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]

Frisk bites their lip when Ginko falls silent, a knot tying up in their gut...but nothing happens. They turn a little bit more towards him, unsure, and nod hesitantly.

"M...mm. I promised to get you over safe." Why isn't he yelling? The other man had. "You're not mad?"

[onegreeneye]

"Of course I'm not. Why would I be mad about that?"

He's also starting to wonder a little about what might have happened before to make them even expect that.

[gainedlove]

Frisk shrugs and looks away, their toes curling awkwardly into the dirt. "The other man got scared and yelled a lot when he knew. So I ran away."

Really, they don't know any other reason than that. When you only have a year's worth of memories, you tend to make some very strange assumptions about cause and effect.

[onegreeneye]

Ginko's brow furrows. He guesses that's not too surprising; news like this could easily upset someone who wasn't used to dealing with mushi, and there were probably more possibly explanations besides. But...

"He may have just not known how to respond. But, believe me, I'm not going to get mad over something like that, alright?"

[gainedlove]

Frisk turns back to Ginko, and the tension in their small shoulders slowly ebbs away. They nod, smiling shyly.

"O...okay. I just wanna help."

[onegreeneye]

"I can tell. Thanks." He gives them a smile in return, and nods ahead of them.

"Want to keep going?"

[gainedlove]

"Yeah!"

They grab Ginko's hand and tug, waiting for him to stand before starting off down the path again.

[onegreeneye]

He pushes himself to his feet and lets himself be pulled forward, following close behind them as they continue down the path. In a way, it's comforting to have some idea of what's going on here... but, on the other hand, he's not totally sure what kind of consequences their use of this mushi could have.

[gainedlove]

Frisk hums tunelessly to themself as they lead Ginko along, and soon enough the river comes into view. Swollen with recent rains, it's a little turbulent but mostly calm, and the riverbank is wide enough to let them walk with little trouble.

"Hey, what's a village like? I never saw one before."

[onegreeneye]

"...Well, the specifics depend on the village... in most of them, though, there are a bunch of houses, usually some farmland nearby. People live and work together in and around them."

[gainedlove]

"Farmland? What's that for?" Sounds kind of funny to them, but maybe it would make sense if they could see it. "That sounds nice, though. I've only ever seen a few people that walked through here."

[onegreeneye]

"It's for growing food." They don't even know what farmland is? "It can be... how many of them have you talked to?"

And did none of them mention any of this before.

[gainedlove]

"Oh. Why don't they just pick it? There's plenty all over."

Frisk frowns and counts on their hands for a moment before replying. "Three, I think." That's...that's really not a lot.

[onegreeneye]

"Not enough for a whole village. And not everyone knows which plants are safe to eat; some would be worried about getting hurt, too."

He raises an eyebrow. "Three? That's not very many."

[gainedlove]

"Oh. ...that's a lot of people. It must be very loud."

They nod, looking up at the sky. "Mmm...it's only been snowy once. And I didn't know if some of the people coming through were nice, so I didn't talk to them."

[onegreeneye]

"That depends on the village. Some of them can be pretty loud, but some aren't too densely populated."

Then he pauses where he is. "...I thought you said you had always lived here?"

[gainedlove]

They shrug with a soft hum. "'S long as I can remember, at least."

[onegreeneye]

"...Right."

Less than a year. As long as they can remember.

Looking at them, he would guess they're about ten, give or take a couple years.

He starts walking again.

[gainedlove]

Frisk jogs ahead a little bit, oblivious to Ginko's thoughts. Further ahead the river narrows and becomes much more turbulent, rocks jutting up in places and creating rough currents.

"Do mushis have villages, too?"

[onegreeneye]

"Uh... not really. Some live in villages, among humans. Some mushi are social, but they don't have their own villages, exactly, even then."

[gainedlove]

"Why not?"

[onegreeneye]

"Because it's not how they live. And they can't really build houses, anyway."

[gainedlove]

"Oh."

...

"What if I made them little houses?"

[onegreeneye]

Ginko gives a quiet snort of laughter.

"I suppose you could do that, but I'm not sure how much use they would get from them. Mushi usually do just fine finding their own places to live."

[gainedlove]

"But not all of them! I'm gonna make some tomorrow."

Well, nice that that has been decided...?

The riverbank starts to grow narrow and steep the farther they go, but still wide enough to make their way along in single file. The water laps on the rocks, but Frisk is nimble enough to not lose their footing. "A little farther, then there's another secret path, okay?"