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[thisloveisjustice]

WHO: Tatsuo (thisloveisjustice) & Li-Na (invocate) & YOU
WHERE: all over the place
WHEN: throughout the month
WHAT: Tatsuo being infected & Li-Na... not yet
WARNINGS: body-horror for Tatsuo, violence for Li-Na


A. post-oct 8 (OPEN)

The moment Tatsuo sees the aquarium, he knows it's perfect. There's multiple large tanks that suit his desire for water, and the building itself it quite tall, which meets his conflicting desire for high places. Between various storage rooms and catwalks around the tanks, there's tons of space. The tricky thing is how to get in after hours, but that's quickly solved by swiping a janitor's key card. Who questions if a janitor is in the building after hours? No one.

As Tatsuo walks around the aquarium, he smiles to himself, pleased.

"Yes, I think this will do nicely."

Is he talking to you, or just talking to himself?

B. post-oct 8 (OPEN TO OTHER INFECTED)

At night, as Tatsuo roams the city (Enprise in particular after he sets up at the aquarium), he keeps his senses sharp for other people carrying the virus. For that little tug that tells him someone else like him is near. Some might become more solitary during their transformation, but Tatsuo is as extroverted as ever. His natural tendency to seek out family combined very well with a zombie's preference to be in a group. Though, once him and Mariko settle on Enprise as a territory, he's also on the look out for any infected who are trespassing. Either join the pack, or get out.

Sometimes he hunts alone, but very often he enjoys hunting with one of his family.

C : post-oct 13 (OPEN, CW: BODY HORROR)

For the first week or so, Tatsuo still looks mostly human. His skin might be a little ashy, but maybe that's just the lighting? But as the second week starts, the changes begin. First is his eyes, their color gradually shifting from brown to golden yellow, the iris increasing in size until there's barely any white visible, and then even that changing as the sclera turns black. Parts of his hair turn grey, except for two bands of brown starting behind his ears and a few brown streaks running down the center. His hair is as fluffy as ever, though it starts to maintain a swept back trajectory more readily. His feet becoming bird-like are the last change, the sharp talons at the end of each toe (not to mention the two toes that now go backwards) force him to set aside his sneakers.

The wings are the second to last change, and the most memorable. Mostly because it hurt.

Tatsuo is near the border of Enprise and Tisse when it happens, a sudden sharp pain in his shoulders. He hunches over, breathing slowly as he tries to work through the pain. And then the feeling of something straining, trying to get out. Instinctively he rips off his jacket, just in time for something to push its way out of his back. Tatsuo collapses to his hands and knees, gritting his teeth as the pain continues. He can feel something growing, the weight increasing as the wings take shape.

D : post-oct 8 (OPEN)

There's one more thing keeping Tatsuo busy these days, on top of hunting for people to infect, growing his little monster family, and guarding their territory.

And that is finding shiny things to take back to the nest.

There's just something about the way the light shines on the objects that... thrills him. Plus, it makes the nest look pretty, and he wants it to look pretty for Mariko. He's mostly found small things, like a small mirrored box with a sparkly rough amethyst on top, shiny baubles to fill a glass bowl, metallic picture frames, candles in mercury glass jars, and small silvery figurines that he polished until they shone.

But it wasn't enough.

So here he is in a home goods store, looking at pillows made of shiny fabrics. Maybe what they need is something that is both pretty and functional.

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[invocate]

Li-Na bends down to brush the creatures off her legs, only to snatch her hands back.

"Ah! They're hot!"

Well, this won't do at all. She has a feeling they might burn through their clothes before long.

"Hold tight to the silver, I'm going to try something."

She's never really tried to control this very much, but she's gotten the sense lately that she needs to work on some slightly more delicate actions with her boots. As she activates her weapon, she feels the heat from the soot creatures fade a little. But that doesn't help Akira any. Concentrating hard, she flicks one foot very... very... carefully, creating a small cyclone.

The winds rush about her legs, pulling the soot creatures off her boots, tugging at her hair and clothing. Her hair is going to be one giant knot afterwards, but it does seem to be ridding her of the soot creatures.