OPEN RP POST (wip)

[onegreeneye]

This is a general catch-all post for anyone who wants to thread with Ginko in his original setting - or at least something resembling it. Want to play an AU? Post-jamjar? Unexpected interdimensional travel? It's all good! In addition, if you want to thread something with mushi and such but in a more modern setting, I'm totally open to modern-day AU's. I'm fine with prose, brackets, whatever.

Please note that I'm totally open to using this post for action, fluff, whatever, but not smut. If you have any additional questions about the setting or types of mushi, just message me on this account!

(here's a placeholder for if i ever get around to putting actual prompts on here)

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[gainedlove]

When the ground starts crumbling Frisk whips back around with a worried look, going back over to Ginko and reaching for his hand. "Are you okay?"

[onegreeneye]

He takes their hand for only the briefest moment, steadying himself, before letting go hurriedly. If he did lose his balance, he really doubted that Frisk was heavy enough to hold him up; they'd probably have a better chance of getting dragged down themself.

"Yeah, I'm alright. Just... having a little trouble with the terrain."

Ginko takes another cautious step forward, then another--

--and then there's a crunch of soil and rock coming loose, and the ground falls out from under him.

[gainedlove]

Frisk yelps and stumbles back as their footing crumbles, flailing and just managing to grab hold onto a bush to keep from tumbling down along with their friend. Once the racket dies down they scramble back to the edge looking down...oh no. They can't tell if the man is alive or dead from here, but that leg doesn't look good, and there's a lot of red seeping into the pant leg. They bite their lip, then squeeze their eyes shut--

[gainedlove]

They approach Ginko sooner this time around, slipping out of the bushes and padding up quietly behind him only a little while after Ginko enters the forest. Once they're close enough, Frisk grabs onto his coat and tugs to get his attention. "You need to get to the village, right?"

[onegreeneye]

Ginko jolts slightly, blinking and turning to look down at the child suddenly by his side. "--Uh... yeah, actually. Do you live there?"

[gainedlove]

"Nuh-uh. But I can show you a quick way over!"

Frisk giggles and takes Ginko's hand, pulling him up along the path. They won't take that way along the ditch this time, but they can climb up the hill it runs along--it'll just be a bit harder is all. "Come on!"

[onegreeneye]

"What--" What is this kid's deal? Next thing Ginko knows, he's being dragged up the path, barely able to get another question out. "--where do you live, then?"

There's only one village for miles around... he eyes the flowers in their hair, frowning slightly.

[gainedlove]

"I live here, silly!" Frisk smiles back up at him, like they're sharing a joke that only they know. Which they sort of are, honestly. "I'll get you through safe, I promise."

[onegreeneye]

"I... didn't say you wouldn't, but alright, it's appreciated." What the heck is going on here.

"Does anyone else live out here with you?" That is to say, are they or are they not alone in the woods for some weird reason.

[gainedlove]

Frisk is what's happening, Ginko.

"Nuh-uh. It's just me and the mushis." Small child living alone in the wilderness: confirmed. "It's okay, though, I like it here."

[onegreeneye]

He doesn't look all that reassured. "...I'm glad you do, but why would you live here by yourself? That seems pretty dangerous."

He's already trying to figure out how to work the 'do you not have a family' question in.

[gainedlove]

"I always lived here. I've been okay, I only got hurt really bad once." Frisk shrugs, and bends down for a moment to pick up a stick laying on the ground. "An' I can't go anyway. The mushis don't like it."

[onegreeneye]

"Once? What happened?" Again, no less worried. That seems to be a pattern here.

"...What do you mean?"

[gainedlove]

They hum a little, looking away. "I fell down a hill, 'n then I woke up again."

There's a moment of silence, and Frisk tugs their hand free of Ginko's. They shouldn't have said that. "My head starts hurting."

[onegreeneye]

He turned again to face them more fully, alarm written all over his face. Did they get knocked out?! If there was lasting damage, there would be nobody around to notice or do anything about it.

His fingers curl uncertainly as he thinks over the two possible topics to go over... but one seems less likely to upset them. "Does it feel like a pressure headache or something else?"

[gainedlove]

"It just hurts. I don't wanna go."

Frisk takes off running up the path--there's still a ways to go to the branching point, and they don't want to talk about this any longer. It's like the strange lady all over again, and they don't like it.

[onegreeneye]

"Hey--!" Ginko hesitates briefly in surprise, then hurries after them, taking hold of the straps of his pack to keep it steady.

"Sorry. You... don't have to go anywhere." Even though he's more than a little concerned about this kid by now. "We can talk about something else."

[gainedlove]

Their grip on the stick is tight, but Frisk does slow down again. They don't look back at Ginko, though.

"...okay."

[onegreeneye]

For a few seconds, they keep walking in silence before Ginko tries again.

"You've mentioned mushi... how much do you know about those?"

[gainedlove]

The tension in Frisk's small shoulders eases some more, and they look up at a few following them up above.

"They're kinda funny, and you sa--...um, people can get sick if a bunch of them are around?" Shoot, they've gotta be more careful about that.

[onegreeneye]

It's an odd slip-up, alright, and he definitely notices. But it's not enough for him to even start to know what it means.

"That's right... and the first part, too, I suppose." He follows their gaze upward, watching impassively as the mushi drift after them. Not nearly enough to be concerned about. "Did someone tell you about them?"

[gainedlove]

"Uh-huh. There's a lady that comes, sometimes. She watches them a lot."

Those two things aren't necessarily related, but it's a convenient enough way to deflect suspicion.

"Do you watch them, too?"

[onegreeneye]

He nods, slowly. So there are at least other people around sometimes... possibly a mushi master, by the sound of it, though he's not sure yet whether to consider that a good thing or a bad one.

"Yes... it's part of my work. I have to observe them to understand them."

[gainedlove]

"Oh."

Frisk is quiet for a few moments, looking around, then points to a fat, eel-like mushi clinging to a branch. "That one kinda stings if you touch it."

Helping!

[onegreeneye]

Ginko gives a quiet snort, glancing at the mushi. "I knew that one, actually - from direct experience, as it happens. Thanks, though."