( closed ) #SeaTurtle

[minogame]

Who: Urashima, Oona, Chikusa, and other peeps
What: Catchall for my private logs. Getting a new god, following up on CR, things.
When: June 19-ish???
Where: Temple of Eris, The Near Shore


For Oona

( When Urashima wakes up, it's slow. For as long as he can remember (which, admittedly, isn't very long), he's always been an early riser but that doesn't mean he particularly likes crawling out of his bed. But this isn't his bed, is it? In fact, it isn't even a bed and as soon as he realizes he's sleeping on a floor he snaps awake. Sitting upright and begins to search for his things which isn't much. Kamekichi and his sword which are both beside him, Kamekichi, as usual, appears indifferent and asleep. But now, he can focus on where he is.

This isn't his room and he starts to call out, )

Terra...?

( But this isn't Shiva's temple and even though this is the first time he's actually woken up in a whole other temple, he's been here long enough to suspect what's happened. He touches his chest where his name should be and looks down-- nothing. And if he were try to draw a boundary line right now, nothing would happen, right? He holds up his hand as if contemplating if he should try or not but decides against it.

He feels his heart drop and it's that same feeling he had after Pippa disappeared. His stomach feels empty but it's different from when he's hungry. He's sadder now than he would be if he was just hungry.

Taking a moment to collect himself, he gets up, putting Kamekichi on his shoulder, and starts to explore. If he woke up here then that means he isn't alone-- or at least, that he won't be alone for much longer. So he should either wait for or look for whoever lives here. )

For Chikusa

( It's an average day in the Near Shore. The streets are busy with people commuting to and from work or school and kids are playing in the street. People are passing out flyers for upcoming festivals and celebrations that they hope you'll visit and honestly, it's just a nice day in the summer.

But when Urashima spots a familiar face across the street, he's quick to yell out, )

Chikusa--!

( He jumps up and down, trying to see over the people in the crowd in front of him. The lit counter on the street light shows that it's going to turn green any second now so you better believe Urashima is going to be darting across the street any moment.

It's been awhile since he'd last seen Chikusa and considering how the last time they'd seen each other wasn't exactly the best of circustamces, it makes sense... but that isn't going to stop Urashima who really wants his attention right now, )

CHI - KU - SA - KUN!

For Roxas

( After Terra's disappearance and being renamed, Urashima had wandered back around to where Shiva's temple had been. It's just one last chance, like he's holding out onto some hope that there was some sort of mistake... finding nothing, he lingers for a moment before turning back to the next most familiar place-- his second home.

It's comforting to be in a familiar setting again and he sets Kamekichi down by the lily lake, letting her sunbathe in the shallows. When he sees Roxas, he's quick to smile-- as if nothing is wrong-- and wave. )

Roxas! Over here~!

For Add

( After submitting his request to Apocalypse, Urashima had wondered if Add would accept it. They hadn't really spoken for obvious reasons, even after Urashima's odd visits to his tower to visit Jakob. Maybe he could have said all of this through the network but he's an old fashioned spirit and can't deal with filters on his own so they're going to have to meet the old fashioned way: Some place.

Urashima gets to the arranged place early and waits around with Kamekichi. He's probably feeding her a cherry or something by the time Add comes around. )

Comments

[kokuyoyo]

[Apparently so honest... It's really weird. But after a second, he nods.]

Fine...

[minogame]

Good!

( It's as simple as that and he reaches out to grab Chikusa who can either let himself get dragged around this konbini shopping for snacks or just watch as Urashima flits around grabbing bubble tea cartons and parfaits and ice cream bars and a single fruit cup that he isn't going to share with anyone but Kamekichi. Of course, he pays for everything in loose change because when you're a shinki that gets paid in coins for helping old ladies carry bags and moms catch stray sheets in the wind on laundry day, all you have is a wallet full of metal with two little bags full, he'll just start to split things between them and hand Chikusa his bag. One parfait, one milk tea, and a melon flavored popsicle. Look, he'll even give Chikusa his coupon so he can save off on an ice coffee next time he comes to this chain of konbini. )

Here! Let's go find somewhere to eat now, okay?

[kokuyoyo]

[When there's no violent intent, it's actually fairly easy to drag Chikusa around. He's about as pliable as rubber, even if his steps are a little awkward as if he can't keep up with all this energy. (He can't.) There's nothing to really say, so he doesn't say it, and just accepts the coupon to tuck away into his pocket.]

....Does it really matter where..?

[minogame]

It's really nice outside today.

( A little hot since it's the middle of summer but there's a good breeze today unlike previous days. He's just going to drag Chikusa outside then, huffs. He knows where all of the parks (and water features) are in this part of the city so he'll just drag Chikusa over to a nearby park.

This is where they'll have their important picnic and he'll set out some dango and daifuku between them to share. )

Hmmm... who should ask the first question? ( Barely ahalf beat later, ) Can I? Since I bought the snacks!

[kokuyoyo]

[Can it really be called a picnic when they just grabbed a bunch of junk from a kanpini....]

[Sinking down as he eats himself, Chikusa makes a noncommittal shrug.]

If you want...

[minogame]

( Setting Kamekichi down beside him, he's going to lay out some strawberries and kiwis in front of her. She looks like she's sleeping but after a second, she does get up and start to move towards the food... like she's sleep walking. )

Okay. ( Opening up his ice cream and asking without a second thought, ) What happened after last time?

[kokuyoyo]

....What kind of question is that...

[With about the same level of speed as Kamekichi, he starts to pick through his things.]

The answer should be obvious...

[minogame]

Then it should be easy to answer.

( Huffs. )

Tell me.

[kokuyoyo]

Asking questions like that...

[Sighing, he starts to unwrap an ice cream bar.]

The ayakashi got away. I had to stitch the wound you gave me. I met someone who taught me how to wash the blood out of my clothes..... and it was really troublesome and tiring.... so I went back home.

So annoying...

[minogame]

( He feels bad but this is the best answer he could hear. He bows his head down some and mumbles, )

Sorry. ( For hurting him. ) I'm glad you gave up, though. You shouldn't mess with ayakashi without your god. They're really dangerous.

( Public service announcement for Chikusa. Just a friendly reminder. )

[kokuyoyo]

[....Well, if he thinks he gave up, that's fine.... Technically, on that day, it was true.]

I know they are.... But I'm not going to hinder him like that.... I'd be a useless tool that way.

[minogame]

( Urashima is a sweet summer child that believes the best in people. He's eating his ice cream while he listens and he's frowning into his cone a bit. A useless tool? It gives him an idea of what to ask next, )

Now it's your turn.

( To ask a question and he'll wait. )

[kokuyoyo]

[There's no doubt about what he wants to ask.]

The things that happened with Axel-sama.... I want to know about that. If you're actually telling the truth about answering....

[minogame]

( No surprise there and Urashima only quietly smiles at first, )

I can't tell you everything. ( Because there are some parts of the story that aren't his to say. ) But I'll tell you what I can.

I was really new back the... I just got my first name. ( He taps his shoulder where his name had been back then. ) Miss Pippa named me. She was the goddess of love, Aphrodite. She was Axel's first god too so he was like my senior. He had a lot of other gods back then, but I don't know who they were. I didn't know him for very long, really.

He turned into an ayakashi. I was with Miss Pippa when that happened... suddenly, she was covered in blight and in a lot of pain. ( Thinking about it makes him touch his arms, remembering how it'd spread all over her. He hadn't really understood what was going on back then because he was so new and it had made the experience all the more frightening, ) It wasn't from me and she only had one other shinki so we knew something was wrong...

He came to our temple last. By then, you couldn't even tell who he'd been. He attacked us. Miss Pippa was really hurt and she didn't really like to fight but she would have died. I made her call my name and I told her to fight. It wasn't Axel anymore, you know? So I killed him. ( Rather, she'd used him to kill Axel so they'd done it together. But she really didn't like fighting and it'd been Urashima who'd pushed her the entire time. ) A few days later, Miss Pippa disappeared too.

I found out later he'd changed because someone had told him about his past. Axel made someone tell him for some reason.

[kokuyoyo]

[So Axel, in a past life, had gone the way of a nora... That's not really surprising to hear. The rest seems standard from what he's managed to puzzle out from the whole process.]

[....It's still not something he's happy to hear about.]

[Eating is sort of the last thing on his mind at the moment, but he's not one to waste food, and it'll melt onto his hand in a disgusting sticky mess if he leaves it alone. So Chikusa just falls quiet, face as carefully dull as usual, and chews on it.]

[minogame]

( He waits a moment to see how Chikusa handles the information.There are some holes in Urashima's story but they're not his place to fill right now. It doesn't look like Chikusa is going to pick at those yet though and Urashima nods once he's certain it's okay to move on. )

What do you think is a shinki's purpose?

[kokuyoyo]

[More weird questions.... What does it even matter? At least to him. Then again, Urashima has been doing a lot of weird things...]

Putting it simply..... To be their god's weapon and tool.... To be used to eradicate ayakashi.... and to keep their god safe.

[minogame]

( He's a weird kid, really. A normal sword, a passable human, but a weird kid at the end of the day. )

I guess. I mean, I think so too. ( They're in agreeance. It's something easy for Urashima to say. He places some more fruit down for Kamekichi to get at and reaches for a parfait next. ) You make it sound really easy.

[kokuyoyo]

Just because something is natural doesn't mean it's easy.... But going into detail is troublesome.

[And most of it.... Well, it's things that anyone who's been around for long enough would know, undoubtedly.]

....Before you said you knew things no one else could about that event...

[minogame]

Only how he died in the end. ( Which he's already told minus the graphic detail. ) You probably could have figured out everything if you talked to enough people... but that was making you really mad, wasn't it?

( It's a rhetorical question so that doesn't count as a second one!! )

I know some people who know a lot more than me. ( He picks at the parfait a bit, ) I can't speak for them because that's their part of the story. I would be really upset if someone told you mine before I could... But I can talk to them for you, if you want.

( He watches Chikusa carefully, )

I don't think they like to talk about it because they were really close... but they might talk to you if they know you're looking for answers.

[kokuyoyo]

[Mad...? Maybe. But perhaps more anxious, that there's still so much he doesn't know about his god. That could still catch them unawares, and which could hurt him. Fighting ayakashi is one thing. The idea of having to fight other gods and their shinki.... That's a lot more troublesome, although not for any reasons of guilt.]

[It's not information he offers freely. Instead there's only a loose nod. So other people then... How much information will they really offer, he wonders.]

Who...?

[minogame]

( He frowns at that, )

I can't say... ( Or rather, won't and he follows up quickly and apologetically, ) If they tell me it's okay, I'll tell you, promise.

[kokuyoyo]

[That's obviously not what Chikusa wants to hear, although the quirk of his mouth turning down slightly.]

....Fine.

[minogame]

Sorry.

(He really is and he wonders if the lack of answer warrants losing a snack or not. On one hand, he's not going to give up his snacks easily but on the other, he wants to be fair. Hmm. But that was Chikusa's question, wasn't it? So now its his turn.)

How are you going to keep him safe?

[kokuyoyo]

["Sorry" doesn't really mean anything as far as he's concerned, so Chikusa dismisses it essentially the moment it's out of Urashima's mouth. There's a question to answer.]

....I need to learn more.... so by getting more information, and using it to stop whatever tries to harm him...