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Apart from the Ocean part 12
And here's part 12 of "Apart from the Ocean".
Title: Apart from the Ocean (part 12)
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estirose
Fandom: Kamen Rider Kiva
Words: ~1300
Characters: Shinoda Aya (OC), Kuramae Noboru (OC), Ramon
Warnings/Rating: 13+/PG-13
Prompt: Table 2, prompt: Eyes
Summary: Aya has to live with the fact that monsters don't think like humans.
Author's Notes: I'm hoping to use as many of the 25 prompts as I can for one story, and am therefore designating parts as I go along. Any left over prompts will be used as snapshots on Aya's life. Since the characters are Japanese, I've used Japanese name order here. The universe itself belongs to Toei and TV-Asahi, as does the original version of Kuramae Noboru. The universe that Aya slips into is from my "Boxed In" AU.
Kuramae-san had found occasion to take her outside again, which she was very grateful for. It got her away from the limited area she was allowed in, and best of all, away from her father. Her father had implied that they'd both be given access to another set of rooms, but that hadn't materialized yet, and Aya only cared if it gave her more room to roam.
And this, at least, gave her fresh air and the opportunity to get them used to her going out, not knowing that someday she'd knock Kuramae-san unconscious and get the hell out of there. Or something like that. She'd have to do it after she got a good idea of the security and things like that. It would be nice to know if she needed to scale any fences.
But at the moment, she was Aya, the most trusted of their 'guests', despite her father's bold proclamation in her room - surely monitored - that he had plans to escape. She was the good girl, after all.
"I think I know what you are," he said, after they ate. "You're a Okoi-hatsuoki. You have a keen awareness of all of your 'tribe' - which admittedly is you and your father, but still...."
"Okoi-hatsuoki." She tried to recall that term. "A type of tribal guardian, correct?"
"Right - a female guardian that didn't have children, because the entire tribe was her children," Kuramae-san said. "That could explain why you haven't gone into heat - Okoi-hatsuoki weren't very fertile, we think it's a side effect of the genes that give you your semi-telepathic abilities that allow you to keep track of said 'tribe'. Keep a mental eye on them, if you will."
Aya nodded, recalling the name but not the specifics. Plus, they could be different in the world she was in than the world she was from. Or maybe she had read the term in one of this world's books. They seemed to have more documentation on the Merman Clan.
"I talked it over with Dr. Hamagaki," Kuramae-san said, "And she thinks - as I do - that the best course of action for you is to lengthen your lifespan. Gills would be good, too, but you're going to have to live long enough to be a true Okoi-hatsuoki."
Sighing in resignation, Aya asked, "And does anybody have any clue on how to do that?"
"Two accounts in our own books, one in your world's history," Kuramae-san said. "All about crossbreeds like yourself. One of the accounts looks like it's similar to the process the Fangaire use to change the Fandiri - the half-Fangaire - into Fangaire, so Dr. Hamagaki thinks that's the one she's going to try first."
"Ah," Aya said. "And that involves....?"
He shrugged. "Ask Dr. Hamagaki. I don't know."
"You. Don't know." Kuramae-san not knowing seemed ridiculous to Aya.
"I... I teach myself these things because of you, but I was really hired on to help with the Franken," he reminded her.
"And how *are* things going with the Franken?" Aya asked. It was his field of study, after all, and it would save her from having to talk about the future of the Merman Clan.
"A bit slow," Kuramae-san admitted. "You're talking about a species where you can ask a question, and you *might* get an answer within an hour, depending on how complex it is. We have barely any information about how well they interbreed with humans, and both of the stories we have both involve female Franken. So, we don't know if Franken can breed with humans, how hard it is, and how willing they are to do so. I have a feeling that it's going to involve artificial insemination, though with our Franken's consent if possible. There's just a lot of 'ifs' there, and so I won't be unemployed any time soon."
Aya nodded, letting Kuramae-san talk.
"At least I'm not one of the ones working with the Wolfen - apparently the father wants to raise any kids he fathers, and he doesn't get that it's not going to happen. In terms of easy to work with, you and your father are the best we've got right now, even if your father thinks he and the others are going to escape. At least you have sense."
That confirmed her fears that what her father had said was monitored, and cursed him internally for putting her own plan in danger. "I don't like being here, but... I've got no choice, have I? I'm an endangered species."
Kuramae-san smiled at her. "You are," he said. "A beautiful one."
"The pool is too small." She'd complained about it before, it was safe to complain about that.
"I know," he said. "I'm sorry." He looked genuinely like he was sorry, like he was sorry she was stuck there. "But it's all for the greater good."
"So, what are you going to do with the Wolfen and his kids?" she asked. "He had two, right?"
"One," Kuramae-san corrected.
"One?" Aya asked. "I thought you said two." She thought she'd have some more human company. Too bad.
"Some bright person, whose name I shall not mention," Kuramae-san said, "Couldn't tell the difference between a half-*Wolfen* and a half-*Fangaire*. Dr. Hamagaki had to make sure that child was fostered off to the correct species. So we only have one, unfortunately. The Fangaire are not endangered, unless you ask certain of their more rabid supporters.."
"Ah," she said, deciding to stay neutral on that issue and just listen to what he had to say about the Wolfen that had been caught up in their sweep.
"But going back to the Wolfen," Kuramae-san said, "Dr. Hamagaki's still deciding. If needs be, we'll make him a father involuntarily, because the whole idea is to raise Wolfen who don't feel the need to kill those they feed off of. "
"That's not much better than what my father did to my mother when he raped her to continue his species," Aya argued. "Are you sure the Fangaire are as good as you think they are?"
"Saving the species, making it acceptable to humankind, that's more important than what individuals think," Kuramae-san said. "I mean, we'd love to let him have some influence, but that's not possible. We have too many Wolfen bloodlines hiding out in extremist and non-extremist hunter groups anyway, he'd just add to them if given a chance. We need him to father kids that those sympathetic to the Fangaire can raise. Of the three Clans, we have the most information on the Wolfen, and we can induce Wolfen traits the easiest. In fact, they're our best bet when it comes to species revival. But not if they insist on clinging to the old ways."
"Just like you don't want my father raising his kids, and how you didn't want me in contact with him," Aya realized. Was it best to let those cultures die out, or should she be paying more attention to her father?
The disturbing thing was, it made sense to pay attention to her father, no matter how disturbing it might be. She was not going to be the puppet of the Fangaire.
"Well, it's better for you," Kuramae-san said. "Though you know better."
And Aya could honestly - though she didn't - say that she did.
Title: Apart from the Ocean (part 12)
Author:
estiroseFandom: Kamen Rider Kiva
Words: ~1300
Characters: Shinoda Aya (OC), Kuramae Noboru (OC), Ramon
Warnings/Rating: 13+/PG-13
Prompt: Table 2, prompt: Eyes
Summary: Aya has to live with the fact that monsters don't think like humans.
Author's Notes: I'm hoping to use as many of the 25 prompts as I can for one story, and am therefore designating parts as I go along. Any left over prompts will be used as snapshots on Aya's life. Since the characters are Japanese, I've used Japanese name order here. The universe itself belongs to Toei and TV-Asahi, as does the original version of Kuramae Noboru. The universe that Aya slips into is from my "Boxed In" AU.
Kuramae-san had found occasion to take her outside again, which she was very grateful for. It got her away from the limited area she was allowed in, and best of all, away from her father. Her father had implied that they'd both be given access to another set of rooms, but that hadn't materialized yet, and Aya only cared if it gave her more room to roam.
And this, at least, gave her fresh air and the opportunity to get them used to her going out, not knowing that someday she'd knock Kuramae-san unconscious and get the hell out of there. Or something like that. She'd have to do it after she got a good idea of the security and things like that. It would be nice to know if she needed to scale any fences.
But at the moment, she was Aya, the most trusted of their 'guests', despite her father's bold proclamation in her room - surely monitored - that he had plans to escape. She was the good girl, after all.
"I think I know what you are," he said, after they ate. "You're a Okoi-hatsuoki. You have a keen awareness of all of your 'tribe' - which admittedly is you and your father, but still...."
"Okoi-hatsuoki." She tried to recall that term. "A type of tribal guardian, correct?"
"Right - a female guardian that didn't have children, because the entire tribe was her children," Kuramae-san said. "That could explain why you haven't gone into heat - Okoi-hatsuoki weren't very fertile, we think it's a side effect of the genes that give you your semi-telepathic abilities that allow you to keep track of said 'tribe'. Keep a mental eye on them, if you will."
Aya nodded, recalling the name but not the specifics. Plus, they could be different in the world she was in than the world she was from. Or maybe she had read the term in one of this world's books. They seemed to have more documentation on the Merman Clan.
"I talked it over with Dr. Hamagaki," Kuramae-san said, "And she thinks - as I do - that the best course of action for you is to lengthen your lifespan. Gills would be good, too, but you're going to have to live long enough to be a true Okoi-hatsuoki."
Sighing in resignation, Aya asked, "And does anybody have any clue on how to do that?"
"Two accounts in our own books, one in your world's history," Kuramae-san said. "All about crossbreeds like yourself. One of the accounts looks like it's similar to the process the Fangaire use to change the Fandiri - the half-Fangaire - into Fangaire, so Dr. Hamagaki thinks that's the one she's going to try first."
"Ah," Aya said. "And that involves....?"
He shrugged. "Ask Dr. Hamagaki. I don't know."
"You. Don't know." Kuramae-san not knowing seemed ridiculous to Aya.
"I... I teach myself these things because of you, but I was really hired on to help with the Franken," he reminded her.
"And how *are* things going with the Franken?" Aya asked. It was his field of study, after all, and it would save her from having to talk about the future of the Merman Clan.
"A bit slow," Kuramae-san admitted. "You're talking about a species where you can ask a question, and you *might* get an answer within an hour, depending on how complex it is. We have barely any information about how well they interbreed with humans, and both of the stories we have both involve female Franken. So, we don't know if Franken can breed with humans, how hard it is, and how willing they are to do so. I have a feeling that it's going to involve artificial insemination, though with our Franken's consent if possible. There's just a lot of 'ifs' there, and so I won't be unemployed any time soon."
Aya nodded, letting Kuramae-san talk.
"At least I'm not one of the ones working with the Wolfen - apparently the father wants to raise any kids he fathers, and he doesn't get that it's not going to happen. In terms of easy to work with, you and your father are the best we've got right now, even if your father thinks he and the others are going to escape. At least you have sense."
That confirmed her fears that what her father had said was monitored, and cursed him internally for putting her own plan in danger. "I don't like being here, but... I've got no choice, have I? I'm an endangered species."
Kuramae-san smiled at her. "You are," he said. "A beautiful one."
"The pool is too small." She'd complained about it before, it was safe to complain about that.
"I know," he said. "I'm sorry." He looked genuinely like he was sorry, like he was sorry she was stuck there. "But it's all for the greater good."
"So, what are you going to do with the Wolfen and his kids?" she asked. "He had two, right?"
"One," Kuramae-san corrected.
"One?" Aya asked. "I thought you said two." She thought she'd have some more human company. Too bad.
"Some bright person, whose name I shall not mention," Kuramae-san said, "Couldn't tell the difference between a half-*Wolfen* and a half-*Fangaire*. Dr. Hamagaki had to make sure that child was fostered off to the correct species. So we only have one, unfortunately. The Fangaire are not endangered, unless you ask certain of their more rabid supporters.."
"Ah," she said, deciding to stay neutral on that issue and just listen to what he had to say about the Wolfen that had been caught up in their sweep.
"But going back to the Wolfen," Kuramae-san said, "Dr. Hamagaki's still deciding. If needs be, we'll make him a father involuntarily, because the whole idea is to raise Wolfen who don't feel the need to kill those they feed off of. "
"That's not much better than what my father did to my mother when he raped her to continue his species," Aya argued. "Are you sure the Fangaire are as good as you think they are?"
"Saving the species, making it acceptable to humankind, that's more important than what individuals think," Kuramae-san said. "I mean, we'd love to let him have some influence, but that's not possible. We have too many Wolfen bloodlines hiding out in extremist and non-extremist hunter groups anyway, he'd just add to them if given a chance. We need him to father kids that those sympathetic to the Fangaire can raise. Of the three Clans, we have the most information on the Wolfen, and we can induce Wolfen traits the easiest. In fact, they're our best bet when it comes to species revival. But not if they insist on clinging to the old ways."
"Just like you don't want my father raising his kids, and how you didn't want me in contact with him," Aya realized. Was it best to let those cultures die out, or should she be paying more attention to her father?
The disturbing thing was, it made sense to pay attention to her father, no matter how disturbing it might be. She was not going to be the puppet of the Fangaire.
"Well, it's better for you," Kuramae-san said. "Though you know better."
And Aya could honestly - though she didn't - say that she did.