text; @bacura

[mellowyellow]

Hey, it's Masaomi here! Bringing you the most important PSA of your life.

Maybe you've seen me around lately, and if you have, you probably noticed something missing!

See, I'm a pretty fashionable dude, not that you'd know it with this lumberjack chic theme the store's got going on. Anyway, I died as every bad ass guy should: with all my flashy jewelry! Which means I still had it on me when the ferry sank and I waded to this sorry shore.

Those cheeky forest spirits stole one of my earrings when everything was going missing, but it wasn't with everything else when I went to check. I've searched this freaking town from top to bottom ever since, and not a single precious glint has caught my eye!

It's a nightmare! The tragedy of the ages!

I've been scouring this dump for too long to come up empty, so now, I have no choice but to involve you all in my woeful hardships.

Cuz this earring? It's not just another normal earring, okay. It's a family heirloom passed down through the generations: a MAGIC earring.

One day, I'll give it to a super cute, amazing, totally-hot-for-me chick, and we'll be soul married on the supernatural plane in order to maintain Earth's proper balance, so you absolutely have to help me find it!

Right now!

The Earth is at stake!

If the one who finds it is a total babe, I may even let you keep it. (｡•̀ᴗ-)✧

[It is, in fact, just another normal earring. Masaomi and all of his accessories are the opposite of magical. But it's also one of the only things he has left from when he was alive, so Masaomi is milking this for all its worth. Help him find his jewelry, guys.]

Comments

[survivaltricks]

[A SUPER CHAMP]

You're literally three doors down form me. See you in five.

[it's more like five seconds when Akira comes banging on Kida's door, though (okay in reality it's closer to a minute, but still).]

[IS HE REALLY GOING TO SEE THIS CHARADE THROUGH]

[mellowyellow]

[That is just enough time for Masaomi to bounce up off his bed and grab the spiral graph notebook he'd found at the general store. When he opens the door, this notebook is the first thing he shoves in poor Akira's face.]

Trade ya!

[CAN'T BACK DOWN NOW, BOY.]

[survivaltricks]

[HELLO SPIRAL BOUND NOTEBOOK. Akira blinks, but doesn't take the writing pad, instead holding up both hands with palms facing forward]

I lied.

I actually don't have the earring.

[mellowyellow]

[Akira's new friend spiral bound notebook promptly drops, revealing Masaomi's bemused expression.]

...You knocked on my door just to let me down in person?

[survivaltricks]

I felt like I had to follow through. I was committed.

[HA HA. . .]

And I thought it'd be better for me to offer to help you look in person.

[mellowyellow]

[Huh. This is... unexpected. Masaomi's brow wrinkles as thought fails him. He has no idea what to do with this guy, so naturally, he kinda likes him.]

Okay. But if you're so committed to the bit, then you should be fine doing something for me first.

[survivaltricks]

[always expect the unexpected with Akira]

Sure. What do you need?

[and apparently he's quick to help, too]

[mellowyellow]

[BAM.

It's the return of the notebook, right smack back in Akira's face. Where it belongs.]

Just some dragon's not gonna cut it now. If that giant lizard isn't breathing fire at a magical unicorn, I'm afraid we can't be friends.

[survivaltricks]

[Akira stares at the notebook for a moment]

[. . . and then huffs a laugh before he takes it, the lenses of his glasses gleaming in the lantern light]

Challenge accepted.