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 Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2025 5:50 pm
Sitting for that last class, the only one he’d had after his polar plunge, had been the worst decision ever and he knew it the moment he’d decided upon that course of action. He’d managed the exam though, something which was easy for him, before rushing for his car while shivering the whole way. He could have, and perhaps should have, called Lorcan and stopped by his home but the other was still upset with him for his tattoo decisions. That had stilled his hand, kept him from asking siri to call the other, while he drove himself home. The whole drive was spent with the heat blasting as he shivered as he sat on a bag. He’d kept a bag in his car incase he found his clothing dirty from an art class, or something else, so he could keep his car clean. This time it was to keep his car dry.
The drive was long, too long, at least that was how it felt as he finally arrived at his home and slowly got out of the car. Closing, and locking, the door he made his way slowly up the steps and unlocked the door, by now dark spots were dancing about his vision. He knew this was no good, his head hurt, and as he shivered the door opened and pushing it open Kioshi stepped inside.
“I’m home.” Calling out to Omen as his bag hit the floor, with a thunk and a wet squelching sound. The door was shut, and locked, before there was another thud - Kioshi had passed out right inside his living room. Cold, too pale, and in damp clothing he really should have just come home. The lights in his home blinked merrily, the scent of pine filled the air, and his home looked oh so cheerful even as he lay there unconscious.
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Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2025 5:52 pm
Omen had been down the hall on one of the many cat towers, looking out the window and chittering at the birds. They’d gotten really close today, and he’d pawed at the window, wishing he could get them through the glass so he wouldn’t have to go out in the cold outside.
It was during one such attempt at swatting birds through the glass that he heard Kioshi and stretched on his tower before hopping down onto the floor with a loud thud. That thud had coincided with another in the living room, having him think for a moment that maybe his hefty leap had jostled something off the wall.
Slinking out, half wondering if he’d broken something and was about to get scolded, he didn’t see Kioshi at first since he’d been looking up instead of ahead. But when the mauvian bumped right into his downed owner, he jumped back in surprise.
“Kioshi?”
Something was wrong, at least maybe it was? So he circled around them until he was sitting by their face before pawing at them lightly. “Are you okay?” While he wanted food, he was worried about them as he noticed they were both wet and very cold feeling.
Remembering the gadget that Katya had helped him make, he got it out of subspace and fiddled with it until he manage to remember how to use it. Sitting on the floor next to Kioshi, Omen looked down at the human disguise he had and nodded once to himself before getting up to get some things.
If they were cold and wet, that meant new clothes, right? Also, blankets and maybe get them to the couch or bed because the floor wasn’t comfortable. So he went and grabbed pjs, pants, and all the blankets and pillows from the bed before heading back and setting up the couch. There was one of those heating blankets lying on it from earlier, so he turned it on before moving back over to Kioshi with the dry clothes.
Poking their face lightly, he tried to nudge their shoulder to rouse them. “Kioshi, I brought dry clothes. Are you okay?” Not thinking about the fact that he was a human right now, something that neither Kioshi nor Lorcan knew of, he leaned down to stare at them.
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Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2025 5:56 pm
Cold would be putting it lightly, he was damp, from the dip into the ice water and his clothing was damp and heavy on his frame. His hair was equally wet, obviously, and stuck to his face in places. He didn’t even hear Omen’s approach, though normally he would have, the mauvian was impossible to not notice due to his size and weight. It was often that you’d hear him coming before you saw him, something which often brought a smile to Kioshi’s face, but now he hadn’t heard that nor did he hear the worried voice of the mauvian.
Unaware of the other moving about the house, in a human form, to gather things the dark haired male remained cold and unmoving on the floor. At least he was breathing, a good sign, but his body didn’t move on its own. It responded to being moved, shifted, went limp and fell back into place. The shivering was still there, his body in need of warmth, it wasn’t something he’d ever had an issue with before. He liked to sleep with a window open, even in winter, and often let the rain into his room to soak the curtains and the window sill, but this was a cold even he couldn’t take and it was most obvious.
Lips parted as he breathed, though they were a rather unnatural color, his teeth chattered and his fangs poked out as he shivered on the floor. The warmth Omen was offering, seeking to give him, would be good.
When he did rouse it was only just, it was so hard to wake even this little bit, as he mumbled out about being cold - so cold. There was a certain whine to his voice, a rare thing for him, as he complained about being damp. Being damp, like this, was uncomfortable…his clothing clinging to him and the chill of his clothing drying on his body as it was, slowly, it was all uncomfortable.
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Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2025 5:57 pm
Kioshi didn’t sound good, and he’d heard the mention of cold before they’d just resigned themselves to lying on the floor like a log. Reaching over, he peeled off the wet coat as gently as he could and let it flop to the floor with a wet slap. Gross… But he had a plan at least, and with a bit more finagling, he managed to manhandle his human as best as he could, though he fumbled slightly with some things.
He wasn’t about to completely undress them, mostly because he didn’t quite get how all the clothing bits worked for humans still so after he’d managed most of it he hurried to get back up and grab one of the towels from the dryer, though it took a moment for him to figure out exactly to open the thing since he’d never gotten a look at it from his usual viewpoint on the floor.
They weren’t super hot still, but warm enough that he thought it might work. It wasn’t exactly easy to dry them off, but he did his best and then tried to get the pajama pants on them. “Why… why are clothes so hardddddd….” Grumbling slightly under his breath as he worked, he manage that at least and then wrapped the towel in their hair to try and help that way too.
“Okay, time to get up!” Bracing himself, he struggled and tried to heave them up, not exactly doing the best but if their feet dragged a bit, that was fine as long as he got them onto the couch and heating pad.
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Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2025 5:59 pm
Groaning as he was fussed with, and undressed, he shivered more as his clothing came off. Even though his clothing was damp, and he was equally damp, it didn’t help when the air hit his damp and chilly skin. Blue eyes slipped closed, too tired to keep them open, as he lay there on his floor. Slowly, too slowly, with weighted limbs the dark haired male rolled and shifted as he moaned pitifully. He was not feeling this, not at all, and he wanted to sleep - needed to sleep.
Clothes were hard? He thought he heard that, he wasn’t entirely sure as things were muffled, but he couldn’t agree more right now. The idea of getting his clothing off kept him from moving, kept him from even opening his eyes and stilled his hands, he wasn’t even going to try and get his clothing off himself. He felt colder, and then not as cold, but the reason why didn’t register as he was moved and jostled. Groaning he let his head fall limp to the side as he was hoisted up and dragged to the couch, his feet dragging.
“Tired.” The one word passed his lips, barely audible, while he felt himself drifting off again. The sleep was needed and the plunge into the water was forcing the rest on him, it was too much for him to handle this tired and worn out.
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Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2026 1:20 pm
Well, they were being so uncooperative, ugh. Grumbling more, Omen managed to flop Kioshi onto the couch and fiddled with the heating pad and blanket, tucking his human in and then sitting on the floor and staring at them. Red eyes watched as the man lay there like a lazy bum. "Well, sleep then if you're tired." It's not like they were being very responsive, but it seemed like, without the wet clothes on, some of the color was coming back to their face, so he felt less worried. Once he was sure they weren't going to do something else, he picked up all the wet clothes and went to throw them in the washer. It was beyond him on how the thing actually worked but at least in there they wouldn't keep getting the floor wet. Grabbing another towel, he rolled it out over the wet spot they'd left to dry things up before returning to sit and start at Kioshi, poking their cheek lightly. "Kioshiiiiiii are you okay?"
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Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2026 2:45 pm
Groaning he shifted, he could feel the warmth and it felt so good, he normally wasn't big on heat and this wouldn't be his thing but right now it was needed. Opening his eyes was so hard, they were so heavy, and he was so tired and there was still some of the chill lingering. The heat was helping, it was pushing the chill away, but it would take some time, "Omen..?" Questioning, though he knew the owner of that voice.
"How?" And he did finally get his eyes open...and saw, for the first time, that Omen wasn't a cat right now. He looked nearly as human as he looked. "I'm better." Smiling he moved one of his arns, ignoring how very heavy it felt, and reached out to touch the others cheek before moving up to poke his cheek in return. "You will explain this to me later." But right now he needed to get warmer, get some food, and rest. He knew he needed the rest, however much he detested the idea, as he shifted a bit more.
"Did I worry you?" HHe was certain he had, yet he still asked. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to." He'd been pushing himself, and he knew it, and Omen certainly was aware of it was well. "Why don't I show you how to order food in for dinner." Because they both needed to eat and he was in no shape to go cooking.
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Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2026 3:46 pm
Staring intently, he only blinked when they reached over and poked him back. "How what?" Tilting his head for a moment, he then realized what they meant. "Oh! Uh.... okay later." Frowning like he had been caught with his paws on the kitchen counter by Lorcan again, he nodded as they continued. "You weren't moving, and you were gross and wet and cold bleh." Even now they were still a bit wet, so he squished one of the dry towels under their head and hair to try and help with that, even if he was still clumsy with it. At the mention of food, though, he perked back up. "Yes! Dinner! Show me showmeshowme!"
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Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2026 4:26 pm
"Yes, that. I want an explanation later." He didn't know a lot about mauvians, he'd not had to deal with one till Omen turned out to be one himself, so he didn't know how they managed to get a human form even though he knew it was a thing. He knew they could look humanish or human, he knew they even had a senshi form, but he didn't know how any of that was achieved.
"I walked across a puddle of ice, it looked normal, I fell into the puddle - like an ocean of blackness and ice cold water." It explained how he was so cold, why he was soaking wet, everything was explained by that. "I had an exam." So he'd obviously gone to his exam afterwards, despite what the smart choice to make would have been. "Get the cell phone I got you....mine is dead." After that polar plunge there was no way his phone would work ever again. he'd need to get a new one - tonight....before the verizon store closed. He wasn't looking forward to going there, not after the day he'd had so far, but he'd need a phone before tomorrow since he handled a lot of things on his phone.
"I'll show you how to order from your phone." Shifting enough to sit up, moving the towel so he could work to dry his hair better.
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Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2026 5:06 pm
Pouting slightly about the need for an explanation, he let them go on about what had happened. His face scrunched up in confusion about it, though. "How's that happen? Isn't the ground... ground?" With the mention of the phone, he got up and went over to his favorite cat tower and pulled it from the little hidey hole he liked to normally sleep in before coming back over and ploping back down. Puffing a bit of air up to get some of his rowdy long bangs out of his face, he tapped at the phone and looked back up at them so they could walk him through things. He'd learned how to mess around with it; the only issue was not having access to money, exactly in order to buy what he wanted. Katya hadn't mentioned an easier way to make money, though, so he was stuck with little to do other than window shop or use Kioshi's phone, since Lorcan wouldn't let him use theirs.
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Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2026 5:46 pm
"And those bunnies shouldn't be able to make someone so cold." He stated while moving to ruffle the other's bangs, right before moving to pet behind his ears. "This city is a mess this time of year." As if that explained everything, and in this city it did. It was just one more thing for Omen, and himself, to watch out for though.
"I'll give you my information for the delivery service for food, you can use that whenever you like." Since it was connected to his banking information, he used grubhub on occasion when at work and he hadn't brought his own food and couldn't get out to get something. He'd even had tea delivered on a few especially cold days, let someone else freeze, he had since then gotten a few cups which would keep tea hot and he brought his own to work now.
Walking Omen through the task he got him ordering some food for them both, sushi and sashimi as well as soup - a large soup for himself. He needed the warmth from the soup. At the end he had Omen send a message to Lorcan so he knew that his phone was damaged and he was going to get a new one later on. He didn't want the other to worry, though they were still upset with him for the ink he'd gotten done recently. He understood the upset, at least some of it, and he knew they should honestly talk about things. He'd never done the whole relationship thing so he wasn't sure how to go about thigns, he was still learning, but he knew it was a good idea to let him know incase he called, and it went right to voice mail, he didn't have Omen mention the ice plunge he'd taken or anything else though he was unsure if Omen choose to mention that on his own.
At least Lorcan would know. "So, do I get the same phone I had or do I get an upgrade as well?" Since he had the old iPhone 15 he could upgrade while he was at it and get the 17...so long as he could avoid that orange disaster he heard they'd made for that model.
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Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2026 7:22 pm
Omen opened his mouth to complain, but then they were messing with his hair and scratching behind his ears. It didn't feel as good as it did when he was his normal self, but it had him closing his eyes and leaning into their scritchies. Blinking and focusing on the task after he'd zoned out for a minute, he managed to get everything ordered, and the message to Lorcan was sent out while hiding the fact that they were labeled Blond food human in his phone. Tilting his head, he looked at them and then down at the phone. "Uhhh, new is better? Maybe? But okay foodfoodfood! Now you get back under and warm!"
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