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The old lecture hall used by the monks has been converted into a nursery for young kitsune. Outside, the entrance is raised a short distance off of the ground, with a few stone steps leading up to it. As with the main hall, a veranda runs around the outside of the building. The building itself is made mostly of wood that has been painted in shades of red and black. Inside the building there are a number of rooms separated by sliding doors constructed from bamboo and rice paper. The first room is simply an entrance corridor, with sliding doors on each side. The sliding door on the right hand side leads to a slightly messy, rumpled looking room. Chewed blankets are strewn about the floor along with a number of various toys. There are two large wooden chests located near the back of the room to hold additional toys. An observant onlooker might note that there is nothing that can be easily broken in the room.

The floor is made up of dark, laquered wood and the walls have been painted in a simple fashion. There are a number of woven hangings on the walls, but these have all been located high up where they cannot be reached by small creatures. This is where the kits spend their time playing.

The other room has a large number of comfortable cushions, furs and blankets scattered around. Similarly to the other room, there are a couple of large chests located at the back of the room. These contain toys suitable for children, as well as a number of simple children's books. The furnishings in this room appear considerably less chewed. Once a kit has grown enough to be able to maintain a humanoid form, he or she usually prefers to spend time playing in here.

Ren's ears lay flat against his head as he was scooted gently into the play room, pacifying reassurances were spoken to him in vain. But Ren still did not trust this strange new place, no matter how much they tried to convince him.

Then again, everything was new to him right now. Ren yelped in panic when he saw the door slide shut while he was momentarily distracted. He scrabbled desperately at the firmly closed opening for a few moments before giving up, defeated.

Cautiously, Ren sat back on his haunches and regarded the room with barely restrained curiosity, ears twitching to and fro. Soon, he could take it no longer, and was dashing about the room, sniffing at every corner and crevice he could find.

Ohhh, toys everywhere! A ripped up bear? Hey, what was that?! The kit's wandering thoughts became focused on something else entirely.

Clattering none too stealthily behind the nearby toy boxes, Ren observed with great interest, a seemingly asleep kit. The other kit was half-hidden in a pile of blankets Ren had yet to investigate, and thus had not noticed.

Being the first time he had ever seen another kitsune his age, Ren stay crouched behind the toy box, watching carefully for what the other kitsune might do next. But upon seeing the other kits twitching ears, a mischievious gleam came into the flame-striped kit's brilliant green eyes. This could turn out to be great fun


OOC: Getting the ball rolling here biggrin . And yes going !? is bad punctuation *cough*

((*slinks in to join the fun* ^_^ ))

Pools of liquid amber calmly watched the 3 other kits in the distance from the young female's current location next to the large wooden chests situated at the back of the room.

It was relatively dark back here since the sliding door as well as the windows at the side allowed barely enough sun into the room so as to keep it cool during the warmer summer months. A perfect cover for a kit like herself even though her mainly reddish brown pelt was probably more than enough to allow her to blend somewhat into her surroundings and remain unnoticed.

With her eyes still focused intently upon the other kits, Yae turned her head towards the chest on her left and gave it a good sniff. She didn't want to be here. Not this room when she could be outside playing in the gardens and near Mother Earth herself.

Her appointed guardian in the temple had brought her here first thing in the morning despite her whining. What did he know about her needs anyway? Yae knew what she needed. She needed to be close to the dirt ground. The soil. The giver of life to all the beautiful greenery that she so loved.

Here in this room however, Yae felt trapped... and alone. And the thought of being in the presence of not 1 but 3 other kits whom she had never met before only terrified her all the more...

Ren was slightly put-out as he found himself discovered by the other kit, as well as a light colored female who had appeared from yet another pile of blankets and pillows and another female, red-brown in color, who was sitting solitary nearby.

As Ren brought his attention back the the kit he had set eyes on earlier, he noticed a similar glint alighting his dusky red eyes, as Ren's own had done earlier. The other it seemed to be prepared for a fight, crouched back and tail wagging.
With only a slight wiggle of his rump (and the obvious excitement in his eyes) to give him away, Ren flew through the air, collided with the male and sent them both into a wild, tumbling spin across the floor. Ren bit and nipped playfully at the other kit, in an effort to get on top and gain some leverage on his opponent. But alas, he was still somewhat disoriented from his flying leap and tumble. Thus, he soon found himself pinned at the bottom.
Ren, not to be discouraged, did not give up the fight so soon. The play went on until all thoughts of victor were erased from his mind and it was nothing but simple fun. Nonetheless, in the end he found himself immobilized by hysterical, giggling yips that burst forth against his will.
Alright, so maybe the Nursery wasn't so bad after all!


OOC: I apologize for any mistakes. (Gaia needs spellcheck!) Hope I'm not being an utter action hog, Ruri!

Young Kisho was actually kind of surprised by the attack. Even if he'd been ready for it, he'd been expecting to make the first move, not this funny little blue kit. Either way, a game of tussle was about to ensue, and Kisho was glad for it. A small yip of delight escaped from his throat, as he braced his paws against the ground in preparation for his attack. When Ren hit, the two toppled over into the piles of blankets and pillows, yipping and mock growling, biting at each other.

The void kitsune strained against his new a enemy, battling to get a grip on the ground and push himself into a more advantages position. Biting perhaps a little too hard than necessary, though not hard enough to draw blood, Kisho tumbled his way the top. Triumph! But the fun wasn't going to end there. Ren continued to struggle, tumbling them over again, reverting the battle for ascendency into a less strenuous tussle.

Flinging himself over, Kisho grabbed Ren's tail in his mouth, tugging happily.

The young kitsune sat on the floor amidst the toys, cushions and blankets, happily chewing (and occasionally tugging) on his new tussle buddy's tail. There was nothing like a bit of happy chewing, as it tended to make Kisho a very contented little guy. He shifted slightly; his own tail flipping while his muddy looking paws reached out in an awkward little stretch. When he'd first come here he would admit to being nervous, though definitely cheery at the prospect of meeting others of his own kind.

The warm room was nearly enough to send him to sleep; in fact he closed his eyes in a light doze more than once, though he never did let up his gentle chewing. The soft closeness of the fire cub beside him, the heat of the room, and the sleepy contented feeling that was stealing up on him; all reminded him of the his mother, who was never far from his memory, even though details of her were vague. The image of her, the feeling of her, was something that made him happy, sad, and filled him with longing.

After yawning the kit once again clamped down on the tale, his eyelids slowly lowering over his red eyes. Then came the sneak attack! Hey, wasn't that what dark type kitsune were supposed to be doing? A startled Kisho let out a small sound at the back of his throat of surprise. He didn't put up much of a fight, though he did scrabble at Ren with his paws a little and attempted to get his ear back but to no avail.

Soon he was lying up against Ren just as comfortably as before, though this time it was his ear getting a beating rather than the other kits tail.


Ooc: We could probably end this around now... well our part at least, the females could keep rping. Or we could still rp... I just can't see much more happening here.

((Ahh s'ok ^^ everyone's been busy. Quick posteh from me~))

Isara sensed the others wavering confidence and tried her best not to look threating but to look friendly. She dipped her head in a slightly submissive manner, wiggling her white rear up in a play pose. She just wanted to have fun - if perhaps not the kind the tussling males were having.

She thought for a moment. If this one smelled of garden and wanted to leave.... perhaps she wanted to go out into the garden? Isara looked up, padded a few steps towards the door then padded back to the reddish brown kit. Miming her intention, she hoped the other would come with her, perhaps lead her to where she wanted to go?

Isara wasn't truly found of the outdoors but she had spied some flowers from a window and quite liked playing under the pretty pink spring flowers.

((Finally had time to respond to the rp... *clings* ;-; ))

The reddish-brown kit blinked a few times at Isara as though she had suddenly grown another head. The other kit's intentions were clear to her alright.

Yae mused silently to herself as she got up from her position on the ground so that she could gaze levelly into Isara's eyes. Yae was more than willing to go with her in fact. The question was how.

With the door securely shut the way she had remembered it being ever since her repeated failures to leave the nursery in the past, Yae was stumped. Still, that didn't mean that she wasn't about to try again. Not when it would take her to where she really belonged.