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genessia2016-09-26 01:21 pm
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[Log/Locked] Blind to the Future
Who: Koishi and Satsuki.
What: Koishi discovers Luke is gone. Also, hunting trip.
Where: Genessia City and Fayren.
When: A few days after Luke vanishes.
Warnings: Sad. Also blood n stuff.
Those outside and especially observant might notice the little green youkai zipping around Genesia city. She was moving alarmingly quickly through the air, though, for once, she wasn't trailing her magic or filling the sky with bursts of color. She had somewhere to be. Something to check on. She would not stop for those who waved. She would not slow down. It would take someone with especially sharp eyes to see the distress etched into her features.
She eventually came to rest through the window she started from, pacing around the small apartment. Gallade greeted her but she said nothing in return, instead, taking out her phone.
Koishi's fingers were shaking as she dialed, having to hang up and try again more than once. She was silent for several moments as the line was picked up, chewing on her lip.
"Miss White?" Satsuki probably had never heard the little youkai use that tone. It shook subtly and bordered on fear but was also eerily calm. "Have you seen Luke anywhere? I came over to play and Suna and Mudkip were really hungry... They had been drinking out of the toilet too because the water dish is empty. There is a half finished puzzle on the table and this teacup has been here a really long time... Luke doesn't leave teacups out, Miss White."
Koishi's shoes tapped quietly on the floor of Luke's flat, the little youkai opening doors and cabinets, checking the fridge, moving furniture... "I flew over to the tea shop and back again and all around. I couldn't sense his thoughts or emotions anywhere. No struggle or negativity so I don't think anything really bad happened. Those kinds of emotions tend to stick to things and I would notice. I'm really good at noticing them..."
Suna yipped loudly enough to be heard over the phone, her little claws clicking on the ground. Koishi reached down and scooped her up with one arm, moving to a seat and sinking into it. Gallade hummed pensively from the other room. "I'm worried. I..." There was a long, heavy pause. "I'm very attached to Luke. I'm a youkai and he's a sweet human. Miss White? Do you know where Luke is?"
What: Koishi discovers Luke is gone. Also, hunting trip.
Where: Genessia City and Fayren.
When: A few days after Luke vanishes.
Warnings: Sad. Also blood n stuff.
Those outside and especially observant might notice the little green youkai zipping around Genesia city. She was moving alarmingly quickly through the air, though, for once, she wasn't trailing her magic or filling the sky with bursts of color. She had somewhere to be. Something to check on. She would not stop for those who waved. She would not slow down. It would take someone with especially sharp eyes to see the distress etched into her features.
She eventually came to rest through the window she started from, pacing around the small apartment. Gallade greeted her but she said nothing in return, instead, taking out her phone.
Koishi's fingers were shaking as she dialed, having to hang up and try again more than once. She was silent for several moments as the line was picked up, chewing on her lip.
"Miss White?" Satsuki probably had never heard the little youkai use that tone. It shook subtly and bordered on fear but was also eerily calm. "Have you seen Luke anywhere? I came over to play and Suna and Mudkip were really hungry... They had been drinking out of the toilet too because the water dish is empty. There is a half finished puzzle on the table and this teacup has been here a really long time... Luke doesn't leave teacups out, Miss White."
Koishi's shoes tapped quietly on the floor of Luke's flat, the little youkai opening doors and cabinets, checking the fridge, moving furniture... "I flew over to the tea shop and back again and all around. I couldn't sense his thoughts or emotions anywhere. No struggle or negativity so I don't think anything really bad happened. Those kinds of emotions tend to stick to things and I would notice. I'm really good at noticing them..."
Suna yipped loudly enough to be heard over the phone, her little claws clicking on the ground. Koishi reached down and scooped her up with one arm, moving to a seat and sinking into it. Gallade hummed pensively from the other room. "I'm worried. I..." There was a long, heavy pause. "I'm very attached to Luke. I'm a youkai and he's a sweet human. Miss White? Do you know where Luke is?"
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He's hardly the first one she'd been close to that has gone on, but this time around it was a little more painful. Even her meditation had been incredibly difficult for her to accomplish. Upon receiving the call, though, Satsuki feels her face drain a bit of it's color. Perhaps.. She should have alerted the Koiball of her own suspicions? Well, it's too late now.
Hearing Suna's bark only reminded her more of her carelessness. Someone would need to take care of it, wouldn't they? "I.." she starts. She raises a hand to her chin. "You are right; that is unlike him. If your senses are correct then-"
"I suspect he must have unexpectedly reunited with his Professor." Of course she has no evidence of the sort.
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"... That's not fair. Even death at least comes with symptoms or age or a body. Or even blood and pain soaked into the ground. This is very very cruel."
She went silent again. Koishi didn't have emotions in the same way most did and she wasn't really bothering to hide that fact. Her expression changed a little bit, but it remained subtle. No tears, no pain... Instead she had simply stopped trying, her expression empty.
"I'll bring over these pets and his puzzles and all of his things. Maybe someone will let you run the tea shop. It's not much but it might get you a little bit of extra money. That's always nice..." She swallowed.
"... I think... I'm going to go hunting. I feel far too-" She almost said human. "-unlike myself."
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For a moment, she didn't really know what to say though. She knows how important Luke is to Koishi and vice versa. Try as Satsuki might, even she couldn't deny she had a connection with the young apprentice. That said, she wasn't really on board with the koiball's idea to claim his possessions, but she wouldn't mention that. "I shall look into how the shop will work." She could at least do that much.
"Hunting?" she then asks, a hint of concern in her tone.
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Gallade passed behind the camera, carrying some puzzle books. He glanced at the screen and kept walking. There were more footsteps just out of sight. Presumably bulbasaur was helping considering there wasn't a giant goo dragon or shark dragon anywhere in sight.
At the inquiry a bit of the glow returned, Koishi blinking, a little puzzled before recognition crossed her features. "Oh! No no, Miss White. For game. Not rabbits since I chase those a lot. Something bigger and more cunning. Like a deer or a bear." Satori had previously mentioned that she found hunting large prey cathartic. Perhaps it was the same for Koishi.
"You can come with me Miss White. I know how to clean things like deer and venison is very good. We could even bring tools so you can cook it right away and some bags and rope to bring meat back."
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Further clarification of the game Koishi intended to hunt both relieved and concerned her, but if it would work, then it works. And she should have known that Koishi would invite her, at which point Satsuki crosses her arms while tapping her pointer finger.
"..." She could see it as survival training at the very least. Sure; she could go with that. "What day did you have in mind?"
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She seemed to brighten a little bit when Satsuki agreed. She shifted a little in her seat, an almost tired-looking smile crossing her features. And yet it also seemed to be a look of... excitement? No, not quite.
"Today... Now. I shouldn't wait. Not when I feel like this. Waiting would just make things worse." Her tone had an almost otherworldly edge. Even over the phone. "We'll have lots of fun Miss White. You get to be a satori today. I'll talk to sis and come right over so wait for me, okay?"
She hung up before Satsuki could correct her or even get a word in. This could only end well.
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Well.. Maybe Weiss will understand if she leaves the message that she's been spirited away. A note will be left for Anastasia. Her time's going to be spent tying up as many threads as she can.
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The little youkai knocked on the window. "Are you ready Miss White?" And then let herself in. Suna jumped down off of her shoulder and there was a flash of light as she let Luke's Mudkip out of its pokeball. She had recruited her sister's help in hiring someone to move the rest of Luke's things over to Satsuki's apartment. "You don't have to wear buggy if you don't want to, but we should get going before the sun sets since you can't see in the dark."
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Upon seeing her company, she can't help but smirk. ".. Hmn." Someone is clearly into this, and that staves off a bit of her earlier annoyance. She isn't adorn in Junketsu either, but in camo pants, shirt and light-ish coat with a cap upon her head.
"I believe so." she replies as her hidden pin is activated and raises her feet from the floor. Gothitelle, aka the pokemon formally known as Gothorita, should be around to help with the housething it'd seem. "Where is our destination?"
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"We're going to Fayren! There's lots of things to hunt in the woods there. I'll show you a good spot that doesn't have many monsters." A pause. "Well. Not a lot of monsters." She smiled. It wasn't as big as it normally was.
She drifted into the air and out the window. "Come on Miss White. Let's hurry, okay?"
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"Gothitelle, I'm counting on you." She murmurs before she follows the small youkai. "Koishi, you do recall that I do not fair very well against magic? I will be counting on you as well should things go awry."
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It was always a bit of a dizzying sensation to someone who didn't fly that much, but the little youkai kept one tentacle wrapped firmly around Satsuki's waist and grabbed her hand. Hopefully that helped her feel secure.
She took another moment to close the window before turning and taking to the sky, heading in the direction of the Fayren archway.
Koishi was flying very quickly, angling down at just the right moment to pass through the portal, leveling out on the other side before climbing again. They headed toward the city at first before angling off over the woods, the trees growing more and more tense before opening up to a large patch of waist-high grass.
The little youkai brought them both down in the clearing, the tentacle unwinding from Satsuki's waist, letting go of her hand once she was sure Satsuki wouldn't fall.
The air was warm in contrast to the wind while flying, but once Satsuki acclimated she would find Fayren to be quite chilly. Not unreasonably so but it was a good thing she was wearing a jacket. Koishi, at least, didn't seem all that bothered.
"This is where Sis likes to come when she hunts deer. There are a lot around here because the forest is very very thick and the big predators like dragons would risk getting their wings torn up."
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Once the pair arrive and spoken to, Satsuki rests a hand upon her stomach a moment with a cringe, then stands straight with a more thoughtful look. "Is that so. I cannot imagine that a deer would be very difficult prey for either of you."
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Koishi flexed her claws, taking a slow breath as her form wavered. The looped heart above her shoulder had completely dissolved as she scanned the treeline. "Deer, on the other hand, are more difficult to hunt than humans. Yet, somehow less dangerous." She tilted her head, pausing to listen. "Their simple minds are not fun to listen to. But they do scream nicely and have a very pleasant taste and warmth. Especially the littler ones."
Annnnd no sleep for me tonight
".. I could see that." Satsuki is somewhat in agreement there, but as Koishi goes into the specifics, her brows furrow just a bit. Whether out of concern or discomfort, even Satsuki herself isn't sure but wow talk about disturbing.
"Uh.. huh." Moving on. "So do we set any traps?"
Who needs sleep anyway?
"Whatever we find. Something big and strong with lots of meat. That will be what we hunt. Then we can chase it. Or fight it. And corner it. And then eat it. It will be easy with two of us. It's how sis and I would deal with bears when we were younger. It's more fun this way..."
Koishi wasn't really bothering to hide her true nature. It wasn't anything Satsuki hadn't seen before, but it was a harsh reminder of how much of a predator Koishi actually was.
"Come on Miss White. I know you're not as fast as me, but I'm good at herding creatures. I wont leave you out. I promise."
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She then frowns a bit. "I'll worry about how fast I am, it's the 'herding' that concerns me. What is the plan exactly?"
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She rolled her shoulders, her body coiling before springing up into a tree, claws digging into the bark and easily stabilizing herself. She was balanced on the balls of her feet, dropping her arm and the old fur cape draping forward to hide her form. "Strike the beast in the leg with Bakuzan's sheath. No point in making a large cut in a perfectly good hide and stabbing would be too dangerous given the size and sharpness of antlers or horns or claws."
"Now, move forward. I will keep track of you. Don't worry." With that said she removed her hat, reaching back and pulling the hood up, and a rather grotesque, but incomplete mask down. The sunken eye-holes focused the glow from her eyes and would prevent creatures from noticing their glow short of actually making eye contact. Though it did cause some rather severe tunnel-vision, no doubt.
Not to mention the mask itself was absolutely horrifying. Made of shriveled and oddly shaped leather, it seemed to be missing its lower half, stitch marks still visible from where it had previously been sewn on. No doubt it was used to scare humans into believing a far more menacing creature was chasing them.
Koishi remained perfectly still, head tilted forward and eyes closed for several more moments before leaping forward, moving from the tree, to the ground, and back into the trees with ease. She was after something.
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If there was any time to start feeling any bit of regret, it's certainly now, and her gaze cooly shifts away from the nightmare fuel as her instructions are given. Why? Why did she agree to this? WHY??
".. Understood," she eventually mumbles with her sheathed weapon in hand, and to make up for her inability to traverse the woods with complete silence, she tries levitating herself just the slightest bit before hovering forward.
The worst part is this probably isn't even going to be the worst of it.
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They continued in relative silence for some time, the sounds of the forest the only audible thing. Even as Satsuki caught occasional glimpses of the little youkai a distance away. She seemed to be zig zagging somewhat in front of Satsuki, occasionally climbing higher and looking around. More than once she spooked a bird out of a tree, but seeing how cold it was it wasn't as big of an issue as it could have been.
After nearly an hour of this, the angle of Koishi's movements shifted, quickening and moving around to one side with great speed. She was clearly after something. There were some louder noises coming from the direction she had moved in; the cracking of branches and the rustling of leaves... The sounds shifted, coming very suddenly closer before a big buck charged into Satsuki's view. Koishi had spooked it around to one side somewhat, ensuring that the animal cleared the trees and overgrowth before heading in Satsuki's direction, giving her more time to react.
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Alas.
It isn't too difficult for her to keep up, but she is a bit more concentrated on keeping her own balance for a good twenty minutes before it becomes natural for her. Thankfully more than enough time for her to be able to react the way she wants by the time she finds herself taking a buck head-on.
Satsuki slides one foot back into a slightly crouched stance, then rushes forward with both hands occupied by Bakuzan and it's sheathe, then swings the covered weapon in a perfectly straight slash intending to strike the knees with violent impact- it's a move certainly more fitting for duel, but whatever gets the job done?
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Koishi was upon it in an instant, several tentacles trying to restrain it. A hoof impacted her leg, an antler scratching her cheek. There was a sickening crunch, and the buck abruptly went limp, Koishi's teeth digging into the base of its skull. She had crushed the top of its spine.
Koishi didn't relax until the deer's twitching finally ceased. She gingerly wiped the cut on her cheek, the glow in her eyes absent as she stared down at the animal.
"... It barely put up a fight at all..." Her tone was harsh; a strange mix of irritation and disappointment, the catharsis of the chase cut short far too soon.
Those icons. plz no
Satsuki chose a poor time to turn to look back at the sound of the struggle, and she cooly glances off to the side. Completely unable to unhear the crunching and.. Squishing. And.. Ugh.
"Perhaps magical prey would have been more suitable," Satsuki unwisely suggests- but even she had to agree that with the pair of them as a team, it was unlikely any normal animal was not match for them.
Afterthought. Why didn't they do this near a source of water, Koishi's probably going to be gross after this.
Those icons. pls YES
The problem began to arise once the animal was open, the little youkai having no problem using her hands to remove the viscera. She didn't actually break the ribs and pelvic bones, however, instead using several clever cuts and a rather harsh pull to detach the entire digestive tract. Most of this was simply left off to one side, though she seemed intent on keeping the liver, kidneys, and heart. She carried both with a spare tendril before doing her best to secure her grip on the animal, dragging it upwind from the discarded organs and into a more clear space.
She had actually left her bag here, not really caring about her bloody hands as she withdrew two pots, a thermos, a metal stand, and something wrapped in wax cloth and tied with twine. "... That tree next to you is Dead Miss White. Can you bring me a few branches and I'll light a fire. Humans liked cooked meat, right?"
*screams forever*
".. Yes, that is correct," she replies. "I will return shortly."
She draws her blade and, with several quick strokes, she's able to amass a good number of thick branches. Perhaps she was supposed to do it by hand but at this point she's just filled with uncertainty. Satsuki should be able to make it through this evening. She just hope she doesn't get out of this sick.
Eventually she returns with the wood, and frowns a bit at the sight of the bloodied youkai. "This should suffice?"
Shush you're too loud :c
Grabbing a few pieces of wood she pushed them underneath, rubbing her hands together, the blood smoking a little. She frowned and focused several sparks of flames falling onto the wood. She repeated this several times, tossing in several dead leaves and waiting as the little flame grew.
"I'm really bad with elemental magic. If Miss Moon was here we wouldn't even need wood." She stared for another long moment before scooting over and picking up the bundle tied with twine and opening it. Inside was... something interesting. finely cut meat, already mostly cooked mixed with rice, vegetables, and a variety of spices.
Using her knife again, Koishi took the heart, trimming the excess veins and arteries and slicing it carefully open. Koishi had always been adamant that she was not good at cooking, but it was clear from the way she handled the knife that she knew exactly what she was doing in terms of this meal. Before long she had removed much of the internals of the heart, fibrous tissue, leaving a... rather decent looking chunk of bright red meat.
After pausing to wipe the knife blade clean and rinse the heart with the water bottle, she used the flat to scoop the rice mixture into the heart's cavity, using a piece of the deer's flesh to tie the whole thing closed before placing the entire thing in the baking pot and adding just a little bit of water.
"It will take about twenty or twenty-five minutes to cook. So tell me when it's been that long, okay?" Looks like the heart was for Satsuki.
Koishi placed the liver and kidneys in the wax cloth, tying them up and setting them to the side for now. She used the water bottle to wash the remaining blood from her hands and face (thank goodness) before emptying the contents of the thermos into the second pot. Rose tea. It was rose tea.
She also offered Satsuki a small plate and some utensils. "You get to be a youkai too today, okay Miss White?"
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"Twenty minutes," she repeats when asked, and glances upward for just a moment before returning her attention back to Koishi in time to accept the dishware and utensils. Though the scent of rose tea is particularly pleasant to her sense of smell and that helps settle her down a bit.
"A youkai..." she then repeats as she sets herself down to sit cross-legged. "For a place like Genessia, that would indeed be an experience worth.. Experiencing."
It isn't completely out of the question that one day she might wake up a youkai after all. "It seems you are a natural at this. The manner in which you handled the knife was rather surprising."
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She did pause as Satsuki commented on how she handled the knife. "Oh... Sis and I are both good at it. The mountains get well below freezing. And then there are other youkai who might steal our food and humans that hunt us. We had to learn to chop up and skin our meals quickly. My head is broken but the muscle memory is still there."
She remained quiet for another few seconds, the tea was starting to steam faintly. "You know, Luke wanted me to start telling stories again. Even though I can't read minds and let the humans guide my telling. I can only tell them as I remember them... But a hunt and a meal outside in the cold without a story feels kind of sour."
She was quiet for at least another minute. The tea was starting to bubble now, ready to drink, but Koishi made no attempt to grab the pot. She was staring off to one side, eyes dim, lost in her thoughts. Her third eye was floating low, the milky white surface barely visible.
"... Miss White? Did I ever tell you about when I stopped chasing humans?"
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Listening to another tale sounds like a very good idea as a result.
"You once told me that was the case," It was during another rather stressful time if she remembered correctly. Poor Luke. "But not in great detail. I would like to hear about it."
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Koishi snuggled down further into her furred cloak, closing her eyes and humming thoughtfully. She didn't speak; didn't move for several moments... The stillness was broken by a clap, dropping her hands to pat her knees, tapping out a soft rhythm. Her lips moving subtly to a song or poem only she could hear. She allowed her features to slip, taking a deep breath, the youkai of the unconscious focusing on satsuki with all three eyes.
She spoke in rhythm, her Japanese fluid and just shy of musical, power seeping into Satsuki's mind, seizing her thoughts and allowing emotion to bleed into her mind and wash over her in ripples. "Centuries ago, in the mountains far from the coast, a pair of flesh eaters grew conscious. The siblings were aggressive and strong, lingering memories of conflict from the decades before soaked deep in the earth and keeping their claws and fangs sharp. As the land forgot their roaming slowed, allowing them to become more than they once were. Called 'enlightened' by the humans who met them, they settled in the dip between two giants, hiding their faces and feeding on stories and emotion when their visceral needs could not be sated."
"There came a time of scarcity, growing worse every seasons' turn by the inventions of seafarers as natural risks vanished one by one. It was this that drove them to hunt further away, and it was the elder's turn to bring home human flesh from populated areas while the younger sought the meat of dumb beasts."
"A day before the older's return, the younger found a boy returning home through the mountain. Snow-blind and freezing, his distress was rousing hungry spirits and monsters. Claws already soaked in the blood of a serow, the younger approached the boy and asked if he was afraid. The boy, in return, showed great relief and gratitude. The beast was puzzled, its interest piqued. It did not matter that a monster had been first to find the boy. He only cared that he had been found."
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"The younger one feasted on his words without listening. The boy had earned his keep, the younger making a false promise to guide the boy to his home in the morning. As the sun rose, the last embers died, and so did the boy. The older returned to find the younger kneeling by his body, emboldened and nourished and haunted by the clarity its dreams had brought to his words. The younger defied its nature, dressed in white, and kept its promise to guide the boy back to his home."
"The village was small and easily frightened by the beast. Even with its forehead pressed to the ground they refused to approach for a long time. But when they saw his lips blue with cold and and his body in tact, they accepted the beast's claim that it did not harm him, and took the body to be buried. Emotion, sickeningly sweet, was carried home, the spoils of the experience warming and strengthening the siblings through the worst of the season. Be it blessing or curse, this act of kindness bound the younger to the grieving family... But that is a different story."
Koishi lowered her gaze slightly, her cheek twitching, moving to press the heel of her hand into her left eye. She faded a little bit, but remained stable enough, her third eye closing and lowering itself, resting on a cold, flat rock. The baking pot was starting to shudder and shake, the heart needing only a few more minutes before it was done.
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At its end she raises a hand to her chin, brows furrowed in a thoughtful manner. In the end, she actually is uncertain how to respond to it.
"That was well told, Koishi." Hmn. No, that isn't quite enough. "... I know you have answered this before, but... The reason you chose me. Is it the same reason you took in that boy?"
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At the question though... Koishi seemed thoughtful. "Yes and no. You approached me without fear, but I was the one who followed you. But it's also because I've already learned my lesson. The creature that took in that boy was young and stupid and had another century of hard work and growing up to do. It was nameless and hungry, with well-worn claws and scraps of cloth caught between its teeth. It had every intention of ripping that boy's throat out come morning. And why wouldn't it? It killed humans on principal. Young or old, strong or weak, armed or unarmed. And I still eat humans to this day. Or did you forget, Miss White?" She kept her tone non-threatening, her smile still quite pleasant.
"It's a real privilege to have human friends. Even if you get to be a monster today." She lowered her gaze. "Honestly Luke reminded me more of the boy. So blindingly trusting and honest. And innocent. Soft. Though I might have said 'well-marbleized' at some point... It's why I got so protective of him. I guess some human sentimentality rubbed off on me."
The pot was steaming quite a bit now. It had been long enough. Though there were handles it might be best to wrap one's hands in a cloth before trying to open it or remove it from the fire. Or perhaps Koishi had a tool for that...
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Satsuki taps her thumbs together, her brows furrowed in thought. Today wasn't the first time she was a monster- But at least this time around she won't walk away from it nearly as traumatized. "I could see the comparison." It's difficult for her to open up about Luke. Or about any of her associates, present and past, really.
"The pot appears to be ready."
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Fortunately she turned her attention to the pot. Blinking, She climbed to her feet, her body coiling and leaping quite a distance straight up. Grabbing onto a low branch, she pulled herself up onto it, looking around and selecting two branches about as large around as her thumb. She broke them off and hopped down. Curling them into loops, she used these to grasp the pot's handles and remove it from the heat as well as the lid from the pot. Nabbing the plate back from Satsuki for a moment, she reached in with her knife, spearing the heart, working it around, and finally lifting it out of the pot. It has been well cooked and smelled incredible.
Not quite done with the heart yet Koishi ran her knife down the organ lengthwise several times, cutting the meat into strips and letting the stuffing spill out on top of it and onto the dish. She offered it back to Satsuki and as soon as she took it, Koishi's third eye would visibly relax. She had been straining to stay focused to not overcook the food. Even with Satsuki acting as a timer. "Eat up Miss White. It's really good!"
It would be an interesting dish to eat considering all she had was a spoon and chopsticks. Not too difficult hopefully. The rice and meat mixture, it turned out, contained not only beef, but pork too. There was also a hint of liver, but it wasn't overpowering. The flesh of the heart itself was just a little bit tough but certainly not unpleasant. It tasted like a cut of very high quality venison, made even better by the spices used in the stuffing. Had the organ been marinated a little before being baked it would likely be far more tender.
Though Satsuki would probably be best off focusing on her food. Koishi had gone back to the carcass and was further cleaning it, removing the skin from one of the forelimbs and being careful not to rip it up. In less than a minute she had peeled back a good portion and was digging her knife into the shoulder meat, carving out a large, slightly irregular portion for herself.
"Itadakimasu!"
Right. Koishi didn't mind raw meat. Probably best to just think of it as a nature program or just not look...
Violently vomits everywhere
Of course it goes without saying that Satsuki isn't particularly interested in watching Koishi work on the heart so her focus remains more focused upon the fire during that time. She can feel her face growing hot and a bead of sweat falling down the side of her face- It isn't exactly *dread* that she's feeling, but she isn't exactly looking forward to it either even if her nostrils were greeted by a pleasant enough scent.
In fact she was keeping her attention of Koishi in general, only looking to her once the plate was handed over. "Thank you." then, with the plats upon her lap, claps her hands together with a cool. "Itadakimasu."
Honestly, it doesn't look that bad, but she doesn't spend much time looking at it, and gets right into getting it over with, consuming the meat and rice as if it were a meal she had to consume a bit faster than usual. Though she really doesn't know what to make of it either. The texture isn't too offensive. It isn't completely abnormal, but she doesn't really know if she actually enjoys it either.
ew gross no pls.
"Miss White?" Koishi, don't talk with your cheeks and teeth covered in blood. "You should tell a story now. It's only fair." She took another bite, her sharpened teeth shearing easily through the meat. She did have to pause though, tilting her had and pulling a bit to rip the flesh off, chewing, and then snapping up the last bite.
It didn't help that she turned and went for more, carving from the deer's flank this time.
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The good news is that her stomach isn't holding a different opinion.
As for a story? Satsuki chews in silence for a moment before she replies. "Is that what you truly want? My stories come in the form of lectures, Koishi."
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"Well, yes. It's a good skill Miss White. Story telling, I mean. Being able to articulate yourself and entertain others. You'll be able to keep people's attention with not just your passion but interesting words. That way people will listen to you more readily."
And then she shoved the raw meat in her mouth again. At least she hadn't literally stuck her face into the deer's carcass.
"And if you're still worried, just tell it from your heart. It's hard when it's closed. Trust me, I know." Her third eye bobbed up and down. "But Miss White can do anything she puts her mind to."
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With a light sigh, she sets the utensil down while she takes a moment to think. A story from the heart, huh? She knows just the thing. "Very well."
"A long time ago there was a young samurai and his fiancé who were deeply in love. One day his fiancé was walking through the forest when she suddenly was attacked and severely mauled by a tiger. No matter what the samurai did, nothing could save her- and so she died.
From the depths of his sorrow, the samurai vowed to revenge his beloved by seeking out the tiger and killing it; So he took his bow and arrow and sought out into the forest. Month after month passed as he searched for the man-eating best and, one day, the samurai saw a sleeping tiger in the distance.
Convinced it was the beast responsible for the death of his beloved, he drew his bow and took aim, and when he released the arrow it met its mark and pierced the tiger's body deeply. With another arrow drawn, he cautiously approached the motionless creature to confirm the kill, only to find his arrow stuck deeply into a striped colored stone which happened to resemble that of a sleeping tiger."
Satsuki is quiet for a moment, then continues. "After that, everyone in the village began to talk about how strong he was, because he could pierce a stone with his arrow, and people became determined to test him. However, regardless of how many times he attempted to repeat this undertaking, his arrows kept bouncing off the rock."
"This is because he now realized that his target is only a stone. In the past, his resolve had been so profound that he was actually able to physically pierce a stone with his arrow. However, now under different circumstances, he was unable to repeat the same feat."
And with that, she continued to eat, intend on cleaning the plate- Which is almost finished.
Better late than never?
"A story to prove the strength of will. It's inspiring to say the least. You told it quite well, Miss White." She'd heard stories like it before, but that wasn't a bad thing. If nothing else she seemed pleased. After all these stories had survived centuries.
Scooping up some snow, Koishi used it to wipe her face and hands. She picked up her tea and took a long drink, washing the blood from her teeth. "It makes sense that its the kind of story you would tell too. But there's a flaw in it all the same. You wouldn't let your knowledge that it's a stone stop you from piercing it again. Especially since strength of will's true value comes from being able to apply it to any obstacle in your way."
So it is said!
Satsuki stops chewing a moment as her gaze falls downward.
"Lately, I have had my doubts." she eventually replies, "Genessia is an obstacle unlike anything I have ever imagined."
Another lost tag located!
This was punctuated by Koishi finishing off that large piece of deer-flank, licking her lips and fingers and sighing contentedly before again using the snow to wash off her hands.
"Would you like to keep the head or antlers as decoration Miss White?"