Wanderings [Open]

[iron59]

Who: Felix and You!
When: October 27th
Where: Anywhere cat-free Far Shore in the morning, Near Shore in the afternoon.
What: Since an invitation to look at cats isn’t high on his list, Felix is going to use the day to get a feel for the area.



A. Western District; early morning

[Even as the sun is rising, Felix is jogging through the Western district, coat tied around his waist. He’s making a point of looking around at all of the different places that exist around him, but he never lets up on his pace.

Jogging along behind him is a soulless shinki, their feet hitting the ground out of rhythm as they move through the district. Periodically, Felix will take a sharp turn, never speeding up, even if he is testing the agility of the figure behind him. She keeps up effortlessly, of course.

The longer they spend jogging, the more focused he becomes, taking turns, doubling back, really seeing what his shadow is capable of. If he wasn’t so consistent with his speed, even checking himself once or twice so she stays with him, someone might even think he was trying to lose the poor woman…]

B. Central District and The Heavens; mid-morning and early afternoon

[Having successfully given his shinki the slip, for better or worse, Felix has made his way into fancier parts, though his coat is still tied around his waist and he looks a little grungy for the area. Unlike his calculating (if meandering) path from earlier, he’s now wandering around looking for the sake of looking, because some of these places are amazing.

It takes a few hours, but he eventually finds his way back to the meeting hall, though he is wary of spending too much time there, given the dangers of being press ganged into cleaning by the white-robed shinki that practically swarm the area (or so he claims to anyone who asks).

Before he heads home in the afternoon, Felix will lose himself for a little bit in the Sakura grove to the North of the meeting hall. While he does spend a bit of time appreciating the beauty, he spends more time practicing teleporting himself between the trees.]

C. The Near Shore - Tokyo; late afternoon and early evening

[It’s not dark, yet, but the day is winding down. Even if people aren’t supposed to be able to see him easily, Felix has no intention on taking the chance that he missed something important to make that happen. As crowds increase on the streets, with everyone getting out of work and heading either home or out to socialize, he’s feeling a little more comfortable slipping away into the mortal world.

Alone.

It’s not exactly that he hasn’t been told about the dangers, and not even that he thinks he’s going to be able to handle it better than anyone else has. But he doesn’t like being told not to do something, and besides, if this was what he was meant to be doing, putting it off isn’t going to make it better.

Besides, he’s never, ever been to Japan before, and after the all the stories he’s heard from his family back home, he’s not about to pass up a chance to see it for himself.]

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B - Central District

[reformedsinner]

[Hakkai, this morning, is outside of one of the least impressive of the Central District temples, a brightly painted two-story brick building with a wooden balcony and a richly scented Chinese garden full of edible and medicinal herbs.

He's lecturing several cats who are sitting on the back of an enormous, enormously fluffy dog.]

-- and Bon is not a horse, and I do not appreciate you riding him in the house.

[One of the cats lifts its hind leg and begins to lick itself ostentatiously. Hakkai's eyes narrow.]

As guests in my house, I expect you to take a certain amount of care--

[C]

[unlucky7]

[Tokyo certainly isn't Davenport. It's a much bigger city, more densely populated, the skyscrapers far greater than even the tallest in Davenport, the transportation an efficient delight, a sense of presence and age far beyond the small New England city. It lives and breathes, the crowds rising as people leave their offices to go to restaurants and bars, an endless shift of people getting on and off the trains. The arcades, the karaoke bars, the cafes and stores begin to fill with teenagers in uniforms, fresh out of school or clubs and spending some time hanging out before going home.

Tourists stand out in the crowds, gaping and meandering through the crowds, sometimes moving with the flow, other times wading through like salmon flopping upstream. But Felix is a rock, people moving around him no matter where he stands and moves, unseen, ignored. Even if he draws attention to himself, it's no more than a few seconds of surprise before he becomes part of the scenery again.

But there are things that notice those of the Far Shore; other denizens and ayakashi.

Maybe he's noticed them, the brightly colored things lurking about. The ayakashi feeding on greed around the pachinko parlors. A sense of dread around a school. The low slither of something sliding into a canal or ditch as he passes by.

And even if he hasn't noticed them, they've noticed him.]

You smell good... so tasty... come over here...

[The whispers carry as an undercurrent over the bustle of the city, blending in, lost in all the city noise, but still present, still there.]

[Ginia steps out of a cat cafe, an easy smile on her face as she waves goodbye, stopping to dust cat hair off her jacket. She has a milkshake in her hand as she walks along, sipping lightly as she decides to stay in the city a little more, wandering freely.]

B - Central District - Sorry for repost; I liked this idea better!

[priforprince]

[ One of the more - amazing - structures the Central District has to offer is a temple that looks like a giant white-and-purple fairy-tale castle. Golden statues of a person in a prince costume adorn either side of the front door.

Which is ajar. What almost sounds like carnival music can be heard from within, and there's a faint glitter of movement.... ]

B! >.>

[welcome_home]

[ He's not the only who had wandered in this direction this afternoon, although to be fair, Nanako had been drawn by the Sakura grove. The little girl is wandering through the trees, a serious expression on her face and... a baby deer bouncing along behind her? Even though she seems pretty used to that, occasionally reaching out to absently pet it when it headbutts against her side, demanding attention.

Although if someone is practicing teleporting and vanishing and reappearing in her vicinity, she would stop to see what's going on, peering around a tree trunk to see who else is here today.]

A

[smilingbullet]

[ D2 doesn't usually see many people out and about this early in the morning (his god is awake, of course, but not to go for a run), but apparently new people still pop up once in a while. Though, this sight is slightly unexpected. Jogging together this early, what dedication. Except the woman seems ... ah, soulless. Well, he has met plenty of those. ]

Good morning.

A

[futhark]

[ Sometimes Caster is a truly morning bird. Mostly when he intends to run some errands. Or fish. But they're not biting today so he changes his spot several times. And always, always without a fail, a certain pair ran past him.

Finally, when he sees them approach the bridge he took as his new base of operations, he waves to them and raises his voice ]

Watch out, there's a woman behind you! [ Yeah, dumb joke is dumb, but why not. He's kind of curious- where the kid is running to ] Need any help?

B

[kokuyoyo]

[Before one reaches the Meeting Hall, of course, there's the Library to pass by.... and, as things happen to be, that's where Chikusa tends to spend a lot of his time. Although he seems a bit preoccupied, scribbling something into a notebook as he leaves the doors...]

[But then he's looking up at the sound of footsteps. Oh.]

You're that kid...