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 Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 1:20 pm
Violet eyes blink. Are her spies right? The kid's running off on four feet? Not like, crawling away? Running, rather quickly, on four feet? With wings folded to his back? That's just weird. Wait, that was a hypocritical statement. Iri herself is a rather strange being. Her looks are pretty misleading, too. But this development with Ookamimaru is just unexpected.
"Can't say I've ever met a real werewolf before. And what's with the wings? Wolves don't fly. Must be some kind of demon. What was that word Reeve used? Youkai? Yeah, might be a youkai. Whatever that is."
The Fury shakes her head and starts to run after Ookamimaru. As she moves, an observer might notice something strange. Her feet don't seem to quite meet the ground. And her footsteps are a little off. Instead of steady thumps and grass being crushed beneath her feet, her steps are nearly silent and the grass only seems to rustle beneath her. And as Iri runs, her glowing spies both follow her and lead the way.
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Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 1:24 pm
"Right, I'll stay downwind"
The telepathic voice that replied was bizarre. It wasn't Lina's voice for sure and it didn't come from anywhere near. It seemed neutral between male and female.
Lina shifted her form ever so slightly, her hair turned a green that matched the brush, her electrical signature dissipated while her life energy blended into the background. She kept low to the ground, running, using shortcuts she remembered to navigate along a parallel path. Dancing around the twigs on the ground and other brush that would make sound with practiced ease.
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Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 1:43 pm
As his senses grew stronger, he noticed that not only Iri was following him, the girl from before, according to the smell, was there too.
That's it! Why can't they just let me hunt?
i don't need to worry, I need to calm down a bit.
Why? Ther are going into MY territory!
My own!
I know, but they don't do they, maybe if I hid inside a cave, they might just leave.
What, am I a coward now?
Ofcourse not, ...
Then why do I keep running?
Because I need to find a boar.
There aint any boars in cave.
Sure there are! Let's go find one!
I said boar, not bear.
I know.
Then why-
I just go and find a cave.
Ookamimaru knew his way in this forest, he had traveled through it for several months.
Running past a slope, he lept down, opening part of his wings to catch his fall.
The slope was maybe 20 yards down, and a small creek was running there, going into a cave not far up ahead.
It was 10 yards in height, and the depth wasn't to be seen.
He ran straight in, hoping no one would have seen him.
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Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 2:17 pm
Iri stops at the top of the slope. A spy had noticed Ookamimaru's entrance. Iri tilts her head, thinking.
"He's trapped himself in a cave, Lina. That doesn't make sense. All that bloodlust, but he's not turning on us and chooses to hide instead of keep running. I'll wait for you."
Iri doesn't doubt she can find Iri's location.
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Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 2:28 pm
Now, where's the boar?
I don't know, maybe deeper in the cave?
Maybe...
As the transformation completes, he walks deeper into the cave, away from the entrance.
(Need to go now, already 23:28 in here)
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Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 2:47 pm
Lina caught up after a few seconds to circle around.
"Humanoids usually taste terrible, aside from rabbit demons...."
There was a pause in the telepathy.
"You're sure it's a dead end? If it's airtight we could knock him out if it proves necessary"
Lina walked towards the cave entrance. She examined the entrance carefully in the dark. Gold Animalistic eyes glancing around carefully. Noting the texture of the walls. She would rather not use such a trick to knock someone out, but if it came to it and she was still tired after everything else.
She sniffed the air as she looked around, trying to distinguish the changing smell and if something else was inside with him.
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Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 3:08 pm
Tier's attention turned back to Kwubara after he saw Iri and Lina go after Ookamimaru. There was no need for all of them to go at the same time, so Tier didn't pursue.
"What is it, Kwubara."
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Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 3:22 pm
Reeve growls irritably. Running in the dark doesn't suit him, even though he's technically a ninja.
"Whatever it is, youkai it ain't."
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Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 4:24 pm
Iri shakes her head at the suggestion. She closes her eyes, and lets her head bow. A few of her spies dim their lights and dart into the cave. They locate Ookamimaru and discreetly examine him. At the same time, they relay their course to Iri, so she'll know exactly where to go.
Spies begin to light up around Reeve, Iri's energy coming off of them a little stronger than usual. One of them diverts from its usual course and follows him.
"He's not a youkai? What is a youkai? I'm not familiar with the definition."
At Iri's current location, she stands up again. Both wings open and she takes a leap. Her descent down the hill is slow and silent as an owl's, and she lands with no sound. Violet eyes glow a little, and she looks at Lina.
"We got back up coming. And I don't think this thing has another entrance. Not that my spies have found, anyway. But I want to try to talk to him before we try that." She Lina a conspiratorial wink and adds, "I got a plan to keep myself from becoming something's supper. Aside from tasting awful. And, just to note, it kinda creeps me out that you know humanoids taste bad. Just, you know, throwing that out there."
Jin watches Reeve run off. He looks around, thinking to himself. One hand comes up to scratch the base of an antler. Then he throws his hands up in frustration.
"Bah! Three of 'em should 'andle it fair enough. Ah'm goin' back ta bed. 'Sides, Ah do nah favor tha idea o' catchin' rabies..."
And so, Jin wanders back to his room.
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Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 6:36 pm
"Waiting for backup works."
She leaned against the cave wall.
She shrugged her shoulders at Iri's end statement.
"When you're a very large creature much of the time and some idiot breaks into your home waving around a blade threatening to kill you to steal the all the shiny metal that makes up your bed it seems a perfectly natural response. What's that saying... Waste not Want not?"
The twinkle in her eyes might give away that she was joking about that particular explanation, even if the rest of her expression showed no signs.
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Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 9:39 pm
"Huh."
That's all Iri says. Why? Because Iri can't tell if this broad is joking or not. Yes, she sees that twinkle in her eyes. But has she really eaten someone? She shakes her head, leaning against the cave wall herself. After a moment of contemplation, she changes the subject.
"So, why did that mental voice sound different? Mine sounds just like me, I suppose. But yours is like, absurdly different."
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Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 9:55 pm
"That's because the telepathy doesn't come from me. Reeve summed it up best. I believe it goes that I'm a remote controlled me."
She tilted her head back, glancing out of the corner of her eyes towards the moon.
"Died through a very bizarre accident, got stuck in a clone that didn't pop from non lethal hits. After I finally ended up popping... well the technique got changed a lot. After all even someone who shouldn't be able to die still doesn't want the headache of four thousand years slamming into their head in a few seconds."
Lina pulled the collar of her outfit till she managed to pull something out, a small crystal pendant. Spiraled metal circled to the bottom of the crystal.
"Something similar to this is in my head, implanted where my mind, body and spirit connect. Every part of me is just as fake even if it works. It's why I can tweak my body in so many little ways, turn off this or that. I can think with the brain up there, it usually has some of my memories in it, mostly the recent ones, but it doesn't think under normal circumstances."
She raised the pendant so it was between her and the moon.
"My mind's being held by someone I trust with my life. Someone who left me to the trials of time for a plan that's so absurd it never will work, even if it's the only way to kill the real version of that demon we faced."
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Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 10:44 pm
Iri blinks, her eyes wide. Did she understand all of that? Most of it, but some of it kind of went over her head. What she really understands is that she's not looking at the entire Lina. A clone that holds parts of her being. And Lina's mind, well, it's here and not here. It's in someone else's hands. No wonder it doesn't matter too awful much if she dies. What has she got to say in response to all that?
"Damn. And I thought my life was complicated. You got family and personal issues that would make Dr. Phil piss himself. No offense, of course."
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Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 10:50 pm
She looked at Iri, watching her expressions.
"It's true enough. I still only call two people related to me anymore, even counting the deceased."
She seemed suprised that the fury didn't ask more.
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Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 12:57 am
There aint no boar here.
Maybe behind that-
I aint foolin' me, here aint no boar.
But-
And tha' human followed me all the way 'ere.
Well she's just-
She's in MY territory, I'll have to kill her for pursueing me like that!
I already said it, humans don't taste-
I ain't gonna eat her, did I ever say I was going to eat her?
No, but-
Nothing but, that's the punishment she's gonna get.
As the dark energy grew stronger, it was now overpowering the bright one.
With the last powers he had, Ookamimaru tried to warn lina and Iri.
"Stay back! Go away! Now! Leave! You can't do anything for me! It will go away when full moon is over!"
But because his vocal cords wheren't human any more, the only thing Lina and Iri would hear was growling, barking, yelping and so forth.
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