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 Posted: Tue May 31, 2005 2:57 am
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Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 10:29 pm
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Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 10:33 pm
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Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 10:40 pm
Entry One: A New Home for Me
It's a bit weird to be out of the Tome. One would think after such a long time of being nothing more than a whispered existence, you would accept your fate and deal with it. But not me.. I'm not that type of person. I never have been...
Have been?
Huh, that would mean I would have had to exist before. What a nice and highly interesting thought. Something that's also highly doubtful. But a thought, nevertheless. But the man who was before me... it felt like I knew him from somewhere before. His eyes... something about those eyes... Ah well. I'm sure I'll figure it out. It was, after all his magic that lured me out of Tome and into this 'real world'. It's kind of dull.. but I haven't seen much of it yet.
Well not of this world. Of Shouhin's world, I saw a lot of things. A lot of very interesting things. Shouhin seems to collect a lot of stuff. He says most are from past Rewrites (Whatever they are) or just things he says he can't live without. Either which way, his house is nice.
Then I met Sah. Sah's his mate. His male mate. He looks like a girl but it's obvious he's a man... but when he told me he had three kids, I thought he was pulling my leg. how could men possibly have children together?! Just something that boggled the mind a bit. But I met their three sons and there's no mistaking how they came from Sah and Akiya. Call it silent awe and immense admiration. He's also very genki.. genki means happy or well or something. Read it in a book I found. If the man stopped smiling, the sun wouldn't be so bright, I doubt. He asked me to call him Yuhin, which means mother... to have a mother.... it's nice...
I think I'll rather like it here.. big spaces, my own rooms... yeah. We'll get along...
~Jiro
(Later on that same evening)
G-gah... learned my first rule of the house....
no... violence... allowed...
Gods, anything is better then watching those horrid things over and over!! AH! They're so horrid!!!
I'm going to bed... *shudders*
~Jiro
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Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 11:50 pm
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Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 12:09 am
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Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 12:15 am
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Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 7:16 pm
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Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 7:39 pm
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Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 7:44 pm
Entry 3: Rage
I want him gone!
I want them BOTH gone!
What the Nine Hells is Shouhin thinking letting those two into the house!! I so not want that reject into my safe haven!! It's just not fair!! Gah, I know I sound like a child about this, but tell me, honestly.. would you want your worst enemy in your home?
It's damn frustrating.. possibly the most frustrating thing in the universe! Having that fallen in my house! I want him gone. now! But.. I know that Shouhin won't do it.. and once Yuhin finds out the whole story, he'll pamper him as well. Letting such disrespectful people in our home.. I'll have to cleanse it when they leave..
I hope it's soon... I'm bound to not get a good night's rest til they're gone...
Sometimes, I wonder if having a soft and caring heart is a strength or a weakness...
~Jiro
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Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 7:46 pm
Entry Six and a half: Midnight jabber ((On OOC thing I guess))
Jiro, Khia and braids
((*smirks at Jiro* You know...You'd look just like a girl if your hair were down >3 *pokes fun at him*
Khia: *gnaws on Syrie's arm sleepily* ??
^__^ ))
((Jiro: ....... *Looks at Akiya, who sighs from all the images he's getting*
Mou.. must you tease him so?
Jiro: Long hair is a sign of honor and respect in some cultures.. whether I look girly or not has nothing to do with it *Akiya holds up a sign that sys he looks like an angel with his hair down.. massively girly*))
((*flicks his tail* Yes yes, and in some cultures they mutilate their bodies for prestige and honor... I don’t see you putting disks into your lip!
^_^ Yes! icon_biggrin.gif
Khia: *slightly awake now* Khia likes Jiro's hair. It's pretty. *yaaaaaaaaawn*))
((Jiro: I'm not into dismembering myself. Now others... that's okay.. *He blinked at Khia's statement and though he turned his head away quickly, there was a hint of pink on his cheeks and a little smile on his face* Pfft.. whatever ><
*Holds up another sign* awwww X3))
((smart bugger, even if you're girly. ^_^
Khia: *eartassles wilt* ._. Khia isn't smart when he wakes up.
See now, you've made him think he's done something bad! Naughty Jiro!))
((He's a lot smarter than he looks.. I'm still looking into how that is.. but it might be my fault >>
Jiro: *Ignoring Sy, he scoots over to Khia and pats his head gently* nah, you didn't do anything bad *He rubbed noses with him, actually comfortable enough with this Tale to do it* Sorry if I made you feel bad...
Akiya sign: SHOCK!))
((It's amazing how smart they can be...Khia's pretty sharp too...but he doesn't talk so well thanks to his muzzle...
Khia: *swishes his tail in a happy manner, licking at Jiro's cheek in a friendly gesture - despite being humanoid, he's more feline/lupine than anything* Oh..mmkay. *reaches out to touch Jiro's hair* It's soft too...
O_O *stare* I thought Jiro hated everyone?))
((*Scribbles furiously at sign* Sign: Cause Khia kept pressing Jiro to come play and didn't just give up on him. Plus, he wasn't rude to him or anything so Jiro doesn't feel threatened... *Flips sign* So he doesn't have to be defensive... *nods*
Jiro: *He wasn't sure he liked the licking part but he didn't Sy anything as he touched his hair* heh.. you should go back to sleep if you're tired... and maybe later I’ll let you braid it or something...))
(( Oo *flicks tail* Curiouser and Curiouser...well, Khia is a "never say die" sorta kid... *watches the pair*
Khia: *rubs at his eyes a bit* Braid? Dunno how to do that...will you teach Khia? *stretches, fur shifting a little and moving in that strange almost living manner that it does sometimes* Like long hair... maybe grow hair out...
[*whistles* he will have long hair, because I like it!]))
((I think his way of doing things is the best way to get to Jiro. He hasn't been rude to Vidya *Note to self: Finish Hide and Seek* so yeah..*Is a sucker for long hair and holds up his floor length* Gee can I be more obvious >>
Jiro: Sure I can teach you... here.. I'll show you.. *He carefully pulled out his chopsticks and then the clasp that kept his bun in place, letting his hair fall and settle about him as it would ((Sign: *Shall be drawing this one day >>*)) Not really caring about how damn girly it did make him look, he took a thick part of his hair and made it into three sections* all right here we go.. watch closely, okay?))
((it's not a bad way to approach things...not at all ^_^ Viddy is hard to hate tho, she's so darned cute! icon_heart.gif
Khia: *watches intently* Mmhmm... *pays attention, and will probably try braiding his eartassles once shown* Your hair is longer than Viddy's....
-draw that, yes please! icon_xd.gif be suu pretty -))
((hehe I'll be trying X3 I'll show it once I finish it heh and yeah Viddy is soo damn cute! But Jiro thinks girls are freaky so we'll see
Jiro: *He showed him his perfect braid when he was done* See? Nothing to it really... I learn by watching Shouhin. He braids his hair all the time.. makes these tiny little braids and all...*He blinked* Yeah I met her.. played hide and seek with her...))
(( ^_^ I keep trying to draw the fuzzbrat in his gi, but I fail miserably lately *gnaws own brain* hee...Khia likes girls... they smell neat to him.
Khia: *tries to do the same thing to his ear tassels, fails miserably and then huffs* Too short... but understand now...Khia will practice. *swishes his tail* Who's Shouhin? *As always, Khia's words were shortened, simplified, and augmented to make it easier to speak with his muzzle - it wasn't that he was stupid, but it was hard to talk!* Viddy nice, gave Khia candy and little Wren-pet. ))
((hehe drawing a gi is sooo hard >< *Nearly ripped out hair when he tried* well Jiro's unsure of them yet. We'll see how it goes...
Jiro: It takes practice... but yeah no one is perfect at it. I sat and practiced for hours on myself til I got it right.. mainly cause watching Shouhin do it was so cool! *He blinked and then pointed to Akiya* Shouhin means father where we live.. it's a really weird place, the Homegrounds... but it's a nice place.. filled with lots of people with wings and some shapeshifters too... that's how I realized you were one.. your smell was kinda like theirs...Viddy is nice.. though I think she and her plushie were having an issue >>))
((Yip, 'cause you either get it right, or it's all wrong and you want to KEEELLL EET...I mean..yeah. time for bed X_X;;;
Khia: *nods slowly, yawning again* Shouhin...It's a nice word.... sort of like Sensei... *rubs at his eyes and makes a chuffing sound* Mm..Sorry...but I think it's time to go back to bed.. *wags his tail and then looks for Syrie*
>.> Bed time, brats. *picks the midget up and carries him off* You two can play later~
*crawls to bed, ooc like*))
((haaai Bedtime for me as well *Picks up his little imp, who was waving bye bye to Khia* Play later... after you finish playing with Viddy of course... but this kinda counts as a playtime *Saves for later journal*))
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Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 7:49 pm
Entry Two: Progress Report One
I supposed I should keep an entry as a progress report of sorts. Of how he's been adjusting to my home in general.. it's kinda hard to say. He loves the family, Sah especially. Not that it's not to love Sah... but Jiro took to him instantly, without any issues. It was a nice thing to see, actually.. considering how Jiro tends to be around strangers, to know that he can accept my mate without wanting to bring out his chopsticks and stab him.. it makes me smile, really.
And then he met my second and third sons. Mouucha and Kalhali. That had been something.. well... I'm not quite sure how it's going cause it's still a progress. Jiro and Mouu are rather.. iffy around each other, though sometimes, they get along like they're the best of friends. They leave me baffled at times. But i do know that Mouu is a bit too.. chipper for Jiro's liking. But Mouu is too open minded to let that stop him from becoming friends with him. I think it'll work out somehow... Him and Kali, however, they hit it off like they were twins, instead of Mouu and Kali. Probably because the two view life is similar fashions, I have no idea... but yeah, Jiro says he's constantly amazed by some of the things Kali is able to do. I tell him it's cause he's a mutation and Jiro looks at me like I lost my mind. But he knows I love my kids so he gets that I'm kidding.. just takes him a bit. He still doesn't really get jokes too well.
On the Tales front... well it doesn't seem to be improving too much. He accepted Khia and Viddy it seems.. which is a rather big plus when it comes to him.. Aido he's still massively iffy about and he still wants Angelus' head on a silver platter.. I just hope that changes some time soon.. but this is another, only time will tell sorta things..
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Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 7:53 pm
Entry Seven: Hide and Seek?
Jiro meets Viddy
(( Wheee! First RP thread in the Guiiiiild...xD -Waves flags.- ))
Teivel, a tall, lean reindeer tahnee, had been suckered into going to the Shop with Vidya today, for the first time. Enoh had wanted to go to the shop, but unfortunately the Headquarters wouldn't let her...mainly because she's had to cancel her last few training sessions with the new employees. So, she did the next best thing...she harassed the Stag to go just as Vidya had harassed her to get permission to go.
Unfortunately for Teivel, Enoh had thought of everything. When he said he didn't know how to get there, she gave him a map. When he said he didn't have money for the bus faire, she gave him more than enough. When he said he didn't want to, she told him too bad.
So there he was, his golden eyes glazed over with objection as he stood infront of the shop, the blue-skinned tale tugging on his hand in an attempt to force him inside.
"Aww, c'mon Teeeeeiiii...Les go iiiinnn..."
Groaning his objection this time, the silver-haired boy pushed open the doors and stepped in, followed by the cheering Vidya. She was pleased with this accomplishment...Teivel never went everywhere, and his pale skin showed it.
"There, happy now? Good. Go Play."
Flopping down into one of the chairs, Teivel waved his hand towards Vidya, who dropped her sidebag at his feet and wandered around the store, dragging the currently plush Kalani behind her, since she knew well enough to not bother him too much.
"What makes you think I want to go here?" Jiro was not a happy Tale as he was practically being dragged to the shop by Riktor, aka Rikku, Akiya's grandson. Though the two did get along, Rikku was not happy really either. It would have been different if he could have brought Alli, his twin along with him. Yet no, he had to handle it alone. Akiya would have easily done it himself, but Sah had asked his help in setting up something for the UTP. ((UTP is the Uke Tea Party.. such a long little history about them.. no time no time)) So Rikku had been asked, cause his father, Kyoi, was too busy cleaning house. Kali and Mouu were busy learning some spells to teach someone and Rikku just happened to be in the area. But Jiro was not a happy puppy. Especially after what happened with Angelus and the few other Tales, Jiro's been very adamant about never wanting to meet another Tale in his life. "Can we just go home now?"
"Otaba(Grandfather) says you need to be here. He asked this as a personal favor." The teen scooped Jiro up easily to stop his dragging of heels. It was annoying and if one more person stared at him like he was some abusive parent, he would going to scream. "Are you really gonna say no to Otaba?"
"..... no..." Sighing, Jiro stopped fighting and settled down. "Maybe no one'll be here..."
"Never know." Pushing open the door, he set the small dooll-like Tale onto the ground as he looked over for a place to sit. "Neh, did Otaba leave his box? I think your plushie dragons are in there..." Since Akiya seemed to be rather forgetful of late, he found the right box and pulled out a black dragon that looked kinda glowy. "Here." Jiro took it with a bow of thanks before he settled down to cuddle it. He had noticed the blue female though and was studying her carefully.
Teivel leaned his head to look over at the doorway, eyeing the two that came in. They didn't seem happy about coming here either, especially the boy whose wings...well, at least one of them, looked a lot like Vidya's. Oh well. The stag merely nodded in greeting, his fingers tapping the arms of his chair.
Vidya on the other hand turned fully to watch as the door opened, her white eyes staring rather blankly at the pair. As was her custom, she was figuring out what she liked about the others, so she could tell them when she finally moved over to say hello. As those white eyes dragged over the boy's headwings, her free hand came up to absently touch her own. Vidya closed one of her eyes - her right one, the only one with a pupil, but she still appeared to be looking at him. Whether or not she could see from that eye was still up in the air, mainly because there were clues leaning both ways.
Her expression brightened though as she came to a conclusion, the tale moving over towards the seated male, still dragging her own dragon plush behind her. She was being like this to the plush on purpose...mainly because she was angry with it at the moment. When she reached him, she held out her hand like she'd seen so many adults do.
"Hiya! M'Viddy...N'me likes your wings. N'your eyes...very pretty. Oh! And you have a 'ragon too! Viddy's is mean."
She nodded sagely before wrinkling up her nose, shooting a glare at the plush she was dragging.
Dragonfly amiably made her way once more to the Stationary Store, having only been there for a very short time the last time, before having to make an escape back to Cetalu. Now she was back in Barton, and felt the need to check in with the seemingly grubby little shop.
She pushed open the door, and gazed around the only vaguley famliar interior. Her eyes were immediatly caught by the familiar glowing face of Vidya, and she waved eagerly, before noticing that there were others too here.
Well, at least she wouldn't look stupid, and be all alone sitting in the shop.
When she came over to him, his eyes narrowed faintly. Well she had wings like he did, that was nice. Her eyes were interesting, for a girl.. and she was very blue. Heh blue was his father's favorite color. Looking at her extended hand, he blinked before he took her hand and shook it briefly. "Jiro. Yoroshiku..... your dragon looks nice, but mine's just a plush... why are you mad at your dragon?"
Nodding towards the Tahnee, he yawned faintly as he sat down and stretched. Well least Jiro wasn't just rude straight out all the time. Maybe this would go well... like pigs would fly. But they would just have to wait and see, he supposed. He just hoped nothing bad would happen.
"Jiro. Okay, Nice'ta'mettcha, Jiro!"
Vidya had nodded to herself when she first pronounced his name on her own, and then returned to her happy expression, retracting her hand once she had shaken his own. Her head turned a bit when she heard the door open...and if were at all possible, her expression brightened. She waved her free hand in the air.
"Oooh...! DEE! Hullo! Vinny's'not here."
She felt like she had to let Dragonfly know that the Gunman wasn't with her today. Well, she had met Dragonfly while Vincent took her to the park, right? So it made sense that they were friends, and maybe Dee was looking for him. Smiling still, she turned her attention back to Jiro.
Vidya's smile faded at the mention of her dragon, glancing at it before looking back up at Jiro, holding Kalani up in the air by its tail incase the boy wanted a good look at it.
"He 'tends to play a plushie...But Viddy knows hes 'live! No one believes Kali's 'live, and Kali plays jokes on me...!"
Her white eyes narrowed, dropping Kalani back to the ground. The sky dragon's plush eyes seemed to glimmer with a mixture of amusement and disappointment at Vidya's words and actions. Briefly, she wondered if Jiro would trade dragons. Having just a plush would be so much nicer...
"But no talking of stupid 'ragon. How are'yah?
Again, a slurred mimick of something she'd heard the adults say.
"..." He was looking at the dragon and he smirked faintly at the glimmer he saw. "Aww I think you hurt his feelings a bit.. well there's a bunch of dragons in that box over there.. *He nudged his head towards the box that Rikku was sitting by. "You can pick one or something if you don't want that one anyway..." To him, it didn't matter. Dragon plushs were just that. Plushs. Toys. Whatever, it didn't matter much to him. "I suppose I'm doing well enough... And you?" A light shrug was given, though his eyes hardened. He was still miffed about having to save Angelus and the whole stupid ordeal surrounding him.
However, he was behaving, right? ah yes, behaving... how droll and boring. Hearing the sounds of the door opening, he looked over at the girl who had next walked in. Gah! More girls! A brow twitched faintly before he smoothed his expression. They popped out of the ground like daisies or something. Covering his yawn with the extra fabric of his kimono, cause it wasn't a yukata by any means though he did have those at home as well, he rubbed at his eyes lightly. Was he the only Tale that had no issues speaking? Or was he a bit warped or something? Not that he minded talking as he did, but the other tales sounded like they were still learning. This baffled him in more ways than one. But he kept it to himself.
"So... what do you do for fun around here?"
Dragonfly giggled softly, and waved to the small child, before making her way over to the chair that she had sat in the last time she had visited the store. She blinked at Vidya's mention of Vincent, and laughed softly.
"M'not looking for Vinny today Viddy," she grinned as she plopped her butt down, "Came t'visit the shop. It's very good to see you though Vidya!"
She grinned, before relaxing back in her chair.
"Oh, okay Dee! Godd ta'see you too!"
Another scoff came from Vidya.
"Good. He started it."
Her white eyes then went towards the box, eyeing it. The thought was rather tempting, but still...she figured she'd have to turn him down. Vidya shook her head.
"No, s'okay. You can keep tha 'ragons."
Rocking back and forth very slightly from her heels to the balls of her feet, Vidya considered his response to her question, tapping one of her blue fingers against her lips.
"M'okay...Makin' new friends's'fun!"
She wouldn't actually say it, but her eyes slightly gave it away; a sort of embarassment about herself; her speech. It hadn't bothered her before now, and it was probably because Jiro looked the same age that she did, and yet he could speak like an adult; something she was unable to do. But she wasn't going to let that affect her, not at all! Shaking her head a bit, Vidya forced away those feelings of embarassment, throwing her arms out to the sides.
"We play fer fun! What games d'you like?"
Teivel focused his golden eyes on Dragonfly.
"He went with Enoh back to Headquarters, if you do decide to look for him."
When she said no, he nodded, not about to push or anything like that. Least he had extended the invitation... perhaps Shouhin would be proud of him for that. Making.. friends? They were suddenly friends? Pfft, she was a simple one. But she was acting a bit oddly, making his head tilt to the side. Something was bugging her, but he took a bit to think it out. It couldn't be able her speech.. was it? Shouhin had said that he really shouldn't be able to talk this well.. so he was weird in that regard.
But he didn't say anything that would embarass her further. Instead, he tilted his head to the side. "I've never played any games... so could you teach me one?"
Hell, even he knew that he wasn't going to learn on his own. He would need someone who could play games to teach him. And the games Rikku and Alli knew involved magic.. which he didn't know yet.
Vidya had this thing about her; she considered everyone her friend, and she considered everyone trustworthy until they proved her otherwise. Thats just the way she was, and it did make her seem very strange to the more serious people, but that was one thing that certainly never bothered her.
She gave him a look of disbelief.
"Never played? Wow! Okay...hm."
Vidya's look of disbelief faded, replaced by a look of curiosity as she thought about what kind of game Jiro would like to play, if any at all. The Tale played with her long hair as she thought, eventually narrowing it down to two games.
"Uhm...? Tag? Okay uh...pre-tend Viddy's 'it', m'kay? So Viddy'd tag you like...dis, n'then you be 'it'...so Viddy'd run to no get tag'd! Like...runnin' game."
Of course, she demonstrated this. At the mention of getting tagged, she reached over and poked his shoulder, not really thinking that he might not like to get touched. She then went silent for a moment, figuring out how to explain her next game.
"Ooor...Hide'n'Seek! One hides n'one finds! N'then tha find-der is the hide-der n' tha game goes on!"
She then placed her hands on her hips, looking around the room. Well, there WAS one more thing they could do! Smiling brightly still, she focused her white eyes back on him.
"Or we could go s'plorin'! S'fun too."
Well, thanks to his fmily, he didn't mind being touched all that much. So all he did was stare at her when she poked his shoulder and explained these games to him. Hide and Seek sounded like an okay game, cause gods knew, in this place, there were tons of hiding places. Tag seemed okay. Running around chasing after someone.. heh that might not be a bad idea. But he frowned darkly at the mention of exploring. "No exploring." Wasn't that what those others had done? And he had said no thanks cause he hdn't been up to it? Oooh yes, the first time that pompous Tale angelus had to open his fat mouth. His brow twitched as he forced his irritated away and focused on Vidya. Stop thinking about or else you might do something to scare her. Heh.. that would just be bad on all counts.
"Let's try this Hide and Seek game... since I'm new, I'll be the Seeker.. type person.."
"No s'plorin? Okay!"
Vidya waited patiently for which of the remaining two games he'd like to play, her white eyes widening with amusement as she watched him. It occurred to her that he was thinking, but in the process, he was making some very interesting faces! She briefly wondered if he knew he was doing it, but before she opened her mouth to ask, he had chosen a game.
Her earlier wonderings were pushed aside, and the child merely clapped her hands together once, that gleeful smile still on her lips.
"Hide'n'Seek! Okay! Uhm...Okay, you be tha Seeker...so you go coun'ta ten, okay? But no peeking! Viddy'll go hide."
Looking around, Vidya dropped Kalani at the unimpressed Teivel's feet and flittered off towards the other corner of the store, looking for a place to hide. Before she settled into any set place, she called over her shoulder.
"Oh yeah! No Magic'er anythin'! Tha's cheetin."
A brow shifted at the last part. No magic? That shouldn't be hard. Nodding, he coverd his eyes with his glove covered hands and slowly began to count. It was only to ten right? How much was ten again... ah right his fingers...
Humming to himself as he counted, he said ten really loud so that she would know he was done. It wasn't like he knew there was something else along those lines. Getting up, he looked around. Hmm now where could she go? Scratching his cheek a bit, he went on the hunt. Was using his nose against the rules?
After making sure Jiro wasn't watching her, Vidya had silently scampered into the study...well, it let her open the door, so why not, right? Looking around for a place to hide, she eventually spotted an open cabinet on the right side of the doorway.
Giggling, she scampered inside and somewhat slid the door closed...just leaving enough of it open for her to breathe. She had barely heard him call out "ten", but she did recognize his voice. Vidya smiled to herself, stifling any giggles as she pulled her knees up to her chest, and wrapped her arms around her knees.
So basically, all she had to do was wait, right?
He searched everywhere in that place, his little wings flapping furiously as he checked over a few places. But they weren't terribly strong right then so he landed after a little bit. Well.. she didn't seem to be anywhere in the main part of the shop.. and he would have heard her if she tried to scuttle about cuse there were too many things to trip over...
His eyes narrowed thoughtfully when it came to the door of the Study. Oh.. he knew this place... going over to it, he worked on getting the door open and slipped inside it. This was where he had come from.. where the Tome had been. Where Shouhin came to collect him. Before he met the other Tales.. where it was safer... As he walked more into the room, a slight scent caught his nose. Scents of other Tales, unlike other smells of like food or otherwise, was more an emotion linked thing. They smelled like.. passion or courage or idioticy.. something like that. He was smelling an adventurous spirit.
Smirking faintly, he pretended to be rummaging around but all the while getting closer to the cabinet.. but then he passed right over it, making her think he hadn't noticed her.
Vidya waited patiently in the cabinet, eyeing the darkness that was all around her, and then eventually peering from the small crack in the door that she had left open...only to see the print of Jiro's kimono move past. Her white eyes widening, she clasped her hands over her mouth to keep herself from making any noise...though the desire to giggle was just about killing her.
The suspense was killing her, and eventually the desire to leap out and tackle Jiro, even though she was supposed to be hiding, got much too powerful. Taking in a deep breath, Vidya lowered her hands from her mouth to reach over and grasp the door, about to throw it open and call out...
"H--...!!"
When she felt something cold touch her leg...no, she felt something pass right through her leg. Her happy call to Jiro, one that had been on the tip of her tongue, turned into a frightened cry, the hands on the handle of the cabinet threw the door open roughly as she literally fell out of her hiding place, recovering just enough to scramble over to Jiro and hide behind him, her small blue hands grasping some of the fabric on the back of his kimono, trembling and whimpering at the same time.
The study itself had an air of pleasure to it now, as if it was pleased with itself on this little prank..
Since he had been just about to jump back and get her, he was rather close to the door, so when she suddenly burst out, the door slammed smack into his nose. Bursts of pain filled his head and he bit his tongue from cursing in the Denmonga language he learned back at him. Oooh, hooooly hell, that hurt!! Now, typically, he would have turned on her and yelled.. but he saw that she was shaking and looking rather afraid...
Now, let's make something very... very clear. Jiro, at heart, does not care. Not int he elast. Why? That's still unknown. However.. his angelic wing twitched a bit and he sighed faintly to himself and he reached back and pat her on top of her head. When he muttered, his accent got thicker, so one had to really pay attention. "There's nothing there... it's just the Study deciding to play a joke on you.." He turned carefully and took her into his arms, stroking her hair gently. This was something Sah did all the time for him back at home and it made him feel better. "Saihou marishu(Please calm yourself)... there's nothing to fear.. I'll protect you..."
Vidya didn't really notice that she had hit Jiro with the door...and if she had, she could have been apologising to him from now until he forgave her.
Instead, the tale gave a distressed whine, followed closely by a sniffle, a small threat of tears...it seemed that today, everybody wanted to play a joke on her. First Kalani, and then it was Kalani and Ren all day, and now the study. There was only so much joking someone could take! She was thankful to have someone to cling to right now, though...that made it a little bit better.
Her wings lowered as he wrapped his arms around her. That was an odd occurance on its own, as it involved a great deal of work to lower those feathered extensions...but it happened. Vidya took a few deep breathes, nuzzling her face into the soft fabric of his kimono as she did try to calm herself down. Sighing finally, Vidya slowly lifted her head, eyeing the cabinet, and then dragging her gaze to Jiro; lifting one of her blue hands to rub her eyes.
"Okay...Promise?"
He could protect her from jokes and spooks? Oh, how perfect of a thought that was.
Oh, his nose hurt like nothing else and though tears came to hi eyes, he blinked them back and dealt with it. It wasn't like she had been purposely aiming for his face, or else there definitely would have been a problem, but she had been spooked. But he was wondering why he was still holding her. something was wrong with him, oh yes! There were definate issues with the pulses inside of his head. Ah well, too late now.
Looking down at her as she whimpered and clung, his mind muttered something long of lines of she'd better no get anything gross on my kimono when she was looking up at him again. She had some damn big eyes.. what was with girls and these huge puppy like eyes. Were they sick or something? Finally, he nodded. "Un. Yakusoku... Nothing'll bug ya if I'm around, okay?" Well, at least this one didn't think she was big, bad and as tough as nails. In his mind, if you're gonna act that way, prove it. But Aido hadn't proved it all that well so.. feh on her. "But keep it a secret, okay? Like a secret pack. Don't want everything to think I'll just help anybody out, neh?" His smile was faint but it was there.
"You okay now?"
Vidya gave him a curious look as he spoke something she had never heard before; Yakusoku. The tale briefly considered asking him about it, but she didn't want to say anything until she had an answer.
When he finally did, Vidya closed her eyes in glee, tilting her head the slightest bit as a happy smile formed on her lips. She gave him a hug.
"Okay! Thank-yah, Jiro! Oh. Okay, Viddy keep is seecret."
Letting him go, she pressed her finger to her lips to make the universal sign for silence, uttering a small giggle. The world was right again for Vidya, thanks to Jiro. The tale nodded.
"N'Yes! I'm okay now..."
She trailed off, staring at him suddenly...more specifically at his nose. She hadn't noticed it before, but now that she was feeling better, she did infact notice.
"Ar'you okay, though? Nose s'all red..."
It didn't occur to him that she might not know that yakusoku meant 'promise' in Japanese, so he didn't supply an answer. Nor would he, unless she asked him the question. Smirking faintly, he pressed his finger against his lips before he blinked and then smirked. "You shoved the cabinet door open so fast.. I was right behind it so I had no time to move.. though it's not your fault.."
He waved a hand quickly, in case she would feel guilty or some such nonsense. It was fine. It would be annoying til he could get home and then Shouhin could heal it. "It's okay though. I'll survive..." Actually the sting had already gone away, so it didn't really hurt. But he would give her props. She could pack a walloped if she was frightened.
Vidya's giggle turned into an almost horrified look. She had hurt him?! That wasn't right...! He promised to protect her from mean jokes, and she had to go and hurt him! The blue girl briefly wailed, before throwing her arms around him in another hug.
"Oh...! Viddy's SO SORRY....n'not mean to...!"
He had said it was okay, but girls were prone to apologize accessively (and its been proven, too!)...so needless to say she felt obligated to apologize to him. Too bad she didn't have a bandaid with her today.
However, she knew well enough to get off of that subject, so she moved back to something she had been wondering earlier. She let go of him again, looking directly at him once more, her white eyes filled with pure curiosity.
"Uhm...okay...Jiro? What's...'Yakusoku' mean?"
Well.. it seemed that telling her he was fine and to not worry about it just flew right over her head and he suffered through her profuse apologies and hug with a faint murmur and nothing more than that. Girls were weird and damn clingy. Just like Sah.. but Sah was a guy... just really motherly. He loved Sah.. anyway. So off topic.
When she finally got off him, he took a few moments to straighten his kimono. Call him nuts, but he liked to be neat.. he still didn't get why, cause getting dirty was just as fun.. just not in these clothes. He just couldn't do it. "Yakusoku means promise in Japanese. So when you asked me to promise, I said I did.. Yakusoku..I read it in one of Shouhin's books..."
"Yakusoku. Okay."
Vidya repeated this to herself, looking as if she was going to try her hardest to remember that word. Wow, she learned a lot of new things with Jiro around! She tapped her fingertips against her lips...of course, the game of hide and seek was forgotten for now.
"D'you know any other words like that?"
She gave him a curious look. It was a very interesting language so far, and 'Yakusoku' was so much fun to say! If that one word was like that, the rest of it must be fun as well! And if anyone could teach her a few new words, it was Jiro.
"Un.. I know a lot of words in that language.. maybe you can come over to my house sometime and I can teach you some. But I can teach you some basics. Hai means yes.. and yes, it sounds like 'hi', so it might be confusing for a bit. Kon-ni-chi-wa means hello. Say-o-nala(he wanted me to spell it as he says it.. hence the l) means goodbye.. you try it."
If it was teaching something, he really didn't mind. since he had Kyoi, Mouu and Kali teaching him everything they knew, he felt it couldn't really hurt to pass on the knowledge. Though, he doubted she was anywhere close to learning any of the ten homeground languages...
Vidya sat down, looking up at Jiro and listening to his every word. This language sounded so pretty, but it was so strange, too! "Hai" meant "Yes", but not "Hi" like everyone else says it. She wrinkled up her nose, but she basically got it. She never said "Hi" as in hello anyway. She always said "Hiya!" or something else along those lines. So really, it wouldn't be too confusing to her.
Of course, she'd have to remember that somebody saying "Hi" probably won't be saying "Yes" in greeting.
It was her turn now, so she lifted her white gaze to stare at the ceiling, tapping her index finger in the air as she recited the words syllable by syllable, and explained them just as they were introduced to her.
"Uhm...Hai...Hai means yes, but not hello hi...n'... Kon-ni-chi-wa means hello in Jap'nese...n' then Say-o-nala's bye."
Vidya dragged her white eyes down from the ceiling and back towards Jiro once more.
"S'at good?"
He let her pronounce it the way she felt she needed to in order to understand it. And when she repeated it back to him, he nodded after a bit. Since she was a beginner there were a few mistakes, but hell, it was something that could definitely be worked on. "Very good. You almost said it perfectly! Not many beginners are like that.. I read that. They usually trip over syllables or something..."
"Next time we meet up, I'll try to see if I can get shouhin to bring along some of my primers... they can help out more than simple reciting back and forth..."
Vidya was silent, until Jiro had finished passing the sentence on her pronounciation. The girl's face lit up happily at his answer; she had said it right! Well...almost. But that was a HUGE step in the right direction, yes?
Climbing back onto her feet, Vidya leaned over and gave him another hug. Oh, she was so happy that he decided to teach her Japanese! Well, some of it...but still! The girl's lips were drawn into a wide happy grin, her eyes closed as she hugged him.
"Oh, Viddy'd like that lots! Thanks, Jiro!"
She coo'ed happily, before eventually letting him go. The Blue tale just stopped then, staring at Jiro, and then at the study around them. Why were they here, again? Oh yeah...she glared over at the cabinet, grimancing (another rare occurance!) before looking back up at the slightly taller Jiro.
"Oh yeah...! We're playin' Hide'n'Seek, yes? Yes. Okay. You found Viddy! If you wanna keep playin', we can!"
to be continued yush
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Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 7:55 pm
Entry 4: Game and a broken nose
The next time I play any game with Viddy, let's make sure it's not in the Study. Yuhin was asking what happened to my nose.. I geuss it looked really swollen or something. All I know was that I had to breathe through my mouth cause I couldn't through my nose. But all in all, it was an interesting day...
Vidya.. Viddy...
My first thought was whoa she's really blue. And I remember Shouhin mentioning something about a small blue girl who came just before me from the Tome. And since, out of the idiots I've met so far (no offense to Khia cause yeah, he's not an idiot) she's the only all blue one. So it's not hard to figure out she was the one he meant. She seems rather.. hyper. Are all girls like that? If so.. I think I'll just stick with this one and ignore the rest, thanks. But in her own way, I suppose she's cute... just in how she reacts to stuff.
Her thoughts are rather.. pure and honest. Which is nice to see. She didn't look at me oddly either, which was another nice change. She has a plush that apparently is really a person.. or something like that. Makes me wanna meet him face to face and ask why he's being so mean to the poor girl.. it's obvious he's a shifter, yet no one seems to notice and I guess this causes the girl some headache and frustration. I should have suggested burning the plush or something... maybe that would get him to behave.
But something tells me she's not that violent.
A pity rather... >>
But the game called Hide and Seek was a bit of fun.. I'll have to play with her again sometime...
~Jiro
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Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 8:00 pm
-Reserved for the Minishops Adventure-
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