What is Resting 101

[toremainbehind]

Who: Izumo and You
When: November 20th-25th
Where: Xihe temple, Double Cross Bar, somewhere on the Far Shore and Near Shore
What: After the events of the forest, Izumo has to rest. The problem is: what is resting? Ft. a special horse.


[A. The Temple of the Sun]

[After the horrors of the forest event, Izumo has been ordered to be on bedrest. While he understands the reason for it, one must not forget:

Izumo hates the idea of resting.

His shinki has a handful with their god and making him believe in resting. Though Izumo has been good, he also gets bored rather easily without something to keep his mind occupied. After all, the idea of lazing around and doing nothing is something that Izumo does not necessarily believe in, even if he does take impromptu trips when he can for one reason or another. He still has some burn marks on his skin from his attempts to defeat the plants that prevented him from leaving, covered up in bandages.

Anyone who decides to come visit Izumo would find him in the rather spacious living room with a notebook laid out on the coffee table in front of him while a movie is playing through the projector screen. However, what probably stands out is the horse casually eating out of a tub beside the couch.

Izumo sends it a look when it snorts.]

Hey, if you have a different movie you want to watch, then feel free to pick it out.

[Basashi snorts again.]

[B. Resting 101

[It’s particularly late at night when Izumo has to actually sneak out of his own temple.

He needs to get away for a bit, which does lead him to either (a) go to Double Cross bar for some much needed late night drinks or (b) he ends up taking Basashi out and watching in bemusement as the Strain turns white and stretching its wings.

Either way, if he gets caught, he’ll just greet the person with a wave while casually smoking a cigarette.]

Yo.

[C. Wildcard]

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A. GDI Izumo

[thevanguard]

[ He'd left most of the Izumo-Mandatory-Bedrest Patrol to Judar with the occasional check-in, mostly because he had his own patrol to worry about, because keeping Saru in bed to rest was just as difficult. Not the bed part, that was mostly fine, but the RESTING? Not so much.

But since Saru had actually drifted off for a nap with a cat curled up on each side of him a while ago, Yata makes his way into the main building of the temple to check in with his god.

And comes to an abrupt stop at the sight of Izumo and.... ]

.........Why is there a horse in the living room?

WHAT

[toremainbehind]

[In which Fushimi and Izumo really are alike when it comes to resting.

On the other hand--]

Because it's going to start picking a fight with the crows outside.

[Basashi is leering at you, Yata.]

[thevanguard]

[ Yata freezes, giving the horse a wary look. ]

....And why is a horse picking a fight with crows?

............And why is it looking at me like that?

[toremainbehind]

There's just something about crows it doesn't like.

[There's a hint there in his tone, Yata. Hopefully you can detect it.]

Basashi, be nice. [The horse leers at Yata for a moment long before it resumes eating.] I'll take it outside in a moment.

[thevanguard]

Yeah, well. The feeling can be mutual, then.

[ He jabs a finger at the horse before turning to scowl at Izumo. ]

And you're still not supposed to be doing anything. I'll shoo the damn horse out the.... Wait. You named the horse Basashi?!

[toremainbehind]

I'm not an invalid, Yata-chan.

[A blink.]

I didn't. It came with the name.

[Sort of. Basashi still looks like he hates that name.]

[thevanguard]

[ Awww. You called him Yata-chan. ]

You are an invalid until you get your strength back. We had to carry you and Saru out of that forest, after all.

[ Stop giving him heart attacks like that, Izumo. ]

Came with it? What, he showed up with a tag on him or something? Are you sure he wasn't... I don't know supposed to go become...? [ He trails off and leaves the rest of that sentence for Izumo to fill in, not wanting to say it in front of the poor horse's sensitive ears or something. ]

[toremainbehind]

You did good, Yata-chan.

[He's very proud of you.

Izumo holds back a snort.]

Believe me when I tell you there's a very specific reason he has that name. He's an old friend. [He doesn't mention "from home". He's sure Yata could fit the rest in himself.]

[thevanguard]

[ He pauses at the unexpected praise from his god, blinking at him owlishly a moment before flushing a little in pleasure. He lifts a hand to rub at the back of his neck, a little embarrassed by it. ]

Yeah, well. Just don't make a habit of it, would you?

[ And yeah, he can put two and two together easily enough, although that has him giving the horse a surprised look, a little confused. ]

Then how did he get here? Wait, he's not like another shinki or something now too, right?

[ Considering he'd recently met a snow leopard shinki, he wasn't making any assumptions here. ]

[toremainbehind]

I'm going to try not to.

[definitely try.

Izumo shakes his head.]

Found him in my bar the other morning. [He sounds disgruntled.] He's not another shinki.

[thevanguard]

[ Yata casts the horse a sideways look, skeptical. ]

How did he even get into the bar? Wait, I probably don't want to know that, do I?

So why's he in here now instead of out with Sicily? I didn't think 'indoor horses' were a thing. Isn't that messy?

[toremainbehind]

No, you really doesn't want to know.

[The god almost snickers.]

He and Sicily didn't seem to get along yet and he followed me in here.

[Basashi whinnies, lowering his head.]

We really need to finish on those stables.

[thevanguard]

[ Casting the horse one more uncertain look, Yata finally nods and lifts one shoulder in a shrug. ]

I can start working on it more today, if we've got all the tools and supplies now. Although I'm not sure how good it will be? I don't know if I've ever done something like this before...

[toremainbehind]

Fortunately, there are videos on the Internet for that.

[YouTube. Everyone's friend.]

But I do have everything in the storage room.

[There are too many rooms in this place. Izumo had to turn one into storage.]