( open ) september catchall

[tosa]

Who: mutsunokami & you
Where: the forest
When: september
What: catch-all log for the month! one open prompt with mutsu thinking about some recent information about the town.
Warnings: none at the moment

(If you asked Mutsunokami how much he cares about his appearances, he'd tell you he doesn't care too much, especially when he's always a little scratched up. That doesn't mean he doesn't take care of himself, though! You can't ignore your human body, after all. That's why it's important to rest and do some of those more boring, mundane human things like doing your laundry...

He's at a stream in the forest that other people in Chroma might also wash their clothes. He's sort of just chilling out while the water runs over his kimono, holding his fingers out in front of him and counting things down. He'll go at it for a little while, tracing something into the dirt next to him every now and then and then--)

How many people d'ya think used to live here?

(What's up, he knew you were nearby.)

ooc: if you'd like to plot anything, hit me up on plurk at eski or discord @ eski#9874

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with okuni

[tosa]

(Mutsunokami likes to run around and he's prone to getting into trouble and all sorts of shenanigans but at the end of the day, he genuinely tries his best. There little home isn't much which is probably why Okuni doesn't call it her home but that's fine! After being in Chroma for a couple of months, he's acquired a growing selection of gadgets and gizmos. Among them, he usually keeps his sword and gun close to him but on other days, it's okay to leave them behind as long as they're close and he knows where they are.

Right now, he's just outside their house dozing off while some of his clothes are drying off after just washing them. They are, after all, the clothes he has from home so he should make sure to take care of them! His sword and gun are inside, probably just on the bed or something because he's not really worried about anyone breaking in and taking his stuff. But sometimes it isn't the outsiders you have to worry about but the insiders........)

[osuni]

[look Okuni likes their home!! She's used to cramped quarters and coziness, even if it's vastly different from the Kumou Shrine. . . It's not bad that's all and she can even admit that she likes it if caught completely off guard and also after ingesting a truth potion. There's just so many interesting things here!! There's the globe she and Mutsu brought back, but there's everything else too. The All Might action figure!! The sword repair kit!! the sparkle charm!! but Okuni's attention span is short and swift, so she moves on to other items -- other items that she's never had the opportunity to peek at because Mutsu always carries them with him all the time... But now that he's outside sleeping, that means she has the opportunity to indulge her curiosity...

Okuni heads immediately to the bed where the sword and gun are, success. The Smith and Wesson revolver catches her attention first -- it's a clearly more advanced than the guns Okuni is familiar with, it makes her want to learn how to shoot it... She hefts it up with both hands, then one hand, then turns it around to look at it from every angle. It's a bit like Kunitomo Toubee's pistol, almost. She can only imagine what that clan of rifle users would do if they got to see this.

(Mutsu is a tsukugami, so why does he also have a gun? Okuni remembers the gun Sakamoto carries. She didn't get to see it that closely when she first met him, but she wouldn't be surprised if they did turn out to be one and the same. She wants to ask if tsukumogami are allowed to carry weapons other than swords though. Speaking of swords...)

Okuni turns her attention to the uchigatana on the bed. Even she can tell that it's beautiful sword, despite Okuni's limited knowledge on the subject. Women aren't allowed to look at or hold swords of this kind of quality -- it's always been the realm of men for as long as Okuni's known. Not that it's ever stopped Okuni from carrying the Kumou sword with her, but the Kumou sword is her family sword -- not a samurai's sword. Okuni reaches out with both hands and plucks the sword from into bed, curiosity as usual overriding polite manners and good sense as she inspects it more closely, then turns her attention to the orange cloth wrapped neatly around the sheath. Decorative??? The color matches Mutsu's robe! Her rude fingers start tugging at it...]

[tosa]

( And to think he used to be an even more beautiful sword once upon a time. Even if the smiths did their best to repair him after the fire, much of his original design was lost. It's fine, though. He's never really cared too much about his appearance. He's been praised enough over the centuries!!!

He's still napping away when he starts to feel something. Okuni can't see it but he begins to shift, brushing away at something at his side that isn't there and mumbling to be left alone. He's having a good nap! Can't you see that? But it doesn't stop and something doesn't quite feel right. He's definitely feeling something prod and tug at him but... it's not a physical sort of feeling. At least, not in the literal way. Someone is definitely touching him, like someone just barely brushing against him and he's familiar enough with this distant but close feeling to know what it is once he starts to wake up.

He's alert and on edge once he understands but fortunately, it's only Okuni and he relaxes when he sees her picking at his sheathe, )

Pretty bold trying to dress me down. ( Because what it feels like! Like she's trying to take off a layer of his clothing. It doesn't help that his robe is still drying outside so he's just wearing his vest and his bandages. It's fitting, really. He speaks lightly enough and he's definitely not upset or anything but he can't help but look a little uncomfortable with both arms folded across his stomach (right over his bandages, even!) as he leans against the doorway. Really, of all the places she had to go poking at! Every time she tugs at the cord, one cowlick twitches hand twitches against his side and he can't help but grumble, ) ... Knock it off, will ya?

( He doesn't like it. )

[osuni]

You're so quick!

[Mutsu's already back!!!!!!! Okuni doesn't know the feeling of guilt or shame (this is a lie she feels both, but curiosity is taking center stage right now!!), so she merely turns around at the sound of his voice, caught red-handed.

She looks at the sword in her hand then back to Mutsu, eyebrows raised. Her rude fingers are still wrapped over the cord, though they're temporarily still now that he's here. The discomfort on his face doesn't go unnoticed by Okuni, mostly because Mutsu rarely ever looks uncomfortable, even when hauling her out of pits or shoving her into one.]

Did you know as soon as I picked it up? ["dress me down", he said!! She'd blush if she was a good girl. instead, she just gets this Gleam in her eyes...] You can feel everything I'm doing?

[she wants to know, for science]

with sinistra

[tosa]

(It's not as hot as it used to be but it's still warm, especially if you're someone that gets worked up and runs around a lot. After practicing some forms with his sword, he takes a break! Working makes you really hungry, right? It's not much but he does have some food. It's not much-- just some plain onigiri. He doesn't even have seaweed, talk about a shame! But there's definitely more than just rice in there... shout out to that weird purple beef they got a little while back. They're sort of just out in the open next to a pile of folded clothes (his kimono and his vest!).

Right now, he's sort of undoing his bandages which have become a little loose and is in the process of rebinding the ones around his waist. On his side, there's a distinct scar.

But maybe Sinistra is actually here for the food.)

[bisection]

[ He's definitely drawn in by the food at first. That's basically his number one motivation any day of the week. If there's anything that actually gets Sinistra out of bed other than his brother's urgings, it is his bottomless pit of a stomach.

But he can't not notice the bandages he's wrapping about his middle and the scar running up his side. He touches his own side out of habit. It runs up the opposite side of Mutsu's and looks more like something had been torn out of him. Still, he approaches and crouches maybe uncomfortably close to speak with him. ]

The same side as him...

[tosa]

(When someone comes nearby, he tries to work faster because really, this isn't something he likes for others to see. It's personal! Which also explains why he leans away and seems to freeze when Sinistra ends up getting all in his space.)

Hey, hey. (HMMM) A little space, yeah?

[bisection]

[ Sinistra doesn't understand at first, but realizes soon after and waddles back on the toes of his feet, still crouching. He tips his head. ]

It's on the same spot as ours... did you have a twin, too, Mutsunokami? Did they cut you off, too?

with dave

[tosa]

(Getting honey! Sounds easy, right? This is actually something Mutsunokami is a little wary about. The last time he ran into bees, his entire squad got split up and they fell down a river and he had to talk down a bear and it was a long day, okay.)

... They're just normal bees, right?

(It's easy to forget when these quests are worded so simply but... aren't all of the animals here a little weird? That goes for the bees too, doesn't it? Dave, did they think this through????)

i kept forgetting about this brilliantly NOW I CAN'T

[parodeity]

I mean, we can sure hope, but everythin' I've ever seen has been huge and ridiculous.

[ UNFORTUNATELY... ]

But if we're lucky they won't breathe fire?

honestly my memory is also trash so (1/2)

[tosa]

( Honestly, huge and ridiculous wouldn't be that strange considering Mutsu's probably seen his fair share of suzumebachi aka giant japanese hornets but let's just hope these are normal bees!!! )

Don't say that! You should see some of the ones back home... they're already scary enough!

[tosa]

Hey...

Would ya rather deal with a bunch of small bees or one real big mean one?

[parodeity]

One big mean one, I guess? No, wait, it definitely depends on how many "a bunch" of small bees is that we're talkin' about. Like...enough to make a man out of bees? Enough to fill a small house? Just a little over a few? What's the range, dude, you gotta be more specific for your hypotheticals.

[ so dave can give uselessly accurate answers! ]

[troubadamsel]

[Maribelle glances over when she's asked. She pauses for a bit, giving it actual consideration.]

Hm... if we say that at least one person lived in every house here, it still seems like a decent number of people.

[tosa]

Right, right!

(He nods, agreeing with her point because that's exactly what he was thinking.)

And that's just if ya assume only one person live in every house. We're not even thinking about people having families and stuff. So how does everyone forget the same thing?

[troubadamsel]

Well, that depends on the nature of what was forgotten, and how.

[The laundry is being completely forgotten by now.]

If it was, say, a story or legend passed down from generations, it wouldn't be too surprising if, had enough time passed, people would forget it. But if it was something much more important... I'd say magic, or a curse.

[extrapolating]

[ It's laundry day, apparently! Elizabeth is of a similar mind to Mutsu, since with the weather being fairly nice, it also makes it a better day to wash her clothes. She's carrying a basket that has a few items in it, some with color, but most without. There's also a few other washing tools laid on top, but I'm not looking up how ye oldes washed clothes for background information bear with me ]

Oh— Mr. Yoshiyuki?

[ She approaches and sets her basket down on the bank, but she doesn't get to work right away. Getting things ready gives her time to consider his question thoughtfully, and when she speaks, her tone carries that thoughtfulness, but it is serious. ]

I... think a lot of people. It's not really a small town, is it?

[ It sounds like a rhetorical question, but it's really not... She doesn't have much basis to judge the size of a town on. ]

[tosa]

(You and me both buddy. They drop the clothes in the water and it gets clean, clearly.)

That's right, E-li-za-beth.

(There's definitely a -san in there that got lost in translation but this is fine. He also just really likes saying her name? It's different and fun to say so let him enjoy it the first time around!!!)

Mm, I think it's small... but there are still a lot of houses so there have to be a lot of people, especially if ya go around thinking one or two people lived in every house at least.

So where'd everyone go? Sounds more like a ghost story than a folk story, don't ya think?

[extrapolating]

[ The way he's careful to pronounce her name makes her smile, since it's definitely quite sweet. From what she knows of Eastern languages, her name probably isn't the easiest to pronounce, is it...? But regardless, she makes a little oh when he calls it small, and just quietly tucks that piece of information away. ]

Right... I'm only really familiar with cities, so I guess I don't have much for scale for towns.

[ She shrugs helplessly, since it doesn't actually matter all that much, or at least not compared to the main question being asked here. While she answers, she settles herself on the bank so she can chat and work at the same time. A rough piece of fabric is laid out on the mud to avoid the clothes she's wearing right now getting dirty, but otherwise, she just gets to work. ]

It does. It's not too bad here, I don't think, but there's a lot that's definitely... creepy. [ She pauses before picking the word, since she wants to pick a good descriptor, but that one just seems the best. ] I don't always know how to take it. Even when I've looked at other Chromas, there's never people there either.

Quest 24

[inheritance]

[Given all the other mutated animals they've dealt with in the past, Izuku has a feeling that this quest isn't going to be as easy as it sounds.]

So... [Izuku glances at his friend as they step into the forest.] What kind of bees do you think we'll run into? It's kind of a toss up every time, isn't it?

[tosa]

Apparently there are all kinds of weird ones.

( HE SIGHS! Because he has personal experience with this!! )

Some guys found real big ones and other guys founds real freaky ones... Dave and me found some spider ones. Ya ever see a real aggressive flying spider before?

( Because you don't want to, Izuku!!! )

[inheritance]

Considering what we've been up against so far, I'm not really surprised.

Uh, can't say I have, but... [Izuku clenches his hands into fists, looking determined.] It'll be okay, even if we run into it again. Between the two of us, we've got this!

[awamori]

[Ryuu jumped a little at the question. He didn't think they noticed he was there. He wandered over here after he finished his work in the morning. The running water of the stream wasn't as bright as the water back home, still it was better than nothing. Ryuu shrugged a little as he took a seat.]

I'm not sure, but it was probably the size of a small town. I wonder if they had neighbors they could visit or did people just live here in the town.

[tosa]

I dunno... I've never heard of other towns in the area. ( Hmmm, ) Maybe there're some across the sea or the other side of the forest or something... but that's not gonna be easy to figure out.

But even if this place is a small town, it had a lot of people, right?

[awamori]

We were able to go on an island to save our friends. There could be some islands close by that we can't get to right now. [After what happened on the island, Ryuu would rather stay in town and learn more about it for now.]

I think it did. There are a lot of houses here it looks like there were a lot of people that lived here. Maybe the districts used to have different things like Bluo fished or caught food and the yellow district took care of plants or something like that. Do you think there would be some information about it in the library?