Group Intro

[oi_theoi]

Who: new kids
When: Day 51, evening
Where: shrine area
What: intros

[YES THESE AGAIN! at least the monkeys are gone]

[Tsuyukusa | Kayneth | Diarmuid (AU) | Sola-Ui]

Comments

[calkyuulator]

*That smile again.* There is no need for such formality. You have not yet met she who is Yakumo-sama.

But I have no doubt you will.

[deretsune]

...I'm sorry. I don't understand.

[calkyuulator]

I speak of the one to whom I am bound. You may not understand now, but you will before long.

[deretsune]

[ Bound... glances at the treebird. ]

...Are... you an ayakashi as well, like from Tsuyukusa-san's home?

[calkyuulator]

*A shake of her head.* A shikigami. The power of the border of phantasm runs through me.

I do not believe I have met this Tsuyukusa.

[deretsune]

...Tsuyukusa-san is a very dear friend. That's him. [ motions to treebird. :U ]

U-um... if I may say this, I do believe we're two very different kinds of fox... a-as well, what should I call you? I do not want to be informal...

[calkyuulator]

Good. The bonds of friendship are things to treasure.

You are a two-tail child but tenko all the same, are you not? I do not believe our natures differ so greatly; I was a fox long before I was her shikigami.

[deretsune]

Oh, I-- I had... misunderstood, I'm very sorry. So you're... not in service to Inari, as my mother is?

...Was.

[calkyuulator]

Great Inari I have never met, nor could I ever renounce.

But my service is to another. I care not how formal or informal you address me, so long as you address her more respectfully still.

[deretsune]

Y-yes, I will make sure to-- how will I know when I meet her? ...Yakumo-san?

[calkyuulator]

*There's that foxlike grin again.* You will know Yukari-sama when you meet her. She is... unmistakable. And perhaps the most dangerous individual you will ever meet. *Still smiling.*

[deretsune]

[ ...o..h... ]

...I-I see. I'll be sure to be very careful...

[calkyuulator]

I do not mean to be alarming; she will not harm you, but that does not make her any less dangerous.

Besides, you may remind her of me.

[deretsune]

...W-we are not much alike, surely...?

[calkyuulator]

When we first met I was not much older than you.

[deretsune]

[ ...Ah. Glances away from her, a little embarrassed. ]

I-it... must have been nice, to be with someone for so long.

[calkyuulator]

*A nod.* It is. I am an extension of her essence in its whole, and her companion. It would seem that bond can transcend death itself.

Have you a companion, little one?

[deretsune]

...

No.

[calkyuulator]

*Ran just sorts of sits back on her haunches, looking up at the human-form fox with her head tilted to the side.* You want one.

[deretsune]

[ The appeal is certainly there, but-- ]

...No. Yes. I don't know. I can't, not here.

[calkyuulator]

It would strike me that here would be almost ideal. Can death break a bond forged after it has already come?

[deretsune]

...P-practically, yes, but I...

...I don't think... there's any one person who would want such a thing from me.

[calkyuulator]

Ah, the young are always hasty to make such proclamations. More of us arrive every day, after all.

Or do you assume I speak only of romantic companionship?

[deretsune]

--No! N-no, no, not at all--

[ shrieeeeeeeeeeeek THERE'S STILL A PROBLEM WITH THAT TOO ANYWAY. ]

[calkyuulator]

*She's kind of chuckling now.* I apologize if I've treaded uncomfortable ground.