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Who: Eichi & Anyone!
Where: Various places around the temple or outside!
When: 9/29 and on!
Rating PG?
What: Eichi gets restless and gets up to things.

A. Miscommunication

[Eichi has been spending a lot of time inside the temple. It's not as if he can get out much. Everyone else was wandering off, exploring, getting sick and dealing with it— but Eichi was just left with his own usual illness, and the sad feeling of being left alone.

So, he's seen the servants around, doing helpful things like cooking and cleaning, and he's even asked them favors. But today? Today, it seems he's not being heard. He's been speaking in the hall with this mist man for some time now, and the poor thing is just sort of... facelessly staring back, making gestures with its hands to try and communicate that Eichi's requests just aren't possible, or make no sense.]

Is it that you don't understand? Ah, it's difficult to know if you can really all hear me, when I can't see your faces at all... But you see, this is a special type of tea that I've been missing. Is there nothing similar? There must be a variety of some sort, yet every time I request "tea" it's always the same thing...

[Who knows what he's asking for in specifics, but now he's going on to ask for elaborate tea cups too, and someone should just help free this mist servant.]

B. He shouldn't be here

[So. What to do when you're a sickly boy bored out of his mind, lonely, without a roommate and with no Proper variety of tea to enjoy? It's probably not the right answer to just wander out into the woods or by the lake, but that's exactly what Eichi is doing. He looks like someone who shouldn't be out here at all, wandering in his school uniform, pale and frail as he is, but he holds himself tall and proud, like he belongs.

There are a handful of things you can run into Eichi getting up to:

i. Surrounded by a small handful of nymphs, he has his softly glowing hand held up to a tree that's suffered a little from the growth spurt of those trees surrounding it. Competition for food is hard! The nymphs seem pleased with Eichi doing whatever it is he's doing, even if Eichi does look considerably more pale after a few seconds, sighing out as his glow fades.

ii. Facing off a single wyvern, Eichi is holding out his hand with great interest, trying to approach it. Eichi doesn't have a single shiny thing visible right now, so the thing doesn't look interested at all, and maybe even a little threatened. As he reaches further just as someone is approaching, the wyvern swipes out at him, clawing the back of his hand and taking off. Eichi is left rejected and with a sad little bleeding scratch on the back of his left hand.

iii. By the lake, Eichi is soaking wet and crouched near the water. There are at least two mermaids in the water, looking at him with pleased expressions as he sings them a soft little song. So, they certainly didn't yank him in. Maybe you saw what happened just moments earlier— how he slipped and fell right in and they helped him out. Or maybe his voice caused you to come over? Maybe these mermaids weren't ever as nice to you and you're jealous. Whatever it is, he's here, he's soaking wet, and if he doesn't get some help with that soon, he'll probably die or something. He's weak.

On the other hand, towards the tail end of all of these adventures, he's starting to look even worse for wear. A figure wobbling, stopping to support himself against a tree, muttering little pep talks to himself. He doesn't want to stop here. He's tired of this body of his. How long can he expect to be held back while everyone else looks around?]

C. It's like Goldilocks

[It turns out that wandering around in your boredom and loneliness can lead a sickly body to exhaustion. The same exhaustion that had kept him in his own room for so long. But now, he's been in the middle of exploring the temple, and he's not anywhere near his own room. What's the harm in entering a random room and crawling into the bed? It looked so nice and cozy, and if he had tried to take another step, he would have certainly passed out.

So, welcome back to your room! Eichi Tenshouin is in your bed, whether you know who he is or not. He kind of looks like a sleeping angel, even if how pale he is might be a little alarming. It's normal for him, really. He just needs to sleep it off, probably. He even helped himself under the covers... He looks terribly comfortable, like this. So, what are you going to do, now that you've found a stranger in your bed?]

Comments

[crystallomancy]

ExploRING.

[ And... he needs some place less full of people to think, to spend time in. There's only so much he can take; there's a reason he had a secret room to hang out in at school. ]

I don't need to explain myself to YOU, but I like studying the wildlife HERE. [ The fairies, he means. The animals too, but mostly it's these blatantly magical creatures... ] It's better than the lake TOO. A lot of people have been flocking there, as of LATE.

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So, you prefer to avoid company from your fellow humans, and would like instead to be surrounded by wildlife?

[Eichi chuckles. How like a monster. But he won't say that at all— it's just that he finds it interesting.]

Is the lake where everyone is, then? I couldn't tell from my room.

[crystallomancy]

[ The hair on the back of his neck prickles, almost like an animal's hackles raising; he passes on the first question, not needing to answer it and not wanting to either anyway. ]

It IS. Since it simply apPPEARED, it's been a source of curioSITY. I won't deny I'm interested in it as WELL, but I plan on visiting it at a later DATE. [ Probably. He doesn't like water, but his drive to Know Things always ends up greater than his feelings otherwise.

...Which is probably why he keeps interacting with people he doesn't like, doesn't get along with. Natsume turns his face away, watching elsewhere, though he's still terribly on alert for Eichi. Because of Eichi. Not that he could do anything on his own, probably—though Natsume isn't sure if he could take him on his own. One of the Oddballs, yes, but he's still the youngest, and... ] The fresh air might do you GOOD, Tenshouin-senpai. Maybe you should look into visiting it TOO, though you should be careful not to accidentally find yourself plunged into the lake itSELF.



[ """accidentally""" ]

[finethanks]

[It's so much nicer when he calls him senpai like that. But he'll keep that to himself, too.]

I do intend to head that way. From the start, I was interested, but hearing that there would be so many others there... I'd like to go as soon as possible. Thank you for the precious tip.

[He doesn't even care if he drowns, apparently.]

[crystallomancy]

[ Have some self-preservation— no, that's like asking Tsumugi to be more efficient. Natsume turns his head just slightly, enough to stare at him from the corner of his eye; the moment is long, weighing something, and he turns away again with an irritated huff. ]

...I feel like if I lose sight of YOU, you'll simply disappear under the WAVES, so I'm coming WITH. Do you have an objection to THAT?

[ ...if he's refused, then it's no loss. He'll just— find Arashi, maybe. Or Minato. Minato's much preferred company, with Koromaru and all. Ugh, he should just take back his words and do that, but he's still staring pointedly away, waiting for an answer instead. ]