Apart from the Ocean part 19
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estiriseApart from the Ocean, part 19. Coming up towards the end....
Title: Apart from the Ocean (part 19)
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estirose
Fandom: Kamen Rider Kiva
Words: ~800
Characters: Shinoda Aya (OC), Kuramae Noboru (OC), Ramon, Jiro, Riki, Megumi
Warnings/Rating: 13+/PG-13
Prompt: Table 2, prompt: Room
Summary: Aya has to live with the fact that monsters don't think like humans.
Author's Notes: I'm hoping to use as many of the 25 prompts as I can for one story, and am therefore designating parts as I go along. Any left over prompts will be used as snapshots on Aya's life. Since the characters are Japanese, I've used Japanese name order here. The universe itself belongs to Toei and TV-Asahi, as does the original version of Kuramae Noboru. The universe that Aya slips into is from my "Boxed In" AU.
At last, they were at the coast, after several days of travel. She, her father, and Riki-san had originally taken human roads, but they'd had to abandon them early on, after Aya had seen the video showing their faces and telling people that there was a reward for information on finding them, but not to grab them themselves because of the risks involved. She was listed as especially vulnerable because of her salt water dependence. She could see an Onsen owner eye her speculatively, and that had been when they'd gotten out of there. She was sure that at least he had probably reported a sighting of them, and possibly others had too. Riki-san had destroyed their 'bracelets' at least, so they couldn't be tracked that way.
In the evenings, before she bedded down to sleep, she told her father some of the Merman folk tales she'd memorized, as well as what Dr. Hamagaki had told her about what she needed to stop aging - at least quite as 'fast' as she did. After one set of folktales, her father had cheerfully said something about "That's it!", but refused to elaborate until they got to the ocean.
She bit into a radish her father had stolen. Her father was very good at that, actually, stealing things. Had they not been so likely to be spotted and captured, and had she not needed salt water to survive, the three of them could have probably settled down in a town.
And her father and Riki-san could have killed the villagers. She shuddered. Maybe it was best that they lived in the wild.
Her father and Riki were working on a shelter. One of three, actually, her father had said. One large shelter for the tribe, one shelter for her as a Okoi-hatsuoki, and one for Riki-san. They'd expand as needed. There was plenty of room to grow their 'tribe'. Maybe if the Fangaire came to their senses - or maybe if the Fangaire didn't come to their senses but she was able to start a new tribe in peace anyway - this would become land given to them to establish a home. The Fangaire probably owed them that anyway.
In the meantime, she'd be sleeping under the stars and the open sky. At least it was good weather at the moment. And there was always the possibility that they would still be found. The scientists knew how Merman and Franken bodies worked, and they certainly knew of her dependency. And they were smart, and it stood to reason that the three of them would head for the coast. All the scientists and researchers had to do was figure out their speed, and they'd know where to search.
Maybe it was best if they moved, but at least she would have a shelter, a temporary one. The one they were making was rather like a lean-to; not much privacy, but at least some shelter. She was torn between reminding them that they'd all have to move on, or just being ready to jump into the ocean if someone came to take them back.
Maybe she should dive into the water anyway, but she wanted to hear her father and Riki-san make plans. She could always find a fisherman who was willing to play informant. That way, the two of them would be caught and humans would be safe again.
At least here, she was free. Her father couldn't hold her, he wasn't as good as she was when it came to finding each other. Yes, she was a Okoi-hatsuoki, and she would found a new family, a new tribe, a new whatever. Eventually the Fangaire would cooperate. She knew how to act with them.
Her father and Riki finished off the shelter. "We probably are going to have to move eventually," she said, knowing that she was probably negating some of her dreams to get them recaptured, but worth it to seem like she was being helpful. "By the way, father, you had an idea two nights ago, when I was telling you those legends?"
Beaming, her father said, "I know how to fix your aging. I think the Fangaire was right. Kinda."
"Oh, okay?" she asked, disappointed that he'd approved of the idea.
With a big grin, he explained it to her. And she shuddered at what they were going to have to do. But she didn't say anything other than, "It was a Fangaire's idea and you're going along with it?"
"The Fangaire are smart," her father said. "And sometimes they're right."
She shivered once again. "And if they're wrong?"
"I don't think they are," her father said.
"I hope so," she replied. And at least if he screwed it up, maybe some human would find them, report them, and then Dr. Hamagaki and Kuramae-san would save her.
Title: Apart from the Ocean (part 19)
Author:
estiroseFandom: Kamen Rider Kiva
Words: ~800
Characters: Shinoda Aya (OC), Kuramae Noboru (OC), Ramon, Jiro, Riki, Megumi
Warnings/Rating: 13+/PG-13
Prompt: Table 2, prompt: Room
Summary: Aya has to live with the fact that monsters don't think like humans.
Author's Notes: I'm hoping to use as many of the 25 prompts as I can for one story, and am therefore designating parts as I go along. Any left over prompts will be used as snapshots on Aya's life. Since the characters are Japanese, I've used Japanese name order here. The universe itself belongs to Toei and TV-Asahi, as does the original version of Kuramae Noboru. The universe that Aya slips into is from my "Boxed In" AU.
At last, they were at the coast, after several days of travel. She, her father, and Riki-san had originally taken human roads, but they'd had to abandon them early on, after Aya had seen the video showing their faces and telling people that there was a reward for information on finding them, but not to grab them themselves because of the risks involved. She was listed as especially vulnerable because of her salt water dependence. She could see an Onsen owner eye her speculatively, and that had been when they'd gotten out of there. She was sure that at least he had probably reported a sighting of them, and possibly others had too. Riki-san had destroyed their 'bracelets' at least, so they couldn't be tracked that way.
In the evenings, before she bedded down to sleep, she told her father some of the Merman folk tales she'd memorized, as well as what Dr. Hamagaki had told her about what she needed to stop aging - at least quite as 'fast' as she did. After one set of folktales, her father had cheerfully said something about "That's it!", but refused to elaborate until they got to the ocean.
She bit into a radish her father had stolen. Her father was very good at that, actually, stealing things. Had they not been so likely to be spotted and captured, and had she not needed salt water to survive, the three of them could have probably settled down in a town.
And her father and Riki-san could have killed the villagers. She shuddered. Maybe it was best that they lived in the wild.
Her father and Riki were working on a shelter. One of three, actually, her father had said. One large shelter for the tribe, one shelter for her as a Okoi-hatsuoki, and one for Riki-san. They'd expand as needed. There was plenty of room to grow their 'tribe'. Maybe if the Fangaire came to their senses - or maybe if the Fangaire didn't come to their senses but she was able to start a new tribe in peace anyway - this would become land given to them to establish a home. The Fangaire probably owed them that anyway.
In the meantime, she'd be sleeping under the stars and the open sky. At least it was good weather at the moment. And there was always the possibility that they would still be found. The scientists knew how Merman and Franken bodies worked, and they certainly knew of her dependency. And they were smart, and it stood to reason that the three of them would head for the coast. All the scientists and researchers had to do was figure out their speed, and they'd know where to search.
Maybe it was best if they moved, but at least she would have a shelter, a temporary one. The one they were making was rather like a lean-to; not much privacy, but at least some shelter. She was torn between reminding them that they'd all have to move on, or just being ready to jump into the ocean if someone came to take them back.
Maybe she should dive into the water anyway, but she wanted to hear her father and Riki-san make plans. She could always find a fisherman who was willing to play informant. That way, the two of them would be caught and humans would be safe again.
At least here, she was free. Her father couldn't hold her, he wasn't as good as she was when it came to finding each other. Yes, she was a Okoi-hatsuoki, and she would found a new family, a new tribe, a new whatever. Eventually the Fangaire would cooperate. She knew how to act with them.
Her father and Riki finished off the shelter. "We probably are going to have to move eventually," she said, knowing that she was probably negating some of her dreams to get them recaptured, but worth it to seem like she was being helpful. "By the way, father, you had an idea two nights ago, when I was telling you those legends?"
Beaming, her father said, "I know how to fix your aging. I think the Fangaire was right. Kinda."
"Oh, okay?" she asked, disappointed that he'd approved of the idea.
With a big grin, he explained it to her. And she shuddered at what they were going to have to do. But she didn't say anything other than, "It was a Fangaire's idea and you're going along with it?"
"The Fangaire are smart," her father said. "And sometimes they're right."
She shivered once again. "And if they're wrong?"
"I don't think they are," her father said.
"I hope so," she replied. And at least if he screwed it up, maybe some human would find them, report them, and then Dr. Hamagaki and Kuramae-san would save her.
