Catch-All for April and May

[good_mourning]

Character Name: Sunny

Who: Sunny CR
What: Various things involving Black Space and mirror prompt, and other miscellaneous things
When: Through April and May
Where: Primarily at Makima's house and Miyagi-Do, but there may be other places as well

Content Warnings: Will be in headers as they come up

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Post Body Swap For Mob

[good_mourning]

[Sunny has no clue how he feels about Makima. He doesn't like her anymore, he doesn't think. She's taken control of Mob and she's done something to Robby, too. But he doesn't know if he dislikes her, either.

Was it possible to like and not like someone at the same time? He didn't know.

Either way it hurt and Sunny is staring up at the ceiling while lying in his bed (solid 8/10). He's in Mob's body but it's still his bed. This was still his room.

He doesn't know if he should cry about this all. He's trying not to feel numb about it, to be too overwhelmed to feel anything at all.

Sunny really wanted to trust her. He really had trusted her. He's never experienced this kind of betrayal before and it's horrible.]

[centile]

[it's strange to try and find his own body. it's somehow stranger for the world to be so muted, no faint glow from life forces and auras, no way letting his senses tug him towards energy he recognized. he tried not to use that much at all but it still feels strange to not know for sure if someone was in sunny's room when he knocks.

robby spoke to him for the first time since he told mob to stay away. how he feels about that matters less than the why, how something must have happened to upset sunny enough it alarmed robby through their bond.]

Sunny. [sunny's own voice, normally flatter than most but given sunny and mob are kind of Like This it probably just sounds like sunny.]

[good_mourning]

[It's not as surreal as it should be to hear Sunny's name being called with his own voice. In the flat affect he usually spoke in, too. People who saw them today might not have even been able to tell that they were different.

He keeps staring at the ceiling, hands laid across his stomach.]

Come in.

[centile]

[mob comes in, closing the door behind him. his omen pops up, jumping in the bed to rest at the side of sunny's legs in a show of affection that surprises mob a little. he ignores it for now, moving closer.]

Robby felt you through our bond. He was worried.

[well, right to the chase but mob is worried too.]

[good_mourning]

[Sunny leans up to pet Mob's omen gently on the head, turning to look at Mob when he comes in.

It was not that weird to see his own body in the room speaking with him. Not at all.]

I felt it, too. [Robby had been worried about Mob. For all his weird justifications he still cared about the other teen.]

...He felt that because I was upset with Makima. And then scared of her.

[centile]

[mob's silent a moment before he goes to sit on the bed as well, near the corner.]

... what happened?

[makima again. people seem to be increasingly worried about her, not just sunny. he trusts her but he trusts sunny too, so he'll listen. he's listening.]

[good_mourning]

[Sunny furrows his brow, glancing downward.]

I got upset when I saw her, so your powers started shaking things in the kitchen. [Typical response of powers to emotions. Except that those emotions also were partially Shigeo's, not just Sunny's.]

So she... she just turned them off. For a few seconds I couldn't feel anything at all while she did it. It was... it was terrifying.

Mirror Stuff with Omori and Black Space | Open Top Level

[good_mourning]

[Sunny has had a contentious relationship with Mirrors for years now. There was often Something behind him when he looked. It made him never want to, never knowing if only he would be reflected back at himself or if there would be Something more.

This hasn't been a problem in Trench thus far. He'd accepted Mari's death and his role in it and overall was doing much better mentally. Looking in the bathroom mirror was no longer a problem for him.

So it's a surprise when it looks back at him and it isn't him. Or, it is but it's- Sunny supposes it's a part of him. The part of him that once went by Omori. He startles but finds he can't move his own limbs. Someone else was piloting his body. That other part of him was in control.]

Prompts [Open]

[Sunny/Omori is around his usual haunts: the Makima household and Miyagi-Do. But it's possible to find him elsewhere in Trench, as well. If found in the Makima household he will be in the kitchen, examining the knives. It's more than kind of unsettling the way he holds up the point to his finger tip, testing the sharpness of each.

Perhaps some of the household would recognize that Sunny seemed to have some hesitation around knives, so they would find it even stranger.

Miyagi-Do has him wandering the grounds. His face is impassive as ever so there's little there that would indicate something was wrong. Well, except the fact that he absolutely has a knife and is testing it out on some of the dummies, as though trying to see if he still knew how to use it. It is, again, pretty unsettling.

He can be bumped into elsewhere in Trench, and nothing will apparently be strange about him from the outset. It's only if spoken to that it will become clear something is... off with Sunny. People who don't know him that well might not even be aware, but anyone who's gotten to know him will recognize this isn't right.]

👀 miyagi-do...this could be a little before black space if we want that happening elsewhere

[strongroots]

[ Look at this guy, stabbing at a dummy. At least, he was, except the next time Sunny brings the blade into the dummy, something knocks the blade sideways: ice. It's just enough to block contact, not enough to do anything else, and that's not the purpose as-- ]

Hey. [ --Robby makes his approach, sounding none too pleased about the handling of the weapon. He hasn't exactly been speaking to Sunny as it is, and seeing him wield the knife like that? ]

What do you think you're doing? [ Actually: ] Do you even know what you're doing?

[ It's not like weapons weren't available at the dojo for training with, but knife training wasn't one of them. And this seems less like anything Miyagi-do would teach than just...trying out a kitchen knife. ]

👀 oh we'll see how it goes here, could black space now or later

[good_mourning]

[The blade skitters against the ice and off of the dummy. Sunny apparently doesn't seem to react to this much, except for straightening and holding the knife off to his side instead.

He turns his head towards Robby and, though his expression is as impassive as it usually is, there's something perhaps colder about his eyes.]

I do. This is hardly my first time fighting with a knife.

[He's staying neutral for now, but it probably won't last. Robby has been causing problems and he doesn't care for it.]

[strongroots]

[ ...Yeah, Robby wouldn't exactly say any of this is normal behaviour. It wasn't normal the moment Robby saw Sunny with the blade. He thinks about his words carefully, or about as carefully as he can, brows slightly drawn. ]

'Gainst who?

[ One thing at a time. ]

[good_mourning]

[There's a long pause at that question as Sunny regards Robby.]

Anyone or anything who tried to harm me. [Simple enough. This had included anyone that tried to reawaken Sunny to the truth, back before he'd been able to accept it. That was harming Sunny and so that was harming him, as well.]

[strongroots]

[ Right, there's nothing extremely weird about that. The guy was stuck in his room forever, and the fights he was getting into far as Robby saw weren't exactly knife worthy. ]

And why bring it back now? You didn't even want to mess with people's heads with your power--you think you're ready to pull a knife on someone? A beast?

You know sensei won't agree to this.

[ Training with a knife here. Not like this. ]

[good_mourning]

[Absolutely zero things weird with what was happening right now.]

I don't see why not. Beasts might be a problem, since they might be too strong to be very affected by it. Some people, too, maybe. But not most. I'd just have to be aware if someone could be stabbed or not.

[Sunny seems totally find with stabbing people right now. Hm. He tilts his head at the mentioning of Daniel.] Then I'll practice elsewhere.

literally just https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Szhrn-nQe5E

[miyagimagic]

[ Daniel is used to seeing some strange things happening at the dojo, especially with more and more kids with strange powers being drawn there. There are some things he's slowly growing used to, and other things he doesn't mind at all.

But this?

Oh, this is different. It's one thing to see a kid using their mysterious powers, and it's another one to see them wielding a knife. There's a reason why the only weapons Daniel teaches in the dojo aren't bladed, and he's pretty sure that Chozen - as reckless as the man can seem at times - wouldn't just allow a child to go around practicing with a knife all by themselves either.

It makes the sight extremely worrisome. Something Daniel absolutely can't leave alone, which means that he's quick to move over to the boy's side after he's spotted all of this going on. ]

Sunny?

[ Daniel opens his mouth and then closes it without saying anything, trying to find the right words that aren't a total freak out of put down the knife!!

Despite that very much being his initial reaction, thanks. ]

What.. are you doing? [ See, this is clearly better. A calmer version of put down the knife.

Because there's no way Daniel will let this go anywhere but into putting down the knife territory, thanks. ]

sorry sensei 😔

[good_mourning]

[After following through with a slash across the middle of the dummy, Sunny stops and straightens. He doesn't drop the knife but at least it's clear he's listening to Daniel to some degree.

He turns to face the man and his expression isn't very different from normal. There isn't even any abnormal coldness to it. Not for Daniel, anyway. Daniel wasn't causing any issues. He didn't have anything against him.]

Practicing. [Totally normal practicing over here.] I used to fight with a knife. I'm testing it out again.

[miyagimagic]

.. you used to?

[ Daniel's eyebrows raise with surprise. Of course he can't help but continue to focus on the knife - because he can't see anything else different about Sunny right now, so it's the choice of weapon that gets his attention the most, even in this moment.

It's not like he's never heard of kids that fight with knives before, but.. well, it's never really been something that happens in any good context, right..

It makes concern bubble within him, even if it mostly manifests in his gaze, in the way he looks at Sunny, the worry shining through in there. ]

You never told me about that before, bud. Isn't it kind of dangerous..?

[good_mourning]

[Because it was Daniel, Sunny considers the questions more seriously than he might have otherwise. He could still tell the man was worried.]

Yes. In a place called headspace. [Sunny had never really talked about headspace to anyone. It simply had never come up. White Space and Black Space had, but never that third piece of the puzzle.]

It is dangerous. That's the point.

[miyagimagic]

[ Headspace? Daniel does wonder if it's just some general way to refer to the places Sunny described to him before, but it feels impossible to figure out when the entire concept has been so much for a relatively normal guy like Daniel to try and wrap his head around.

It makes him pause for a moment to think, but then he moves to a nearby spot to sit down, patting the spot next to him like he's asking Sunny to come join him.

It feels weighty enough to be something to talk about while sitting, rather than while stabbing dummies. ]

What is that place like? Is it like the others you've told me about before?

[good_mourning]

[Sunny stares at Daniel patting the spot near him, considering for a moment whether or not to come over. He does, though, moving to sit down next to his sensei. The knife lays in his lap, still startlingly present.]

Similar. There's a lot more to headspace, though. There are people and places. Enemies to fight. Quests to complete. [He pauses.] It kept me preoccupied for a long time.

[overlies]

[ nothing really unnerves makima these days. well, the tokyo bigwigs, but what huge political power never did? makima walks into the kitchen already after the boy’s scent to gift him a trinket from jinx’s shop; but to see him messing around with the knives instead . . .

her smile doesn’t even twitch as she approaches him with both her hands (whilst holding her gift) behind her back. ]

Feeling daring?

[good_mourning]

[Oh, it was Makima. Sunny turns his gaze over towards her, before the rest of his body follows. His face is impassive but there's something cold in his eyes.

He doesn't put the knife down.]

A bit. [His eyes flicker to her hands behind her back.] What do you have there?

[overlies]

Not a knife.

[ alas, we cannot make the meme with her. now, what she does do is go into their living space as if sunny definitely wasn't just holding a knife in the middle of the kitchen— as if he didn't pose a single threat— and sits the way she would to casually talk to them. on top of the table, she sets a wrapped package. it's a box that is no bigger than an alarm clock in height. ]

It's for you.

[good_mourning]

[That answer makes Sunny smile, which is odd enough on its own, but the fact it's kind of an unsettling smile does not help things. It's very different to Sunny's usual smile, should Makima have ever seen it.

He walks over towards the box, visually expecting it.]

Is there an occasion? [There's not any fear coming off of Sunny right now. He's not intimidated by her at the moment.

It takes him a moment, but he slowly unwraps the package to see what's inside of it.]

[overlies]

[ oh, good. now he looks a little more like mommy 🙂.

which is to say— does she notice? yes. does she feel alarmed? no. there's no reason to be. ]

I've noticed you haven't been much like yourself lately. [ there's no reason to be alarmed, because it's just a detail that can be used. for his benefit, surely. ] So I wanted to see a little bit of Sunny again.

[ and inside the package is a fuzzy little plush doll. ]

It's a creature called a "Poro".