an open post;

[desirestruth]

[Otherwise known as Absolute Nonsense.

A. Casa De Schwarzwald: For reasons known only to the whims of fate and bending spacetime, you're now on the very cold wood floor of a manor deep with in a forest so thick no light penetrates into it. Instead, the area's lit by candlelit or magical lamps, or bioluminescent plants. It's spooky as all hell.

What might be of more concern is the very unamused pale lady staring down the stairs in the foyer at you. Uh-oh.

B. The Ineffable Wisdom of Jackals: So, there's a mob after you, with torches and pitchforks. God only knows what happened, but you probably didn't deserve this. Luckily, some weirdly colored jackal yiped at you and lead you into a safe spot, so you've got time to get a breather while it gekkers at you loudly!

C. Make up your own prompt, live freely.]

Comments

c

[mywife]

i'll play ozy for u cuz i love u, do u have any strong desires

Re: c

[desirestruth]

WAIT NO LET THEM BOTH GUSH ABOUT THEIR SPOUSES

WAIFU-OFF 2K20!

Re: c

[mywife]

I HAVE SEEN THIS I WILL COME BACK TO IT WHEN I CAN COME UP WITH TEN PARAGRAPHS

a

[bowtiedbones]

[...



waves from where she is on the floor]

Hi!

Re: a

[desirestruth]

...Eliza?

[Well she'll come downstairs, then!]

Eliza, why are you on my floor?

[bowtiedbones]

[pushes herself up to standing, dusting herself off]

I don't know?

[desirestruth]

...Until further notice, I'm blaming Cardamom.

[She snaps her fingers and Eliza is now totally dust free and also has a warm coat because it's a little cold out here.]

Well. I suppose I should welcome you to the Black Forest, then.

[bowtiedbones]

That's probably a safe bet and thank you!

[also HUG INCOMING]

[desirestruth]

[SHE WILL ALLOW THE HUGS she may even give some hairruffles in this!]

It's good to see you. How have you been?

[bowtiedbones]

[YESSSS]

I've been okay and better now for seeing you!

[desirestruth]

You sap.

[MORE HAIRRUFFLES!!!]

Have you been sleeping? Eating? I need to know you're in good shape before I give you a tour, you know.

B because that's just #Ritsukalife

[fujimaru]

[ You know what, sometimes you just gotta do the thing where you follow a palette swapped weirdly-colored animal to wherever it might lead you. It worked out for Alice, didn't it?

Don't answer that.

But as long as she's got that moment to breathe, and get her bearings, Ritsuka also can't resist peeking around a corner just in case. She can hear the mob, but unfortunately, puny human vision means she can't really see them. She's not really thinking about the whole "your head is sticking out in plain sight" right now, okay, it's been a Day. ]

the truth hurts

[desirestruth]

[Hey you just got scruffed that's odd jackals don't have hands--

oh that's a very pretty angry lady with jackal ears!]

What are you doing? You will get caught!

[fujimaru]

[ The noise Ritsuka makes is something like HGLIDKGFKSEWR?! and comes accompanied with some flailing and-- oh, hey, it's a pretty lady with kemonomimi. Somewhere there's a Chaldea staff member weeping because he doesn't get to see this. ]

Wh?? Hello??

[desirestruth]

[SHE'S ALREADY MARRIED, ROMAN, AND SO THE FUCK ARE YOU!!!]

Quiet!

[She claps a hand over Ritsuka's mouth, pulls her in close and holds very still as the mob goes charging on past.

This may have unforseen positioning issues.]

[fujimaru]

[ Please don't suffocate her, that will be terribly awkward to explain to anyone in Chaldea.

But all Ritsuka really does is try to pull that hand down so it's not covering her nose, at least, and then she finally is a good girl and waits until the thundering footsteps go by.

And finally, after a few seconds, she taps a finger to the back of that hand. Hello?? What is going on here?? ]

[desirestruth]

[Woop, right, humans need to breathe. She'll release this smol she has adopted, then.

Not that she's really much taller but Ritsuka exudes a need for adoption.]

...Now, you want to tell me why there's a mob after you?

[fujimaru]

Wwwwwould you believe I have no idea at all, whatsoever, and I've never done a single thing wrong in my life?

[ She says, in the tone of someone who knows it's obviously not the case, and doesn't really expect to be believed, but look, she has to try anyway. Just to say she did. ]

And, uh, I mmmmmmay... have accidentally revealed that their village elder was actually a ghost that was literally eating babies...?

[desirestruth]

...But they're chasing you with the pitchforks?

[Sighing, deeply.]

Is he still there?

B

[fakenews]

[ Kotoko loves to follow strange animals into strange hiding places!

It's better than being burned at the stake or whatever. Once they're finally "safe", she leans back against a wall, smoothing down her dress and readjusting her hat. After catching her breath, she looks down at Naeva with a tilt of her head. ]

Ah. Yes, yes, thank you very much for your assistance. Unfortunately, I can only understand human language. If you're not capable of that, we'll have to find some other way to communicate, I'm afraid.

[desirestruth]

Human language? Well, they hardly have a monopoly on it.

[Hey, that jackal talks!]

[fakenews]

[ Of course that jackal talks. She asked it to, and obviously wild animals always respond to requests to use their words, ]

Obviously not, but you'd hardly call something like English or Spanish or Arabic anything but just because those groups don't have a monopoly on them.

[desirestruth]

I'm not sure what you mean, but we really need to get moving before the mob circles back. They're remarkably persistent about you.

[I have never heard of any of those languages because I am from a high fantasy setting, Kotoko.]

[fakenews]

Oh, yes. That would be because they think I'm a witch, which is honestly ridiculous! I have never even once in my life done anything even slightly witch-like!

[desirestruth]

...What's wrong with being a witch?