You'll let me stay with you? That's very kind of you!
[She'll take him home with her! That means he'll be OK for sure. His tail starts wagging again... congratulations, Rinea. This is a mix of Hijikata with no memories of the violence that shaped him and, well, a dog's instincts. While the company of Elza, a werewolf, made him first territorial and then amendable to going on the hunt during the last full(ish) moon Rina firmly registers as a human with him... and a good one at that! Owner material!
He gently takes the ID from her hand to put it away and is about to ask what he should call her - if she calls him 'Sir' he should probably he call her 'Lady' - when he spots a whole bunch of ghosts floating their way. He tenses up, ears flattening back down, and halfway hides behind Adalhard, tugging Rinea's sleeve to do the same.]
Ghosts!! So many..!! Oh no, the burned one is there too! Can you see them?
[Well, interestingly enough she can, this time - a couple of them at least, namely those who have been dead for a long time and whose spirit magic is strong enough that they can make themselves visible and audible to wielders of any magic. They're transparent and emit a faint blue-greenish glow, one of them appearing as a large man with spiraled horns, and the other as a middle-aged woman in entirely foreign clothes who has two tentacle-like organs falling back from her head instead of hair. The dead pass through Avalon from all worlds, after all, and many of Hijikata's subordinates are not native to the island. He protectively pulls Rinea close, not sure if she and Adalhard can see the spectres, when the tall horned man addresses them with appeasingly raised hands.]
Please do not fear us. Commander, you do not recognise us?
I-- I'm not your Commander!! I'm a knight, I work for the king! You have the wrong person!
[He's really scared again; Rinea can probably feel his heart hammer against her back. Unseen to her several of the ghosts look hurt and dejected, but the two old ones just exchange a concerned glance before the woman addresses only her.]
Dear lady, would you please hear what we have to say? We can step away for a moment.
No!!
[He holds Rinea more closely, trying to look brave and not like he's about to faint from fear.]
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[She'll take him home with her! That means he'll be OK for sure. His tail starts wagging again... congratulations, Rinea. This is a mix of Hijikata with no memories of the violence that shaped him and, well, a dog's instincts. While the company of Elza, a werewolf, made him first territorial and then amendable to going on the hunt during the last full(ish) moon Rina firmly registers as a human with him... and a good one at that!
Owner material!He gently takes the ID from her hand to put it away and is about to ask what he should call her - if she calls him 'Sir' he should probably he call her 'Lady' - when he spots a whole bunch of ghosts floating their way. He tenses up, ears flattening back down, and halfway hides behind Adalhard, tugging Rinea's sleeve to do the same.]
Ghosts!! So many..!! Oh no, the burned one is there too! Can you see them?
[Well, interestingly enough she can, this time - a couple of them at least, namely those who have been dead for a long time and whose spirit magic is strong enough that they can make themselves visible and audible to wielders of any magic. They're transparent and emit a faint blue-greenish glow, one of them appearing as a large man with spiraled horns, and the other as a middle-aged woman in entirely foreign clothes who has two tentacle-like organs falling back from her head instead of hair. The dead pass through Avalon from all worlds, after all, and many of Hijikata's subordinates are not native to the island. He protectively pulls Rinea close, not sure if she and Adalhard can see the spectres, when the tall horned man addresses them with appeasingly raised hands.]
Please do not fear us. Commander, you do not recognise us?
I-- I'm not your Commander!! I'm a knight, I work for the king! You have the wrong person!
[He's really scared again; Rinea can probably feel his heart hammer against her back. Unseen to her several of the ghosts look hurt and dejected, but the two old ones just exchange a concerned glance before the woman addresses only her.]
Dear lady, would you please hear what we have to say? We can step away for a moment.
No!!
[He holds Rinea more closely, trying to look brave and not like he's about to faint from fear.]
I-- I'm not letting her go with you!