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(Catch Tsurumaru exploring his new surroundings. Maybe this would be easier if he wasn't Old and Blind but when he doesn't have able-bodied youths to spoil and exasperate into doing the work for him, he has to do the hard work himself.
Tch.
He doesn't get to see the sea often so when he breathes in the air, he wants to look for it. The closer he gets, the more dreadful he feels. Ah, but this is a different type of dread, isn't it? Something unnatural that makes even someone as fearless as Tsurumaru want to turn back. His Daemon has gone from a chittering magpie at his ear to a much larger crane at his side. She nips at his sweater and flaps her wings, growing more distressed until he stops, reaching out to place a hand gently behind her neck,)
Relax, relax. You'll give us away.
(It looks like the sea is out of their reach.)
Tch.
He doesn't get to see the sea often so when he breathes in the air, he wants to look for it. The closer he gets, the more dreadful he feels. Ah, but this is a different type of dread, isn't it? Something unnatural that makes even someone as fearless as Tsurumaru want to turn back. His Daemon has gone from a chittering magpie at his ear to a much larger crane at his side. She nips at his sweater and flaps her wings, growing more distressed until he stops, reaching out to place a hand gently behind her neck,)
Relax, relax. You'll give us away.
(It looks like the sea is out of their reach.)
Edited 2021-09-26 10:41 (UTC)
[Kim's standing by the city wall, looking out to the foggy distance... but what he soon sees instead is Tsurumaru and the crane. His daemon, a great skua, sits perched atop a piece of the wall.]
Don't go out so far. It's dangerous.
[He manages to raise his voice to be loud, clear, and authoritative, without sounding agitated.]
Don't go out so far. It's dangerous.
[He manages to raise his voice to be loud, clear, and authoritative, without sounding agitated.]
(Ooooh. Authority.
But fine, he's already stopped. It's as close as he's willing to get to comfortably which is still too close for the crane. )
Ah, doesn't that must make you wonder what's out there, though?
(Like... isn't the danger exciting? Who wouldn't want to go some place they aren't supposed to go? Tsurumaru Kuninaga is a rebel menace.)
But fine, he's already stopped. It's as close as he's willing to get to comfortably which is still too close for the crane. )
Ah, doesn't that must make you wonder what's out there, though?
(Like... isn't the danger exciting? Who wouldn't want to go some place they aren't supposed to go? Tsurumaru Kuninaga is a rebel menace.)
It does. [He does not sound excited about it, though.] I was hoping I might be able to see something beyond the coast, but no such luck.
Then again... [He gestures to his glasses.] I may not be the best person to attempt such a thing.
Then again... [He gestures to his glasses.] I may not be the best person to attempt such a thing.
[He raises a single eyebrow.]
The glasses are not going to help.
The glasses are not going to help.
Farsightedness. I've had poor vision since childhood. These [He gestures at the glasses.] are for correcting it.
[... Is that a real question.]
Yes. It would be very hard to miss someone standing right in front of my face.
Yes. It would be very hard to miss someone standing right in front of my face.
[Kim doesn't take them off to humour him. He just answers.]
Everything would just be a blur of colours. Close objects, even more so.
Far away... it's only marginally better. I can see large, distinct shapes, but the details blur together.
Everything would just be a blur of colours. Close objects, even more so.
Far away... it's only marginally better. I can see large, distinct shapes, but the details blur together.
A blur of colors...
(It doesn't sound so bad when it's like that. He thinks it might even be better than seeing clearly sometimes.)
I see. Do you prefer being able to see clearly ahead? Or would you rather embrace uncertainty?
(He assumes the former considering he's wearing the glasses but he still has to ask like the vague cryptid he is.)
(It doesn't sound so bad when it's like that. He thinks it might even be better than seeing clearly sometimes.)
I see. Do you prefer being able to see clearly ahead? Or would you rather embrace uncertainty?
(He assumes the former considering he's wearing the glasses but he still has to ask like the vague cryptid he is.)
The novelty of seeing the world like it's an abstract painting wears off after about twenty seconds or so.
So, yes, I would rather see clearly.
So, yes, I would rather see clearly.
[Sometime after the trial's concluded, Kim emerges from elsewhere in the opera house, having gone to take a look at the crime scene. He sees Tsurumaru and gives the slightest indication of a "questioning look."]
You're still here.
You're still here.
A little. [That might as well be a verbal shrug.] We've been stuck here all day. I expected most of us were eager to get outside.
Most of us were stuck inside for so long, it's good for them to get out at last.
(Anyway, he has his popcorn. From otter form, Kiku will shfit to magpie to land in one of the popcorn bags and grab a few bites,)
Would you like some? Food isn't easy for us to get here and most people didn't eat.
(Anyway, he has his popcorn. From otter form, Kiku will shfit to magpie to land in one of the popcorn bags and grab a few bites,)
Would you like some? Food isn't easy for us to get here and most people didn't eat.
[Cool. He's got a bag of popcorn.
He'll eat some.]
Have you tried fishing while here?
He'll eat some.]
Have you tried fishing while here?
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