[Jaunt] That Monk is Terrifying

[failgoyle]

Okay, okay, so, everyone stay the hell away from Matthew. I don't know what the hell he's doing, but he's some kind of monk, and he's talking to ghosts, and he and the ghosts are freaking terrifying and tried to kill me! And he was gonna interrogate me with this scary as hell tree-lady-ghost-thing who wanted my blood, and I barely got out of there alive!

...and...uh...he kind of startled the crap out of me, so I...ah...lost my tail, and I...er, well...he's...still got it...

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[failgoyle]

Hobs. Hobgoblins.

...look, there's a bunch of talking animals back in there that are hungry, and I don't know what else they'd be. They seem hobgoblin-like enough.

So where is this booze, then?

[leftbehindagain]

Probably spirit animals and whatnot that didn't get infiltrated along with their people. What do they look like?

It's in my storage, so I'll have to come and give it to you.

[failgoyle]

Oh, geez, there were a lot of them...a griffin-thing, and some kind of annoying bat...I lose track.

Would...would you mind doing that?

[leftbehindagain]

...oh, no, Mr. Sparkles is unsupervised? [Better him than Zed unsupervised. ...probably. Doesn't really make it a less scary thought, though.] I suppose it's too much to hope there was a chirping moth around.

All right. Meet you there in five?

[failgoyle]

Mr. who now?

And no, I didn't see any moths. Just a praying mantis.

Sure, sure! I'll be there.

[leftbehindagain]

Damn. [But he's not going to wave his concern about Minako all over the network.]

Mr. Sparkles is the bat. He's Zed-san's, and of the two he's the more responsible one, but that's not saying much.

[Action]

[And in five minutes' time, Naoki finds a quiet spot on the monastery grounds and slips into Liminal Space. He could have done without the whole cliffside thing, but he'll live. For the time being, he sticks to one of the boat-bridges.]

[failgoyle]

Wh--wait, wait, he's with that creepy as hell guy who rambles on about darkness? No, thanks.

[See: reasons Jules and Zed never exist in the same place, how very odd.]

[Action]
[He'll be waiting on Naoki, happily perched on the railing of one of those boat bridges. The heights don't faze him at all, odd for someone as generally terrified of the world as Jules. He's just giving Naoki a cheerful wave.]

[leftbehindagain]

He's easily distracted by shiny objects. Just throw a disco ball or something at him and you'll be in good shape. ...Zed-san, that is, not Mr. Sparkles.

[Action]

[Naoki blinks at the guy's apparently sudden calm, but just shrugs.] Well, at least there's one thing in the world you're not completely terrified of. Which did you want, Ragnarok or Divine Wind?

[failgoyle]

Yeah, I like heights. They're comfortable.

And...I dunno, Divine Wind sounds less apocalyptic.

[leftbehindagain]

Well, that depends on the apocalypse, I'd think.

[After a moment, Naoki fishes the drink in question out of his hammerspace and hands it over. It's greenish, and minty, and lives up to its name - the faster he drinks, the stronger the breeze.]

[failgoyle]

Well, fewer Vikings with that one, then.

[He eagerly takes that drink.]

Thanks a million, man, I really need something to calm my nerves.

[leftbehindagain]

[This would be a bad time to point out that the Japanese rendering of the drink's name would be 'kamikaze,' wouldn't it, given what that usually means to Westerners...]

You're welcome.