[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

[tohko_amano]

Maybe not, but if I understand why you think it's irrelevant, then I might be able to see why I shouldn't worry.

[taiyoukai]

What other reason do you need beyond being told such?

[In other words: BECAUSE I SAID SO, THERE.]

[tohko_amano]

Because just because you say it's irrelevant doesn't mean that it actually is, so I'd like to hear why and get the reasons behind it.

[taiyoukai]

Hn.

[Unimpressed by your tantrum, sorry.]

[tohko_amano]

[She's not having a tantrum, Sesshy. She's just trying to explain herself.]

Yes?

[taiyoukai]

[Taaaaaaaaantruuuuuuuuuuuum.]

I refuse to continue such a ridiculous line of conversation.

[Like this, see?]

[tohko_amano]

[Sesshy..I think you're the one having the tantrum.]

And how is this conversation ridiculous?

[taiyoukai]

What is a book girl?

[Sorry, did you want us to have a different conversation? Because we're gonna have a different conversation now. And too bad if you don't agree.]

[tohko_amano]

[Tohko gave him a small, puzzled look before replying..and had to bite back a small chuckle. It struck her a little funny to see someone like Sephiroth be a bit..scatter-brained.]

'The book girl' is a title I gave myself. After all, I know more about and love books more than anyone else in my universe! After all, there aren't many people who can tell you why Bulgakov burned his first draft of The Master and Margarita in despair or how weird the first draft of Peter Pan was or how the ending of The Little Prince can be interpreted in a much sadder way! And there are even fewer people who can say that they manage to solve a murder-mystery using books or save someone with them."

Tohko tended to gush a little bit when this subject was brought up, but she knew enough to know when to stop gushing and bring it to a halt.

"So, that's why I'm the book girl."

[taiyoukai]

I see.

[Really, he doesn't.]

So you're merely a recordkeeper.

[He doesn't sound impressed, sorry. OTL]

[tohko_amano]

What? No, I'm not a scribe or a historian. I'm a book girl. I read books and try to help people with them.

[Not that Tohko was trying to make him impressed.]

[taiyoukai]

[A bit irritably.]

And that is precisely what a recordkeeper does.

[I mean, d'uh!!!]

[tohko_amano]

..I guess the word means something different where you live then. In my world, a recordkeeper is someone who does just that-keeps records of things, people, places, and events.

[taiyoukai]

[He's losing his patience here.]

Yes. And what is the point of doing so, if not to be useful to others?

[tohko_amano]

Well, some people may like just recording things or may use the information for their own plans, but..I don't take records. I read stories and records and use them to help others, but I don't write them down myself. I may write something up for a friend every now and then, but not very often. Not so much that I'd call myself a recordkeeper.

[taiyoukai]

Hmm.

[He's not convinced.]

[tohko_amano]

[Tohko would just give him a puzzled look when he made that noise.]

What's with that 'hmm'?

[taiyoukai]

Humans are ridiculous, in your need to classify and reclassify things.

[Because demons are so totally better at this. Ttly.]

[tohko_amano]

Maybe, but it's how we come to understand the universe better. Pardon, but if you're not human, then what are you?

[taiyoukai]

[She gets a sniff. A very tiny one.]

Inu Daiyoukai.

[tohko_amano]

[Tohko nodded as she thought for a moment. She had read about such creatures in stories, but she never thought she would actually meet one. However, things like this were normal by Animus standards.]

A great dog demon..huh. I didn't know that there was a universe where those actually existed! I read about them in stories quite a bit, but I never encountered one myself.

[taiyoukai]

[There's a moment of silence.]

In the future, we will cease to be anything more than stories.

[It's hard to tell if he's upset about that or not, what with perpetual lineface.]

[tohko_amano]

Maybe in your universe..but in my universe, demons and the like don't actually exist..it would be interesting if they did though.

[taiyoukai]

How would you know? Humans of the future think the same you do.

[It was rather annoying.]

[tohko_amano]

[At that, Tohko sighed.]

I admit, I could be wrong, and things could be hiding in dark corners and alleyways..but as far as humanity knows, demons don't exist in my universe. You'll have to tell me about yours though! I'm sure a lot of demons and interesting stories there.