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- 29 Dec 16, 12:04 AM
- Souji: *finishes his drink8
- 29 Dec 16, 12:03 AM
- Souji: yes
- 29 Dec 16, 12:03 AM
- Edward: God bless alcohol....
- 29 Dec 16, 12:03 AM
- Edward: *Sighs, leaning back and downing the rest of his glass*
- 29 Dec 16, 12:03 AM
- Souji: I believe so
- 29 Dec 16, 12:02 AM
- Edward: *Takes a deep breath* I hope so.
- 29 Dec 16, 12:01 AM
- Souji: You raised him well
- 29 Dec 16, 12:00 AM
- Edward: What a kid....trying to protect his own dad...
- 28 Dec 16, 11:59 PM
- Souji: likely
- 28 Dec 16, 11:51 PM
- Edward: *Shakes his head* ....It's....just as much his own choice. I'm...sure he wanted to protect me from it.
- 28 Dec 16, 11:49 PM
- Souji: And I will take blame for that.
- 28 Dec 16, 11:49 PM
- Souji: partly because you were kept in the dark
- 28 Dec 16, 11:49 PM
- Edward: I had no idea how much danger my son was in.
- 28 Dec 16, 11:48 PM
- Souji: *nods8
- 28 Dec 16, 11:47 PM
- Edward: He was supposed to come home after a visit with a friend and....didn't. I....was scared half to death and then he just...shows up, looking like death and just...
- 28 Dec 16, 11:46 PM
- Edward: I guess so....*shrugs*
- 28 Dec 16, 11:44 PM
- Souji: Ah then the war.
- 28 Dec 16, 11:44 PM
- Edward: *Looks up and shakes his head* Don't know. All I know is my son....and some other kids too, they were taken. Someone saved them, Guardians I guess...
- 28 Dec 16, 11:44 PM
- Souji: Do not let two incidents discourage you though.
- 28 Dec 16, 11:43 PM
- Souji: Centralia I am still unfamiliar with but I am assuming perhaps it has to do with the war?
- 28 Dec 16, 11:43 PM
- Edward: I just....but Centralia, too. My god....
- 28 Dec 16, 11:41 PM
- Souji: I only discovered Carter's existence when he was 15. My reasoning for preventing his mother from meeting him was hoping we could stem his abilities or yokai side.
- 28 Dec 16, 11:41 PM
- Souji: It is a fairly recent thing.
- 28 Dec 16, 11:40 PM
- Edward: *Leans forward and looks down at his drink* I hope I've been doing....at least a half decent job. But I wonder...if he's been targeted, gotten in this much trouble...
- 28 Dec 16, 11:37 PM
- Souji: *drinks too*
- 28 Dec 16, 11:37 PM
- Edward: *Takes another drink of alky*
- 28 Dec 16, 11:34 PM
- Edward: Well....yeah. Figured that.
- 28 Dec 16, 11:34 PM
- Souji: Also as a mortal you are at a disadvantage.
- 28 Dec 16, 11:34 PM
- Souji: Perhaps.
- 28 Dec 16, 11:34 PM
- Edward: I guess as his guardian it might perceive me as a threat....
- 28 Dec 16, 11:33 PM
- Edward: Me?
- 28 Dec 16, 11:33 PM
- Souji: You should also be careful.
- 28 Dec 16, 11:32 PM
- Edward: no.
- 28 Dec 16, 11:32 PM
- Edward: I.....
- 28 Dec 16, 11:30 PM
- Souji: *nods*
- 28 Dec 16, 11:30 PM
- Edward: ........his mother.
- 28 Dec 16, 11:30 PM
- Souji: it means it could try to appear to Carter as...
- 28 Dec 16, 11:30 PM
- Souji: It takes the faces...bodies...and memories of it's prey. A technique called 'face stealing' but clearly...takes more...but...
- 28 Dec 16, 11:29 PM
- Edward: *Hands are clenched, just....listening, it's not Carter it's not Carter*
- 28 Dec 16, 11:28 PM
- Edward: Will....?
- 28 Dec 16, 11:28 PM
- Edward: What else? *Was gonna suggest KEEP MY SON HAPPY but if it eats more...*
- 28 Dec 16, 11:28 PM
- Souji: It will kill its prey. And it will... *blinks as a realization settles on him*
- 28 Dec 16, 11:27 PM
- Souji: It feeds off negative emotion yes, but it also takes more than just that.
- 28 Dec 16, 11:27 PM
- Souji: Kaonaishi waits for its prey if need be. When it had just woken up it was more likely to attack at random- but it gets more satisfaction from so-called perfect meals.
- 28 Dec 16, 11:27 PM
- Edward: Does it only feed on the emotion?
- 28 Dec 16, 11:26 PM
- Edward: *Takes a deep breath and lets it go* .......Alright. *Somehow finds that comforting* ....So then to stop it....
- 28 Dec 16, 11:25 PM
- Souji: It is likely Carter would've survived a bit after that attack.
- 28 Dec 16, 11:25 PM
- Souji: No. I believe the initial attack was just related to his mother.
- 28 Dec 16, 11:25 PM
- Edward: If it's hunting my son does that mean it....smells sadness on him?
- 28 Dec 16, 11:24 PM
- Edward: *Blinks slowly* ......Sorrow....
- 28 Dec 16, 11:24 PM
- Souji: It's venom will help speed that along.
- 28 Dec 16, 11:24 PM
- Souji: It typically can only consume those who are at the pinnicle of sorrow or saddness
- 28 Dec 16, 11:23 PM
- Edward: So how....do we stop it.
- 28 Dec 16, 11:22 PM
- Edward: *Glowers* **** that.
- 28 Dec 16, 11:22 PM
- Souji: Apparently she had a certain taste and it hopes that Carter carries it.
- 28 Dec 16, 11:22 PM
- Edward: *Eyes narrow* .....Her blood?
- 28 Dec 16, 11:22 PM
- Edward: It's after my son and all.
- 28 Dec 16, 11:22 PM
- Souji: ...that it liked Carter's Mother's blood.
- 28 Dec 16, 11:21 PM
- Edward: *Sighs* Look just....I'll take it, I....if it's hunting Carter I should....should know. Just bear with me I might...y'know.
- 28 Dec 16, 11:21 PM
- Edward: That it liked.....?
- 28 Dec 16, 11:21 PM
- Souji: Either way. It is hunting Carter.
- 28 Dec 16, 11:20 PM
- Souji: Well I can answer questions I suppose. It typically hunts or waits for unsuspecting people to cross its path. It mentioned it liked- *breaks off uncertain*
- 28 Dec 16, 11:19 PM
- Souji: Ah...
- 28 Dec 16, 11:19 PM
- Edward: I....you were talking about how we need to be prepared for what it would do....
- 28 Dec 16, 11:18 PM
- Souji: Which part?
- 28 Dec 16, 11:18 PM
- Edward: *Takes a big gulp of his drink and sets it down again, wiping his arm across his eyes* Okay. Now....start....talking I guess. What were you explaining before...?
- 28 Dec 16, 11:15 PM
- Souji: I can understand that.
- 28 Dec 16, 11:15 PM
- Edward: I can handle that.
- 28 Dec 16, 11:15 PM
- Edward: Just....yes, I want to know. But if you explain it in the context of...of...."it does this to eat its prey"...that's different. You're not saying Carter.
- 28 Dec 16, 11:14 PM
- Souji: Understood.
- 28 Dec 16, 11:14 PM
- Edward: I can't....can't. Can't listen to it and not picture it. Please.
- 28 Dec 16, 11:13 PM
- Edward: *Leans forward, eyes glistening* I...understand that but not in that context. Don't talk about it in the context of that monster eating my son.
- 28 Dec 16, 11:11 PM
- Souji: as he can get.
- 28 Dec 16, 11:11 PM
- Souji: I think it is wise to be prepared and know what it would like to do considering it is still out there hunting him. I may be a Kami. But even I have limits. Carter is still young he needs as much help
- 28 Dec 16, 11:10 PM
- Edward: That's my ****ing son, do you think I want to picture what that monster would have done to him?
- 28 Dec 16, 11:09 PM
- Souji: My apologies. *he does look genuinely sorry. He takes a long drink*
- 28 Dec 16, 11:09 PM
- Edward: *Yeah okay there are def tears in his eyes now*
- 28 Dec 16, 11:08 PM
- Edward: *Shakes his head* Stop. Stop. Just stop. I don't want to hear that!
- 28 Dec 16, 11:08 PM
- Souji: *nods* It is likely that it would've first poisoned him then eat him when he was better prepared.
- 28 Dec 16, 11:07 PM
- Edward: *Just puts his drink down and leans forward, putting his hands over his mouth, breathing through his nose sloooowly* D-d-devour...
- 28 Dec 16, 11:07 PM
- Souji: I managed to catch it and free Carter before it tried to devour him.
- 28 Dec 16, 11:06 PM
- Souji: It murdered Carter's mother.
- 28 Dec 16, 11:06 PM
- Souji: There is a yokai... I thought had....been...away...gone...in deep sleep. But recently all this magic and war woke it up. It's a demon...straight from Yomi.
- 28 Dec 16, 11:04 PM
- Edward: It what? Wait. What?
- 28 Dec 16, 11:03 PM
- Souji: I managed to fight it off...but it is not something I can easily kill.
- 28 Dec 16, 11:03 PM
- Souji: The yokai that killed Carter's mother. Came after Carter.
- 28 Dec 16, 11:03 PM
- Souji: Well...
- 28 Dec 16, 11:02 PM
- Edward: You first. I'm...sorry, I wouldn't insist, but if my son's been in more trouble....
- 28 Dec 16, 11:02 PM
- Edward: *Deadpan stare* .....What else happened?
- 28 Dec 16, 11:02 PM
- Souji: What is Centralia?
- 28 Dec 16, 11:02 PM
- Souji: ...No
- 28 Dec 16, 11:02 PM
- Edward: *Clenches his other hand, deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep breath*
- 28 Dec 16, 11:01 PM
- Edward: Summer. If you mean Centralia....
- 28 Dec 16, 11:01 PM
- Souji: Summer or spring.
- 28 Dec 16, 11:01 PM
- Edward: ...How recent are we talking?
- 28 Dec 16, 10:59 PM
- Souji: I am assuming he did not mention what happened recently?
- 28 Dec 16, 10:58 PM
- Edward: .....He's been hiding it from me. *Bitter laugh*
- 28 Dec 16, 10:58 PM
- Edward: Course I didn't believe him then. But...
- 28 Dec 16, 10:58 PM
- Edward: Sometimes he would come home covered in bruises and scratches. Would tell me he just got into scuffles, or fell, but when he was little he'd say monsters...
- 28 Dec 16, 10:57 PM
- Souji: *drinks as well*
- 28 Dec 16, 10:56 PM
- Edward: *Nother drink*
- 28 Dec 16, 10:56 PM
- Souji: And he would have. He can from my knowledge, interact with yokai. In America he just doesn't....often see them.
- 28 Dec 16, 10:56 PM
- Souji: I prevented it.
- 28 Dec 16, 10:55 PM
- Edward: *Pinches the bridge of his nose, swirling his drink* Would she have been able to....if I hadn't relocated us? Would he have been able to see her?
- 28 Dec 16, 10:55 PM
- Souji: same
- 28 Dec 16, 10:54 PM
- Souji: She really wanted to tell Carter.
- 28 Dec 16, 10:54 PM
- Edward: Sometimes I hate people....
- 28 Dec 16, 10:54 PM
- Souji: I didn't get there in time to stop her death. So her blood is on my hands.
- 28 Dec 16, 10:54 PM
- Souji: It is my job, and as a result. My shame.
- 28 Dec 16, 10:53 PM
- Edward: *After a moment* I hadn't even thought.....I'm sorry to have made you bring that up.
- 28 Dec 16, 10:53 PM
- Souji: *pours his own and drinks*
- 28 Dec 16, 10:53 PM
- Edward: *Takes it and nods in thanks, holding up the drink* To **** all. *More says it to himself than an actual toast and takes a drink, groaning*
- 28 Dec 16, 10:52 PM
- Souji: pours*
- 28 Dec 16, 10:52 PM
- Souji: *poors a drink for Edward*
- 28 Dec 16, 10:51 PM
- Edward: *Slumps down again, just.....suddenly he feels really cold and bitter*
- 28 Dec 16, 10:50 PM
- Souji: *goes to get alcohol and returns with some strong stuff and two glasses*
- 28 Dec 16, 10:50 PM
- Souji: Yea.... I agree
- 28 Dec 16, 10:47 PM
- Edward: ..........I think I need something stronger than your tea, Souji-san.
- 28 Dec 16, 10:47 PM
- Souji: *cry goahead*
- 28 Dec 16, 10:47 PM
- Souji: *places his tea aside*
- 28 Dec 16, 10:47 PM
- Souji: She died last year.
- 28 Dec 16, 10:46 PM
- Edward: *Can he cry, is crying okay, wtf is life*
- 28 Dec 16, 10:46 PM
- Souji: Mid- twenties I believe.
- 28 Dec 16, 10:45 PM
- Edward: *Nod*
- 28 Dec 16, 10:45 PM
- Souji: When she was turned into a yokai?
- 28 Dec 16, 10:45 PM
- Edward: .......How old? How old was she?
- 28 Dec 16, 10:44 PM
- Edward: *Just trails off and stands up, turning around, his face feels hot*
- 28 Dec 16, 10:44 PM
- Souji: *sips tea cuz he needs it...hell he might get alcohol*
- 28 Dec 16, 10:44 PM
- Edward: For ****....
- 28 Dec 16, 10:43 PM
- Edward: *..............doesn't feel like drinking tea any more*
- 28 Dec 16, 10:42 PM
- Souji: conceived.
- 28 Dec 16, 10:42 PM
- Souji: She was a foreigner as you could've seen. She was pretty young, came to study in Japan and was likely trafficked. Not unheard of in the darker corners of the country. Likely that was how Carter was
- 28 Dec 16, 10:42 PM
- Edward: *Taking deep breaths to brace himself*
- 28 Dec 16, 10:41 PM
- Souji: Well...from my research...and what I could gather.
- 28 Dec 16, 10:41 PM
- Souji: *sighs*
- 28 Dec 16, 10:41 PM
- Souji: Ah....I suppose so...
- 28 Dec 16, 10:41 PM
- Edward: Otherwise it's just gonna eat at me y'know?
- 28 Dec 16, 10:41 PM
- Edward: I.....*looks up slowly* ...I do. I would like to know more.
- 28 Dec 16, 10:40 PM
- Souji: You probably don't want to know more about who she was...
- 28 Dec 16, 10:40 PM
- Edward: *Swallows heavily*
- 28 Dec 16, 10:40 PM
- Edward: Died in.....
- 28 Dec 16, 10:39 PM
- Souji: *sips tea*
- 28 Dec 16, 10:39 PM
- Souji: At least that was my assumption.
- 28 Dec 16, 10:39 PM
- Souji: She was changed into a yokai once she died in childbirth
- 28 Dec 16, 10:38 PM
- Souji: *was hoping to gloss over that* She was an Ubume.
- 28 Dec 16, 10:37 PM
- Edward: And what do you mean changed into a youkai?
- 28 Dec 16, 10:37 PM
- Edward: *Sits down slooooowly* ....Tell me about her?
- 28 Dec 16, 10:36 PM
- Souji: It is likely, Carter's mother was already pregnant with him when she was changed to a yokai.
- 28 Dec 16, 10:36 PM
- Edward: *Just gonna.....yeah, sip this tea, good idea*
- 28 Dec 16, 10:36 PM
- Souji: *nods*
- 28 Dec 16, 10:36 PM
- Edward: Uh, yes.
- 28 Dec 16, 10:36 PM
- Edward: .......Until now I didn't even believe in ma-er.....thank you....
- 28 Dec 16, 10:35 PM
- Souji: Correct?
- 28 Dec 16, 10:35 PM
- Souji: Mr. Delano?
- 28 Dec 16, 10:35 PM
- Souji: *makes some tea for the mortal guy and passes the cup to him*
- 28 Dec 16, 10:35 PM
- Edward: *Deep breaths dad, deep breaths*
- 28 Dec 16, 10:34 PM
- Souji: *says it slowly* Half human. Half Yokai
- 28 Dec 16, 10:34 PM
- Edward: He's. A. What? His...he....but...
- 28 Dec 16, 10:34 PM
- Souji: *ah he didnt know*
- 28 Dec 16, 10:34 PM
- Souji: I didn't find out until he was 15 years old.
- 28 Dec 16, 10:34 PM
- Edward: *Deadpan stare* .............................What.
- 28 Dec 16, 10:33 PM
- Souji: Half human, half yokai.
- 28 Dec 16, 10:33 PM
- Edward: A half.......
- 28 Dec 16, 10:32 PM
- Souji: *goes to make himself some tea*
- 28 Dec 16, 10:32 PM
- Souji: I thought it was obvious. You are the one with the son who is a half.
- 28 Dec 16, 10:32 PM
- Edward: Maybe I do know, but because you're just saying "oh you don't know" I obviously won't.
- 28 Dec 16, 10:31 PM
- Edward: Oh we're playing this game. *Deadpan stare* How am I supposed to know anything if you just say "oh you don't know"? Well obviously I don't, because you're not saying what 'thing' I don't know about.
- 28 Dec 16, 10:30 PM
- Souji: *looks surprised and disturbed*...you don't know.
- 28 Dec 16, 10:29 PM
- Edward: ....Why, exactly?
- 28 Dec 16, 10:29 PM
- Souji: As you can imagine, it's led me to also pay attention to your family.
- 28 Dec 16, 10:28 PM
- Edward: Ah. That makes some sense....I think.
- 28 Dec 16, 10:28 PM
- Souji: I help protect the line between the mortal and supernatural in japan. And help the yokai navigate today's world.
- 28 Dec 16, 10:28 PM
- Souji: Yes. I am considered a Kami because of my job.
- 28 Dec 16, 10:27 PM
- Edward: Aokigahara...*nods slowly* .......So you're some kind of a nature spirit then?
- 28 Dec 16, 10:27 PM
- Souji: ((no worries XD))
- 28 Dec 16, 10:27 PM
- Edward: ((Oop ignore))
- 28 Dec 16, 10:26 PM
- Edward: *Shakes his head* ....Carter's mother.
- 28 Dec 16, 10:26 PM
- Souji: However, I was led by some yokai into the forest you might know as the Jukai. Or Aokigahara. There I was given a chance to live. As a cost though I now serve Japan and it's nature and yokai.
- 28 Dec 16, 10:26 PM
- Edward: Yeah....yeah I've read.
- 28 Dec 16, 10:25 PM
- Souji: ...Well that's a long story. As far as most people know, I died in Edo from tuberculosis.
- 28 Dec 16, 10:25 PM
- Edward: ...........How?
- 28 Dec 16, 10:25 PM
- Souji: From the Shinsengumi, yes.
- 28 Dec 16, 10:25 PM
- Edward: You don't mean Souji as in....as in....
- 28 Dec 16, 10:24 PM
- Edward: *Stare*
- 28 Dec 16, 10:24 PM
- Edward: Sou....
- 28 Dec 16, 10:24 PM
- Souji: Souji, Souji Okita. (If he has any knowledge of famous Samurai. This name would ring a bell)
- 28 Dec 16, 10:24 PM
- Edward: I do. Please and thank you....er....name?
- 28 Dec 16, 10:23 PM
- Souji: If that is what you want. *nods*
- 28 Dec 16, 10:23 PM
- Edward: *Stands and goes to make some coffee* ....Could....you tell me about her?
- 28 Dec 16, 10:23 PM
- Edward: *Eyes him and shrugs* As much mine as yours.
- 28 Dec 16, 10:22 PM
- Edward: She handed Carter to me and she was covered in blood and then she was just kinda gone. I wanted to help but...
- 28 Dec 16, 10:22 PM
- Souji: It...was my failure.
- 28 Dec 16, 10:22 PM
- Souji: ...Ah....
- 28 Dec 16, 10:22 PM
- Edward: I always did wonder what became of her.
- 28 Dec 16, 10:22 PM
- Edward: Wha? N...no not that it's just....
- 28 Dec 16, 10:20 PM
- Souji: ...I apologize if you held any affection for her.
- 28 Dec 16, 10:20 PM
- Edward: ....Knew? Not....know....
- 28 Dec 16, 10:20 PM
- Edward: ....*wait, his birth mother, pales*
- 28 Dec 16, 10:20 PM
- Souji: *stares*
- 28 Dec 16, 10:19 PM
- Edward: I don't have a w-
- 28 Dec 16, 10:19 PM
- Souji: *grimaces* ...I knew his mother.
- 28 Dec 16, 10:18 PM
- Edward: *Okay now he's sitting upright* You know my son? How?
- 28 Dec 16, 10:17 PM
- Souji: *blinks* Ah. You are Carter's father.
- 28 Dec 16, 10:17 PM
- Edward: ...Wait. A kami....a deity? *Eyetwitch*
- 28 Dec 16, 10:15 PM
- Souji: guess*
- 28 Dec 16, 10:15 PM
- Souji: ...A Kami, i gues.
- 28 Dec 16, 10:15 PM
- Edward: So what're you supposed to be? *Dryly, though mostly good-naturedly*
- 28 Dec 16, 10:14 PM
- Souji: *that catches his attention he glances backwards towards Edward*
- 28 Dec 16, 10:14 PM
- Edward: *Starts, stares* ....More magic....
- 28 Dec 16, 10:13 PM
- Souji: *notices a wilting plant on the table* ...huh... *touches it and it perks up once again*
- 28 Dec 16, 10:12 PM
- Edward: *Unimpressed eyeroll, this guy must be some pompous self-important jerk*
- 28 Dec 16, 10:11 PM
- Souji: *surely human is talking to another human, reaches into his satchel and places a letter on a table. Kinchou wanted him to deliver it after all. Lazy bird*
- 28 Dec 16, 10:11 PM
- Edward: ....Hello?
- 28 Dec 16, 10:10 PM
- Edward: *Sits up and watches the new guy, who is this*
- 28 Dec 16, 10:09 PM
- Souji: *#samuraiinahotel*
- 28 Dec 16, 10:09 PM
- Souji: *notices the human dude and just ignores him instead looking around geez...this is different than Japan.... *
- 28 Dec 16, 10:08 PM
- Edward: *Stretches and yawns*
- 28 Dec 16, 10:06 PM
- Souji: *wanders in*
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