Takeshi's Tunnel

  This is simply a reupload/consolidation of two stories into one post. Metal restraints cinch around your wrists as your arms are pulled behind your back as guards from the Rose Rabbit Army throw a black bag over your head. Your intel about the headquarters having a skeleton crew seems to have been faulty, something to remember if you make it back home. Dragged by your arms, you're led somewhere deep inside the complex before being thrown to the ground. A heavy metal door slams shut behind you and you shake your head in an attempt to dislodge the sack covering your head.  "Hey, don't tire yourself out too much there, you're gonna need that energy later." a voice outside your cell chuckles and lights up a cigarette, the smell of smoke wafting through the fabric. Pulling on your cuffs, you try to find a weakness to slip through but it just results in chafing, the guard snickering as he watches you. "Our leader's ready now. On your feet, worm." you hea

  Warm air washes over you as you step off the airplane in Kansai International Airport, cicadas chirping in the distance. Your parents beckon you down the steps and hold you by the hand once you reach the bottom, leading you through the terminal to a bunch of kiosks you can't read the names of. Spending your summer vacation with some people you've never met doesn't sound like a good time, but your parents insisted you'll have fun here.  "Hey son, you want a drink?" opening up a fridge, your dad pulls out a glass bottle and hands it to you, taking one for himself and bringing it to the counter. You fiddle with the top for a good minute, trying to twist and pull it open until your dad comes back. "You get that open yet? Here, let me show you." taking the bottle from you, your dad hits the top with his palm and you see a marble drop into the neck "That's how you do it, see?" Shaking the bottle around, you see the marble rattle around insi