Sunrise *Dr. Stone Various x Reader*

Chapter 4: Absolutely Earnest

        I believe the craziest people in the world are also those who are the most passionate. While others often shy away from people like that, I can't help but find them absolutely endearing.

        Tsukasa Shishio, the man regarded as humanity's strongest primate, was quite the kind soul; or at least that's what he liked to think.

"Can I borrow something to cut flesh? A knife, or even a stone tool?" Tsukasa asked.

Waking up naked, and with people who you didn't know to boot, was certainly a wake up call. The wildlife around him had grown to legenths he hadn't seen before, so he had either been transferred somewhere far away or had been trapped in the stone for hundreds (and possibly thousands) of years. Based on the clothing of the people around him, and petrified statues, he assumed it to be the latter of the two options.

"You're gonna eat the lion? Is it edible?!" The taller of the two males asked.

"They're not poisonous. But the meat's tough and reeks of ammonia. It's so nasty you'd wanna die." The other male explained.

"What? You've eaten lion before, Senku?"

"Yes, when I traveled to Africa to study Ebola."

"What kinda high schooler were you?!"

Tsukasa wondered that as well. Just what kind of person was the scientist?

"Even if I did it to save us, I still killed this beast." Tsukasa added, "yes... by making use of it's remains I'll show my gratitude to the circle of life. That's all it is."

"Too awesome!" The honest male praised, "isn't it great, Senku? He's not an evil tyrant. Just one fantastic guy!"

Tsukasa doubted the honest male's words. He was certainly not an 'awesome person,' though hearing someone call him that was rather flattering.

"So one would hope..." the scientist mumbled, "well, I couldn't care one millimeter about gratitude but I'm in complete agreement about not wasting meat." It seemed the scientist was in agreement with Tsukasa's own ideas.

How could you tell what kind of person someone else is, solely based on a few interactions?

Tsukasa dressed himself in clothing made up of the lion's own skin. Soon he followed the two males back to their campsite.

He was rather impressed by the shack that had been built. The strongest human primate had been expecting a crude shelter, though based on the clothing of the two males he should've already come to the conclusion that they were a little more advanced than he thought they'd be. They were people from the twenty-first century.

There were many things that surprised Tsukasa, and in particular, a (h/c) haired girl.

Her (e/c) eyes spotted him long before Tsukasa had noticed her himself. She was very different from her two companions.

She didn't hold an air of strength like the honest male, nor did she have an air of intelligence around her like the scientist. It just seemed like she was there. Perhaps she had been a friend of the other two before.

"I see the two of you didn't revive Yuzuriha. Did something happen?" The (h/c) haired girl jumped down from the treehouse.

"We ran into these lions! So we decided to save this guy over here instead!" The honest male explained.

The (h/c) haired girl turned to look at the newcomer, her eyes meeting with Tsukasa's own,"oh my apologies! That was quite rude of me, wasn't it? What's your name?"

She held her hand out for Tsukasa to shake.

He took her hand in his own, "Tsukasa Shishio. You can call me Tsukasa."