un: hok-shinn rising

[aprescoup]

( Throughout the commotion, thick, gravelly voice that seems to be stirring from the depths of inebriation: )

...ehhhhh? Y'all... mongreeeelllllls, rise'n'shine, ah? You woke up? Yeahhhh... been having the good swill, have you? Tried it? Old man Cheomsan gonna sort you out. You tell'im, tell'im Taksui sent you, ah? You, yours... your cat, your children... your old ma... you drink on the house. Ke-hahaa... old man better be happy we left'em teeth, yeah? And a house! We! Hok. Shinn. ( And again, with emphasis: ) Hoooooookkkkk. Shinnnnn. Thassme. Thassmy uncle. That's all of us. We're kings'ere, yah?

( Another moment, while he's waking up; the sound of a swig, drunk. ) Yeah... old man merchant said to look after you, because he knooooooows. Knows you want something done, yeah? You talk to us. You talk to me. We get it done. So I'm lookin' after you, little bros and sisters... got some of you squealing pigs in the village, didn't I? You're welcome. Next time, drink the house brew on your own. Stop fussing like a maid, first time your skirt's dragged up. You gonna like it.

Couple o'... suggestions. What we call it? Friendly advice, ah? Don't walk long in our forests at night. Spooky shit going on. Said... we! We! The Hok-shinn. We told'em others, better to cut every tree down, til the woods get back in order. 'Noooo, they're sacred.' Fuck's sake.

...nnnnnd two. Don't meddle with the fetters. You thirstin' for a bad woman? I know some hags. Don't go for them who'll rip your... maybe you like that, huh? Know a man, if you do. Make you some coin? All he's asking is, you cry when he's wanting you to.

( Sharper: ) But I'm hearin' you're more for other things. Big bad swords? Guns? Huh? Huh, you big and strong? Keh... you so big and so mighty, some of the pieces of shit got somethin' you can waste your time on. Always runnin'mouths with nonsense... now they're saying... they're saying: that thing they see in the barns and wells and whatever... the bitch's head with the serpent body. They say she's eaten children. Two babes. A toddler. Unhinged her mouth right up and gobble-gobble-gobble! Hahahhaha... you hear that shit? Can't make it up.

My honoured fucking father's putting up a reward. Gotta shut up the idiots somehow. Me, I'm thinkin'... what's the shrieking for? Two of the little squealers were girls! You be grateful they're dead, ah? But my father'll give you some good gold for'er head, if you catch it. Cause that's all she has!

...right. That's me. Taksui. Got a girl calling. Better things to... whatever. You need me, you get in touch.


( ooc: — if you can't justify your character drinking the elixir to gain their ancestral curse on their own, feel free to assume Taksui slipped it in their welcome feast meal.

— villagers are complaining of the same creature reported in the latest log: with the head of a beautiful woman, whose hair braids to form her snake-like body. 'She' slithers away once discovered.

— feel free to threadjack, make plans, find or protect the creature, etc. Ask any housekeeping questions here.

— Taksui will be answering sporadically. He is now available at the npc inbox. God help. )