Heaven's BBS | Video

[sharkmaid]

Posted: June 21st
From: Eros

[There's a dull clicking sound in the background when the feed starts but judging by the odd lower angle and blurred image it seems this wasn't supposed to start in the first place. Upon closer inspection, and with a bit of shifting, the video focuses and reveals what definitely looks to be a young man's bare back facing the camera. He's laying down on his side in the grass, currently unmoving, but when the clicking sound starts up again he finally shifts to lazily roll over and face the feed with tired, half-lidded eyes.

No, he isn't wearing a shirt. Too hot for that. And even if it wasn't, he'd probably feel too unenergetic to put one on anyway.]

Oi... Put that away. It's too hot for this.

[said as he lifts his hand up, considers reaching over... and chooses instead to drop it atop his forehead which is currently dappled with sweat. He could go for a swim. He could grab a drink, take a cold shower. He could. But he won't.

Whoever's on the other side of the screen makes a noncommittal, almost animal like growl... before finally obliging and dropping the device in the grass so it can eventually pad over and flop down beside Rin in the afternoon shade. Is that... an ayakashi? Seems somewhat tame for one, though there's no mistaking it's features. Bear. Small. Cuddly. Definitely ayakashi. Regardless, Rin doesn't seem pressed to move much, and with a lazy, cat-like stretch he rolls his shoulders before absently wiping more sweat away from his neck and chiseled stomach with the backs of his fingertips.

Well. There's Eros in the flesh for you.]

Tsk... stupid bear. Now I can't sleep.

(( ooc: Rin ran into a bear cub ayakashi and it's made him uncharacteristically tired, lazy, and all around listless! Please help... or take the opportunity to admire. Your choice bro. ))

Comments

[nibelungvalesti]

Tell me your location.

[She doesn't need to ask -- Spiritual Concentration will allow her to seek him out, if she uses it. But, not understanding the effect the ayakashi has on him, she thinks he is willfully shirking, and she will grant him one last chance to redeem himself.]

[sharkmaid]

Why? Gonna kill it yourself?

[Judging by the cherry blossom petals on the ground, he's at least near a bunch of those, but if she's going to scout him out anyway then there's probably no need for details.]

[nibelungvalesti]

[She does not answer, nor does she continue to communicate by phone. The Valkyrie closes the strange device of Midgard, then rises into the air to follow the guidance of her powers towards him.]

[sharkmaid]

[Meanwhile, Rin stays right where he is, comfortable in the warm grass, still curled up beside the ayakashi while it snoozes in the shade. Well, now that it isn't moving anymore, he can try sleeping again, right?

... Apparently not. That definitely seems to be another person's presence nearby. Clicking his tongue, he keeps his eyes shut and rolls to turn his back towards her.]

Annoying.

[nibelungvalesti]

[She cares little for his insults, and pays them no heed. Instead, she contemplates the ayakashi for a moment. Absent her shinki, she cannot defeat it permanently... so instead she hurls what appears to be a small crystal at it, a spell to freeze it and bind it in ice.]

[sharkmaid]

[He can't see what's happening, but judging by the sudden burst of cold air and energy there must be some activity at his back. So, curious, Rin finally does crack an eye open... then leans his head back a bit at the sight of the sleeping ayakashi encased in ice. Almost instantly, the effects binding him begin to fade, leaving him blinking slowly as the realization kicks in.]

Ah...

[That's an ayakashi. He's next to an ayakashi. ... Why is he next to an ayakashi? Looking over his shoulder with eyes considerably less sleepy than before,]

What's going on?

[nibelungvalesti]

I am addressing this ayakashi you will not. [Withering contempt in her voice, the Valkyrie faces down the ice crystal with a scowl. Once it emerges, she will assault it and wound it. Though it may not die permanently, she expects she can harm it grievously enough to force it to retreat.]

[sharkmaid]

[Meanwhile, still confused and honestly befuddled by all this, Rin inches back from the frozen creature before somehow managing to stumble to his feet once they start to regain some feeling. He no longer feels so heavy or lazy, though for how long that's going to last, he's not sure.]

What're you talking about!? And where the hell's my damn shirt?

[He didn't even know he wasn't addressing it! Though before he can say anything more, the ayakashi slowly begins wriggling to life from within its frozen prison until finally it breaks free with a distressed cry. Clearly it still wants to waddle over to Rin, but he's given enough space between them to stall it.]

[nibelungvalesti]

I do not know where your shirt is.

[The Valkyrie rises up into the air, arms spread, then draws them across her body as energy streams out from her back. When she thrusts her hands down and arches her back, the energy coalesces into her wings, great and glorious.]

To my side, my noble Einherjar.

[One flap of her wings, and from the gentle sparkles that fall from it appear three warriors, materialized by her power. The goddess descends to the earth, drawing her sword as she does. Know, Rin, that you stand next to a true goddess of battle, even as she looks at him sidelong.]

Run or battle. Make your choice.

[She is not unaware of the bitter irony here: that she is bringing greater strength to bear against this ayakashi than perhaps anyone else in the heavens can, and yet she cannot hope to destroy it.]