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Hiiro Amagi | 天城 一彩 ([personal profile] umurice) wrote in [community profile] kenoslogs2024-01-25 05:21 pm

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WHO: Hiiro Amagi & You
WHAT: Exploring as a new arrival
WHEN: During the celebration period
WHERE: Alenroux
WARNINGS: Will update as necessary


[The celebration in the city was overwhelming, and he felt uneasy with both factions that were heavy-handed in their recruitment. Their leaders gave him an eerie vibe, and Hiiro hadn't been too certain about trusting either one. It was not that he wasn't tempted, especially when his interests leaned closer towards one over the other. However, he didn't want to make a mistake in his choice. Didn't want to be hasty, lest he regrets it.

After all, his choice is not for his own, but for his people.

It's been a few days, and although it had hurt to think of, he had carefully analyzed the information that was presented to him and pondered over it. To be told that the world he had known is completely gone was so much of a shock that he had blanked out on it at first, but when he had time to ponder it alone, he allowed the despair to sink in. It took him a few days, appetite lost and heart heavy, before the promises were whispered into his ears. No, it was always where, but it had only sunk then, that perhaps things were not as hopeless as they seemed.

So he had to become stronger, because lying in bed all day would only hinder him from completing his mission. Although he had no reason to believe that either faction was telling the truth, he had no other lead. However, the celebration is too loud, and he needed time to really decide on things. Since he did not have someone trusted to discuss it with, he decided to ponder on it on his own, far from the celebration.

That was how he ended up in Alenroux.]


I. ALENROUX (day)

[Not having a faction seems to help at least in keeping the people at ease. Hiiro finds himself wandering around the place, the greenery unfamiliar but much more soothing than anything else. He's wearing his hometown clothes, the same one he arrived in, but seems to have a better complexion now that his initial troubles at least had some sort of direction he can pursue solutions for.

At least, that was the goal. Instead, someone passing by the farms may notice the boy sleeping under a tree, seemingly without care, tired out from all the worries he's had. In fact, one might even think it's dangerous that he's so defenseless lying down there. Whether you approach him by choice, or if you did not notice him in the area and are about to trip over him though, the results are quite the same.

That is, anyone who approaches within grabbing distance might suddenly find their ankle yanked, with Hiiro jerking up from his restful sleep with stern eyes, as though he was ready to throw this person over his shoulder.

When he sees what he's done though, he lets go immediately, the intensity slacking into surprise.]


--- Mu? What are you doing?



II. ALENROUX (night)

[The night gives way to monsters, people having abandoned the outside now that it's dangerous. Someone a lot less foolish would heed the warnings and stay indoors, but Hiiro finds himself sneaking outside of the inn now that he's slept half the day away. It wasn't like he was going to easily shift from 12 hours to 24 hours so easily. He's unfortunately too awake to stay still, and there wasn't much he can learn in the inn while he waits.

So anyone out there at night, just as foolish as he is, might find him running away from a large monster, less out of fear and more like he was doing it intentionally. Training even, judging by the way he dodges its attacks and never attacks back. Or maybe, he's just an idiot with no weapon and really needs the help.

Or they can catch him when he's being more foolish, looking like a lost puppy following a dangerous shadow that whispers to him, walking towards the darkness. In any case, he might need some help snapping out of it.]




III. Wildcard

[For now, Hiiro is planning to stick around Alenroux, but feel free to ping me for other kinds of threads in PM or @ [plurk.com profile] marchingon]
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[personal profile] wolfish 2024-01-25 10:21 am (UTC)(link)
[ It's during one of those nighttime lunatic runs that a gloved hand snaps out from the bushes, catching hold of Hiiro's shirt. In the next instant he's hauled out of the monster's path, leaving it to barrel along with a terrible, keening wail.

Yuri has been here long enough to know that particular sort of beast has poor eyesight. The fragrant bushes around them effectively mask their scent... The tradeoff being a less than uncomfortable hiding space.

He gestures Hiiro to be quiet as the monster lumbers to a halt and begins whiffing loudly at the air, searching for its lost prey. ]
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[personal profile] lockedon 2024-01-25 03:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Hello?? HIS ANKLE....

Go figure that he try and do one (1) nice thing (making sure this kid isn't dead) while he's in Alenroux and he gets assaulted for his efforts. It's not really anything new and his own response is to stiffen, his hands curling into fists at his sides in case of an incoming altercation, but it would have been nice if they could have avoided all this in the first place!

He looks down at the hand around his leg, then shifts his gaze to the boy. ]


I should be the one asking you that. [ Seeing as how it's his ankle in a chokehold. ] Why are you sleeping out here?

[ And attacking people in his sleep?? ]
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[personal profile] wolfish 2024-01-26 06:03 am (UTC)(link)
[ The boy's staying quiet and that's good enough for Yuri. He doesn't doubt that he can fell that monster if necessary, but it's deep enough in the woods that he'd rather leave it alone if he's got any say in the matter. When they're not at risk of attacking locals, it isn't necessary to kill the beasts.

...Maybe Byleth's rubbing off on him.

Regardless, Yuri keeps his eyes trained on the creature as it tries to locate its missing prey. It stalks around the area taking deep, heavy breaths of the cool night air as it seeks the boy's scent, but it finds nothing.

With another loud, unnatural cry it dashes off into the woods, off to find itself some other meal. Only when its form vanishes from view does the tension drain from Yuri's frame with a sharp exhale. ]


...You shouldn't be out here on your own, unarmed.

[ The words come quietly, more friendly advice than criticism. ]
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[personal profile] wolfish 2024-01-26 07:32 am (UTC)(link)
I'm assuming you don't have weapons on you...

[ Which makes him wonder all the more at the fact that the kid managed to outrun that thing and not wind up with so much as a scratch. It's fortunate, but more than a little disconcerting. What might have happened had he not been here?

To say nothing of how he'd been lured out here. No one must have had a chance to warn him of the recent threats to crop up here. ]


Or how this place can play tricks on you, for that matter... If you see a familiar face or hear a voice you think you know, and it starts leading you someplace isolated, good chance it's a ruse.

[ A cruel bit of trickery, and an effective one. ]
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[personal profile] lockedon 2024-01-27 03:12 am (UTC)(link)
[ Eustace hasn't killed anyone recently! .......Keyword being recently. But there's a visible slouch to his shoulders when the ankle grab doesn't lead to any further hostility, and he lets his heels sink a little deeper into the ground. There's curiosity in his gaze, both at the training this young man has done as well as the question directed towards him.

He blinks, caught off-guard. Said ears twitch a little in surprise. ]


A hunter?

[ Do mercenaries count as hunters if they hunt people...? Though it's been awhile since he'd engaged in that type of work. He hasn't hunted anything in a long time now, wild game or people.

He shakes his head. ]


I was a soldier. [ Sort of still is, if you count fighting in a war an automatic enlistment into the army. ] I work in a bookstore now.
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[personal profile] wolfish 2024-01-27 03:38 am (UTC)(link)
Better to have someone with you, especially if you're unharmonized.

[ Since it sounds as though he's new, Yuri ventures the guess. He'd fought a monster unharmonized, but he had weapons and a king with the strength of a squadron on his side. They even had a princess spotting weak points for them.

It's a far cry from unarmed and alone. ]


Then there're pools of shadow that look like spilled ink. Those'll snatch at you too.

[ There really ought to be a primer for such things... Regardless, Yuri procures several knives from his jacket and offers them to the presumed newbie, handle first. ]

Here.
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[personal profile] wolfish 2024-01-27 08:30 am (UTC)(link)
Just stay alive— that'll be enough.

[ After so many died during the Harbinger Oracle's test, Yuri'd rather no one else die. It may not be permanent so long as a Shard survives, but none of them can know whether that will continue to hold true.

Besides, Byleth had a hell of a rough time after he'd revived. He'd hazard to guess Midna did too, the way she'd cloistered herself off for a time. He wouldn't wish that on them or anyone else. ]


There aren't too many of us, so people tend to notice a new face.
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[personal profile] wolfish 2024-01-27 09:58 am (UTC)(link)
It's gotten pretty dangerous of late... Or rather, it always was, but more overtly so now.

[ Yuri thinks it worst for civilians and those unharmonized. People aren't necessarily primed to handle the dangers that now lurk in the streets of either city, so far as he's seen.

Even those of them expected to fight a war. ]
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[personal profile] lockedon 2024-01-28 02:38 am (UTC)(link)
[ Years of experience with this sort of thing, along with an overall mellowing of his personality (at least in polite company), means that Eustace offers up an explanation without much hestitation or annoyance. If anything, he sounds like he's talking about the weather, casual and unaffected. ]

They're my real ears. [ There's more movement from up top, this time his ears swiveling side to side, as if to prove his point. ] I'm an Erune. We all have animal ears like this.

[ Something something ancient biology, yadda yadda. He's never cared too much for the science behind it all and even if he did, he's never been the type to unload unnecessary information on a stranger. ]

You don't have people with ears or horns where you're from?
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[personal profile] wolfish 2024-01-28 06:14 am (UTC)(link)
It's a little of both, among other things.

[ The puddles of not-shadow and phantoms of people who haven't made it to this place have been increasingly present for months now. They have also become steadily more threatening, to make matters worse.

It's a fine state of affairs for new arrivals to get drawn into... ]


I was reluctant, myself, when I first got here.
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[personal profile] wolfish 2024-01-28 07:45 am (UTC)(link)
A good half a year or so, by my world's reckoning.

[ And others have been here far longer than him. There's a surreality to it all, still yet.

With the threat behind them for now, Yuri stands and brushes off his clothes before he offers a hand for a proper shake. ]


Yuri Leclerc. Call me Yuri.
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[personal profile] wolfish 2024-01-28 09:54 am (UTC)(link)
...Do people not shake hands where you come from?

[ He'll set the matter of the length of his stay aside, because this? Weird. ]
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[personal profile] kaientai 2024-01-29 02:56 am (UTC)(link)
[ after a lot of time spent in kowloon lately, now seemed like a good time to take a break. he hadn't been out to see alenroux yet either, so it feels nice to relax and enjoy the scenery.

the shock of red hair against all the greens and browns stands out and draws his eye first, and he can't help but head over to investigate. that's how he ends up under the same tree, looking down as his ankle is grabbed. this doesn't particularly bother him, so he keeps his arm right where it is, tucked casually into the front of his kimono and smiles. ]


Well, this spot looked pretty comfortable, so I came over here to kick you out and take it for myself...

[ the look on his face suggests he's not being serious, and the fact that he squats down and sits on his heels probably adds to that. ]

Actually, it's just getting kinda late, and it's probably not safe out here all by yourself.

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