Inkblot 15

[shinypaws.livejournal.com]

[There is a gate on the Plane. It's a rather eerie-looking gate, lopsided and leaking odd shadows. Just from looking at it one would get a sense of fear and evil. This is a Demon Gate, and the creatures around it are clearly the ones that give it that name.]

[There are four of them. Two of them look like enormous koi fish, draped in ragged kimonos and soaring through the air on blade-like fins. A third looks like a huge flower bud, with four legs, a spiked tail and an oni mask. The fourth looks a bit like a decaying crane, and is also wearing an old and worn kimono, an umbrella wrapped in one wing. Surrounding the demons and the Demon Gate is a sickly red light, in which Japanese characters flicker like ghosts.]

[In the middle of it all is Amaterasu. She looks nothing like the sweet, even-tempered goddess everyone knows and loves; her expression is one of pure wrath, lips peeled back over vicious white teeth, hackles raised, fur on end. Her fur is spattered with blood, some of it red, the rest black and green. She's darting around inside the red shield almost faster than the eye can follow, a shining white light among the screeching demons. The mirror on her back is streaking out as if it has a mind of its own, tearing into the demons. There's a slash of ink and one of the fish lets out a shriek as it is cut clean in half, bursting into flowers as it disappears. Amaterasu has already moved onto the next fish, letting out a terrible roar as she leaps into the air and cuts its wings apart, bringing it to the Plane floor.]

[This is the other side of Amaterasu--the wolf, the hunter, the warrior.]

Comments

[shinypaws.livejournal.com]

Thank you, Mu, truly. [She nods at the patch of grass.] That was a Demon Gate. When demons manage to concentrate their power in a certain area, it manifests as a gate and contains several demons within. The concentrated darkness infects the land, turning it barren until the gate is destroyed.

[lamb_of_gold]

[Leaves his hands in her fur awhile] I see. And such shields are common?

[shinypaws.livejournal.com]

[Pets are always nice, even when you're sore.] They are with the Demon Gates, yes. Sometimes the shields are weak and can be broken, but...the shields around Demon Gates are always very strong. They remain until every last demon has been defeated.

[lamb_of_gold]

How inconvenient. [He sounds like a Jackass, but Ammy might be able to tell that he's just relieved she's alright. And, you know, being a huge dick about it. His hands are still - this is as close to a hug as Mu goes at this point.]

[shinypaws.livejournal.com]

It is, very.

[She noses at his hand.] I am sorry. I would have loved your help.

[lamb_of_gold]

Simply promise you'll be careful.

[shinypaws.livejournal.com]

I am always careful!

[lamb_of_gold]

You know very well what I mean, lovely one.

[shinypaws.livejournal.com]

[Soft smile.] I know, Mu.