Reiko Natsume (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
friendcontracts) wrote2013-05-07 03:27 pm
friendcontracts) wrote2013-05-07 03:27 pm
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That party was pretty crowded.
[Like usual, Reiko is outside--the basic surroundings looks like some kind of meadow. She's looking somewhat thoughtful. The fact that there's cut on her cheek that looks like it just stopped bleeding doesn't seem to bother her at all.]
That's not what I wanted to talk about today, though. Just half an hour ago I met this strange old woman. Her eyesight was pretty bad--she must have tripped because I heard her yelling that she couldn't find her walking stick. Of course I gave it back to her.
The weirdest part was after I helped her up...she wanted my cosmetic mirror! She said it was important that she needed a mirror. Didn't say why only that it was very important. Even after I told her that there was a shop just down the road that sold mirrors.
[She pauses for a moment before shrugging.]
Obaa-san got her mirror in the end. I didn't need it anymore.
[Reiko briefly touches her injured cheek.] She really was such a strange old woman...
[Like usual, Reiko is outside--the basic surroundings looks like some kind of meadow. She's looking somewhat thoughtful. The fact that there's cut on her cheek that looks like it just stopped bleeding doesn't seem to bother her at all.]
That's not what I wanted to talk about today, though. Just half an hour ago I met this strange old woman. Her eyesight was pretty bad--she must have tripped because I heard her yelling that she couldn't find her walking stick. Of course I gave it back to her.
The weirdest part was after I helped her up...she wanted my cosmetic mirror! She said it was important that she needed a mirror. Didn't say why only that it was very important. Even after I told her that there was a shop just down the road that sold mirrors.
[She pauses for a moment before shrugging.]
Obaa-san got her mirror in the end. I didn't need it anymore.
[Reiko briefly touches her injured cheek.] She really was such a strange old woman...
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[ Or he used to anyway. Now he can do 3, 4, 5 in one go? It seems like so long since he's had to deal with anything besides getting really tired. That was usually in the middle of the night too, so a lot of times he didn't have to deal with the consequences, he was planning on going back to sleep anyway. ]
You'll be okay, I promise. You just need to rest.
[ With that, Takashi puts his arm around her to help her walk to the shrine. It might scare away some of the little ones, but Takashi can handle any other ones for her. ]
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[Normally she'd fight back at someone trying to help her but she knows that it wouldn't be a good idea. If any youkai found her like this--well. She couldn't blame them for what would happen.]
That took more out of me than I expected.
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[ Because he cares :( <3
He's going to help her get to that shrine now though. He's not very physically strong
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[She's leaning on him just a little but mostly carrying her own weight. She's slightly more fit than him. Yet... giving back the name took a lot out of her.]
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No, I should be apologizing. You inherited it from me.
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[ Offensively anyway. It's more a matter of not knowing or studying or anything about how to do things on his own-- he asks for help a lot even though he's the one who wants to help others. ]
I get sick a lot too.
[ Though that's Reiko's fault sometimes. Returning names all the time, it's no wonder.. ]
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[If he returned any names, then he'd have to be.]
You also seem to get along with humans more easily.
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[ There's a brief pause. ] I just lie a lot more.
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[This post is proof of that...]
If they want to think I'm crazy I don't see any reason to try to hide it.
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[ Now it's.. a little different. He understands that sometimes relying on others can show that you accept their care and that you want to be with them, now. ]
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[She didn't want those people to be inconvenienced. They...deserved better than her. Really, they did.]
I guess I never saw the point in pretending they weren't there. ['They' being youkai, of course.] Even if they weren't seen they can still influence things.
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[ Natsume agrees with that, he just... he didn't know what else to do. He didn't want to be outcast. He didn't want to be alone and hated and he didn't want to inconvenience those people who were kind enough to put him up until they couldn't stand him anymore. ]
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[Maybe Reiko's more stubborn than him. When she had been younger and the adults said they didn't see anything Reiko felt angry towards them. They weren't only calling her a liar but were also ignoring the things around them. Back then she couldn't describe how it made her feel. Youkai are real. There is no shame in knowing this and if everyone wants to think she's crazy then so be it.]
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[ And glad that she made the Book of Friends or he never would've been able to make these friends he has now. ]
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[Stealing my book, Natsume...stealing my friends...what are you doing... Okay, not really. The shrine is just up ahead.]
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It looks like they're finally there, so Natsume heads for the steps to help her sit down. ]
Are you feeling a little better?
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[She manages to sit herself down on the ground with a sigh.] I still feel like an old woman.
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Are you even older than me at all right now?
[ He was never 100% sure how old she was in his memories, just sometime around high school.. ]
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[She looks up at the sky for a while. It's a good question. She never did ask how old he was...]
I'm seventeen.
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