<div class="floatleft">(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/a5/4a/d0/a54ad0c78fe6f6ed9893fe8a6eb846e1.jpg)</div><strong>NAME:</strong>Date Toshiro | Date Marceline<br/><strong>DAY:</strong>June 15th, 2021, 9:00AM<br/><strong>LOCATION:</strong>SOPHE Headquarters, Kyless' Cell<br/><strong>TAGGING:</strong>Kyless | Mentions: None<br/><strong>EXTRA:</strong><br/><strong>WEARING:</strong>As pictured, but with a few more wrinkles in his clothing and a far more disheveled head of hair. | A red nylon collar with a small golden bell<br/><hr/>Toshiro's mind thrummed heavily with a swarm of innumerable questions as he listened carefully to every word of Kyless' tale of the relentless scourge of Nosthervim, how they met a catastrophic downfall at the nearly unimaginable might of the Yeshawl, and how they adapted to their newly found sedentary lifestyle. There were few details in the story that didn't utterly transfix Toshiro; from the ever reassuring idea that a fall brought on by an overabundance of pride was not a uniquely human concept, to the physical boundary pushing marvel that was the ability to alter the natural flow of time. While there was the always present irritation towards the possibility that Kyless was either making the events of her story up in part or in whole, it would be worth risking the demon's potentially foul intentions for the sake of gleaning any trace of truth present in her tale.<br/><br/>Without breaking his gaze from the towering Nosthervim, Toshiro pondered what he had just heard in silence for a moment before replying in an awestruck tone, his initial apprehension now staunchly withheld by sated curiosity, “Absolutely amazing, and to be honest, worth far more than what you were planning on trading it for since I was never going to keep the information from you in the first place. I'd love to ask you a few follow up questions about it when we have time, about the Yeshawl especially.”<br/><br/>Once again failing to remove his Marceline seized arm from her almost unnatural mass, Toshiro settled instead on setting the case on the dirt he was standing on, the sound of the metallic case clattering against the unseen tile beneath causing the researcher to freeze a moment longer than he intended before withdrawing the bracelet from the case's soft black foam interior. Looking once more towards Kyless with bracelet in hand, he turned his back to her, closed his eyes, and proceeded to walk forward with his non-cat clad hand reaching outward in order to keep his bearing free of Kyless' influence until he could feel the bracelet collide with the cell wall.<br/><br/>“For right now, null-lee-fi... nullify means to negate... to make something stop being that something, and momentarily become mostly nothing. Understand?” Turning back to look at Kyless for a moment to see if she had understood his very clear explanation, he continued with his demonstration. After pressing his thumb up against the face of the little Toshiro cartoon printed on the side of the bracelet, the bracelet chirped happily for a moment, and for a short time, nothing seemed to happen. Then without warning the area surrounding the accessory instantly reverted to its typical mundane appearance, its edges distorting and fading wildly into the surrounding illusion.. It was somewhat disorienting at first for Toshiro, to see the limits of the projected environment far exceed the distance of the wall revealed before him, but he still couldn't help but adopt a wide grin at his obvious success.<br/><br/>This moment of elation didn't last long however as with a sudden hiss and thrashing about, Marceline jettisoned herself from the comfort of Toshiro's elbow and immediately proceeded to dart inside of one of Kyless' pillowcases, her body rapidly spinning around within and glaring at the doctor from her linen encampment. As this was clearly a result of the room's sudden visual distortion, Toshiro quickly pressed his thumb against the tiny Toshiro image once again, allowing for the previously displayed illusion to settle back into how Kyless intended it. Quickly moving to Marceline's side, Toshiro withdrew a small tin case shaped like a fish from his lab coat, and began to guiltily coax the cat back out with the offering of an assortment of piscine treats.<br/><br/>“Oh you don't need to be scared Marcy! Everything's back to how it was now!” Marceline seemed largely unconvinced as she withdrew further into her cushiony soft retreat. Looking up at Kyless, with his still guilt riddled expression, Toshiro slowly stood up once again as he spun the bracelet around his pointer finger and said nonchalantly. “Well, you can see that there's nothing permanent about the bracelet. That being said, I'm the only one who can disable it without breaking it, and I'm not really sure what forcibly removing it would do to you to be honest.”<br/><br/>Once again holding the bracelet dangling from his finger towards Kyless, Toshiro met her eyes briefly as he took a deep breath and said with a note of reluctance, “In the long run, your choice is: either trust me on this and give us a reason to start trusting you, or stay here and be content surviving, always hungry, surrounded by your own wondrous lights.” Then, before giving Kyless an opportunity to reply, Toshiro shrugged his shoulders and placed the bracelet into his lab coat pocket, “Well, I tried, but I'm not going to force you. You know Sally's a fan of loud music and dancing, I bet she'd jump at the chance to visit a dance club.” Then turning around, Toshiro began to, slowly, make his way towards the exit, hoping that the final offered piece of tantalizing entertainment was enough to convince the trickster.