't mean to listen into your conversation, but I just wanted to give you some encouragement.

[42_passes]

[Crona still appears to be rather terrified, and isn't relaxing at all.]

Wh-why?

[imbodytemp]

W-well it seems like someone was blaming you for something. Maybe I shouldn't have assumed anything about your situation, it was very rude of me. I apologize.

[42_passes]

It's okay...but why would you want to encourage me?

[Interacting with someone like this is...weird.]

[imbodytemp]

Everyone can use a little bit of encouragement once in a while...

[42_passes]

[Crona just sort of...makes an odd noise and continues to stare at the ground. Wtf even is encouragement.]

[imbodytemp]

[Mesousa hangs his head solemnly.]

Oh, I didn't mean to make you sadder, I'll just go so I don't make everything worse.

[42_passes]

It's okay...