First Prayer Answered

[lovingsunshine]

[Shiranui is investigating the journal curiously, since her surroundings are now rather dull, and so your first contact comes from the massive, inky pawprint she put in there for fun.

It is then followed by a flurry of pawprints as she just gets silly.  Though the play is short-lived, since her poncle friend is gone...

At that point, anyone can

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[Written]

[saints_forgot]

My, what silliness!

Did anyone allow their pet to get all in their inks, now? Seems to be quite a mess, I warn!

[not apparently in the worst of humor, though. Have a wobbly and unskilled little doodle of a face going D8]

[Written]

[saints_forgot]

...the after-- Be there such a thing, for the gods? And cherie, such a thing would long have passed, would it not? Or does it take so long, near a century, to pass from this world to the next...?

Then please, do not name me as though I were the possession of a people that do not exist.

[Written]

[lovingsunshine]

As you wish, my child.

[Written]

[saints_forgot]

...merci.

[a pause.]

...is there precedent for such a turn of fate as this place, cherie?

[Written]

[lovingsunshine]

Make the best of fortune and guard those who do not have the strength to protect themselves.

[Written]

[saints_forgot]

...then this has not happened before, I assume. Oh my.

Of course, of course...

...

Well. Shall we rock, cherie...?

[Written]

[lovingsunshine]

...Where are you?

[Written]

[saints_forgot]

At the forested edges of Kamiki. I meant to return to Sei-an, but found it, too, abandoned, and... full of rather foreboding whispers.

Look up - I shall be among the folliage~ &hearts

[...and yes, he just painted a heart at you.]

[Action]

[lovingsunshine]

[Well, given a short while, Shiranui finds her way up the cliffs, trotting along the paths she took in the dead of night when overlooking the ancient villagers of Kamiki.

Not many ways better to find who you're looking for than that, of course.]

[In-person a'go? =D]

[saints_forgot]

[By the cliffs, by the village, a shroud of shade by the trees hides that which might be apparent by the eye, alone. But there is more to sense than sight, even for he who is possessed by the past and future, alike.

There will be a thin, delicate stretch of flute that will clue the goddess to a particular tree, tall in nature and seemingly impossible to scale, where the night reflects strangely off of a remarkably pale form.]

[W-well that's why I wrote 'action' f-fff >///>]

[lovingsunshine]

[Shiranui noticed Waka, barking and wagging her tail a bit.]

[fdsk W-WELL YES I was being goofy and reiterating? *fails* <3<3;;]

[saints_forgot]

[the last few notes or so of the short piece slice with crystaline delicacy into the air before the smile passes his lips at the commotion below.]

...Hark. The call of the heavens, the earth, the sea...

[He tucks his flute into his sleeve, then, as he takes his stand on the branch and-- jumps. Eyes lid heavily past the whirl of air past his lashes, but the smile does not fade and he trusts the approach of ground enough that, with a simple tug of concentration, he slows to touch soundlessly to soil.

..and then he doesn't waste much time at all, taking first a slow step - then a brisker one - to meet the goddess, drop gently to his knees, and curl both of his hands fondly into her neck ruff.]

Bonjour, cherie~

[Pff it's totally cool | action]

[lovingsunshine]

[Shiranui snuggled back, rubbing her head against Waka's affectionately, wagging her tail quietly.]

[Oh phew. (3;; *wiggles at* | action]

[saints_forgot]

[It must be a solemn moment. Eyes close and reveal neither the color of them nor the sparkle that must surely be there over a wider and more honest smile than he usually wears. He pauses a moment to simply lean his head against the wolf's, banishing the almost-hundred years now that stood between them and initial defeat, before finally pulling away. He meets her gaze with his own sky-tinted one.]

I have read, bits and pieces between my wandering these past few days. Some may already have gathered, it seems, though it could not hurt to search further. What say you?

[Action]

[lovingsunshine]

[Shiranui returned his gaze, eyes soft and loving. She let out a small grunt to agree.]

[Action]

[saints_forgot]

[he blinks, the closure of his eyes allowing an acknowledging softness to his serene smile. He understands, as much as one can, anyway.]

Hm~

Together, then? Or shall we part ways so as to widen our covered grounds?