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[faithful_kitsune]

[ACTION]

*So perhaps you're grocery shopping. Everybody's gotta do it, right? And then enters one of the strangest women you've ever seen. It's not the long robe that necessarily does it, or even the strange two-pronged hat she wears. No, it's those nine fluffy tails sticking out of her behind. Maybe she's some sort of weird cosplayer or something?

She'll approach the clerk of the store and bow deeply.*

Good afternoon. My name is Ran. I would like to deeply apologize for the inconvenience to your store a while back. It seems I had forgotten my manners in addition to everything else. By all means, please accept this payment to compensate for your lost merchandise. If that is not sufficient, perhaps I may be able to work off my debt? I do deeply regret what I did.

*And then she'll hand over some money. Wait, what SHE did?*

[ACTION 2]

*Alternatively, perhaps you're finally hearing puttering about in that room that had supposedly been for some new resident. Maybe you'd seen a fox outside of it, even. But it sounds like whoever lives there has finally moved in properly. Perhaps you'd like to say hello.*

((OOC: 1% on remembering, oh right, everybody's supposed to be a humanoid girl in Gensokyo.))

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[rookierabbit]

[He doesn't really notice her, up until he's walking up to the clerk to ask and sees the nine tails.

...erm.]

[faithful_kitsune]

*She turns, and notices him.*

Oh, hello again! You are feeling better rested, I trust?

[rookierabbit]

Yes, I am.

[What kind of question is that? Anyway.]

I'm...sorry? I don't think we've met.

[faithful_kitsune]

I do bet your pardon. We have met, but I think you might have met me in a slightly more... "vulpes" form. I believe that is the Latin for it?

[rookierabbit]

[And now he remembers.]

...ah. You were the fox.

[faithful_kitsune]

So you do remember! Yes, I'm afraid the shock of my arrival here meant I could not take on this form. I do apologize for any confusion.

[rookierabbit]

It's all right.

[People who can turn into foxes. Now he's just really confused.]

I'm afraid I haven't introduced myself yet. Barnaby Brooks Junior.

[faithful_kitsune]

I am Ran. Just... Ran, it seems. I feel as though there should be more to that name, but...

*She shakes her head.*

It is not important. It is a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Brooks.

[rookierabbit]

It'll come back with time. It's how I remembered.

A pleasure to meet you as well, Miss Ran.

[2]

[stinglikeabat]

...Say, have you seen a fox around here lately?

[faithful_kitsune]

I can only hope. I know this much; I have very, very many memories to accumulate, if the count of my tails is to be believed.

Re: [2]

[faithful_kitsune]

*Oh ho! Hmm hmm.*

Perhaps I have. Is there anything specific about it?

[ridethelightning]

[Ky's shopping, and he sees this.

Cue dumbfoundedness.]

...What?

[faithful_kitsune]

*She spots you.*

Oh ho! Hello again. I lacked the capacity to thank you for your assistance before, but I an fully capable of doing so now. Thank you, good sir. I do not believe I would have known there was a place I was meant to be had you not shown me.

[ridethelightning]

...Um. I beg your pardon, but I must confess that I don't know what you're talking about.

[faithful_kitsune]

I do beg your pardon. Perhaps these seem familiar?

*She wags the tails a bit. All of them. She seems to have good control considering none of them hit anything in the store.*

[ridethelightning]

...Wait a minute. You're saying you were that fox?!

[faithful_kitsune]

Indeed! I apologize for everything; either I simply forgot I could take this form, or the shock of my arrival ensured that I could not. I do intend to make amends for my rather improper behavior, however.

Ah, but allow me to introduce myself properly. I am Ran. I do not know if I have more names, but that name is mine, and it is something to treasure.

[rookierabbit]

...oh.

[The tails again. Suddenly he feels a little out of his element here. He's researched a lot on Ouroboros, but he has no idea about kitsunes.]

[ridethelightning]

Well...I am pleased to hear that you intend to make up for what you did before.

My name is Ky Kiske. It's a pleasure to get acquainted with you...again.

[faithful_kitsune]

Don't feel so small. I am working towards the same goal as everybody else. That makes us equals in that regard.

[faithful_kitsune]

But of course! It's only the proper thing to do, is it not?

The same, Mr. Kiske. I hope to work together with everybody to regain our memories.

[ridethelightning]

Yes, absolutely.

Oh, you don't need to be that formal with me. Feel free to address me by my first name.

[stinglikeabat]

Well... it was really big.

[He indicates about yay high. That's a pretty big fox all right.]

[faithful_kitsune]

Oh my, that's quite a large fox indeed! Were there any other characteristics?

[faithful_kitsune]

Ah, very well, ah, Ky. I hope I will be of more use in this form than in my previous.

[stinglikeabat]

It might have had a bit of a limp. You don't think something's happened to it, do you?

[faithful_kitsune]

My, I wonder, I wonder.

*She holds a hand up to her chest. ...it's got a bandage on it!*

[stinglikeabat]

[The hint goes whooshing over his head.]

Then again, it was pretty tough. It's probably just... gone back to the wilderness or something, right?

[faithful_kitsune]

*Well-meaning, but a bit thick apparently. Well, never mind.*

It could be. Could be around as we speak. You never know. Ah, would you like to come in for a cup of tea? I just brewed a pot.

[stinglikeabat]

[It's not really his thing, but refusing would be pretty rude. And who knows, it could be fine!]

All right!

...What kind of tea is it?

[faithful_kitsune]

A lovely green tea I picked up in the middle of some errands I was running today. Please, do come in.

*She opens the door wider. Man, if he doesn't get who she is by the tails, there's no hope for him.*

[stinglikeabat]

[He enters. You'd think he'd be better at spotting a fellow shapeshifter, but nope! He's currently under the impression that she's just wearing a funny outfit and did those things just move?]

It comes in green? I never knew that!

[faithful_kitsune]

*Heh. She has to admit, she's amused by how long it's taking him to figure this out.*

Indeed! It's quite lovely, actually. I do love a good tea.

*The interior of her apartment is neat and tidy, but minimally decorated. Then again, when you've spent most of your money paying back shopkeepers, perhaps you don't have a lot of free cash for that sort of thing.*

Sit down whereever. It won't be but a minute.

[stinglikeabat]

[There's a table; that'll do.

...He wouldn't normally be staring at her butt like that, but there's something weird about those tails. Weird, and somewhat familiar to boot.]

[faithful_kitsune]

*She brings out tea and cups.*

Hmm? Is something the matter?

[stinglikeabat]

Are those tails?

[faithful_kitsune]

Why yes, they are! Aren't they lovely? They're indicators of a life long-lived, you know!

[stinglikeabat]

Really? How long is that?

[faithful_kitsune]

Well, you start with one tail, and then get another one every hundred years. Oh my, that will be a lot of memory to get back...

*She sets a cup down and pours. Hey, even if he doesn't like tea, there's rice crackers!*

[stinglikeabat]

So that would make you...

One, two, three...

[That actually smells pretty good!]

[faithful_kitsune]

Eight hundred years old, at the very least. My word, eight hundred! All that memory, lost in an instant. It is rather terrifying.

[stinglikeabat]

[Goodness, that's got to be twice his age.]

Even the thought of losing only a year just like that is enough to make my blood run cold!

That's why I try not to think about it!