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[osake]

Who ⬤ shuten-douji (SHUTEN CLAN) & you
What ⬤ catch-all; substories, closed starters
When ⬤ september
Where ⬤ various
Content Warnings ⬤ shuten*, always drunk, flirting and talking about eating people.

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feel free to pm me or hit me up over on my plotting comment if you'd like me to arrange a starter for you! alternatively, surprise me with a "come bother her" wildcard, whatever i'm game.


〉 plotting comment
〉 open substories
〉 ember 3.0
〉 closed starters

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Comments

[21towin]

[He puzzed over her words for a few moments extra. Before catching himself and stopping the attempt. What was going on her in head is, largely, a mystery. To him, most certainly to others. He could be at it all day, no she really did remind him too much of a few folks he once knew.

There was both a mixture of good and bad in that.]

Learning to fly, or slink away, is a useful skill to have. It could help a cat escape a cage. Or a bird from the jaws of a snake.

Changed your mind, did you? Well, a date it is then. We can see where things take us from there. You might just end up satisfied in the end.

[All the better for him and his health, Billy figured.]

[osake]

i haven't changed my mind at all

but i can hold myself back one more night before dragging you into something a little more fun

when would you like to take me this time, sweetie? and not that i mind all the extra attention, but ... do you know anyplace a little more welcoming to oni? if those slinking foxes of yours stare at me any harder, i don't think i could continue to behave

[21towin]

How considerate of you.

The foxes had been bothering you, had they? My apologies. I can certainly think of a few other places. Should it agree with you, how about we make it mid-day this time? Your clan has a stable we can meet at.

[osake]

it just makes it more difficult to keep my promise to you, that's all

[ through the perspective of clan rivalry, maybe she's playing right into the stereotype, but shuten's fox-incited agitation is a graceful one. a playful one.

when playful means hot and exciting, anyway.

puzzlement comes in a long pause between replies. then: ]

oh? what exactly do you have in mind, dearie? there'll still be drinks, won't there?

[21towin]

Fancy yourself a woman of your word, do you? Well, I most certainly would not such an auspicious lady to reneged on her word.

[Much less one that promised whatever form of entertainment and excitement she was craving. Shuten is a real mystery sometimes. Someone that was difficult to read at times.

Another reason for him to be uneasy around her. As a marksman, as an outlaw, as someone who has to rely on being able to determine the motives of others.

Shuten would most likely never cease to stop setting off those alarm bells in the R-complex of his brain.

That was also why there was a small amount of amusement and, maybe, just a tiny bit of pleasure from that long pause of hers. He'd managed to catch her off guard, did he?

A smile.]

You needn't worry. There will be plenty of drinks. I had just figured to make things a bit more off beat. Again, only if you wish it.

[And maybe catch her off guard again. In person this time.]