(IC) Pokemon: Journey of the Rainbow Goddess

[Winter]

Fuyuse
The Elder's House

All this attention and ceremony was starting to make her nervous. Fuyuse hadn’t expected it to do so, though she hadn’t ever really volunteered herself as a center of attention before, either. Normally it was Waka that took up everyone’s attention when they had traveled to a new town--he was the doctor, the extrovert who thrived on helping people as much as he possibly could. Her? She was content to keep position behind him, doing whatever he asked of her.

But Fuyuse had made the decision to step out from behind him, and she needed to learn to live with it. She watched and listened to the elder with an expression that was purely impassive on her face as he detailed the goals of their journey before looking to Juno and asked her if she was prepared to undertake the journey and the perils that would come with it. Of course, she accepted.

And then her turned his attention to the bodyguards, and asked if they were prepared to do their best to protect Juno, no matter what they faced. Her ears perked up when the man mentioned yokai, having heard stories about the creatures during her travels with Waka, but never having seen any herself. It hardly mattered, though, Fuyuse would see Juno to the end of her journey regardless of what danger they faced--she wanted the ability to search for answers, and this was her best shot at getting them. Fuyuse watched and listened as first the other woman, Nakano, responded with an “I do.”

This was followed by a much more enthusiastic “You bet, all set to go!” from their only male companion, and Fuyuse watched in perplexion as he winked at Juno. She wasn’t sure that boded well, but she resisted the urge to sigh, instead willing herself to reply to the elder.

“I do as well,” she said, her soft voice filled with determination.