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 Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 3:54 pm
"Where has she gone to?" A rather short youkai girl muttered. Her long green hair was tied in a ponytail, and wore an outfit with a similar color scheme of the Yama's. She looked rather worried, or rather confused, no no, rather lost. She was new to Gensokyo, not to walking, but the area was large enough it spun in her head.
She was studious, the maps where fresh in her memory, but applying her knowledge was impossible where drawings where all you had. An office courtier until a few days ago, the outside world was a tale she had heard of from her subordinates. All text reference and no appliance, she stood no chance of applying any sort of power over her own assigned shinigami. Much like Shikieiki and Komachi, Akira and her companion had been assigned to Gensokyo as an extra support for the slowed progress of judgement. Now, in the outside world, with nothing more but worhtless knowledge.
She continued to call out for her subordinate. A shy, indoors judge, she was still unused to calling out loudly, so a measure of hesitation could be heard in her restrained throat." Thi-this is hopeless..." She sighed.
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Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 4:24 pm
It had been a while since she had first learned how to walk and talk amongst these humans. For the longest time, all she knew was the shop in which she lived, and the shelf she sat upon. Nobody wanted her. Childrens gazes were quickly ushered away by their parents, people gave her weird looks, talking about "curses"...even theives didn't want her when they stole from the shop! She was lonely, and decided, with all her heart, that she wanted to leave...and then, she could. She fell off her shelf, and walked out of the shop that night, leaving nothing but a few traces of glass behind.
"What strange people they are..." Sabitsuki thought out loud, wandering through the village. Everyone she encountered, every shadow she stepped on, she caught a quick glimpse into the person's heart, into their truest desires. Some were nice, others laden with guilt, lust or greed. It was kind of fun to pull pranks on people by turning into their double, but it usually got her in trouble...and stuff thrown at her. She didn't like that at all.
Suddenly, she came across a strange person, snapping Sabitsuki from her thoughts. She was different from the rest, with her tidy, fancy clothes and green hair. "Ooh, I wonder who you are inside?" Sabitsuki ran up behind Akira, ready to step on her shadow...
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Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 4:39 pm
Akira was too lost in her on concerns to notice one more person creep up on her. Even if this person was stepping on her shadow, it mattered little, the worried judge was thinking of how bad things could turn out if Shikieiki did need the aid in court; she was away, so how would she help?
Sabitsuki could easily step into her shadow and take a peek at this recently named judge. Akira was filled with self doubt and little confidence. She had inner strenght, that she did; but only when she needed it. She was a fierce believer in what she worked in, and she had deep admiration of Shikieiki, if a but of jealousy. She always beat herself for this, after all, jealousy is one of the seven deadly sins she weighted when need be. A kind heart, a naive mind, and a strong will could define this yama, but she was plagued with shyness, reliance on someone, and uncertainty of her own capability.
Feeling that someone was begin her, she turned around to face the intruder of her shadow,"Hm? Ah! Sorry! Am I in your way?!' Akira said blushing," Sorry, I did not mean to interfere in your way, allow me to move- Ah, so so, sorry!" She stepped out of the doppleganger's way, taking her shadow along.
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Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 5:10 pm
Sabitsuki grinned, and in a flash, turned into an almost-perfect copy of Akira, save for darker eyes ((think heavy eyeliner xP)). "How dare you get in my way?! Do you know who I am?" She said in a loud, commanding voice. "You call yourself a judge - you. make. me. sick!" Sabitsuki poked Akira's chest with her finger over and over, putting emphasis on each word.
She folded her arms and puffed up her chest. "Now, what are you doing, walking around a dirty little village like this? Have you no shame?" The corners of Sabitsuki's mouth creeped up, as she tried to stifle her laughter. This was too fun!
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Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 5:20 pm
Akira turned to face herself, running pale in confusion and startlement. Her chest was being poked accusingly, and this copy was insulting the village, what a great way to inagurate your first time out. As if looking for your subordinate was not bad enough. Figuring this was some sort of awful prank, she decided to do her best to face the aggresor.
"E-eh? Who do you think you are? Speaking of the human village like that is rude and....and mean!" Akira cursed at her lack of words under pressure,"I am a judge!...A new one...but-buta judge nevertheless!"
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Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 5:39 pm
"Please, I am a much better judge than you!" Seeing the girl's flustered face was too much. "Now begone! Go back to wherever you...judges....come from..." Sabitsuki suddenly realized, she had no idea what a judge was.
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Sabitsuki doubled over, laughing at Akira. "You should see your face!" She flashed again, turning back into her normal self. Wiping a tear from her eye, she straightened up, standing only an inch or two taller than Akira. "So, what'cha doing? You look real confused!"
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Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 5:46 pm
"Higan. We come from beyon Higan." Akira grumbled as Sabitsuki turned back to her normal self. Flustered, and now bright red, Akira stomped a foot extremely irritated by this," That was mean!"
"Uh?" She blinked," Uhm, well, I am looking for my shinigami, she ran off and I can't seem to find her now. It is my first time out of the office, so I am not very good at this."
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Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 6:02 pm
Sabitsuki tilted her head, confused. "Hmm...I don't know what a...shi-ni-ga-mi is, but I'll help you look for one!"
"By the way, you look really funny when your face is red!" She said thoughtlessly, wandering forward past Akira. She darted over to a stone, picking it up. "Is this a shinigami??" she asked with a grin, looking triumphant.
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Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 6:14 pm
"A...A shinigami is so- N-no, no, that is not a shinigami, that is a rock-" Akira said taking the rock from Sabitsuki, and setting it back down," A shinigami is a collector of souls, death personified. But....my shinigami is very nice, don' be worried." The judge managed to get a grip on herself, ignoring the comment on her shy personality and looks.
All along, an oni was spying on the conversation. After giving up finding Reimu's shrine, and thinking it was a trap, she had settled on the roof to drink. Now leaned over the edge looking at this formally dressed girl who claimed to be looking for a shinigami, and the copycat, her curiosity peeked.
She tried to get closer look, but lost her balance, and fell foward with a loud thud as she landed in a box that promptly shatter. "OUW!"
Akira turned as the oni crashed below, going over to ask if she was fine, she found the sturdy Yasashii getting up already without a scratch." A-an oni? Wh-what?"
"Damn." Yasashii rolled her shoulders stretching. She towered over the two as she spoke," Oh and who could you be~?"
Knowing they were being spied, Akira said,"eavesdropping is quite rude and not looked kindly upon by the yamas. You should also cut your drinking down, your drunk stench is full evidence of your guiltiness!"
"Yadayada, you only live once." Yasashii said picking up the flustered judge and placing her under her arm,"Now Shush, shush~"
"I order you to put me down, you fiendish troll!"
"Yes, yes, I love you too."
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Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 6:31 pm
Shocked at the sudden intrusion, and by the Oni's tall stature, Sabitsuki couldn't help but gaze up at Yasashii in awe. "Wooow, you're big! I wonder what you're like inside?" While the Oni picked up Akira, Sabitsuki snuck around behind her to touch her shadow.
Sister-
Murderer-
Revenge-
She couldn't gather much from the Oni's heart. Was it all the sake that clouded her mind? Flashing again, Sabitsuki mirrored Yasashii. "Hey, that looks like fun! Think you pick me up, too?!" Sabitsuki said with a grin, mirroring an Oni's arrogance. This came off as more of a challenge than as a request.
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Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 6:37 pm
"..." Yasashii looked at the copy of herself," Hey, neat trick, copycat!" She grinned puffing her chest."And of course I can! Even if you look strong like me, ya can't copy the raw strenght a full blooded oni has!"
Dropping the poor judge (who merely "eeked" at this) she pretended to roll up her sleeves. She took a hold of Sabitsuki's hips she lifted the copy-oni,"See? its not the hard! We oni can split mountains!"
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Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 6:58 pm
Knowing she didn't fool the Oni one bit, Sabitsuki saw no reason to keep up her disguise. She returned to normal, spreading her arms to either side when Yasashii picked her up. "Wheeee~!! Hey, Judge-Girl, you gotta try this! It's fun!!"
She laughed and waved her arms, mimicking a bird in flight - apparently, she didn't know that nearly everyone in Gensokyo could fly! "Who are you, Big-Horn-Girl? You're cool!"
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Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 7:03 pm
The oni laughed as the cute girl spread her arms pretending to fly. "I am Ikou Yasashii! One of the oni from the underground~"
Turning to Akira as the judge stood straigthening her long skirt she grinned," Yeah you should try it out, judge girl~"
"My name is Akira, Hijou Akira, please do call me by my name, and not a label," she sighed," And do not hurt the little one, be careful-"
" 'Little one'? She is taller than you, sucker!" Yasashii laughed, only getting a frown from Akira. Looking back to Sabitsuki she smiled and set her down," And who are you, little copycat~?"
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Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 7:18 pm
The shinigami that Akira was talking about was making her way to the judges location, on complete coincidence actually. Her name was Mizuki Suzume.
As she approached, she saw the oni dropped the judge girl, and then pick up another girl who looked just like the oni. Mizuki walked in, her odd looking scythe over her left shoulder. "You all best have a good reason to be in here, wasting my Yama's time." She said. She was a tall girl with a big chest. She had violet hair held back in a short ponytail, though she had side bangs hanging down. She rested her right hand on her hip as she waited for an answer from the two, other than the Yama, in the room.
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Youkai Saint Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 7:37 pm
"Mizuki-?" Akira looked over, suddenly relieved to see that her dear shinigami was fine," Don't run o- what? Wasting my time?"
"Ohhooho~~" the oni smiled," A shinigami? My oh my, you are certainly a rare sight. and no, I dare not waste the time of a yama, hopefully, she will be the one to bring justice to the soul I will send to her court..but, NOT THE POINT."
She chuckled," I can assure you, there is nothing crooked going on here, just making acquantainces~"
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