VOICE TEST

[dismemberthename]

[Whatever circumstances put you into this situation must have really sucked, because right now? You're basically in the middle of nowhere, with heavy snowfall verging on a blizzard, with no reliable way out of this mess. There's no sign of shelter anywhere, and you're in the mountains for fuck's sake. Maybe you can find some trees to hang out under...?

...Are those wolves howling? Seriously, why are even wolves out in this weather?]

((or you know whatever you wanna play follow your dreams))

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[was_no_mononoke]

[ ...oh, hey. momentarily forgetting the cold to watch; there are no wolves in his forests (yet), so running into a pack like this is something of a novelty.

waiting until a distraction wouldn't throw the wrestling match one way or another before barking once, the sort of greeting a packmate would make to another rather than a noise of warning. as far as he's concerned, they may as well be siblings rather than strangers. ]

[dismemberthename]

[pretty much all of them stop rolling and sit up to check out the newcomer. The same could be said of Sudoh, but he seems... far more baffled by Daisuke's appearance than the wolves, who are already bounding up to investigate.]

[was_no_mononoke]

[ a fair reaction. his antlers are pretty twiggy and sparse at the moment (thanks weather), but they still stand out— and he's pretty human-shaped, and recognizes feral when he sees it.

that and he's a dude hiking through snow in flannel and patched-up jeans and barking at a wolf pack, but, you know.

grumbling cheerfully at the wolves and letting them sniff him over before switching to human manners, calling out laconically ]

Good evenin'.

[dismemberthename]

[well if the wolves are fine with him so is Sudoh.] ...Evenin'. Need shelter?

[was_no_mononoke]

'f you're offerin'. 'S pretty chilly out.

[ HE SAYS, AS THE SNOW COMES DOWN IN SHEETS. ]

[dismemberthename]

[--laughs.] No kidding. C'mon, then. [LET'S HEADING TO A HANDY CAVE]

[was_no_mononoke]

[ shaking the snow out of his horns and hair and loping along after ]

[dismemberthename]

[the journey is quick- it would have been stupid to stray too far from it, with the blizzard starting up.] In here. [the wolves are already making themselves cozy in various piles.]

[was_no_mononoke]

[ between how tall he is and the antlers he has to duck— although. were the branches that swept-back a moment ago...?

flopping down near one of the piles ]

Thank y'.

[dismemberthename]

No problem. [flopping on one of the piles, almost possessive. checking him out thoughtfully.]

[was_no_mononoke]

[ outwardly, aside from the branch-horns, he looks like a fairly ordinary young man— a little scruffy and grubby, fairly unassuming, the kind of person who would blend right into the background in a more rural town.

however, even if Sudoh has no spiritual sense at all, he seems somehow familiar... maybe even like he belongs there? and of course if he has more than that, then that sure is the god of a medium-sized but old forest sitting in his cave.

a god who is currently squeezing his eyes shut and leaning back on his hands with every single sign of contentment as he finishes knocking the snow off of his boots and pant cuffs. ]

[dismemberthename]

[He has no spiritual sense, not really. What he does have is his instinct screaming at him not to fuck with that, whatever he is. But the flannel and the familiarity, that's getting to him, getting his hackles up a little, because it feels like this guy was specifically sent here to fuck with him.

....cuddles a wolf almost grumpily.]

[was_no_mononoke]

[ slitting one eye open at the change in his attitude, then opening both eyes to look at him

...patting himself down, looking for something ]

Y'okay?

[dismemberthename]

[presses his nose into the baffled wolf's fur.]

M'fine.

[was_no_mononoke]

[ looks as baffled as the wolf, and then makes an "aha" noise as he pulls out whatever it was he was looking for.

...which turns out to be a leaf, still vibrantly green ]

'Kay...

[dismemberthename]

[huff wolf and chill out, huff wolf and chill out...] I didn't catch your name.

[was_no_mononoke]

Y' didn't ask.

[ probably the wrong time to be a stickler about that, but... ]

'm Daisuke Yamane. What's yours?

[dismemberthename]

It's Sudoh. [doesn't seem too offended by being called out on that, though.]

[was_no_mononoke]

Nice t' meet you. The mountains yours?

[ accompanied by a bit of a chin lift to indicate the wolves, too ]

[dismemberthename]

...I live here, but they're not mine. Or theirs.

[was_no_mononoke]

Didn't mean like human owning. Territory's territory.

[dismemberthename]

Oh. Then yeah. [GUESS THAT... DOUBLE CONFIRMS THAT???]

[was_no_mononoke]

Not a bad place t' put down roots.

[dismemberthename]

...Yeah. It's nice out here.

[was_no_mononoke]

[ turning the leaf over in his hands ]

Little lonely, though. You mind neighbors?