wildkotetsu | 6 • Kotetsu T. Kaburagi • [Action/Voice]

[The first sensation Kotetsu feels is pain: a headache, which is already pounding away at his temples; there's just darkness at the moment. He can feel that his eyes are closed, hearing an inhuman sigh--a lion?--and it's pretty weird because it sort of sounds like it's coming from himself. But that wouldn't make sense. It's a few minutes later that he feels his body twist and change, but he can't snap himself awake despite his mental efforts. When he finally cracks open his eyes, he's acutely aware something is really weird.

That is, he's laying on Barnaby's couch naked. With a collar hanging off his neck. With no memory of how he got there.

...

Oh my christ.

He leaps up in horror, throwing a blanket off him. For some reason, his balance is weird, because he feels like two legs just isn't enough; there's a crash as he collapses forward into the table, knocking his journal around--just a short, horrified sort of message is sent out in the process--]

What the hell--

Where are my cloth--

[Ooooouuurgh. He feels his stomach churn--must've been the food he last ate, not that he remembers, and he slaps a hand over his mouth, stumbling to his feet as he drags the blanket with him. In no time he's in the bathroom leaning over the toilet, retching the last remains of a particularly not!human meal. Just gonna... sit here for a second. Phewwwww.]

[Voice]

[Okay. Once things are all sorted out and these hangover symptoms of his experiment are settled, he finally realizes he accidentally sent out a voice message over the journals. Can't let it be just that, since... you know, he didn't want to worry anyone with terror. So he composes himself, itching his hairline in embarrassment. He's finally remembering bit by bit of his tiger experiences. Huh. Weird.]

Naa, I guess I... uh, was pretty weird these last two weeks. If you ran into a tiger, thanks a lot for keeping me company!

I hope I didn't cause anyone too much... trouble...

[He's thinking of you specifically, Nami.

Aaand he groans, rubbing a hand across his face.]

I'm never eating meat again.

[Which is a total lie, but whatever. He'll be out and about if you want to meet him in person; the grocery store, to apologize for wrecking havoc on their deli while he's there, to the restaurant to get some real food in his stomach, and then maybe the orchard to make sure it's not... completely... ruined. :|]

[[ooc: replies will be delayed! Just wanted to get this up on the day it happens. :)b]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[AAAH YOU PEOPLE AND YOU COMPLIMENTS. Miyabi hides her pink face behind her hands, beginning to giggle quietly. If Kotetsu were anywhere near her, she'd look like a big, pink, glowing, sparkling powderpuff. Thank goodness for the journals in times like these, though her face is a nice color nonetheless.]

I-It's nothing, I...I just wanted to thank you! Th-This is just a little thing! I was pretty rusty when my sight returned...so I couldn't manage that much color, b-but I'm glad you like it! I'm really, really glad! I did my best and I'm glad!

Good! Then you'll show me other stuff you do, too, right?

['u']

After all, a artist's work should always be seen!

[HE WOULD SAY THIS EVEN IF YOUR DRAWINGS LOOKED BAD. YOU'RE LUCKY THEY ARE LOVELY.]

R-R-Right now?!

[ahsjkrrfd! Yes, she has a whole folder full of loose parchment and scrolls filled with her work, b-but that's so embarrassing! D8]

You're right, yes, but I...I've been just trying to get back into things slowly. Even though I've been sketching and painting so much lately, eheh...

Any time you'd like! I don't have too much to do most of the time, right? So seeing some nice art sounds great!

[...She's not getting out of this, is she? Miyabi sighs, though it's with a smile at the end. She's glad Kotetsu's so enthusiastic about seeing her art, it's just a little embarrassing at first. But after a moment or two of finding the right folders and scrolls, she lays down a few paintings, from before she lost her sight.]

These aren't recent, e-except for that one of the dragon - Yomigami. Since it's his year and all! I had to make something special for him!

Year of the dragon--aa, is that what year it is? Most people I've talked to seem to be from the future, or something... Back home, it's the year of the horse I think. But geez, y'know, you're really good! Maaa, I can't even draw a stick figure.

Edited 2012-02-10 10:30 (UTC)

Mm...well, I'm going by the year here and now. It'd be too hard to go back as far as I was to try and get the year right. Plus, we poncles don't really care much for time, since it passes by us a lot slower than it does for humans.

[Her people can live for hundreds of years, in fact. Miyabi herself is nearing her first hundred! Just a bit over a decade, and she'd be a full hundred years old! It's really then, and only then, that poncles actually really celebrate. A sort of coming of age party.]

But since I'm here, I thought I'd celebrate the different years of my gods according to the time in Luceti. Mm...it's still a shame Kabegami doesn't get a year. I'll have to think of something special to honor him.

Yeah. Sounds like the gods in your world are pretty interesting, huh? They look pretty great, anyway; the wolf one--who's that?

Oh! That's Amaterasu, the Sun Goddess! Though she's also known at the Mother Goddess as well. [Sob, here comes the enthusiastic ranting. Prepare yourself. Miyabi doesn't get to do this as much as she'd like.] When Amaterasu died one hundred years ago in my homeland, the legends say her power was split apart, and became the other twelve brush gods, each with your own skill and power.

Hers specifically - or the one she's known mostly for, is raising the sun and turning night into day. She's the one that brings us all light and warmth every day, and she's also the one that made the cherry trees on the hill when she was still here in Luceti.

Oh! Actually, that's familiar! The brush thing is new, but I know the goddess. My family is pretty traditional, so I've heard about some of the old myths and stuff--

.... Did you say here, in Luceti?

Eh, uhm...y-yes? Amaterasu was here in Luceti for some time. Even before I got here, she was here. She was friends with a lot of people. [Though not many knew exactly who or what she really was. It's not hard for someone like Ammy to make friends.]

I'm taking care of the cherry trees in her stead, now that she's returned to Nippon...

S-so... there was a god in Luceti? I mean, a god?

Y-Yes...? [Is this a bad thing? 8|a]

They can really just... bring gods here?

[WHY IS THIS SO CASUAL TO YOU]

Mm. They can. [Oh, look how her mood dropped! She now gets why Kotetsu was confused before, and so up in arms now.]

I'm sure there are other beings comparable to gods here right now. The Malnosso have proven time and time again that if they want someone to come to Luceti, they'll get the one they want - it doesn't matter who or what they are.

[Bastards.]

[O-oh.

This sounds like something you're pretty grumped about. He gets it.]

I guess having Gods around is nice for us... but I'd much rather they're back home doing what they're meant to. Amaterasu's home, now?

[A-Aha, you have no idea, Kotetsu. It's complicated how she feels about having her gods around in Luceti.]

Yes, Mother Amaterasu is back in Nippon...wh-where she belongs. She and the others that were here some time ago, from my home. They're all back in Nippon.

Aa, that's good. Though I'm sure they would rather keep you company than go back, but we'll get around to getting everyone else home, too, so you don't gotta worry about your gods getting kidnapped anymore!

[S-sigh.]

At least, I hope we'll be able to figure this all out pretty soon. I like to stay hopeful about these sorta' things...

6 • Kotetsu T. Kaburagi • [Action/Voice]

[Voice]

[Voice]

[Voice]

Re: [Voice]

[Voice]

Re: [Voice]

[Voice]

[Voice]

[Voice]

[Voice] 1/2

[Voice]

[Voice]

[Voice]

[Voice]

[Voice]

[Voice]

[Voice]

[Voice]

[Voice]