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[loyalprosecutor]

Mikami had felt a foreboding and darkness lurking around the Mansion for weeks now. He'd been keeping to himself, quietly, but his mind was ever active

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[thistle_muncher]

There's something crunching under a table. And if Mikami should peer under the table cloth, he'll find what looks like a very small donkey, munching on some celery stalks on a small plate. Except that the shape of the donkey isn't quite right: it's too small and soft and the hooves just don't look "hoofy" enough.

He might glance up. "Didn't mean to chew too loudly," the thing replies.

[loyalprosecutor]

Mikami isn't sure what to make of the strange donkey.

".... What are you?" He finally questions, thinking this didn't seem quite normal. Maybe this was a very odd shinigami...

[thistle_muncher]

"I'm Eeyore, I'm a donkey," Eeyore replies, simply. "Hope that I didn't make too much noise crunching this celery. It's very fresh."

[loyalprosecutor]

"A donkey... Aren't donkeys usually much larger... and don't speak."

[thistle_muncher]

"Started off as a plush donkey," he says. "Christopher Robin made me real. Not sure how. Might be magic."

[loyalprosecutor]

"Magic...," Teru repeats vaguely. And he'll reach out tentatively to touch Eeyore if the donkey will let him.

[thistle_muncher]

Eeyore steps closer and he'll nuzzle Mikami's hand gently. He's clearly made of plush to the touch, but he feels warm the way a flesh and blood animal would. His lips might even feel a little damp as well.

[loyalprosecutor]

Teru's touch is a litle unsure and he pulls his hand away after a short while. "That's strange. Are you some benevolent creature?"

[thistle_muncher]

"Ben-ev-o-lent: big word, meaning good," he says, parsing thing. "Yes, I'm a good creature. The only thing you could say that I harm is the thistles in the garden. Helps the plants grow better: fewer weeds."

[loyalprosecutor]

"That is a good thing," there's a slightly crooked smile from Mikami as if smiling isn't something he's used to.

[thistle_muncher]

"Might not change the world from top to bottom, but it helps the garden, at least," he says, giving Mikami a small smile of his own.

[loyalprosecutor]

"Gardening can be a wise pursuit," he says calmly. "You are very unusual... but that in itself is not a crime."

[thistle_muncher]

"Didn't know that being unusual could be a crime," Eeyore says, puzzled. This is a very strange man, but then again, adults can be very strange sometimes.

[loyalprosecutor]

"Sometimes it is. People are supposed to fit into their society. Being unusual can be frowned upon."

[thistle_muncher]

Eeyore cocks his head. "Why should a person be expected to fit in? What if they prefer being by themself sometimes?" He knows he prefers to stay in His Gloomy Place sometimes: the rest of the creatures in the Hundred Acre Wood can be too silly at times....

[loyalprosecutor]

"It's just the way things are," Mikami says with a small sigh. "Not everything is as it should be but it's the way the world works. If you are something of a loner you can be looked at with suspicion. You are supposed to be social."