Boundary 03 | border between luck and curse | accidental video

[danmakuboundary]

[A small room inside a decidedly Japanese abode. There's not much here - a kotatsu near one corner with a TV nearby, a small pile of miscellaneous electronic devices... and a futon laid out right in front of the computer with a graceful and elegant Yukari...

sprawled out beneath the covers, snoring in the most graceful and elegant way possible.

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[ voice ]

[namereturning]

Nyanko-sensei!?

[ video ]

[danmakuboundary]

[The smaller cat perks his head up slightly, and the voice post gets the attention of Chen, the nekomata.]

You know him? Did you take Ran-sama away?

[ video ]

[namereturning]

He's my... cat.

I didn't take anyone, but...

[ video, HTML fix ]

[danmakuboundary]

[Yukari sighs and sits up, serious case of bedhead as she mutters into the video feed.]

Nine-tailed, roughly 160cm tall, roughly 95cm in the chest?

Answers to the name of 'Yakumo Ran'?

If I were to wager a guess, she showed up around the same time that your... cat did in our home.

[Yukari has her suspicions.]

[diamondmarked]

You've lost... your vassal, I take it?

[danmakuboundary]

Shikigami.

Vassal isn't quite the same thing; my power is Ran's power. The further away she strays from me, and from my word, the weaker both of us get. Thus, it is in both of our best interests for her to perform as instructed, and to not get spirited away by communities who think they are being 'funny'.

[diamondmarked]

A person connected to another?

[danmakuboundary]

In a manner of speaking, yes. Think of it as a magical familiar, of a fashion.