Halloween 2015
I don't own New World of Darkness or Naruto!
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Animals talking
Thoughts
"Talking"
"Computer Voice"
"Monster Talking"
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Date: July 7nd, 2000
Location: Uzumaki Home, Pine's Falls
Yoshi presses the doorbell and then waits for someone to answer. The one who answers the door seems to be Jun's younger sister, unlike Jun, the sister sports dark brown hair and hazel green eyes. "Hello?"
"Hey, is Jun in?" He asks the girl. She nods and turns her head over her should and calls out, "Jun! There's a boy here for you!"
"Coming!" And soon enough, the strawberry blond arrives at the door. As the sister retreats, Jun takes the position of holding the door open. "Is there something I can help you with, Yoshi?"
"Your good with computers, right?" Yoshi asks and Jun nods while a look of interest shows upon her face. "I don't suppose you can help me with use one to do search for something?"
Jun moves and holds the door open, "Come on in." Yoshi walks through the doorway and takes off his runners before following Jun up stairs.
The first thing he notices once they enter into Jun's room is that she has her own desk top computer. "You have your own computer?" He wonders out load.
"When my dad replaced this one with a more updated computer, I asked if I can have the old one. It was just going to be taken to Sarcan so..." Jun explains and shrugs.
"I've done a few of my own upgrade to it, although I've had to pay to repair it the few times I goofed up." Jun goes on to say as she presses a button to turn it on and taking a seat. "It's decent but, well, I'm hoping by the end of summer, I'll have enough skill in Crafts to fully upgrade it to my liking without spending any of my savings."
Yoshi notices a fold up chair resting on the wall near the desk and Jun gestures for him to take it. He unfolds it to Jun's right and sits down as they wait for the computer to finish loading. "What is it you wish to look up?" Jun asks as she clicks on a browser.
"My parent's murder." He tells Jun. "I want to read any news articles or, we could, police records."
Yoshi keeps his gaze upon the screen. "I remember that..." Jun murmurs and the mouse cursor goes to the bookmarks, clicking on a search engine.
With surprising ease, at least to him, Jun quickly brings up articles concerning what happened that September 7th, 1990. As they read through them, there's some new information but, mostly, the articles focus on his father's job as a boarder crossing guard and the history of his family.
After reading eight of these, Jun does a search but it didn't seem to get the results as she goes back to the search results and types in a new search. This one brings up history of his family. "Why are we looking up my family history?"
"It's a hunch." Jun admits while clicking upon one of the research results. The link showed his family tree, which includes his guardian, Kenji Yoshi, who's his second cousin on his father's side.
"That's strange... look at the date of death going on with your mom's side of the family." Jun murmurs, he turns his attention to his mother's line within the Yoshi family tree.
It looks like members of that line always seem to die before their time, usually a year before their fortieth birthday. The site also has cause of death and if they weren't found dead in their homes, they were rule accentual due to where they were found and what injuries were found upon them.
"It's a pattern going back generations." Yoshi murmurs in slight awe and in horror.
"Yea, only your mother's line though. Whatever it is, it doesn't pass from oldest child to oldest child." Jun agrees. "Well, that's what it looks like."
"What the fuck? Why? If this doesn't like our bloodline then why not just wipe us out? It's capable of doing just that." He remarks. And whatever the hell is going on, in twenty-five years, this thing will be gunning for me.
"Well, we could email your cousins to see if we can't get whatever family records they have. Surly other members of your mother's family have tried to learn more about this or solve it." Jun admits.
Yoshi nods, asking, "Mind helping me get an email address?"
"Sure." Jun says and they begin on that.
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Date: July 8th, 2000
Location: Nightshade Residence, Saskatoon
Red sits cross legged just out of range of the chain. He's spend five hours observing. Charlie often just laid about staring at him in turn while he racks his brain trying to pin point some mystical force that could be responsible.
Maybe I should have phoned Shin to ask for details about magic. Red thinks to himself. Maybe even if there's such things as Gods.
"Well, buddy, I know you ain't a dog." He murmurs towards Charlie, who's ears perk and the head raises up from the forepaws. "So, want to give me any clues as to what you are?"
But, of course, Charlie doesn't give him an answer. Finally, Red gets up and heads back up the stairs.
Entering the kitchen, he gets himself a bottle of water from the fridge and heads up stairs. Ms Nightshade is gone and Taichi is in the backyard. Strange that she leaves the two of us here alone.
As he twists the cap off the bottle, Red studies the decor of the kitchen. Everything has a classic touch to it, matching the rest of the house. The few modern items that can be seen are clearly expensive.
The few photos that hang on the hallway upstairs are of fashion models in classical cloths. Kin or Kura would likely know the designer label. He muses to himself. I mean, Jun's not into girlie fashions, right?
He walks out the back door, finding Taichi resting upon one of the chairs around an outdoor fireplace. "Any luck?" The other asks and he sighs.
"It's going to take some time to earn his trust. Usually you find out what they like and use that as a reward to get them to do what you want them to do." Red admits. "Charlie... he's not into food, toys, or the usual treats."
I wonder if a plate of cooked something would be up his alley? He wonders as he moves to sit down on another chair that lets him look out onto the backyard.
"I see." And for the next hour, they sat there, in silence.
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Location: Fever Bridge Park, Pine's Falls
Shin sits on a large oak branch. His gaze moving across the page of the journal. The beginning of the journal, it has Ayaki, age twenty-three in the University of Saskatchewan trying to figure out what's going on with his dorm mate by the name of Yamato Kiji.
At the beginning of the 'story', Yamato comes across as a play boy and who enjoys stringing along girls. Most of the focus of Ayaki's journal has to due with his studies but then, come February, Ayaki notices that Yamato's found himself a girlfriend and had promised to be faithful, which was a promise the young man usually makes but would, in time, cheat on them with someone else.
Ayaki writes about some odd things he had noticed about the Girlfriend, using the writer's own title. Ayaki never uses a woman's name when they were involved with Yamato, more for the woman's sake then anything. Like she didn't like salt or sprigs of mistletoe.
Then, early morning of July thirteenth of nineteen eighty-seven, Ayaki woke to the phone ringing and Yamato chatting away, not that Ayaki remembers what Yamato was talking about. The gist, as far as Ayaki got has to do with thorns and a dragon.
The Hedge... Sounds like the Girlfriend is a Changeling or maybe one of the Fair Folk. Shin muses as he closes the journal. There had been, like, one paragraph talking about each of the supernatural races. Changelings were abducted humans changed by the elements of the Hedge, Geists were humans who came close to death only to bind with a powerful ghost to help fulfill their goal, Vampires are humans who had been fed upon and given blood dying in the process, Mages journey to a Watchtower to claim the ability to cast certain schools of magic, and Werewolves were born to humans and changed under a certain phase of a moon.
Then there's Prometheans made from the dead humans and trying to become human, Mummies were once humans who went through a ritual and bidding themselves to entities of the Underworld, Demons were mechanical beings that rebelled from their Creator, Spirits exist in the Shadow and sport their own ecosystem, and, of course, Ghosts who have unfinished business.
Of course, there's other oddities that also exist that didn't always fall into any of those categories and those he only heard about like Beasts and Heroes, something Naruto had tuned out. Not that Naruto asked to read the book. Kiba read parts of it out loud while Naruto was more interested in imagining massive battles and the fame of destroying them.
He leans onto the trunk of the oak, the journal resting in his right hand. Reading the journal help roused those memories to the forefront. Naruto aiding in that as the Genin felt interested in the story within the journal at the mention a dragon.
"Hey! It's almost supper, shouldn't we be heading home?" Yami asks from the base of the oak tree.
Looking down, Shin replies, "Ok, just give me a second to get down." He climbs to the lowest branch and leaps down.
Then, as he stands, Yami cries out, "Race yea!" The kid takes off at a dead run.
Yami is clearly quicker and keeps his head start. Then, it begins to seem as though he's taking the lead but as they get to the sidewalk, Yami manages to get there just a smidgen faster. "I win!"
He snorts in amusement but they keep moving at a walking pace now. It takes them about an hour to get home. "We're home!" Yami chimes merrily once they get into the house, they each taking off their sandals.
"The take out is on the counter!" Fu tells them as they pass him in the living room. He's watching the news, he pauses to look at Fu for a second, taking comfort at the sight of his guardian.
He walks into the kitchen and notices the Chinese Take Out in tinfoil and foam containers. As he makes sure Yami takes some of the stir fry veggies, the phone rings.
"I got it!" He calls out and picks up the phone. "Hello?"
"Heya, what do you know of dogs that don't act like dogs?" Red asks and he blinks.
"Well, that brings to mind Changelings, actually. Although, Mages likely could turn people into dogs." Shin muses. "Then there's possession that can be done by Ghosts and Spirits."
"Changelings? As in those babies the Fae leave behind?" Red asks.
"Well, no, that sounds more like a Fetch, something left behind to keep the disappearance of a person from being noticed. Changelings are abducted by the Fair Folk and upon escaping, are changed by the experience." He explains.
"How does that relate to dogs?" Red asks and he answers, "Some of them get turned into animals along with elements and plants by the Fair Folk."
"Ok, Mages?" Red asks and he replies, "They sign their names to a Watchtower and one of the powers has to do with using magic to alter their bodies and taking the form of animals."
"Have you seen this dog in the sunlight?" Shin asks and Red replies, "Well, there's a window that allows sunlight in."
"Ok good, I had hoped it wasn't a Vampire." He admits and Red sighs.
"Spirits and Ghosts?" Red asks and he takes a moment before replying, "Well, a Dog Spirit possessing a dog would just make the dog more intelligent but would still act like a dog. A Ghost, well, I can only think of one reason why it would want to possess a dog. To get close to their target and to enact their revenge."
"So, magic or fae?" Red seems to murmur to himself.
"I guess?" He muses.
"Are there such things as Weredogs?" Red asks and Shin sighs.
"Werewolves yes, Weredogs... magic would allow for something like that, I guess. I mean, Mage's aren't the be all, end all when it comes to Magic. Just that they have an easier time getting their spells." Shin admits.
"Well, thanks, I got to go, see you later!" Red says and then hangs up the phone once he said bye.
Maybe he should have picked Eidetic Memory as Kiba was one of the few of the group who read the book from cover to cover. He muses to himself.
With a shrug, he hangs up the phone and heads back to the table to eat his supper.
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Date: July 9th, 2000
Location: Nightshade Residence, Saskatoon
As Red walks through the doorway that leads down stairs, he felt a slight chill, which he pauses near the top of the stairs. Looking around, he feels something is off but couldn't place his finger on it.
With a deep, calming breath, which he slowly lets out, Red continues down the stairs. After his quick conversation with Shin last night, he felt that he had a better grip on this situation. He even talked it over with Taichi about this situation with Charlie.
Taichi mentioned the possibility that Mei Nightshade could know what's going on with Charlie. He, well, it was something he rather hoped wasn't true as it could mean that they might find themselves in more danger then they can handle.
Particularly if she's capable of turning people into animals or altering some critical part of you that kills you. He thinks to himself as he heads for the room where Charlie is.
Before entering the room, Red takes a few moments to calm down and to do some breath exercises before entering the room. Intent on getting Charlie to trust him so they can each get on with their respective lives.
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Location: Black Oak Park
Shin wonders if this was a good idea but, well, it's kind of a tradition, camping at Black Oak Park. He's got his tent with him along with a bowie knife and a hatchet. Might as well get this over with, it's just five days.
He tells himself as he continues to walk through the forest, sucking on a pebble to ward off thirst. It's a large pack upon his back, including a tent for one person. What little he has is mostly bio-degradable. While he worried about leaving Yami along with Fu, his godfather had pointed out that he knows how to look after a kid.
After all, hadn't Fu raised him since he was two years old? And Shin couldn't deny that, nor did he want Yami out here. The kid was still settling in at the house.
Plus, it's likely Yami would have wanted to bring a lot of stuff with them when the point of going to camping had to do with being able to survive without the usual modern day items that people have pretty much taken for granted. It also keeps my wilderness skills sharp.
And so, he heads for his usual campsite that's still a few hours hitchhiking from his position. Shin grins a bit as he listens to his surroundings. As he picks his way though the trees, he refreshes his memories of this part of the park while also stopping to grab some edible plants.
Oddly enough, he feels like he's being watched as he checks his surroundings. The only odd thing he spies is a squirrel that's resting on a branch. Recalling the conversation he had with Red the night before, he decides to be alert to the possibility that this trip of his might be eventful compared to his previous trips.
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Location: Korasuki Home, Pine's Falls
The bell rings for the second time and with a sigh, Yami pauses the game. Getting up, he walks over to the door. Opening it, he finds Maru and Michi standing there.
"Hi, Yami, is Shin in?" Michi asks after a moment.
"Ah, he went camping at Black Oak Park. Didn't take much, so I'm glad I didn't have to go. I mean, he didn't even take a flashlight!" He tells the two.
"He went camping?" Maru repeats, sounding a bit stunned.
"Yea, it's a yearly tradition from what Fu says. He's been doing it since he was nine." Yami explains. "He'll be gone for five days. Why, you need to talk to him about something important?"
"Do you know which part of the park he camps at?" Michi asks and he answers, "Yea, he sticks near Blue Stone Hill, near the old beaver dam, I think."
Neither of the pair seem to be hiding their worry and anger. "Thank you Yami. See you later." Michi says and he nods, watching as the two teens hurry off the porch, likely heading to one of their houses.
He closes the door, locking the door before he returns to the living room to continue his game. Yami, briefly, wonders if there's anything serious going on with Shin's group of friends but figures that whatever it was, they could handle it.
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Location: Yoshi Residence, Pine's Falls
"He when where? Why didn't he tell any of us?" Yoshi asks angrily.
"So, you'll come with us?" Michi asks and Yoshi sighs.
"Yea, count me in. Damn it, doesn't he know what happens when people go off on their own in a horror movie?" He states.
"See you at the school." Michi says and he replies, "Yea, sure, see you then."
Experience Earned: 1
Current Total Earned: 23
So ends Chapter Four!
Author's Note: And things continue to go pear shaped for the group.