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 Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2015 8:11 pm
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He'd signed up for it because he wanted to have fun. Kwasi was feeling restless, unusually bored. Maybe the nagging guilt at doing nothing had reached a critical point where it manifested as an emotion - whatever it was, he had no idea and hadn't really stopped to consider it. Instead he had perked up at actually being aware of a field trip, (reading notices was kinda useful after all! maybe?) rather than ending up stumbling on it in a hazy accident. School was rubbing off on him after all, he was a total nerd now. Going to go on a scientific study of human super stitches. Yeah.
All in all, as Kwasi looked around the empty, dirty back alley that he arrived in, he was feeling pretty excited. Stoked, even. Looking around, he noticed another student pop into existence a little farther down the alley. He assumed it was, and that humans didn't have horns or tails - or appear out of thin air. Maybe he was wrong but there was one way to figure out right? Waving a hand in the air, he trotted over to the other student, full of beans. "Heyyy! Yo! Hi! Hey bro. What's up? There? With you? Cool place huh? Think this is some kind of secret human underground magic temple?" If he had been in his natural form, he would have been buzzing cheerfully. As a humanoid, he blathered instead.
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Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2015 9:01 pm
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It went without saying that Raisuke wasn't really interested in humans. He didn't like them at all. Well, he didn't even like most Halloweeners, so perhaps that wasn't much of a surprise. But he knew a little bit about holidays, although mostly those were his own holidays. He even liked holidays - they deserved respect, no matter who was celebrating them. It was just tradition, and it was polite to respect other cultures in that way, right? He might never meet a human - most of his acquaintances were monsters - but he'd like to be able to appreciate their deepest traditions. And he'd relish the chance to be away from people who didn't act like they were entitled to his company. Or something.
Unfortunately the moment he arrived, he was assaulted. Okay, perhaps that wasn't the correct word for it. The other boil didn't touch him, after all. But...considering he was visible they were probably an Amityville student?
Either that or his glamour had failed. He didn't really know - he'd never seen any humans other than the other tiny one he'd had to cart around on his back. That one had been very fluffy. "Hello," he answered reluctantly. "It doesn't look like a temple," he said, glancing around their environment. It was dirty - it didn't look like it'd been maintained with care and respect.
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amicableAggressor rolled 1 10-sided dice:
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Total: 1 (1-10)
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Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2015 10:08 pm
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Quote: ==> Visit a HOME 1: Some humans are putting out jack-o-lanterns both in and outside of their homes! They all seem to have candles in them.
"It doesn't?" Kwasi gave the alley a critical inspection. Dark, spooky, quiet, abandoned to the ravages of time, it ticked off all the boxes for 'ancient abandoned place of mystery' to him. Eyes focusing on something, he pointed excitedly at a trash can. "No it is! Look at that human artifact!! I bet it's got like .... mummies in it or something else cool. Lots of little mummies. Yeah. Yeah!"
His hand shot up towards a light that had turned on from above them, up a rickety fire escape. "It's a temple guardian!! C'mon let's go check it out!!" Turning to the other boil, he gestured rapidly, then charged excitedly up the fire escape. A moment later he let out a startled yell. "They've got babies!!" Half way up, Kwasi stood pointing at the jack-o-lantern that a hand had reached out and placed on the windowsill. "That's so-o-o gross!!" If a little bit of preteen ghoul crept into his voice, he was obviously unaware of it. Turning to his totally willing field trip partner, he grinned widely, waiting for a reaction.
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thyPOPE rolled 1 10-sided dice:
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Total: 6 (1-10)
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Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2015 10:46 pm
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Just like that, Raisuke's mood plummeted. Human artifact? That was stupid - no one cared for this place at all!
Well. Maybe it could be a forgotten temple. But if so, he didn't think he liked humans very much. Why build a temple and then promptly forget about it? They deserved to be venerated and preserved in as close form to the original as possible. How else could humans keep memories of their culture alive? Even if they were shitty human cultures. "It doesn't look very menacing," Raisuke sniffed, turning his head up. Although in all actuality the only menacing thing about his own family was that in their natural forms lightning constantly sparked off their bodies.
...actually, that was pretty menacing. Point, Shoukimura clan. This thing sucked. "They're not paying very much attention, if there are zombies." The trash can did stink, though; he'd give it that.
He had to admit he was pretty spooked at the sight of a pumpkin. "Humans put their babies on their windows for the holiday?" he asked, horrified. That was...certainly a tradition. A FEAR-inducing one. But maybe it wasn't one he'd ever personally indulge in. Fortunately it wasn't like he was going to bring his babies to the human world ever. They could stay safe in Miasma Village. "Maybe they just don't care about baby dissipation," he decided, and then leapt into the room as coolly as he could manage.
Hey, just because he didn't like this guy...he still wanted to be cool in his eyes. That was how social currency worked, right?
Unfortunately he fumbled, but he also got up as smoothly as he could. "Look, they're sitting around with candles," Raisuke said, inching closer to see whether he might be able to hear anything. He blew one out with a puff of his cheeks. Ha!
...now they were screaming. Woah. "I don't understand this ritual," said Raisuke, shaking his head. "But maybe they're trying to call to other creeple."
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amicableAggressor rolled 1 10-sided dice:
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Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2015 11:14 pm
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Quote: dice gods WHY moving down to 2 2: A cute little bat is trying to get into this human's house! You open the door and let it in.
"Hey!" A little disappointed that he wasn't the one leaping suavely into the house, Kwasi bounded the rest of the stairway up to the apartment. At the window, his entrance was a little more awkward, as he moved around the pumpkin. Babies might be gross, but he would probably wake up screaming every night if he smashed one. He was a monster, but he wasn't a monster. If that made any sense. Brushing off the front of his shirt and settling his clothes, he gave a small jump at the scream. "Wha-" however his eyes opened wide at the things flailing around on the floor. Humans!!! Real humans!!! "Ahahah they're so loud!"
Kwasi's laughter continued on after their shrieking died down for a few moments. Looking over at the other boil, whom he only realized now he completely forgot to give his name to, he shrugged. "Beats me, man. Maybe they got excited over something." He wiggled a finger in an ear. "Probably best not to do that again though. Hey - do you hear something?" Kwasi looked over to the door, and frowned. Something was bumping against it. Trotting past Raisuke to open the door and continue their exploration of the human's nest. As he did, a little bat swooped in from the open door. The humans started to scream again, and he winced slightly. Turning around, he waved a hand apologetically at the other boil. "Sorry man! Humans are really screechy?"
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thyPOPE rolled 1 10-sided dice:
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Total: 6 (1-10)
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Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2015 12:39 am
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Maaybe, thought Raisuke, squinting at the circle of screaming humans. It wasn't in a language that he understood at all, though. He nodded an unimpressed hello at the bat swooping in, but started again when the humans screamed again. "Maybe screeching is the most important human ritual," Raisuke noted. The soft one he'd carried to that non-monster car thing hadn't really screeched, though - it'd just been mouth-leaking. "I can't think what it celebrates."
Wait. It had to be a summoning of some sort, right? There'd been a lot of candles. "Perhaps that was the bat's name," he said, trying to sound smart. "It came when it was called, and now they're greeting since it's come inside." The baby on the window still didn't make any sense, though. Maybe they just didn't have anywhere else to nurture it. Honestly, Raisuke wouldn't be very surprised if humans were awful at parenting. They weren't Miasmans.
Still, any respect for tradition meant he had to learn every aspect of it. So he turned away from Kwasi without another word, stalking quickly back into the room where they'd first entered with the humans. The screeching had died down a bit, which Raisuke took to mean the bat had begun engaging in conversation. He didn't really understand bats, but bats weren't made of FEAR, which meant they were probably made of the same thing as human. That meant they could understand each other, right?
"...knock on wood," one of them said after a while. Oh, so they didn't only speak human screech language. Was that the next step of the ritual? Raisuke would be pleased to assist them! Then they'd owe him a debt. Ha. He walked quickly to the wall, which could presumably be made of wood (what else would be, here?). Then he rapped on it thrice in quick succession.
Of course, then they began talking about knocks of death. "There aren't any horsemen," he said with some confusion, but of course they ignored him. Right - Professor Winter had said he was invisible to them. Guess the glamour did work. And it extended to his speech. That was a little bothersome - how was he expected to interview them about their traditions?
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Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2015 12:44 pm
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Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2015 7:10 pm
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