::Open RP on the Grounds::

[i-am-an-hero.livejournal.com]

Outside was intimidating. The sky was too big and formless, the wind seemed to come from all directions at once, and the ground was lumpy and uneven under his feet.

But L thought he could be brave. L wanted him to be brave. And A has his wand, after all, and a growing arsenal of hexes to go with it (even if he hasn't actually tested most of them yet).

And so he's exploring the outside of the castle now. The sun is out this time, and it's already warmer than it was when L took him wand-shopping.

And there is new green grass, smelling so fresh and clean, and there are tiny flowers dotting the grass. The daisies A knows, and the foxglove, but botany was not something he studied much and he can't identify any of the others.

But oh, all those tiny shivering alive things in all the terrifying rush of air!

It's a sort of peace he can barely recognize.

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[papayagami.livejournal.com]

"Really?" He didn't know that. "So you like plants, then, Attempted?"

[i-am-an-hero.livejournal.com]

"I think I do. I never really saw many before. But they are so alive, and they smell so clean, and oh, they're so beautiful!"

[papayagami.livejournal.com]

Soichiro looked around. Yes, he could see why A thought so, nature did tend to be beautiful. Granted, he saw little of it in the middle of Tokyo, but he did remember a few places he liked.

And, thinking of the desert he was forced to go to, disliked.

"Yes, I suppose they are. And underappreciated, probably."

[i-am-an-hero.livejournal.com]

"And they're useful. The same plant can be a poison or a medicine. The symmetry is so lovely."

[papayagami.livejournal.com]

Maybe it was just something that only geniuses could appreciate. Soichiro certainly couldn't.

"I would hope that someone wouldn't use it as a poison."

[i-am-an-hero.livejournal.com]

"But what if someone needed a poison?"

[papayagami.livejournal.com]

Soichiro stared at A for a minute. He gingerly sat down on the grass next to him. "Why would someone need a poison? Unless they intended to do harm to someone, which is a bad thing."

[i-am-an-hero.livejournal.com]

"Even if they had a reason?" A asked softly, running his fingers through the grass.

[papayagami.livejournal.com]

"What reason would....Attempted, did something happen? Is that why you're so keen to poison?"

[i-am-an-hero.livejournal.com]

A's shoulders stiffened.

"I'm learning. I'm learning hexes. But it's good to know other things too."

[papayagami.livejournal.com]

"Well I suppose. I'm learning some hexes and defensive magic too. I'm not quite so good with potions though."

[i-am-an-hero.livejournal.com]

"I didn't come outside to look for them. I was just trying to not be afraid."

[papayagami.livejournal.com]

"Afraid? Of what?"

[i-am-an-hero.livejournal.com]

"Of outside. There's so much of it, and all the wind... but I don't want to be scared of it."

[papayagami.livejournal.com]

Soichiro looked around. True, there was a lot of it, and it was a bit windy, but he couldn't figure out why anyone would be scared of the outdoors.

"I see."

[i-am-an-hero.livejournal.com]

"But there are plants, and I think I like them very much."

[red-eyed-l.livejournal.com]

"Plants?" A voice said from too close to their ears. "Too simple for you, my dear Attempt."

Soichiro started at the unfamiliar voice. L? No, couldn't be, the name he sees is Beyond Birthday.

"Can I help you?"

"Just here to see someone, right, Attempt?" Beyond asked with a grin.

[i-am-an-hero.livejournal.com]

A was on his feet instantly, backing away, wand out.

"Don't want to see you, Backup. You can be somewhere else now."

[red-eyed-l.livejournal.com]

"But I want to be here. I've found something that may interest you, Attempt." And he stepped foward, but was held back by Soichiro.

"I think it's best if you go away, right now."

"This is none of your concern, Soichiro Yagami."

"How...you have the eyes?"

Beyond ignored Soichiro in favor of stepping around him to come face to face with A.

[i-am-an-hero.livejournal.com]

"Nothing about you interests me, B, you don't interest me."

Mindful of Kusuriyuri's words, he tried to keep the fear out of his voice.

[red-eyed-l.livejournal.com]

"But you interest me. Now, first, Obscuro!" That was directed at Soichiro, who gasped at everything suddenly going dark. Quickly whirling on A, for no doubt he would try to hex him, Beyond tried to hex A first. "Petrificus Totalus!"

[i-am-an-hero.livejournal.com]

A had whirled to try to cast a countcharm on the hex B had hurled at Soichiro, but before he could utter a syllable, he was hit by B's second hex. If he could speak, he would have wailed with frustration as he tumbled, frozen, to the ground.

L would be so disappointed.

[papayagami.livejournal.com]

Not. Good.

He can't see, and from the sounds of things, this Beyond was nothing but trouble.

"See, Attempt, I can learn hexes too. And turnabout is fair play," Beyond crept closer to A, hovering nearby.

Soichiro inwardly swore as he fumbled around for his wand...there!

"Finite Incantatem!"

"What?"

Soichiro blinked a few seconds, to adjust to the sunlight.

"Oh, no you don't, Petrifu..."

"Finite Incantatem!" Pointed at A this time.

"...cus Totalus!"

[i-am-an-hero.livejournal.com]

"Stupefy!" A shrieked at B, suddenly able to move, and then turned his attention and wand to the frozen Soichiro. "Finite Incantem!"

[papayagami.livejournal.com]

Beyond just almost made it, but that spell hit. As he struggled to stay conscious, Soichiro sat up with an "Incarcerous!"

Ropes bound Beyond in place, so even if he stayed conscious, which was unlikely, he was bound up.