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 Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2017 8:27 pm
"Greet people as a job? That must be a bit tiring," said Illo with a small chuckle. The blossoms borne to the wind were sure pretty to look at. Illo started to get the sense that this girl had more power than normal humans. The thought excited him, extending the sly smile he wore to the conversation.
"I must agree," he conceded shifting on his feet to be more comfortable. "It is in the nature of the lake to take such thoughts, good or bad, and hold them, churn them about slowly, until all comes back to us balanced." Realising the esoteric tone he brought, he scratched the back of his head and chuckle nervously.
"Um... What I mean to say is, It's good for every occasion. I too come here to refresh and recharge."
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Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2017 8:40 pm
 ████████████████████████████████████████████▐████▌████████ "It's an interesting concept when you think about life objectively..." ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Chihana Sakura ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ She didn't feel the need to tell him about why she greeted people but it seemed as though he wasn't that interested in it either. Listening to him talk was strange, he talked about things that seemed more thoughtful than what she had first thought. "You seem more mature than you look I must say" she said quietly, her gaze returning to him. She had been seated on the ground the entire time, her legs brought up to be hugged tightly against her chest, reminiscent to what a child would look like when they were cold or crying.
"You can be informal with me, I wont bite you" she chuckled. "Or I might" she said playfully, her eyes returning back to the lake. This male seemed intriguing, he seemed shy it was kind of strange to see this behavior from someone who looked human anyway. "So why are you here tonight? Same reason as me?" she asked politely. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Wavelength: --- | Concealed: --- | Mood: --- | OC: --- ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ "...You come to see that everything is precious regardless of race or gender." ████████▐████▌████████████████████████████████████████████
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Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2017 8:55 pm
That laugh of hers. This one was certainly one to brag about--not that the monk was after that sort of thing! ... Tonight.
Illo flashed his eyes up just about the same time this girl, this woman, was giving him a once-over, Both their eyes had a sort of sparkle to them: depth and a little sadness and warmth; things that made the lake water, with its small crests, so beautiful.
"Hmmm... Well, if knew why you were here..." Illo chuckle to himself, taking his hood down to reveal the soft glow on his forehead. "I try not to read minds, ya know? Sometimes it's more trouble than it's worth!"
"... Anyway," said the monk trying to bounce back from that blunder, "I'm just here thinking about a girl I used to know. She liked to come here; I used to come here when I taught her--tried to teach her--how to fight, and some others used to come too. I almost had a school going, if you can believe it!" That goofy laugh of his. Illo always knew how to make himself laugh, if nobody else.
"Oh! I'm Illo, by the way."
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Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2017 9:07 pm
████████████████████████████████████████████▐████▌████████ "It's an interesting concept when you think about life objectively..." ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Chihana Sakura ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Chihana seemed a little startled by his statement at reading minds. That wasn't just a common thing even by her standards, she'd never met anyone who was capable of doing such but as he continued she began to think. 'A scholar? no, scholars don't teach violence they teach values of diplomacy and how negotiations are best. Tacticians by default strategy was the game, not fighting. Perhaps martial arts teacher, would make sense as to why he had students. How strange how old is this guy?' she found herself thinking. Perhaps he'd read her mind, perhaps not.
"Chihana, a pleasure to make your acquaintance Illo." she said politely bowing, patting the ground next to her. She felt no need to fear this man, he didn't seem like he was after her, but he also didn't seem to mind talking about things and put two and two together, he seems like he was just relaxing, but then again, those people were also highly dangerous. "This place is nice to get away to. When you just want to take a break from it all and enjoy it. I only like this place at night though. Something about it is always serene" she said softly, a glint in her eye as she spoke fondly of the place. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Wavelength: --- | Concealed: --- | Mood: --- | OC: --- ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ "...You come to see that everything is precious regardless of race or gender." ████████▐████▌████████████████████████████████████████████
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Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2017 9:19 pm
Illo smiled and took a seat next to his new acquaintance. He couldn't directly translate her thoughts into words at this point, but instead he was just a little bit more--how do you say?--receptive to whatever was going on in that head of hers. He smelled vaguely of incense.
"It's beautiful at night," agreed the monk, "but I like it at morning. Perfect for practicing Gung Fu." That right there would tell her a lot. Many schools called it that, but when you matched it up to his uniform it was clear who she was talking to. Illo didn't say anything, but instead turned to her with a soft smile.
"So... Been in the city long? I've been here a few years. Bet myself I could get to know everyone in this town, human or not, if I came here often enough."
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Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2017 9:50 pm
████████████████████████████████████████████▐████▌████████ "It's an interesting concept when you think about life objectively..." ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Chihana Sakura ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Chihana wasn't really aware of that teaching, she wasn't really even around this place until recently and the only news that ever really hit her household was if it was demanding and required her to personally attend to the matter of it it was something that could threaten her village, but most things outside of there were still a mystery to her. "Can't say I've heard of Gung Fu" she softly said, her eyes trailing a small bird gliding across the surface. "i'm not really from around here, i just travel a lot you could say." ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Wavelength: --- | Concealed: --- | Mood: --- | OC: --- ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ "...You come to see that everything is precious regardless of race or gender." ████████▐████▌████████████████████████████████████████████
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Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2017 10:02 pm
"Really??" Illo looked shocked, sat straight up and gawked for a minute. The birds flying around changed course immediately. But... In a short moment he was laughing again. "Sorry, it's just, well, everyone around here seems to practice some kind of martial arts--not many know proper technique, though..." he trailed off.
"It makes sense you're not from around here," he concluded. Her story was solid, but there was the matter of her soul. If she wasn't human, then what was she? If she was a demon, she had to know how to fight. Did they have a different name for it besides Gung Fu?
"Hey, do you mind if I ask you something?" He brushed the sand by his feet side to side. "I could help but notice your soul. See, I have soul perception, like a lot of people here, only I can't shut it off in this state. Anyway, yours doesn't look quite human." Surely she had questions for him too. Illo tried to stay cool. It was rare to hold a friendly conversation with someone who wasn't human; if she really wasn't human, he wasn't going to screw this up.
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Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2017 10:33 pm
████████████████████████████████████████████▐████▌████████ "It's an interesting concept when you think about life objectively..." ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Chihana Sakura ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Chihana smiled a little at his shock, perhaps it was a sudden realization that she had missed out on a lot of things humans did in her years of growing up. "I learned martial arts though, it was called piguaquan" she said swiftly. "It suits me personally" she said before looking back at him.
It was when he asked if he could ask something and acted differently she realized that he was on to something. "My soul is fox-like, I get it all the time, I'm not really sure why though" she said smiling, lying through her teeth not out of spite or angst but out of fear, Kitsune weren't always nice and were usually hunted down for their potential. As head of her house she couldn't let that slip and she had to play the role of an asinine teen, one that she was more than aware was saddening. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Wavelength: --- | Concealed: --- | Mood: --- | OC: --- ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ "...You come to see that everything is precious regardless of race or gender." ████████▐████▌████████████████████████████████████████████
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Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2017 10:45 pm
Illo took note of what form she practiced. He might return to that later, being the nerd he was, but for now he just smiled and nodded. From the other side of the lake there was the sound of a bullfrog. It went right along with the setting sun, melting into the horizon and streaming out forever.
"It is," he nodded, a smirk creeping up. "But you can't expect me to believe you don't know why." Illo kept his arm casually perched on his knee. "It's alright to be something other than human, you know. This town is very welcoming." Did he understand? Was he messing with her? His face was so goofy looking it was hard to tell!
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Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2017 11:06 pm
████████████████████████████████████████████▐████▌████████ "It's an interesting concept when you think about life objectively..." ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Chihana Sakura ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Chihana simply looked him in the eyes, a slight hint of a women who had been scorned, any guy who had known a girl knew that look, the I don't want to talk about it. "Not everything is safe. Even a small life is in danger when it least expects it" she said standing up, walking towards the lake, standing out the very edge of where the water hit. "Sometimes secrecy is needed in the world, I am sure you could understand that, and I'm sure you already have an idea of what i am" she said softly, turning her back him, her shadow showing her frame with five tails and cat-like ears. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Wavelength: --- | Concealed: --- | Mood: --- | OC: --- ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ "...You come to see that everything is precious regardless of race or gender." ████████▐████▌████████████████████████████████████████████
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Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2017 11:14 pm
Illo looked away. Tough as he was, he was no match for that look. He always marveled a little at how swiftly he could be defeated in this arena, just loving that challenge that women presented him with. Her shadow brought him back, though, and Illo found himself somewhat entranced by this stranger. She was indeed a kitsune. Illo smiled, satisfied to have found yet another.
"No way!" he said shooting to his feet. "Another one! I've met your kind before. Powerful fighters! And smart too. Not like most demons at all." If he was a dog his tail would be wagging.
"Oh man. I wish I would have asked sooner." He thought about it for a second. "... You were scared of me, were you? I may look like a brute," he said giving a body builder pose, "but don't let this brawny facade fool you. I'm really gentle... Unless you're evil. But somehow I don't sense that from you." He nodded, confident in his assessment.
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Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2017 11:33 pm
████████████████████████████████████████████▐████▌████████ "It's an interesting concept when you think about life objectively..." ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Chihana Sakura ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Optimism was a luxury that Chihana was never allowed and waved the spot next to her as she turned her head to look back at him. "Let me show you why I fear." she said as softly as she could her attention returning to the lake. Waving her right hand across the lake, things began to take shape, houses with children playing, not kitsune children but human and there she was playing with them, her tails exposed. "Realistic isn't it? This is one of my memories" she said, a slight hint of joy in her voice before she motioned her hand again.
The houses a blaze, the children lying on the ground all because someone had been greedy for Chihana's potential. The words "This is your fault, they didn't have to die, you should have just come a long like a good little pet" echoed throughout the lake as her teeth gritted before she cut the illusion. "I've killed to survive, I've killed for my house as well. I've killed for being around people" she uttered, a harshness now present in her voice, not at him but herself. "I'm by no means dangerous unless given a reason" she stated.
Thinking back to what he did, she smiled. He had tried to make himself a lot more approachable, comedic. "I don't fear many things so don't worry, I wasn't scared of you." she smiled, tilting her head slightly. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Wavelength: --- | Concealed: --- | Mood: --- | OC: --- ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ "...You come to see that everything is precious regardless of race or gender." ████████▐████▌████████████████████████████████████████████
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Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2017 11:50 pm
It was all so real! Illo could hardly remember the last time he was so thoroughly enthralled in an illusion. Really, the kitsunes were something else, a notch above the average Phoenix when it came the art of casting illusions.
But... Things weren't happy for long. It soon devolved into a mad, jumbling blaze of memories stricken red with anger. Illo reached out a hand, wishing to place it on her should to comfort her.
"I'm sorry you went through that," he said softening up. "I haven't had to go through anything that tough, but I do know what it means to lose someone like that." He looked away, pulling his hand off for a moment before looking back at the fox.
"I guess we're here for the same reason after all." With that observation came a small, less-than-convincing chuckle. "But! That's why I come here. Just let the river take all of it." That reassuring look he had on was much more convincing, though. Illo took a moment to pick up a stone and skip it along the lake.
"Lot of demons I know have this... Aura about them," he said, continuing to skip as he mused. "I think I've figured it out. You don't like your reputation. That I can understand." For whatever reason Illo decided it was time to open up to the kitsune. "Most people only know me as a demon slayer; that's something I've been working on, but this is a violent city. Here everybody wants to fight--and not just spar either--and if you're associated with the Academy trouble seems to follow you. Because of that I'm glad I'm this strong, but I've had to kill a lot of demons--demons just as nice as you, probably... They weren't able to see past the image that had been created for me." He looked over to make sure she was on the same page. It certainly would be unfortunate to have someone misunderstand you while talking about misunderstandings.
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Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2017 12:10 am
████████████████████████████████████████████▐████▌████████ "It's an interesting concept when you think about life objectively..." ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Chihana Sakura ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Chihana would smile as she could feel the sincerity from him. "Demons all have a different perception, I personally wouldn't consider Kitsune demons but it is what it is. I guess you could say that we have to look at things differently, I for one have learned to look at life objectively." she said politely, taking a seat on the ground, her feet dipping into the ebbing water as she starved off the idea of optimism. "We all have a role to play in the world, some more predominant than others, me for example. I am the head of my house" she said with a slight hint of distaste.
"I wouldn't say I don't like my reputation, what I don't like is when people have misconceptions and create ideals and concepts based on false information on a minority rather than a majority." she said before giggling. "I don't like when people spread rumors and people believe them easily." she said softy before closing her eyes, a well of sakura blooming around her and gently billowed towards the lake, dancing to eachother.. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Wavelength: --- | Concealed: --- | Mood: --- | OC: --- ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ "...You come to see that everything is precious regardless of race or gender." ████████▐████▌████████████████████████████████████████████
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Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2017 12:25 am
(Last post for me tonight emotion_zzz ) Illo sat beside the kitsune and nodded along with the points she made. Leave it to her race to analyse things so scientifically. Illo, seeming to err on the side of mysticism, interpreted her words a little differently so that they match his thoughts better.
His attention followed the sakura blossoms out to the lake again as he casually tossed rocks into the lake. Both of them had made their presence known to the water: Illo making a splash while the kitsune preferring to hover above; watching but still participating; not so unreflective of their stances.
"I see." His voice calmed down a little, smoothing out from somewhat whiny to someone who actually had their stuff together. "I suppose that sort of thing is exactly what causes problems, no matter who you are."
"It was such a pleasant surprise to find that demons can be just as kind as humans--it definitely balanced out the shock of learn how nasty humans can be." He thumbed two stones in his hands. "At the monastery, they taught me that only humans were good, and that demons could only be evil. Isn't that ridiculous?" He chuckled.
"Those petals... Is that another one of your abilities," he asked changing the subject, "or can all your kind do that?"
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