Bastion NPC ([personal profile] bastionpc) wrote in [community profile] thebastion2014-06-01 01:49 pm
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[Day 196 and 197] Seconds march into the past [OPEN

Who: Everyone!
Open: Open
When: Days 196 and 197
Where: Skyway
What: The last locations have arrived
Format: Any
Warnings: N/A

[Call it a strange sort of intuition, but when more locations were found out on the Skyway, Zayna couldn't help but feel like that was the end of it. Maybe not for good, but it just seemed sort of... final, the way things were arriving.

She didn't really speak this thought aloud to anyone but Zulf and her father, showing the new sketches to the residents of the Bastion once more without too much insight in to what was on her mind.]



yinyangfox: (unsure)

[personal profile] yinyangfox 2014-06-09 05:36 am (UTC)(link)
"I doubt there is anything of worth heavier than a few plants and scrolls. I imagine anything we find will be easily managed by the two of us. And I do not take it personally," he murmured, not entirely truthful but not deliberately lying. Just because he couldn't see it for himself. He understood, at least, what the twins were suffering after seeing the shattered remnants of their former lives so blatant and cruelly laid out.

Another reason he was grateful not to have his home on the Skyway.

"Shall we, then?"
individuates: (^_^ big smile)

[personal profile] individuates 2014-06-09 06:34 am (UTC)(link)
"Let's." He offered an enouraging smile, taking Seimei's hand and tugging gently towards the exit... before clearly thinking better of it, doubling back to stick close to him again.

"Do you have the map? How do we get there? Is it terribly perilous?"
yinyangfox: (unsure)

[personal profile] yinyangfox 2014-06-09 06:44 am (UTC)(link)
"Terribly...perilous?" he asked, tilting his head to the side before chuckling softly and closing his fingers around Kaoru's.

"I suppose if it is we will have to be doubly cautious? It is not in a very dangerous place, nor is it surrounded by many territories of more dangerous creatures. I should like to think it will not take long and will not threaten our well-being in the slightest. I imagine the worst part will be the traveling, honestly," he offered, reaching into his robes and withdrawing his copy of the local area maps and the marked spot where the ruins were supposed to be, walking while they spoke.

"Its here, and covers this entire area. If we can retrieve anything of value more the better. If not, it should at least be somewhat cathartic."
individuates: (:| - hmm~!)

[personal profile] individuates 2014-06-09 08:13 am (UTC)(link)
"The worst part will be the travelling?" He echoed incredulously. "Even wish such an enchanting travelling companion as me? I'm wounded!" But in contradiction to his words he leaned closer - probably a little closer than strictly necessary - to get a good view of the map.

"It's pretty big, huh? To think Hikaru and I only got a single room..." A big room, certainly, with plenty of spaces to explore, but still… "So plant cuttings and scrolls and… anything else we can find? I mean, it's not that far, we could possibly manage to bring things back in a couple of trips if we find a lot of stuff…"
yinyangfox: (foxface)

[personal profile] yinyangfox 2014-06-09 08:32 am (UTC)(link)
"Provided we find a lot then I would not mind returning as much as possible. If the bones and graves are still there, We must not disturb those. The rest, however, I see no reason not to retrieve," he agreed, looping an arm around the youth when he leaned in, embracing him briefly.

"Your music room was a special place filled with memories. It made it bigger, in many ways, than Izumo could ever be."
individuates: (*glance*)

[personal profile] individuates 2014-06-09 11:28 am (UTC)(link)
Leaning into the embrace with the very faintest shudder - "Of course not."

…because that would be kind of gross. He was hardly going to be throwing strangers' skulls around. Or touching them. Or even looking at them too long.

"…but you said Izumo was a village, right? I'm sure it's full of memories, too, just… not our own." Getting petty about places on the Skyway being bigger or smaller was probably not a good thing. They were all precious places to someone, after all, even if those someones were not necessarily living in the Bastion.

(("Even wish". I went a bit Japanese schoolkid on you there XD))
yinyangfox: (unsure)

[personal profile] yinyangfox 2014-06-11 04:35 am (UTC)(link)
"It was a very grand and lovely village, once. A thriving community of very special people. The real tragedy was the loss of so many, but now that seems laughable. Loss is simply a way of life now," the onmyoji murmured with uncharacteristic melancholy.

"My primary motivation, really, is going to honor the dead and possibly the last piece of my world that exists. It is my duty to see this done. Nevermind any personal motivations."
Edited 2014-06-11 04:35 (UTC)
individuates: (*glance*)

[personal profile] individuates 2014-06-11 12:21 pm (UTC)(link)
He squeezed Seimei's hand gently.

"…no loss is laughable. Even when the scheme of things is so vast."

Of course, Izumo would still have been wiped out in the Calamity, even if the Mikado hadn't already done the job. But in some ways, oddly, the Calamity was a little easier for him to accept than the idea of humans killing humans.
yinyangfox: (Default)

[personal profile] yinyangfox 2014-06-13 05:50 pm (UTC)(link)
"Indeed not, and I thank you for your understanding," Seimei replied, raising Kauro's hands to his face and kissing his knuckles lightly.

"Shall we be off, then? The sooner we leave the sooner we can return. I would not want to take you away from your brother for longer than he finds tolerable. His acceptance of me has more stipulations than I can bother counting."
individuates: (:) small smile)

[personal profile] individuates 2014-06-14 03:45 am (UTC)(link)
He gave a smile and a slight blush at the kisses to his hands.

"Mmm. Sorry. We might have been there already if I hadn't stopped us," He gently tugged Seimei along again. "Let's go and do this, then, shall we? So that Hikaru doesn't get mad at you for bringing me home late or something."

"…he'll relax those conditions eventually, I promise."
yinyangfox: (distracted)

[personal profile] yinyangfox 2014-06-14 08:55 pm (UTC)(link)
"I highly doubt that. would that he were as smitten with me as you are, then both our lives could be significantly simpler and more..." he trailed off, gesturing vaguely with one hand and smirking in a self-deprecating manner. He knew better. Intimacy wasn't precisely his strong suit and they hardly had a shared moment between them these days. He felt out of place and in the way more often than not, though he still doggedly held on.

"You know, I do hope we find something though. I would like to have a genuine artifact of my time, not some replica bought with shards."
individuates: (blink/glance)

[personal profile] individuates 2014-06-15 01:36 am (UTC)(link)
"…I wouldn't want him to be quite that smitten." Kaoru admitted, one brow slightly raised. They usually ended up liking the same things, so it was probably only a matter of time before Hikaru warmed up to Seimei. But if Hikaru came to like Seimei as much - and in the same way - as Kaoru did? He usually had absolutely no qualms with sharing or even conceding to his brother, but on this? On Seimei? He would have a hard time.

It was hard enough just sacrificing their closeness until Hikaru got comfortable with the idea of Them - he even had to fight the urge to be selfish sometimes.

"I hope there's something there for you," he squeezed Seimei's hand lightly, "We brought enough stuff back from our own world - it would be nice to have something of yours. Do they keep many artifacts in Izumo? Or… well they might not have been artifacts then, but they are now…"
yinyangfox: (foxface)

[personal profile] yinyangfox 2014-06-15 02:18 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh...oh goodness no, not that way," the onmyoji laughed, a bit nervously. "It was a common thing in my time, certainly, but I do not believe I would be able to handle you both. I have enough trouble trying to figure out what to do with you - both of you would cause me to have a heart attack. Red heads are notoriously feisty. You two would run me into an early grave," he scoffed.
individuates: (*twitch*)

[personal profile] individuates 2014-06-15 04:56 am (UTC)(link)
"Good." He wound both his arms around Seimei's left one as they walked, a little smugly. "I'm glad to know you think so highly of my kind."

…wait.

"…you're saying that threesomes were common in your time?"
yinyangfox: (unsure)

[personal profile] yinyangfox 2014-06-16 03:54 pm (UTC)(link)
"Ah, threesom--oh. You mean more than one partner at one time? I suppose it was not uncommon, considering brothels and the like, but I meant having more than one companion in general. Depending on your status and wealth one could maintain a fair number of concubines. Though it was unheard of outside of aristocracy and even still, quite unusual if you were not the Mikado," he answered, speaking as they walked towards the path out of the Bastion.

"It was not uncommon at all, however, to support the entire family of one's lover, provided you have the wealth to do so. Gratitude comes in many forms, I suppose. I myself kept a very solitary life and never had men or women in my private company. I never entertained the idea, really, in fullness. My status would have afforded me quite a lot of leniency, socially, should I have chosen to keep more than one - ahem, if you will pardon the vernacular - catamite."
individuates: (hee~!)

[personal profile] individuates 2014-06-17 04:23 am (UTC)(link)
"...it's when you say things like that, I can't help but wonder if you might be from a different dimension after all." he nudged Seimei lightly as he remarked. "Not to say that relationships like that don't work - or exist - but in my time if someone - especially someone in a prominent position were to... maintain several lovers, as you say, it would be pretty scandalous."

Kaoru himself didn't particularly care either way what other people did in their bedrooms, but it was strange how in his world - if not necessarily his country - people could be so progressive and accepting about some things, but not about others.

He couldn't help but chuckle at Seimei's other comment though.

"...when you use that word I automatically try to imagine you as a lecherous old man and it just doesn't fit."
Edited 2014-06-17 11:58 (UTC)
yinyangfox: (srstessen)

[personal profile] yinyangfox 2014-06-17 07:38 pm (UTC)(link)
"Well, I certainly hope not," he murmured, arching a brow slowly and tilting his head. "I am older than you, yes, but I am not old, neither by human or kitsune standards. As for lecherous, I do not believe I've ever done anything to qualify, regardless of what your brother might think," he murmured, bristling quietly at the idea.

"And to be fair, considering my preferences, even with the allowances it would be somewhat scandalous, and there would still be expectations. I would have to marry and have to have heirs, regardless. Though generally, as high as my rank is, or was, it would be the Mikado who chose my wife. It would be unlikely I had any choice in the matter."

[ Want to do a few more posts to whittle down the conversation and then time-skip the travel to Izumo? ]
individuates: (hmm)

[personal profile] individuates 2014-06-17 11:23 pm (UTC)(link)
"I said I try. It never works." He chuckled apologetically, leaning against Seimei a little, "I couldn't even imagine what you would look like old - if you even age at all - and as for the lecherous bit, you're far too refined for any of that." And as for his brother... "It's not just you, you know, Hikaru is suspicious of everyone. But especially so if they're pursuing his baby brother..."

A frown clouds his features for a moment. The idea of arranged marriages never sat well with him. It was not a practice in his own family but for a lot of his classmates, the prospect of being pushed into a 'sensible' or 'advantageous' union for the sake of their family was very real.

((sounds good!))
yinyangfox: (unsure)

[personal profile] yinyangfox 2014-06-18 04:26 am (UTC)(link)
"I could not tell you," he answered, reaching up and touching Kaoru's hair thoughtfully with his free hand before scratching his own nose and casting his eyes skyward.

"Kitsune are ageless, but I am only half and there is no precedent. Not insofar as I know, personally. There are stories of half kitsune men and women, but none of us communicated personally and there are rarely tales of their lives at length. By the same token, there are no tales of their deaths, either."

Shaking his head, Seimei returned his gaze to the path ahead, keeping an eye out for places ensuring their footing.

"what are you thinking of that makes your face so grim?"
individuates: (*glance*)

[personal profile] individuates 2014-06-18 08:10 am (UTC)(link)
"Grim? Me?" He pulled a quick smile to alleviate any concerns. Absolutely fine, see, just thinking! Only thinking! "Just… other families…" Not that this explained anything. He understood tradition, he did, but the Hitachiins had bucked tradition after tradition for generations.

"…it doesn't happen so much in my world, but in my society it does. I have schoolmates whose engagements are already planned out, or who know that, when it does happen, it will proceed like a business transaction. I just... don't like the idea of someone ordering people around as to who they should marry. I don't care who they are."
yinyangfox: (distracted)

[personal profile] yinyangfox 2014-06-18 08:58 pm (UTC)(link)
"A simple fact of life in my time, though I am rather unsurprised that 900 years would not eradicate it. At least in our shared culture. We are a proud and deeply traditional people, and nine centuries is hardly enough to breed that out, no matter how small the world may have become," the onmyoji remarked with a faint smile and tilt of his head.

"It should not trouble you so, now. This is a world where those old laws are mere stories. When the Bastion grows enough to sustain future generations, I highly doubt there will be anything put in place determining who must marry one another. Though repugnant as I find the idea, I might suggest voluntary coupling without commitment for the sake of bolstering numbers, but that is hardly a concern at present. We cannot afford the care and protection needed for children now. We can barely protect ourselves."
individuates: (blink/glance)

[personal profile] individuates 2014-06-18 11:48 pm (UTC)(link)
"...and yet we find ourselves overrun with all kinds of strange and wonderful creatures." Kaoru hummed, tilting his head to one side. The idea of breeding - for want of a better word - wasn't particularly appealing to him, either. It sounded like a bad Sci Fi plot.

"It stands to reason, though, in families like the ones I was surrounded with, that those values would never really disappear. Since they've been around for all of those years..." After all, commoners didn't really care since they had little to no hope of getting into high society without the head-spinning wealth to compete with the other families.

Probably just the same as in Seimei's time.
yinyangfox: (distracted)

[personal profile] yinyangfox 2014-06-19 03:02 pm (UTC)(link)
He nodded slowly, glancing around briefly before allowing himself to shoulder a little more of Kaoru's weight, hand turning to thread their fingers together as they walked. It was an entirely unfamiliar thing to him, previously. So many things simply weren't done in public in his time, particularly in regards to displays of affection. It always made him feel a little naughty, a bit guilty and lot pleased.

"Did you, or do you, want a family of your own?" he asked, tilting his head and keeping his eyes on the path ahead. "Before, I did not. I was not...Hm. I did not think passing on my legacy was a good idea. I had a very difficult childhood and any enemies of mine may have become enemies of my child. Now...now my only concern is my lack of ability to raise one. Ah, well. That and the actual having of a child, but there was always adoption."
individuates: (*glance*)

[personal profile] individuates 2014-06-19 10:34 pm (UTC)(link)
"You'd be a great dad, Seimei."

He couldn't help smiling a little at the shift and leaning into it, gently running his thumb against Seimei's fingers.

"…I was still figuring a lot of that out, to be honest. I guess… I don't know. I mean, I like kids. Kids are cute. But at the same time…" …he was not sure how best to put it.

"I think part of me is scared that I could never accept anything that isn't... well, part of me. Or part of you. Anything that isn't a part of me-and-you. I mean, assuming it were to happen some time in the future. That might not be the case but what if it is..."
yinyangfox: (smirk)

[personal profile] yinyangfox 2014-06-19 11:05 pm (UTC)(link)
"Do you think so?" he asked, curious of the thought. It was not something he often thought of, and he rarely saw himself as a particularly skillful parental figure. Children liked him, he thought they were a joy and blessing under the right circumstances, but having his own had always seemed entirely out of the question.

Now the world was potentially right and he had fallen in love with a man. would wonders ever cease?

"I would try to reassure you and say you were young, but by your age many young men were already well on their ways to starting families of their own. I am completely out of the ordinary," he chuckled, shaking his head and turning to press a kiss into Kaoru's hair.

"Are you suggesting I try to find a way to make the impossible possible? I would, you know. There is nothing magic cannot accomplish, given the will."

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