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[hemeguru.livejournal.com]

{Ginko appears on the Astral Plane, but he only gives the stars around a look of mild surprise. It’s about as much surprise as he can muster at all.}…Huh. I doubt that Shinra-kun painted all this.

{He takes off the wooden backpack, instead using it as a makeshift seat, instead looking at the stars all around and putting his handmade cigarette to his mouth. Compared to most people who have just arrived, Ginko seems pretty okay with it.} Can't say I've heard of a mushi that can do this, either. I guess that only leaves...No, it couldn't be real.

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[contract_star]

You must have strange bugs in your world if you think one would be capable of all this. [Gestures across the Plane.]

[hemeguru.livejournal.com]

You'd be surprised. {He looks straight up} Mushi are pretty talented creatures for causing natural phenomena.

[contract_star]

Really? [Thinks about the bees and the stone flowers.] How do you mean, if you don't mind me asking?

Ah, I'm Li Shengshun, by the way. And this is the Astral Plane--some kind of crossroads between worlds.

[lamb_of_gold]

It most certainly is real, sad to say.

[hemeguru.livejournal.com]

{Hm, well he considers that for a moment, but then decides on the simplest answer} It's beautiful, at least.

[lamb_of_gold]

It is.

Welcome to the Astral Plane.

[noking.livejournal.com]

Strictly speaking, none of us can prove it's real.

[hemeguru.livejournal.com]

. . .{Okay talking animals are way more troubling than stars}

[noking.livejournal.com]

What?

[shunofandromeda.livejournal.com]

This is real actually.

What's a mushi?

[hemeguru.livejournal.com]

Mushi are creatures that are a step below microorganisms. They're creatures that most people have lost the ability to see, but they can cause anything from natural phenomena to disease...So I wouldn't put it past a certain type to be able to do this, but...If it's real, then that can't be.

[bacchusfairy.livejournal.com]

[A boy perks up, seemingly out of nowhere... though not really.]

Mushi? ... Some people call me the Mushi King. But I'm really a prince of the fairies! [laughs]

[hemeguru.livejournal.com]

If you were the Mushi king, I'd be a little worried.

[salvagestime.livejournal.com]

What's not real?

[hemeguru.livejournal.com]

{He just nods his head up; there's not a general direction of stars, after all} All of this.

[theguv.livejournal.com]

The hell's a mushi?

[hemeguru.livejournal.com]

A mushi is a creature that can cause anything from a natural phenomenon to a deadly disease.

[bacchusprincess.livejournal.com]

[chuckles, and looks up dreamily]

Aah~ what can we even call 'real' in this mad, mad world~~?

[hemeguru.livejournal.com]

Well, I guess that depends from person to person. Wandering from village to village, that seems pretty real to me. But this is pretty spectacular.

[papillon-hante.livejournal.com]

I have found that many things humans think aren't real actually are~.

[hemeguru.livejournal.com]

...Like what exactly?

[cutecleaver.livejournal.com]

This place is real! ...I think, I think.

[hemeguru.livejournal.com]

How bizarre. What is it, exactly? I wouldn't think that you could just stand in the stars like this.

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[There's something very appealing about this odd man's calm--it's not the frosty atmosphere of a Contractor on the job. It's just plain old peaceful. She approaches from the front, so as not to startle him, though she doesn't particularly think she needs the caution.]

I'm beginning to think that it is, unfortunately. Misaki Kirihara. Where might you be from?

[hemeguru.livejournal.com]

I don't know which I'd prefer...But my name is Ginko, Kirihara-san. And, well, that's kind of a hard question to answer. I'm a traveling mushishi, so I'm not really from any village in particular.