[OPEN] Who let the dogs out? Woof.

[taiyoukai]

Characters: Sesshomaru, his bad temper, his worse manners and YOU!
Setting: Room 4-14, Meadow floor and around the Tower.
Format: Action, but I'll match you.
Summary: Having had a few days to adapt - for some values of the word adapt (read: stop feeling homicidal about everything ever), Sesshomaru decides it's time to explore a little and test a few theories.
Warnings: Testy inu daiyoukai with a tendency to melt things that annoy him with his poison claws. Also fluffy, angry dog in the meadow floor.

[Room 4-14]

[He hadn't much noticed the two boxes or the wreath in his trunk, when he first arrived, much more in a hurry to get out of that ridiculous suit - which was thankfully already melted and done for - and to seek out some answers, but today Sesshomaru takes the time to study them, before heading out to inspect the tower more in detail. He'd worked out most of his rage at the monsters in that perpetual night floor, but he hadn't come out with many answers over all.

So now there he is, sitting on his assigned bed - tch - arching an eyebrow at a box of his favorite flavor of pocky and a box, of all things, of dog treats. Sesshomaru did not find the joke very funny at all. It hadn't been funny when Kagome gave him them, and it wasn't funny now.

There's also a dried flower wreath on the bed, but he's not bothering to look or touch or acknowledge it, because something inside hurts a little too much when he tries to think about it.]

[Meadow floor]

[After some cursory exploration of the Tower, he decided this was the best floor on which to attempt this, and thus walked away from the staircase resolutely. A good distance away, he closed his eyes for a moment, before he opened them and began to gather his youki to transform back into his true form.]

[He succeeds, and he certainly doesn't look much like a puppy, but the size alone is infuriating. Barely eight, nine feet at the most, and certainly much smaller than he should be.

How annoying.]

[Anywhere else]

[After he's done with the meadow floor, somewhat disgusted by such a lackluster transformation and deeply infuriated by anyone who'd dare do such a thing to him, Sesshomaru stalks away towards the staircase, intent on exploring the tower more thoroughly this time.]

Comments

[taiyoukai]

But you may wish for something later on, then.

[tohko_amano]

Maybe..but that all depends upon what happens in the Tower, and if I ask for your help, it will have nothing to do with me giving you information about the Tower.

[taiyoukai]

Miko.

[He sounds frustrated, but slightly resigned as he says that.]

Very well.

[tohko_amano]

[And Tohko will just look a bit puzzled at that.]

..I'm not a shrine maiden. What made you think that?

..As for this Tower, it's called Animus. As far as I know, four people run it: Dax, who's the most humane of the bunch, Jason, who loves to torture and experiment on the residents, Riki, a secretive fellow that manages the records, and Ruana, a childish woman who's lived for thousands of years and has strange powers. They will lie to you, so take everything they say with a grain of salt.

If you haven't been to the cafeteria yet, make sure you eat the oatmeal when you do. I know it tastes terrible, but if you don't eat it first, you'll throw up whatever else you try to eat. However, you can add things to it to improve the taste, and you can eat whatever you want after you finish it.

Monsters roam the halls at night. If you don't know how to fight, you had better start learning. There are quite a few people that wouldn't mind helping you out.

Death here is not permanent. If you die, you will just wake up the next day in your own bed. However, if you die too many times, you'll probably get punished, so please be careful.

Oh, and your universe isn't destroyed! There are several people here who wouldn't be able to exist if their universes were destroyed, so don't worry. Your universe is fine.

[Tohko then nodded to herself.]

And that covers everything I know about the Tower.

[taiyoukai]

You act like one.

[Or rather, she acts like the one miko above all mikos, as far as he's concerned. but he listens to her exposition somewhat patiently. Some of that he'd already figured out. Some of it is new. Most of it simply annoys him.]

I see.

[Excuse him, while he thinks of something, probably unrelated to this conversation.]

[tohko_amano]

[And that just makes Tohko even more puzzled.]

How so? I may be a book girl with some knowledge of monsters, folklore, and religion, but I don't think there's any one set behavior pattern for shrine maidens.

[taiyoukai]

Mmm?

[Sorry, you're still here? Because he wasn't paying attention.]

[tohko_amano]

[Tohko sighed, but she smiled. Absent-mindedness wasn't something you usually saw in the Tower.]

I asked you How my behavior was like a shrine maidens. I may be a book girl with some knowledge of monsters, folklore, and religion, but I don't think there's any one set personality for shrine maidens.

[taiyoukai]

You remind me of one.

[That should be answer enough.]

[tohko_amano]

Ah, I see. Hopefully you were friends with her.

[taiyoukai]

Tch.

[Deja vu.]

We were allies against a common foe.

[And she married his brother, but that's not important.]

[tohko_amano]

I see..what foe were you fighting against?

[taiyoukai]

It is of no consequence, he has been dealt with.

[Thoroughly. Wee, carnage!]

[tohko_amano]

Well, while it's good that you defeated him, I'd still like to know his name, if he has one.

[taiyoukai]

Why?

[Ur weird, grrrrl.]

[tohko_amano]

[Don't worry. That's how most of everyone reacts to Tohko.]

Because I'm curious. Besides, if a friend of yours comes here and mentions him, I can make the connection between the two, and if he himself comes here, then I'll know to avoid him. But..it's mainly because I'm curious.

[taiyoukai]

His name does not deserve to be remembered.

[Plus if anyone Sesshomaru knows comes along, he'll let them know. And if Naraku himself appears, he'll kill him again. Repeatedly. Forever. 8D]

[tohko_amano]

But..if you forget his name, you only make it easier for him to be revived or for people who share his ideas and strength to rise up. I know I'm not from your universe, but I'd still like to know.

[That's only if he can find Naraku..and Tohko already told him that death wasn't permanent here! Any attempts at killing him would just be futile here!~]

[taiyoukai]

[You say futile, Sesshomaru only hears "new favorite pastime".]

It would be very unwise for anyone to try and do the same he did.

[That is the most unpleasant smile in the history of unpleasantness ever.]

Curiosity is not a virtue.

[Says the most curious daiyoukai in the world.]

[tohko_amano]

[Sesshy..><;]

I'm not saying that it would be smart..but there may be people who still want to do what he did.

[And have a much nicer looking smile, Sesshomaru. Tohko has dealt with Sephiroth and Wilhelm before. She can cope with you too.]

I admit, it's not one of the seven virtues, but it's still a good thing to have. After all, it's how you learn and understand new things and people.

[taiyoukai]

Let them.

[He'll deal with them. Gladly.]

Hn.

[tohko_amano]

Why? Wouldn't it be better to give people information and help them deal with whoever may try to rise in your foe's place? Or do you enjoy fighting people?

[taiyoukai]

He is no threat while I am here, so you need not concern yourself about it.

[tohko_amano]

[Tohko sighed and scratched her head at that.]

Maybe..but people can vanish from this Tower, and if he comes by while you're not here, who will be able to warn others about him and help fight against him if he pulls something?

[taiyoukai]

Irrelevant.

[Which means you're making sense but he's not gonna admit it because that'd mean accepting he's wrong. So there.]