me: 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

him: my love, my dear, my darling

      prolonged smile wounds porcelain flesh. kindness : foreign thing / HUMAN THING, something the divinity mangled within wood and wires was never designed to feel. ❝      a traveller? ❞ words echo as a soft laugh slips from a deluding mouth, amused by something known only to himself. travellers were curious critters indeed ; always involving themselves where they weren't wanted, always so quick to devote their time to the safety of lesser things. for the frostlands' protector to mistake him for such a creature while playing oh so perfectly into their most irritating little habits ... how ironic. regardless, this one is not a pest he can so carelessly crush beneath his heel, not while it still has something he needs. and so the machine will endure these mortal games a little while longer, play nice / play harmless. after all, what was one more role for the puppet that had spent its entire existence letting others pull its strings?

"Kunikuzushi"   she   replied   with   a   soft   smile   "that's   a   lovely   name"   inazuma   was   a   place   she   had   only   ever   heard   about   a   handful   of   times   -   and   she   believed   this   was   the   first   time   ever   meeting   someone   from   there.   A   desire   to   bombard   him   with   questions   arose   within   -   but   she   opted   not   to   (there   was   a   time   and   place   after   all)

"Oh!!!   I   can   certainly   do   that!"   she   nodded   enthusiastically,   emerald   eyes   gleaming.

"I've   lived   here   my   whole   life,   so   I'm   certain   I'd   make   an   excellent   tour   guide!"   from   behind   her   the   small   group   of   soliskin   'chuu'ed'   softly   -   not   at   all   excited   about   the   idea   ....

«No need to worry. I was just...practicing.»

 "I   -   ....   don't   know   what   you   could   have   been   practicing   but   ....   that   injury   isn't   something   you   should   ignore.   Why   don't   we   go   to   the   infirmary?   Let   Dr.   Herssen   have   a   look   at   you!?"

"You're taking this really calmly, y'know."

A cave in was one thing. A cave in when the system had a lot of moisture in the air was another, that meant potential flash flooding. Then there was the potential for demonic activity, if any of that wasn't enough. He wanted to ask what the hell was wrong with her, the only reason Inuyasha was here was to try and keep someone from the danger of exactly this happening.

Now he was wrapped up in this mess. The man groaned in frustration.

"Inuyasha. And unless y'wanna end up over your head in water by... whatever the hell time it would be," All he'd known was that it had been mid-morning when he came following her scent. "We've got ground to cover." He wasn't sure how well she could see in the dark, but his dog demon side could see more clearly than an ordinary human could. For that, he was lucky.

Darkness wasn't total darkness to Inuyasha's eyes.

"Come on." He stated, shoving his arms into his sleeves and pressing forward. Forward into... whatever direction it was. There was only one way to go right now, anyway. They could worry about branching paths when they got to them. And silently hope they weren't already stuck in a one way trip.

"I   don't   have   gills   ....   so   being   under   water   isn't   ideal."   words   were   followed   with   a   soft   nod.   "I'll   follow   your   lead   Inuyasha."   He   seemed   to   be   on   the   rougher   side,   a   man   that   didn't   sugarcoat   his   words.   Something   solsworn   didn't   mind,   it   was   actually   refreshing   having   someone   speak   to   her   plainly.

"And   just   so   you   know,   I   can   defend   myself   in   case   we   come   across   any   trouble.   You   won't   have   to   worry   about   me,   I   promise."

in   an   instant   she   shoved   her   hand   into   her   satchel   and   retrieved   it.   "Y-You   can   have   the   whole   thing!"

 "R-Really?   ...oh   no,   could   you   have   eaten   overripe   dusk   honey   pots?   They   have   an   incredibly   high   alcohol   content"