handwritten | action

[thirdshiki]

handwritten:

[to find herself in an unfamiliar place and unable to sense Natori's presence was... just a bit worrying. but there was no immediate panic, no. Hiiragi had spent most of the day silently going about, searching for her master and an exit.

so neither could be found. alright then.

it isn't until a few hours of fruitless searching later that Hiiragi accidentally brushes against the vines, a scroll unfurling and a pen offered to her. there's a long pause of debate as to whether she should simply move on or investigate it further; the youkai takes her own brush and ink out of her sleeve, and after a moment of hesitation, experimentally swipes a couple lines across the surface. basically all you get to see is this:]



action:

[a woman wearing a horned one-eyed mask can be found around the gardens, heading nowhere in particular yet with a sense of urgency. if she spots your character but they're human, she'll walk right past them without a second glance. but if they're anything other, she'll be turning her head in their direction and slightly slowing her pace.]

Comments

[ported]

It's no trouble! We'll probably have a lot of fun anyway.

[thirdshiki]

Fun?

[what is fun. she hasn't done anything fun in dozens of years.]

[ported]

A party, maybe. Or we could go kill something if you find that fun.

[thirdshiki]

I don't know what would be fun for me. [sure she could kill, or even party if Natori told her to, but she wouldn't find either to be fun.]

[ported]

We'll have to find out what is fun for you.

[thirdshiki]

Is it really necessary?

[ported]

Probably not.

But it still sounds interesting.

[thirdshiki]

... I suppose it would be.

[ported]

Wouldn't it? No one would see you smile though.

[thirdshiki]

I never remove my mask. [she probably has a permanent lineface anyways.]

[ported]

Ooooo. Doesn't that make you some kind of monster?

[thirdshiki]

Yes. I'm a youkai.

[ported]

I've never heard of one of those and I've seen a lot of monsters.

[thirdshiki]

[a pause, as she tries to think of another way to describe it.]

I'm a spirit. [not in the... traditional sense (dead, intangible all the time), but it's the closest thing.]

[ported]

I can see you just fine.

[thirdshiki]

Most humans normally aren't able to.

[ported]

I guess I'm not really a normal human. But normally, I'd have to cast a spell.

[thirdshiki]

I could sense the magic you possess.

[ported]

That was probably a little obvious.

[thirdshiki]

[a nod.] It was.

[ported]

It's not like I'm trying to hide it so it's fine.

[thirdshiki]

Would there be any reason for you to hide it?

[ported]

Nope. I love being able to use magic.

[thirdshiki]

I've never met a human who admitted something like that so freely.

[ported]

I don't see why. Magic is pretty useful to have around!