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[Oh look, it's the loud boy from yesterday... only this time he's wearing a (slightly) embarrassed grin and waving at the video pickup.]

Hello! I'm Gon Freecss! It's nice to meet you!

[--and bowing, deeply, for a second before he bounces back to vertical.] I'm really sorry I yelled at everybody yesterday! [And really glad everybody but Killua just heard him over the phone, so he didn't hurt anyone, because that would have been really bad...]

I understand about this place now, so don't worry. But I wanted to ask if anybody could tell me more. About the animals here, or the Animus, or anything!

Thank you very much.

[BOW.

Oh boy he hopes that makes up for it. He doesn't even know who that girl was who sounded really scared.... quickly, he grins at the video pickup, and cuts the feed.]

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[Kurapica can close it! Because like hell is he losing a race.]

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[freecssofnature.livejournal.com]

[Exactly.

Due east isn't hard to pick out, and he's putting all his speed into it.]


[ooc; RNG 1 - 10, higher number wins the race? I got a 2.]

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((ooc: I got 3. Pff.))

[He catches onto the direction through sheer muscle memory, immediately keeping pace with the other boy and sliding in beside him with a smug smirk.]

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[Oh no you don't!

-- is what he's thinking, but despite every effort, he's just a step behind as the border wall comes into view. Crap, Killua's gonna win...

He puts on a last frantic burst of speed, lunging for the wall.]

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[And Killua takes a breath before doing the exact same thing, pushing off from the ground with every ounce of physical power he's got. Which is a lot actually.

He tags the wall no more than a second before Gon, ramming his shoulder into it afterward from being unable to stop his momentum quickly enough.]

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[And a second later, Gon smacks into the wall next to him... and promptly flops down to sit cross-legged at the foot, rubbing his shoulder and pouting.]

Awww... I almost made it....

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Close but no cigar~!

[Gloatgloatsmugnessgloat.]

C'mon. [He points at the wall before hopping up and over.] If we're gonna find a spot that's switched lately, it'll take a while.

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[Sulksulkpoutsulk. He gets back up as Killua hops the wall, jumping over right on his heels.]

After we're done, race you back! I'll definitely win that time!

... Is there any way to tell?

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Suuuure, you will. [He probably will. As if Killua would ever say that though.]

Well, actually. [He turns to Gon with a tiny grin.] You can probably tell better than me.

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[Thinking.]

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...If a bunch of buildings just got here, I bet they'll smell different! Right?

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[kill-joo-ded.livejournal.com]

Exactly! Not just the buildings though. Out here, there aren't many of those.

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[He looks around at the rubble and laughs.] Yeah, I guess you're right!

Okay... do you know what it would smell like? Or just anything different?

[He's already closing his eyes, lifting his face to the slight breeze as he sniffs. Damp and mold, a little scent of trees (pine? Fir?), clayey mud, rust....]

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It'd be a really sudden change. Like everything smells normal, and then suddenly, there's a line, and everything's different on the other side!

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Okay!

[Eyes still closed, he sets off, sniffing the air for any hints of strangeness. If it's a sudden change the scent should be spreading out a little....]

There's something weird over there....

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Then let's check it out. [Point, point.]

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[It's barely a whiff on the wind at first, but then he turns left and suddenly it smells like a different world.

His eyes pop open. It doesn't look too different, rubble and scrub, but he doesn't think he's seen a bush with leaves exactly like that one in the half-destroyed brick planter anywhere else....]

Here!

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Really?

[He hops up to a higher location to get a better look at the surroundings all around. Then he grins.]

I don't recognize it.

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Okay. So... [He frowns thoughtfully, then brightens and brandishes his PCD.] The rules are, every new creature we find we take a picture of, and when we meet back up here the one who has pictures of the most kinds wins?

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Deal. Loser has to walk Aizen.

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You're on!

[He grins, turning in a slow circle to check the area out.] So.... Let's meet back up at sunset!

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[kill-joo-ded.livejournal.com]

On the dot.

Ready. Set.

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[freecssofnature.livejournal.com]

Go!

[He springs into motion.]

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[kill-joo-ded.livejournal.com]

[Best way to spend the day.]