Break A Leg [Open]Feb 26, 2023 2:13:01 GMT -5
Kota
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groupWandering-Nin
age 10 years old
birthday April 8
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The sun will be guiding you They're dying to stop you This race is a prophecy Break out from society
"Wow, really?" Kota asked, a bit surprised. Muramasa was so much bigger than he was--and he seemed so well put-together, too. He was clean, his clothes weren't all stained and frayed and torn--his puppet was so advanced-looking. I mean--Yō looked like a real wolf! And when Muramasa had puppetted him around--he'd moved and acted just like a real one, too. Aside from being docile, at least. Which had been Kota's favorite part about Yō, which made him a lot better than a real wolf. But needless to say--his craftsmanship, at least to Kota, had been incredible! And everything about Muramasa seemed better than him. In his child's imagination, he couldn't picture Muramasa being his age, and it was difficult for him to perceive himself as having picked up the skill faster than his superior had during the time in the past. He wasn't better than him, now, and that was really all he could perceive. "Well, I guess I am pretty incredible I guess," Kota's hubris spoke casually, not aware of his cheekiness. If Muramasa thought he could become a pro one day, then maybe he could. He must have really impressed the older guy after all, ha! His hard work truly did pay off! Then the two were ready to start the performance, it seemed. Muramasa called out to gather the attention of people passing by, and it wasn't until he made his puppet howl out a bark that heads actually started to turn. The young man did something with his spare hand, which Kota watched in fascination. Creating more of those blue strings--though it seemed that he didn't attach them to any other puppet; instead they stayed suspended in the air, taking on various shapes. They look like worms! The illiterate child thought to himself, amused. Or maybe even snakes! Or stick bugs! It could have been anything, but Kota was none the wiser. But when the man began to introduce the story's title to the small crowd that had begun to gather, Kota was happy to finish the sentence. "The Wolf Who Ate the WHOOOOLLLEEEE World!" Kota shouted excitedly, more than happy to loudly proclaim the story to the people watching. He wasn't so used to people staring at him--usually, he'd tried to stay out of the spotlight. But, of course, that was usually because he was being sneaky. Stealing food, sneaking around when people slept and taking whatever he thought he could get away with that would benefit him. He tried to avoid being caught or found suspicious by adults--since that usually seemed to cause him trouble. But Muramasa seemed alright to him--the man hadn't tried beating him, or yelling at him, and he hadn't tried kidnapping him either. Plus, he hadn't been acting all that suspicious to the child--he'd been nothing but friendly to Kota (as Kota perceived it). So--Muramasa was alright! And if he was around--then the child was being accompanied by an adult, which meant the other adults wouldn't give him trouble, right? Like a social guard dog. And if that was the case--well, Kota wasn't afraid of the people who were gathering around. He had nothing to be afraid of, after all--he hadn't done anything wrong! They had no reason to yell at him or try kidnapping him! Not when he wasn't stealing things, and was visibly accompanied by an adult! So, where Muramasa was aloof, Kota had not been taught to be shy. "Or at least," Kota continued to narrate, stepping to the side slightly to allow for Yō to take most of the crowd's attention. He had full faith that Muramasa would be able to keep up with his story-telling, so he dove right into it. "That's what 'e thought. See, once aponna time, this wolf was wanderin' the big wide world. Ever since 'e was a lil' puppy, 'e was on 'is own--but 'e was always 'ungry. So 'ungry infact, that 'e would always eat everythin' 'e came across!" Kota used his hands to create a shadow that would appear on the ground--his fingers folding in a way to look like a rabbit. The shadow puppet twitched its ears, then started to run away from Yō. "First 'e started out eatin' bunnies and small animals. They were easy to gobble up! But then 'e thought to 'imself one day," The child changed his voice--trying to sound older, and more ferocious as he narrated the wolf's thoughts-- "'I'm never full when I gobble up these little animals. If I wanna get real full, I've gotta eat somethin' bigger!' And so 'e did! 'E found a deer, an' 'e gobbled it up in one bite! And the more and more that the wolf ate, the bigger an' bigger that 'e got. Soon, deers an' even elks weren't enough to keep 'im full! The big giant wolf was gettin' bigger an' bigger, an' he thought t'im'self, 'Maybe if I gobble up a village, that will keep me full!'" Kota frowned. "The big giant wolf was so hungry. So 'e ate up a whole village--gobbled it up in one bite! All of the 'ouses an' the little people inside of it, an' even the mount'n top where the village once stood. It was all gone in a moment! Because the wolf was too hungry." The child set his wooden doll on the ground, then stepped back and animated the puppet with his newly-learned technique. Boda hopped to life and ran around their makeshift stage. His movements were fluid enough--albeit simple. Kota didn't yet have enough mastery to move most of the doll's limbs, but still its behavior was easy enough to understand. "Well, one of the villagers had been out huntin', an' when 'e came back to see his home 'ad been all eaten up, 'e was real mad! The hunter thought t'imself, 'I need to stop this wolf from eatin' another town!' Well, the big giant wolf had gotten even bigger and bigger, an' 'e 'eard the little human's anger an' 'e said, 'Not to worry, little human! I will not eat another village, because a village cannot keep me full. My tummy still wants more--so next time, I'm gonna eat the whole world. In one big gulp, I can 'ave it all." Boda hobbled up to stand in front of Yō, one wooden hand moving to point directly at the great big beast. "'Well I can't let you do that!' The Hunter said loudly. But the Wolf didn't wanna 'ear it, an' so the Wolf said, 'If you try an' stop me, I'm gonna eat you too!'" |
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last edit by Kota on Feb 26, 2023 2:26:45 GMT -5
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