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strongheartmaid) wrote2012-10-19 11:53 am
strongheartmaid) wrote2012-10-19 11:53 am
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Prompt: Lost
A small girl wandered the streets of Toyama, sniffling softly. Grandfather was going to be so upset with her if she didn't find him soon. She promised that she'd stay close to him but she had heard something, someone calling her so she had scampered off while he was busy deciding which flavour of tea he was going to get from that old tea shop that still sold tea leaves. (Grandfather refused to drink his tea using those modern tea mixes. He was a stickler for tradition - as one would be when one lived for nearly one thousand years as a guard, a guide, a protector for the mortal realm against the darkness known as Arago).
She stopped for a moment, hoping to get her bearings when she spotted him. The one that had been calling her. She bounded over to him and came to stop in front of him. She glanced up at him with wide blue eyes. "Korin?" she asked. "Will you help me?"
The young man paused for a moment, confused as to who Korin was, but after a moment of searching around him, gave up and decided she meant him. Seiji glanced down at the same girl, who reminded him of the young woman he had fallen in love with, only for her to disappear without a trace - just a vague promise that they would meet again. He smiled a half smile and gently ruffled her hair. "Of course, hime," he said softly, kneeling down to look at her. "Are you lost?" he asked.
She nodded. "I can't find Grandfather."
Seiji bent down and scooped her up, holding her close to him. "Where's the last place you remember seeing him?" he asked, wondering for a moment why this felt *right*. He refrained from dropping the child as he boggled when she told him the name of the tea shop - which was clear across town. How did a child that small wander that far without anyone noticing her? He sighed quietly and just began to walk, hoping to find her Grandfather before *his* noticed his absence - he didn't want to clean the dojo again.
She stopped for a moment, hoping to get her bearings when she spotted him. The one that had been calling her. She bounded over to him and came to stop in front of him. She glanced up at him with wide blue eyes. "Korin?" she asked. "Will you help me?"
The young man paused for a moment, confused as to who Korin was, but after a moment of searching around him, gave up and decided she meant him. Seiji glanced down at the same girl, who reminded him of the young woman he had fallen in love with, only for her to disappear without a trace - just a vague promise that they would meet again. He smiled a half smile and gently ruffled her hair. "Of course, hime," he said softly, kneeling down to look at her. "Are you lost?" he asked.
She nodded. "I can't find Grandfather."
Seiji bent down and scooped her up, holding her close to him. "Where's the last place you remember seeing him?" he asked, wondering for a moment why this felt *right*. He refrained from dropping the child as he boggled when she told him the name of the tea shop - which was clear across town. How did a child that small wander that far without anyone noticing her? He sighed quietly and just began to walk, hoping to find her Grandfather before *his* noticed his absence - he didn't want to clean the dojo again.