Reading without eyes [open]

[Ryu Hime]

One of the first skills a Yamanaka learns is the ability to communicate with others telepathically by sharing thoughts. Not limited to words, the Yamanaka may communicate through sharing pictures, memories, and even learn to share sensory input between themselves and others. Hakuren uses this ability on a daily basis to mitigate her blindness by linking to her pets and have them stream live sensory input into her. However there are flaws to this sort of mitigation. True she can give her pets commands telepathically and they are quite well trained, but there are tasks they find difficult to do.

Helping her to read something like a book is one such example. Reading a pamphlet or a sign with her animals is no problem as she can read them quickly. A book however requires the animal to constantly stare at an object that has little to no interest to them. She could read a book this way but it would require her to berate the pet to keep its eye on the book every time it's attention wanders. Hakuren finds that method almost cruel. She could use her sensory link on a person to read, but that normally makes the person feel uncomfortable and the two of them might read at different paces.

Thus we have the scene we have her now; her sitting in a chair with a cat sleeping in her lap as her fingers guide across the surface of the page. From a distance on might think the pages are completely blank, but if one walks cover they would notice that the pages in the book had a bumpy texture. Each group of bumps on a page was a letter which together form words; words that are not read through sight but by touch. Obviously one would not be able to guess what she is reading even if they could see the spine of the book as everything on it was written in braille.

 

[Hashigaki Kurokawa]

Since Kurokawa came to sand she hadn't spend much time going through the different avenues to explore here. This was one such place. The general area was filled with old has been orders trying to revive themselves. Personally she only knew about the Rangers from the Chuunin exam where she saved and protected something called an ancient from persecution. Sahqo Golz was his name. She figured she would want to know more about the old Ancients and why people feared them today. Although Golz had shared the cliff notes of the matter he hadn't gone into detail and a library like this was the perfect place to look for answers especially since the cliff notes suggested that all three orders were around back then and had different interactions with ancients.

Kurokawa would move her hand over a large book near the entrance containing an overall index of the sorting of books in the library. Without one such index it would be impossible to locate ones intended subject of interest. Through pouring chakra into her fingertips she was able to sense the difference between inked paper and regular paper and through that read the pages. Once she found out where the history aisles were she would make her way to them whilst keeping a hand out to run over the numbers in the shelves. Them being grooved helped her find the right one faster. Once at the right aisle though she would have to check every book to try and find something relevant. After spending the better half of thirty minutes browsing she enlisted the help of a passerby to guide her in the right direction from there so she could find a book to sit down at one of the reading tables with.

She would make a mental note of the area she found the book in both for the purpose of returning it, but also to be able to find more on the subject, should this not be helpful. For now it was time to buckle down and get to it.

 

[Ryu Hime]

More than likely the blind Hashigaki would be sitting at her table since Hakuren was at the closes table from the history section on such topics as she was looking for. However Hakuren was not reading about the ancients but on The Order itself. Hakuren was curious about these three branches and their history. So far she believes one of these branches might be useful to her research to enhance her sensory link ability.

As Kurokawa sits at the table the cat would stir and wake from its slumber. Giving a long yawn it would then jump on the table, stretch and walk over to the newcomer. The cat would then greet the woman with a simple mew. Hakuren would see all of this, but continues to read her book like nothing was happening. After a few years of watching through multiple animals at one time, she learned how to multitask.

 

[Hashigaki Kurokawa]

Kurokawa opened her books and started running her fingers slowly over the ink in the same way one would read Braille only her books had no bumps. Instead she would use her chakra to sense where the ink was located and through that read the pages. She had learned the alphabet and how to read like this from her two former guardians so it had become somewhat natural for her to read this way. Once going she would start to pick up the pace just as a cat walked over to her and interrupted the flow for just a second and slowing the reading speed.

With the hand not running over the pages Kurokawa would attempt to reach out and pet the cat with her left hand whilst keeping the right hand onto the task. Her head would stay fixed in the position it had been in before the cat came over.

"I didn't think they allowed pets in establishments like this one"

If allowed to actually pet the cat Kurokawa would notice the disruption in the flow of chakra running through the cat. A disruption associated with being under someone else's jutsu. Though not able to identify which one, the signature would be apparent, and both alien and familiar at the same time. Being a Sensory type ninja with more than one method of sensing, Kurokawa could have come across variants of this form of chakra flow in any way possible, so all she knew was that it was not something she had felt in a big event in her life as those leave a far for recognisable mark. She could tell that it was not hurting the cat at least as the heartbeat was calm and composed for a feline so most likely it was some form of benificial or symbiotic ability shared between the cat and someone or something else. It Could be a form of Ninja animal or an Inuzuka pet, though she only knew Inizukas with Dogs. This also remineded her that she had to go contract searching for a ninja animal soon. Feline would not be a bad way to go due to the sharp claws and their ability to enhance bleeding.

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[Ryu Hime]

As Kurokawa reaches a hand towards the cat, the feline would grab it with its paws. The cat was extra careful not to use it claws and then begins to sniff the hand. Considering that Hakuren often uses her sensory link ability to stream live sensory input from animal friends, she has taken the habit of remembering people’s scents. After smelling the hand, the cat would let go of it and allow the human to pet him.

Hakuren’s face begins to blush as a surge of pleasure begins to flow into her. Hakuren does not just see through her pets; she hears, tastes and feels through them as well. Hakuren could feel the sensation of some light petting. Depending on how much the person pets she may even start to breath heavily. Once a month ago a little girl really got into it and gave the pet some heavy petting; Hakuren ended up fainting from it. Both Hakuren and the cat seems to be enjoying the attention right now. The cat even rolls on it back for a belly rub though Hakuren was not sure if she could handle that. Hakuren was not going to stop Kurokawa. As embarrassing as it if to feel touched in such a manor, she finds it even more so to admit she streams such sensory input in herself.

“They do if they are seeing-eye animals.” Hakuren was able to keep her voice calm and steady despite the stimulation. Other than the redness of her face Hakuren would seem normal for the most part. Though being a med-nin the amount of blood rushing to her head might concern her, but also might also think she was reading some sort of erotic novel. “T-that book you are holding. It is not in braille like mine, so how are you reading it like that.” Though the cat’s eye she could see the woman was blind and running her fingers across the text like as if it was in braille. Such an ability spurred her curiosity.

 

[Hashigaki Kurokawa]

From the initial paw strike Kurokawa half expected claws drawn, and weren't too keen on getting blood everywhere but luckily it seemed gentle almost as if the cat was trained in the same fashion one would a dog. As she started petting the cat, it seemed the other person at the table, probably the owner, got an elevated heart rate. Kurokawa figured it would be from the reading as she could tell that Hakuren was not doing anything not safe for work with her hands or otherwise and there was no buzzing coming from her either. To further dive into what was so strange about the chakra of the cat she would increase the contact area by running her fingers over the cats head and giving it a scratch on the back periodically stroking it from ears to tail.

Feels like another conscience resides within.

Something like us?

Kurokawa would tilt her head and turn it so she was facing the cat and slowly get closer to try and put her forehead on it.

Not quite like us. Weaker, more frail... Yet versatile. Less forced, less trapped, more controlled. Like being able to move freely from place to place without being tethered to a single soul.

Kurokawa was almost lost in thought when the ero reader had composed herself enough to speak without a hint of panting in the voice. It seemed any animal could become a seeing eye dog these days which Kurokawa had to admit sounded rather practical. Subsequently she was asked about her reading before she had much time to think of a remark on the seeing eye cat situation.

"Your reading braille? Sorry I couldn't tell"

Now listening for the difference in sound their fingers made it was clear to her that Hakuren was reading a much rougher book in terms of page smoothness. One would have to actually be looking for a detail like that to notice it outright.

"My Guardians taught me to read like this. One of them... She was an ink user. I never showed much affinity for any of the advanced elements back them but I did pick up a thing or two about reading the aftermaths of water that had dried up on the page. I have yet to evolve it further but it makes for a handy reading tool."

Kurokawa would remove her head from the cat and hand from the book to address Hakuren directly.

"If you are reading braille, and you need a seeing eye cat, I can almost safely assume you are blind as well. How did you know mine wasn't braille? Does your cat have a special sign for 'blind person reading regular books'? Or does it have something to do with whatever is so special about the aura of this little cutie? "

As she said that she would once again attempt for pet the cat by reaching out for it's face to stroke and scratch it a little on the cheek. She had to assume that the cat was cute, but she wouldn't really know having never seen it, or any cat for that matter being born blind. She jsut always liked the soft warm feeling of a house pet and especially the soft tails of cats, though it was a hit or miss if the cats actually enjoyed the stroking of their tail.

 

[Ryu Hime]

Hakuren was beginning to breathe quite heavily as she continues to pet the cat. Hakuren could not even concentrate on her book anymore, despite her multitasking skills. Hakuren could feel something like a hand running down her back and she lets out a soft almost lewd moan. Kurokawa then hits Hakuren's week spot, the tail. Hakuren herself does not possess a tail, but she can still feel it being petted. It was quite a surreal experience and she immediately slaps a hand over her mouth to muffle any more sounds from her, while the cat was purring heavily. Hakuren was starting to get dizzy and thus was forced to act.

"ENOUGH!" Assuming Kurokawa did not resist the genjutsu, Hakuren was shouting into her mind at full volume. It would be like she was yelling right into her ear with a megaphone. Hakuren then opens her mouth and chops down on her hand. Her fangs sink into her flesh which drew blood and though feeding on herself does nothing for her hunger, it does at least have a calming effect as the sweet taste dances over her taste buds. The cat however screeches in pain and immediately backs away from Kurokawa. The feline seems to be now favoring a leg; the respective one to the hand Hakuren just bit into. The sharing of senses was not a one way street; the cat can feel what Hakuren was feeling as well.

"Goku, you're on the clock." The cat looks at Hakuren and gives and angry meow. Hakuren gives a nod as if she understood the animal. "Fine, I'll give you some catnip when we get back home." The cat then gives an affirmative meow. One might think her an Inuzuka with how well she was communicating with the animal, but she believe they it is due to being link for extended periods of time for the past few years. Hakuren has learned what it is like to be a cat and the cat has and idea of it is like for a human.

"Small sign of affection is fine, but don't go out like that with animal's on duty." Hakuren remarks while trying to find her place on the page she was reading. "Now what was it you were asking me? Yes I am blind. I have my ways of communicating with Goku. And I have no idea what you are talking about on the topic of auras."

If Kurokawa did receive the telepathic message she may notice it as an open com-link; meaning she can reply in kind right now. All She would have to do think of a message she would want to send to Hakuren and she would pick it up. Since this dealt with the mind her spirit friend could speak to Hakuren as well if Hemorian was so bold to do so.


OOC: Do glow with "" if you decide to do telepathic messaging. That way I know which is for me and which is true inner dialog

 

[Hashigaki Kurokawa]

Kurokawa didn't have her forehead on the cat for long before the contact was broken by the now limping cat walking back towards it's winded and now bleeding owner. Kurokawa would smell the metallic scent in the air as well as her connection to blood in general telling her that it was being spilled close by.

The owner then, seemingly angrily, gave her cat a stern talking to as if the animal had done something wrong while she herself was busy ignoring it and reading a book. Then she continued on that line by addressing Kurokawa in the same seemingly baseless manner. Kurokawa was unaware of the precise nature of their link and what petting the cat actually meant so to her she was being accused of doing something wrong whilst not in any way seeing what she did as crossing any lines at all, which made her kinda defensive. The initial view of what happened had a large role to play in the differences of opinion here.

"You are awfully defensive for someone who was just reading a book not really invoking the help of your animal, leaving it just bored out of it's mind while it waited for you do be done with whatever. Just cause someone shows it a little affection while you are otherwise occupied does not make you the the boss of what is allowed here. I was not harming your animal or hugging it's time in any way that would impede you daily life while you were reading anyway. Didn't even pick it up."

Kurokawa figured she mights as well make her position clear from that start. She was not the type to take even light verbal abuse if she didn't feel like the punishment fit the crime. It had cost her a few connections before but then again making friends would at most be a by-product of going to the library anyway. This was however, the first time her fondness for animals had turned into a situation where the owner would openly display this level of jalousie for nothing. She felt like they were kids and she had chosen to play a little with a toy that someone else owned but had left out for anyone to enjoy, and then being confronted with said other school kid now suddenly wanting the item back because the interest from others had made said toy desirable again despite that never happening if the toy had been left where it was.

"And if you don't know what I mean by aura that just means that it either wasn't what I thought it was or that you are just not aware of it. Either case answers my question."

Kurokawa didn't really feel like explaining her reactions to multiple presences in the same body stemming from her own situation and major interest in the spirits of the sands called Ancients, and their similarities and differences from the ones residing in the hidden stone. The whole reason for her coming here was that the Order was part of what fought the Ancients back in the great war that founded Suna as the civilisation it is today. So far she had encountered multiple instances where these beings or their relatives resided so any instance with potential to connect to them always had Kurokawa curious to a fault.

 

[Ryu Hime]

“I’m defensive?” Before Hakuren could go on a rant of her own the cat spoke up with a series of meows. Hakuren just nods along agreeing to it as if she could understand the cat. “That is an excellent idea.” Hakuren pulls out a paper talisman she got from her friend Akazukin and throws it into the air. She then performs a few hand seals and the talisman bursts into flames. In a brilliant ball flame a fiery bird is conjured before her. As it was first summoned it had its wings stretched out wide and they looked to be like veils of pure fire. Plumage of red, orange and yellow adorn its wings. The feathers shimmered in the light like a flickering flame. It then soars around them creating a trail of embers in its path. The small flakes a burning ash quickly fade as it gently floats in the air. Hakuren raises a hand and the bird gracefully lands in her palm. The creature was so small that Hakuren could hold it like a dove. It was a beautiful sight to behold so it was unfortunate that her audience could not see it in it full glory.

As the sound of the cracking fire eminants from the bird, the cat makes some panicked sounding meowing. “Oh, right. Definitely would not want that would we.” Hakruen places her other hand over the artificial bird and smothers it. With the flame dead all that was left was ash which she pours from his hand onto the table. “Let try this then.” Once again she goes through a series of hand seals. This time a low growl coming from the ground to the left of Kurokawa, but nothing was there for her ears to make out a shape. It was like there was an invisible wolf a couple of feet away, but to the seeing the wolf was there on the ground or at least a shadow of one.


The shadow opens it eyes which glowed a light blue and it climb onto the shadow of the table. The wooden table creeks as if a quite a bit of weight was being added onto it. The shadow wolf walks across the table and makes a jump as it have to go over Kurokawa’s shadow to get to it’s master. The leap was successful for the most part though the tail may have smacked Kurokawa in the face.. The cat seeing what was going on lays flat on the table and the wolf easily walks over him.

Hakuren then cuts the link to the cat and attaches it to the shadow wolf. “There, now you can pet the cat to your heart's content. It should not affect me anymore.” However with the link to the animal severed the aura Kurokawa was talking about would be gone.

 

[Hashigaki Kurokawa]

It seems more than just the conversation was in danger of heating up. This however was less due to misunderstanding and more due to a certain someone summoning fiery animals in a place packed with paper. A fire hazard for sure. As the little fire-bird appeared Kurokawa would retreat an inch with her book in a effort to spare it from death by flame. The summoning itself seemed like an overly grandeurs display of power for almost no reason. More so when it was smothered just moments after arrival.

Hakuren then proceeded to do another peculiar summoning, this time something semi ethereal. No sound would bounce off of it giving it shape but it seemingly still had weight and thus could at least be located via it's steps. After getting smacked in the face by this creature, its' summoner proclaimed that petting the cat was now no longer a problem although the charm of such act had long since passed and Kurokawa didn't really want to engage in that sort of activity any more. If anything this whole situation had been both confusing and off-putting. Kurokawa knew she could see the whole picture and therefore didn't understand the situation completely but she also felt as if she was being judged in a manner that would suggest that her summoning counterpart thought she was in possession of all the necessary knowledge. For now she would attempt to return to reading to reset the situation back to neutral instead of escalating.

"Nah I think I've gotten all the petting done for today. Didn't think that affection towards a house pet would prompt an animal show for exotic creatures. Though I would suggest that no more fire based wonders make the summoning list."

She would bow her head and hold out her hand in front of it whilst talking. Afterwards she would but her hand back down into the book and start running her fingers across it.

 

[Ryu Hime]

Hakuren shrugs, "Suit yourself and yeah that was not the brightest idea... but the most luminescent." Hakuren was trying to be humorous about her fiery creation jutsu. Unfortunately Hakuren is not one to tell jokes. This is probably her first joke she has told this month if not longer. Considering how bad it was it showed. After a nervous chuckle Hakuren closer her book and walks away. The cat quickly follows behind her and the shadow wolf just vanishes out of existence.

(Left Topic)

 

[Hashigaki Kurokawa]

[Topic over So leaving it as well]