It's A Rental
Cast:
Wolfrun, Ookami Runtaru - age 18
Aka-Oni, Akai Onikichi - age 17
Joker, Karasawa Jou - age 24
December, 2015
Runtarou and Onikichi wait at the side of the street. It is cold enough that their breath fogs up in front of them. Both of them are dressed for it: Runtarou wearing a long leather coat with boots, mittens, a scarf and a knit cap, and Onikichi wearing a thick turtleneck sweater and a pair of earmuffs. The disparity is just one more of many contrasts: Wolfrun has been frostbitten before, while Onikichi is a large man who does not chill easily.
A black limousine with tinted window pulls up where they are standing. Before they can react properly, the door opens from within.
"Joker?" "Jou?!"
Joker beckons them into the limo, which is almost toasty inside. Like the other two, Joker is dressed in black for the occasion.
"Did I surprise you?"
"Of course you did!" Wolfrun shouts. "Jou, how the heck do you rate a limo?"
He puts a finger to his lips. "That... is a secret."
"I like it," Onikichi says. "Plenty of room to stretch my legs!"
"You do remember that this isn't a pleasure trip, right?"
"I know. We've got to pay our respects."
Runtarou nods. "The old witch deserves that much."
"To think that she would die from only a stroke." For once, Joker looks solemn. "I would have thought she had ten more years... and one grand misadventure."
Onikichi scratches his chin. "I wonder if her family will be there."
"She had a family?"
"That's what she said," Onikichi says, nodding.
"An adult daughter, son-in-law, two grandchildren," Joker says. "I managed to contact them, but I am not sure that any of them will be coming."
"That's rough," Runtarou says. "If we're the only ones to show when she's got blood relatives."
"Yeah." "Indeed."