13th Turn [Action/Written]

[redjacketthief]

[It was cold.

That was his first thought when he woke up in the woods surrounding the Barracks, literally sprawled out in the trees. The cold air bit into his bare hands, stung his ears and his cheeks, and made him miss the summery heat and exotic beaches that were starting to disappear back into his subconscious. This wasn’t the tropics; this was Luceti.
Sleep never looked more welcoming.

It was only when Lupin started to move that he noticed that something important in the world was terribly off. The branches were too big—and where was his coat? The coat was important, and he didn't care about what the Malnosso thought...

He stared at his hand, dumbfounded, when he caught sight of it. Seconds later he yelped in sheer shock and tumbled from the tree and into the snow.




...someone was going to pay for this own.

Chirping and chattering in irritation, Lupin pulled himself from the snow. Anyone care to give a monkey a hand?]


[Later that evening, after he has been returned to his apartment with both himself and his journal intact, Lupin scrawled out a message for the village at large:]

[Written]

Lucky you, Luceti. Looks like I’m not gone yet.

What's the date? I thought they were going to let me spend the winter in Rio, so I wasn't expecting snow.

Did I miss anything?

-Lupin III

[He snaps the book shut at this. Goddamn he needed a drink. And a smoke. Not that he was going to get either soon--because he was a good monkey, and good monkeys don't smoke.]

((ooc:: Lupin here has been turned into a capuchin monkey for a week. Replies will come from monkey_punch_d . Thank you

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[voice]

[rocketpunch]

[Like most Precis voice replies, she's nowhere to be seen because she's working on something just outside of the journal's view. Occasionally, sounds of metal against metal, tools, etc. can be heard.]

It's the seventh of January. What's Rio?

[written--because he's not switching to audio for this.]

[monkey_punch_d]

[It takes a moment for him to reply as he stares at the date in shock at first, then annoyance. He had been gone for a month.

Someone was really going to pay for this.]

Its a city in a country called Brazil back home. P, nothing happened right?

[Action]

[lostinmyway]

[Winter, spring, summer, fall--no matter the season, Grune loves walking in the woods. It's a good thing she decided to do so today, though, because she isn't all that far away when she hears first a shriek and then some gabbling noises.]

Hello?

[She starts heading in what she thinks is the right direction, although heavy snow sometimes does odd things to sound. It's hard to tell.]

[Action]

[monkey_punch_d]

[Eeeh?

The sound came out as a low, drawn out whistle.

He halted his progress at climbing back up the tree when he heard Grune's voice, and he intentionally fell backwards into the snow. His embarrassment over his current 'condition' outweighed his driving need to figure out his location. It wasn't Rio, obviously, but he wanted to know how easy it would be to con someone into finding his journal. He needed to find Fujiko--stat.

...But Grune. He knew that she wouldn't care, but he did. Lupin started to burrow himself in the snow so he could hide for a little while. His efforts, however, are clumsy, and there is the curious matter of that tail...]

[Written]

[quicktoanger]

Oh, good, you're back. Got something for you. Consider it a Christmas gift.

[Written]

[monkey_punch_d]

we talking a night on the town? that should wait. can't handle a few drinks right now.

[spohkh]

[Spock had been mediating when the panic came in from a connection...]


Sa-kai?!?

[Spock was grabbing his coat and gloves and out the door at a run...

...and towards the woods.

His link with Lupin brought him out towards the Barracks, and calling his name...]

Mister Lupin?


...Arsene?


Sa-Kai!

[monkey_punch_d]

[Spock was far more alarmed than he was. After the initial shock and confusion, Lupin was more irritated with the new circumstances than anything. He was a monkey. The only one that was allowed to call him one was Chun-Li, and she wasn't anywhere in sight.

His first instinct was to find a way into the trees and hide when he heard Spock's voice. The Vulcan didn't need to see him like this. It would ruin his image, and that was the last thing that he wanted.

[Action] You get two tags for the price of one

[doubleppk]

[At a chittering noise and a fallen monkey, Fujiko bends over, exposing ample bosom thanks to the tight leather jacket which really needs to be zipped up higher.]

Why hello there little guy! [Instantly goes to scoop him up! How adorable! A little monkey! Awwwww! And out in the cold! Poor thing!] Goodness, where did you come from? Someone's pet here? [She looks around for an owner, but in the meanwhile, offers a shoulder for Lupin to climb on.]

[Action] ffft

[monkey_punch_d]

[Eehh??

The sound and sight of Fujiko took him offguard, and he chirped in his surprise--but the shock quickly disappeared when he saw her smile. Perhaps, just perhaps, he could use her love of animals to his advantage.

Chittering like a curious monkey, he climbed up her arm and perched on her shoulder, and he was content to enjoy her presence and the view. Still gabbling, he leaned over and kissed her cheek.

At least he was able to do that much.]

[Written] with Fujiko OBLIVIOUS that her new pet monkey is Lupin...

[doubleppk]

January Seventh. You missed Christmas and New Years, but if you come home you'll find your present.

[She doesn't sign it yet, but she knows he knows her handwriting anyway.]

[Written] LOL

[monkey_punch_d]

Babe. I'm closer than you think.

[She was going to find out anyway-- it was better if he was the one to tell her.]

action

[universal_charm]

<sub>[In his continued effort to keep in shape and just in general not be totally bored, Kirk was wandering around through the woods and town, as he was wont to do. It wasn't the most exciting sort of thing to do, but he was learning the town very well and it was keeping him in shape on top it. Plus, he was tending to meet more and more people, which was always good.

That's when he caught an odd sort od chattering. The sort of chittering and chattering you only heard in movies and at the zoo.

Curious, he came around, following the sounds, wondering if he should have brought a banana or something with him.]</sub>

Well, now the Mollies are taking up kidnapping lesser primates, are they? Come on little guy, I bet that's way to cold for you.

_{[He held out his hands to the monkey, not realizing who it was.]}

action

[monkey_punch_d]

[The 'monkey' raised his eyebrows when he saw Kirk approach, as if not believing that he was unrecognizable. Seriously. Even without looking in a mirror, he was sure that the Malnosso made him at least look like himself!

...right?

Sighing wearily, he grabbed one of Kirk's hands.

pleasedon'tpickhimuppleasedon'tpickhimup...]

[written]

[dangerouswind]

What makes you think you may have missed something?

[written]

[monkey_punch_d]

doesn't something always happen?

[neversurrender]

[And who would be out wandering around the Barracks just in time to see a monkey fall from a tree? Why Steve of course. These things always tend to happen when he's around. Hazards of the job apparently.

Concerned, he quickens his footsteps until he nears the pile of snow he saw the creature fall into. Crouching down, he pushes some of the snow to the side, unmindful of his uncovered hands, to get a better look. That's about the time a head pokes out from under the snow.]

You alright little guy? [He's, of course, not really expecting an answer.]

[monkey_punch_d]

[Crap!

The offhand curse comes out as a squeak when he saw Steve standing there, offering aid like the stolid, good man that he was. Of all of the people in Luceti that he didn't want to see like this, Steve was among them. He didn't want to lose the man's respect, or ruin the surprise factor.

He shrugged at the question-- he didn't know if this was good or bad. He wanted to be back in Rio.]

[Video]

[toujoursfluer]

Hmm. It seems something has happened to you, Thief-san, but I can't put a finger on what?

[SUDDEN BLACK OUT]

[monkey_punch_d]

[Crap it's Robin!

There was a monkey-whine as Lupin flipped the book upside down--he didn't want Robin of all people to find him like this. She was wiley enough to never let him live it down!]

[savedtheworld]

MONKEY!

[Aang himself is swinging down from another nearby tree into the snow to greet the monkey, having always hoped to meet one here. This one just sadly... didn't look as rideable as a hog monkey.]

[monkey_punch_d]

[EEEEEEEEHHHHH??????????

Aang would have heard a startled yelp as Lupin scrambled back under the snow to hide from the incoming Avatar. He knew that it wouldn't help in the long run... but duck and cover.]

[Voice] Cats have no thumbs, you got lucky Lupin

[somethingtoavenge]

[Since coming back, Phil's journal has been left open to allow him to see what's going on in the village without waiting for help or struggling to open the book with paws.

That's how he sees Lupin's entry.]

Welcome back then.

If you haven't gotten the date yet, it's January 7th.

I don't think you've missed much, except the elves and other Christmas events.

Anything after that I do not know, since I was in the company of the Malnosso for a week until recently.

oh gawd.

[monkey_punch_d]

[Cautiously, very cautiously, Lupin peeks in at the video-feed. The sight of Coulson as a black cat reminded him of the time when he last saw Jigen, and it made him feel a little less weird about his circumstances.

Coulson would get it. There was no problem here.]

[Written]

Lucky you, you can talk. They weren't that nice to me.

I heard that nothing happened. Pity, but they did that last year. They must really like Christmas.

[Action]

[averybadfeeling]

[If a tiny primate falls from a tree and only a Jedi is around to hear it, does it make a sound?

He approaches it gently. He seemed to recall that creatures such as this preferred warmer climates.]

"Oh, dear, you must be freezing. Come here, little one. Let's go inside where it's warm, shall w-"

[Wait. There was something familiar about that little primate. Not visually, but in its emotions, its actions, its movements...]

"... Lupin?"

[Action]

[monkey_punch_d]

[Why yes, the tiny primate does make a sound if only a Jedi is around to hear it.

Lupin groaned in annoyance at Obi-Wan's recognition, already dreading how the next few days would turn out. He pulled himself out of the snow and faced the Jedi at his full height--still very small. Talking was out of the question for the moment, so Lupin tried for a simpler message. He raised a finger to his closed lips in dead seriousness.

Speak of this to no one.]

[Action]

[ilyana]

[Ilyana had been walking home from Seventh Heaven diner when she spotted the monkey falling out of the tree in front of her. She stared blankly for a few moments, wondering what in the name of the goddess was Luceti throwing at her now. Yet she was pretty sure this wasn't exactly the most ideal temperature or climate for such a creature, so she crouched down in the snow next to the monkey]

Hey... are you okay little guy?

[She did have her heal staff if he'd been injured from the fall, but she suspected the snow likely broke his fall. She might have reached out and touched him if she was more certain he wasn't wild, and would try to bite her or something.]

[Action]

[monkey_punch_d]

[Lupin looked up at the strange young girl that he had never met before, nor even seen around his usual haunts. Her concern was noted, but her relative innocence was even more so.

He hated the idea of it, but he needed to use her for a bit.

Lupin nodded at her question and fell backwards in the snow. He reached his thin arms up toward her, playing up the image of a 'cute monkey.'

Can you take me somewhere?

The words were only a soft monkey chatter, but he could work with that. For now.]