Kitsunegari (July catch-all)

[detectiveofthewest]

A: After the full moon

Heiji had been lucky to walk away from his run-in with Tal as well as he had -- a werewolf during this particular time of year was even more dangerous than usual. But he was still badly hurting, and he did not yet want to return to the Other Realm, where one of his own kind might see an excellent opportunity to take advantage of his wounds. Nor could he wander the streets as a human slowly bleeding through his clothing.

So instead he limped along quietly in the early hours of the morning in the least energy-intensive form he could. A small black fox, looking for a burrow to hole up in and lick his wounds.

B: You are cordially invited (July 7)

In light of his new title as well as his decision to stay in London for the foreseeable future, Heiji had had a home constructed for himself in Faery -- a little out of the way for his non-fae acquaintances to come visit him, but much less likely to arouse undue interest from any neighbors. It was a Japanese-style house, of course, with a small pond and cherry trees outside the windows.

Now he sat out the steps, sipping at his sake and waiting for company.

C: Fox hunt (Evening in Richmond Park, July 11th-ish)

Hoofbeats sounded in the distance, accompanied by the distant baying of hounds. A flit of red fur through the grass, and then the sounds of the dogs took on a new, excited cast. Panicked and frightened, the young fox ran blindly through the trees. The paths looked the same, the woods were unfamiliar. Meanwhile, the sounds of her pursuit was getting closer...

Heiji ran through the park, looking for any sign, but he'd lost sight of the hunting party. All he had to go on now was the baying of the hounds. There were thousands of foxes in London, and why hadn't she listened to him?

He grimaced as he charged through the grass. "Of all the rotten luck...!"

D: Choose your own adventure :')

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[warmheartedly]

"Hello Kiku! I would love to come inside and meet the rest of your family." She sounds a bit amused since she heard that disapproving tone. That's something she had to deal with before so Kiku has all of her sympathies. "That's such a clever way to remember the streets! I wish I could sing just as well but the most I can do is sing all the bones in the body."

Even then she gets a bit lost after she passes the hip bones. "It's good to hear the others are alright. We had quite an adventure earlier but at least everyone is here together now."

That's the most important thing to remember. It could have been much, much worse if she hadn't run across the young fox girl or they hadn't gotten to that phone in time. Brrr. She hates the maybes of this situation. What awful ways it could have gone down.

[detectiveofthewest]

"Is there really a song for that?" asked Kiku, forgetting her disapproval in the face of A Song About All The Bones. She did enjoy learning new things, after all.

"Okay, then, everyone in!" said Heiji cheerfully, opening the front door so that the two girls could scamper inside. "Maybe we'll make enough noise to wake the others up while we're at it."

Inside the house was a long hallway, sectioned off at intervals with sliding doors. The floor was hardwood and polished to a high shine. Through one of the doors was a tatami mat room with a low table set up in the center. For some reason, however, the table appeared to be attached to a large, fluffy blanket. Tsubaki sat down and struck her legs under the blanket, bringing its edge up to her chin with a little giggle.

[warmheartedly]

"There is!" Clara tells her as she joins them inside the house, looking around with great interest but keeping in mind that she's talking to someone. It'll be rude to not pay attention towards Kiku. "It's a very funny song that's supposed to help you remember the parts of your body. If you want I can sing a bit of it to see if you'll be interested in learning that."

She moves closer to the table and blinks a bit, wondering if she should try to sit with them too. Should she? Could she?

... It wouldn't hurt to try. Making sure no one would get offended by her attempts, she sits down and tries her best to make sure her limbs don't phase through the furniture or floor. "Oh! Don't be that mean to them, Heiji. I'm sure there's another way to wake them up without having to make a ruckus. Too big of a ruckus at least."

[detectiveofthewest]

"Can you?" Kiku was obviously interested, judging from the way she leaned forward. "I mean, if it's not too much bother..."

Smiling happily, Tsubaki propped up a corner of the blanket so that Clara could sit down. Then she grabbed the remote on the table and switched on the television. It was showing an episode of Magical Detective Ley Line, which appeared to be about a little girl who ran around with a wand and solved mysteries.

Heiji, meanwhile, propped an elbow up on the table. "Well, if you say so. Or I guess we could leave those introductions for when everyone's already awake."

[warmheartedly]

"I would love to. It'll be a good way for us to pass the time while we wait for the others to wake up."

There are benefits to being a ghost. Things that are useful and things that are just plain fun to do.

Like the fact she can lift a foot up and it'll phase right through the table, trying her best to not block anyone's view of the show going on. (It looks quite familiar too! Probably something one of Magra's friend would watch with her during the weekends.)

She wiggles her for demonstration while she sings the song, doing her best to make her voice sound 'spooky' by trying to sound gruff and deep like she thinks a skeleton would actually sound,

"Dem bones, dem bones, dem dry bones,
Dem bones, dem bones, dem dry bones,
Dem bones, dem bones, dem dry bones,
Now shake dem skeleton bones!

"The toe bone's connected to the foot bone,
The foot bone's connected to the ankle bone,
The ankle bone's connected to the leg bone,
Now shake dem skeleton bones!"

[detectiveofthewest]

Tsubaki clapped cheerily as Clara sang, while Kiku tried her very best to look impartial. It was a children's song, after all, and she was Old Enough that she shouldn't make a scene. But between the television and the singing about skeleton bones, it wasn't long before the door to the room opened and two sleepy-looking faces peeked inside.

"Who's singing? Is it a guest?"

Heiji turned around. "Oh, good timing! Clara, this is Sakura and Ume." The two girls nodded in turn, one dressed in pink and the other in violet. "And this is Clara. She's a friend of mine. Found Tsubaki over in Richmond Park."

[warmheartedly]

She stops when she hears the door being opened and the voices of two new people joining them. Remembering her manners, she puts her feet back to place so they weren't going through the table's surface.

"Hello! Sakura, Ume-- It's a pleasure to meet you." She gives a wave and her brightest smile, laughing a bit at herself now that she feels a bit self conscious for being so silly in someone else's home. "I'm sorry! I hope I didn't wake you two up with my singing. I was trying to teach the others here about the bone song."