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 Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 9:35 am
At this, Riyo smiled a little. She thought back to the forest. How lonely of a life it had been. When only her animal instinct and senses mattered. Not these feelings. These feelings of... Happiness. And caring.. It was a complete turn around. But with those, came stronger feelings of sadness... Though, there seemed to be something deeper. Some feeling she hadn't uncovered yet. Something she might not want to uncover.
But that didn't matter right now. None of it did. For now. What mattered was her getting better and continuing to travel with these.. Friends she'd made. Which reminded her. She STILL didn't know what the hell she was sitting on. Not wanting to get her dirty boots on the fabric, she quickly tossed them off. "Nyuu." She said with a curious look then proceeded to examine this thing. there seemed to be another layer underneath it! At the top of the bed, she dug up the covers and promptly crawled under them. It was like a new world under here! A smelly one.. But a different world nonetheless. "Nyuuuuuuu~" Her tail was sticking out at the top of the bed. She looked like a big lump right smack dab in the middle. "Cant see, nyu!"
(( B: Back to being adorable. ))
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Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 8:28 pm
When Mitsu walked away, Hitsu followed her and went inside the shop as well. She quickly took to looking around at all of the trinkets for sale, particularly the ones that were brightly colored or shiny. Yes, she was easy to please... Like a small child. "Ohh! Look at this!" She exclaimed, delicately picking up a piece of jewelry from a shelf. It jingled softly when she did, and that seemed to amuse her all the more. She gave it a gentle wiggle between her fingers, and it jingled louder. Catlike attraction to certain objects? Of course not.
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Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 8:57 pm
The light footfalls of the shopkeeper went all but unnoticed, padded paws making barely a sound against the wooden floor. He'd arrived from the small back room only a few moments before the girls had crossed the threshold, yet merely watched them from behind the beaded curtain at first. It was always more interesting to see what his visitors gravitated toward first.
"It keeps the bad spirits away." He commented quietly, gazing over the feline girl's shoulder. He was much different from his visitors; To the eye. Where they had nothing but tails to gesture their animalistic bloodlines, this man was fully anthropomorphic from the tops of his foxen ears to the tips of his pawed feet. A smile upon his muzzle, he stepped back and gestured toward the item she held with a clawed hand. "To be worn around the wrist, ankle... Or tail, if you so desire."
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Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 9:03 pm
Neko gave a smile of amusement to Riyo’s reaction to the bed. He should have known she would never have seen such a thing before, or at least didn’t remember it. “It’s a bed Riyo. You lay on it. To sleep.” He hoped she wouldn’t move around too much to agitate her wounds.
Taking a seat at the table Neko stifled a yawn behind the back of his hand as he stretched. He had only gained an hour of sleep before he had been rudely awakened and so sleep seemed very welcoming, especially since it was within the security of a room. It wasn’t long before Neko found himself nodding off, his eyes slowly falling.
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Having not noticed the shopkeeper before, Mitsu turned toward him as he spoke her head tilted in curiosity. Not so much by how he looked, she had seen her fair share of anthropomorphic creatures in the lab, but his words were what caught her attention. Would something so small really work against evil? She had to wonder.
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Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 9:53 pm
Poke followed the group in and started looking at all the nick knacks that were here. She was already frowning at the descriptions of the items, and the appearence of the shop keeper didn't help either. She herself had seen a few anthromorphic animals, but the actuall animal that this shop keeper was...well, foxes were known to be cunning weren't they?
Her eyes strayed to the jewely that hitsu had picked up. She had to admit, they did look pretty...
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Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 4:58 am
"Bed, nyu?" Riyo questioned under the covers and poked her head out at the bottom. She took a big breath of fresh air. Whew, it was musty smelling.
Riyo blinked and watched Neko as he started dosing off. Maybe he wasn't sleeping well because of the bad dreams, too. If that was the case, then she wouldn't dare disturb him. "Sleep tight, nyuu.." She whispered and crawled back up to the top of the bed as quietly as possible. No more bad dreams.. Echoed through her mind, though she didn't say it out loud. She kept it silent. Like a little prayer.
She sighed and laid her head down on one of the pillows, amazed at the comfort it brought. She let out a little yawn of her own and curled up with the blankets. It didn't take her long to start sawing logs.
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Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 5:25 pm
The tavern looked rather rustic compared to many of the other contemporary buildings in town. Wrought iron windows accented the stone walls; solid oak pillars held up the roof. Worn poplar tables and chairs littered the majority of the tavern floor space. A heavy smoke that seemed popular with every tavern wasn't absent here, it lingered in the air like a thick cloud of fog; those used to it passed through easily, those unfamiliar with the poison were hindered as it burned their eyes and nostrils.
However, there was a single table that the smoke didn't seem to encapsulate like the others. There seemed to be a clash of forces; the poison of the tobacco couldn't mix with the lighter cloud around this particular table. A small incense burner rested in the center of the table, emitting this unusual cloud and seemed to captivate those around it. A fair number of girls surrounded the table with their focus on a single male sitting at it. Once again, Skye seemed to be the center of female attention at another bar.
Yet, something was awry in this setting. There was a certain lack of foreboding shadow near him. There was a sense of void behind Skye where Hanse usually would stand. In fact, he wasn't anywhere in the tavern; so strange that someone who seemed to be forced to travel with Skye is not currently present. Despite the lack of his companion, Skye seemed unaffected by it.
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Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 7:27 pm
Yuki's brief examination of the patrons came to a screeching halt when he noticed Skye. For a moment, at least, before he scanned every immediately visible inch of the place from where he stood. There was no sign of the dragon. He exhaled a drawn breath, hoping it was something promising... As in, perhaps the beast had been ditched, or was dead. He didn't much care which, so long as he didn't have to meet him again. He rose a brow at the girls around the table, absently wondering what was so interesting about him. Of course, he hadn't been present when Neko had learned his secret a week prior.
Whether it was the desire to try and advert the attention of some of those ladies, or to actually exchange conversation with someone remotely familiar (though likely the first), he approached Skye's table. Seeing as most of his admirers were intent to be as close to him as possible, there was a vacant chair across the table, which he welcomed himself to. "So. Did you ditch your pet pyromaniac, or did he ditch you?"
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To say the least, Hitsu was startled. She gave a bit of a jump, and had to cling to the item she was holding to keep from dropping it. She turned, and leaned backward a little. He was right there. Apparently, he didn't know what it meant to respect someone's personal space. It made her a little nervous at first, and she gave an awkward smile. "R-really? I didn't know that there was such a thing. Is it magic?" She held it up between them, trying to look at it closely. It looked like nothing more than crafted silver, but who was she to say whether this man was speaking truth or lies?
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Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 9:32 pm
Sensing the girl's unease, he took another step back. It wasn't much, but somehow he believed it would help. "Why of course, my dear. It will keep you well protected from the evils that you cannot see." He lifted a hand, holding up two fingers. "Only two gold coins, Miss. You would be getting quite the deal here, I usually charge five!" He clasped his hands together, bowing his head lightly. "For one as lovely as yourself, it would sadden me to risk you any spiritual distress."
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Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 2:06 am
Curiously Mitsu stepped a bit closer to look at the bracelet that Hitsu held. “A..are you going to buy it?” It was rather pretty and Mitsu thought it would look good on Hitsu. Looking up to see what Poke was doing Mitsu gave a smile. “Do you see anything you like?” This shop was pretty interesting, Mitsu hadn’t been in a place like this before. It seemed to have a little bit of everything.
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It didn’t take long for Neko to doze off sitting in the chair. Sleep was far too tempting to surpass at this point and not to mention unavoidable. It over took Neko like the night overtakes the day. The day may not wish to leave but when it comes down to it, it has no choice in the matter. So there he sat drifting off into his dream land to be welcomed by pleasant thoughts to be followed by nightmares.
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Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 4:17 am
Trying to hide her displeasure of hearing the price with a nervous smile, poke grinned back at mitsu and then decided to test this fox's knowledge on his own wares. "So, umm..what kind of spirits would it protect you from?"
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Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 4:28 pm
The man, who was now the only one left awake in the room, sat on one of the empty beds, looking from Riyo to Neko every half a minute or so with that disgusting grin on his face.
"Oh cruel fate." He mumbled to himself, stood up, and walked around the bed Riyo was occupying.
He stopped as he towered over Riyo and watched her sleep. "How interesting, my dear, that you hid your innocence behind a simple disguise. Are you keeping it from me?" He asked. Whether she heard it or not seemed to be between the two of them, as she showed no signs of it. "Or perhaps, you didn't even know it was still there. Such an interesting experience you gift me with!" His hand graced her cheek. Riyo could obviously feel it, because she gave a shiver at his frigid touch. "I knew I made a right choice. The 13th generation. The only female of the bloodline... And possibly the most hopeless! For you, my dear, history gladly repeats itself."
"For who else can see the beauty in all this irony and pain? None but you could appreciate what I do, little monster."
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Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 4:37 pm
Neko slept soundly for a short while until an eerie feeling made him stir. He shifted uncomfortably from having slept sitting up in a chair. Doing this was leaving an awful knot in his shoulders and neck. With a yawn he gave a stretch slowly opening his groggy eyes to only stare off in confusion. It took a moment for his brain to realize what he was seeing wasn’t quite right.
When he had fallen to sleep Riyo and himself had only occupied the room but now…now there was a strange man standing there by Riyo’s bedside. “Who the hell?” Neko jumped to his feet ready to fight off the intruder if need be. He was an odd looking fellow to say the least. “Who the hell are you and what are you doing here?” Neko questioned, his icy gaze staring cold daggers at this man.
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Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 4:48 pm
Neko's icy stare was automatically met with one just as cold. "You can see me? How curious!" He said, his grin hidden behind his shoulder. "Though, I wouldn't advise throwing one of those daggers, boy. Lest you want to damage the poor little girl asleep in the bed." He made a pause to slowly turn around.
"I have no name. Simply a plethora of useless titles. To this child, I'm simply "the man"... Others have called me demon, monster, foul creature, beast... Well, you get the picture."
His hands went to his pockets as he seemed to examine Neko for a moment, his freakish grin growing just slightly. Oh, how ironic. "As for why I'm here, you could consider me a farmer, watching the seeds he has sewn slowly take root and grow. Tending to them ever so gently. Waiting to reap what's his." His eyes glanced down towards Riyo's sleeping face. She didn't seem affected by all of this in the least.
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Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 4:55 pm
Slowly it was starting to come together in Neko’s mind. While he could see this person as clear as day they really didn’t exist in this world. He couldn’t even make out a physical form in the room beyond Riyo’s and his own. Unsure if this creature was dangerous or no Neko stood his ground waiting and biding his time. There wasn’t much in the way of planning, how do you attack something that isn’t there?
“Something tells me you are behind the reason Riyo is the way she is.” It was true in Neko’s eyes, Riyo was but a lost child in this world of cruel people. What were this man’s goals? “What do you want with her anyway?” He tried to remain calm but his intense stare did not change. He remained focused on his target, his frustrated eyes taking on a more demon like appearance.
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