[A crunch of footsteps against the forest floor signal that Xue Yang's words haven't fallen on deaf ears. What brought Matoba wandering through this elaborate forest set was not any hopes of becoming a star, or even a sense of wonder and mystery in the carefully-crafted magical landscape. He's had quite enough of that, thank you. But real forests like this one tend to attract all manner of troublesome monsters, and why not pick off some of the weaklings while their guards are down?]
[...Humans with their guards down? Well. That is a different problem.]
Oya, oya... [Draping a kimono sleeve carefully against his mouth and nose, Matoba gazes down at the man clearly having a hard time in the leaves.] I see. Could it be that you took the wrong path through the blooms? They've certainly gone through a lot of effort to recreate demonic fauna.
[His eye scrapes over the man. Something feels...] Are you in need of assistance?
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[A crunch of footsteps against the forest floor signal that Xue Yang's words haven't fallen on deaf ears. What brought Matoba wandering through this elaborate forest set was not any hopes of becoming a star, or even a sense of wonder and mystery in the carefully-crafted magical landscape. He's had quite enough of that, thank you. But real forests like this one tend to attract all manner of troublesome monsters, and why not pick off some of the weaklings while their guards are down?]
[...Humans with their guards down? Well. That is a different problem.]
Oya, oya... [Draping a kimono sleeve carefully against his mouth and nose, Matoba gazes down at the man clearly having a hard time in the leaves.] I see. Could it be that you took the wrong path through the blooms? They've certainly gone through a lot of effort to recreate demonic fauna.
[His eye scrapes over the man. Something feels...] Are you in need of assistance?
[ooc; Power permissions if needed!]