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]

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."

[gainedlove]

Frisk laughs a little bit and skips ahead, glancing around to see if any of the other interesting mushi are hanging around.

"Um...! Oh, that one made me really sleepy once. I didn't hafta wake up again, but I don't pet them anymore."

[onegreeneye]

...They don't what. And they didn't have to do what.

"You... you know, it's not really a good idea to pet them to begin with. And what was that about having to wake up?"

[gainedlove]

They look back at Ginko and pout, more put out than upset. "Huh? But they're cute, so it's okay, right?"

Why is he so worried about them waking up? Well, they told him this last time so it's okay. "I fall asleep sometimes, and then I wake up and it's okay again."

[onegreeneye]

"Just because something is cute doesn't mean it can't be dangerous; one mushi can still be dangerous, even by itself." It's like trying to reason with Miharu all over again.

"What's okay again...? You mean, you fall asleep after something bad happens?" That's his best guess from what he's heard. Maybe he can start piecing together some kind of explanation.

[gainedlove]

Frisk grumbles, pouting and kicking up a bit of dirt. "They like it, though."

Another shrug, and Frisk runs up ahead to grab some berries off of a bush. "Sometimes. Other times I just wanna wake up again, so I do."

[onegreeneye]

"They do, huh. What makes you say that?" He's genuinely curious; even if this kid is misinterpreting something, it might be good to know what it is. And who knows, maybe they're on to something.

"...when you say that you wake up again... do you mean that it's the same as the last time you woke up?"

[gainedlove]

"'Cause I can tell, duh!" I mean, gosh, Ginko, isn't it obvious?

"Uh-huh." Frisk comes back over to Ginko with a handful of the berries, holding their hand out to offer them. "Here, you can have some."

[onegreeneye]

Well that doesn't answer a lot.

"Thanks." He takes the berries, glancing at them uncertainly - he's willing to assume by now that Frisk knows what is and is not safe to eat here, but he'd rather see if he can identify these himself first. Also, this kid pets mushi, so.

At least he's taking a break from trying to get answers while he sorts out what he already knows here.

[gainedlove]

The berries are in fact perfectly safe, and Frisk munches away in silence until they reach the tiny trail again-but-not. Frisk waves back to Ginko to get his attention. "We gotta go this way now!"

[onegreeneye]

It's sort of a relief to confirm that; he was hungry, anyway (not that Ginko is ever not hungry).

He looks up as they wave, then nods and pops the last couple berries into his mouth. "Alright... gotta say, this doesn't look like the path on my map."

[gainedlove]

"It's a secret path! So don't tell anybody, okay?" Frisk giggles and leads him up along the game trail, hopping over roots and holes with careless ease. It's pretty obvious they know the path like the back of their hand.

A little ways along, where the path becomes a little more clear, Frisk suddenly swerves off the trail yet again. "This way!"

[onegreeneye]

Ginko follows behind them, more carefully, in near-silence. It's good to see they know their way around, anyway... not that that means he's not still trying to work out how he feels about this whole situation.

"--Whoa, uh... okay." He follows after them the best he can, jolted out of his thoughts again.

[gainedlove]

They look back with a shy little smile. "It's a little longer, but this way is safer. You shouldn't fall again."

They lead Ginko up the hill, which isn't a terribly hard climb but still enough to leave even Frisk somewhat out of breath once they reach a clearing near the top. Huffing and puffing for a moment, they let out a long breath before spinning on their heel and falling onto their back into the thick grasses.