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@gilded-dawn​ sent:  "And who are you again? Ah, you're that kid. The one who mistook carrots for golden turnips."

“Gck!!” What the heck?! It felt like someone just swung a huge metal disc into his gut! Raguna about doubles over from the mental reminder of that certain mixup.

    “Y-You know if you say something like that, it’s only going to embarrass me...”

The blonde mutters, turning his gaze away from Amaterasu as his cheeks glow a deep crimson. Did she always have to go out of her way to fluster him?

To say that he was expecting a Goddess to pay him a visit was an understatement. Most of the Gods out there hated him for what he’d done. Even if they were the ones who started it. Either way, he’d humor her. Not like he had anything else to do at the moment. He was still waiting for the next inter-class match up after all.

He ceased walking down the pathway and turned around to face her, hands in his pockets.

Akiko had been relaxing on the roof of his shrine when he sensed a soothing presence approaching him. At first he thought it was just a kind hearted youkai or something, but as it got closer, his eyes widened in surprise as he quickly jumped off the roof and descended to the pathway below. Without hesitation, he knelt in front of the one who had been so kind as to grace him with her presence. 

“It’s an honor to meet you, Amaterasu-sama.” He said softly as he dared not look up at her. He was but a Minor Deity compared to her after all. “If I may be so bold. What brings you to this humble one’s shrine?” 

@gilded-dawn sent: It's him. The youth who sacrificed his chicken dinner for her sake. How can Amaterasu forget such kindness? She immediately trots up to him, tail wagging furiously back and forth as if she were happy to see him.

And perhaps a part of her was glad to see a semblance of humanity left.

"Arf." A muffled bark ensued, before the white wolf drops a peach in the young man's lap. How the soft fruit wasn't punctured by her canines remained a true mystery. (Harima)

He'd made it. It's another damn miracle if he's ever felt one but he made it! But just barely. Water and a pack of cup noodles on sale sure can take a man pretty far. But what he'd do for some meat. Or hell, even fruit. Hard to get food off your mind when you've skipped breakfast to make ends meet.

The next golden moment is when he gets an idea for a manga that he can pitch to the publishers. The cut he was getting for his current run barely kept the lights on. Nah, he'd need something different.

"C'mon, Harima! Who the hell do you think you are, moping like this? It's time to man the hell up and make boss proud for another raise! Yeah!"

.....

Thunk.

"Who am I kidding? Wish I was smart enough to get into college like the others. Maybe I've got it wrong with the gig work. I--huh? It's that dog again!" Had he been pinned as a target? A source of food? Damnit, no don't come over here I don't have any food. But approach the dog does. Happily. He can feel the excitement even without the wagging of tail. Nice girl. Finding him on his opportune break and...

"Hey, whatcha got there?" The dog plops a peach into Harima's lap. It's probably the most picturesque beautiful peach anyone's ever seen. Is it even real? For a moment he just looks at it. Sitting there. Then back

"Oh my god. You... you got this for me?! You found me some food to pay me back?! Holy crap you might be the nicest dog I've ever met! Thank you!" Dramatic, but earnest. Holding the perfect fruit in his hand he gives an appreciative pat to the animal before sinking his teeth in.

@gilded-dawn sent: It's all changed. She can't remember the last time greenery carpeted this land, for all the white wolf could see was mile after mile of grey asphalt. Not only was the ground beneath her paws uncomfortable to walk on, the sun deity was a bit disoriented too.

Where is everyone? She scours the horizon, keeping her nose towards the north. There's a faint, albeit delicious smell emanating from yonder. Food? That was a possibility, and the lupine was quite hungry.

Trekking at an energetic pace to find the source doesn't take too long, Amaterasu is there within seconds. But... she's disappointed to see that said meal was guarded.

"Roo!" Her ears flatten and she whines in protest.

Today is not her day. ( @Harima )

Some things never really changed. Whether it was the people he met around town or the kinds of jobs he went to. Yeah sure. Struggles all around but there's going to be a constant. It ain't going anywhere. And Harima has to put up with it the most it feels like. Freakin short changers!!

But what's a struggling no-college part time worker supposed to do? Start a fight with high class rich client who could beat him down with just a whisper of a lawyer? No way. Talk about a fast ticket to losing the little bit of life he's carved out for himself.

"So now I've gotta make this pathetic wad of cash last for a week before the next paycheck comes in? Crud..." Nothing to it, really. Still, makes the gig lifestyle one of way too much frustration. It's supposed to be supplementing normal incomes, not making his life more of a pain.

Still, man's gotta eat. And the convenience store tandoori smelled great (for a guy like him). Unfortunate that a few bites into his meal to get him through the day was interrupted. By a rather sizable dog.

"...uh, can I help you?" It's a rhetorical question, and the woof comes through loud and clear. "What's that? Lost and hungry, then thought you could score a meal but found me holding it, huh? Tch..." Damn it. Damn it!! This was all he was going to be eating today but seeing that sad dog is fucking with him. If he can help it he'd rather not go on the water diet but...

...look at the face!

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