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wizardmanor2024-04-05 02:42 am
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Floor 1, Room 5
SHINJIRO
[ There are only a small handful of people Tatara hasn't met yet. It's no wonder that one of the last on his list is one who's been assigned to the East, huh?
That kind of works out for him, though. Because he has a liiittle favor to ask...
Anyway, here comes an enthusiastic knock on the door! Open up, mysterious stranger! ]
That kind of works out for him, though. Because he has a liiittle favor to ask...
Anyway, here comes an enthusiastic knock on the door! Open up, mysterious stranger! ]
[ Really, talking to this one is probably something he's been putting off for a while. The short guy's words echo in his ear now and then, about their similar circumstances, but he hasn't quite found it in himself to talk about it yet...especially after the blood-drinking debacle. He's still thinking, in-between frustrated magic lessons and burying himself in the kitchen.
Today, he's roughly mid-nap after a session of sugar-testing and ingredient prepping, so Shinjiro's a bit less than pleased at the knock on his door. When it opens, it's to a grumpy-looking teenager with fairly ruffled hair, brows furrowed in displeasure-
At least until he sees who's there. Then it fades somewhat, awkward shifting on his feet, displeasure swapping to confusion. ]
It's you, huh. What d'ya want?
Today, he's roughly mid-nap after a session of sugar-testing and ingredient prepping, so Shinjiro's a bit less than pleased at the knock on his door. When it opens, it's to a grumpy-looking teenager with fairly ruffled hair, brows furrowed in displeasure-
At least until he sees who's there. Then it fades somewhat, awkward shifting on his feet, displeasure swapping to confusion. ]
It's you, huh. What d'ya want?
[ Oops! Tatara totally glosses over the awkward shifting and confusion to take in the grump and ruffled hair. He was definitely interrupting something. A nap, he hopes.
It is him! He smiles. ]
Sorry! Did I wake you?
[ A rhetorical question! He breezes past it: ]
I'm just here to chat and say hi. [ He lifts up a small plate. There are cookies on them, freshly baked. ] Can I come in?
It is him! He smiles. ]
Sorry! Did I wake you?
[ A rhetorical question! He breezes past it: ]
I'm just here to chat and say hi. [ He lifts up a small plate. There are cookies on them, freshly baked. ] Can I come in?
[ escort quests usually aren't his thing, at least from this angle, but a task is a task. khun's got a cloak on for this mission in the thick of the woods, hair pulled up into a high ponytail. he looks relatively at ease, even if there's a sigh in his voice at the temperament of their nobles. ]
With the way they're behaving, it's like we're the wild beasts here.
With the way they're behaving, it's like we're the wild beasts here.
[ Really, they're not his thing, either. But it's a job, and it's a good opportunity to stretch his muscles. While not the same as shadows, magical beasts sound...roughly the same?
Pretty uncharacteristic for a wizard to have an axe slung over his shoulders, but he doesn't seem bothered. Just like he seems unbothered by the unpleasant glances in their direction. ]
Not my problem what they wanna think. [ A shrug. ] Sooner we finish, sooner they can go stare at somethin' else.
Pretty uncharacteristic for a wizard to have an axe slung over his shoulders, but he doesn't seem bothered. Just like he seems unbothered by the unpleasant glances in their direction. ]
Not my problem what they wanna think. [ A shrug. ] Sooner we finish, sooner they can go stare at somethin' else.
[ It was indeed a nap, thank you very much!!
Whatever tired he may have had clinging to him slowly evaporates into the bewildered stare both the answer and the plate get, regarding them with something akin to suspicion before his gaze flickers back up to Tatara. ]
...You came here just to chat?
[ Does he look like a 'chatting' kind of guy? He's also not easily bought with food, compared to some, either. He's guessing there's some motive here, and he can only really think of one thing regarding it. ]
If this is about the fiasco a while ago, I don't need thanks or anything like that. You'd be better off giving these to someone else.
[ ...Still. Despite not really wanting to, on the off chance that isn't it, he does shift out of the doorway a bit. Just in case. ]
...I can humor you for a second. That's it, though.
Whatever tired he may have had clinging to him slowly evaporates into the bewildered stare both the answer and the plate get, regarding them with something akin to suspicion before his gaze flickers back up to Tatara. ]
...You came here just to chat?
[ Does he look like a 'chatting' kind of guy? He's also not easily bought with food, compared to some, either. He's guessing there's some motive here, and he can only really think of one thing regarding it. ]
If this is about the fiasco a while ago, I don't need thanks or anything like that. You'd be better off giving these to someone else.
[ ...Still. Despite not really wanting to, on the off chance that isn't it, he does shift out of the doorway a bit. Just in case. ]
...I can humor you for a second. That's it, though.
Edited 2024-04-26 10:21 (UTC)
It's not like I'm from here. [ Sure, he's...technically Eastern, but not THIS Eastern. ] All these are just a bunch'a strangers, so why's it my business what they wanna think about me?
[ Let them gossip all they want, in his opinion. Maybe if it's get dangerous, but so far, this isn't enough to warrant anything but a shrug off. ]
Maybe I'll listen to them when they can get through here without relying on us to do it for them.
[ Let them gossip all they want, in his opinion. Maybe if it's get dangerous, but so far, this isn't enough to warrant anything but a shrug off. ]
Maybe I'll listen to them when they can get through here without relying on us to do it for them.
[ Tatara's smile widens, and he chuckles softly. No wonder he hasn't seen this guy yet, if that's his general attitude. Not that he minds, of course. It's just the way he is. ]
Yup! Just to chat, not about the vampire stuff either.
[ He doesn't need thanks, so he won't get any!!!!
Anyway, Shinjiro gives an inch, and Tatara will take a mile. When Shinjiro moves out of the way, Tatara strides forward to weasel his way into his room. He will make himself comfortable and he will overstay his welcome. ]
I guess we should start with your name first, huh? What should I call you?
Yup! Just to chat, not about the vampire stuff either.
[ He doesn't need thanks, so he won't get any!!!!
Anyway, Shinjiro gives an inch, and Tatara will take a mile. When Shinjiro moves out of the way, Tatara strides forward to weasel his way into his room. He will make himself comfortable and he will overstay his welcome. ]
I guess we should start with your name first, huh? What should I call you?
[ He's fine with whatever, so he's simply lingering behind Khun a step, eyes darting here and there amidst the whispers behind them. ]
You could say that. [ He shifts his grip. He certainly carries the thing with a specific kind of ease. ] I wanna get back into the swing of things before I get too rusty. 'S been a while.
[ Well, a few weeks, but. Still. ]
You could say that. [ He shifts his grip. He certainly carries the thing with a specific kind of ease. ] I wanna get back into the swing of things before I get too rusty. 'S been a while.
[ Well, a few weeks, but. Still. ]
[ ...Pretty unbothered for a guy who just about bled out a while ago. Must be nice to be that carefree.
Still, he's not expecting the guy to just stride right in casually without a care in the world, making himself pretty damn comfortable. Part of him is already regretting it, but with a sigh, he closes the door behind them. The deed is done, so he'll keep his word. At least his room is pretty tidy, in it's shades of soft and dark greys and browns, although the bedding is notably rumpled.
He takes the chair from his desk, rather than the small loveseat, opting to sit in it backwards. Teenage things... ]
Aragaki. [ Bluntly. ] Aragaki Shinjiro.
[ 'Nice to meet you' is unspoken, but he does give a little acknowledging nod. ]
Still, he's not expecting the guy to just stride right in casually without a care in the world, making himself pretty damn comfortable. Part of him is already regretting it, but with a sigh, he closes the door behind them. The deed is done, so he'll keep his word. At least his room is pretty tidy, in it's shades of soft and dark greys and browns, although the bedding is notably rumpled.
He takes the chair from his desk, rather than the small loveseat, opting to sit in it backwards. Teenage things... ]
Aragaki. [ Bluntly. ] Aragaki Shinjiro.
[ 'Nice to meet you' is unspoken, but he does give a little acknowledging nod. ]
[ Ahh, he sees the rumpled bedding and realizes he did wake him. Oops, that's the second nap he's interrupted now... Weird. Why has this happened twice, and why can't everyone else take naps when he's taking naps?
Tatara sits in the loveseat, placing the plate of cookies beside him. And as he settles into his spot, he takes a cookie for himself (the rest are for Shinjiro, prommy). ]
Aragaki-kun. [ Hee. He smiles, head tilting as he does. ] It's nice to finally put a name to the face. You settling in okay?
[ Just getting the standard small talk out of the way. ]
Tatara sits in the loveseat, placing the plate of cookies beside him. And as he settles into his spot, he takes a cookie for himself (the rest are for Shinjiro, prommy). ]
Aragaki-kun. [ Hee. He smiles, head tilting as he does. ] It's nice to finally put a name to the face. You settling in okay?
[ Just getting the standard small talk out of the way. ]
Sounds like famous last words.
[ Because if what he's heard about this damn forest is anything to go by, they likely won't have peace for very long. Even now, it feels weirdly still, and it's...unnerving. His grip tightens on the axe in reflex. ]
But got it. That suits me just fine.
[ His gaze flickers to their entourage, before he tugs his beanie down further over his face. ]
Sooner we get through here, sooner we don't gotta listen to any nagging, so let's pick up the pace.
[ Because if what he's heard about this damn forest is anything to go by, they likely won't have peace for very long. Even now, it feels weirdly still, and it's...unnerving. His grip tightens on the axe in reflex. ]
But got it. That suits me just fine.
[ His gaze flickers to their entourage, before he tugs his beanie down further over his face. ]
Sooner we get through here, sooner we don't gotta listen to any nagging, so let's pick up the pace.
[ Maybe you should take naps at standard nap times, Tatara...
Shinjiro sure does quirk a brow at the stolen cookie, but he isn't gonna kick a fuss up about it; not worth it, and it's not like his sweet tooth is particularly big, anyway.
There's an affirming grunt, even if the 'kun' feels pretty weird. Sounds like the sort of thing he's hear out of Ikutsuki... ]
'S fine. [ Loose definition of 'fine'. ] As much as everyone else wakin' up in the plot of some kind of kid's novel.
[ It's still jarring to wake up(at all) and see a very not-Japan outside the window. ]
Shinjiro sure does quirk a brow at the stolen cookie, but he isn't gonna kick a fuss up about it; not worth it, and it's not like his sweet tooth is particularly big, anyway.
There's an affirming grunt, even if the 'kun' feels pretty weird. Sounds like the sort of thing he's hear out of Ikutsuki... ]
'S fine. [ Loose definition of 'fine'. ] As much as everyone else wakin' up in the plot of some kind of kid's novel.
[ It's still jarring to wake up
Sure. [ he'll keep up with whatever pace Shinji sets easy enough, conjuring a small blue orb of light so they can see where they're going. He keeps it dim so their eyes don't adjust to the dark too much, as that's one way to fall headlong into an ambush.
and as they venture deeper into the forest, there is a rustling that doesn't quite sound like your usual critters scurrying about. that sure is a pack of wolves running... past them? this bodes well. ]
and as they venture deeper into the forest, there is a rustling that doesn't quite sound like your usual critters scurrying about. that sure is a pack of wolves running... past them? this bodes well. ]
[ He chuckles quietly. ]
It is kind of weird to believe at first, huh? All the magic and spirits and everything...
[ He remembers that very first day, how bewildering all of it was to him. How weird and fantastical and dream-like it all was. He would have easily believed that this was the afterlife if the man that had picked him up from the elevator had been red.
But no. He was blue. ]
You kind of get used to it after a few months, though. Makes home feel like a distant dream.
[ He laughs when he realizes what he says, though. ]
That's probably not the first thing you want to hear from me, is it?
It is kind of weird to believe at first, huh? All the magic and spirits and everything...
[ He remembers that very first day, how bewildering all of it was to him. How weird and fantastical and dream-like it all was. He would have easily believed that this was the afterlife if the man that had picked him up from the elevator had been red.
But no. He was blue. ]
You kind of get used to it after a few months, though. Makes home feel like a distant dream.
[ He laughs when he realizes what he says, though. ]
That's probably not the first thing you want to hear from me, is it?
[ Shinji's stride tends to be long, but at the moment, it lags, if only because their entourage doesn't seem like a particularly fast bunch no matter how quickly they seem to wish they were going. While he doesn't give a verbal thanks for the light, Khun will get an appreciative nod of approval.
Perhaps it was wishful thinking, with how decent their entry went. The rustling has his grip tightening, but all his muscles tense at the wolves darting past, barely paying them a lick of mind. ]
Well, shit. [ His eyes are trained on the direction they came from, and the intense feeling of foreboding that comes with it. ] Not eager to see the bastard that's got them running for the hills...
[ But judging by the heavy thump of something getting closer, they aren't getting much of a choice. ]
Perhaps it was wishful thinking, with how decent their entry went. The rustling has his grip tightening, but all his muscles tense at the wolves darting past, barely paying them a lick of mind. ]
Well, shit. [ His eyes are trained on the direction they came from, and the intense feeling of foreboding that comes with it. ] Not eager to see the bastard that's got them running for the hills...
[ But judging by the heavy thump of something getting closer, they aren't getting much of a choice. ]
With any luck it'll be something with parts worth scavenging. [ unperturbed as usual, there's suddenly a rather plain looking knife in his hand. the biggest change is the look in his eyes, bright and focused.
i have no idea what kind of magical beasts are in mahouyaku so feel free to roulette here! ]
i have no idea what kind of magical beasts are in mahouyaku so feel free to roulette here! ]
Weird's puttin' it lightly.
[ Shinjiro's not sure what he'd describe it as; sure, it's pretty fantastical, but he's never been the dreamy-eyed sort....not since he was a kid, at least. And after everything that had lead up to it, opening his eyes at the ding of the elevator had been more disorienting, nauseating than anything.
It's still strange, even now. Waking up in a bed and staring at an unfamiliar ceiling, hearing the bustle that isn't Akihiko knocking at his door, Koromaru barking for a walk, or Yuki stalking up behind him in that quiet way to ask for another cooking lesson. Feeling something under his skin that isn't the thrashing and steady thrum of Castor, but something else entirely. Existing. ]
...So you've been here a while, huh.
[ A certain guy's words flash through his head again, and there's a pause at Tatara's laugh. For someone in a similar situation, he's pretty damn carefree. Shinjiro's lips purse. ]
You're takin' this pretty well, all this shit considered.
[ Shinjiro's not sure what he'd describe it as; sure, it's pretty fantastical, but he's never been the dreamy-eyed sort....not since he was a kid, at least. And after everything that had lead up to it, opening his eyes at the ding of the elevator had been more disorienting, nauseating than anything.
It's still strange, even now. Waking up in a bed and staring at an unfamiliar ceiling, hearing the bustle that isn't Akihiko knocking at his door, Koromaru barking for a walk, or Yuki stalking up behind him in that quiet way to ask for another cooking lesson. Feeling something under his skin that isn't the thrashing and steady thrum of Castor, but something else entirely. Existing. ]
...So you've been here a while, huh.
[ A certain guy's words flash through his head again, and there's a pause at Tatara's laugh. For someone in a similar situation, he's pretty damn carefree. Shinjiro's lips purse. ]
You're takin' this pretty well, all this shit considered.
Tch. Pass.
[ If the abrupt knife and glint in the other's eyes is a bit unnerving, Shinjiro isn't gonna say it. After all, the guy hauling around the axe can't really say much.
There's the sound and tremor of something big, branches crunching and leaves shaking. Their followers are already scattering far behind them, panic and fear evident in their mad scramble to get out of the potential line of fire, and for good reason-
Shadows are ugly, but this thing might be just as ugly, if not uglier. The face that appears through the trees is like a lion, were it not for the wings on it's back and whipping wave of it's spiked tail behind it. It looks...about as happy to see them as they are to see it. Which is to say, not at all. ]
...You gotta be kiddin' me.
[ Which is about all he has to say on the matter, because here it comes- ]
[ If the abrupt knife and glint in the other's eyes is a bit unnerving, Shinjiro isn't gonna say it. After all, the guy hauling around the axe can't really say much.
There's the sound and tremor of something big, branches crunching and leaves shaking. Their followers are already scattering far behind them, panic and fear evident in their mad scramble to get out of the potential line of fire, and for good reason-
Shadows are ugly, but this thing might be just as ugly, if not uglier. The face that appears through the trees is like a lion, were it not for the wings on it's back and whipping wave of it's spiked tail behind it. It looks...about as happy to see them as they are to see it. Which is to say, not at all. ]
...You gotta be kiddin' me.
[ Which is about all he has to say on the matter, because here it comes- ]
[ Tatara chuckles, because he agrees. He just didn't finish school, so he doesn't really have a word that can better describe the situation besides weird.
He nods, though. At this point, maybe a little over a month. Weird how quickly time flies. He wonders if he'll be running into what would have been his birthday soon. ]
I've had time to adjust, that's all. [ He leans back in his seat and gestures vaguely. ] It wasn't easy at first. Every night, I'd go to sleep thinking that this dream would end for real, and that would be it for me...
[ When he smiles again, it's with soft sympathy. ]
I've heard we're the same.
He nods, though. At this point, maybe a little over a month. Weird how quickly time flies. He wonders if he'll be running into what would have been his birthday soon. ]
I've had time to adjust, that's all. [ He leans back in his seat and gestures vaguely. ] It wasn't easy at first. Every night, I'd go to sleep thinking that this dream would end for real, and that would be it for me...
[ When he smiles again, it's with soft sympathy. ]
I've heard we're the same.
Looks like I was right. More for me then~. [ the bestiary khun is used regularly produces things like manticores, so khun actually feels right at home. ]
Since there's only two of us...I'll take it from behind and you get the front. [ khun sounds right at home too, throwing out an aguero with ease. shinji will notice he's fainting glowing blue, and feel more invigorated, both offensive and defensively. and with that, khun darts off to the side through the foliage, a streak of blue. ]
Since there's only two of us...I'll take it from behind and you get the front. [ khun sounds right at home too, throwing out an aguero with ease. shinji will notice he's fainting glowing blue, and feel more invigorated, both offensive and defensively. and with that, khun darts off to the side through the foliage, a streak of blue. ]
[ The affirmation just makes the gears of his head roll faster, the laughter going unnoticed. There's a lot of wires crossing here, and he's never been particularly good with untangling them; there's just too much going on that it just makes his head hurt trying to think about it.
Shinjiro's still listening, despite sinking deeper in his thoughts, whatever vestiges of sleep may have been clinging to him evaporating fast with the narrowing of his eyes. Especially when Tatara keeps going, and there's an viscerally uncomfortable realization of just how similar they are.
Then the smile comes, and the words after make him pause. His fingers grip the chair instinctively, a raw silence following before he finally speaks. ]
...That bastard, he doesn't know how to mind his own business...
[ This was something he was hoping to deal with on his own terms, but of course the shortstack had ratted him out. Really, he should have expected it.
But it's already out. He's already here. And his door is already closed, locking them of from the outside. ]
...Yeah. [ There's a cautious weariness to Shinjiro's voice now, that probably doesn't suit a boy not even out of highschool. ] So that guy was tellin' the truth, huh.
Shinjiro's still listening, despite sinking deeper in his thoughts, whatever vestiges of sleep may have been clinging to him evaporating fast with the narrowing of his eyes. Especially when Tatara keeps going, and there's an viscerally uncomfortable realization of just how similar they are.
Then the smile comes, and the words after make him pause. His fingers grip the chair instinctively, a raw silence following before he finally speaks. ]
...That bastard, he doesn't know how to mind his own business...
[ This was something he was hoping to deal with on his own terms, but of course the shortstack had ratted him out. Really, he should have expected it.
But it's already out. He's already here. And his door is already closed, locking them of from the outside. ]
...Yeah. [ There's a cautious weariness to Shinjiro's voice now, that probably doesn't suit a boy not even out of highschool. ] So that guy was tellin' the truth, huh.
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