redjacketthief | 13th Turn [Action/Written]

[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:]

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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

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[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.]

[She took the way he raised his arms up towards her as an invitation to pick him up, so that's what she did. She lifted him up in her hands so she could look at him face to face so to speak.]

Aww... you're actually pretty cute you know... Where did you even come from?

[As was the girl, up close. Her demeanor was a distant echo of that princess, Clarisse. He couldn't help but wonder if she had a similar strength of will and that underlying cord that was flexible but would never be shredded. Lupin wriggled in her grasp, just enough to point upward.

He had no answer. For all he knew, the Malnosso probably did drop him in.]

[She was worried for a moment that he might wiggle out of her grasp and end up falling, but it seemed he was just pointing. She looked up only to see the clear blue sky, and looked back down at her new little friend.]

The sky? So you were just dropped into a tree?

[She paused to consider him for a moment, wondering if she even could take care of a monkey on her own, when her roommate was taking care of her half the time.]

Do you have any place to stay here little guy? I... would take you home with me, but I'm not sure what Chun-Li would think if I showed up with you.

[He froze at the mention of Chun-Li. She was his kung fu teacher, a tease, and the only one in the village that was allowed to call him a monkey...

and he would never hear the end of this.

Lupin flailed and flung himself bodily at her, so he could cling to her neck. No, not Chun-Li!]

[To say she was startled by the way her little monkey friend clung to her when she mentioned Chun-Li, was a little bit of an understatement. She was actually a bit alarmed by it, worrying perhaps that Chun-Li and this poor innocent creature had gotten into a fight of some sort or something.]

O-Okay... don't worry, I won't take you home with me... but do you have any place to stay?

Shh, shh... it's alright.

[She tenderly pet his head, hugging him to her chest and rocking him gently, trying to soothe him down in case she'd accidentally agitated him. She remembered reading somewhere that monkeys were a bit like small children or infants, so she thought perhaps treating him like one might help calm him.]

[It was less of a fight and more of a concern about his reputation. He had an image to uphold, and Chun-Li was among the few that he wanted to treat on equal terms. She had the same job in the same organization as his life-long rival, Inspector Zenigata, and the ferocity of her kicks was complimented by her deductive skills....and her smile disarmed everyone.

If anyone in town would find out, she was among those who would find a way. He realized this...and knew that there were few others in the village that he wanted to ask for assistance.

Lupin pushed himself away so he could look squarely at the young girl and nodded firmly. Yes, he was ready. He wriggled out of her grasp and climbed onto her shoulder with the grace that only a monkey had and pointed in the direction of the community buildings.

Let's go find her!]

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