[Have another fox eyeroll, kid. He's so impressed by you. It's not like he's actually wrong about that though, Oikawa is hurt. He's feeling better sitting down again, but as he adjusts his leg back to under him properly, something strains and he lets out a whine, reluctantly nodding his head. It's unlikely that this kid can do anything about it but he might offer a dry place out of the way to curl up - an appealing prospect about now.
It's good he seems to be losing some of his fear of Oikawa but still seems wary. Giving the impression that any fox - must less a Kitsune - is something to treat as commonplace would be a problem he doesn't want to fix.]
Keh! [Yamaguchi jumps back about a meter, looking stricken and not a little like a person facing an old nightmare they thought they'd left behind.] Y…You just nodded at me…!
[And why is that a bad thing, Yamaguchi–?] Foxes don't do that!!
[This one does!! He nods again - twice this time, then gives a yip. Surely humans still tell stories about Kitsune? There are less of them around now, but he's living proof that they haven't vanished.
He doesn't try to move closer, because the only way for him to be sure of doing that is an undignified drag and there's no way he will do that when he's already been plenty undignified in front of the kid.]
[Yamaguchi groans and rubs his eyes, hesitantly pulling them away after, as though he expects the vision before him to disappear.
But no. The fox is still there. It's more impatient than ever, and…and clearly trying to communicate with him.
Except Yamaguchi knows now it's not a fox.]
…Hoo. [Trying not to let on how badly his legs tremble beneath him, Yamaguchi takes one halting step forward, then another. After that it seems easier, and he timidly gets close enough to be just out of arm's reach from Oikawa. He kneels down on the ground with a cursory glance at the empty shrine yard, wide-eyed and biting his lip before he speaks to the kitsune.]
[Oikawa crosses "polite" off the list of things this kid could be. What. Like he's some new breed of lizard or something.
And no, he's not going anywhere either, much as he might like to.
He flicks his tails in his direction, allowing him to see both of them in the hope that they will give him the hint so Oikawa doesn't have to let him know he can speak perfectly fine.]
[Yamaguchi blinks stupidly at Oikawa's tails. Yamaguchi's clearly lost (and incredibly slow on the uptake) on what the fox is trying to say: unsure, Yamaguchi turns automatically in the direction that the tails had pointed in, but seeing nothing he just as nervously turns back.
Without meeting the Oikawa's eyes Yamaguchi glances him over nervously, as though hoping the fox will have mercy and open his mouth to say the answer bluntly for him.
waitaminute] T…Tuh……tails?! [YES, 'TAILS,' AS IN, PLURAL TAILS] You have two tails!!
[Oh very well done! Here, Oikawa's going to give him an unimpressed stare as a reward.
And then barks a yip, which is fox for "yes, you moron. last I checked your eyes are working fine". Supernatural fox is a very complex and efficient language.
Sloooooowly, so as not to startle the dense human - he doesn't know what he'd do if the kid actually runs away - he swishes his tails forward, attempting to communicate "touch them if you need to prove they're real" without speaking. If he spoke, he's fairly sure the kid would die on the spot. Plus, he doesn't want to.]
[ Yamaguchi flinches violently at the bark; he wasn't expecting such a loud noise from the animal while he was still reeling from the whole 'two-tails' thing. Thusly caught off-guard Yamaguchi can only flail violently backward at Oikawa's proffered tails, quickly enough to fall back on his ass in the most dignified manner possible.. ]
S-Sorry! I didn't know, that you're ah, a– [ what was the word, the more respectful word? was there one? THINK, YAMAGUCHI, ] –a fire-fox!!
[That's... Close enough. But Oikawa rules out anything like moving closer in case it prompts a heart attack. He tries nodding, he's completely sure now that speaking would kill him, and killing a patron of someone else's shrine, in the shrine grounds, seems like an all around terrible idea.
His leg is starting to ache from sitting up properly so he tips over so he can stretch it out. It's not like he had to worry about keeping his dignity in front of someone so intent on giving it away. But he glares anyway to convey that he is still far scarier than any human could hope to be.]
! [ So, either Yamaguchi is suddenly insane and hallucinating out of nowhere (his day wasn't that bad, all right!!), or he's suddenly seeing spirits on Earth—not for the first time?—that happen to be real. The situation is still sinking in, but Yamaguchi is more or less prepared to move forward with the understanding that (1) this fox is a magic spirit and (2) it is thereby able to both understand Yamaguchi and to begrudge him for his ineptitude, should he mess up without giving it what it wants. That fortune from earlier was probably a warning…
Even so, Yamaguchi doesn't panic as badly when the kitsune moves again unexpectedly. He stiffens in place and unconsciously tightens his elbow's grip on Oikawa's forgotten orb, but the reaction doesn't last: he has to blink at the doglike way the fox lays down on its side and stretches itself out across the ground. It's bizarrely cute and sleepy-looking to behold for something that could possibly curse him for life.
But what does he say to it?? No, wait. What would Tsukki say? That's definitely what Yamaguchi should try doing!]
[ Maybe a little less rude than Tsukki, though. He doesn't say anything about how loud the fox's barking is, or that Yamaguchi has no way of understanding what it wants. ] Um…I'm Yamaguchi. From the neighborhood south of here.
I-I guess you wouldn't normally talk to humans like this, right? [ … ] So, could you…kind of gimme some kinda clue of…what it is you want??
[Oh Oikawa could definitely curse him for life, but not without some more magic. At the moment, Oikawa could curse him for... a day at most. Probably more like a few hours. If it was just something like itchy nose hair, he could maybe make it last for thirty hours. Either way, Yamaguchi is safe from him for now.
Communicating without talking is harder than he remembers. He could swear he never had these problems with Iwaizumi, but then Iwaizumi was a different kind of human. Oikawa doesn't think yipping or barking would do much good, so he tries pawing in Yamaguchi's direction - or, more accurately, in his hoshi no tama's direction - coupled with a whine.
[ Yamaguchi sucks in a breath at Oikawa's gesture, boxy stiffening automatically at the prospect of any kind of creature with sharp teeth pawing so close to him, magic or not. A moment later, however many self-preserving gears are left in his brain finally begin to grind together: he belatedly glances down, aghast, at the shimmering orb still tucked close in his arm. Oh crap oh crap oh crap… ]
W-Wait a…oh no! [ He cannot hold out the magicky-ball to Oikawa fast enough, once he realizes the orb's almost-certain connection to the kitsune (?) in front of him. ] Are you after this?! Shoot, I didn't mean to take it if, like…it's yours?!
[Oikawa gives him as unimpressed a look as he can. Because yes, he would like it back, as soon as possible even, but if it worked like that he'd just have taken it, injured or not.
Still, he's not quite sure how to explain to the human that he can't take it without giving something in return, so he - very gently - shifts until he can take it in his mouth. He can work out payment later. Maybe the kid will get in the way of a demon and he can rescue him.]
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It's good he seems to be losing some of his fear of Oikawa but still seems wary. Giving the impression that any fox - must less a Kitsune - is something to treat as commonplace would be a problem he doesn't want to fix.]
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[And why is that a bad thing, Yamaguchi–?] Foxes don't do that!!
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Surely humans still tell stories about Kitsune? There are less of them around now, but he's living proof that they haven't vanished.
He doesn't try to move closer, because the only way for him to be sure of doing that is an undignified drag and there's no way he will do that when he's already been plenty undignified in front of the kid.]
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But no. The fox is still there. It's more impatient than ever, and…and clearly trying to communicate with him.
Except Yamaguchi knows now it's not a fox.]
…Hoo. [Trying not to let on how badly his legs tremble beneath him, Yamaguchi takes one halting step forward, then another. After that it seems easier, and he timidly gets close enough to be just out of arm's reach from Oikawa. He kneels down on the ground with a cursory glance at the empty shrine yard, wide-eyed and biting his lip before he speaks to the kitsune.]
Um…what, uhh, are you??
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And no, he's not going anywhere either, much as he might like to.
He flicks his tails in his direction, allowing him to see both of them in the hope that they will give him the hint so Oikawa doesn't have to let him know he can speak perfectly fine.]
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Without meeting the Oikawa's eyes Yamaguchi glances him over nervously, as though hoping the fox will have mercy and open his mouth to say the answer bluntly for him.
waitaminute] T…Tuh……tails?! [YES, 'TAILS,' AS IN, PLURAL TAILS] You have two tails!!
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And then barks a yip, which is fox for "yes, you moron. last I checked your eyes are working fine". Supernatural fox is a very complex and efficient language.
Sloooooowly, so as not to startle the dense human - he doesn't know what he'd do if the kid actually runs away - he swishes his tails forward, attempting to communicate "touch them if you need to prove they're real" without speaking. If he spoke, he's fairly sure the kid would die on the spot. Plus, he doesn't want to.]
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S-Sorry! I didn't know, that you're ah, a– [ what was the word, the more respectful word? was there one? THINK, YAMAGUCHI, ] –a fire-fox!!
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His leg is starting to ache from sitting up properly so he tips over so he can stretch it out. It's not like he had to worry about keeping his dignity in front of someone so intent on giving it away. But he glares anyway to convey that he is still far scarier than any human could hope to be.]
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Even so, Yamaguchi doesn't panic as badly when the kitsune moves again unexpectedly. He stiffens in place and unconsciously tightens his elbow's grip on Oikawa's forgotten orb, but the reaction doesn't last: he has to blink at the doglike way the fox lays down on its side and stretches itself out across the ground. It's bizarrely cute and sleepy-looking to behold for something that could possibly curse him for life.
But what does he say to it?? No, wait. What would Tsukki say? That's definitely what Yamaguchi should try doing!]
[ Maybe a little less rude than Tsukki, though. He doesn't say anything about how loud the fox's barking is, or that Yamaguchi has no way of understanding what it wants. ] Um…I'm Yamaguchi. From the neighborhood south of here.
I-I guess you wouldn't normally talk to humans like this, right? [ … ] So, could you…kind of gimme some kinda clue of…what it is you want??
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Communicating without talking is harder than he remembers. He could swear he never had these problems with Iwaizumi, but then Iwaizumi was a different kind of human. Oikawa doesn't think yipping or barking would do much good, so he tries pawing in Yamaguchi's direction - or, more accurately, in his hoshi no tama's direction - coupled with a whine.
He wants that back, please.]
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W-Wait a…oh no! [ He cannot hold out the magicky-ball to Oikawa fast enough, once he realizes the orb's almost-certain connection to the kitsune (?) in front of him. ] Are you after this?! Shoot, I didn't mean to take it if, like…it's yours?!
You can have it back. R-Right…!!
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Still, he's not quite sure how to explain to the human that he can't take it without giving something in return, so he - very gently - shifts until he can take it in his mouth. He can work out payment later. Maybe the kid will get in the way of a demon and he can rescue him.]