mun is very nervous about dipping toes back in rp world ;;

[acornking]

Rrrrrrrrrrmmmmmmmm...?

[Humans are such strange creatures at times. This little one he has found for himself is so skittish, like a rabbit surrounded by wolves. He can't smell or see or hear any danger. What is she so afraid of? Whatever the danger may be, she was part of his forest now, and they would work together.

All he needs to do is reach behind his back to produce his flute and then he's free to play the song he plays for all his new neighbours. Hopefully his human understands the message.]

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sorry about the delay dear uvu

[ex_knightsky842]

[Amen to that, big furry Totobro. Dagran here knows all about how weird other people can be, especially those of the Mundane persuasion.

Not that he's thinking about that at the moment. Because there is a giant, super fluffy thing that resembles a cat playing a goddamn flute and he is just. Staring in awe. Please forgive the brat his weakness, he likes cute animals.]

...I've never seen a cat that plays music, but if that's the weirdest thing I ever see, I'll die happy. [So endearing is the sight that his dagger's even staying firmly in his boot; how could he be afraid of Totoro when the music is so nice and it's just....so.......fluffy? Nope, just going to stand there, eyebrows raised and a small smile on his face as he listens.]

TOTOBRO OMG NO I LOVE YOU

[acornking]

[One of those pointed vaguely cat-like ears twitches at the words as he continues to play. A cat? He wasn't a cat; the Catbus and the Cattrains and all their relatives were cats. He was a totoro.

He finishes the song before he turns to blink at this new one. The forest spirit is silent for a long moment, observing the stranger-human. His writer-human had mentioned the possibility of new friends, and stranger-humans seemed to like names. He doesn't have one, the way the seedlings Mei and Satsuki do, but he decides he'll just do what he did last time.]

Tooohhhhh tohhhhhh roooOOOOHHH! [The last sound comes out as a small roar, but there's a wide smile on his face.]

totobros b4 totohos :')

[ex_knightsky842]

[This certainly isn't the last time he'll ever encounter a nature spirit in his lifetime, but by hell if it's not the first. And Totoro beats the hell out of a glowing blue tiger. Much more approachable.
Which is why he's doing just that. Approaching, with hands out at his sides to show that they're empty.


Dagran's feet nearly stumble over themselves when the giant puffball roars like that; at first, he's terrified and even that smile does nothing to soothe his rattled nerves or teeth.
But it is a smile, and he is still a child; once his ears stop hurting, there's only one thing for it.]

Huh.

DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGRAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNN! [Damn straight if he doesn't look proud of himself for that.]

totobro fist (ó ì_í)=óò=(ì_í ò)

[acornking]

[The giant puffball somehow manages to become even puffier for a moment, fluffing himself up in surprise. Totoro takes a moment to blink wide-eyed at the little human again, his grey fur settling back down, before his face splits into a wide grin. A sapling named Daaaaagraaannn.

Now that introductions were made, he takes a couple of steps closer, the nostrils of his wide nose flaring. It is important business for forest spirits to know how new creatures smell.]

o(‾◡◝*)(* ◜◡‾)o idk what the heck that is but there r my feelings

[ex_knightsky842]

[Bless you puffball musicat, you're definitely the coolest thing he's seen in ages. Dagran even takes the examination quite well (pity he smells like cities and death, what a rotten mix), stays still even though he's itching to run up and pet or climb all over Totoro like he's not way too old for that sort of nonsense.

Hey, Totoro's not people; it's people he hates. Totoros are exempt from his normal sass.]

So you're, er. Toto? Toro? [So close and yet so far, kid.] I guess it fits fair enough. If you got a name and you play music, you must be pretty smart...Do you talk common language?

I am back from the abyss that is school ye

[acornking]

[All of the human saplings and seedlings he knew smelled like grass and wood and paper. The catbus sometimes carried the stale smell of the big human settlements so that he's at least a little familiar with. It's the other smell - the dark red smell - that concerns him. His grin fades into a concerned frown as he exhales, his breath ruffling over Dagran's hair easily.

But at the sapling's question he straightens, his ears twitching. Common language. He must mean human language.] Rrrrrm. [He shakes his head slowly, the gesture the girls had taught him meant "no". Humans had been able to understand them once, but that was countless seasons ago.]

Have another forest spirit?

[ihaveseenthebook]

A fluffy white ball spins in the air briefly and drops to a nearby branch, now in the shape of a little girl.]

Hello, who are you?

:D Aisliiiiinnnng

[acornking]

Rrrrooooro? [He lets out the smallest curious growl a totoro can growl, one that still vibrates through the branches. This one looks like a human when it is still a seedling, but she most definitely does not smell like one. There's the smell of wolves and rivers and deer and trees on her. Like him, yet not like him.]

Toooooh tooooh ROHHHHHHHHHH! [The roar of the last syllable tears through the air, rustling the tree around them and blowing the other spirit's hair back in a long white stream.]

[ihaveseenthebook]

[Which strikes her as a perfectly reasonable way to handle introductions. She giggles at the massive force that could toss one of her smaller bodies about like leaves and hops lower.]

I am Aisling. Is this your forest? It is different from mine.

sorry for the delay!!

[acornking]

[He smiles as he watches her move from branch to branch. Her agility reminds him a kittenbus.] Rrrrrrmmm. [He nods in response to her question, then brings his instrument back to his mouth.

For a moment he plays another song, the song of his forest, but he stops to reach up into the branches near his head. After a bit of rustling and some fallen leaves, he retrieves one of his smaller flutes. He stretches offers it to her in an outstretched claw, grinning. She could follow along if she liked, or perhaps her own forest has a song?]

[ihaveseenthebook]

[She plays with the flute for a moment, but she's never been very good with using tools to accomplish things. Her magic is tangled up in music, too, but she uses her own voice. She answers with her own most reliable tune.]

[punchtheflute]

[Huh! Someone's playing a flute! Sonny has kind of a love/hate relationship with flutes in general, but this song sounds really nice.

And OH! HEY LOOK! It's.... well. Not a Snorlax. But something close. At least in size and shape.

Have a cheerful wave, fellow gigantic fluffy thingamabob.]

[acornking]

[Oh, waving! He knows that gesture. His song finished, Totoro raises an arm above his head and waves back... wait a minute. What kind of animal is he waving at? He's never seen another animal so Totoro like, yet it definitely wasn't like him or his younger siblings.

It's his duty to know all the animals of the forest, especially new ones, so he approaches until he's nose to... face with this one. Very slowly, Totoro raises a paw, then a single long claw and-

pokes the strange creature in the belly. He's never had to do this before, so that should be a good start, shouldn't it?]

[punchtheflute]

Laxlalalax!

[That gets a chuckle out of him. What a funny way to say Hello! Well, better be polite.

He poked Totoro back in roughly the same spot.]

aaa sorry school ate me alive

[acornking]

[Totoro's curious frown turns into a wide grin. Not a totoro, but like one! This was all so new and exciting! How else were they alike, he wonders?

Totoro takes a couple of steps backwards, to give his new lax friend some room. He squeezes downward into an even rounder shape, before he pops right back up into the air. The ground quakes when he lands, grinning.]

It's all good!

[punchtheflute]

[Oh! They were going to play a jumping game? Sonny could do that.

He gathered his big Snorlax feet under neath himself and jumped too. Not quite as high as Totoro. The ground also shook when he landed, and he definitely left a couple of foot print shaped dents in the floor of Dear Mun.]