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avalononline2021-04-08 01:35 pm
mayoninofukucho) wrote in avalononline2021-04-08 01:35 pm
Video | UN: hijikata | Irregular Quest: Keep a Man out of the Sun for a Day
[It's after dinnertime on another rainy evening when a new video pops up on AOL. Hijikata has never posted anything on the network before (beyond responses to other people), so he's not exactly a familiar face... but those who do know him may be surprised by the changes to his outfit and the large black wings on his back. He looks a lot more composed than usual and gives the camera a slow blink before starting to speak.]
My name is Arashi. I am the familiar of Hijikata-san, whose body I am inhabiting by means of familiar fusion to bring you this message. I am afraid that I find myself in need of some assistance.
[He seems to be in a hotel room, and attentive listeners may be able to catch the occasional high-pitched little noise in the background, as if there were guinea pigs or other small pets running around. Arashi keeps a straight face.]
It has come to my attention that Hijikata-san has been struggling to reverse the impact of the wishes that were made about two months ago. I cannot maintain the familiar fusion state for very long, so I seek the support of anyone willing and able to keep him away from the sunlight for a day.
[What the reclusive crow tengu isn't telling the viewers: due to the heavy rains he decided to check on his bond partner, only to find his hotel room full of mayonnaise mascots. When the flooding began Hijikata had fetched them in a panic from the smallholding farm the owners of which had been letting him keep them in an enclosure, and their presence immediately made it clear to Arashi that he never fixed his messed-up magic. Hijikata had just finished preparing a familiar fusion essence in his room for later use in an emergency, and ultimately it was used much sooner as a result of the ensuing fight.]
Please come to Room 306 at the main inn if you are interested. I cannot offer gold, but I am able to train users of wind magic and help awaken it for novice users of elemental magic, or otherwise I can offer some rare items.
Just as a warning, there are some... creatures here.
[The mayonnaise mascots are harmless, but kind of creepy looking in his opinion. They are unnatural, wholly unnatural. The sooner they disappear the better.]
(OOC: This is open for anyone, no dibs (after all we've got time loops happening around here!). Villains and pranksters are also welcome (after all Arashi is such an absent familiar that he wouldn't be able to tell who Hijikata's friends are, or if he has any at all). If you'd like to plot anything specific out I have my CR meme post here!)
My name is Arashi. I am the familiar of Hijikata-san, whose body I am inhabiting by means of familiar fusion to bring you this message. I am afraid that I find myself in need of some assistance.
[He seems to be in a hotel room, and attentive listeners may be able to catch the occasional high-pitched little noise in the background, as if there were guinea pigs or other small pets running around. Arashi keeps a straight face.]
It has come to my attention that Hijikata-san has been struggling to reverse the impact of the wishes that were made about two months ago. I cannot maintain the familiar fusion state for very long, so I seek the support of anyone willing and able to keep him away from the sunlight for a day.
[What the reclusive crow tengu isn't telling the viewers: due to the heavy rains he decided to check on his bond partner, only to find his hotel room full of mayonnaise mascots. When the flooding began Hijikata had fetched them in a panic from the smallholding farm the owners of which had been letting him keep them in an enclosure, and their presence immediately made it clear to Arashi that he never fixed his messed-up magic. Hijikata had just finished preparing a familiar fusion essence in his room for later use in an emergency, and ultimately it was used much sooner as a result of the ensuing fight.]
Please come to Room 306 at the main inn if you are interested. I cannot offer gold, but I am able to train users of wind magic and help awaken it for novice users of elemental magic, or otherwise I can offer some rare items.
Just as a warning, there are some... creatures here.
[The mayonnaise mascots are harmless, but kind of creepy looking in his opinion. They are unnatural, wholly unnatural. The sooner they disappear the better.]
(OOC: This is open for anyone, no dibs (after all we've got time loops happening around here!). Villains and pranksters are also welcome (after all Arashi is such an absent familiar that he wouldn't be able to tell who Hijikata's friends are, or if he has any at all). If you'd like to plot anything specific out I have my CR meme post here!)
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[To be fair, some patient people introduced him to the concept of seeing ghosts as fellow souls rather than just creepy ghouls, but as of yet Hijikata is still far from feeling happy about his new magic.]
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[Kind of a weird thing to be relived by?? Maybe?? It's Zelgadis, don't think too hard about it.]
So, by the sounds of it, you and I seem to have been granted the same sort of magic.
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You also got death magic? Sucks, doesn't it?
[This is a good opportunity for him to figure out just how badly his own magic got screwed up, though.]
Can you understand what they say? The ghosts, I mean?
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[He's actually not so sure about that? Does he even want to learn how to use it better? What a fucking creepy magic, holy shit.
Ahem, anyway.]
No, I have difficulty understanding them. Then again, I also don't tend to stick around long enough to listen.
[IT'S GHOSTS, OKAY. THEY ARE SCARY.]
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[Okay, maybe he should actually try to internalise what the quick adapters to death magic told him rather than just reinforce both Zelgadis' and his own prejudices against ghosts, but it feels so good to find someone who'll just bitch and moan about it with him!! Meanwhile a bunch of mayonnaise mascots walks up to the two of them and start tugging on hijikata's trouser legs and reaching for his hands while making squeaky little noises. Alas, he can't pick them up right now.]
It's okay, Mayorin. I'll be free soon. Zelgadis was just roped into this by the bird jerk who possessed me.
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Now, let's not be hasty. There has to be some reason we've been given this sort of magic. Aside from just speaking to the dead, maybe there's something else we can do with it?
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[He has no idea what the Avalonian afterlife is like, but Japanese hell is no joke!]
Maybe there's some info online? Can you check? In the worst case we may have to go back to the archivist in the Forest of the Fisherking to do some research.
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[He sounds way too interested in this. The idea of going to hell doesn't seem to concern him, like at all. BUT, he'll put that aside in favor of pulling out his phone and. Kind of staring at it like he has no idea what to do with it now that he's holding it. Because he doesn't.]
I... know "online" has something to do with these. You mean the network? I kind of know how to use that.
[well, all he knows how to do is chat with people.]