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miraculost[It's a long shot, and he knows it. Reports of a shy, man-shaped mononoke in the town on the other side of the woods? There's too many ways it could be coincidence, or all just hot air.
but where could he have run on that first day, if not into the woods and away from humans? what if he just kept going, until he found a place to stay?
it feels too serendipitous to ignore. and that's why he's here in this small town.]
but where could he have run on that first day, if not into the woods and away from humans? what if he just kept going, until he found a place to stay?
it feels too serendipitous to ignore. and that's why he's here in this small town.]
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May. 16th, 2011 10:27 pmwas_no_mononoke[it's barely even dark out, and yet someone is thumping tentatively at the back door]
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Apr. 28th, 2011 02:21 pmwas_no_mononoke[it's been a few full moons since he first met his people; long enough for his back to stop hurting and for the little bird—for Yuki—to start walking without her weird legthing. she visits him, sometimes, and sometimes he visits them, and every time he sees them it makes him happier than he can ever remember being before.
...it's embarrassing, though. he can understand them almost perfectly now; there aren't any holes when they speak, and he doesn't have to wait for what they say to make sense anymore... but they still can't understand him! not unless he stops and acts out what he wants, but it takes forever and even then they still don't always get it.
he hates it, and that's why he's been practicing talking like they do.
it's so much harder than he thought it would be, though. even if he can understand their words, he can barely understand his own! his voice sounds all wrong, and he can't make half the sounds right, and it's almost as frustrating as not being understood in the first place is. that's why he only practices in one place: by the water. it talks to itself, too; the water going over rocks as it rushes along is a constant murmur that serves to cover up his own mutterings, so nobody can hear them but him.
right now, he's washing off the mess from that afternoon's kill and working on names.]
...Yu...ki? ...Rrgh.
...it's embarrassing, though. he can understand them almost perfectly now; there aren't any holes when they speak, and he doesn't have to wait for what they say to make sense anymore... but they still can't understand him! not unless he stops and acts out what he wants, but it takes forever and even then they still don't always get it.
he hates it, and that's why he's been practicing talking like they do.
it's so much harder than he thought it would be, though. even if he can understand their words, he can barely understand his own! his voice sounds all wrong, and he can't make half the sounds right, and it's almost as frustrating as not being understood in the first place is. that's why he only practices in one place: by the water. it talks to itself, too; the water going over rocks as it rushes along is a constant murmur that serves to cover up his own mutterings, so nobody can hear them but him.
right now, he's washing off the mess from that afternoon's kill and working on names.]
...Yu...ki? ...Rrgh.
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Apr. 17th, 2011 10:34 amicemountain_dadOh, come on, now, I said I was sorry!
[so it turns out calling in a strange doctor to stitch up a skittish wild creature's wounds does not endear you to said wild creature! who'd have thought.]
[so it turns out calling in a strange doctor to stitch up a skittish wild creature's wounds does not endear you to said wild creature! who'd have thought.]
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Feb. 28th, 2011 06:52 amwas_no_mononoke[He hurts.
He had just wanted to catch a bird. But when he leapt out to grab it one of the branches of the bush he had been hiding under had scraped across his back and caught, and now there's a painful deep itch running all down one side of his back and his arm and leg on that side aren't moving right.
He didn't even get it.
And now he's alone, too far away from his den to make it before sun-up in the state he's in, and barely able to supress the whimpers that will tell all of the toothed things that stay awake at night that he's their food now. He doesn't want to be food. He doesn't want to be alone.
Without meaning to, he thinks of the girl. She hadn't wanted to be alone, either.
...Do people eat broken things? He doesn't think so. They fixed her.
He's closer to her nest than to his own, anyway. He'll go there, and even if his breath stops he won't be food, and he won't be alone when it does.]
He had just wanted to catch a bird. But when he leapt out to grab it one of the branches of the bush he had been hiding under had scraped across his back and caught, and now there's a painful deep itch running all down one side of his back and his arm and leg on that side aren't moving right.
He didn't even get it.
And now he's alone, too far away from his den to make it before sun-up in the state he's in, and barely able to supress the whimpers that will tell all of the toothed things that stay awake at night that he's their food now. He doesn't want to be food. He doesn't want to be alone.
Without meaning to, he thinks of the girl. She hadn't wanted to be alone, either.
...Do people eat broken things? He doesn't think so. They fixed her.
He's closer to her nest than to his own, anyway. He'll go there, and even if his breath stops he won't be food, and he won't be alone when it does.]
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Feb. 28th, 2011 04:39 amicemountain_dad[Kiyoteru's a little worried about his daughter.
She's safe and sound, thank goodness. And she doesn't show any signs of serious trauma, beyond the broken leg - and the doctor's taken good care of that. Already Yuki is hobbling around on her crutches almost as quickly as on both legs, and her heavy plaster cast bears a number of scribbled well-wishes from her friends at school. Honestly, it seems like there's little to really worry about.
But he still can't work out exactly how she made it home on that broken leg, from such a distance away as she reports. She keeps insisting she was brought home by a mononoke... a forest spirit. "Mononoke-san", she calls him. She's drawn several pictures of him.
Very likely it's just a child's imagination at work. But the mononoke in her pictures doesn't look like any traditional mononoke Kiyoteru has ever heard of... crawling on all fours like an animal, but stitched together like-- well, like Frankenstein's monster. Artificial.
He doesn't know why that bothers him. It shouldn't. Yuki loves stories, all sorts of them. And the thing in her drawings looks friendly.
The odd feeling remains.
A drip from the faucet brings him back to reality. Shaking his head, he gets back to washing the dishes from dinner.]
She's safe and sound, thank goodness. And she doesn't show any signs of serious trauma, beyond the broken leg - and the doctor's taken good care of that. Already Yuki is hobbling around on her crutches almost as quickly as on both legs, and her heavy plaster cast bears a number of scribbled well-wishes from her friends at school. Honestly, it seems like there's little to really worry about.
But he still can't work out exactly how she made it home on that broken leg, from such a distance away as she reports. She keeps insisting she was brought home by a mononoke... a forest spirit. "Mononoke-san", she calls him. She's drawn several pictures of him.
Very likely it's just a child's imagination at work. But the mononoke in her pictures doesn't look like any traditional mononoke Kiyoteru has ever heard of... crawling on all fours like an animal, but stitched together like-- well, like Frankenstein's monster. Artificial.
He doesn't know why that bothers him. It shouldn't. Yuki loves stories, all sorts of them. And the thing in her drawings looks friendly.
The odd feeling remains.
A drip from the faucet brings him back to reality. Shaking his head, he gets back to washing the dishes from dinner.]
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Feb. 26th, 2011 02:39 pmlil_icemountain[Yuki loves the woods.
For a little girl in search of adventure, the forest is a powerful draw - deep and mysterious, full of interesting things to find and a perfect setting for pretend games. Her father's given up worrying about her venturing out alone, and now only insists she carries a whistle with her. It hangs on a string around her neck, bouncing to and fro as she jumps from a fallen log to a flat protruding rock.
Today she is an explorer, searching for mononoke in the wilds, and it is very important she does not disturb the leafy, mossy ground. The forest spirits would be very angry with her.]
A little round acorn rolls down and down~♪
Hmm hmm hm hmm hm hm hmm hm hmm hmm~♪
[Humming to herself, she creeps forward slowly into a patch of thick underbrush. Maybe there's mononoke in here!]
For a little girl in search of adventure, the forest is a powerful draw - deep and mysterious, full of interesting things to find and a perfect setting for pretend games. Her father's given up worrying about her venturing out alone, and now only insists she carries a whistle with her. It hangs on a string around her neck, bouncing to and fro as she jumps from a fallen log to a flat protruding rock.
Today she is an explorer, searching for mononoke in the wilds, and it is very important she does not disturb the leafy, mossy ground. The forest spirits would be very angry with her.]
A little round acorn rolls down and down~♪
Hmm hmm hm hmm hm hm hmm hm hmm hmm~♪
[Humming to herself, she creeps forward slowly into a patch of thick underbrush. Maybe there's mononoke in here!]
SHAMELESS HOOKERY IV: THE AU OF HOOKERY
Jun. 18th, 2010 01:53 pmwas_no_monsterBETTER DO THIS BEFORE I FORGET
eta: WHY ARE USERS ADDING TAGS TURNED OFF 8(
EVEN BETTER, WHY IS MY OOC ACCOUNT NOT MOD-ENABLED
AND WHILE I'M ASKING QUESTIONS, WHY AM I TYPING IN CAPSLOCK!? the world may never know
eta: WHY ARE USERS ADDING TAGS TURNED OFF 8(
EVEN BETTER, WHY IS MY OOC ACCOUNT NOT MOD-ENABLED
AND WHILE I'M ASKING QUESTIONS, WHY AM I TYPING IN CAPSLOCK!? the world may never know
