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[ well this is a fine few days yukari's been having. first she gets kidnapped and dumped in the middle of some strange forest that doesn't even remotely resemble any of the forests back home (something about it just screams 'supernatural' to her, and not in any way she's familiar with). then she meets up with some odd old woman in the forest who offered her a place to stay and something to eat; you know, the basics to make sure she didn't do something like get eaten by a grue while lost in the woods. at the time it had taken some plying to get yukari agree to staying in a creepy old place in the woods, but after her stomach growled — loudly, as she hadn't eaten anything since before her trip into tartarus — she knew it was useless to try and fight a kind offer.

now here she is making her way through la llorona again, having left the house about an hour ago after a nap that lasted ten days — not that yukari is at all aware of this right now. for all she knows, it's only december second, and where the small cottage used to be now lies broken and collapsed trees. though she felt her heart stop in her chest upon seeing the sudden absence of company in a spot she was so sure she had slept in not hours before, yukari hustles through the underbrush, knuckles white as she clutches her bow in one hand and fiddles with her locket in another. there has to be something about this thing since it was given to her moments after arriving. the imps were no help, laughing and playing keep-away with the object until yukari fell into a deep snow drift, and they vanished before explaining anything, nothing in evidence of their existance save the map that slowly tumbled down through the air to rest on the snow a few feet away.

she shivers in her coat at the memory of it, rolling her shoulders back to adjust the way the coat grips her, hoping to use friction to keep her skin from freezing. ]

Ugh...

[ the video feed opens up with the sound of a shivering, unhappy girl letting out a sigh as she continues to trek through crunching snow and snapping twigs. in the background there's the sound of a creek nearby, and if the continued noise is any indication, yukari happens to be following it, she hopes, out of the woods. ]

I think I can safely say I hate the woods. [ yukari, are you muttering to yourself? you're muttering to yourself. you should see to that. ] Hah, I'm sooo glad our leader never suggested camping as a way to build up team ... team... — [ she trails off with another huff ] Ugh! It's so cold I can barely think! Seriously, who's bright idea was it to drp me out here in my school uniform, huh!?

[ finally, the locket swings around to show yukari in all her pink cardigan'd glory, bright red bow peeking out from under the collar of her coat, brown eyes wide as she inspects the locket and crap, it's active, isn't it? if she's right in her assumption about this thing, then... ]

Oh geeze... How long has this—? [ she shakes her head, snowflakes puffing up from her hair and falling down to her shoulders. ] Hey, my name is Yukari Takeba and... I think I'm lost. [ beat ] No, scratch that. I'm very sure I'm lost. I got dumped out here yesterday [ actually it was ten days ago, but she remains unaware of this fact ] with a map but no GPS so, heh, looks like the map's no good to me if I don't know where I am. [ but she doubts anyone could help with that, so she lets that be ] But um... I do have some questions, so... if anyone could answer them, that'd be... great...

[ something catches her eye and the locket as well; high walls and tall trees and a great big imposing fence surrounding... something. jogging forward and to the side just a bit, yukari catches sight of château du rêveur, and she spends a long moment just staring at the building. ]

... 'Kay, first question: Who builds a mansion like this in the middle of the woods? This's like something out of a western fairy tale...

[ and with that, the feed cuts out! ]

( ooc; open to action to anyone around in la llorona or château du rêveur! )

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[ Shijima misses the locket entry. She likes to listen to it sometimes, to open it up and see if anyone is speaking so that she can hear, but other times she simply shoves it away in a pocket and forgets about it. This day she hasn't listened to it at all, really. Instead she's stalked through the woods, technically hunting the Hart but mostly hunting entertainment. She's already run into a few other people, and observed more. While she isn't opposed to the hunt of the Hart, Shijima also isn't really trying her hardest to catch or kill the thing.

It's more interesting to hunt other prey. That she intends to eat. Or, alternately, that she'd heard about earlier. Pink sweater. Archery. Bad attitude. Shijima unceremoniously leaps down to the ground near Yukari, from up in the trees. ]

Found you. [ She sounds so smug about it, too. ] See? Of course I'm better than a werewolf.

[ fuck dogs tbh cats are better in all the ways ]

[ so hey, here's a funny picture: yukari being so tense from her run-in with a possible ghost earlier and trying to figure out the best way to go about entering this huge mansion and its heavily fortified surroundings, that she almost jumps out of her skin when shijima drops down beside her. as well trained as she is in fighting shadows, there are still some things that can easily startle yukari. women jumping down from high branches? definitely one of those things.

she lets out a shriek and instinctively leaps back a few feet — and for all the good it does her, just sends her right onto her butt in the middle of another snow drift. there she remains for almost a minute, dusting off the snow and trying to untangle herself from roots so that she can stand up again. ]

What— [ oof, tripping forward a few steps, now looking cold and wet. ] What're you talking about?

[ Shijima is completely unapologetic about this...sorry, Yukari. If she were going to be apologetic, she wouldn't randomly leap out of trees at people. At least it is not a malicious tree-leaping. Having located Yukari, Shijima seems pretty content to just sort of crouch down nearby, staring at the human girl.

She found the person. That was exactly what she offered to do; no more, no less. ]

"Yuka-tan". [ That's what he'd called her, at first. And then - ] Yukari. I found you.

[ That much was readily evident...a more useful explanation might be useful at this point, but cats are not always the most useful of creatures. Shijima seems to feel this is adequate. ]

[ for a moment, yukari just blinks at this... odd... girl... not at all certain how to deal with her. however, she knows she's good with children, so maybe she should just treat shijima like that.

that is, of course, until shijima says her name.

and then a look of utter horror comes across her face. ]

[ she puts two and two together and comes up with — ]

Stuuupeeeeeei...!!!

[ her eyes close and her teeth grind and yukari can't help but stomp her foot once because the frustration finally gets to her. it wasn't their leader who was looking for her! it was junpei! ]

Ugh! Where does he get the nerve to call me his girlfriend!?

You're friends, though. Right?

[ Shijima feels very strongly that Junpei needs a keeper. Are you his keeper, Yukari. He might die someday soon if not. He tried to take on a horde of bears on his own or something??? like wow. ]

He needs those.

[ at the moment yukari has absolutely no idea what kind of shenanigans junpei's been getting himself into, so she's perfectly fine with taking out her frustration on him.

but yes, she is his keeper. or, she will be soon. ]

I — [ oh geeze ] Well— [ how does she even. ] I've just, I've known him for a long time!

[ easy there, yukatan. ]

Good. You can make certain he stays alive, then. I've taught him how to get rid of bodies, but I doubt that will be enough to keep him out of trouble.

[ One would think that skill would actually get someone into more trouble...

Why does mysterious thirteen-year-old looking girl care if Junpei stays alive? Who knows. It has to do with him being mildly amusing, though. And sort of like a one-winged bird or something in terms of Shijima's estimation of competence. Her standards are high. ]

[ JUST. STARES. //?????? ]

Wha— Why did you...

[ ... ]

Nevermind, I don't wanna know. The less I know about what Stupei's been getting up to, the better.

But you will keep him out of trouble? He needs a keeper.

[ and shijima is not signing up!!! ]

[ yukari sighs, her breath a white puff in the grey that surrounds them. ]

I don't think it's possible to keep Junpei out of trouble.

[ oh, right. humans get cold. ...cats do, too, but shijima ignores so much pain on a daily basis that she hasn't really acknowledged the weather as of yet. it can't kill her, after all. nothing can. ]

Do you want to go up to that mansion thing? I can drop you off.

[ and then wander away mysteriously.............shijima, you have yet to even introduce yourself. ]

[ so basically par for the course for cats. ]

You can? [ yukari's eyebrows lift ] Do you know who's house it is?

[ she is nothing if not consistent about her catlike inconsistency! ]

No. Should I? [ she doesn't keep track of that sort of thing!!! ] But you will freeze if you don't go somewhere warm, won't you? That would be unfortunate.

[ ... omg what is wrong with this girl. ]

Well, yeah, but... [ she sighs ] I dunno, I feel bad.

[ that won't stop her from heading toward the mansion anyway!! ]

Are you gonna come in, too?

[ well once upon a time she was a cat and then humans did dumb shit and now she's an immortal cat with a human heart

but also she's just weird ]

I don't know. If there's fish I might. [ but if not she will just WANDER OFF into the mist ] I assume he'll have heard you on the lockets. You were playing with yours. So I don't have to really call and say I found you. But you should tell him I did.

[ she wants her credit ]

[ this girl is so ??? weird ??? if yukari were more into cats she would have made the connection by now, but alas, she's a dog person.

sorry shijima ;A; ]

... Fish? [ but okay, more importantly: ] If I'm gonna tell him you found me, I'm gonna need your name.

[ EW DOGS WHY ]

Shijima. But you could just tell him granny found you. He'll know who that is.

[ BECAUSE KOROCHAN :c

but lmfao WOW LOOK WHO'S OFFENDED ON SHIJIMA'S BEHALF. ]

Wh, granny?! [ YOU DON'T LOOK THAT OLD, SHIJIMA. ] Ugh, I swear, I'm gonna make him pay for calling you that!

[ vague careless handwaving. ]

I gave him permission. It's fine. [ IT'S ACCURATE, ANYWAY...SO SHE DOESN'T CARE... ] Though I should hope any grandchildren of mine would be less prone to troublesome antics, he's interesting enough.

[ .... THIS GIRL... IS SO WEIRD... ]

... If you say so, Shijima-san.

[ still gonna step on junpei's foot, though. ]

But you should know that Stupei is nothing but trouble, so you probably shouldn't worry too much about him. He's surprisingly resilient.

[ wait until he mentions shijima's actual age ]

Hm. I suppose he did survive the bear nonsense. And the imp nonsense. And whatever nonsense surely happened which I did not hear about.

[ shijima is like 100% sure there is other nonsense..........she has so much faith in junpei ]

... I shouldn't be so surprised, but I am anyway.

[ she sighs ]

How many incidents can Junpei get into in two days, anyway?

Several dozen.

[ ... ]

If you were asking for a guess.

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