voice; un: stranger

[eightfoldfiend]

[A deep, rumbling baritone voice speaks.]

I am here.

Who has summoned me?

(ooc: mentions of blood and violence in comments)

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[eightfoldfiend]

I don't know, I've never had a human's patience for navel gazing.

[A long pause.]

A devil or a shade, perhaps. An echo. But it's hardly worth thinking about.

I'm just me.

[kohaku_river]

Names are important; they help connect you to a place or a time. You will probably be asked those questions a lot.

( A devil or a shade? Haku sighs, accepting it. )

I'll leave you to your business as long as you don't cause trouble.

[eightfoldfiend]

Bah...

It's the question of what I am that's complicated. I know my name...

[Well, he knows a name. He knows the only name's had for as long as he can remember. Sometimes he thinks he might have had a different one but this isn't something he tends to dwell on.]

Speaking of, who are you?

[kohaku_river]

Many spirits are complicated. I do not think I could categorize them all.

( But identities are crucial when it comes to...a lot of things. Societies often demand them for one reason or another. )

I am Nigihayami Kohakunushi, but you may call me Kohaku or Haku. The witch who ensnared me called me the latter and I have grown used to hearing it.

[eightfoldfiend]

The witch who ensnared you?

[kohaku_river]

Yes, her name is Yubaba. She used me as her slave.

[eightfoldfiend]

Hmph... a slave? But from the sound of it you, too, are a spirit.

I've been summoned by a witch myself but she knew better than to try my temper.

Either you are weak or this Yubaba is very powerful.

[kohaku_river]

She is very powerful. ( One of the strongest witches he knows. ) I am a river spirit; I lost my way and she took advantage of me when I was weak. But I know my name again, so she can't hold me.

[eightfoldfiend]

Aha...So that is why you seem so hung up on names.

Well rest assured I know my own well enough and shall not be so easily held.

I am called Yuber...

[A small pause.]

No relation to your Yubaba.

[kohaku_river]

You wouldn't be able to help it. Yubaba steals names and then takes away your memory.

( Though she had given him a name very close to his own. Out of guilt, perhaps? )

I would hope not! Hello, Yuber.