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 Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 8:49 pm
 Like most days, Gareth spent yet another indoors. He sat staring out the window as the rain poured heavily and the wind whipped the droplets against the glass. It was soothing, but at the same time nerve-racking. He wasn't scared of the rain, just of the other kitsusagi that came inside to get out of it. His yellow and purple eyes continuously darted over to the door to make sure no one new was coming in or sneaking up on him.
He was scarred and frail, shivering slightly as some of the cold wind managed to seep in around the window. Overall he was a rather pathetic sight.
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Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 9:06 pm
 Where had the sudden rain appeared from? One moment the sky was soft blue, and the next it was blanketed in gray. Muddy boats sloshed up the front steps to the HQ, and the female kitsu was quick to enter inside. A pale but dirty paw reached out, opening the front door just enough for her to slip in, before turning around and shutting it quietly.
A small sigh could be heard from the kitsu, but her face unreadable as her large hoodie rested above her, having been a guard against the rain. She looked down to her muddy paws in disdain, before realizing her tails were in the same state. Ugh, she'd need a bath. Not wanting to soil her hoodie, Setsu shook her head side to side, leting the fabric fall on it's own from her hair. And all this went about without notice to the other kitsu in the room.
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Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 9:28 pm
However Gareth took notice of her very quickly. At the sound of the door opening he jumped and spun, watching the door with wide eyes. As Setsu entered he locked up, the fur on his tails and neck standing on end. But then he calmed down slightly, her appearance confusing him. It was as if she was an angelic without any wings... wearing clothing? An angelic crossed with a human was all his mind could think of.
He didn't say anything yet, simply staring with wide eyes.
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Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 9:42 pm
A shifting whisper of noise caught her ears, and Setsu spun on her heel to face the other. She almost skimmed over him, his gray fur blending with the window he sat beside. A moment passed of tension, her analyzing him to see of any threats. And though he was scarred, the aura surrounding him was nothing like menace...more like sudden fear. A deer caught in headlights. Slowly, Setsu lowered her paws, before setting them on the wooden floors.
"I apologize...if I startled you." Give a shudder, she pinned her ears as she glanced the room, soon spotting the fireplace. Dragging her now filthy tails, the kitsu made near the lit fire, settling away from the rug to dry. She never was the best to starting or keeping conversations. And besides, she wanted despreately to get out of the cold seeping her uniform. Her ear tips and tails and front paws were already chilled horribly, no thanks to her lack of bloodflow.
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Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 10:00 pm
The kitsu's sudden movement made him jump and shrink back, frozen until she finally spoke. He swallowed hard and watched her wander over to the fireplace, a welcoming flow of warmth radiating outward. "It's... it's okay." He stuttered, his voice crackly and quiet with disuse. "I... uh..." Gareth stopped himself and tried to regain his composure.
"I am uh... curious. I've... n-never seen a angelic wear clothes b-before." The fact that her forepaws were fluffy like that of an angelic made him calmer... they were always nice and not scary at all. But how often did they wear clothes like humans? He had never seen one do such a thing before.
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Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 7:27 pm
Paws worked meticulously on her arm guards, unlaching the straps so the furred items fell to the ground with a clunk. The mud had gotten to them too, and she'd have to clean them along with her boots. But for noe, she just needed to get warm. And so she reached out t othe fireplace, absorbing the orange heat.
Purple and red eye turned to the stuttering kitsu, tilting her head faintly to his stuttering. Was he nervous, or was that just his form of speech? And an ear pale as paper lifted to his whispered statement. An angelic? What was that? She was still new to the whole kitsu worlds afterall, not knowing what the other was talking about. "Yeah...clothes seem to be rare around these lands." Still something she wasn't used to either, and she looked away back to the fireplace to that reminder. "Don't angelics require halos? I don't have any....."
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Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 9:32 am
Gareth watched her take off articles of her clothing with curiosity, his own pair of different colour eyes staring back at her. He stayed where he was, back hunched to make him appear smaller than he really was - matted fur clinging to his skinny frame. "I see humans wear c-clothes..." He trailed off, his stuttering becoming less as he grew more comfortable.
The male's ears twitched at her statement, having not realized that she lacked both wings and a halo. He swallowed, getting a little nervous again. What if this kitsusagi was trying to trick him?
No, no... no need to be paranoid... right?
"Oh y-yes..." His eyes darted around the room, making sure no one else was around to sneak up on him or something. "I just noticed that your feet-" He cut himself off and motioned with one of his front paws at her furry paws. "Angelics normally have feet... like that." Gareth would continuously pause mid-sentence, as if he was thinking whether he wanted to continue saying what he did.
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Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 2:41 pm
Ears flitted up sharply, and Setsu glanced in Gareth's direction with high interest. Was he just tugging her tails though? "Humans? There are humans here?" That was new information to her....what if one of them were her friend from her homeland. Slim chances, and she scolded herself quietly for being so hopeful. "Yeah...most of us prefer to cover our bodies..."
She peered back to her dirty paws, rubbing them together without result of getting any cleaner. Maybe this Headquarter building had shower rooms also, or there might be a spa room nearby? And she heard a small gulp over the crackle of the fireplace, making her slide her eyes back to the scarred male. And she lifted a paw too, wiggling it just for the hell of it. "Do they now? I'm sure they are much cleaner though...." Besides, she doubted an undead could ever be given the status of an angel. That'd be just...twisted.
"Hm. Why do you ask? Are you looking for a particular angelic?" What with those cuts running over his body, it certainly looked like he needed one. But that was a shallow guess. Slowly, Setsu curled and relaxed on the ground with tails near her chin like a blanket of sorts. She loved rainy days...just not getting so muddy in them..
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Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 3:40 pm
The scarred kitsu blinked. Did she just say 'us'? She wasn't a human... or at least, certainly didn't look like one. However he chose not to question it for fear of hitting some kind of nerve, and just danced around it. "Well... I don't know around here exactly, but I live with one." He owed a lot to Kitara, although at times like these when she encouraged him to be on his own he hated her for it.
He managed a small, faint smile at her remark, but it quickly vanished as soon as it had appeared. "Oh, uh... n-no..." Gareth trailed off, staring at her. He curled his three tails around himself. "It's just that... angelics are nice to be around." The same shaky smile appeared for a few seconds before disappearing again.
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Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 3:59 pm
Well, not human anymore. And it seemed like she wouldn't change back anytime soon. What a sad shame.
"Oh? Interesting." She never paused to think kitsu and humans actually lived together. The only building she was aware of was HQ, and so she assumed everyone just lived in herds or roguelands. "Guess company is company, no matter the species. Congrats."
Attention went to her tail tips dully, watching the flame light glim on the fish scales there. But they flicked back up to stare at the stuttering kitsu calmly. What was he so wound up about? Was it something recent or something that had happened a long time ago..
"Well, then are all other company bad? Sounds like it." She had only met so many other kitsus. Many of them boring and average. A few actually worth spending time with. She tended to like company of the odd side of life, guess it helped to balance out her dry humor.
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Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 5:33 pm
Gareth made an odd noise at her question, something between thinking aloud and a whimper. "I don't... really like other kitsusagi that much." He looked at the ground, ashamed to make eye-contact with Setsu. "They can be mean and um... can hurt you... and stuff." He danced around with his words, pausing and breathing between them to try and stay calm.
"Angelics are almost always nice. Less chance of being hurt when you're around them." The male finally mumbled. It was the entire reason why he wasn't fainting or running away in Setsu's presence. She seemed a little odd, but nice overall... and she resembled an angelic in the way her body was built, clothes aside.
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Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 11:50 am
"Heh, I suppose everyone has their quirks." It wasn't a crime to not like everyone, sometimes it was even for the best. Setsu knew she was no saint in the matter, and couldn't even confidently say that she had likeable 'friends'. Ears slid to the other's stuttering, eyeing him lightly as he spoke. Seemed like his personality now was a result of those scars marking his body. His reaction to whatever happened in his past was what made him now. Skiddish.
"Everyone can be hurt. And mean. So in that viewpoint, take it as normal and soothing." An odd theory, but something to settle the nerves. Why fear pain if it was always around you? Adapt, and become strong against it. "In any case, I won't hurt you." She was no angelic, but she wasn't a serial killer either. She reclined on her side as the storm continued, her tails curling near the fireplace. "I don't believe I caught your name?"
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Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 12:29 pm
Indeed it had. If it hadn't been for his sister than he would no doubt be a more confident individual. However she had scarred more than just his body, cursing him to a life of fear and paranoia around every turn. Even though it had happened years ago it still haunted his mind to this day and until he could get over the hump of his fear, it would always effect him socially. The poor kitsusagi just seemed incapable of getting over it on his own.
"Pain? S-soothing?" Gareth shuddered and stared at her, a renewed fear in his eyes. "It's never soothing. Never." For a moment he stared off into nothingness and locked up, remaining in that state until she spoke again. "Oh. I didn't think you would. You don't seem the um... type." And she looked like an angelic, something he couldn't stop referring her as. It comforted him in a way Setsu probably didn't even realize unless she saw how he reacted to normals and nightmares.
"Oh, sorry. My names um... Gareth." He pinned his ears back shyly. Normally he kept his name a secret, as if telling it was revealing some horrible taboo. "Whats yours?" The male asked timidly.
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Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 1:28 pm
It was one thing to be scarred from strangers. But to be scarred by family, a sad and entirely different matter. But that was a mystery that would no doubtedly be kept secret for a long time. Setsu wouldn't pry of the other's past, or the origin of his wounds. It would do no good. She could only guess if it wsa indeed his past, or something that was trailing along in his life still. Much like herself.
The femme paused, and shook her head with indigo hair flitting over her eyes. "Pain isn't soothing. But you have to make your mind not fear it so much. Else you'll be in constant pain." Was that worth it? Maybe for the striped male. Eyes blinked as he refered her as not the violent type, and she only shrugged. There was a reason to her blade, but never for senseless violence.
"Then, it's a pleasure Gareth." That name sounded oddly familiar. So similiar to another name of her old life. But that thought was vague and pushed aside. "Setsu. That's what I'm called."
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Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 4:19 pm
Her words made sense, hitting home for Gareth. Taking them to heart he looked at his feet, knowing she was right but unable to shake such a strong fear of pain and hurt that easily. The stripped kitsu knew he was inconstant physical and mental anguish and knew that he himself was what caused most of it... but he was too frightened to change it himself.
Gareth swallowed. "Thats a pretty name." He mumbled partly to himself, bashful. He fumbled for something to say to try and no appear awkward. It was nice to talk to someone that didn't scare him too much and he didn't want to scare her off because of his social awkwardness.
"S-so why do you wear clothes?" He finally asked before quickly adding. "If you don't m-mind me asking."
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