Application for Tachibana Shito from Zombie Loan

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((OOC: Taken from the end of the anime series, tons of spoilers and some speculation as the mun is still reading the manga which may or may not fill in the speculation later, depending on how it affects things [the mun has seen the anime more than 6 times already, but the manga is still being released in English]. In canon, he can only be a certain distance away from Akatsuki Chika [mentioned later] for a particular amount of time or his right hand will rot off. The mun is going with something about Hogwarts will prevent this for the convenience of playing him without a Chika. And, with the Japanese convention, Shito is his given name.))

What happens when a corpse becomes pregnant and gives birth? What would she give birth to? After seven years, another corpse, but since it has been born, it must live.

A cursed life, a cursed existence, a perfect monster.

Less than a year ago, that existence took a turn. In a fatal accident for all but two, dubbed by the news media as A-kun and B-kun because of their ages, Tachibana Shito's fate became entangled with a Ferryman named Bekkou and the headstrong Akatsuki Chika, B-kun. In a contract to preserve their lives, the both agreed to a life loan, a Zombie Loan, with a contract term of one year. To repay it, they had to catch illegal zombies, those who did not have such a contract, and send them on to the next world before the Reaper caught both them and their prey. To those able to see it, a black ring circled their necks, marking for the Reaper where his scythe could cut.

They had, however, done a favor for the Reaper and now had one less thing to watch for over their shoulders. But, there were still zombies to catch. Zombies that ran from them. Running made his socks slouch down. He hated that more than anything. He'd paused to pull up his socks, looking up to call after Akatsuki and Kita, but they weren't there. The city wasn't there. What was there shouldn't have been there.

He found himself in a room with stone walls. He'd been what passed as alive for a very long time and had never seen anything like this. He finished adjusting his socks and stood, looking around the room. To one side, a table with some papers on it, a feather hovering over them. There were doors, closed. Frowning, he walked over to them, trying them. They wouldn't rattle. As far as he could tell, they were merely pictures of doors on a wall. But to what purpose?

But, then, what purpose did people have for wanting to defy death? Did there have to be one?

He hated being locked in, but at least this time he wasn't handcuffed to a bed. He continued around the room, examining for anything. If he arrived, there must be a way to leave. Because of that contract, he couldn't be far away from that pest Akatsuki for long. He rubbed his right wrist, but it didn't feel wrong. The handcuff bracelet was there. He shoved it back up his arm, under his sleeve.

He continued to the stack of papers on the table. Maybe a clue would be there.


State your full name.

He looked around for a pen or something that looked like a writing instrument. Not finding one, he turned to examine the room again and found it unchanged. "Tachibana Shito," he said aloud, his voice sullen. If he had to fill out this stupid form to get out of this room, then he would. He had better things to do with his time, like hunt zombies to end his contract and be free of Akatsuki and Bekkou. An eyebrow rose when the feather danced over the page, writing his answer.

1. What is your favorite cheese? Why is it your favorite?

Shito frowned at the paper. "Chisu?" he muttered. "The end," he said, not bothering with the second part of the question. It didn't make sense to him anyway.

2. Who would you kill first, Barney or Carrottop?

"Is one of them a zombie?" he asked. With the quill writing down his answers, he maybe expected an answer. When one didn't come, he shrugged. "It doesn't matter if they're not."

3. What time is it where you are?

"Too late," he said grimly. It would be too late, if he didn't get out of here and return to take care of the zombie with He looked around the room, trying to see any changes in it. He had to get back to pay back his debt to...

Not that he really wanted to be with Chika. They were too different to get along.

But, if he didn't return quickly, that bastard would destroy something else in his room.

To what? Continue on as a perfect doll, a perfect monster? He wasn't truly alive and yet he didn't want to die. He rubbed his wrist again, still feeling nothing unusual with it.

4. If you were Albus Dumbledore returned from the dead, which member of the Order of the Phoenix would you sexually harass? How would you harass them? If you are Albus Dumbledore, please answer as if you were Sirius Black.

He read the question several times. Who were these people? "None," he said. "There are more important things to be concerned with." Just what they were, he didn't elaborate on.

5. If you are pushing to be in:

A. Slytherin - please state the clever, witty name of the bar in which you bartend, in the dark.

Shito frowned at the question. He wasn't terribly clever. "Makkuro Bar," he finally said. While lacking creativity, 'Pitch Black Bar' did fulfill the challenge of the question.

B. Gryffindor – Debate whether Harry should ultimately end up married to Fred or George. Use examples from a variety of world mythologies to bolster your argument.

"It doesn't matter," he said, his voice bitter. "Friendship, love, it's all just an illusion."

C. Ravenclaw – You guys are supposed to be smart. Explain why my desk is inundated with paperwork at all times, even though I’m constantly disposing of it.

"Your assistant is useless," he said. These questions were becoming more tiresome as he continued. He looked around the room again, trying to see a way out. Was this some trap of the Xu Fu? Something that Toho had set up to punish him?

D. Hufflepuff – Prove you are not useless.

"No one that lives can live without touching another person, therefore no one is useless. Those who don't appreciate that are trash."

6. Offer a bribe to the members of this community so that they will not squib you. Items used in bribery do not necessarily have to belong to the person offering the bribe. Do not threaten us rather than offering a bribe. A threat indicates you either don't really want to be here, or don't have enough sense to answer the question properly. The hat will automatically squib you, regardless of other votes, if you do.

He reached into his pocket. The only thing he had was some blueberry gum. He set it on the table, looking around for a door to open now that he'd finished this stupid quiz.

I have read the hogwarts_hocus faq, and understand it is a crazy, cracktastic sorting community and RPG. __Tachibana Shito__
I have read the hogwarts_hocus rules and agree to abide by each and every one of them. __Tachibana Shito__.
I agree to be a good sport and not get my knickers in a bunch. __Tachibana Shito__.
One day, marmalade will rule the world. __Tachibana Shito__

Comments

[shito-is-a-kun.livejournal.com]

Shito scowled at the newcomer. He couldn't remember seeing anyone with wings and pointed ears before, not even the Reaper Zarame had them. "What are you?" he asked bluntly.

[prettypendulum.livejournal.com]

"Question is, what are you. You have no heartbeat." He tapped his chest. He was tapping in the wrong place for a heart, but the right place for the demon equivalent.

[shito-is-a-kun.livejournal.com]

Shito scowled, stepping away. "I didn't say you could touch me. And, I am a zombie," he said. Maybe this nuisance would leave him alone. Many people thought that all zombies wanted was to eat brains or some stupid nonsense like that. All he wanted was to pay off his debt...

...though the idea of being alone again or given back to Toho didn't truly appeal to him. Though he didn't like Akatsuki, or so he told himself and Akatsuki regularly, he had gotten used to being around him.

[prettypendulum.livejournal.com]

Kuronue grinned, looking as if he'd just won the lottery. "So I was right," he said, tilting his head.

He tilted his head. "I don't need your permission to touch. Ningenkai law says that corpses have no rights." One has to know the law in order to break them, after all.

[shito-is-a-kun.livejournal.com]

Those words were too close. Shito's expression became colder. "Would you like to try and explain to a court that doesn't 'believe' in zombies that a corpse is pressing charges of sexual harassment on you?" he asked. That he'd be taking a winged, pointy-eared thing to court entered his mind and was dismissed as ridiculous, as was his own question.

[prettypendulum.livejournal.com]

He thought about it. "Depends on what court."

In Makai, Shito probably could have gone to Raizen to ask a favour, since Mukuro didn't seem to give a shit about such things, and rumour had it that his human lover was similar to Shito anyway. Of course, then, Raizen would be the judge, jury and executioner.

"I'm a demon," he offered, thinking that Shito had answered him well enough, that he really didn't need to tease the poor boy so much.

[shito-is-a-kun.livejournal.com]

Demon? He'd been called a demon, a monster, a doll, but those were words meant to hurt him, to remind him that he wasn't human, not that he could ever forget. "You specified 'ningenkai' courts," he said. Not that the courts had much to do with the world he moved in. "Demons have no rights in human courts, either," he pointed out.

[prettypendulum.livejournal.com]

"A demon wouldn't allow himself to be kept in Ningenkai prisons unless he was weak and stupid and, Shito, I am neither." He grinned. "In Makai, you wouldn't have any rights, alive or dead. You'd be a tasty, highly sought after, commodity."

[shito-is-a-kun.livejournal.com]

It wasn't as if he had many rights now. "I am a commodity," he said flatly. "What does it matter where?" He crossed his arms over his chest. "What do you want?"

[prettypendulum.livejournal.com]

He tilted his head, eyes turning from mischievous to purely kind. He...almost felt sorry for him.

"I have to sort you. Personally I think you'd do great in Hufflepuff, or maybe Bitchiwitch, since it sounds like a corpsey kind of place." He smiled.

[shito-is-a-kun.livejournal.com]

"I have more important things to do than to stay here," he said. If he were out of contact with Toho too long, there would be punishments again. And, if they didn't make the minimum they needed and beat the A-Loan group, then there would be the complications involved with their contract being rendered void.

[prettypendulum.livejournal.com]

Or maybe Ravenclaw, since he seemed to like rules and needed to live and let live a little. He waved a hand. "Your life from before is on hold for the moment, likely no one will know you've gone." Well, it was an estimation from what others had told him anyway. That Vincent guy said he didn't remember being here when he went back to his own world.

[shito-is-a-kun.livejournal.com]

Shito frowned. "On hold?" he asked, rubbing his right wrist. Maybe that explained why his arm hadn't started feeling like it was burning with Akatauki not around. He shifted, feeling his socks sliding again. He knelt to pull them up again.

Vote: Ravenclaw

[prettypendulum.livejournal.com]

Yep. Ravenclaw. The guy was three steps away from being a nerd already.

"Yes, on hold. I was dead for a couple of centuries or so before I appeared here." He smiled. "It's kind of like a second chance at life."

Re: Vote: Ravenclaw

[shito-is-a-kun.livejournal.com]

Shito stood up from fixing his sock. "A second chance? That's what he said about the Zombie loan," he said wryly.

Re: Vote: Ravenclaw

[prettypendulum.livejournal.com]

Kuronue had no idea what Shito was talking about. He shrugged and held his hands out. "It's not all that bad. You're here at the hat's whims, but, really, it's not all that bad."

Re: Vote: Ravenclaw

[shito-is-a-kun.livejournal.com]

Shito scowled. Obviously, this Kuronue didn't understand anything. "It is bad," he said flatly.

Re: Vote: Ravenclaw

[prettypendulum.livejournal.com]

"It could be worse," he said, patiently. His eye was not too far away from twitching.

Re: Vote: Ravenclaw

[shito-is-a-kun.livejournal.com]

"If you are wrong the rest being 'on hold', it will be," Shito said darkly. He tilted his head. "What else?" he asked. He didn't want to be here. "What do I have to do to get out of here?"

Re: Vote: Ravenclaw

[prettypendulum.livejournal.com]

He should have voted for Sparklypoo. This guy needed to lighten up.

"To get out of this room you need to be patient and answer everyone's questions. To get back to your own dimension...well, none of us really know. You best make your time here fun, else it will be hard." And not in a good way.

Re: Vote: Ravenclaw

[shito-is-a-kun.livejournal.com]

"Very well," Shito said. He stood a moment, staring at Kuronue. "How does one have fun here?"

Re: Vote: Ravenclaw

[prettypendulum.livejournal.com]

He blinked. That was like asking him what colour the sun was. Sure it was yellow, but then you had all the tricky shades of yellow ranging from antique white to aureolin. "Well there's bars and games and plenty of things around to amuse, but mostly I just fuck. Great pastime. You may differ, however."

Re: Vote: Ravenclaw

[shito-is-a-kun.livejournal.com]

Shito tilted his head at Kuronue. "Table tennis?" he asked, referring to the games. He did enjoy it and was pretty good, at least good enough to beat Akatsuki, though Bekkou did beat him. He didn't see much purpose in fucking. His body, theoretically, couldn't cause reproduction, so there was no point in it and he'd never been encouraged to become close to anyone, even though it was thought that he was that close with his mother.

Re: Vote: Ravenclaw

[prettypendulum.livejournal.com]

"Probably," he said. He didn't know what the hell table tennis was.

Re: Vote: Ravenclaw

[shito-is-a-kun.livejournal.com]

Shito wasn't the most fun person in the world. He'd spent most of what amounted to his life being a doll, a perfect monster. "Are there others who play?" he asked.