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[This is a contact post. He'll record something other than the sound of rustling after he figures out how to do it/his mun thinks of something he'd say.]

Because this is so very important. Yosh.
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His tattoos start on his face.

Over his lips there are what looks like black stitches, and tattooed on his actual tongue is the forked tongue of a snake.

Starting on the right side of his face, just under his eye, is a blood-red pattern. It is quite large; it could look like a macabre kind of lace, or some strange pattern of bloodspatter, or, quite possibly, if there was someone besides Cloud who would recognize them, the tiny shapes of various mushi (but mostly this kind). It slides down that half of his face, twisting to cover all of the front of his neck, the majority of his chest, and sliding down the tops of both arms to cover most of the backs of his hands. This shows through his clothing.

Between the forefinger and thumb of both hands there is a thick black X.

On his back are lash marks, and 'blood' is dripping from them (there will be blood showing through his shirts, corresponding with the marks, unless he puts on a sweater or a coat).

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-The stitches are both because he smokes and because he's been known to tell lies
-The snake tongue is also for lying, but also because he tricks people too (which can be slightly different from lying, in some cases)
-The lace/bloodspatter/mushi pattern is mostly because he once turned a girl (who was already half-mushi) into a full mushi, because she wanted him to. He felt terribly guilty about it afterward. They're also because of all the mushi he's killed over the years including the effing creepy mushi-children, and while that's hardly a sin many others would recognize, I wanted to do it anyway.
-The X's are from stealing stuff. I don't care if it was your 'fee' or if it was mushi-infested or whatever, Cloud, it was still stealing stuff.
-The lash marks are from breaking the greatest taboo of the mushishi--I'll not say more, because spoilers. But suffice it to say that if he'd ever been found out, lash marks would have probably been the least of his worries.

Ginko is from a canon known as Mushishi. I took him from the end of the seventh book, which isn't quite the end of his canon (though it is the last time we see Tanyuu).

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[A small spot of ink appears before any words do.]

I'll be going with Sniper Usopp to his world. And whatever happens there [pause] I guess we'll see.

Krile - Take care, alright? Maybe we'll meet again sometime.

Hawk - Good luck, and look after that brother of yours.

Castor - If you go home, say hi to Pollux for me.

Everyone else - [Long pause.] I hope you find some way to live your lives, whatever you choose.

Ironically, the Wilderness now seems more stable than anything else around here. [Slight pause.] It also doesn't seem much like a Wilderness these days. Maybe we should start calling it the Third Floor.

Getting back to the point--I don't know about anyone else, but I'm going to start sleeping here. Less chance of getting hit by something falling from the Tree.

Anyone who wants is welcome to join me, just make sure you bring your own blankets.

[He swiped the journal from an unsuspecting random NPC explorer in the Wilderness. He'll give it back when he's done, but this is faster than waiting for the person to come back, and really it's their fault for leaving it lying about where anyone could get at it.

...especially since he's not sure if he can talk like this. Well. Talk, and be understood by anyone but Krile.

The writing looks... weird. Which is perfectly understandable, since he's kind of. Holding a brush in his teeth and writing that way. It's actually surprisingly easy to do... but his writing doesn't look anything like normal.]

Hey, this is Cloud. What day is it, are the ants still around, and anyone want to tell me why I've got maybe a half-dozen fireflies following me everywhere? They appeared out of nowhere pretty much the second I stepped out into the Wilderness. [And promptly turned into a pony, which neatly distracted him from wondering where the bugs came from.]

[Slight pause.]

I learned my real name, while I was there. Ginko. You can call me that if you want. I'll still answer to Cloud, though.

[For those characters who can read kanji, it should be noted that the characters that make up the name 'Ginko' mean nothing. He spells it with phonetic kanji.]

Looks like I won't be able to meet up with my team in the Wilderness after all. This thing chose a fine time to act up.

[A slight pause.]

I don't know how long I'll be gone, so if someone could keep an eye on my ca--[A jagged smear of ink, followed by a blurry paw print.]

...Nevermind.

[[ooc: He'll reply to some comments, but eventually drop his journal as the elevator throws him out on the 4th floor.]]

[A spot of ink appears, followed by a longish pause.]

I'm alright now.

[Another long pause.]

If I worried you... I'm sorry.

[The handwriting is recognizably Cloud's.]

I'm told that this book is used for communication. I don't understand how, but looking back through it, I'm inclined to believe it.

I'm also told that my name is Cloud. News to me, but since I don't remember any other name, it'll do.

Since the people who told me those things seemed to be too busy to answer any more questions, anyone else feel like doing it?

[The following is drawn quickly, with ink and a brush. Kindly pretend it's actually a good drawing, and not one crappily rendered in Paint by me.]



You can start with telling me what that is, and what it was doing in my box. [Pause] What I've been told is my box, anyway.

Warning for character death in the dream.
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[There's a small blot of ink where he rested his pen before writing anything.]

What day is it? And while I'm asking questions, any idea why my hair might be [pause] have suddenly changed color?

[Longer pause.]

This is... maybe a strange question. But does anyone know, for sure, that they're [slight pause] still alive?

Looks like the Tree wants animals following me this month. At least this one doesn't talk.

...anyone want to tell me why this horse has a horn?

[[ooc: Slightly backdated to the morning of Feb. 15.]]

I'm finally myself again. Well, I was always myself, but I'm not a child anymore.

[Slight pause] The fish is still following me.

Lezard-san, Locket-san--as long as nothing else ends up happening, I'll start coming in to work on my normal schedule again.

[The writing is kind of messy and scrawly.]

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to reach things that are really high up?

This could be a problem, if it lasts too long.

[Pause]

-Cloud

[Replies will be made with eatenbylight]

Looks like I missed [pause] something.

I see Adashino made it through okay. Did everyone else?

Pollux is gone.

Valeth-san, Target-san, Locket-san: I won't be coming into work for [pause] a few days.

Inara-san, would you please feed Adashino for me?

[[ooc: There will be no responses to any comments; if anyone goes to his room, they will find his journal but no blankets, clothing, money, or food.

He'll be hanging out somewhere on Frost Mountain until I choose to bring him back.]]

How often do the memories come with multiple [pause] side effects? I thought they usually came with just one, but I just discovered all my cigarettes have turned into some kind of hard candy.

[Pause]

Oh, and anyone who has seen me today, or might see me in the next few days--no, I'm not doing this on purpose. It's annoying, and makes it hard to get things done. Feel free to laugh, but just let me do my job without stopping me to tell me how funny I am.

There's a lot of food in the Park. Is this a Tree thing? Was there a [pause] BBQ last year? What is a BBQ?

[Slight pause]

The food looks a little... odd somehow.

This {noun}turtle, riceball, place isn't too {adjective}sneaky, hard, bad? for {verb ending in -ing}escaping, making, waiting out the {noun}back, horse, storm. It's one of the {adjective}nicer, better? ones, as far as {proper noun (plural)}riceballs, Wildernesses go.

{proper noun},Castor {proper noun},Pollux you {noun (plural)}guys make it down here alright?

[Pause]

Well, that's {adjective}strange.

[[ooc: Cloud decided to go back and cross words off until only the 'right' ones are left.]]

I'm ba
If I worri
Is my that cat
Did anyone

[A short pause.]

That could have gone better. [Pause, pause... he draws something that looks like a jellyfish.] Anyone know what happened to my box?

[ooc: Scribbled out words are partially readable if you stare/squint at them. Cloud spent today just sort of... wandering around ES aimlessly, so it's possible he ran into various people throughout the day. If you want to say he ran into your character, that's cool. Just make a note of it in the tag or something /handwaves]

Valeth-san, Target-san - I'm fit for duty again. Hope nothing dire happened while I was [slight pause] unavailable.

Sniper, Youth, Smoke, Snake, [pause] Silvar [little ink blot] you guys ok?

Lea, Castor, Pollux - [long, long pause] thanks.

[[Yeah, he pretty much booked it out of the Spa as soon as he regained his sight, lol. Now somewhere on Melee island, possibly up a tree.]]

[Forward dated to sometime in the morning of August 15th, idek.]

[Water drips on the page for nearly a minute before any writing appears.]

Well, that's different. I can't say today started off boring, at least.

The Wilderness has changed into [pause, more water drips] something very interesting this time.

Is anyone missing a cat? This one won't leave me alone.

[Slight pause.]

Castor, you around?

Mustang-san, Lezard-san: you can start scheduling me again. I've recovered enough to be able to go back to work.




[[ooc: ...slightly backdated to yesterday, before his first 'kidnapping' due to the event. Because I forgot to post it then.

Anyone can feel free to demand he go to the Clinic and let them look him over; he'll go without too much argument. But his ribs are healed up almost all the way, and he's fit for light duty at the least.]]

Mustang-san, I'm afraid you'll have to rework the schedules--looks like I won't be able to work my shifts for a few days.

So everyone knows, I'm stuck in the elevator along with Zombie, Lea, and Boss.

[[ooc: Copying Rogue's example, because Zombie's entry was... less than helpful. I'm pretending he's learned their names by now, heh.]]

So now we're suddenly living in a huge sakura tree. [A long pause, though uncharacteristically a dot of ink or two appears on the page as he almost starts to write something more before changing his mind.] Makes as much sense as anything else around here.

Koi [slight pause] -san. I think I found another one of those things you were looking for.

Looks like I won't be sleeping in any of these inns. [Pause] I hope the weather stays nice tonight.

Did anyone need help bringing anything else down here?

[Longer pause]

Pollux, did you and Castor make it down find a place to stay?

Great, these things really do eat anything. Guard your pockets, everyone... I just lost half my coins.

[Pause]

How long has everyone been living here?

That was a hell of a way to wake up.

There's something that looks kind of like a baby dragon loose in the Park. It will attack, but since the thing's teeth didn't hurt me at all I'm not sure how much of a threat it really is.

[As he writes, drops of water drip onto the page; most fall on blank paper, but a few fall on the letters and blur them a little. It's just water, really.]

I was already pretty wet from the rain, but now I'm soaked...

I assume that people already know about the large pink octopus in the lake--it's too big and [pause] friendly for it to have lived there for long without someone seeing it--and that it isn't dangerous, since I'm still alive.

Is there any way I can stop it from dragging me underwater again, other than just staying away from the lake?

Looks like those crystals really are popping up everywhere. [Pause.] I would like to know how one managed to end up in my coat pocket. And does anyone know why couldn't I see anything in my memory? I'm assuming it had something to do with the crystal itself.

[Pause.]

Pollux, are you busy? I have a favor to ask.

[Pause, pause]

Mushi

[ooc: If your character can read Japanese kanji feel free to see that as 'insect'... but it should translate as mushi for everyone else.]

[Backdated slightly to shortly after his birth, on the 8th. The drawing is... so not mine, lolz.

A few small drops of ink, as he hesitates before putting pen to paper. The words look awkward and stiff, and there are ink splatters here and there; someone isn't used to writing with a pen.]

Before I do anything else I need a better coat, and maybe some other clothes. This place isn't the warmest. Is there a shop or something that sells clothes? What else is for sale in that 'Bazaar' place?

Sky said I had to get a job or I'll get kicked out eventually. [Slight pause here before the writing resumes.] I saw the list so I know what jobs there are, but can someone tell me what the duties are of… say, an adventurer. Or what the duties are of any job, I'm keeping my options open here.

[Pause]

Oh yeah, the name's Cloud.