Gen Ryu as the Dormouse was a shy and timid creature not one to entertain a group of adults. No she has her own special little job with in the café quite fitting to her personality. Gen Ryu in her main body was the size of a child and did not look very intimidating unlike some of the other characters. She was the perfect person to entertain the children that visited the café. True not to many venture down the abandon mines, but some do come usually with a parent or guardian. Gen Ryu had her own room that the children would go to for her to entertain. When the time strikes an hour passed noon or she gets enough kids she would begin story time. Her readings were quite entertaining to the young ones and it seems her talents for telling stories spread for today she got quite a turnout. Now of course this was the wonderland café thus this was no average book reading. When the clock struck one the door to the room was shut, Gen Ryu takes a book from the self and sits on the chair. All the kids gather around sitting on the floor and a few parents and other adults joined as well.. The book had a decorative cover which read 'The Tale of the Two Goddesses.' She opens the book and as she begins reading the room begins to change as she speaks the words out loud. "Once upon a time there was a Lady who shone like the sun. Standing on the balcony she looks out on her kingdom. " Soon everybody in the room found themselves on a balcony of a castle. The skies were clear and the sun was shining. From the balcony one can see a vast kingdom down below. Of course this was nothing but an optical illusion, but not a genjutsu. It was a barrier meant to change the terrain of a certain amount of square feet. Those outside the room would find the door was jam and would not budge because the barrier was right up against it.
A figure stood the edge of the balcony, looking down at the kingdom and said, "Surely, there is no person so lovely and so well beloved as I." She was like a knight in shining armor. Golden plates clothed her form from head to toe. The suit was polished to perfection so much so that it shown in the rays of the morning light giving her a majestic aura about her. Despite the beauty there were some imperfections that marred her precious suit. Dents, nicks and cuts littered its surface as evidence of the many battles she has fought over the many centuries of her existence. Evil seemed to have never slept and she must remain always diligent. However, even with these imperfections the suit still serves its purpose. In her hands she holds a mighty sword that could slay even the strongest of mortals with ease. Down the center of the claymore was kanji was inscribed and it read: ‘No evil shall escape my light.’ It was a warning to her enemies and a promise to her children. It was a double edge sword, however like the words it was sharp enough to strike fear into her foes with a single thrust but heavy as the promise is difficult to bear. Even as a goddess she finds the promise threatening to crush her under its weight. The Lady had wings like an angel and when she was first summoned into being she had them stretched out wide and they looked to be like veils of pure fire. Plumage of red, orange and yellow adorn her wings. The feathers shimmered in the light like a flickering flame. Her feathers were unique, though they looked like a birds upon closer inspection one would see not tiny little hairs sprouting from the stem but scales like that of a reptile. The scales were light but durable and were in a sense the armor to her wings. Her wings were the shield to her sword. They were a shield that she can use to not only protect herself from danger, but those she held under her wing as well. Now as she stands before Ryu tall and proud, she folds her wings into what looks to be a long flowing feathery cape. The wings however were not her only animalistic appendage she possessed. Around her legs a crimson tail lightly wraps. The tail was serpentine with yellow and orange fur stemming from its tip like a fine paintbrush. Its scales were like that of her wings. Now unlike the balcony she was an actual illusion; a nightmare jutsu to be exact. As a Hashigaki she was summoned by Ryu's words.
"So great was her reign and so brilliant her glory that long was the shadow she cast, which fell dark upon the young sister she loved and grew only darker as days and nights passed. Soon did that Lady take notice that others did not give her sister her due and neither had she loved her as she deserved. She watched as her sister's unhappiness grew" Behind Ryu was the entrance to the castle; it was a pair of closed window doors. Violet curtains concealed what lied inside. However something then moved the curtains just enough to show a face.
This was the face of the younger sister and from behind the glass one could hear her words as she spoke, “Surely there is nobody who loves me, or finds any love in my night.” Her eyes were that a person that has been permanently blinded by a bright light. Tears of sadness ran down her face, but it was not sadness in her eyes. No, even without her sight she stared at her sister in anger, resentment and jealousy. She too was a genjutsu called Torment of the Physical Plain. It was yet another creation jutsu for what kind of story would it be if only one person could take the stage at a time.
"But such is the way of the limelight, it sweetly takes hold of the mind of its host. That foolish Lady did nothing to stop the destruction of one who had needed her most." As the story played out before them some of the childen decided to get up and look at the scene for different angles. Ryu's story telling was like a play, but with the audience on stage with the actors. They were not within the story, but capable of observing it in a much wider view than any movie. Sometimes upon request Ryu places a person in an interactive story; allowing a person to play the hero and slay the beast.
A figure stood the edge of the balcony, looking down at the kingdom and said, "Surely, there is no person so lovely and so well beloved as I." She was like a knight in shining armor. Golden plates clothed her form from head to toe. The suit was polished to perfection so much so that it shown in the rays of the morning light giving her a majestic aura about her. Despite the beauty there were some imperfections that marred her precious suit. Dents, nicks and cuts littered its surface as evidence of the many battles she has fought over the many centuries of her existence. Evil seemed to have never slept and she must remain always diligent. However, even with these imperfections the suit still serves its purpose. In her hands she holds a mighty sword that could slay even the strongest of mortals with ease. Down the center of the claymore was kanji was inscribed and it read: ‘No evil shall escape my light.’ It was a warning to her enemies and a promise to her children. It was a double edge sword, however like the words it was sharp enough to strike fear into her foes with a single thrust but heavy as the promise is difficult to bear. Even as a goddess she finds the promise threatening to crush her under its weight. The Lady had wings like an angel and when she was first summoned into being she had them stretched out wide and they looked to be like veils of pure fire. Plumage of red, orange and yellow adorn her wings. The feathers shimmered in the light like a flickering flame. Her feathers were unique, though they looked like a birds upon closer inspection one would see not tiny little hairs sprouting from the stem but scales like that of a reptile. The scales were light but durable and were in a sense the armor to her wings. Her wings were the shield to her sword. They were a shield that she can use to not only protect herself from danger, but those she held under her wing as well. Now as she stands before Ryu tall and proud, she folds her wings into what looks to be a long flowing feathery cape. The wings however were not her only animalistic appendage she possessed. Around her legs a crimson tail lightly wraps. The tail was serpentine with yellow and orange fur stemming from its tip like a fine paintbrush. Its scales were like that of her wings. Now unlike the balcony she was an actual illusion; a nightmare jutsu to be exact. As a Hashigaki she was summoned by Ryu's words.
"So great was her reign and so brilliant her glory that long was the shadow she cast, which fell dark upon the young sister she loved and grew only darker as days and nights passed. Soon did that Lady take notice that others did not give her sister her due and neither had she loved her as she deserved. She watched as her sister's unhappiness grew" Behind Ryu was the entrance to the castle; it was a pair of closed window doors. Violet curtains concealed what lied inside. However something then moved the curtains just enough to show a face.
This was the face of the younger sister and from behind the glass one could hear her words as she spoke, “Surely there is nobody who loves me, or finds any love in my night.” Her eyes were that a person that has been permanently blinded by a bright light. Tears of sadness ran down her face, but it was not sadness in her eyes. No, even without her sight she stared at her sister in anger, resentment and jealousy. She too was a genjutsu called Torment of the Physical Plain. It was yet another creation jutsu for what kind of story would it be if only one person could take the stage at a time.
"But such is the way of the limelight, it sweetly takes hold of the mind of its host. That foolish Lady did nothing to stop the destruction of one who had needed her most." As the story played out before them some of the childen decided to get up and look at the scene for different angles. Ryu's story telling was like a play, but with the audience on stage with the actors. They were not within the story, but capable of observing it in a much wider view than any movie. Sometimes upon request Ryu places a person in an interactive story; allowing a person to play the hero and slay the beast.