Like · the · Wind

I miss the forest. I think I will go back there; maybe for a few days, maybe permanently. Something is calling me.

Teto, let's go.

(OOC: ... which is the last you will hear from her.)

A ballet recital I think that's what it's called is taking place tonight? I will be attending and look forward to it. Of course, I will be sure to leave any weapons at home.

... Teto, I fear you have to stay at home alone for this.

I am not at all pleased about what happened to Teto, me, and other victims of these so-called "experiments". However, seeing as it was apparently the way of nature, or its negative elements made flesh, and no one was severely harmed, I will not complain further.

I'll treat Teto to especially nice food these days.

Other than that, things are normal. The plants were luckily spared the lack of nutrients. Yesterday's curse, though, was cruel, as it seems. How nice a reminder of this City's nature.

How is everyone doing?

The City is pretty quiet these days, except for the usual curses. I find that to be a blessing. However, we did have an influx of newcomers once again. I welcome everyone who is new here; these relatively peaceful days are good ones to arrive here, if one is dragged here at all.

I am worried about Teto. He hasn't been as energetic as usual these past few days and seems generally in a bad mood. I wonder what is up with him.

(OOC: ... so Nausicaa's affected by Famine's part of the Horsemen plot - and Teto is, too! Meaning both their food is lacking nutrients right now. Seeing as Teto is quite small, it is affecting him sooner.)

If I bothered anyone during the last curse, please excuse me. It was rather interesting to experience the surprise of arriving here all over again, though.

Kurama, would you still like to meet up? The City likes keeping us busy, it seems. I would love to welcome you in my small home, or we could go to the forest, as we planned to.

What a strange place this is. I have already gathered some information from this "network", but it still seems hard to believe.

It is certainly a prospering city I have found myself in. I only ever saw so many people on the battlefield... The voices and, oh my, the ticking - they're very loud. I need to watch out. I think I feel a headache coming on.

... it seems that this place accomodates living and dead alike. Otherwise, Teto would not be with me...

But I can't get back, as it seems. This will prove to be a problem, I do think.

Another curse day. These robes are certainly peculiar! But it seems several people recognize this type of clothing. ... I have a slight suspicion that, were the ancient culture not lost for the greatest part, I would find many more things familiar.

The... school curse was interesting. Organized schools do exist in the big cities at home, but there are rather few of those, and in the villages, the children are taught by a few elders. That was the case in the Valley of the Wind as well. We do not receive particularly high education, though I am rather privileged because of my status. I largely stopped the school type of education though when I was fifteen, and after that I began training my piloting and other skills with master Yupa. He taught me a lot about the wind and how to read it, about the Sea of Corruption and its inhabitants.

It is most interesting what one learns in this place. The foremost thing being, at the moment, how exactly to wear this.

Besides that, how is everyone?

(OOC: Okay, so I grabbed most of that second paragraph out of thin air. *blink*)

So, from the way things look, I will have to don a red ribbon four days from now. Time is running out.

... of course, this does not sit well with me. The thought of giving in to these cowardly so-called "deities" revolts me, since, apparently, they are making us pay their "due". Also, no one can know how much truth lies within their words. After all, if we are to believe the visitors from certain people's worlds who appeared recently, our homeplaces have already vanished.

So far, so good. I am not yet giving in.

( Filtered from Deities and Animals//Unhackable. )

( Private//Unhackable. )

But, I wonder... surely there are worlds of which no inhabitant has been to the City yet. Whatever will happen to those? Will they be destroyed without a choice?

Also, fire and ice. Even the plants are upset, not to mention Teto.

(OOC: Aaand, late post because, uh, I suck? First strikeout barely, second completely hackable.)

So this is what this memory talk was about? Hmm...

It's loud today. The feeling of it rather peculiar.

(OOC: She be pensive and stuffs. Memories are the following:

An Ohmu baby she had been hiding being taken away from young Nausicaa.
Sitting on top of an Ohmu, wanting to become one with the forest like the Ohmu.
When the God Warrior calls her his mother for the first time.)

... no, Ohma, you can't kill them! ... don't kill anyone, you hear me? NO ONE.

Anyway, how come... ?

Oh. Of course. Curse day. Ohma.

And I wished for you to- ...

I did so many things wrong. Part of me wishes you were real.

... what? Oh. Yes. I'm okay. Yes.

(OOC: And I present to you: one of Nausicaa's rare emo moments. >_>; Yes, even she has them. Even though on the side, she is wondering how someone as... freakishly tall as Ohma can fit into her flat. Wonders of the City, I guess. Strikes are hackable with a little effort~.)

And now that the initial shock is gone, I find that some of my plants have died in the meantime. I've been collecting them in the forest, since I was curious about this place's flora, and cultivated them here to investigate them more closely. I suppose my young self was not used to taking care of these things herself yet... a shame. The ones that are missing were quite interesting. Most of the plants I found are non-toxic - though not all of them. Not suprising, since poison is a way of self-defense.
I find it amusing that the whole thing has a practical side too: I can pay in flowers. And really, some of the things you can buy are most fascinating... for one, I have tried a variety of foods foreign to me, and then I am not used to, say, clothes being produced in such masses. I only bought a nightshirt and a bathing robe up to now, I cannot quite decide on anything else. Though I have been offered... something recently. So I have been spending my money flowers on equipment and books, mostly. I have also been visiting the library. People regularly tell me about things I have never heard of, so I feel slightly... uneducated, I guess. It makes me curious.

On an entirely different note, to state obvious: the Red God is exacting his judgement again. Just what we needed, really.

... I hear someone's recruiting an army? I am seriously considering to join as of right now... simply because I don't just want to stand by doing nothing.

Well, that was certainly interesting. Being a child again... I'd almost forgotten what it is like. Very different. The world is larger, yet smaller at the same time. I'm sure I gained something from this. However, I am glad to be my usual self again. The young Nausicaa was far unhappier here than I am now.

The nightmares have stopped, too.

And I see that the City never rests. New arrivals, unexpected returns, not all of which are welcome, as always. Fights and deaths.

It is only now that I notice how used I have gotten to the feelings in this City. It was much harder on my childhood self, who is used to living in a small, peaceful community - all the voices were overwhelming her.

But I miss home quite fiercely right now.

(OOC: Aaand we have adult!Nausicaa back. D:)

[Voice post as she writes on a sheet of paper and mumbles along.]

I have spent the day walking barefoot through the forests, often looking beneath fallen leafs or branches. They made me curious as to what creatures live there unseen on the ground - never before have I been allowed to go looking for insects in a forest! I always need to stay in the vicinity of the house, and if I go into the forest, then only with an escort, and then I'll be told to walk on the footpath like a young lady.
But it worries me - I wonder where mother and the servants went, they are nowhere to be seen! I am all alone in this house save for a small, strange-looking mammal. But he seems to like me, so it is alright. Still, I almost miss mother's admonishments. She would have been quite devastated, had she seen me coming home before, all disheveled and with caterpillars on my hand; and I would have calmed her with words about the wonders of this world which are worth getting disheveled for. And they really are peculiar, these caterpillars! I've never seen any like them before.
Now if only I were allowed to wander the forests freely everyday; if only it weren't important to find a man to marry and make a fine impression of a lady in order to do so.
It is strange and rather intriguing though - while on my way, I have seen that the landscape has changed, is not the one I grew up within - and then there is a tower rising above the treetops like never before. Oh, and some of the animals I have come across! They are the most strange creatures I have ever known. They looked dangerous to me and I was quite frightened, so I snuck quietly away when I saw one and was not noticed, fortunately.
Frankly, I do not quite know what to make of this.

(OOC: So, for today Nausicaa lives in a big, luxurious and old-fashioned Japanese house at the border of the forest ... if that is okay, that is. The tower she mentioned is Rapunzel's tower. She is quite confused right now, as you can tell. The animal which followed her was, of course, the ever-faithful Teto.

Do the others who got thrown into a randomized story with her have any plans? :o Yes, I know I'm late, stfu. xD;)

So these last days have been rather eventful. I posted last when I was obviously affected by a curse. My, I acted like the outright contrary of my usual self. Usually, I certainly prefer doing things on my own. Cobray, you were amusing.

But... Teto came on that day. So dead animals come to this City too? Such a blessing... too bad he had to come on that day, I didn't even recognize him properly! Now, however, I'm still overjoyed he's here. I have recovered from my cold, so I will be visiting the forests with him. We can avoid the shadow beasts. He's been taking care of me, too ♥.

But before the forest, I shall go visit Anita - if that is okay with you, of course. Shall I come over this afternoon? (Are you still on the Durandal?) I'll take Teto with me, okay? He doesn't bite anymore ♥.

I'm just glad all the girls who got abducted are safe. Wished I'd been able to do something, but I was bedridden.

(OOC: ... "bedridden" being a lame excuse for mun laziness >>;. I've been very unplotty lately. Maybe that will change?)

Wh-what is this... ? There's an animal sitting in front of the window... it seems it wants to get inside... those wide, green eyes are scary...

But oddly, I think I remember it from somewhere... I wonder if it bites? Cobray, help?

Should I let it in... ?

(OOC: I just decided to throw Teto in for good measure and happy Nausicaa. Unfortunately, his timing is bad.)

... there's so many dangerous things going on in the City... I- I don't know whether I still feel safe here.

What are these... voices I hear? Help?!

And... Anita's been abducted! By that... angel?! I so hope she's alright! Can't anyone go get her out of there? Please?

Must not faint...

Cobray! You said you'd protect us.

Oh, if only Selm were here...

(OOC: Nausicaa, the damsel in distress!)