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SIXTH SUN -- despair all around; accidental video

[There is a rainstorm on the edge of the Temple, hissing into steam as it meets an orange slab of metal. Utsuho's device is tilted, as if it has been dropped, and it hovers in her blind spot and records as a storm pours down around her. It's a small and localized thing, but nonetheless she would be drenched except that she keeps vaporizing the rain. Ikari, her little black-and-fiery Asian dragon, is angrily curled up under one of her wings and grumbling about the rain in snarling noises. Utsuho seems to be talking to the little dragon despite its inability to reply, and though Ikari is peeved about the whole ordeal, she sympathizes enough to duck her head under Utsuho's open left hand.]

The City is really quiet, and cold, and lonely, and I don't like it. I miss my old job. I miss Orin and Miss Satori. I don't like the rain, and I don't like being lost, and...

I don't know what to do. And it won't stop raining, even when I'm inside the Temple, so I figured I"d leave before everything got really wet. Not that it isn't. I can't keep this up forever...

I want to go home.

[She ducks her head and folds her wings around herself and sniffles.]

[ooc: Open to action if anyone wants to drop in on her and her miserable Grab Bag curse rainstorm.]

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[Having seen the video, of course, it seems like it would be the friendly thing to go visit the poor ~~fool~~ soul in the rain. And that's what he decides to do, with an umbrella tucked under his arm, just in case. (Well, tucked under his arm now. It was trickier to transport it when he was flying around in his crow shape, but that's another matter entirely.)

And so, having followed the sound of the localized and hissing rain, he approaches, quietly, with a sympathetic and curious look on his face, as though it were purely by chance that he happened to pass by. And, oh, how could one not notice someone in such a plight as hers?

That's the general idea for this little show, at least.

(In point of fact, the little detail of the vaporizing rain is what's really gotten his attention. That's how it goes.)]

Aww, honey. You okay? What's the matter?

[The rain is actually starting to get to her, at least on the surface, when he shows up. Utsuho is staring off into the distance, her eyes dull brown in the dimness, Ikari huddled under her raven wing. At first, she doesn't even seem to notice that anyone is there at all.]

This place sucks and I want to go home. No one here knows anything about Gensokyo or the way anything normally works. There aren't any youkai here, just a bunch of humans, and it's cold. The temple doesn't feel like anyone is here, just me. Normally there's a god or something. Miss Satori and Orin are back home and have no idea where I am and I don't know where they are and this place has all these gadgets that don't make any sense and--

[Only now does she realize she's ranting at someone as opposed to the air, and she lowers a wing enough to see over it. The red light from the third eye on her chest glows against her feathers.]

Oh. Hey. Who're you?

Edited 2013-04-08 03:48 (UTC)

Rory Fletcher.

Just a guy. You know, from that "bunch of humans."

[Except he's not really human, but, hey...]

I saw your thing, your video on the Network. And I was passing by and I thought I'd come check on you and make sure you were okay.

I know, it's kind of weird. You're a total stranger, I'm a total stranger. But, I dunno. It just seemed like the right thing to do.

[The right thing to do, but mostly because kiddo here, sitting under the raincloud, is pretty obviously also not human. And that's always good.]

So...you okay?

Video?

[She looks confused until Ikari noses the device, at which point she glances at it, makes a small sound, and shuts it off.]

Uh, I didn't mean to do that. Anyway. Eh. Right, bunch of humans, well, you guys aren't bad or anything, you're just...well, not what I'm used to. You're nice, though, I guess -- better than sitting in the rain.

[She takes a second to rub at her eyes, then sighs.]

I...guess I just miss being home. This place is weird and doesn't make any sense. Chekhov told me how to make my communicator thing talk instead of write, but either way, I just don't have any idea what's going on. Nothing here makes sense. The gods do random things that nobody understands, and they don't seem to work the way our gods do, and there's no magic that makes sense, and I haven't seen a single real youkai since I showed up, just...humans and I guess there's that vampire, that's a little closer to home.

I don't know what to do here. People keep telling me I can't go home, so what if I just wander around here until I'm dead? That'll be a long time. I don't have a job, I don't have a master, I don't have anything I'm used to, and none of this makes any sense.

Lots of stuff is better than sitting in the rain. Just a personal opinion there.

[He follows along, nodding sympathetically...]

Sounds like you're just a fish out of water, if you'll excuse the expression. I don't know, honey. Maybe you need to try and reinvent things. This place isn't like where I'm from either. But you've got to hang on and carry on and make the best of it.

[A smile~ He's much more inclined to smiling than anything else~]

That's what I've been trying to do.

[Her lips quirk in half a smile, although it turns out a little more rueful than pleased.]

Yeah. I should probably just do that.

Reinvent things...like what? Mostly I'm good at making suns and lighting things on fire. I did try to take over the world that one time. I guess that could be fun, since Reimu isn't here to dodge everything and then hit me with that stick.

[He shrugs]

Lighting things on fire is kind of cool. I can't do that.

[Yes, he can, actually, but...]

And trying to take over the world is pretty impressive, I won't lie. I couldn't do that.

[Yes, he could--and he did try it himself...a couple of times...]

See--you've got stuff you can do, but you just have to think about it all in different ways than the ways you've been thinking. It's a matter of perspective.

...Different ways. Hmm.

[She folds her wings back now; the rain has gone from a downpour to a drizzle. Clearly some kind of curse, with how localized it is.]

Different ways...so I'm stuck here, but the place seems pretty non-magical. What can I do with magic...well, besides vaporize things?

Normally I have a job and people tell me what to do. So...are you saying I need to not think like that? Like, go do my own thing?

Nice wings, by the way. I kinda like 'em.

Yeah! If nobody's telling you what to do, you can do what you want, right? I mean, nobody's ordering you around right now so what do you normally do when nobody's ordering you around?

[A conspiratorial whisper]

And, by the way, just between you and me, this place is kinda magic, but it's under the surface. I can only tell you on account of working in a joke shop where all the jokes are made out of magic. And I'm not kidding either.

Anything I want...

What do I normally do?

[Her eyes widen, gaining a bit of their old shine back.]

Last time I did anything I wanted, I tried to expand Hell.

Hey.

Hey!

There's no Hell here! I can make one! And then if anyone tries to stop me, Reimu's not here, so I can just kick all their asses and then we're done!

[Her voice goes from dismal to ecstatic in just a few sentences, and now she's on her feet, wings half-extended, waving the cannon around. The rainclouds fade out quickly, changing to a sort of electric, energetic atmosphere that makes both their hair stand on end.]

Edited 2013-04-17 14:37 (UTC)

[He can appreciate an electrically-charged environment--it's like they're cousins, really: crows, dragons, black wings, storms, electricity, fire, expanding Hell, taking over the world... Now, if she likes The Wizard of Oz...]

See? Now you're gettin' it!

[She likes this guy. He has good ideas, for a human. Maybe when Hell is set up, she can keep him around. If he knows about magic and works at a magic shop, maybe he can deal with the fire.]

Okay!

Now I need to find a good place, and set up some spell cards, and I don't know how we'd get souls, maybe it's not the same here where people don't die, and I should find someone to collect fuel, and...

[She fiddles with her device the whole time, so that it records her list. All the icons and other functions in the device are pictures or voice, no text at all, so it's not so hard to guess why she's not typing.]

Who knows fire magic around here and could help? You said you didn't, but if you worked in the magic shop, maybe you know other people?

Yeah, I might know somebody.

[And by "somebody" he means himself after he's shapeshifted his face. Because that's how he rolls.]

Do you think they'd like the idea? If so, can you introduce us?

[Yep, anything he's planning or insinuating is so far over her head that it's probably in space. She has zero distrust for him at all. Like a "guard dog" who you can get past just by being nice and not poking it with a stick and soon it's eating out of your hand.]

Yeah, probably! I'll tell him to find you on the Network, how about that? That'll be easier than trying to get him and me and you all together, right?

[It's so lovely... Such a sweet little guard dog. Yes it is~ Yes it is~ Who's a good guard dog? Yes you are~]

Yeah, okay, I'll wait for him to show up.

[She shakes out her wings and steps back.]

I'm going to take off for a while, now that the rain is gone. Thanks for coming by -- you're a pretty neat person. I live here, if you want to drop by sometime. Just leave me a message on the Network.

Sure thing--I mean, you're welcome. You seemed so down I almost couldn't help myself. I'll come say hi again sometime, if you want. And I'll send that guy I know a note and have him find you too. Hope you don't mind.

Sure! It'd be great to see you around sometime, and I can't wait to talk to your friend there.

See you later!

Sure--you too. Oh, hey, wait--I never got your name.

Reiuji Utsuho. The last one's my given name -- you guys do it backwards here.

[She takes a few steps and launches herself into the air, then turns and waves before racing into the sky.]

The rain will stop, Utsuho, and you won't be in the City forever.

...Yeah, I know. I hear the gods let people out. I just...well, I'm kind of lost. I'm used to people being around to, uh, help with things.

With what kind of things?

...Well, Miss Satori kind of takes care of me. I'm just a bird, right? I've been working for her ever since I became a youkai. So now, I, uh...

idon'treallyknowhowtobearealperson.

Er.

I mean, I've had one job. Ever. I want to just go back and do that. But, uh...I don't think this place has a hell.

Guess I could figure out how to make one...

Edited 2013-04-17 14:33 (UTC)

You're being a real person right now.

If there is one thing that the City does not need, it's a hell. Surely there are other things you can do?

Being a real person means being sad and lost all the time? You guys' lives must suck; no wonder humans just get eaten.

Uh. The mountain god was saying something about a power plant...? But I have no idea how to make one. I do have fusion though.

There are times of sadness of being lost, but there are also good times. I wouldn't want to be eaten.

Mountain god? Power plant? The City is powered by something, but I'm not familiar with such antiquated operations as the ones here to help you. The City may not have the facilities necessary to make use of fusion.

Yeah, I think her name was...something with a K. I'll remember it eventually. But she said I could make a power plant, and people keep telling me that's not an actual plant, but somewhere you make lightning to run machines?

Who would I ask to see if the City can use fusion?

I know very little about power plants, as they are obsolete in my time, but I believe them to be buildings that use various processes to generate the electricity--lightning, you would call it--that many things require to work.

That isn't something I can answer. Someone at City Solutions may know, but who, I have no idea.

What's City Solutions?

A... ah, business, of a kind, specializing in science and technology. I work there, but not in a department that would be of use to you.

[ Hey. It's the bird-girl that almost burned the casino down a few weeks ago. ]

Sulking about it ain't gonna send you home any faster. You just gotta find your niche.

[Oh hey, it's that bar guy who waved the pitcher of water at her.]

I'm not sulking!

...Niche? What's that?

[Not so smart, she is.]

Niche. Like what you're good at.

I'm good at setting things on fire!

Guess I can do that.

Before you go burning the whole city down, what else can you do?

Well, I can fly, and manipulate hellfire, and create suns using real nuclear fusion, and I'm pretty strong. Back home I mostly hauled around bodies and kept the fires going.

[ Oh. Okay. There's a skill set. ]

And where did you say you were you from again?

Gensokyo. I figure no one here knows where that is, because we're all from a bunch of different worlds, but whatever. It's in Japan, but we can't get to the rest of Japan, even if I could normally leave Hell. I think it has a big wall or something.

So, Hell is basically your home?

And you miss that?

It's freaking cold here. I don't even know how you people live here without being made of fire like I am. And I have a job, and I have friends there.

I wasn't sent to Hell; I live there. I'm immune to hellfire. It feels really nice and warm, and I have a nest there and everything.

I think a majority of the people here have a different idea of Hell. It ain't so...homey.

Eh, you won't end up there unless you're really evil, right? Besides, just because people don't like Hell doesn't mean it shouldn't exist.

I dunno. It's not like it's up to us to make the call over who ends up there or not, huh?

No, that's the Yama's job. She's the judge of souls. We just make sure the souls we get are burned.

[If there's one thing Jack can't abide, it's the sight of a young girl who's this upset.]

Utsuho ?
Are you ok ?

[Her voice goes 'huh--' and the device clicks a bit as she texts-to-speech-es it.]

Oh. Hey. You're...that Jack guy.

Uh. Not really. I'm kind of lost. I want something to do. I don't know anyone. I'm bored and kind of freaked out. I don't even have a flock or a master or anything...I'm stuck.

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