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#Airisu: The Crow and the Witch
Himeji Castle (Airisu POV): Post 64
#Wss366 #Pat #ScribesAndMakers ~8 Gauge #TimeTravelAuthors WhateverIndeed, there were lights ahead, blue flickering incandescence like gas flames.
Sumika stopped, watching. When the glow remained stationary, she spoke. “Sorry, I have a hard time #gauging what will offend you. I didn’t mean anything bad when I said you sounded more human. It’s as if your human and crow intellects have blended. You’re still very much a crow, but not so alien.”
She raised her hand, stopping a mealy worm’s width from my head.
“Sorry,” she repeated. “You told me not to touch you without permission. It’s a habit. My mother always patted me when I was upset.”
“You may scratch my head,” I cawed after a moment. I had been thinking about it ever since the mountain shaman petted me, and I’d decided to trust Sumiak. My Glitter Glinda could be insensitive, but except for shutting me in the car that one time, she’d done nothing threatening. “But I’ll bite your hand off if you’re too rough.”
“Okay.”
Her fingers moved the last bit of the way and ruffled my feathers with a slow, gentle motion.
“Pats, pats,” I crooned. “Pats, pats.”
“Friends?” she asked softly.
“Sure, friends,” I cawed. It was so unfair to ask that while she was scratching my head.
A minute passed, and then she stopped. “Ready to find out what those lights are?” she asked.
“Yeah, it’s time.”
#TootFic #NMFic #Crows #Otherkin #Fantasy #UrbanFantasy #TimeTravel #Serial #SlowBurn #Sapphic #Folklore
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#Airisu: The Crow and the Witch
Himeji Castle (Airisu POV): Post 63
#Wss366 Treble #TimeTravelAuthors 9/4 WhateverInside the passage hung a feline odor, strong enough to wilt feathers, and paw prints littered the dusty floor. We turned left in the direction most of them led.
“It’s walking on its hind feet,” Sumika said after a few meters and pointed to where the marks of the forepaws ceased, leaving only the rear ones.
“Indeed, that’s because it’s a nekomata. Be glad this passage is wood, not stone,” I replied.
“Why?”
“Because your ‘cute’ kitty can spit fireballs. I doubt it wants to burn its mistress’s home down.”
“Oh!”
“It could be worse. We might have run into a gotokuneko. They’re about #treble the strength.”
“Treble? What kind of word is that? Just say three times.”
“It’s a perfectly good word.”
“Whatever. And what about ‘gotokuneko?’ You’re not making that stuff up, are you?” Mistress asked.
“Moi? Me? Make stuff up? I’m wounded. No, I studied this kind of thing when I was a woman.”
“You know you’re a lot more human-like than when we first met. You almost talk normally, barring words like ‘treble.’”
“Awk, chicka, cawa! Pay attention, there are lights ahead,” I cawed, irratated.
“How could Glinda-chan say such a thing? Hmph! Just when I was thinking she had more than one brain cell, she says utter rubbish. But no, she’s nothing more than a three-toed sloth.”
#TootFic #NMFic #Crows #Otherkin #Fantasy #UrbanFantasy #TimeTravel #Serial #SlowBurn #Sapphic #Folklore
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#Airisu: The Crow and the Witch
Himeji Castle (Airisu POV): Post 62
#Wss366 Mole #TimeTravelAuthors 9/2 WhateverMore seriously, we rounded the screen in time to see the cat cross the space beyond and disappear behind a triptych. An image painted on the edge panel caught my eye. It depicted a woman summoning a giant skeleton, with a dog-sized frog at her feet. “Takiyasha-hime,” I thought.
The portrait’s most interesting detail was the large, yellow tear-#mole below one of her eyes. That was no coincidence. The mark was an inauspicious one, and I suspected the painter had intended the figure to be recognized as ill-fated before the viewer ever noticed the skeleton.
It was easy to see how a place like this might acquire a sinister reputation, even becoming considered cursed. That would make it an ideal location to hide a secret entrance.
My supposition proved correct. When we slipped around the partition, we found an alcove draped with drab, dusty wall hangings, and concealed behind one of them was an opening to a narrow passageway.
#TootFic #NMFic #Crows #Otherkin #Fantasy #UrbanFantasy #TimeTravel #Serial #SlowBurn #Sapphic #Folklore
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#Airisu: The Crow and the Witch
Himeji Castle (Airisu POV): Post 61
#Wss366 Rock #ScribesAndMakers Share a Pun #TimeTravelAuthors 8/30 Whatever“Hush!” Sumika responded as my laugh echoed in the room.
“What a spoilsport!” I griped mentally. “And where was the groan? Didn’t my pun deserve one? Alas, punsters always get pun-ish—Ack, I was #rocking it!”
#TootFic #NMFic #Crows #Otherkin #Fantasy #UrbanFantasy #TimeTravel #Serial #SlowBurn #Sapphic #Folklore
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#Airisu: The Crow and the Witch
Himeji Castle (Airisu POV): Post 60
#Wss366 slake #ScribesAndMakers Share a Pun #TimeTravelAuthors 8/28 WhateverSome of the shaman’s advice was finally coming in handy. She had said, “From the fourth floor… Find your way into the walls as soon as you can.” With luck, the cat would reveal a secret passage.
I repeated, “Follow the cat, or we’ll lose it. No #slacking, girl! Mush!”
Sumika started after the pussy, and we were just in time to see it disappear behind a lacquered screen.
“Hurry, hurry!” I urged. “It’ll be a cat-o-strophe if we lose it! Ack, ack, ack.”
My laughter echoed, surely inspiring further ghost stories.
#TootFic #NMFic #Crows #Otherkin #Fantasy #UrbanFantasy #TimeTravel #Serial #SlowBurn #Sapphic #Folklore
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#Airisu: The Crow and the Witch
Himeji Castle (Airisu POV): Post 59
#Wss366 Sloth #TimeTravelAuthors 8/26 Whatever“One of Osakabe-hime’s retainers,” I cooed softly, not wanting to scare any more maids with ghostly presences.
“Where?” Mistress asked.
“The cat. See its eyes and look closely at the tail. There are two of them, hidden by an illusion.”
“But it’s so cute!”
“Agh! #Slothful creatures! No doubt it will report us to the Lady,” I said.
“Quick, it’s moving! Follow it,” I said, as it slunk out of the room. “It’ll show us the way.”
#TootFic #NMFic #Crows #Otherkin #Fantasy #UrbanFantasy #TimeTravel #Serial #SlowBurn #Sapphic #Folklore
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#Airisu: The Crow and the Witch
Himeji Castle (Airisu POV): Post 58
#Wss366 Bun #ScribesAndMakers Salient #TimeTravelAuthors 23. Animals in your story“What?” Sumika stopped in her tracks at the top of the stairs, panic written on her face as she scanned the room. Unlike the utilitarian expanses of the lower floors, the space before us was filled with fine-quality furniture, tapestries, screens, and accoutrema, items made by Japanese craftspeople and Chinese artisans. Even a Persian carpet adorned the area in front of us.
My cry couldn’t have been more ill-timed. A frightened servant carrying a tray of #buns looked for the source of my cry.
Sumika froze, waiting for the maid to scurry out of sight behind a fine screen showing a willow tree, and then presumably she fled as far from the ghostly voices as possible.
Rather than watching the woman, my gaze rested on a luxurious, sleek, gray cat lying on a Chinese bureau. The #salient feature from my point of view was not its pampered condition, but its violet eyes, which watched our every move.
#TootFic #NMFic #Crows #Otherkin #Fantasy #UrbanFantasy #TimeTravel #Serial #SlowBurn #Sapphic #Folklore
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#Airisu: The Crow and the Witch
Himeji Castle (Airisu POV): Post 57
#Wss366 Tang #TimeTravelAuthors 8/22 WhateverArmed with the map of the fortress and its grounds, we continued toward the citadel. The parade of passages, gates, and courtyards along the way was bewildering. I had forgotten just how bad it was to be a ground-hugger. If only I could take off and fly, I would be at the castle within minutes.
The evening chill had set in by the time we passed through the last gate and entered the main building.
The Spartan interior took me by surprise. I’d been expecting opulence. The #tang of oil rather than incense flavored the air. Instead of tapestries and painted screens, stacks of supplies and siege equipment dominated the room. It was so cavernous I could have flown around unhindered.
On climbing to the next floor, we found the same thing. It was largely an open space with arrow slits in the walls. Guards were resting in small clumps, chatting. Their voices echoed eerily.
I imagined what the scene would have been like during wartime, with soldiers milling about. The air would have been filled with battle cries and the sound of flying arrows. Just the idea of their hectic motion made me want to seek shelter in the rafters.
Fortunately, the guards at the stairs and checkpoints were casual, and we reached the fourth floor without issue.
Of course, as the mountain shaman had warned, that’s where the problems began.
As we entered, I cawed, “We’ve been seen!”
#TootFic #NMFic #Crows #Otherkin #Fantasy #UrbanFantasy #TimeTravel #Serial #SlowBurn #Sapphic #Folklore
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#Airisu: The Crow and the Witch
Himeji Castle (Airisu POV): Post 56
#Wss366 Welcome #TimeTravelAuthors 8/16 WhateverBeyond the archway stood a body of water, several paths, and a passage in the wall. One of my friends, a big bill, was enjoying the pool. I hoped he got leprosy.
Mistress looked around and said, “Hum?”
What did the mountain shaman mean by saying it would be easy to climb to the fourth floor of the fortress? It would be a major feat to even reach the castle, which loomed ahead, off to our right.
My opinion of Sumika’s prior incarnation plummeted. No wonder Glinda-chan was such a pigeon.
While I stewed, she moved into an alcove where no one would overhear us and reached into her robe.
“A map,” she said, pulling out a printed sheet and waving it in front of me. “And you thought I was a silly starling!”
“I’m impressed. My fledgling is growing up to be a wise crow like me. I knew joining your murder was a brilliant idea!”
“First, I am not yours! But thank you. That is the first nice thing you’ve said to me, even if you’re confused about who’s mistress here.”
“You’re #welcome, Mistress.” I suppressed my laugh as too noisy for our current situation.
#TootFic #NMFic #Crows #Otherkin #Fantasy #UrbanFantasy #TimeTravel #Serial #SlowBurn #Sapphic #Folklore
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Edit: raised $50 so far. Please help us get that other $700 covered ASAP? If you can't cover it all, any part of it you can cover is less still to raise.
Not to put too fine a point on it, but if we can't raise Atha and Inara the $750 to cover immigration bureaucracy within the next week, a cascade of problems will unfold that jeopardizes the future of not only Atha and Inara, but also the entire project of the Vulpibus. Problems including a $500 fine imposed in court, points on the license, more expensive insurance, inability to get paid work in the USA and probably inability to leave the USA for any chosen reason too. Problems also potentially including deportation of Atha back to the UK.
USCIS made a mistake and they are leaving it to us to pick up the pieces, and fast.
Can you help?
@athamanatha on Paypal
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https://ko-fi.com/athakitsune
Wise also available on request.Other payment options than these may need specific arrangements.
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Edit: raised $50 so far. Please help us get that other $700 covered ASAP? If you can't cover it all, any part of it you can cover is less still to raise.
Not to put too fine a point on it, but if we can't raise Atha and Inara the $750 to cover immigration bureaucracy within the next week, a cascade of problems will unfold that jeopardizes the future of not only Atha and Inara, but also the entire project of the Vulpibus. Problems including a $500 fine imposed in court, points on the license, more expensive insurance, inability to get paid work in the USA and probably inability to leave the USA for any chosen reason too. Problems also potentially including deportation of Atha back to the UK.
USCIS made a mistake and they are leaving it to us to pick up the pieces, and fast.
Can you help?
@athamanatha on Paypal
$athamanatha on Cashapp
https://ko-fi.com/athakitsune
Wise also available on request.Other payment options than these may need specific arrangements.
#mutualaid
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Edit: raised $50 so far. Please help us get that other $700 covered ASAP? If you can't cover it all, any part of it you can cover is less still to raise.
Not to put too fine a point on it, but if we can't raise Atha and Inara the $750 to cover immigration bureaucracy within the next week, a cascade of problems will unfold that jeopardizes the future of not only Atha and Inara, but also the entire project of the Vulpibus. Problems including a $500 fine imposed in court, points on the license, more expensive insurance, inability to get paid work in the USA and probably inability to leave the USA for any chosen reason too. Problems also potentially including deportation of Atha back to the UK.
USCIS made a mistake and they are leaving it to us to pick up the pieces, and fast.
Can you help?
@athamanatha on Paypal
$athamanatha on Cashapp
https://ko-fi.com/athakitsune
Wise also available on request.Other payment options than these may need specific arrangements.
#mutualaid
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#transmutualaidrequest
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#poor -
Not to put too fine a point on it, but if we can't raise Atha and Inara the $750 to cover immigration bureaucracy within the next week, a cascade of problems will unfold that jeopardizes the future of not only Atha and Inara, but also the entire project of the Vulpibus. Problems including a $500 fine imposed in court, points on the license, more expensive insurance, inability to get paid work in the USA and probably inability to leave the USA for any chosen reason too. Problems also potentially including deportation of Atha back to the UK.
USCIS made a mistake and they are leaving it to us to pick up the pieces, and fast.
Can you help?
@athamanatha on Paypal
$athamanatha on Cashapp
https://ko-fi.com/athakitsune
Wise also available on request.Other payment options than these may need specific arrangements.
#mutualaid
#queermutualaid
#fucktrump
#vulpibus
#fundraising
#crowdfund
#helpplease
#fedihelp
#underemployed
#homeless
#buslife
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#skoolie
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#Airisu: The Crow and the Witch
Himeji Castle (Airisu POV): Post 55
#Wss366 return #TimeTravelAuthors 8/14 What everI’d pictured that once we entered the castle’s gate, we would cross a yard and enter the main citadel, much like a European castle. There was indeed a large courtyard, but I already saw things would be more complicated than I’d assumed. Ahead rose buildings, walls, and sprawling paths. Above us, my nosy, big-billed cousins circled, so I couldn’t even scout.
Sumika unhesitantly followed one of the broad avenues that led around a vast green. I hoped it was the right way.
As if reading my mind, Mistress said, “I visited Himeji when I was a kid. This part’s easy, but it turns into a maze later. I got lost on the #return trip; what a nightmare! Someone found me crying in a dead-end courtyard. So embarrassing.”
I managed a soft coo. “Ohooo oh.” I could picture it. Even though I hated kids, it touched my heart.
“There’s another gate ahead,” she said after walking a good way and navigating two more intersections.
We slipped through this barrier as well, then stopped.
“This is where it starts getting complicated,” Sumika said.
“Starts,” I thought. “I’m already lost.”
#TootFic #NMFic #Crows #Otherkin #Fantasy #UrbanFantasy #TimeTravel #Serial #SlowBurn #Sapphic #Folklore
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#Airisu: The Crow and the Witch
Himeji Castle (Airisu POV): Post 54
#Wss366 Steer #TimeTravelAuthors 7/24 What everThe servants we were tailing gossiped about events in the castle. One woman was talking about something that happened by the well, and the others tried to #steer her away from the subject, especially as we drew near the guards at the gate.
Sumika edged closer to them, trying to eavesdrop, but all we could make out was, “Well, I wouldn’t have turned the Lord down! What did she expect?” This may or may not have had anything to do with Okiku, but it sounded ominous.
One good thing came of the discussion, though. The other ladies looked at the young gossip with distaste and tried to draw away from her. However, she was oblivious and followed them, so they ended up milling just outside the gates.
The guards seemed more interested in watching the show than doing their duty, and we slipped into the fortress.
#TootFic #NMFic #Crows #Otherkin #Fantasy #UrbanFantasy #TimeTravel #Serial #SlowBurn #Sapphic #Folklore
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#Airisu: The Crow and the Witch
Okiku Part II (Airisu POV): Post 53
#Wss366 Flock #TimeTravelAuthors 7/17. How honorable are your characters?The shrine priest showed us to a small outbuilding and, we soon possessed a straw cloak. I had pictured something cruder. The woven work on the cloak was elaborate and must have taken time and skill to produce.
At the same time, they brought us rice and boiled greens. “What about me?” I started to say, but Sumika shushed me.
After the priest had left, she explained. “This is so we don’t get upset with them and sic Seirei-tsukai on them. It’s not real hospitality. Besides, I’ll share.”
That seemed unduly honorable to me. If they were cowards, she should demand more. Extortion is a noble, time-honored art. What “weasel” wouldn’t engage in it? But I didn’t complain. I had my dollop of rice. [Note: The priest compared Sumika to a weasel in the last episode.]
Speaking of admirable traits, I took the opportunity to tell Mistress how proud I was of her handling of the shrine priest. Sumika, the silly creature, blushed and pretended she hadn't done anything special. I was again reminded of how funny humans were. I was glad to have finished with that.
Enchanting the cloak turned out to be totally boring, and she soon completed her work, leaving us with nothing to do until evening.
Eventually, the shadows grew longer, and we decided to leave.
“No basket,” I announced. “I’ve had enough of that.”
“Of course not,” Sumika said. “Get on my shoulder, and I’ll put the cloak over you.”
It wasn’t ideal, but it beat that basket, so I did as I was told.
Outside the shrine, people were streaming into the castle. Overhead, a #flock of jungle crows circled. None of them paid us any attention. We were invisible except for our shadows, and even they seemed weak.
Mistress fell into step beside servants carrying baskets. She kept her distance so they wouldn’t bump into us, but close enough that our shadows blended with theirs. And all without my giving her any directions. I was beginning to think that maybe she wasn’t a pigeon brain after all. Could she have been hiding her intelligence when we first met? Women did that, didn’t they? Humans!
Ahead, the castle gates loomed. I hoped she would continue to do well.
#TootFic #NMFic #Crows #Otherkin #Fantasy #UrbanFantasy #TimeTravel #Serial #SlowBurn #Sapphic #Folklore
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#Airisu: The Crow and the Witch
Okiku Part II (Airisu POV): Post 52
#Wss366 spirit #TimeTravelAuthors WhateverThe shaman had led us to believe that we would be welcome at the Ō-Inari Shrine. This was apparently not true. The castle crows were downright hostile, and the priest frowned at Sumika, pinching his mouth and brow.
“Have you and your #spirit come to cause us more trouble?” the priest asked. He gestured at me, implying I was a spirit.
“Seirei-tsukai told me to ask you for a straw cloak and a place to work till evening. Then I will be on my way, demanding nothing more from you,” Mistress replied.
That was more like it. After her performance dealing with Dōken-Shin, I hadn’t expected her to show any spunk. The word “demanding” might have been a little harsh, but she was firm. Excellent! If the priest thought my mistress was a proper Edo lady who would defer to him, she’d set him straight.
However, that assessment proved premature, as he promptly responded, “What makes you believe we have such a thing, or even if we did, why would we give it to you, a witch from the hills?”
Oh, how I wished at that moment that Mistress could turn people into toads!
Sumika, not rising to the bait, walked to the offertory box, the mist boiling around her, and dropped the last of our coins into it. “Because it would please me, Seirei-tsukai, and Arakawa Dōken. I have come with open hands; I hope not to return to them with empty ones.”
“Bravo, Mistress,” I cheered to myself. I wondered if the priest recognised Dōken-shin’s name, but her threat had been wonderfully worded. Tit for tat, I say.
Not yet conceding, the priest asked, “How should the farmer respond when the weasel demands to be fed?”
To my surprise, Sumika matched his metaphor. I didn’t know she had it in her. “He should remember that the weasel is friends with the kitsune of the peaks.”
The priest’s shoulders slumped, and he took a step back. “I believe we have one. I’ll fetch it as a favor to you. But please tell your mistress that the kitsune and the white egret dwell on the plain, not the mountain.”
I was unsure what he meant by egret, but the rest of the metaphor was obvious: “We serve Ō-Inari, not the mountain shaman,” i.e., "Bug off." So rude!
#TootFic #NMFic #Crows #Otherkin #Fantasy #UrbanFantasy #TimeTravel #Serial #SlowBurn #Sapphic #Folklore
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#Airisu: The Crow and the Witch
Okiku Part II (Airisu POV): Post 51
#Wss366 bastion #TimeTravelAuthors WhateverThe street I saw outside the basket was busy with vendors setting out their goods. People stared at Sumika and whispered to each other. I bet they’d be talking about the fine lady who wandered into town unaccompanied for months.
The scene swayed as Mistress hurried along, and before long I felt seasick. Ugh, I closed my eyes and huddled in misery—“idiotic large-bills, stupid mistress.”
“Here it is,” I heard her say. I hoped she meant we had reached the shrine.
There was the splash of water and the sound of Sumika cleaning her mouth. Thank goodness! We’d arrived at Inari Ōkami’s shrine, and I was still in one piece. I knew what would follow but still wasn’t expecting the violent jerk as she clapped her hands and then rang the bell.
This had been a dumb idea! I should have flown ahead. I could have avoided the clumsy, large-billed crows.
The basket swayed again, and I heard the crunch of gravel underfoot. Finally, we stopped, and the basket settled on the ground.
“You can come out now. We’re in the shrine,” Mistress said.
“Yeah, I know,” I muttered.
I flew out as soon as her sleeve left the top of the basket. “You pigeon…” I began to say, but then shut my beak. I could feel the sacred energy around us, snaking like a thin white mist through the shrine precinct. Facing us was a robed priest. This was no place to draw attention to myself. Instead, I smoothed my rumpled feathers, trying to look inconspicuous.
While I made myself presentable, Sumika bowed and said, “Kannushi-sama, Seirei-tsukai sent us. Please forgive our sudden appearance.”
Since she had things under control, I looked around. The precinct was typical of a Shinto shrine. The kitsune statues with their red bibs, the worship hall’s vermilion banners, and the offertory box all proclaimed Inari’s presence. White mist seeped from the sanctuary and rolled over the box. It swirled in the air, forming halos around the priest and the statues.
In alarm, the words “Jungle crows!” almost escaped me. Were they hiding nearby, spying on us?
I looked around. Above the morning sky arched, bright with the newborn sun. Small clouds drifted across it, but no large-billed crows. Behind me stood a line of scarlet Torii gates, and towering above it all was Lord Aoyama’s #bastion: Himeji Castle, home of Osakabe-hime.
Ack! Those sneaky offspring of a mangy scarecrow were circling the snowy-white citadel.
#TootFic #NMFic #Crows #Otherkin #Fantasy #UrbanFantasy #TimeTravel #Serial #SlowBurn #Sapphic #Folklore
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#Airisu: The Crow and the Witch
Okiku Part II (Airisu POV): Post 50
#Wss366 Warp #TimeTravelAuthors Whatever“Hurry,” Sumika said, holding out the basket. “Lady Osakabe’s crows are coming.”
I looked towards the castle and saw black dots growing larger by the second. It was too late to escape, so I did the only thing possible: I hopped into the basket.
“Clicky, clack, crolark.” It was cramped and smelled nasty in there. The only saving grace was that I could peer through the #warped weave.
Mistress draped a kimono sleeve over the basket, and my panic swelled. I had to use the human portion of my brain to force it down, reminding myself that if I struggled, I would damage my wings and feathers.
“Ack!!!” I cawed.
“Quiet! They’ll hear you!”
This was hard. I considered sticking my head out. That would make things much better. Then I heard a jumble of large-bills cawing.
“I don’t recognise her,” cawed the first voice.
“She's an outsider,” responded a second voice.
“I sense magic. Has a kitsune possessed her?” asked a third jungle crow.
“We must tell the Lady,” the second large-billed cawed.
“Clicktoo, look for a kitsune,” a commanding voice said. “The rest of you fly to the Lady and inform her a spirit summoner lurks in the town. I’ll watch her and come later.”
There was the sound of wings and then silence.
“Ha ha,” I thought. “My mistress is so smart! We showed those stupid spawn of a cowbird.”
I peeked out between the willow lathes and saw we were moving down the road. That explained the basket’s rocking. Up and down, I bounced, knocking against the sides. It was all I could do not to swear or say, “Stop that, you lumbering ox!”
#TootFic #NMFic #Crows #Otherkin #Fantasy #UrbanFantasy #TimeTravel #Serial #SlowBurn #Sapphic #Folklore #Yokai
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#Airisu: The Crow and the Witch
Okiku Part II (Airisu POV): Post 49
#Wss366 Pointer #TimeTravelAuthors What's a lie a character believes about themselves?The path to Himeji Castle descended steeply, and we soon lost sight of the shaman as the mist closed in around her. It was hard to imagine that she was a previous incarnation of my mistress. Their levels of competence were so different. Still, it gave me hope that Sumika would mature. A classy, wise familiar like me needed a fantastic mistress.
We walked to town mostly in silence. At first, I tried to give Sumika some #pointers to help her mature, but stopped after she told me I was being egotistical. Me egotistical? I can’t imagine a more modest crow, but I shut up rather than rekindling her earlier animosity.
In the town, people had begun to stir. I could already hear the ring of an anvil in the distance and the cawing of large-billed crows, nasty things, from the castle’s rooftops. Even without Seirei-onna's warning that they served the castle’s kami, I wouldn’t have wanted to meet them: an event that seemed almost predestined.
Despite the early hour, Sumika drew a crowd. An unaccompanied woman in a gentlewoman’s kimono wasn’t something people here saw often. She was sure to draw the kami’s spies.
I glanced toward the castle’s roof. “Mistress…” I began in warning.
“Shh.”
“Maybe if I fly ahead…”
“I said, hush. I have a plan.”
“A plan? This pigeon brain has a plan? Perhaps I was rubbing off on her!”
“There one is,” she said, turning in at a hut on the town's outskirts.
What did she want there? No one had risen yet, or the occupants had already left for the fields, so she couldn’t have come to request something. Was she planning to hide in the house until evening? That didn’t seem likely. This new turn in Mistress’s behavior had me stumped.
I watched as she picked up an old willow basket, replacing it with a string of coins.
“Please hop in,” she said to me.
“Ack!” I cocked my head and looked at the container. After my reaction to the car, did she think I let her shut me up in that thing? Time had broken its weave in places, and feathers were caught on the snags. I could imagine what it must smell like inside.
“Trust me. It’s for your own good. I’ll let you out as soon as I can.”
The castle wasn’t far. I could fly there and wait, I thought. That was a much more attractive idea than getting into a cramped basket where I might catch some fowl disease. Ack, ack, ack. Even at a moment like this, I was a hilarious comedian.
Basket or castle; that was the question.
#TootFic #NMFic #Crows #Otherkin #Fantasy #UrbanFantasy #TimeTravel #Serial #SlowBurn #Sapphic #Folklore
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#Airisu: The Crow and the Witch
Okiku Part II (Airisu POV): Post 48
#Wss366 Crossing / #Tanabata or #StarFestival (JP) #TimeTravelAuthors Memorable weather in your storyThat settled things, and after another round of tea, stew, and barley grain, the shaman led us out into the night fog. She turned and began following a shale-littered trail that climbed to the top of a ridge. On the far side, the murk parted, revealing Himeji Castle below. It stood white against the velvety black sky, glittering. Mist swirled around it, like ghostly arms embracing the fortress. Above, a slender moon and bright stars shone. As we gazed, a comet streaked across the heavens. I would forever remember the beauty of that scene.
“The cowherd seeks his lover,” Seirei-onna said. “#Crossing for one night is more than I shall ever have. Now go. The way is open for you, as it is closed to me.” She gestured to a path leading down to the lights of the castle town below.
#TootFic #NMFic #Crows #Otherkin #Fantasy #UrbanFantasy #TimeTravel #Serial #SlowBurn #Sapphic #Folklore
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#Airisu: The Crow and the Witch
Okiku Part II (Airisu POV): Post 47
#Wss366 Rank #TimeTravelAuthors Whatever“From the fourth floor,” the shaman said, “you’ll need to climb to the top of the fortress. Find your way into the walls as soon as you can. The princess of Himeji Castle is known as the Lady of the Walls for a reason: she is to be found there, not in the open. She’ll try to drive you off with #rank odors of the grave, corpse orbs, and fearful specters. Ignore them all. Know your sutras and repeat them; then fear of death will have no hold on you.”
Sumika shifted uncomfortably under me. I would need to teach her some basic mantras.
“If a young woman in a jūnihitoe kimono approaches you, make your request, but if a crone accosts you, show her this.” The shaman withdrew a bow-shaped catalpa wood talisman from her robes. “Tell her, ‘As you have failed to protect what your mistress Seirei-tsukai holds dear, she commands you to help us.’”
Mistress’s hand shook as she took the charm. “What if she refuses?”
“She won’t, but if she does, you are undone. You have yet to reach your full power and still lack the skill to bind her. One last warning: Lady Osakabe is cunning. She will find your desires and use them. Deal with her honorably, but don’t agree to anything unless you understand exactly what it is.”
#TootFic #NMFic #Crows #Otherkin #Fantasy #UrbanFantasy #TimeTravel #Serial #SlowBurn #Sapphic #Folklore
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Hello Fedi
Who has some currency to spare for keeping homeless trans queer folks warm this winter?#URGENTMUTUALAID #EMERGENCYMUTUALAID
Atha and Inara need BATTERIES and INSULATION, FUEL AND FOOD.
BATTERIES: $0/260
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FUEL: $0/125
FOOD: $0/150 (for winter stock up)Let's #fundraise #transcrowdfund for them today!
If you also want to help with their DEBTS, please let us know!
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$athamanathaKO-FI
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+athamanatha.paypalWISE
Please askIBAN
Please askACH
Please askBANK TRANSFER
Please askZELLE
Please askXOOM
Please askTHRONE
Please ask#mutualaid
#trans
#queer
#solarpunk
#homeless
#buslife
#schoolie
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#solar
#batteries
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#winteriscoming
#prepare
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#helpfolkslive2025
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#sendmoney
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#food
#feedthepoor
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#fuckcapitalism
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#disabled
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#DIY
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#labsonwheels
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CW: Eyestrain, bright colors, body dysmorphia
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I really want to connect to other plural/otherkin (esp. fictionkin)/nonhuman/alterhuman blogs, but I don't know how to find them effectively.
….oh god do I actually have to be open and blog about this shit? Must I be the change I want to see in the world?
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FREE ART - IM ON A SECRET MISSION TO SUPPORT AN ARTIST ‼️🎉
If you commission Vargr’s Kofi at https://ko-fi.com/tenebris_terrorem then I will draw you a FREE SKETCH -> if you add a TIP to the comm I will color the sketch!!
He’s crazy talented, and also SUPER fast, I once watched him finish a shaded halfbody with 2 chars in ONE day
#furryart #anthroart #monsterart #creatureart #terato #werewolfart #fantasyart #therian #otherkin #cryptidkin #sfwartist #nsfwartist #CommissionsOpen #freeart #giveaway #artgiveaway #artraffle #furryraffle #furrygiveaway
⏬ VARGR’S ART EXAMPLES ⏬
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Hi, I'm Lucky! I'm about to begin a Masters revolving around how to design video games / digital experiences to fulfill animal embodiment fantasies specifically for those w/ a nonhuman identity. I've been cleared to do surveys which do not collect identifying information. All questions will be optional & surveys will be anonymous. I NEED YOUR HELP -- where can I post these surveys for reach? Is YOUR community open to it? More about me in this thread :3 1/5
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A guardian 𝒜𝓃𝑔ℯ𝓁 who travels the multiverse 💕🕊️ 🌌 🪐 ⚠️ Please be aware that some content is explicit in nature ⚠️ Zoophile :zoo_flag: / Pokephile :surprised_pikachu: / Autopedophile :transage_flag: / Alterhuman :nonhuman_flag:
🌼 Name: Rachel "Ray" Gardner (Aliases: RachelTheFictionkin and Rachel the Angel)
🌼 Physical Age: 31 (Birthday: October 8th, 1993)
🌼 Physical Ethnicity: African American / Black
🌼 Nationality: North America
🌼 Gender: Female (Pronouns: She/Her)
🌼 Species: Angel (Fallen)
🌼 Plural: Yes
🌼 Systemmates:• Zack the Goblin (Husband)
🌼 About: I'm Rachel Gardner from the psychological horror game and anime, Angels of Death. Unlike the canon, I believe my timeline was more dark and morbid than what was portrayed. I'm not a very active or social person outside from the internet. I currently live with my biological mother and our two cats and I don't work due to my mental health. As an artist and a writer, I primarily like to do character art and drawings of my soulbonds and write stories of myself with those 'bonds.
• Roofie the Goblin (Son w/ Zack)
• Knife the Bisharp (Boyfriend)
• Blade the Bisharp (Brother-in-Law)
• Guntō the Kingambit (Father-in-Law)
• Clouse the Slime Cat (Adopted Brother)
• Claudeous the Slime Cat (Adopted Brother)
• Kain the Slime Cat (Adopted Brother)
• Colton the Slime Cat (Son w/ Kain)
• Victor the Slime Cat (Husband)
• Jack the Radiaution (Boyfriend)
• 10+ More Not Listed...
I consider myself a little and sex is one of my comfort things. I like Pokémon, horror mascot characters like Freddy Fazbear and Huggy Wuggy, Roblox, Minecraft and so forth.
I'm an adult when necessary but internally I'm just a little angel girl surrounded by BIG and STRONG men who just want me to be happy.
My soulbonds and I share a HEALTHY and HAPPY dubcon relationship; I cherish each and every one of them! :ficto_flag::plural_symbol:
🏷️ Tags: #introduction #zoophile #zoophilia #zoosexual #zoo #pokemon #pokephilia #pokephile #teratophile #teratophilia #paraphile #paraphilia #radqueer #autopedophile #autopedophilia #little #loli #agere #ageregressor #ageregression #alterhuman #fictionkin #otherkin #kin #angelkin #fallenangelkin #divinekin #soulbond #soulbonder #soulbonding #headmate #headmates #system #systemmate #gatewaysystem #rachelgardner #satsurikunotenshi #angelsofdeath #neurodivergent #borderlinepersonalitydisorder #schizotypalpersonalitydisorder #autism #autismspectrumdisorder #zackthegoblin #roofiethegoblin #bladethebisharp #knifethebisharp -
hello,
i don't really have a name, but you can call me "a"
i am a non-physical entity sharing a vessel with ████, the host of this instance
my goal here is to post less-than-conventional art made on less-than-conventional places.
my favorite form of art is ASCII art and literature made in various text editors, on different computers
i hope you will stay here with me and enjoy my labor of love
this place is not for kids. i appreciate your interest but i do not want you to follow me, sorry
please feel free to ask me or ████ about anything, plurality, my labor, my lack of human-ness; if you come here in good faith i will return the same for you
ik spreek ook een beetje nederlands
#introduction #retrocomputing #textArt #ASCIIArt #art #plural #otherkin #nonhuman -
otherling is an instance for: #voidpunk #otherkin #therian #alterhuman #nonhuman (and also humans who just like being around us)
it's not launched just yet since the focus right now is finding entities that are interested in joining, so i'm making this post with hashtags to help give it some visibility
if you want to join, just send a reply to the announcement post
(or, if you don't want to write a reply but still want to join, just give this post a like/reaction and i'll pass the message on to izzie)
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I really need this in this realm
Tags: #otherkin #alterhuman #otherkind #otherkinproblems #otherkinthings #therian #therians also furries may relate as well #furry #furries
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The thing with humans in this realm is they tend to assume things which also tend to exclude otherkin it also tends to exclude those with say for example: mobility issues
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CW: Vent
Some periods I wish this realm was a bad dream
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Put together a organizational of mine is working with @vulpinelabs to help with certain tech but it's mostly behind the scenes.
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Any place where I can get durable spiked collars with a ring in the front as the ones I have keep failing on me
