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arrays2019-12-13 03:19 pm
unfriendliest) wrote in arrays2019-12-13 03:19 pm
[closed] for ari
[ Sakakibara Yasumasa is dead, and with him, Ookurikara’s obligation to stay in the past, on this mission to protect Tokugawa Ieyasu. It’s almost a relief, to be free to return home, with only one small detour before he pulls the time travel device from a pocket and activates it with a soft sigh.
When he opens his eyes a moment later, however, it isn’t to the sight of home. There’s no sound of tantous getting into mischief, and no laughter of the old men who somehow always manage to avoid their work. There is no familiar engawa, no device in the courtyard, no bells dangling from the overhang. Ookurikara doesn’t recognize this place at all, or even the architecture - that structure in the distance might be some sort of castle, but he’s never seen one like it - and the truly eerie thing is that there aren’t any sounds at all, without a trace of the people who should have lived here. It’s all just… empty, and there’s only a gentle breeze to keep him company.
What the fuck.
He decides to try the device again, only pausing when he realizes that it’s gone. Looking around proves that he didn’t just drop it, and it isn’t anywhere on his person… In fact, everything he’d been carrying except for his sword, even the omamori full of dried flowers that Nobuyasu had once gifted to him, is gone.
Now what? Fists at his side, he glares at the castle ahead. All the paths seem to lead there. Maybe that’s where he’ll find answers. He’s careful in walking down the paths, sticking to shadows and always checking around corners before he moves, just in case this place isn’t as empty as it appears, but nothing gets in Ookurikara’s way even when he reaches the open castle gate and stands on the threshold, frowning. Is it a trap, he wonders…? Even if it is, does it matter? It isn’t like he has much of anywhere else to go.
Hm, well. At least if it is a trap, it means there’s someone here to get answers from. He’s confident that he can fight his way out of it, anyway. So he steps forward, up the path toward the castle doors. ]
When he opens his eyes a moment later, however, it isn’t to the sight of home. There’s no sound of tantous getting into mischief, and no laughter of the old men who somehow always manage to avoid their work. There is no familiar engawa, no device in the courtyard, no bells dangling from the overhang. Ookurikara doesn’t recognize this place at all, or even the architecture - that structure in the distance might be some sort of castle, but he’s never seen one like it - and the truly eerie thing is that there aren’t any sounds at all, without a trace of the people who should have lived here. It’s all just… empty, and there’s only a gentle breeze to keep him company.
What the fuck.
He decides to try the device again, only pausing when he realizes that it’s gone. Looking around proves that he didn’t just drop it, and it isn’t anywhere on his person… In fact, everything he’d been carrying except for his sword, even the omamori full of dried flowers that Nobuyasu had once gifted to him, is gone.
Now what? Fists at his side, he glares at the castle ahead. All the paths seem to lead there. Maybe that’s where he’ll find answers. He’s careful in walking down the paths, sticking to shadows and always checking around corners before he moves, just in case this place isn’t as empty as it appears, but nothing gets in Ookurikara’s way even when he reaches the open castle gate and stands on the threshold, frowning. Is it a trap, he wonders…? Even if it is, does it matter? It isn’t like he has much of anywhere else to go.
Hm, well. At least if it is a trap, it means there’s someone here to get answers from. He’s confident that he can fight his way out of it, anyway. So he steps forward, up the path toward the castle doors. ]
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but for now, she’s grumped her way down one flight of stairs and up the next, incidentally beating him to the south tower door. ....it sure is A Door. you’d think it was poisonous or something the way she was eyeing it. ]
Hey is it me or are you getting weird juju vibes?
[ what if she just makes him open the door for her ]
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he considers answering futaba, noting that he has no clue what she's talking about... but more important is to figure out what it is. so he reaches for the door to push it open, and it. doesn't move. so kara tries one more time, and it still refuses to move.
so he only rolls his eyes and turns to head back down the stairs, and down again to head for the basement level. ]
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You could at least say no.
[ and grumbles behind him all the way down to the basement, which- hey. that’s weird. another set of doors with a symbol on them? but unlike certain someones, her curiosity gets the better and she flings it open before grumpy can puff at her. and it looks.... familiar....? HM, BAD. ]
Oooh, I don’t like that.
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anyway while she explores, kara prepares to check out the other rooms down here - cells? it's a dungeon, after all. he doesn't get far before she catches his attention with that, though, so he turns back to peer inside the doors suspiciously, grip tightening on his sword. ]
What is it?
[ nothing about the room looks familiar to him, and it looks as empty of people as all the others, from where he's standing. so what's got her so rattled? ]
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anyways, Futaba’s cautiously stepping through the doorway, taking a slow circle around the strange room and Frowns ]
It feels like I know it. Y’know? Like deja vu?
[ almost like her palace if she’s honest with herself. a place she’d never seen before arriving yet she knew every step of it intimately. It’s weird. which is why she skitters out, rubbing her arms as she presses herself against the opposite wall. ]
Too Creepy! I don’t Like It!
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[ what's a deja vu
anyway he doesn't take a step inside, merely glancing at the room from the doorway because he's rude ]
Is there anything useful in here, or not?
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There’s nothing there..!!
[ but!!!!! there’s definitely something weird!!!!!!!!! what the fuck!!!! what if she just angrily rubs her arms until the heebie jeebies Go Away ]
You go look!