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Tachibana Itsuki (itsukitachibana) wrote in millionworlds,
@ 2008-12-30 02:30:00

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itsuki tachibana, merope gaunt

Who: Itsuki and Whoever wants to join him. Someone please find him. Anyone
When: Now
Why: Because the poor boy just landed in a magical world and he needs someone to give him soup and a hug.
Where: Budehuc

Itsuki had fallen asleep last night curled next to his brother, stretched out, sticking to the tatami mats and slicked with sweat from the hot and humid summer weather. Summer was always the most unpleasant season to Itsuki. He felt weak and hungry from the week of purification. Standing in the cold waterfalls of the mountain caves should have been refreshing, but after a few minutes, even in the summer heat, the cold mountain water was simply numbing.

But at least, unlike Mitsuki, forced to fast, he had been allowed to eat, however sparingly, and drink.

He woke up to sunlight on his face and touched by a breeze, not to incense and the paper filtered sunlight of the room’s window. He sat up, squinting slightly as he looked around and feeling some balanced combination of fear and exhilaration.

This wasn’t the Futago house where he and his brother had been undergoing purification. This wasn’t his own house with his sister or their servants, and this wasn’t his village.

Itsuki knew stories, of the west, of the large cities of Japan… He had spent time researching where he and Mitsuki and the Amakura twins would go once they escaped their duty to guard his village. Looking up at the large stone castle, he knew this wasn’t Minakami Village or anywhere in Japan. Everything about it, even the air was wrong. He would have cried with joy at being gone, but he was missing three people and couldn’t properly feel the joy of it. Instead, dread was filling him. Mitsuki.. Sae.. Yae. Were they somewhere? Worse still, were they still back in the village? He and Mitsuki were supposed to the ceremony tonight...

Itsuki picked himself up and brushed off the worse of the grass from his clothing, straightening them as best he could. Frowning, feeling panicked but keeping it firmly in check, he ran through his mind, trying to figure out what it was he needed to do first. Think of a plan. He was half of the Crimson Twins and Oldest Son of the Tachibana house. Panicking was not acceptable.

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merope
2008-12-31 05:07 am UTC (link)

The moment that the boy appeared in Budehuc, Merope found herself suddenly started from the lack of silence on the boy's part. The fright caused her to literally fall over, but she managed to scramble to her feet in an effort to make sure she couldn't be dominated and had a chance to flee if possible. However, she was one of the curious ones who couldn't step away, thus she edged closer and mumbled,"H..Hello.."

Merope's voice was softer than a wind on a decently weathered day, it was barely even heard.

Whenever he was able to notice her, she was very small, tiny-boned and had blank, lank hair that hung on her head. Her eyes were each a different colour; one blue and one green eye from obvious inbreeding and odd in shape.

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itsukitachibana
2008-12-31 05:32 am UTC (link)

Itsuki turned when he heard the voice. He almost hadn't, it had been so quiet, and he might have missed it completely if he'd been used to people speaking to him at regular levels. But he was one of the Twins destine for the Crimson Ritual. No one raised their voices at him, and most of the villagers only replied to him in whispers, out of reverence and many out of fear.

He looked at the girl with some surprise. He hadn't noticed her until she'd spoken, and then nodded his head in greeting.

"Hello." He said politely. "I am afraid something has happened, and I am quite lost. It is dreadfully important I return to my home immediately... would you know who I need to speak with?"

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merope
2008-12-31 11:32 pm UTC (link)

Merope's eyes widened,"No, I'm kind of lost too...I..I'm sorry, I don't mean to be in the way." The girl moved closer, edging near him until she was right beside him,"I've been..wandering too..do you...want to travel together? I'm lost..." The black haired girl was staring at the boy with the funny eyes, she could honestly say that she never met someone who was Asian or even half-Asian.

"Please.." Merope begged, her voice was calming in a way in hopes of convincing hin.

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itsukitachibana
2008-12-31 11:49 pm UTC (link)

"You are not in the way." he replied absently, turning to look at their surroundings as she moved closer to him. He'd always been the one to plan things. To think up things, but he was at something of a loss at the moment.

Instead, Itsuki regarded the girl, quietly sorting through his thoughts on the matter of accompanyment. He didn't have any strong objections to traveling with someone. Being alone was not something he was accustom to so to have someone near him would at the very least be a bit more relaxing than being alone in this place. And the girl was lost too she said.

"I must find someone to speak with about returning home." He said finally. "But someone--maybe lots of people--will die if I do not hurry. If you have no objections to searching for someone to return us home, than you are welcome to accompany me."

He fixed his eyes on the girl. He was kind-faced but very serious. Perhaps too serious for someone his age.

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omg! if orgto ;_;

merope
2009-01-06 02:36 am UTC (link)

The way his eyes fixed on her, she squirmed uncomfortably knowing he was staring at her. Quietly, she walked over to him and rubbed her arm a little,"You...you..won't hurt me...right?" Merope came closer but didn't stand beside him, her arms crossing over her small chest and shivered in her shoes.

"I'll go wherever you want.." The girl mumbled below her breath, clearly unconfident in her abilities of being alone.

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Re: omg! if orgto ;_;

itsukitachibana
2009-01-08 11:14 am UTC (link)

Itsuki stared at the way the girl clung to herself and seemed so much like his little sister when presented with the unknown. But this poor scared girl wasn’t his sister. She wasn’t even from his village. Didn’t he have bigger responsibilities? He had failed his village and worse, he’d failed his brother. He couldn’t fail any further.

It depressed him if he thought about it. The failure and defeat and how vehemently he disagreed with what he had to do. That the one person important to him—who he would have tried harder to protect wasn’t here and yet he needed to think of a way to solve this new crisis and to prevent the Repentance from happening here.

“I can’t protect you.” He told her gently, as kindly as he could, although his words sounded cold, even to him. “I couldn’t protect my own family, so you must be strong on your own. I can’t shoulder your burdens; mine are too heavy .”

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Re: omg! if orgto ;_;

merope
2009-01-11 03:40 am UTC (link)

Merope heard the words on his end, the words that kind of hurt her feeling but they were much kinder than she'd been offered. When he was finished speaking, finished reminding her that she'd have to burden herself alone, she nodded,"...I wouldn't ask you to protect me anyways...I'm not that important, I just don't want to be alone." Merope's girlish face never found a smile for him, but she did seem trustworthy and unlikely to be a problem. "I...If I become a problem, send me away." Merope would probably live to regret those words at a later date.

Again, she edged closer until she was in front of him,"Please...I don't want to be alone...I promise to be good." Those set of mismatched eyes fixated on the strange looking boy in hopes he would not send her away.

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Re: omg! if orgto ;_;

itsukitachibana
2009-01-11 08:59 pm UTC (link)

Itsuki nodded, his head after watching Merope's behavior. Her closeness was unsettling and he took a step back, turning to look around at their surroundings. Trying to think of what they needed to do first. He'd never needed to be sufficient before, and the idea of finding food was an issue he didn't really want to deal with just yet.

"Alright. If you can look after yourself you can come with me." he agreed finally. "You're fit to travel? I want to leave as soon as we can."

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merope
2009-01-11 09:15 pm UTC (link)

She was frighteningly quiet, never able to really say what she wanted or do as she pleased. The only reason that kind of lied to him was due to fear, not because of any great skill she had other than...sewing, cooking or being gentle. "O..Oh, I am..." The pale faced girl motioned for him to go forward, allowing him to lead.

After all, there was no way that she was going to be left all alone. Whenever he started forward, she went along too with her silent steps.

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	itsukitachibana 2009-01-11 09:52 pm UTC (link)
	Itsuki had some doubts on the girl's assurance, but he would take her word for now. If she proved to be too troublesome he would leave her somewhere where she'd be safer. But, if his blind sister could function well enough, than the girl's frailty was likely deceptive. "My name is Tachibana Itsuki." he said before they set off. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

merope
2009-01-11 10:13 pm UTC (link)

Merope moved with ease behind him,"...I'm Merope Gaunt..." She whispered just loud enough for him to hear, keeping her muscles and body stiffened because she was very nervous of being found out by her company. "So..Tachibana, when did you come here...or wherever this is?" Merope's mismatched eyes focused on Itsuki, trying to find some sort of threat or annoyance on his face.

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itsukitachibana
2009-01-11 10:30 pm UTC (link)

"Merope." He repeated, trying not to be annoyed by the rude way she said his name. As if he were a peasant. And even then, you still didn't talk to the peasants like that. But he kept his irritation to himself, because the girl likely didn't know better.

"We're at a place named Budehuck, I believe. But I don't know how I arrived. I've only been here a short time." he said. "We need to get a map and find out where the people are coming back from the dead so I can fix whatever's wrong." He explained.

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merope
2009-01-11 10:50 pm UTC (link)

The girl perked up to attention when he said her name,"Budehuc? How do you know it is dead people?..I'm not dead..." Merope said pressed her hands against her stomach to make sure that she was actually solid all the way through. That's when she wondered if he might actually be not here himself, so her hand pushed into his back lightly. "Sorry, Tachibana..I thought you might be a ghost." Clearly, Merope was kind of dim.

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itsukitachibana
2009-01-12 12:57 am UTC (link)

Itsuki willed himself patience and forced himself not to flinch away from the girl as she touched him. Had she been raised in a barn? He was beginning to wonder just how much stress the girl would cause him as well as her dependence.

"The woman said the dead had returned to life." Itsuki explained, telling himself to pretend he was talking to Chitose who was too young to understand things sometimes. "If what she said is true it will be far worse to be alive when the darkness comes." He continued.

"We need to go to the source and stop it before it corrupts the souls of the living and begins to spread. Or we will wish we were ghosts."

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