Modest Living [ Loki's Home - Inv]

[Ace Detective Nara]

3/6

Tetsu felt a bit heart broken as he sat there next to flowerbeds, looking into the windows as he thought about looking into Gosei's mansion, wondering if Claire was looking back. He felt quite blue and alone as he admired a lovely blue flower that seemed to sitting in some silty soil. This type of soil was best suited for coastal plants, which Tetsu was familiar with for sure. He carefully took out his knife and inspected the plant's roots, that might be the only valuable part of the plant. He repressed some of his sadder thoughts as he tried to distract himself from the thoughts as he carefully pulled up a few roots to see how fragile they were. They certainly didn't like being uprooted so abruptly. He wondered if there was a way to work the roots out of the ground without tearing them up and damaging the yield. He thought for a moment before realizing that he might be able to run some water down into the soil to help loosen up the soil.

He took one of the watering cans and dipped it into the fountain, peevishly taking some water as he made his way back to the plant he was attempting to cultivate. He was gonna be as casual about the extraction of the plant as he could. He hummed a little tune in his head he carefully ran the water over the soil, letting it displace some of the roots as he took his knife and used it like a spade, rather than how the tool was traditionally used. It was a cautious task that he took great care in preforming. He was an expert at this point when it came to taking care of this plant. He slowly pulled the plant out as he dug out the roots, preserving the important part of the plant. This was mostly the skill of taking the most valuable parts of the plant and extracting them safely. He didn't notice any thorns, but he wanted to be careful regardless. He put the the plant aside and carefully took a paper towel, dampening it and wrapping the roots up so that the plant would survive being taken out. This would ensure the freshness of the plant itself.

[Ace Detective Nara]

4/6

He sat idly for a bit, carefully looking at the plant he had just extracted, looking it over much like he would for an autopsy. His knife, like a scalpel, was precise as he cut off each part in order to examine them in part. First he cut the plant's flower carefully removing the pollen tube and looking it over. This was where the pollen was often stored and was atop the Ovule which held all of the seeds. The Ovary, which like in people, was an indicator of a duel sex plant, which most tended to be, when there was a stamen and an ovary. Tetsu carefully dissected each part of the stamen, looking at the very small tubers that made up the plant structure. He then carefully used his forceps and knife to work his way into the ovary, excising it so that he could open it up and reveal the ever so tiny seeds the resided within the sheltered wall. The plant had two sex organs, the stamen and the pistil. He carefully made sure to keep each part separated as he operated. He was amazed how the anatomy of the flower was very simple, yet he could tell the plant structures were quite complex. He moved his knife down the plant, wondering what else he could learn from the plant.

He carefully began to cut off the petals, taking a look at the colorful structures that were often means to attract pollinators to come and spread the plant's pollen among the other plants. He was sure that was the purpose of the petals. he carefully put them all aside as he bisected the stem, and then made a long incision along the middle, looking at the inside of the tube like structure that was used to transplant glucose, chlorophyll and water to the whole plant body. This was the most interesting thing he had done all day, and he was lost in his little science experiment as he was unsure if he was being observed or not by Loki's staff. he was having a good time learning about plants as he puts all the plant parts aside as he looked at the roots down at the bottom.

[Ace Detective Nara]

5/6

He carefully worked out another plant, preparing to harvest some of the fruit from a bush that looked particularly aggressive, with thorns and such. he was quite off put but figured he should take some protective measures as he put some leather gauntlets that had been on site over his hands. He carefully grabbed the plant's stem, taking his time as he cut the stem of one of the larger branches so that he could take a greater look at the bush without dealing with all the thorns. He looked on with great interest as he cut the stalk up to see what was going on inside. He was unsure what kind of things were going on, but he was sure that they would yield interesting results. He cut off some of the thorns looking them over as he cut away. It was important to understand the dangers that came with cultivation.

He carefully cleared off the thorns, taking the berries and putting them aside. The interesting thing, regarding this particular plant, was that the berries were not the important part. The Seeds, that resided within the berries, yielded the plant's true important feature. the seeds were used as a sleeping agent, and would often cause drowsiness on those that ingested them. They were used as a means to help people sleep. He was attempting to extract these seeds so that he could use them for his medical practice herbal-ism and pharmaceutical work were both part of being a doctor. He had not been practicing actively as he was, for the most part, an officer of the law and was dedicating his time to working on the streets. He did feel, however, that his talents as a medic could be used to help him treat victims of traumatic situations. He put the seeds aside and counted them as he extracted them from the berry itself, making sure to not disturb the seeds integrity as he removed them. It was indeed messy work.

[Ace Detective Nara]

6/6

Tetsu was content with his plant yield as he put them into a small container. He figured that the staff would happily take the plant yields he had collected. He saved some seeds, replanting them in the place he had taken the from the plant so that the leafy bush would have a place to regrow and expand has he pushed the dirt over the seeds. He watered the space and checked all the yields he had gathered. He was slowly becoming a master of gathering and harvesting plants as he put them aside and left them inside the green house. Caution is king, he thought to himself as he flipped though a book that had been in the green house as he confirmed what the plant was and the seeds purpose as he put the book down and began to work with the tubes and containers in the garden space. He was a bit tired of playing in the dirt and kinda wanted to go inside.

He carefully put his knife away, cleaning it before putting it away, as some plants can have toxins in and on them. He wanted to make sure that his blade would not poison him by accident. He put the knife in it's scabbard, taking a moment to gather up his seeds and the other ingredients. He felt like crafting a potion at this point was not going to yield him anything as he casually left the ingredients in the garden, as they didn't belong to him. His agricultural interests were peaked of course, as he did enjoy playing with plants and chemicals. He carefully put the stuff down and made his way into the house proper. He knocked on the door and wondered if anyone was home. It was quiet and no one had greeted him yet. He carefully opened the door to the first floor, wondering if anyone would stop him. He was Loki's friend after all. He had just torn up the flowerbeds and maybe he wouldn't be welcome. "hello?" he called inside as he peaked his head inside.

[Christoff]

+30 TP Automastered
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[Madame Loki]

"Hello indeed..." A voice would call out as Loki appeared in the Kitchen with Neffy in tow. Loki looked over at Tetsu, still in her Rize persona. There were only a few people within the village who knew who Rize really was, and Tetsu was one of them. He had been Loki's best friend within the village, for years, by this point she more than trusted him. "I see you took me up on my offer of letting you use my home. Good, that makes things easier for me. I know you won't feel right living here without making some sort of payment. Soooooo..."

Loki was about to leave once again, but then stopped and said, "Right this is my sister, Neffy this is my friend... be nice." Loki then walked over to a near by door that looked more like a closet. She placed something to the keyhole, and disappeared through the door, she then pulled a child out of the door. He had an unassumed look on his look on his face Jormungandr, would take on more of a childlike appearance, since he was trying to pass for an 8 year old.

"This is my son Jormungandr, Here he'll be known as Akihiko Nara... your son." Loki said with a smile on her face, she was sure Tetsu would be able to piece things together. Jormungandr walked up to Tetsu and looked him up and down, before saying, sarcastically "Hello... papa. I guess he'll do." Jormungandr than turned his attention over towards Neffy and smiled wide before she bounded towards her saying, "Hello Auntie Neffy!"


Xango

[Xango]

It was bizarre to be caught in the teleportational wake of another, but not unpleasant. She arrived in an unknown household before an unknown man; Loki's introduction, albeit brief, did give Shango some measure of self control. She could not eat this human, it was a friend, not food. There was a moment where her sister disappeared, and she grew suddenly concerned that she'd be forced to make smalltalk with the human stranger. She smiled displaying many rows of fanged teeth and tried to think of what humans liked to talk about. Candy? Cardiovascular systems? Caterpillars? Something with a 'C' she was almost certain.

Seconds later, her sister returned, bringing with her a more than welcome surprise.

"JORGIE!! Look how big you are now! Gimme gimme gimme gimme kissessssssss...." and Shango's head blossomed into the giant head of a Quetzalcoatl similar to Jormundgandr's true form, nuzzling against his humanoid torso with affection and slobbering all over his face as she made soft cooing noises. She was so caught up in the joy of the family reunion that she momentarily forgot why she had been brought here.

Returning her head to normal a few moments after, she wrapped her nephew in a hug and returned her attention to the task as hand. Konohogakure. The Fire Shadows call. An even stranger rendezvous...

-preparing exit to Hokage Inauguration

[Ace Detective Nara]

Tetsu slowly opened the door completely to find no one before suddenly seeing Loki, in her villager guise, coming from the kitchen. He was a bit startled, but with Loki...he expected nothing less than strange. He pulled his coat tight as he appeared much older and grizzled than when they had last met. He had last seen Loki when she had taken the guise of Rize and became the village’s renowned legendary Sannin. He rubbed the back of his neck and seemed to chew on his cigarette butt as Loki expressed that he had been squatting in her house, though she had offered. “Yeah I haven’t really been home much, the office has been busy ever since the Deputy Chief’s little...stunt.” he grumbled as he was still doing paperwork in regards to the “incident”.

“I do feel like paying some rent or something, I hate feeling like a squatter or something,” He said rubbing his forehead. He took notice of the other individual that had come with Loki, referred to as Neffy. Tetsu carefully waved to the ‘person?’ but quickly realized that this person was one of Loki’s supernatural friends when he saw her razor teeth. Something about this person seemed almost primal, and hungry. They seemed to look at her like a snack rather than a man. He pushed those thoughts aside as Loki continued.

She moved to a closet and opened up some strange dimensional door and produced a boy that seemed to be about 8 years old. Neffy seemed taken with the child and quickly went to nuzzle and slobber on the young lad. Tetsu was unfazed by this, but rather had a facial expression of indifference as the person grew a head of some feathered serpentine creature. Loki went on to explain why she had brought the child and Tetsu felt like he had been hit by a bullet, and he should know...it wouldn’t be his first time being shot.

“Your son? My son? Did we? Noooo….” He said with a chuckle as he stuffed his hands in his coat pocket and gave an unassuming look. This child was about 8 years old, and he was 24 now...which would leave some explaining. Loki was also about the same age and was, at least from the time he has known her, not pregnant at 16, which meant one of two things. This was not actually Loki's child, or this child was NOT 8 years old. "But I thought you were married to some wolf guy?" he said with a confused look as he thought back to the past. He couldn’t remember being with Loki at any time, let alone that long ago. He thought for a moment, and suddenly it hit him, that Loki was not telling him of his paternity, but rather she probably wanted him to “assume” the role of the father of this boy. The boy addressed him as papa and Tetsu couldn’t help but smirk. The boy himself seemed disinterested in him, but Tetsu was still processing it all. “I...I mean okay, Loki you know I’d do anything for you at the drop of a hat, so who am I to ask questions?” he finished with a shrug as he finally approached them and the now slobbered on the young boy. “Jormungan...I mean Hiko, I guess I’m your father, for the time being…” he said, patting the boy gently on the head and ruffling his hair.

He KNEW that this was not really his son, but he didn’t really care. Loki was one of his closest friends, and he would gladly serve whatever purpose she had in mind for this boy. He would treat him as if he were his own. He recomposed himself and then gestured for Loki to follow him out. He was about to be called for duty, and figured they would enjoy the festivities. "We should probably get going, if you're here for what I think you're here for," He gestured as he was still taking in that he now had a ward and quickly followed the group towards the festivities. 

Xango
Madame Loki

[Exit to the Inauguration Thread]

[Madame Loki]

Loki would let Tetsu work through things on his own. Before she filled in some of the blanks. "Jormungandr is only 3 years of age. However, he was born with God-like intelligence. His cognitive abilities, surpassed most mortals at his birth. His ability to use Chakra wasn't far behind." Loki explained, not feeling the need to say anymore. Calling him an genius would would be an insult to him he was far beyond that level of evaluation. As Loki talked with Tetsu, Jormungandr cooed in his aunt sloppy embraced. He then turned his attention over towards Tetsu and looked at his mother.

"Shame, I was hoping he'd have black hair. I do like this look. Seems I'll have to change things up. Go a little more meek looking, softer... mmmh. This should do."

Jormungandr said as he waved his hand and his body began to transform. "Akihiko then stood there in what Jormungandr felt was a rather unremarkable looking human. Although he was objectively adorable. Loki looked at Jormungandr with a smile on her face. When Tetsu touched Jormungandr Loki raised an eyebrow a bit expecting Jormungandr to snap. However, Jormungandr simple blushed a bit unexpectedly.

Now that she thought about it, Jormungandr never spent too much time with Shiki, and he certainly wasn't a particularly warm and fuzzy individual. She suppose that was to be expected considering Shiki's nature, and Jormungandr maturing far faster than any child should. "Yes, and you will play your role accurately." Jormungandr nodded his head as the three of them began to leave the home.

-exit-