Midget Duo (Kouri)

[Tanjun Vorot]

A small girl woke up in the middle of a ruined town. She carried a weapon far too big for her size, yet seemed not to be bothered by it. Dressed in black, corset tight, yet failing to make the girl look more attractive, she gazed around. Not a soul to be seen. Where'd Ravok go? Where did her playmates go? This was the worst punishment she could ever get! "HELLO!!!!", she yelled out, yet without any response. She decided to walk around the ghost town. It was clearly abandoned for ages already. All that was left were the stone walls, mostly covered by resilient plants, capable of surviving dry environments, for this town was located in the middle of a rocky wasteland. There was no water, no food, no animals. Only birds flying high in the sky eyeing the ground. This barren land was even devoid of bones. Where did the gods drop her? Was this some sick joke? Why would they want to terrorize an innocent kid? Tanjun pouted, puffed her cheeks even. She wouldn't have minded the environment, as long as she had someone to play with. Being alone sucked. There was no fun in that. No one liked to be alone, especially not a twelve year old like herself. "I'm BOOOOOOORED!", she yelled. And that's when she saw something shoot out of a hole. What was that? A little clay man? Would it scream if she tore out his arms? Would it beg for his life if she'd slice away parts of his body? Too bad it was only so small. It wasn't going to last, but she ran after it anyway. However, even as she ran at full speed, that little creature seemed to evade her every try at grasping it. Of course it would look comical to an outsider, well... it was too for Tanjun. The little thing seemed to be really scared, as each time she dove, it yelped.

[Fubuki Kouri]

"Unh..." Her eyelashes fluttered open, the black-haired Vantha girl with sapphire blue eyes yawned and rubbed her eyes, waking up from a good night sleep. She shifted to a sitting position on top of her bed, her knee-length black hair was like a messy curtain, disheveled and sticking everywhere. Kouri gave a cute yawn before scratching her waist and made her way down from the bed. Another good morning in the Aurora City, Avanthal. Giving a prayer to Morwen, the Snowsong fumbled half-awake to her dresser, picking up a brush and started to brush her hair, at least making them acceptable to look before going out from her room to have breakfast. She looked out from her window, the Snowsong Hold was filled with ice and snow, as usual. It was beautiful, no other city could match up to Morwen's home. Letting out another high-pitched yawn, the little girl went for her room door, opened it, and found... a ghost town directed connected to her door. "Huh... w-what?" She muttered in Vani, her voice shocked and bewildered beyond measure. This didn't make any sense, how did it... how... the notion of her door connecting to a place she had never seen before, not to her home was so alien to her child mind she just stood there, mouth agape. "M..mama? P-papa?" Of course, her beloved parents were the first person she would look for in times of trouble. She looked back to her bedroom, finding the window now displaying the very same abandoned hellhole, not the beautiful Avanthal anymore. "Eh... uhm... ah..." Her mind was wracking with decisions, staying in there would be safe, but... she couldn't stay holed up in her room forever... but maybe... if she waited long enough, her parents would come back to her, like they'd always do. Kouri was about to turn back and entered her room when a shout echoed in the area... "I'm BOOOOOOORED!" "Huh?" The shout was not in Vani, it was in Common. The little girl had basic knowledge in the universal language of Mizahar, taught to her by her Mother. That shout meant that someone else was here as well, she was not alone! The thought washed away her fears and without thinking further, she stepped out from her safehaven, running barefooted through the abandoned town, searching for the owner of the voice, it was distinctly female, maybe she could find a friend here! A friend that could bring her back to Avanthal. "Hee-!" She stopped herself, it was better that she used Common instead of Vani, this other person might not understand it, she cleared her throat and shouted again "Heeeeeeeey! Is someone there? I'm lost!! Can you help me?!!" She really hoped the person could hear her and more importantly, agreed and able to help.

[Tanjun Vorot]

That thing was slippery! Tanjun couldn't manage to catch it at all! Even when she doubled her effort, the little whatever-it-was kept slipping away from her. But then... it got away completely. It managed to slip into a small hole, far too small for the girl to crawl through. "Aw.. now I'll be...", she said to herself just as she heard someone else shout. She almost jumped in joy. Another person was here. That meant she wasn't alone anymore. Now she didn't have to be bored anymore! She could play with that other one. But first it was probably a good idea to reply: "HELLOO!! Where are YOU!?", she shouted back. She really wanted to meet the other now. After all... the girl HATED to be alone. It took a bit, but having the keep shouting was handy in finding one-another. And when they met.... both were amazed. That girl was tiny as well! They could be friends! Jay, another who knows the pain of always being treated like a kid. "Hiya, who are you? What race are you? What do you like to play? Why do you grow your hair so long? Why are you wearing so little? Did you just wake up?", she immediately barraged the girl with questions. Tanjun was just happy to see another person and she wanted to play so much.

[Fubuki Kouri]

"Ha... fuuuh... ha..." The little girl panted and rubbed her forehead, the hot environment of this abandoned town did not bode well with her. She was a Vantha who lived most of her life in the frozen city of Avanthal, and she was obviously kinda pampered, one could not have a hair that long without some time of dedicated maintenance. She lifted her head to find a fellow child, also seemed to be stranded in this mysterious place. The other girl had pretty light-brown hair with light blue eyes, kinda like a lighter version of Kouri's midnight black hair and deep blue eyes. The brown-haired girl was slightly taller than herself, maybe she was a year old? Still, Kouri saw it was still fitting to treat her as a same-age friend. The little girl was immediately barraged with questions by this other little girl, all in Common, Kouri couldn't catch all of that and struggled to keep up with her motor mouth. "W-well I uuh... I'm Kouri and... what was that word again?" She spoke her confusions out loud in Vani "I'm a human, Vantha, to be exact..." She struggled again, she couldn't catch the rest of the questions. "Aaaah! I can't understand if you speak so fast! Can you speak Vani? Hmm?" She really hoped the girl would say 'yes'... but the confused look shot down her expectations, this was going to be rather tough, she inhaled and exhaled, struggling to remember the questions and mind-translating her Vani words to Common "I like to... sing and play flute! Ehehe..." She laughed awkwardly, hoping her Common didn't sound silly. "I... I grow my hair long because... Mama liked it that way, her hair is also long like me. It's a bit troublesome sometimes, but I like it! It's uhm... eh... beautiful!" She exhaled, oh no, she screwed that up, mixing her Common with her native language, she sounded so silly. "Wearing little?" Kouri tilted her head and looked down to her one-piece white sundress, she was still in her night clothing and also didn't wear any underwear. It didn't matter anyway, she didn't need them right now and this other person was a girl like herself. "Oh yes! I woke up and uuuh... suddenly found myself here... c-can you take me back to Avanthal?" Please say yes... please say yes!

[Tanjun Vorot]

This girl seemed to be happy that she met someone as well. But... she seemed to be confused about the questions. She was even speaking in some strange language. Whatever that language was.... Tanjun didn't understand a word of it. She was a little glad that this petite girl had spoken a little in common at least. So her name was Kouri. That was a nice name. She liked it. But when the girl started to speak in common... she was mixing in that strange language again. It was probably about her hair, because she was playing with it a little. Still... even though it looked nice, Tanjun wasn't about to grow her hair long. Taking care of that was gonna be such a hassle. "It looks nice... but I think it's more troublesome then it is rewarding.", she said bluntly. And then Kouri asked a question herself, after having explained why she wore so little. "Avanthal"? What the hell is that? Was that a place or so? She only knew of Ravok, it was all she had to know. Why would she care for other cities? After all... she could have all the fun she wanted there. 'Avanth.... OUCH.', she yelped out as she tried to copy the girl's word. She bit her own tongue while trying. Why was it so hard to speak that word? "Well... whatever that place is... I don't even know of it.. do you know Ravok? I really love it there. It doesn't how much I play, no one minds. It's really fun there.", she said cheery right after.

[Fubuki Kouri]

"Eeeeh?!" Kouri's eyes narrowed in annoyance when this other girl made an awful comment about her hair. How rude, she put a lot in maintaining her hair, her friends were always doting around, asking how she managed to take care of this ebony curtain of hair. Well, some of the more naughty boys did like to suddenly grasp it, making Kouri fell down to the snowy ground of Avanthal. Her sapphire eyes switched to red in anger "No! It's beautiful! You just can't see it because you have ugly short hair!" She vented her anger all in Vani, she didn't have the concentration to translate her words when angered. Speaking about this girl, Kouri didn't know her name yet. She grabbed a handful of her hair and rubbed it, acting as if the other girl wanted to steal it away from her "Hmph... so, what's your nam-... eh... name?" Kouri tilted her head, a clear annoyed look still plastered on her face. "Huh?!" This girl was just unbelievable, how could someone did not know about the beautiful aurora city of Avanthal?! Kouri's eyes switched to yellow in surprise mixed with pity. She must had been living under a rock or in a cave. A cave named "Ravok" it seemed. Kouri had no idea what "Ravok" was. "Eh? Ravok? Hahaha~ What's that? Some kind of ugly cave? Hehe~" Kouri put her hands to her waist, mocking the unknown city. Kouri smirked, if this girl dared to mock her hair, then she could mock her as well.

[Tanjun Vorot]

When this girl started yelling at Tanjun in that strange weird language of hers. She didn't get it. What had she said to upset the girl? She said that such long hair was just a hassle for her, so she kept it a lot shorter. Why was she so angry? Oh well... let her be angry, Tanjun could just go back to searching that little clay thing to tear it apart. After all... this girl seemed to be no fun at all. But then she asked for the other's name. "Eh? My name? Tanjun Vorot... how bout yours? Don't think you said it yet...", she replied instantly. Apparently she liked her hair a lot. Well... if that's what she liked.. Tanjun sure didn't. "Don't worry, I ain't stealing your hair. It's pretty, but not my thing. I just want it short." She was telling the truth. After all... she disliked having long hair, seeing it was ok. Wait... did that girl just mock Ravok? She did, didn't she? Tanjun was angry now. How dare she mock Ravok! She started to grin with her trademark evil grin. "You really wanna mock Ravok like that, eye-color change girl. I ain't letting you do it again. Even though it'd be a waste to play with you here, you shouldn't press your lucky you know.", she said. It was clear that Tanjun was absolutely not amused right now. Even though the girl's eyes were interesting, because they changed color, it was far outweighed by the mocking of Ravok.