video/action??? - 5

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[The feed flickers on, the inside of a rather nondescript bookstore in view. It's quiet for a few moments, the muffled sounds of people walking to and fro between the bookcases making up most of the noise of the video. There's nothing strange or out of the ordinary about this scene; in fact...it almost seems normal...Until the store starts to

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[wishmadeinfire]

[Ashura had been in the area gathering supplies for his own job that month when the explosion happened. He hurried over, his jewels jangling and sees the general mayhem and sighs, figuring the smiling boy beside the distraught alien was the cause.]

Sometimes I wonder about the people this ship picks up....

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[The smile starts to dim as he picks up on the odd energy that's starting to approach, and he turns to look at Ashura]

Yeah? I can say the same about you.

What are you?

[wishmadeinfire]

[He would resemble a demon - maybe. His hair is long and black, falling nearly to the floor, and his ears are long, elegantly pointed. He's wrapped in robes that are a mix of Japanese and Indian flavors and his eyes are golden.]

I am not an elf, if that is what you are thinking. I am Ashura.

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[...yep, he definitely resembles a few of them from back home, from the looks of his ears and eyes]

Nah, I was thinking more like a demon, myself. [raises an eyebrow] Do you need anything?

[wishmadeinfire]

I am no demon though I have been called that.

[He kneels and picks up a piece of paper - a page from a book. He purses his lips.]

I came to see what the fuss was. That explosion was a bit hard to ignore.

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I was taking care of the roaches they had hanging around here. Probably went a little messier than I hoped, but...

[frowns a little bit at that]

If you're not a demon, what are you?

[wishmadeinfire]

I told you, I am Ashura.

[As in, he is the leader of the Ashura, King of the Ashura clan. His name is the name of his race.]

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[...unfortunately, Yusuke isn't bright enough to pick up on that, so he's just looking more irritated]

Yeah, I know. That doesn't explain much, though.

[wishmadeinfire]

[He sighs.]

My name is the name of my people - Ashura.

[fingerbanged]

...oh.

So what makes Ashuras so different from everyone else, then?

[wishmadeinfire]

[He considers this.]

Well, my ears are usually the first thing, and I find I am generally older than most people on this ship.

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How old are we talking? Hundreds or so? [because Kurama and his thousand year foxyness got him sorta used to that :(]

[wishmadeinfire]

Well, my 287th birthday will be this year, according to my understanding of the ship's calendar, which makes me relatively young by my own people's standards.

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...yeesh.

I wonder how old you gotta be over there to start looking like a geezer...

[wishmadeinfire]

Eight hundred, generally speaking.

[He chuckles.]

[fingerbanged]

Man, you'd probably get bored after the first hundred or so, wouldn't you?