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FOURTH WALL POST



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SECOND POST WILL GO UP WHEN/IF THE STRAIN GETS TOO MUCH FOR THE POST.

(Usual reminder that this will never count towards game canon!)

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[spiritually]

[ Caught before he could even think of something better to say. He almost says "Natsume" but that's.. She wouldn't believe him even if he said that, would she? If he didn't know who Reiko was already, he would probably have believed it was some kind of poor imitation as well...

Not that any of the youkai seem to be able to tell the difference at first. It seems odd giving his first name, but.. ]

Takashi.

[spiritbruising]

Takashi.

[It's a boy's name, at least. But it doesn't mean he's not a youkai. In fact she's still sure he is.] Well, Takashi, are you going to tell me why you're wearing my face?

[what is polite smalltalk]

[spiritually]

We don't look that similar.

[ That was a slightly annoyed grumble. Even Reiko's saying something like that he's a guy you guys!!!!!!! look at the obv manly muscles Really, it's not his fault that genetics are a thing that apparently skips a generation because his mom and dad do not look that much like Reiko. ]

I was just born this way.

[ Maybe that'll.. hint, without outright saying something that she probably won't buy for a second. ]

[spiritbruising]

Born that way, huh? [/lady gaga okay that reference is from the wrong time period

she will admit Takashi looks like a man, if not manly. but he still has her face.] I don't remember having any close relatives, so that only leaves a few options.

[like. you are a lying liar shape-shifter youkai. so just reveal yourself already.]

[spiritually]

2010.

[ That's the quickest explanation before she tries anything violent, right!? ]

And I'm human, not a youkai or ayakashi or anything like that.

sounds reasonable to me idk

[spiritbruises]

[boy why are you spouting numbers or dates or whatever is that supposed to mean something to her

and also why are you looking so scared, she is the sweetest most pacifistic person ever, by which now she folds her arms instead of punching him for quick results] You're quick to deny it! But I need a little more proof than that.

[most humans wouldn't even think to mention youkai at all, you know.]

[spiritually]

The year I'm from, it's 2010. [ He says, after he realizes that that probably made no sense. ] You can ask a youkai if you want, they can smell me. Or we can go walk through a town so people can see me.

[spiritbruising]

[She doesn't need to go ask a youkai, because at that moment the tiny one from before pipes up that they both smell like the same human and it's weird. So weird he's out of there, disappearing into the crowd.

Reiko meanwhile, finally has an expression that's almost serious as she processes this. 2010. 50 years from her. It really did narrow down the possibilities.]

So in other words, we're related in the future.

[Like that it sounds so factual. She's also completely unsure of how to react.]

[spiritually]

My name's Takashi Natsume.

[ Might as well be specific... At least letting her work there on her own is more believable than telling the truth. (Isn't it always?) ]

[spiritbruises]

[At this point, she'd probably just accept the truth. But his family name still being the same is unfortunately really telling by itself.]

And I'm Reiko Natsume. But you already knew that.

[And now they know names.

...What does she say next. Family is something completely unfamiliar to her. Especially kids from the future.]

[spiritually]

What do I-- [ There's a pause, then Natsume continues. He's trying to select his words carefully. Knowing his luck he's probably already breaking the space-time continuum somehow... ] I mean, usually when I'm talking to Nyanko-sensei I just say Reiko-san, but...

[ Is that impolite to call her to her face since she's technically his grandmother? ]

[spiritbruises]

I won't be responsible for what happens if you start calling me obaa-san. [she's... joking?? maybe...??

He probably shouldn't risk it.] Who's this 'Nyanko-sensei?'

[spiritually]

Reiko-san, then. [ He doesn't want to find out, he really doesn't AAAAHHH ]

Oh.. you probably know him as "Madara."