Posts by NATSUME.

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"Welcome back to Riverclan," Natsume spoke, offering Fadingmemories a smile. "I'm Natsume. It's nice to meet you." He didn't think he'd ever met her before, so he thought that the introduction was appropriate enough. Faintly, he wondered when she had been in Riverclan before.

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"I don't recognize it either," Natsume said, brow furrowing in contemplation as he tried to remain calm. The last time someone had disappeared, it had been Kaneki, who had returned with too many injuries for it to be a celebratory event. He'd been taken by the Exiles, though; this scent was distinctly...not. "Does anyone recognize the scent? We need to take a patrol out to find him." Unfortunately, he sincerely doubted he had the authority to do that.

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Having been curious upon hearing the faint chatter, Natsume approached, feeling a smile spread itself across his face as he watched Anubis shapeshift into numerous odd forms. "That's a nice power you've got there," Natsume commented politely, though he was still grinning. Beards were apparently a bit too much for him.

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"Scarclan...noted." Natsume memorized the scent, making a mental note to himself to start studying the scents of Riverclan's enemies. "May I come as well?" He'd been useless the last time around as well, since he'd been even newer than he was now, but he would make sure he could do something this time, even if he wasn't very sure about his battling capabilities. Still, he wondered what kind of clan would kidnap someone as young as Evenkit.

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The only thing Natsume could really think was what a long name, but he couldn't really talk; his own name was only short because he couldn't remember the rest of it, after all. Shaking off the thoughts, the wolf padded up to the joiner, giving her a smile in greeting. "Welcome to Riverclan. I'm Natsume, and it's nice to meet you."

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"Congratulations to those promoted," Natsume offered with a smile, though he felt a bit guilty since the demotions didn't really affect him at all; he'd never met any of those demoted, so there wasn't much empathy there.

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Natsume wasn't really sure what he'd just heard, but it definitely wasn't a language that he knew. Not that he knew many languages in the first place. "Um...sorry, could you repeat that?" he inquired. "Also, name and business?" Well, all of this would be pointless if the fluffy creature couldn't understand him (and vice versa), but he might as well try.

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If he had a better sense of humor, Natsume probably would have referred to the joiner as "joining", but unfortunately that kind of humor was completely lost on him. He smiled hesitantly and stepped forward to introduce himself as well. "My name is Natsume. Nice to meet you, and welcome to Riverclan." He stopped and considered for a moment. "Well, it's true that you do need a name, but preferably not one of our names."
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Natsume arrived as well, surveying the surroundings carefully before he spotted Evenkit dangling in the sky and his heart kind of died a bit internally — what if he dropped him? Natsume couldn't fly, so the best he would be able to do was try and cushion the fall (which was an irredeemably stupid idea, as it'd end up in two more injuries). Then he caught sight of Kaneki and relaxed a bit. The other wolf had wings, so he'd probably be able to do more.

For now, Natsume stalked around, ready to intervene if needed.

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Upon hearing the call, Natsume approached, not wanting the recent problem with being unable to recognize enemy and ally scents to happen again. It helped that training sessions were something he needed to attend at the moment, as he'd found out a while back that he was only really good at running quickly for some reason. He'd probably been chased a lot back then, but he wasn't sure why.

Nevertheless, Natsume sat down next to Kaneki, waiting for further instruction.

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Natsume closed his eyes again, slightly overwhelmed (to say it as an understatement). The name "Shintaro" felt so right and so homely to him, yet it was also very alien. It was as if it was something that truly belonged with his memory, but was also something that didn't. The feeling was all too unsettling to him, and Natsume once again felt dizzy. Unconsciously, he leaned against a nearby tree.

Then stuff began happening. The graveyard morphed into a place surrounded by a forest, and Natsume saw a white wolf (Konoha, his mind told him) sitting with a book open, a crate at his side. There was a small crowd, and the black coyote was there again, looking as if he were dying of embarrassment. Something happened again and it disappeared only to be replaced by the same book being thrown right at Natsume's face. The wolf jumped back, startled, and he returned to reality.

"101...Pickup Lines?" he muttered, still feeling highly disoriented and slightly sick. "Wow, that's embarrassing." Then he slumped over, looking quite dead.
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“The Exiles as well," Natsume answered, remembering the odd, metallic scent that had lingered around the area when Kaneki had disappeared. That was the extent of his knowledge, however, as he hadn't been in Riverclan for a very long time and also hadn't managed to participate in battles even if he had volunteered to go. This was the primary reason he was here, after all.

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//timeskipping to when he wakes up lol

It felt like an eternity when Natsume opened his eyes again, but immediately upon trying to stand up he felt a wave of exhaustion wash over him. He wasn't sure what had just happened, but...had he been knocked out by a book? He looked around, confused. Upon catching sight of Kaneki, however, he relaxed.

"Ko...kaneki?" He stumbled over the names a little. Why was he confusing them? "Um...sorry about that. I probably completely ruined your visit. But, um, what happened?"

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Natsume had been out exploring the territory, as he still wasn't that familiar with it yet. However, his brief traveling exploits were halted quickly as he detected the coppery smell of blood coupled with Kaneki's scent. His fur rose and he immediately raced towards the place where it was coming from.

What he saw was pretty far from what he had been expecting, and the pale-furred wolf stopped dead in his tracks. Kaneki was there, which was a good thing. But there was a corpse on the ground.

"Kaneki, what...happened...?" His voice trailed off as he realized that the other wolf's eye was extremely oddly colored. "Are you okay?" he ventured hesitantly.

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He had fainted? Just like that? Shaking off the thoughts, Natsume decided to respond. "I'm fine. Don't worry about me. But, um..." He shuffled on his paws awkwardly. "There weren't any flying books?" That in particular had hit him as odd; one moment he had been watching the coyote and Konoha converse, and then the next there was a book flying at his head and he couldn't distinguish from reality vs memory. They were most likely his memories, to be honest. But why had they been triggered by this visit to the graveyard?
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Natsume nodded quickly in response to Stormglass' order, padding over to Evenkit and answering his question. "Your father and the others will be able to resolve this," he said with a reassuring smile. "And...and I'm sure that Kaneki is going to be fine. Let's go now." The wolf began to pad away, occasionally looking back to check and see if Evenkit was with him.

Inwardly he was actually really worried because obviously Kaneki wasn't fine, but with all of the strange powers that others seemed to have, he hoped that it would all turn out okay. If the digestive mutation had been developed, it could probably be reversed as well, right?

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Natsume nodded in reply, having been unable to catch a single fish so far. He had practiced his fishing once he had come to Riverclan, so theoretically he should have been able to at least see one. But the previous fishing spot that he had created hadn't been very good, and it seemed that the fish weren't coming up as frequently now.

"Perhaps we could go to the other side?" he suggested.
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