[ Mabel lands on the floor with a thud, followed quickly by a fucking GUN in her hands now, just in time to see Ichiro throw himself at Miku in his hellish state. ]
No, don't!
[ is she yelling at Ichiro, or Miku? (Mandi seems fine for now.) She scrambles to crawl on her hands and feet towards the fight because she, too, is a protag and therefore has no self preservation instincts.
and yes. she is crawling with a grappling hook in one hand and a gun in the other. ]
[ Miku does bite down on the bat-- before changing course and instead biting down on Mandi's hand instead. He can feel the teeth bite straight through his hand, piercing the entire thing. And then Ichiro slams against him, and he turns his attention to him instead, lifting up a paw to rake his claws right across Ichiro's face.
But then Miku freezes and stares at Ichiro, letting out a low whining sound like he's realizing he just did something very wrong.
[Well! That sure is a bitten through hand! Goodbye tendons! Mandricardo gasps from the blast of pain, drawing back with his chest heaving. Oh, and that just happened to Ichiro!]
[This is all going great!]
[He's turning back to Hector, concerned, but still protective. If Miku whined like that, it must mean....he grits his teeth, blood dripping all over the floor.]
[ ichiro's noise is just as pained - he rears back, immediately and clatters into the ground, jostling his broken arm in the process. blood drips down his face and into his eyes and he shakes his head, the pain almost indescribable as every other injury he's gotten today gets jostled --
and that that whine. he's clutching his mic still in his good hand, breathing shallowly, but he grits his teeth and tries to talk through it, forcing open an eye to look at miku properly, and feels his heart just wrench. ]
Miku - Miku, it's - [ god he's going to black out. ichiro digs his nails into his palm where he's holding the mic and tries, his voice wavering, trying to talk over the sound of his heart pounding in his ears. ] It's - it's okay. You don't wanna hurt anyone, right? You don't... you don't want to - you're just mad. It's okay. It's okay.
[ familiar words, at least - things he's always thought. you don't want to hurt anyone. ]
[ Mabel keeps crawling forward, frantic, until she reaches Ichiro and Miku. She pockets the grappling hook for now and reaches out to Miku to touch his face like the good nightmare abomination he is. ]
M-Miku...? You don't have to be afraid, we're here and--and we still love you!!
[ Miku whines again, and nuzzles Mabel's hand. Hector twitches again, before slowly moving to a more abrupt position; she still seems fairly out of it as she bleeds from fresh injuries.
And then Tanaka speaks. ]
Put them down. It's what you do when you have dangerous animals.
[ Miku freezes, and then scratches at Mabel's arm in an effort to get distance between them. Hector flies up, extremely wobbly, before swooping at Ichinose to bite at whatever is visible. Both animals shriek in pain as Tanaka continues. ]
[He watches, in horror, as Hector moves to fly up at Ichinose. Miku goes to scratch at her owner.]
[It's wrong. It's wrong. It's wrong.]
Hasn't anyone told you to SHUT UP-!
[And he's throwing the metal bat aside (stupid move) to use both of his arms to surround Hector's neck to pull her off Ichinose in a makeshift hg, not caring if he gets hurt in the process.]
Stop hurting them! You're the one doing this! They don't want to hurt us, you monster!
[ oh fucking MOOD. ichiro shouts a -- ] No! [ and launches himself the best he can for miku, especially when he shrieks.
mandi's speech boils in his blood. the adrenaline rushing, he's able to at least keep moving even as he leaves a trail of wet blood on the floor. the put them down pounds in his head, furious, because - because he remembers when he was trapped and angry and forced into a lifestyle that he never would've chosen for himself, because he was violent and short tempered, and he broke out.
he drags his mic to his mouth and shouts upwards - it's probably ineffectual, but he doesn't care. is this rap? no, it's pretty much just yelling but whatever. ]
This is your fault! You think you can just manipulate us into hurting each other -- ?! They're gonna break out of it!
[ love is so much stronger than hate. it's so much stronger. he learned that lesson, and he won't give up on it now, as he reaches for miku and basically drapes on her the best he can, wincing in agonizing pain at his arm. ] You're - you're fine, Miku, we love you, you're fine --- it's okay!
[What's visible in this case just so happens to be her neck, so! There sure is now a very distressed monster bat biting down on her neck, because you are all terrible enablers. I unfortunately rolled a 17, so Hector misses anything vital. :/
But Mandricardo will want to be careful about what he's doing, lest he rips out her throat.
Ichinose screams, pale and wide-eyed. The pain is enough to snap her out of her initial shock, but... Is that truly better? Pained, gasping for breath, and so very quietly, she chokes out—]
I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. I...
[She is having a moment. Good luck, protagonists.]
[ Mabel shouts as Miku claws deep all the way down her forearm, shredding her sweater sleeve to bits. She is starting to cry now, not so much from the pain as the sight of Miku withdrawing and in pain, at hearing the demands that she put him down. ]
N-no!! They didn't do anything wrong! I can't--you can't--they don't deserve this!! Just leave us alone!
[ At once, all four of them will feel an odd sensation on their backs, like something is breathing on their necks. And then what could be a hand on their shoulders, squeezing in a reassuring manner.
Is it reassuring? ]
I'll do it for you then. We shouldn't let the owner do the icky job, right?
[ There's the sound of a snap, and then the static is back.
And then, all at once, Miku and Hector's bodies start to tremble. Miku tries to bite Ichiro and Mabel, but there's no real aggression to it-- it's more similar to when your pet tries to gently nibble on you in an act of play. Hector lets out a soft noise, so quiet but audible to Mandricardo and Ichinose.
The static stops abruptly, and blood starts leaking from all of their orifices-- the four of them, and their two pets. Hector and Miku let out another sound before the both fall limp to the floor.
And Tanaka speaks, chipperly. ]
We at the pet shop hope you enjoyed your purchase!
[And there's just. The strange sensation of something wet coming down his cheeks. How odd. He's not crying. Nobody's dropped any kind of liquid on him.]
[Hector has collapsed. Mandricardo feels like he's thinking through a haze. His armor and shirt is getting soaked. He reaches for Hector, petting her on the head gently.]
Hey, girl...
[He's blinking, and his vision is filling with red.]
[There's so much blood, huh...? Where did that blood come from...?]
blood. ichiro's been injured many, many times before, but this is so much worse. the struggle snapped his makeshift sling - his broken, mangled right arm feels like agony every time something touches it. the adrenaline has kept him going up to this point, where he's slumped up against miku's back, trying to keep her calm, trying to keep mabel calm, trying to stop tanaka from whatever the fuck this is and then
... and then he feels it happen. he feels miku go limp, and suddenly, the whole world is red.
it might be from blood. it might be from anger. he opens his mouth and just screams, the noise feral and angry and furious, from the pain but more so from the injustice of it all, from this fucking chipper voice and how much this fucking monster reminds him of chuuoku. how it's just out of his hands, again.
he brings his mic to his mouth - everything tastes like iron, and he thinks he's going to die? and when he shouts again, it's everything he has into it in that snarling, feral, desperately angry scream - ]
Fuck you! [ and that's it. that is all he has in him, as every injury he has reopens and the bloodloss finally gets to him. it's all he can do to keep his good hand on miku's body, clutching tight, but he wavers and drops, hitting the ground next to her from where he was at least crouching as his legs give out. ]
Ichonose falls to her knees, one hand over the bite on her neck while her vision steadily fills with red. Blood drips from her eyes, nose, ears and mouth — every single orifice in her body. What doesn't fall on the ground drips onto her shirt, ruining it. But she's too stunned to worry about laundry right now. As if in a daze, she reaches for Hector as well, gently laying one hand on her back.
[ This--this is awful. Mabel's tears turn red and she can do nothing but watch through blood-blurred eyes as Miku and Hector convulse in pain, writhing in their own growing pools of blood.
She's sobbing and retching up blood, voice catching and hitching like she can hardly breathe between the horror and the blood she's choking up. She presses her hands to her face, only drenching them in red, and keens from the pain suddenly intensifying from her other wounds as they begin to pump blood too.
Despite how she's falling apart, she keeps crawling, closer and closer to Miku, and pressing a hand against his head. ]
M-Miku? Are you...Miku? Miku, please!!
[ she already knows Miku is dead, technically. But touching the utterly still body only solidifies it for her and makes it true in her heart. She collapses on top of Miku and continues her heaving sobs, choking up to the ceiling: ]
Just trying to be employee of the month! Remember to check out our next pet adoption day.
[ A few things happen at the same time.
From the hallway outside of the apartment, they can hear noise. It sounds like a large crowd of people are stomping up the stairs, all making as much noise as possible. It shouldn't be hard to figure out where they're headed.
And then, on the other side of the room, a door appears. It definitely wasn't there before, but they will all get the sense that it's there for them.
Tanaka doesn't speak again, and Miku and Hector do not move. ]
[Sounds....sounds.....there's sounds. People are coming. Mandricardo raises his head, raising a hand to wipe away his eyes, blearily staring at the exit to the apartment. And then...that door.]
[No. No, they can't die here, can they? He can barely think, looking over the rest, bloody as bloody can be.]
Um.
[He coughs, weakly, spitting out more blood, before shakily trying to straighten himself. His legs feel like jelly.]
[I can't die here.]
We...have to go. We have to go.
[His hand is absolutely useless, here but he'll offer his arm, at least to Ichinose who is nearby. And....Hector.]
[Is she....really just going to be left here?]
[He shakes his head, softly. This terrible, terrible so-called field trip. If he could burn a pet store down, he could.]
Come on, girl.
[And he's scooping her up with his other hand, before turning to the other two.]
You can...lean on me...i-if you want...but we have to go. They're coming.
[He'll wait for them to move, but he'll help Ichinose to walk over to the door if she takes his arm.]
[ it's the sound that rouses ichiro from near unconsciousness. he thinks, for a long moment, laying there, that he's going to die here. in his last couple moments, he thinks first of wiwaldi, of winter dorm, and then... of jiro and saburo. he thinks of them alone. terrified. he remembers the agony of being unable to move when samatoki went to ruin his life. get up. he'd said. get up.
his eyes snap open like the fucking terminator, and he forces himself to take a breath. it's heaving, and rattling, and terrible, and he uses his grip on the floor to push himself up to a standing position. every single motion hurts - everything tugs a new injury, sends fresh blood down his back, through the bandages now ripped on his arm, the tourniquet loose. he's a fucking mess.
he cannot die here.
ichiro pushes himself to one knee, and then the other, and rises. on trembling legs, he pushes himself up, and looks back at the others - at miku, at mabel. ]
... Come on. [ he says. it's barely audible over the noise, but he offers mabel his free hand to help her up. ]
This is how we got back.. the first time. Come on. Bring... you can bring him too.
[ but with that, he's gotta get moving, bleeding pretty much everywhere. he wipes his mouth, spits blood on the floor, and with a final heave, starts moving towards the doorway, too. ]
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[For a moment, all Ichinose does is stare at the puddle of blood rapidly forming around them. There is no reaction from her part to the commotion of the crowd making its way to their apartment.
But—
The moment passes, and she closes her eyes.]
... Alright.
[Her voice is scratchy. Slightly gurgling from the blood forcing its way up her throat. She wipes the blood away from her eyes, smearing it all over her face. And while it does not stop more blood from replacing it within seconds, it does clear her vision a little. Accepting Mandricardo's hand, she pushes herself up to her feet — and glances back at Mabel, her expression now placid.]
Mabel-chan, let's get back before everyone else worries themselves sick over you.
[The littlelest fall dormie...
Blood dripping on the floor, she makes sure Mabel is ready to go before she starts making her way to the doorway. Let's go, y'all.]
She'll use Ichinose as a balancing stand while she forces herself back up on her one good leg, bringing Miku up with her. She gives Miku one last snuggle, even through the bleeding, and then just. starts hobbling along with the others.
what else is there to say, now? What else is there to do? Mabel doesn't even care that much if the people on the other end of the door catch her or not--but if everyone else is going to go through that door, then she will too, she supposes. ]
[ The crowd gets louder, and louder, and bursts through the doors right as they open it to step through. A paper that seemed to have been jammed in it starts to flutter to the ground, so someone should probably grab that.
When they're all on the other side, they'll find themselves back in the woods on campus that's close to the dorms. In their hands are the bodies of Hector and Miku. They're free to do what they want with them, and they can also keep their collar and leashes if they want to. Any other pet supplies they might have still had on them are also still with them, and Ichiro's mic is back to just being a mic. Any weapon that they picked up on the trip will also still be them, but they'll all be rendered completely useless; they're basically just props now, and easily breakable if they're not careful.
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No, don't!
[ is she yelling at Ichiro, or Miku? (Mandi seems fine for now.) She scrambles to crawl on her hands and feet towards the fight because she, too, is a protag and therefore has no self preservation instincts.
and yes. she is crawling with a grappling hook in one hand and a gun in the other. ]
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But then Miku freezes and stares at Ichiro, letting out a low whining sound like he's realizing he just did something very wrong.
Hector twitches on the ground. ]
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[Well! That sure is a bitten through hand! Goodbye tendons! Mandricardo gasps from the blast of pain, drawing back with his chest heaving. Oh, and that just happened to Ichiro!]
[This is all going great!]
[He's turning back to Hector, concerned, but still protective. If Miku whined like that, it must mean....he grits his teeth, blood dripping all over the floor.]
Hector...Hector, it's...me? Mandricardo...?
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[ ichiro's noise is just as pained - he rears back, immediately and clatters into the ground, jostling his broken arm in the process. blood drips down his face and into his eyes and he shakes his head, the pain almost indescribable as every other injury he's gotten today gets jostled --
and that that whine. he's clutching his mic still in his good hand, breathing shallowly, but he grits his teeth and tries to talk through it, forcing open an eye to look at miku properly, and feels his heart just wrench. ]
Miku - Miku, it's - [ god he's going to black out. ichiro digs his nails into his palm where he's holding the mic and tries, his voice wavering, trying to talk over the sound of his heart pounding in his ears. ] It's - it's okay. You don't wanna hurt anyone, right? You don't... you don't want to - you're just mad. It's okay. It's okay.
[ familiar words, at least - things he's always thought. you don't want to hurt anyone. ]
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[Ichinose is still BSODing. Carry on.]
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M-Miku...? You don't have to be afraid, we're here and--and we still love you!!
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And then Tanaka speaks. ]
Put them down. It's what you do when you have dangerous animals.
[ Miku freezes, and then scratches at Mabel's arm in an effort to get distance between them. Hector flies up, extremely wobbly, before swooping at Ichinose to bite at whatever is visible. Both animals shriek in pain as Tanaka continues. ]
Put them down put them down put them down.
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[He watches, in horror, as Hector moves to fly up at Ichinose. Miku goes to scratch at her owner.]
[It's wrong. It's wrong. It's wrong.]
Hasn't anyone told you to SHUT UP-!
[And he's throwing the metal bat aside (stupid move) to use both of his arms to surround Hector's neck to pull her off Ichinose in a makeshift hg, not caring if he gets hurt in the process.]
Stop hurting them! You're the one doing this! They don't want to hurt us, you monster!
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mandi's speech boils in his blood. the adrenaline rushing, he's able to at least keep moving even as he leaves a trail of wet blood on the floor. the put them down pounds in his head, furious, because - because he remembers when he was trapped and angry and forced into a lifestyle that he never would've chosen for himself, because he was violent and short tempered, and he broke out.
he drags his mic to his mouth and shouts upwards - it's probably ineffectual, but he doesn't care. is this rap? no, it's pretty much just yelling but whatever. ]
This is your fault! You think you can just manipulate us into hurting each other -- ?! They're gonna break out of it!
[ love is so much stronger than hate. it's so much stronger. he learned that lesson, and he won't give up on it now, as he reaches for miku and basically drapes on her the best he can, wincing in agonizing pain at his arm. ] You're - you're fine, Miku, we love you, you're fine --- it's okay!
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But Mandricardo will want to be careful about what he's doing, lest he rips out her throat.
Ichinose screams, pale and wide-eyed. The pain is enough to snap her out of her initial shock, but... Is that truly better? Pained, gasping for breath, and so very quietly, she chokes out—]
I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. I...
[She is having a moment. Good luck, protagonists.]
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N-no!! They didn't do anything wrong! I can't--you can't--they don't deserve this!! Just leave us alone!
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[ At once, all four of them will feel an odd sensation on their backs, like something is breathing on their necks. And then what could be a hand on their shoulders, squeezing in a reassuring manner.
Is it reassuring? ]
I'll do it for you then. We shouldn't let the owner do the icky job, right?
[ There's the sound of a snap, and then the static is back.
And then, all at once, Miku and Hector's bodies start to tremble. Miku tries to bite Ichiro and Mabel, but there's no real aggression to it-- it's more similar to when your pet tries to gently nibble on you in an act of play. Hector lets out a soft noise, so quiet but audible to Mandricardo and Ichinose.
The static stops abruptly, and blood starts leaking from all of their orifices-- the four of them, and their two pets. Hector and Miku let out another sound before the both fall limp to the floor.
And Tanaka speaks, chipperly. ]
We at the pet shop hope you enjoyed your purchase!
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[And then the reassuring hand.]
[The sound of static.]
[And there's just. The strange sensation of something wet coming down his cheeks. How odd. He's not crying. Nobody's dropped any kind of liquid on him.]
[Hector has collapsed. Mandricardo feels like he's thinking through a haze. His armor and shirt is getting soaked. He reaches for Hector, petting her on the head gently.]
Hey, girl...
[He's blinking, and his vision is filling with red.]
[There's so much blood, huh...? Where did that blood come from...?]
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blood. ichiro's been injured many, many times before, but this is so much worse. the struggle snapped his makeshift sling - his broken, mangled right arm feels like agony every time something touches it. the adrenaline has kept him going up to this point, where he's slumped up against miku's back, trying to keep her calm, trying to keep mabel calm, trying to stop tanaka from whatever the fuck this is and then
... and then he feels it happen. he feels miku go limp, and suddenly, the whole world is red.
it might be from blood. it might be from anger. he opens his mouth and just screams, the noise feral and angry and furious, from the pain but more so from the injustice of it all, from this fucking chipper voice and how much this fucking monster reminds him of chuuoku. how it's just out of his hands, again.
he brings his mic to his mouth - everything tastes like iron, and he thinks he's going to die? and when he shouts again, it's everything he has into it in that snarling, feral, desperately angry scream - ]
Fuck you! [ and that's it. that is all he has in him, as every injury he has reopens and the bloodloss finally gets to him. it's all he can do to keep his good hand on miku's body, clutching tight, but he wavers and drops, hitting the ground next to her from where he was at least crouching as his legs give out. ]
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Ichonose falls to her knees, one hand over the bite on her neck while her vision steadily fills with red. Blood drips from her eyes, nose, ears and mouth — every single orifice in her body. What doesn't fall on the ground drips onto her shirt, ruining it. But she's too stunned to worry about laundry right now. As if in a daze, she reaches for Hector as well, gently laying one hand on her back.
Everything tastes like iron.
She stays silent.]
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She's sobbing and retching up blood, voice catching and hitching like she can hardly breathe between the horror and the blood she's choking up. She presses her hands to her face, only drenching them in red, and keens from the pain suddenly intensifying from her other wounds as they begin to pump blood too.
Despite how she's falling apart, she keeps crawling, closer and closer to Miku, and pressing a hand against his head. ]
M-Miku? Are you...Miku? Miku, please!!
[ she already knows Miku is dead, technically. But touching the utterly still body only solidifies it for her and makes it true in her heart. She collapses on top of Miku and continues her heaving sobs, choking up to the ceiling: ]
W-why?! Why did you do this?!
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[ A few things happen at the same time.
From the hallway outside of the apartment, they can hear noise. It sounds like a large crowd of people are stomping up the stairs, all making as much noise as possible. It shouldn't be hard to figure out where they're headed.
And then, on the other side of the room, a door appears. It definitely wasn't there before, but they will all get the sense that it's there for them.
Tanaka doesn't speak again, and Miku and Hector do not move. ]
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[No. No, they can't die here, can they? He can barely think, looking over the rest, bloody as bloody can be.]
Um.
[He coughs, weakly, spitting out more blood, before shakily trying to straighten himself. His legs feel like jelly.]
[I can't die here.]
We...have to go. We have to go.
[His hand is absolutely useless, here but he'll offer his arm, at least to Ichinose who is nearby. And....Hector.]
[Is she....really just going to be left here?]
[He shakes his head, softly. This terrible, terrible so-called field trip. If he could burn a pet store down, he could.]
Come on, girl.
[And he's scooping her up with his other hand, before turning to the other two.]
You can...lean on me...i-if you want...but we have to go. They're coming.
[He'll wait for them to move, but he'll help Ichinose to walk over to the door if she takes his arm.]
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his eyes snap open like the fucking terminator, and he forces himself to take a breath. it's heaving, and rattling, and terrible, and he uses his grip on the floor to push himself up to a standing position. every single motion hurts - everything tugs a new injury, sends fresh blood down his back, through the bandages now ripped on his arm, the tourniquet loose. he's a fucking mess.
he cannot die here.
ichiro pushes himself to one knee, and then the other, and rises. on trembling legs, he pushes himself up, and looks back at the others - at miku, at mabel. ]
... Come on. [ he says. it's barely audible over the noise, but he offers mabel his free hand to help her up. ]
This is how we got back.. the first time. Come on. Bring... you can bring him too.
[ but with that, he's gotta get moving, bleeding pretty much everywhere. he wipes his mouth, spits blood on the floor, and with a final heave, starts moving towards the doorway, too. ]
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But—
The moment passes, and she closes her eyes.]
... Alright.
[Her voice is scratchy. Slightly gurgling from the blood forcing its way up her throat. She wipes the blood away from her eyes, smearing it all over her face. And while it does not stop more blood from replacing it within seconds, it does clear her vision a little. Accepting Mandricardo's hand, she pushes herself up to her feet — and glances back at Mabel, her expression now placid.]
Mabel-chan, let's get back before everyone else worries themselves sick over you.
[The littlelest fall dormie...
Blood dripping on the floor, she makes sure Mabel is ready to go before she starts making her way to the doorway. Let's go, y'all.]
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Ok--Okay.
[ The words spill out of her mouth like the blood that is also literally spilling out of her mouth.
She'll use Ichinose as a balancing stand while she forces herself back up on her one good leg, bringing Miku up with her. She gives Miku one last snuggle, even through the bleeding, and then just. starts hobbling along with the others.
what else is there to say, now? What else is there to do? Mabel doesn't even care that much if the people on the other end of the door catch her or not--but if everyone else is going to go through that door, then she will too, she supposes. ]
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When they're all on the other side, they'll find themselves back in the woods on campus that's close to the dorms. In their hands are the bodies of Hector and Miku. They're free to do what they want with them, and they can also keep their collar and leashes if they want to. Any other pet supplies they might have still had on them are also still with them, and Ichiro's mic is back to just being a mic. Any weapon that they picked up on the trip will also still be them, but they'll all be rendered completely useless; they're basically just props now, and easily breakable if they're not careful.
Well. Fuck you, Tanaka. ]