How we learned to fight the world

Scene No. 7

--WITH FERRIS, YUKO AND MIZUKI--

Yuko is still giving a fierce chase; she doesn't like getting herself dirty when others can but that doesn't mean she isn't capable of taking care of things.

Fletcher: "MIZUKI!"

Fletcher leaps over stray twigs and logs, having lived in the wild his whole life, he is good at dodging things and not crashing into a fucking tree.

Mizuki: "WHY THE HELL DO YOU WANT ME TO STAY!??? IM USELESS FOR YOU GUYS!!"

Topaz: "THAT'S WHAT I SAID!"

Fletcher leaps towards Mizuki and they collide, smashing into the mud.

Mizuki: "WHAT THE FUC- "

Fletcher: "actually, I don't know why I bother chasing you. But we made a deal"

Topaz: <Standing over them> "Hi. I can tell that I'm totally useless in this situation but yea. I'm here now"

Yuko watches this and quickly stops herself.

Yuko: <Thinking> I am so glad that was not me.

Fletcher stands, then offers a hand to Mizuki.

Mizuki: "What do you want me to do. Take your hand? My hands are tied up"

Topaz: "Good observation"

Fletcher rolls his eyes and grabs the ropes around Mizuki's hands, dragging her up until she is standing.

Fletcher: "There. Now will you come with us?"

Mizuki: "No"

Fletcher: "Fine. Leave. its not like I care"

Topaz: "I still don't understand your fixation though"

Fletcher: "I was tryingtohelp"

Mizuki: "Well you're obviously not helping me. Just leave me alone"

Fletcher: "Great, thanks for the encouragement"

Fletcher turns and walks back towards the clearing.

Fletcher: "I'm going to look for Faith. Are you coming?"

Topaz: "I guess. I don't know where Golo went either"

Yuko: <Slowly walking away> "Yeah... I'm coming"

Lilith: "We should go before this gets ugly"

Mizuki and Lilith leave and start making their way back to the house to collect their things.

Topaz reaches to undo his mask, then takes it off. Gnarled scars run from his left eye, down his nose, curling up the sides of his lips. He doesn't seem to notice that he's not alone anymore. He uses the fabric to jam the wound from the night before, as there was still a gap.

Fletcher: "Hey- are you sure you want to do that?"

Topaz: "Hm?"

Fletcher: "...Did you not notice?"

Topaz: "...Oh, right. I honestly don't care at this point"

He grasps a branch and lifts himself over a fallen log, over to where Fletcher is standing and the path back to the 'camp' is.

Fletcher: "Oh, right- OK. Come on then. Let's go find faith"

Yuko: "Yeah! Let's go find faith!"

Topaz: "Aand we probably need Golo. Yuko, any idea where he went?"

Fletcher: "I saw him go back towards the camp- maybe he found Faith already"

Topaz: "Oh, that's an idea!"

Fletcher: "Wait. Topaz? Is this not painful for you?"

Topaz: "What's painful?"

Fletcher: "You know- being so far away from your dæmon"

Yuko: "Yeah...that's a little strange"

Yuko is secretly hoping he is another person who is half-cut from their dæmon and can go long distances without it hurting.

Topaz: "Nah. To be honest, Golo is more aligned with the younger version of myself. The older I get, the more distance gets put in-between- so it's less physical and more mental. Didn't he say? Seriously messed up"

Yuko: "Huh? That's weird... if anything you should get more physically attached to your dæmon as you age..."

Topaz: "Pff. Nah. Where I came from made sure of that" <Chuckling> "Evil ideas from evil people"

Fletcher: "hm. It's getting dark. We shouldn't be wandering around looking for faith right now, we'll get lost"

Topaz: "Uh- I guess. Let's go then. We need Golo's sense of smell if anything"