Sorawo, Toriko, Migiwa, and Kozakura are in what appears to be a lab room. A wooden box sits on the floor, and Sorawo watches as a red bird appears out of it and flies around - only to realize no one else can see it but her. The bird tries to attack Kozakura, but Sorawo pushes her out of the way in time - only for the bird to go after Toriko when she isn't looking, flying back to the box with "something red" held in its beak (but probably assumed some kind of internal flesh). The bird passes through Sorawo and she feels a thrusting pain in her abdomen. The box is a kotoribako, and as with the netlore it's associated with, it's a cursed item.
Sorawo gets Migiwa to take Kozakura out of the room because it targets women, and between her blue eye which can see abnormal objects and Toriko's translucent hand which can touch abnormal things, they begin working on the puzzle box to open it up and find the root cause of the birds even as said birds continue passing through them and claiming red strands from them, increasing the pain each time. Toriko's in worse shape, talking idly about how Sorawo protected Kozakura before Toriko, and even hid the pain so she wouldn't worry - although Sorawo contends it was just to get Kozakura out faster. Toriko is happy that Sorawo is helping others and not so focused on Toriko, so it's okay if Toriko leaves, which causes Sorawo to get upset. Eventually, they reach the very center of the box, but...
Toriko has stopped breathing. Sorawo can't resuscitate her, and the box... is empty.
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Kotoribako - severed body parts, womb discussion
Date: 2023-05-07 03:36 am (UTC)Sorawo, Toriko, Migiwa, and Kozakura are in what appears to be a lab room. A wooden box sits on the floor, and Sorawo watches as a red bird appears out of it and flies around - only to realize no one else can see it but her. The bird tries to attack Kozakura, but Sorawo pushes her out of the way in time - only for the bird to go after Toriko when she isn't looking, flying back to the box with "something red" held in its beak (but probably assumed some kind of internal flesh). The bird passes through Sorawo and she feels a thrusting pain in her abdomen. The box is a kotoribako, and as with the netlore it's associated with, it's a cursed item.
Sorawo gets Migiwa to take Kozakura out of the room because it targets women, and between her blue eye which can see abnormal objects and Toriko's translucent hand which can touch abnormal things, they begin working on the puzzle box to open it up and find the root cause of the birds even as said birds continue passing through them and claiming red strands from them, increasing the pain each time. Toriko's in worse shape, talking idly about how Sorawo protected Kozakura before Toriko, and even hid the pain so she wouldn't worry - although Sorawo contends it was just to get Kozakura out faster. Toriko is happy that Sorawo is helping others and not so focused on Toriko, so it's okay if Toriko leaves, which causes Sorawo to get upset. Eventually, they reach the very center of the box, but...
Toriko has stopped breathing. Sorawo can't resuscitate her, and the box... is empty.