Angry Desu !jVJAZ.LN/Q 2008/07/10 (Thu) 11:36 No. 47807 ▼ File 121571496687.jpg - (77.51KB, 540x600 , Letty-Letty.jpg)
Sighing you blink in surprise at the door to Letty's room. It seems you were so deep in thought you didn't even noticed you had arrived. For a moment you consider the door, plain, dull, unidentified. Maybe you should see about making or buying some name plates for the girls doors? You were pretty sure you had some old arts and crafts stuff up in the storage room, though you haven't used any of it in a long while. Gently you knock on the door, only to have it open and you be met with Keine's slightly annoyed expression.
“What?” She asks as you realize that she must have been checking up on Letty too.
“Nothing,” you say, “Just wanted to, you know, check on how miss Letty is doing.”
Keine looks at you for a few seconds then nods. “She's doing fine as far as I can tell, she's sleeping again but if you want you can keep an eye on her until she wakes up.” She frowns slightly, “It would probably be best to keep an eye on her actually, just to be sure.” Sighing she steps out of Letty's room and lets you inside. “I don't really know enough about Letty to help her much, she was awake in the 'car' but she did not seem too... coherent? Please, try and speak with her when she wakes.”
You nod and watch as Keine leaves down the hallway before you shut the door to Letty's room and move to sit down on a chair next to the lavender-haired woman's bed. For a moment you frown as the lack of bed covers but then you sigh and smirk to yourself, bed covers would have probably made things worse by warming her up after all.
You sit like that for several minutes, almost dozing off yourself before Letty suddenly wakes and looks around in surprise. Your yourself almost fall off your chair at the sudden awakening but you quickly recover and check the woman over.
“Miss Letty?” You ask, causing her to look at you curiously. “Are you alright?”
“Alright?” She replies, blinking in confusion. “Alright... yes... yes I am but...” She frowns, “How did I end up back here?”
“You're back home Miss Letty, we brought you back after... whatever happened in the supermarket.” You laugh nervously, “Well, after you had been put in a freezer for a little bit anyway.”
“Oh! Oh... yes... that's right,” Letty mumbles, “I was looking at those 'air conditioners' when that horrible man in red made them hot...” She shudders, “So very hot, and so close!”
“Miss Letty?” You gently reach out to push her back onto her bed. “It's okay now, you're back in your nice cold room, so you can just take it easy, okay?”
“Hn,” She smirks and looks up at you, “Well, if I'm going to be looked over by such a handsome doctor I guess I should make the most of it.” You feel your face flush at her compliment even as you pull away from her in a mixture of surprise and embarrassment - which only seems to make Letty more amused. “This is nice,” she says, “It's been a long while since I was last able to tease a man into turning bright red like this. A samurai I believe he was... pity really...”
Calming down you try to regain you composure slightly and give Letty an odd look as she seems to drop into reminiscing.
“That was a long time ago,” she whispers, “It happens now and then, some poor soul gets lost in the snow and the mountains... The few lucky ones run into me, and I usually give them some comfort and try to get them to safety but...” She sighs, “He was a nice man, a little prudish but nice. I heard he settled down with a wife and had a child a few seasons later. It was bit stupid of him to try for that princess too though, but he was something of a romantic - I expect he was probably in it more for the challenge than anything else. I never did hear what happened to him after that...”
Suddenly Letty seems to remember that you're in the room and laughs lightly, “Oh,” she says, “Look at me, thinking about the past when I should be thinking about the now. Still, it's an affection many residents of Gensokyo have - aside from Marisa and Cirno I suppose, I do envy their ability to live solely for the present sometimes.”
“Miss Letty...” You whisper, sitting back down onto your chair at her side. “How old are... no, that would be rude of me to ask, i'm sorry.”
“Oooh,” Letty smirks, “Curious, but a gentleman I see. And you're right, it would be rude to ask a lady her age after all. Besides, I do rather think you wouldn't believe me even if I did tell you.”
“How could I?” You say, “You hardly look any older than I do. Neither does Miss Meiling, Miss Komachi or Miss Keine... and Marisa looks even younger.” You sigh and look down, “yesterday I didn't understand anything, today? Today I understand how little I understand.”
“Good.” Letty states, her voice firm. “That's the first step to understanding, to admit you don't understand. Now mister handsome doctor,” You blush as she smirks, “what is it you don't understand right now?”
You look at her for a few moments, then up at the ceiling as you think. “I don't understand...” you begin, “Well... I don't understand what you are.” you say at last, “I'm pretty certain you're not a human, but you're not like any of the others and I know Miss Komachi is a shinigami, and i'm pretty certain that one of them is a Youkai too... But you?” You look back down at the lavender-haired woman, who has twisted around to lounge on her side. “I don't know what you are, and I know it sounds rude but... I guess that's what I don't understand right now. You love the cold, but the heat affects you badly.”
“So,” the woman asks, “what would you guess I could be?”
You frown and take a breath, “If I had to guess,” you say, “I would say a Yuki-Onna, but you don't match up to the legends my grandfather told me about them.”
“Really? Well, even legends end up twisted over the course of time.” Letty smiles mysteriously at you, “Still, to think they talk about me even now in the outside world? That is rather amusing I must say.”
You begin to nod, then pause in horror. “You... You really are a Yuki-Onna!?” you exclaim, then your eyes widen, “But the legends have been around since... since...”
“Since I was careless enough to let myself get spotted by a woodsman, I know.” Letty shrugs, a movement which makes various other, more interesting, parts of her move too - not that you pay much attention given your current state of bemusement. “He wasn't too bad a man I suppose, much less refined than men of today but still a pleasant person to speak with.” Letty explains, “I've heard my legends too you know and I can tell you now that most of them are somewhat... exaggerated.”
[ ] They say Yuki-Onna kill people.
[ ] I heard Yuki-Onna are very jealous
[ ] So you don't go around naked in the snow?
[ ] Exaggerated how?
