First Breeze

[thatsawiggle]

"Be subtle," they say, "don' be drawin' attention, Jin." 'S not the first time I've had to be all sneakylike, in fact havin' the ol' shinobi job I've pretty much always had t'be all sneakylike. But there's bein' sneaky in the shadows and there's bein' sneaky out in front o' everybody, and nobody's ever been tellin' me t'be makin' all like I'm a human before! A point's a point, is what I say, and if they be bringin' me here t'fight baddies fer 'em then I'll be doin' the job they brought me t'do!

[The feed is high on top of a building, given the fact that there's nothing but clouds and sky behind the bright shock of scarlet hair of this particular new face. The voice is a mile a minute in an almost impenetrable accent.]

'Sides that, if they be expectin' me t'make those gross smelly cakes like what they had in the hotel, they be in fer a shock! Sure, they smell all nice an' pretty-like, but then it's all slip slide on yer teeth and yer mouth gets all slick 'n bubbly an' bitter like swallowin' herbs, it does! I'll not be havin' none o' that, I learned that lesson!

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[Video]

[monge]

Soap is for your body, not for eating, zura.

[I-It's not like he's talking from personal experience or anything...]

[Video]

[thatsawiggle]

Well how was I s'posed ta be knowin' that? An' what's it do, anyway? Seems like it's just there ta be smellin' good an' all.

[he hasn't exactly noticed...what he's talking to yet]

[Video]

[monge]

[Story of his life.]

I-It gets all the dirt off and makes you clean again, zura! And...and then you smell just as good, you really didn't know, z-zura?

[Video]

[thatsawiggle]

Naaaahh, I never be havin' a need fer anythin' like that! Seems t' me ye smell jes' as good with some fresh water an' a quick fly 'round the sky! Then ye get all fresh and clean jes' the same!

[Then he notices, and brightens.]

Oooi! And what kind o' demon be ye, then, friend?

[Video]

[monge]

[Demon, youkai, same thing. It's so rare when someone gets it right away, Komasan finds himself caught off guard.

Which is probably a good thing, because he was ready to go to town about how good soap is for you.]

A-Ah, oh! Um, I'm a komainu, zura.

[Video]

[thatsawiggle]

Koma... Oh! Dog Guardian, right? Can't say as I've ever seen yer kind in person before, and I've seen a whole lot o' demons in me time!

Pleased ta meetcha! The name's Jin, ye see, Jin the Wind Master!

[Video]

[monge]

[He even knows what a komainu is, what a great day this is turning out to be. Time to return the favor by not knowing anything.]

Oh, you're like a fan, zura!

[Wind master sounds like a fan brand of some sort. How exciting.]

[Video]

[thatsawiggle]

[Well, less knows and more can guess the kanji.]

Like a fan- Ah! A thingy what pushes the wind around all whoosh like? S'posin' ye could say that. Ye wanna see a demonstration o' what I can do?

[Video]

[monge]

Monge~! You're gonna blow in my face, zura?! And when I go "AAAHHHHHHH," it's gonna make my voice sound funny, zura?!

[That's the kind of magical fan powers he'd want, anyway.]

[Video]

[thatsawiggle]

[Jin laughs.]

I'll be doin' more than blowin' on ye, I'll show ye what the sky looks like from the topside o' the clouds! There's not a thing in the world compares ta wind on yer face an' the feelin' o' flyin' free an' high as a bird!

[flynnnotjunior]

Ok, I got 'sneaky' and um... were you eating soap?

[thatsawiggle]

I didn' know it wasn't fer eatin'!

[flynnnotjunior]

It literally says 'soap' on the packet, dude.

[thatsawiggle]

I'd never heard o' nothin' like that, either- Anyway that's not what be the important part! It's that they're expectin' me ta learn how t'make it, when I could be spendin' time doin' what they brought me here t'do!

[flynnnotjunior]

So... ask, before you stick it in your mouth? [ This the kind of thing toddlers learn. ]

[thatsawiggle]

[He was sharing a suite with four other demons who the hell was he going to ask

He sticks his pinky in his ear and twists it.]

An' how 'bout ye tell me what this soap stuff has t'be doin' with fightin' baddies an' helpin' people.

[flynnnotjunior]

It's supposed to stop you from stinking.

[thatsawiggle]

Now yer soundin' like a parrot, ye are, jes' sayin' the same thing over an' over again.

[flynnnotjunior]

That's literally what soap is for. I mean, if you want to be smelt from a mile away or get some infection that'll knock you out, don't use it, I guess.

[nagachika]

Those 'smelly cakes' are usually only put on yer tongue when you say something bad, you know! Don't go make a habit of putting yourself through that torture, man.

That aside...

You really do talk ten thousand miles an hour, huh. What's this about having to 'making all like a human'?

[thatsawiggle]

Ehh?! I knew they had t'be some kind o' punishment, I did! Nothin' looks that pretty an' tastes that bad if it's not t'be hurtin' ye, sure as the wind!

[He pauses, then.]

Ye know, all doin' stuff 'round an' about like sleepin' in the big glassy buildings where the wind's whooshin' around all forced like. Don' get me wrong, I'll take it over bein' forced back ta Demon World! The light's the same here as the one I was fightin' fer, and if I've got another chance ta fight fer it I'll stay in it this time!

[nagachika]

You can also use it to clean yourself, but liquid soap is cooler. [Who even uses soap bars anymore, pssh.
And look at that, this guy actually DID know how to take a breath between sentences.]

Demon World, huh. [He actually sounds impressed. A real demon, he wonders, or just someone who got stuck in a place like that. ...Well. Given he ate soap...]

No sun down there or somethin'?

[thatsawiggle]

Nah, not much light at all, really. Not like there is here, all bright an' everywhere an' fer everybody. We got tired o' always livin' in the dark, so we joined up in a tourney ta try an' win our way into the light, 'cept it didn't work out that way. Urameshi's team had all their lives ridin' on the tourney, an' I'd be guessin' that when ye weighed that against us jes' wantin' our freedom, 's not the same kind o' stakes at all.

[Still, he does seem bummed.]

Any idea if we can put in a request for somebody we think those big official type boyos ought to bring through?

video | id reads "karen starr"

[boobwindow]

Shinobi... like ninja, right?

[thatsawiggle]

[Now that gets his attention, and he brightens.]

Aye, exactly like!

[Yes. Masters of stealth and secrecy.]

Not many's a human heard of us, but it's near as like ta what yer thinkin', I'd say!

[boobwindow]

Do you happen to know a Naruto?

[thatsawiggle]

[He blinks, then shrugs.]

Never heard o' them. Reckon our sect's not the only one out there, though, 's not like we'd know fer sure if we worked in different places.

[boobwindow]

Sect? Not a village?

[thatsawiggle]

Nahh, not nearly enough o' us fer that! Even when the masters were all still kickin' about, there's only about ten or so. Ours was down t' six when we joined up in the tourney, 'n now it's...

I dunno who's left, actually! Know Stinky took a first-class ride on Urameshi's fists the kind what there's no way he got up from, an' Kurama sliced Gama up all ta shreds and pieces, he did.

[boobwindow]

Shouldn't have assumed, so I apologize.

Can't say I'm familiar with these masters or the names here, though.

[thatsawiggle]

No harm in it! Ye thought ye might've found a body who knows yer friend, there's not a bit o' blame in askin'!

Well I'll be happy t'make ye familiar, then! That way if they be draggin' any o' the others through ye'll know who ye can know 'n who ye'd be best off givin' the no thanks. First o' all, I'd reckon ye might as well start with the one in front o' ye! The name's Jin, it is, Jin the Wind Master!

[boobwindow]

I'm Karen. Karen Starr. [ A light chuckle. ] I'm not really a master of anything.

[thatsawiggle]

Eh, titles're kinda overrated, anyway. Not much point t'usin' 'em 'cept t'be tellin' people how yer gonna fight 'em.

...What kind o' fightin' is it ye be doin'?

[boobwindow]

I fight twenty-first century problems. [ She kind of doubts it will make sense to him. ] I'm in the environmental and tech sector for business.

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[rassera]

I don't know....~

Maybe it's an acquired taste!

[Kaneda, no.]

[thatsawiggle]

Well acquire it up yer back end, 'cause I'd not be doin' that again 'less ye paid me!

[rassera]

There's allllwwayyyysss a catch, isn't there.

Fine, fine. But I'm tellin' ya, the bubbles are all part of the experience!

[thatsawiggle]

[He makes an overdramatic BLECH]

Don't see why it is humans have t'be all up and makin' things like that anyway; if it doesn't feed ye, keep ye warm, or keep ye dry then t'hell with it, I say!

[You're just pouting because evidently they expect you to learn how to make it]

[rassera]

[Kaneda can't help but smile at that logic. Honestly, in a lot of ways, the guy makes sense.

But in others...oh you sweet summer child.]

So you've never bathed?


I bet you STINK.

[thatsawiggle]

Oi, I never said I hadn' bathed! I be takin' plenty o' baths! Ye strip all skyclad an' dip in the runnin' water, and jes' let it all wash away! An' then ye go flyin' t'be dry, an' there's yer job done there! Fresh an' clean an' dry!

[rassera]

[Well point, you can just wash with water--hell, that's the most Kaneda did back in the day--but then again, his housemates here did kind of force him into the shampoo and conditioner.

But one part of this stands out to him most of all.]

YOU FLY?

NAKED?!

[thatsawiggle]

Now don't be actin' all surprised-like, 's only a big deal if ye make it one. Or if ye be havin' one! [Big, boisterous laugh.

Ah, penis jokes.]

But nah, 's not like that. Yer clothes gotta get dry with ye after ye wash all the blood out! Ye get all nakey t'wash yerself, scrub yer clothes out while ye do it, an' then put it all back on an' dry off!

[rassera]

Well, what can I say? I am a pretty big deal!

[DON'T ENCOURAGE THAT KIND OF BEHAVIOR, EITHER OF YOU.]

So flying dries out your clothes, huh? Man...saves a ton of money at a laundromat...

[thatsawiggle]

Oh yeah? If yer such a big deal, then how's about goin' a round t'prove it?

[JIN.]

...What's a laundrymat?

[rassera]

Maybe I will!

[OH NO YOU DON'T YOU PERVERTS.]

...A laundromat? [Oh thank god, something to distract them from that topic.]

It's a place where you throw your dirty clothes in a machine and it goes...[His finger twirls in a circle] zuru zuru zuru zuru and cleans it for you!