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WHAT in person
WHERE ALL OVER
WHEN day 7, evening -> night
NOTES it's just a mingle really

[ Maybe you're getting off work now, or maybe you're just heading there. Or maybe you don't even have a job? Either way, it's a nice quiet evening to be outside in Quiet Mounds. Out on the streets, there's no sound at all. No birds or crickets, no murmur of crowds, no traffic. Isn't it peaceful? ]

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[ if you push back the feathers enough you can sort of see it, glowing patterns from under the skin. almost like writing, but it's alien, and impossible to make out. ]

That's it exactly. They're hard on keyboards but other than that they're a lot cheaper than hiring humans.

Couldn't you do the same thing to a human? Or even the NPCs around here?

The difficulty increases with the intelligence of the host. But sure, I could.

And the only reason you don't is because it's easier?

Humans would take up more space, too.

Isn't that still 'it's easier'.

[Hah.]

How often do you have to eat, anyway?

Well, pretty much.

[ she picks up a third bird to put into her purse. Then she snaps her fingers, and the crows all start moving. they're a bit disoriented at first, but after a few seconds it's a flurry of wings flapping and squawking as they take this opportunity to bail right the hell out of here.

yukari comes back over towards kaito, nonchalant as usual. ]

Really, I'm too old to worry about things like counting calories. It's better to just eat when you're hungry, right?

[oh there goes my bird]

If you've been here a while, and you need to eat humans, shouldn't there be people warning about it? Jack hasn't done anything I've seen, but he seems to have more of a reputation than you do.

Edited 2017-06-09 21:34 (UTC)

Well. I suppose the obvious solution is that I'm just good at covering my tracks. But that would be somewhat unusual in this place, wouldn't it? Normally it's not too difficult to hide such things, but given that no one here dies, you would think that the victims, upon their miraculous survival, would at least be able to say something about it.

So, what does that leave.

You're eating NPCs, who probably don't complain, or maybe not even revive. I haven't killed one yet. You have the ability to kill people permanently. You haven't actually been around long enough to establish a reputation. Or you don't actually eat humans, or at least you're one of the youkai that feeds on them in a way they don't object to as much as what you've suggested.

Edited 2017-06-10 02:03 (UTC)

And if it's none of the above?

Hmmm.

I suppose you could be altering memories. Or only eating people who have their own reasons not to expose you.

Well, it sounds like you have some theories to pursue, at least... What do you hope to find, looking at a bit of me under a microscope?

...? Who asks that sort of question hoping for a specific answer? It just sounds interesting.

Hmmm. Well, we'll see. Did you want to just take a sample with you, or shall we break in and do the thing right now?

You want to help me break in?

Oh, no. I'm not planning on being helpful at all.

[eyeroll]

Then I'll do it later.

Too bad... Ah, I suppose it's fine. What did you want, blood? I've got vials of blood.

Just lying around..?

I don't need anything right now. But once I have what I need, yes, blood is a good starting place.

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