[Minato is spared the shame of a misfire... this time. But the town really isn't that big, and he can't really stick to Bluo when there are like...werewolf corpses everywhere. He's exactly the sort of person who would try to make the messes a bit less...messy.
So here he is, around the fringes of Ruga, trying and failing to drag an extra large werewolf corpse into the woods. It's not really going his way.
But lord is he trying. Probably right into Kamui's current path, at that.]
[Minato is certainly putting his back into it, but if anyone here can be described as "trying", it's Kamui. Now that the excitement's over and things are winding down, he doesn't have anywhere to direct his pent up energy. That is, not until Minato comes along.
Very deliberately, he approaches Minato and his baggage. Then he lowers one boot onto the corpse's hind-leg, pinning it to the cobblestone road. If Minato was having trouble dragging it along before, he'll find it impossible now. Kamui just raises his grin from the wolf's marred face to Minato's.]
An attempt was made, honestly. But as soon as that boot comes down onto the wolf corpse, Minato is going absolutely nowhere fast. He comes to a sharp halt, blinking blankly at Kamui, and then shrugs a little to himself.]
I was trying to take these out to the woods to bury them... or at least bring them outside of the town.
They're wolves, right? You guys should've just eaten them before they rotted. Seriously.
[With a sigh, he lifts his foot from the corpse and snags it off the ground by the scruff of its neck before hefting it over his shoulder. Lead the way, Minato.]
Can't you at least do something with the teeth or bones though?
[Well, Kamui's cheating. He's part of the Yato Clan, after all, a super-powered race of alien mercenaries.
He hums under his breath as he trails behind Minato. The shade from his ever-present parasol, however, masks his eyes and makes it difficult to decipher whether that humming is playful or condescending.]
You can make weapons and fertilizer out of bones. I know that much. Shouldn't you?
[A disaster? Excuse you. Kamui has never once failed to do his job. Just so long as he has subordinates around whom he can bully into doing all the parts he doesn't enjoy.
Dry lips pucker into a pout.]
I wouldn't have volunteered to do your dirty work if I knew you'd be so tedious. Hiding out in the woods sucks half the fun out of it.
[Oh... one of those... Minato doesn't react to the words, or how Kamui wipes his hands on his shirt, even though a normal person would...? He just blinks blankly.
Thanks, Minato.]
... Anyway. [Anyway.] Can you help me figure out how to do this? I have no idea, honestly.
[It's his only life skill, not reacting to things any sane person would.
So he's just digging into his pocket to grab a pocket knife, a bit battered and clearly having been cleaned up from this place. He's found that more often than not, it's handy to have on hand these days.]
Here you go.
[But also, cutting a corpse open... he's not squeamish, but also: ew.]
Yeah. It'd be way too messy if I did it with my hands.
[That's... That's not what Minato's referring to.
Nonetheless, Kamui hums to himself before rolling the wolf onto its side and promptly decapitating it. He follows this by slicing open its underbelly from severed neck to tail. Though Kamui seems to know what he's doing and isn't bothered by it at all, Minato may note that he doesn't revel in it. In Kamui's eyes, this - unlike an actual fight - isn't exciting. It's a means to an end.]
[That is not at all what Minato was referring to, but he falls silent anyway. The way Kamui does this is so... straightforward, as if it's that easy. Step by step, and suddenly it's decapitated, suddenly it's sliced open.
It's something he thinks he'll never get used to, even if he doesn't look away. How does anyone get used to something like this...?
Still, even if this guy is skilled at it...he at least doesn't seem like the sort of psycho who enjoys it. That counts for something, right...?]
If I couldn't even gut a stationary target, there's no way I could gut a moving one.
[Okay, so maybe still a psycho. Just not one who enjoys slicing up dead things.
The smell grows ever more pungent as he peels away the hide to reveal muscle and bone. This is where things start to get irredeemably gross, as he even strips the hide from around the wolf's limbs until its skin is nothing more than a blanket for its meat to rest on.]
Besides, I've had to catch my own meals since I got here.
[... Yeah, okay, maybe still a psycho. Why is he gutting moving targets... Kamui why...
This is also really, really disgusting, and Minato's flat expression grows just that little bit flatter as the hide is peeled away, as if it's that easy.
(He knows it's not that easy, because he's fumbled his way through catching animals, too, before he decided to stick with fish.)]
I guess that's true... most of us fumble through this sort of thing, so I was surprised.
[Seeing someone handle it like it's the easiest thing in the world is kind of astonishing.]
Okay, so maybe Hans is new to laptops, but he's certainly not new to navigating--and the layout of the town isn't exactly difficult to grasp either, especially with the nifty placards designating each section. But rather than come up towards the forest from town, he decides to cut into the trees a bit sooner than he has to, following along the edge of them. He doesn't know if this person's the type to set an ambush, or traps...
It's exciting, he thinks, the chance of danger luring him in just as his instincts war with him to turn down such an unknown opponent. They'd seemed so sure of themselves, he just couldn't help it.
His expression sets into an easy grin as he settles himself among some of the branches once he's near to their meeting point, balancing himself steady as he scans the area. Neither of them had bothered to ask who they'd be looking for, but... well, what are the chances of anyone else looking for a fight coming out this way? It'd just be a bonus for them both at that point. It's probably fine.
[Kamui has always approved of the town's simplicity. It makes it easier to stalk people. Today though, Hans unknowingly spoils his fun. Kamui would never do something as cunning as set a trap before a fight (that would defeat the very purpose of the fight itself), but he is absolutely not above scoping out his competition beforehand to reassure himself that they're worth his time. As it is, Kamui doesn't catch sight of the guy until a few branches shift in his line of vision. He's already here.
He can't help but chuckle to himself before he wanders out from the tree line. Though he opens his deep purple parasol to shade his face when he steps out into the open, it doesn't obscure his widening grin.]
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So here he is, around the fringes of Ruga, trying and failing to drag an extra large werewolf corpse into the woods. It's not really going his way.
But lord is he trying. Probably right into Kamui's current path, at that.]
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Very deliberately, he approaches Minato and his baggage. Then he lowers one boot onto the corpse's hind-leg, pinning it to the cobblestone road. If Minato was having trouble dragging it along before, he'll find it impossible now. Kamui just raises his grin from the wolf's marred face to Minato's.]
Hey. What do you think you're doing?
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An attempt was made, honestly. But as soon as that boot comes down onto the wolf corpse, Minato is going absolutely nowhere fast. He comes to a sharp halt, blinking blankly at Kamui, and then shrugs a little to himself.]
I was trying to take these out to the woods to bury them... or at least bring them outside of the town.
[Rotting corpses are so bad, Kamui!!]
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[Salmon-colored brows rise incredulously. Sure, Kamui knows that a lot of Earthlings bury their dead, but... This is on a whole other level.]
These guys were trying to eat you, you know.
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[It'd be nice if it was something as altruistic as holding werewolf funerals, but honestly, he just doesn't want rotting wolf bodies everywhere.]
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[With a sigh, he lifts his foot from the corpse and snags it off the ground by the scruff of its neck before hefting it over his shoulder. Lead the way, Minato.]
Can't you at least do something with the teeth or bones though?
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[That's helpful!! Minato will casually lead the way, onwards towards the woods.
That said, he is also a useless city boy, so:]
Is there something you can do with wolf teeth and bones? [Aside from Dextera eating them...]
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He hums under his breath as he trails behind Minato. The shade from his ever-present parasol, however, masks his eyes and makes it difficult to decipher whether that humming is playful or condescending.]
You can make weapons and fertilizer out of bones. I know that much. Shouldn't you?
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Still, weapons and fertilizer...]
I had no idea...
[Huh...!]
Do you think we should try that with this wolf's bones? [This is a "we" thing now.]
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They're definitely stronger than regular wolves. Wasting that by dumping it in some grave would be stupid.
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[This can only be a disaster.]
We should probably still bring it to the edge of the woods, though. [So they don't gross people out.]
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Dry lips pucker into a pout.]
I wouldn't have volunteered to do your dirty work if I knew you'd be so tedious. Hiding out in the woods sucks half the fun out of it.
[And yet, he's still trudging along.]
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The fun out of it... [HM...]
Mostly, I just don't want to bother anyone while we're trying to deal with wolf bones. [He's already accepted he's going to be bad at this.]
But I think this area seems okay.
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[At least he's honest.
When Minato deigns their current location "okay", Kamui drops the corpse unceremoniously to the dirt. Then he wipes his hand on Minato's shirt.]
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Thanks, Minato.]
... Anyway. [Anyway.] Can you help me figure out how to do this? I have no idea, honestly.
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Oh well.
He crouches down next to the fallen wolf and pokes at its hide.]
Well, first we have to cut it open. Got a knife?
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So he's just digging into his pocket to grab a pocket knife, a bit battered and clearly having been cleaned up from this place. He's found that more often than not, it's handy to have on hand these days.]
Here you go.
[But also, cutting a corpse open... he's not squeamish, but also: ew.]
... Are you sure about this?
cw: gutting an animal
[That's... That's not what Minato's referring to.
Nonetheless, Kamui hums to himself before rolling the wolf onto its side and promptly decapitating it. He follows this by slicing open its underbelly from severed neck to tail. Though Kamui seems to know what he's doing and isn't bothered by it at all, Minato may note that he doesn't revel in it. In Kamui's eyes, this - unlike an actual fight - isn't exciting. It's a means to an end.]
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It's something he thinks he'll never get used to, even if he doesn't look away. How does anyone get used to something like this...?
Still, even if this guy is skilled at it...he at least doesn't seem like the sort of psycho who enjoys it. That counts for something, right...?]
You're...pretty good at this.
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[Okay, so maybe still a psycho. Just not one who enjoys slicing up dead things.
The smell grows ever more pungent as he peels away the hide to reveal muscle and bone. This is where things start to get irredeemably gross, as he even strips the hide from around the wolf's limbs until its skin is nothing more than a blanket for its meat to rest on.]
Besides, I've had to catch my own meals since I got here.
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This is also really, really disgusting, and Minato's flat expression grows just that little bit flatter as the hide is peeled away, as if it's that easy.
(He knows it's not that easy, because he's fumbled his way through catching animals, too, before he decided to stick with fish.)]
I guess that's true... most of us fumble through this sort of thing, so I was surprised.
[Seeing someone handle it like it's the easiest thing in the world is kind of astonishing.]
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[Which, surprisingly, implies there was once a time when it did bother him. That was a very, very long time ago.
Next comes the slicing of muscle tissue to reveal the organs hiding within. Kamui unceremoniously begins dumping them out onto the hide.]
I thought you would have turned away by now~
[He teases, just because he's not being enough of a jackass right now apparently.]
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[Minato would be lying if he said he didn't want to. This is disgusting (organs..... oh no...), but it's not the worst thing he's ever seen, and...]
I asked you to help me. I think it'd be pretty rude of me to turn away since you're doing so much of the work.
[The least he can do is watch and try to learn, right?]
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It's exciting, he thinks, the chance of danger luring him in just as his instincts war with him to turn down such an unknown opponent. They'd seemed so sure of themselves, he just couldn't help it.
His expression sets into an easy grin as he settles himself among some of the branches once he's near to their meeting point, balancing himself steady as he scans the area. Neither of them had bothered to ask who they'd be looking for, but... well, what are the chances of anyone else looking for a fight coming out this way? It'd just be a bonus for them both at that point. It's probably fine.
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He can't help but chuckle to himself before he wanders out from the tree line. Though he opens his deep purple parasol to shade his face when he steps out into the open, it doesn't obscure his widening grin.]
Ready to play? Or were you planning on napping first?