Day 88:: Can you hear me, I know I'm just a whisper...

[bastionpc]

Who: Everyone!
Status: Open
When: Day 88
Where: The Bastion
What: NPC and PC mingling
Format: Action
Warnings: None

[The excitement of the day before moves in to the quiet of the day after in the Bastion. It's fairly calm after all that, and the two new arrivals have been mostly healed. Current residents will find the once-armored woman bandaged still but in surprisingly good spirits, and the male with the guitar skittish and likely to jump at the smallest thing.

This would be a good point to talk to them, other NPCs or even your fellow NPCs.]

Comments

[individuates]

[huffs a quiet sigh. Tama-chan, give him strength]

...just barely. Why does this stuff have to be so complicated?! [really. He's shocked that people even managed to procreate with all of these rules...] Is it too much to just... want things to work themselves out over time? If something is supposed to come of it, it will, surely?

[a slight twitch and a blush] ...given all of that, "getting horizontal" is the least of my worries, believe me.

[yinyangfox]

Nah, its not too much, kid. You guys are being pretty honest about everything. You've just got hang ups. Everyone has problems making relationships work for some reason or other because people aren't carbon copies. Anyways, if you were both on the same level, you probably never would have entertained the idea in the first place.

[ He smiles faintly at the blushing and reaches over to ruffle Kaoru's hair lightly. ]

Definitely the least, considering Foxface is fairly certain you're not even that sure about being courted by a man in the first place. See, in his time its pretty commonplace. More so later on. Modern Japan wrote it all off and pretty much abolished the practice over time and only recently in your era has the whole thing garnered a little more respect. He doesn't know there's any kind of stigma but he knows there was a certain level of discretion always expected and supposes its the same.

Honestly kid, he's just scared, but don't tell him I told you that. He might seem a little older and more together, but really, he's just a kid. In kitsune years he's a baby. I mean a baby. He's never had a romance or anything. I don't wanna spook you or make you more anxious, but you're no worse off than him. You're both going into this blind. I'm just tryin' to help.

[individuates]

[dipping a little under the hair ruffle - pouting, but secretly just the littlest bit happy about it.]

I used to always have my brother to talk to, you know, I'm not used to figuring out things on my own, least of all things about myself. But I think... I am sure about it, though. I may not have been about Seimei in the beginning - or myself for that matter. I mean I... I was worried that I might just have been kind of... latching onto him.

[because he's always so kind to him and because Kaoru's not good at dealing alone. At least it`s kind of reassuring that they`re as nervous as each other.]

[yinyangfox]

[ He smiles, teeth showing in the grin as he leans away and runs a hand through his hair with a chuckle. ]
Man, you two. See, this is why I don't bother offin' Foxface. He's never made me do anything particularly bad or that he wouldn't attempt to do on his own, and he provides me all this entertainment. Demon and human lives are so neat. You people just have so much energy.

[ Scratching the back of his head, the shikigami eventually leans in close and arches a brow. ]

I'd tell you to look at me like a brother, but if I were you and Foxface's brother the implications would be even more weird for you. Not so much for me. I think expression of love is beautiful in all forms as long as nobody is hurt emotionally by it. Twincest, man. You don't even know how elegant that is sometimes. [ He grins knowingly and winks at Kaoru before leaning back and shrugging. ]

I am a fountain of knowledge and advice. As long as you don't ask me for answers about the future or the meaning of events occurring around you, I will ever be pleased to offer assistance. I've slipped the noose of obedience, but that doesn't mean I can't serve because I want to. And I do. I like hanging out with you people. And I like Foxface, and if I can help you two get over your little thousand year gap and emotional hiccups, well, what kind of friend would I be if I didn't try?

[individuates]

...you`re starting to sound like someone I knew - know - from home. Jeez...

[glancing away a little awkwardly. He only has one brother and he has no plans on replacing him any time soon. Or ever.]

Well, it`s only a thousand years. [rubbing a hand over Tama-chan] When you put it like that, it`s not so bad - it doesn`t seem so long if you don`t count all the days.