smokesmushi | The Reflection of the Feathers [Action]

[As much as Ginko would love to sit down and experiment with the journal in order to understand it, after seeing the strange options available when flipping it open, there's a few more pressing things on his mind. He's grateful that whoever (or whatever) saw fit to place wings on him and unclothe him also saw fit to leave his clothes by his side with conveniently cut and seamed holes for his new appendages... but he still needed to locate the rest of his belongings. The mushi stored in his box were extremely rare and extremely dangerous, more often than not. Let alone the absence of his mushi tobacco.

But as he made his way into town, he was finding several warning signs. In the forest, he saw almost no life. No mushi anywhere. And glancing at the general population, it seemed as though everyone present was definitely not Japanese, though he did recognize quite a few faces as being Japanese. Still, the diversity in the people was a bit startling; he wasn't quite used to fitting in so well, or even better than others.

Still, more important than familiarizing himself with the locals was finding his box. He'll be pausing to eavesdrop, peeking into shops, et cetera, and he'll see some people with strange symptoms, but... none quite match the mushi he had in his possession.]

((OOC: Feel free to catch Ginko coming in from the forest or as he's wandering through town. If your character has some strange supernatural thing about them, hit up my permissions post to clue me in on anything that he could pick up on - usually it's a visual or auditory clue that normal humans can't see.))

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[That's a lot to think about, that's for sure. But...]

So what about your little friend, here?

This is my buddy Weavile. He's a Pokémon. They're creatures from my world that people live and bond with.

[That's the simple explanation, anyway.]

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Live and bond with?

[Interesting. Like dogs or horses?]

He's certainly exotic, compared to the animals I've seen.

They're your family, friends, and partners. I'd say they're our version of animals, but they're a lot more than just that.

Yeah? I'd like to hear about them, sometime.

[Ginko just chuckles. That's wildly the opposite of what he's used to, but the creature doesn't seem to be a mushi in any regards and seems rather expressive for most animals.]

We can trade stories.

[Trade? Trade. Yeah. That sounds great. Let's do it-

Wait, no. Keep a straight face. Play it cool.]

I wouldn't mind. [...Play it a little cool.]

[Heh. This kid must like stories.]

Do you have wings, as well?

[Well. That's part of it too, but- you know what. Sure. He likes stories. That sounds more normal than enjoying trading information.]

Yeah. Everyone does. [He pushes against his jacket with his wings to confirm that yes, they're there.]

Mind if I take a look at them?

[...Well, okay. He pulls off his jacket- his shirt has holes for his wings to show through.

They match his eyes!

They also still have a tiny bit of downy feathers, but it's finally almost all gone.]

[Huh.]

May I? I won't pull on them.

[It's hard to look at your own, oops.]

[...Uh.]

Okay. Just be gentle. [He's not sure how comfortable he is with his wings being touched, but. It's being helpful. Or something. Yeah.]

[Ginko doesn't prod too much, simply leaning close and inspecting the feathers as well as he could. Silvery for sure... and they looked like normal feathers.]

Do they all resemble the eye color?

Only sometimes. They usually match the person, but even that doesn't always happen. [Like Masaomi and his bright pink wings. Then again, that bright color does match his personality...

Silver starts to look back and see if he can catch a glimpse of the stranger's wings to see if his match his eyes, but he's not really in a position to do so until he's done getting inspected, so he stays put.]

[Ginko lets go once he's done, which doesn't take long. He'd have to study the connections, and he won't hurt someone else just to study something.]

Thanks. Sorry about that, I was just curious.

They're strange. I don't blame you.

[But now that he's done, he tries to get a proper look at him. A... green eye? It looks pretty green, even if it's blurry...

What about the wings on his back?]

[It's not like Ginko's trying to hide them. He's got no jacket, and his clothes have those nicely tailored holes in them.]

It'd be interesting if they do match eye color. Seems arbitrary, but that may have some significance.

[He chuckles. One wing of his is a shiny green, like an exotic bird's wing or simply a damp leaf shimmering in the sun shortly after a storm. The other... a plain, black matte wing, with no real reflection of the light at all.]

Or simply if the colors have significance to the character themselves.

[He'd answer, but... Man. That's strange. One matches his eye perfectly. One looks like an empty void.]

Yours half match. [There's no subtle way to try and see what his other eye looks like under his hair, and it would be rude to try to peek, so he doesn't bother to try.]

I probably couldn't just get one wing. Though I wonder why both aren't green.

[He's not sure he follows. Couldn't just get one... He would need one wing to match his eyes?

...

Wait-] Are you missing an eye?

Yep. Little insulting to get a wing that looks like inky blackness.

[He doesn't seem insulted, he seems rather amused.]

[...Did he lose it in a fight? Silver abandons all pretenses of subtlety and politeness to try and get a better look.]

I don't even know your name, and you're trying to get a look in there?

[Rude.]

...Silver. My name's Silver.

[Matches the eyes. ...And the wings. But that's enough of a wake-up call for him to look away and keep his curiosity to himself.]

Nice to meet you, Silver. I'm Ginko.

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