Mushishi - Adaption
Jul. 9th, 2007 07:32 pmSeries: Mushishi
Wordcount: 784
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ai_ling's request "Ginko and mushishi" at ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
drabble_trade (exchange # 7).
( Adaption )
I've had the idea for this story for the longest time. And by "this story," I don't mean the village ^^;;; I mean the letter exchange. Actually, when I was watching Mushishi as it was airing, there was a point -- before any other mushishi had shown up in episodes -- when I thought every mushishi was like Ginko, a magnet for mushi. Ergo, no two mushishi could spend too much time together, because if they were together, the mushi-attracting effect would be magnified, and before long they'd be fending off mushi with sticks.
The original form of this story was: Ginko and another mushishi, who have never met face-to-face, communicate via letters buried near a certain roadside shrine. Ginko often sleeps outdoors because large towns aren't safe -- another mushishi he isn't aware of might also be staying the night. This time he decides to sleep near this shrine. He finds a comfortable spot on the lee side of a large rock.
The next morning, Ginko wakes up, and only then notices that on the other side the rock, there's another person. This person is, of course, a mushishi -- the same mushishi with whom he'd been exchanging letters. The two of them stare at each other a moment, and then they notice that they're both covered in small, glowing, firefly-like mushi. They only have time to introduce themselves before they're forced to take off running in opposite directions.
I thought about writing this for tin's correspondence challenge, but by that point another mushishi had shown up in canon. ^^;;
Wordcount: 784
Written for
ai_ling's request "Ginko and mushishi" at drabble_trade (exchange # 7). ( Adaption )
I've had the idea for this story for the longest time. And by "this story," I don't mean the village ^^;;; I mean the letter exchange. Actually, when I was watching Mushishi as it was airing, there was a point -- before any other mushishi had shown up in episodes -- when I thought every mushishi was like Ginko, a magnet for mushi. Ergo, no two mushishi could spend too much time together, because if they were together, the mushi-attracting effect would be magnified, and before long they'd be fending off mushi with sticks.
The original form of this story was: Ginko and another mushishi, who have never met face-to-face, communicate via letters buried near a certain roadside shrine. Ginko often sleeps outdoors because large towns aren't safe -- another mushishi he isn't aware of might also be staying the night. This time he decides to sleep near this shrine. He finds a comfortable spot on the lee side of a large rock.
The next morning, Ginko wakes up, and only then notices that on the other side the rock, there's another person. This person is, of course, a mushishi -- the same mushishi with whom he'd been exchanging letters. The two of them stare at each other a moment, and then they notice that they're both covered in small, glowing, firefly-like mushi. They only have time to introduce themselves before they're forced to take off running in opposite directions.
I thought about writing this for tin's correspondence challenge, but by that point another mushishi had shown up in canon. ^^;;