[Closed] People I've loved, I have no regrets; some I remember, some I forget

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Location: Fatality Condominiums
Rating: G because Kaede is a baby
Time: All Day, April 23rd
Description: Kotetsu, Barnaby, and Kaede move into their new apartment.


It hadn't taken a lot of searching for Barnaby and Kotetsu find a new apartment, but they thankfully managed to convince the landlords at the Fatality Condominiums that they could afford the high rent there. While this wasn't around the same as his skyrise apartment in Sternbild, it was nice having all of the space again. Three bedrooms, two bathrooms, ample space in the living room... It was pretty much a luxury, seeing as they each could have their own room, and the pets would have space to stretch their legs.

However, moving was bound to be a tricky situation. Three people, two cats, one dog, and a rabbit, on top of their things, just made for a hectic situation. Barnaby was just glad that his items were very minimal, which had given him ample time to pack up the kitchen and start on the living room while leaving the Kaburagi father-daughter team to pick up their semi-shared room and Kotetsu's chunk of the living room. He was more than ready to move. But were they done yet?

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Kaede was already stuffing her things into boxes, working like a champ. She could use the extra space, and her own room, a luxury she didn't have here until now. Excited as she was, she was protective of her stuff which included clothes, her (inoperable) cellphone, clothes, stuffed animals, toiletries and more. Which meant kicking her father's mess over to his side of the room so she could pack.

"Dad, how are we going to move all of our pets?" She asked, setting Barnaby the rabbit's cage over near the doorway.

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As excited and happy as Kotetsu was about the move to a much larger living space, something that the three of them as well as the animals definitely were in need of for a while, the whole packing deal didn't provide much enjoyment, especially with the fact that Kaede wouldn't even allow Kotetsu to help her pack her things. What was the problem with it? He wasn't going to break anything. But, even as he pouted and whined at the constant demand to keep his hands on his own things. Kotetsu couldn't be too downtrodden about the invisible line his daughter had drawn between her things and his things.

After finishing up putting tape on a medium-sized box, Kotetsu set the tape down and stood, glancing over toward the rabbit's cage. "Huh, good question... we can't really carry them all at once, can we?" Not that any of their pets were too large for himself or Barnaby to carry (even with Loafdog's weight, he was still easy enough to carry for a few minutes), but bringing them along with some of their belongings would probably not be possible in a single trip.

"Either we leave them here and take everything else to the new place, or we drop them off there first." Scratching at his chin, Kotetsu moved over to the doorway as well and poked his head out in search of Barnaby, calling out to wherever he had gone off to. "Bunnyyy! What should we do about the pets?!"

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Finished with the latest box of research materials and movies they had collected over the months, Barnaby smoothed the tape down and sighed. Moving all of this was going to take a while, especially given how long Kotetsu and Kaede had been in that bedroom packing. He stood, stretching out his back and surveying the room to see how much was left, when he heard the shout.

The pets... That did bring a good question. He turned around to look at the older hero, thinking on this for a moment.

"We could move them first," he suggested. "If we set up a litter box for the cats when we get there and take Loafdog on a walk before we leave, then we can let them roam in one of the rooms as we carry things in. Does that sound plausible?" It was either that or leave them there, and he wasn't really sure he'd want to leave them in their kennels and cases while they packed. If they brought them over, they could just shut them in one of the empty bedrooms until they were done unpacking.

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Kaede folded up her bedsheets, emptying the last of her accessories into a small bag to carry out for the move. She hoped this wouldn't take more then a day. By the time it was all over with, she wanted to lay down on her new bed and look out at the fantastic view she heard about from the adults.

"Can I help?" She asked. Since she usually took care of the pets while Kotetsu and Barnaby were away at the Watch, it made sense.

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Stepping out of the doorway enough to catch sight of where Barnaby was preparing his own boxes, Kotetsu tilted his head in thought, finding the plan pretty darn useful. As usual, his partner could always provide good advice.

"Sounds like a good idea. I'd feel kinda bad if we just left them here while we moved everything over to the new place." However, if they placed all the pets in a single room while they moved over their belongings anyway... Kotetsu's eyes darted over to where the two cats were still roaming around. Placing them all in one room would mean they would probably have to leave the new rabbit in there too, and over the short time they'd had it, Kotetsu had noticed the cats taking a rather noticeable interest in it. The last thing he wanted was for Barnaby the rabbit to get eaten, even though he knew by then Potato and Cat weren't typically violent at all.

When Kaede spoke up behind him though, Kotetsu realized there was no problem at all, and he turned to smile over at her. "Yeah, you can! Bring over whatever you wanna have with you for the moment, and you can take care of the pets while me and Bunny move everything else!"

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With everyone in agreement, Barnaby had to smile at Kaede's enthusiasm. Kotetsu's second suggestion made a good point as well--leaving Kaede to watch the pets assured them that they'd be alright while the two adults were gone. Not that they had much difficulty with them before, but at least they'd know that everything would be fine. And Kaede wouldn't have to stress herself over moving everything over.

"That's a good idea," he said with a nod. "Kaede, we can entrust the pets' care to you while we carry everything in, can't we?" And with a smirk, he glanced back to his partner. "So long as we don't collect any damages along the way, right?" In reference to their little 'bet' from before, Barnaby couldn't help but tease Kotetsu on this.

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Kaede frowned and turned towards her father once Barnaby quipped about damage instances. Indeed, Kotetsu had a habit of breaking things, ask questions later. "You better not break any of my stuff!" She told him off. Fortunately she had very little fragile things besides her pets. She could rest easy, once she finished packing her things and pushing her labeled boxes to a corner.

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Kotetsu stood there looking particularly proud of himself for coming up with such a great idea-- until his mood was immediately shot down and trampled over by scolding voices. "I'm not breaking anything!" He grumbled over to Barnaby before turning around to face Kaede, laughing sheepishly as he tried to seem as reassuring as possible.

"Now now, you don't need to worry! Papa's gonna be extra careful with your things, I promise!"

Maybe he'd be a little rougher with Barnaby's boxes, at least if he could get away with it. Just what he got for bringing up the damages thing first. Maybe he'd even tell Kaede to keep the pets in the room Barnaby decided to use for himself, see how he liked that animal smell for a while.

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"Problem solved."

Completely unaware of Kotetsu's nefarious plans, Barnaby just decided to return to making sure the other rooms were packed up. With Kaede on Kotetsu's case about her belongings, Barnaby figured there was no reason to interfere in that and just made for the living room again. He returned to organizing, this time just stacking more of them together to get a clearer glance around they room. It was almost done. Probably just a few more, but the apartment was looking more and more bare.

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With the packing nearly completed, it was time for them to start shipping stuff over to their new pad. It would be hard work, and unfortunately Kaede couldn't help with moving certain boxes. Not even a quick copy of Hundred Power would suffice in this case. Her work finished, she went over to find Barnaby to let him know about the status.

"All done over here!"

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After taking a while to hurriedly at least place the animals away in the living room (Barnaby the rabbit was placed safely in the old carrying box they'd brought him home in, while the cats were placed in a single carrier. There was no need to secure Loafdog, what with him never finding much need to unnecessarily walk around in the first place), Kotetsu glanced around the area before clapping his hands, officially ready for their move.

"Okay, let's all head on over there first to drop off the first set of things. you too, Kaede. When we come back, you just stay here and let me and Bunny take care of everything else, then when we're done we can take the last set of things and give this place a proper goodbye."

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Walking back over once the front rooms were done, he nodded. "Alright, let's grab a few boxes and begin moving them over." It'd take at least two trips, so it was a good thing that they had rented a small truck to make the process smoother. "Once we load in the first set of boxes, we can set the pets inside and then hurry on over."

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Kaede nodded in agreement at her father, picking up a few of her boxes (naturally) and taking them outside to be loaded onto the moving truck. "How's this?" She asks after sliding them in as best she could once the other two are outside with her.