hakanai: (Covered * Stop being beautiful asdfghjkl)
Ōtani Yoshitsugu ([personal profile] hakanai) wrote in [community profile] thehometree2015-07-30 11:29 pm

[Amber: 003]

[Someone has enough energy to address the amber today! Yoshitsugu has recovered from his illness for the most part, just needing a little more rest to get his energy levels back up; right now he is in fact still in bed, lacking his usual hat but with facecloth still firmly in place. He wants to offer some advice to the tree, though considering it's him giving it? It's not necessarily offered in a straightforward way.]

The magic of this world is interesting, isn't it? And dangerous. Something to remember if you wish to take part in any future quests which lead you outside of the mist; you never know when the flow will deliver you to a malevolent being who might decide to reach deep into your heart and soul, tear at old wounds and drag your weaknesses to the surface so it might attack them in a cruel yet extremely precise way, leaving you awash in nightmares and haunted by the most painful and unsettling of memories.

[It's certainly said calmly; Yoshitsugu's expression doesn't betray much either, remaining serene except, for those really, really looking closing, when he says 'painful.' The flinch is slight, but real.]

Or you might simply have a quiet and pleasant journey.

[Moving on to better things and a more pleasant memory, Yoshitsugu relaxed against the back of his bed a little more; his smile isn't visible, of course, but the pleasure he feels when recalling this memory shows in his eyes.]

The most interesting magic was that which brought chocolate cake to us. Those of you who come from a time and place where you can eat it whenever you like are very fortunate.
hairsay: (Scared - Flinch)

[personal profile] hairsay 2015-08-07 05:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[Jo snaps her head to one side, shooting her glare off somewhere not visible in the amber. She carefully touches her nose, which is only now slowly beginning to heal from her unfortunate encounter with the physical misty barrier surrounding the tree. She'd learned the hard way that trying to go head on against the powers that be here was an unfortunate mistake, but it had only served to make her more angry, not less.]

[His admission, however, leaves her gobsmacked. She stares at his tiny amber-hued face (dead?) and then her frown dissipates. She looks more concerned than anything.]


What happened to you?
hairsay: (Scared - Haunted)

[personal profile] hairsay 2015-08-10 01:48 am (UTC)(link)
So what's that mean now? Was it worth it?

[Despite herself, she's confused and very curious. Of all the strange and unusual things she's heard of since she arrived here, Yoshitsugu's is the strangest of circumstances. It casts a lot of other things in doubt... no wonder he talks like a damned riddlesome spirit.]
hairsay: (Scared - Haunted)

[personal profile] hairsay 2015-08-12 03:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Shit. [She can't help but stare at him and his strange, half-covered face.] Shit, that's fucked up.

So you got... whatever happened on that quest, or whatever it was, they made you work for it, huh?

I'll tell you right now, while you were gone life was hell in this tree; that beam of light was this pissy blue colour that felt like a full-body cat hitting a baby experience, but you probably knew that. What you and everyone else brought back changed that. I guess... well, I'm grateful for that. [This is embarrassing to admit, but at least it is very true. Before the lifestream could be changed to a happier medium, Jo'd found the tree completely untenable for reasons she couldn't voice. Now, yellow, it feels like the saving grace of being here. The psychic parasites rooted in her mind have been quelled for a while, but all she knows of that is that she can function like a real human again.]