[It's not as though the Medicine Seller is weirded out, or unsettled. It takes a lot more than this to make him feel that way.]

[But the bunraku puppet of Kayo...]

This is... a bit excessive.

Isn't it?

[Puppet!Kayo inclines her head curiously at him.]

...Nothing important.

[The Medicine Seller sits in one of the gardens, perfectly serene, watching the leaves fall and sipping a cup of tea.]

Well.

That was... interesting.

[Says the guy who spent the event trying to hold off other people's demons while dissolving into nothing.]

[The Medicine Seller, dressed as ever in his flamboyant robes, is seated seiza style beside the Zen garden, with a cup in his hands and his medicine chest on the ground beside him.]

It seems I have arrived at an... unusual time.

[No surprises there, really. Does he ever show up anywhere except at extremely weird times? He's silent for a few ( Read more... )