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

[deretsune]

[ ...Oh, this kind of question again. Just staring at the floor. ]

...I would like to go home, to my circus... more than... wanting someone to love, or wanting to be something.

[calkyuulator]

A circus, how interesting. You'll have to tell me more.

...but first, would you do the trouble of bringing me a leaf from the window?

[deretsune]

Oh-- no, wait--

[ Pulls a leaf or two out of her pocket :V And handing one to her. ]

...I carry them around with me.

1/2

[calkyuulator]

Ah. Clever girl.

*And letting the leaf rest on her head, right on the slope between her eyes.* One moment, please--

[calkyuulator]

*Poof.

Now, she still has her fox ears and all nine tails quite visible, but she otherwise looks as human as any other.* Perhaps I should have matched your form in kind earlier. But it's nice to spend time in that shape now and again.

[deretsune]

[ ...oh no it's cute

wait i mean-- ]

Ah... N-no, it isn't anything, I often walk around in my other form as well...

[calkyuulator]

*Why get rid of her tails? They're fluffy, warm, and adorable. Ran never understands that part of shapeshifting.

Also, now she's taller. Which is nice; looking up was starting to hurt her neck.* Over the centuries, this body has become as natural to me as any other. It's far more convenient for my duties.

[deretsune]

...It's... very similar, for me, but I'm not that old yet...

[calkyuulator]

I'd think not. You've barely seen your second century, haven't you?

[deretsune]

...I just reached the first.

[calkyuulator]

And as such have barely seen the beginning of the second, yes. The tails betray you, I'm afraid.

[deretsune]

[ ...embarrassed... ]

...A-ah, you can see...?

[calkyuulator]

I see much that others do not. There is no shame in it.

You're a very shy young lady, aren't you?

[deretsune]

I just... thought I hid them better than that...

...Y-yes, I suppose so.

[calkyuulator]

As I said, I see much that others do not. For that matter, our shared nature is another advantage in my perception.

Is that why you hide them?

[deretsune]

...It's... mostly habit, now.

It was easier to look like a person than to have my tails showing. It made people suspicious, or outright hostile, sometimes.

[calkyuulator]

*Oh dear. Ran's motherly instincts are kicking in now.* Yes, I can understand that. Where I am now, the land of youkai is accustomed to such things... but to those humans in the outside world who have grown old with fireside tales of deceit and injury, such things would invite suspicion.

I have encountered that as well. You aren't alone, little one.

[deretsune]

It's fairly common... I guess I can understand why.

They don't know any better, that's all.

[calkyuulator]

And when it comes to some youkai, they are right to be cautious. Kitsune are seldom harmful beyond tricks and deceit; not all youkai are so benign.