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[protectorofsmiles]

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S N A K E. H I h on Ba shi

[A strange message for anyone who reads it.

But what if you aren't reading it? Perhaps you're minding your own business...and you come across this little creature in an alleyway?? It appears to be a tsuchinoko of some kind, just a fat little snake with a tiny tail sticking out at the end.

It seemed to be troubled.]

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[concussionprotocol]

[ Oh hells no, it followed her.

Val comes to a complete and absolute stop, nearly tripping over her own feet, when she comes around a corner and finds herself face... or well boot to face (and isn't that a thought?) with the Great Serpent.

It's not... that bad, she knows, so she tells herself to stop being mean. She kneels, tilts her head. ]

Hey, little one.

[protectorofsmiles]

[Oh good, it's Val! The new girl that just came here. Oh how lucky was Genbu that is was her and not...someone who could shoot him on sight.]

Scree!! Scree scree scr-

...

SCREE!!???

[Genbu jumped up in surprised. The hell!?? Why can't he talk!!?? The look of shock is clear on the little serpent's face. His little tail sticks out straight.]

[concussionprotocol]

Yes, yes, scree. I hear you.

[ Val held out her hand. ] Do you need help? Are you lost?

... Please don't bite me.

[protectorofsmiles]

[Genbu rapidly shakes his head from side to side.]

No, dammit! It's me!! Gen!!! Damn it why can't I talk?

Screee!!

[He'll just...hop on her hand for now.]

Scree scree! Screescreescree!!!

[concussionprotocol]

[ She stands, bring up her other hand so that the serpent has both hands to rest in. ]

I really do not know what you're saying, but you are welcome to stay with me for now.

[protectorofsmiles]

Screeeeee....

[Defeated, Genbu hops onto Val's hands for now. Better to be a tiny fat snake under the care of a friend than out here alone where he could be birdfood.

But he then hops up her arm and lands on her head. Hey, he's small and cute, he can get away with it, right? And as they walk, perhaps he can find some way to communicate?]

[concussionprotocol]

[ Val reaches up and steadies the little guy on her head, rolling her eyes to look upward - though there's no way she could see the top of her own head. ]

Really? That's where you're going to sit? Where did you come from, little guy? [ A pause, and a sigh. ] Probably where I came from, right? I don't know why I am even trying to ask you questions. I don't speak whatever language you're using.

[protectorofsmiles]

Is this even a language?? I dunno how that little creature did this!

Scree scree!

[Genbu hops up and down on Val's head, as if trying to tell her to start walking. Perhaps while he's on top of her head, he could find something, anything, to help him explain.]