Fantasy RP A House Full of Desires

[starziessol!]

Umeko looked at the gifts with a blank and cold expression “I can tell what people give me based on how they act with me or the other courtesans, it’s a bunch of useless junk.”

 

[Knight_of_None]

"If it's meaningless, give it away, I'm sure trinkets and silks will warm the hearts of many peasant wife." Toru said as he crossed his legs settling at half lotus position.

 

[starziessol!]

“I will, its better than letting it sit and waste away in here” She laid down on her back, letting out a small sigh relaxation

 

[Knight_of_None]

"Hmph. Forgetting something?" He said prodding the bundle she had set aside with his finger.

 

[starziessol!]

“Oh! Right, my apologies” She sat up and got behind him with the bundle. She then lifted his arm and began wrapping around his lower neck and arm, humming a small tune

 

[Knight_of_None]

He sat still, almost perfectly so. "So, did i taste good to bite so deeply?" He joked as she wrapped his wound, it probably would scar eventually. He reached with his unoccupied arm, drinking more sake, the alcohol beginning to warm him up, and make a steady buzz inside of his body, letting it ratchet higher.

 

[starziessol!]

“You tasted heavenly” She joked back and with that she was done, she sat the bundle down then took the bottle from him taking a couple of sips from it, by now the bottle was half empty “Do you want the rest?”

 

[Knight_of_None]

"I'm not going to turn down a good drink." He said as he took it back from her,m to gulp the rest of the bottle down, beedingvof sake pooling gently from the corners of his lips. It ran down his chin, down hus chest, trailing along the ridges and crevices of his muscles.

 

[starziessol!]

“Are you drunk yet? I noticed you have a very high tolerance to alcohol” She laid back, letting him finish off the sake and to avoid the fact that what just happened made her flustered

 

[Knight_of_None]

"Hm. Why are you so interested?" He said as he felt the creeping haze of alcohol. The veil that smoothed over his senses abd the pleasant buzzing in hid head got stronger. His face reddened, though she could tell it wasn't merely emotion.

 

[starziessol!]

She cupped his face in her hands, making him look at her “Well for starters your face is turn into a tomato and you were nibbling on my boob when I was talking to that suitor”

 

[Knight_of_None]

"You called me your lover, I was attempting to sell it when you were the one pushing them in my face." He said, tipping his head back slightly, not denying the prior end of her statement. "So what if I am then?"

 

[starziessol!]

She was taken aback but ultimately giggled at the comment “You can’t be serious, no one will ever truly love an oiran especially one they just met”

 

[Knight_of_None]

Totu hummed at her rebuttal. "I've heard many men fall for women they only gazed upon once" He mumbled out. "Why can't it happen for you?"

 

[starziessol!]

“Because evil spirits aren’t capable of love Toru” She said bluntly as her eyes reverting back to that cold state. “I’ve killed so many people. I am not worthy of happiness”

 

[Knight_of_None]

Toru tilted his head as she spoke of spirits, his mind not quite parsing the blatant truth. "Evil spirits- killings- just because you've had to hurt someone doesn't mean your an evil spirt.:

 

[starziessol!]

“…I ate them. Human food is enough to curve the hunger but after a while it stops working, I rescued Hitomi from her abusive parents and are them. Since then Hitomi has become like a little sister to me, I only eat criminals, corrupted politicians, and any other bad people that come through those doors” She felt guilty about what she does, it was written all over her face.

 

[Knight_of_None]

The more sge spoke, she could see the haze of alcohol lifting bit by bit as Toru was sobered by her revelations. His eyes widening, his body leaning back. "You-you aren't-" he said almost as if fighting for disbelief, desperate to remain in the comforting lie of ignorance. "It's impossible-"

 

[starziessol!]

“Would you like to see my true form?” She asked, looking him in his eyes

 

[Knight_of_None]

Toru looked away from her, the man's beads clinking at his wrists. "Your true...form?" He said softly. The option was there for herself to reveal all she had to bear, to see this good man's horror at what he had been with. The Yokai that she had been secreting away.

 

[starziessol!]

Umeko sighed “Your obviously in disbelief so I want to show you. If your truly serious about me then I don’t want to be with someone without showing them what I truly am” She hugged her knees

 

[Knight_of_None]

"Then,...show me." He said with a morbid curiosity creeping over him, unable to help himself with the lurking feeling.

 

[starziessol!]

Her jaw unhinges, lined with rows of sharp, predatory teeth. Pale fingers taper into long nails, darkened at the tips as though stained by shadow. Crimson patterns arc over her high cheekbones and around her eyes. Her pupils once rounded now are sharp. She spoke, her voice distorted “I can smell every ounce of flesh that is in this building, including the one’s outside”

 

[Knight_of_None]

As her form shifted, her face tearing open, her clawing sharpening, her voice a horroribke simulacrum of the sweet tones she had. Her senses picking up every pund of flesh, the individual humans amongst them. Toru's smokey yet so sweet scent, clashed with the tinge of fear as he panicked instantly, his body throwing itself away instinctively.

 

[starziessol!]

Despite her unsettling form, her eyes gave off a pained look. She reverted back to her normal form and looked away, tearing up a little “She gave me the same look too.”

 

[Knight_of_None]

Toru looked away from her as she shifted her form back to normal. "What- what happened to you-" he said as he pulled himself further back, his body moving on its own.

 

[starziessol!]

“From the visions and the weird dreams I had, I was human once but I was killed, I guess whatever happened the person who I was wanted revenge. When I came to, I had no memory of my past, a farmer named Kurai and her daughter nursed me back to health. Me and the woman fell in love that was until that hunter came. He hated me from the moment he saw me. To him, I was delicate, naive, stupid. He saw me eating one day, a wolf that was trying to eat the cattle. I got so anxious that by the time I reached the house, I didn’t realize I wasn’t full transformed back to normal. Back then it took me longer since essentially, I was new yokai. Kurai and her daughter saw me. I’ll never forget the looks on their faces. Nako wouldnt even look at me. I tried to explain the situation but the hunter tried to kill me, so did Kurai. I ran and never went back. Months later I saved Hitomi, she’s the only who hasn’t treated me like a monster.” The pain in her face was clear. “You can leave if you want to or kill me just don’t leave Hitomi alone.”

 

[Knight_of_None]

Toru listened to her story, looking at the blood on the floor, the fingers that laid out, from the samurai. "Yokai...care for humans?" He said as he pulled himself up, still next to the door, and yet he did not know if he'd open it and flee.

 

[starziessol!]

"Just like how there are good humans and bad humans, there are good yokai and bad ones. I promise Toru, I wasn't going to kill you. The ones I eat are the ones that either hurt one of the other courtesans, Hitomi or attempt to hurt me. Other than that, I mainly do things to scare them. That samurai is lucky i didn't kill him." Her face showed a genuine expression as she walked to him then held his hand "Please, stay."

 

[Knight_of_None]

As she grabbed his hand, he didn't grip back...but he also had yet to pull away or resist her. She wasn't lying, at least from what he could tell, his eyes searching her face for any hint of deception. If he left, he could tell others of her nature, threaten her ot Hitomi...but it wasn't his nature either. He gripped her hand slowly. "Stay, and what?"