[Hilariously, when Rin finally makes it to the world Hua Cheng is from, it's not entirely to visit Hua Cheng. Xie Lian is also in that world, so there's the promise of visits to his favorite god that keep Rin going too. But even besides that, there's another reason Rin ends up going to that world. One much more personal.
The kiln itself is beyond his reach, dormant as it is right now. This annoys Rin, but he decides not to linger, as the ghost he's looking for won't be found there if he can't get in anyway. And waiting around for ghosts to be pulled in by the kiln's calling doesn't seem like a good use of his time either. Even if Rin will live for centuries, he doesn't want to leave his friends to age without him in hopes of finding one ghost that might not even be in this world. So his attention turns elsewhere.
Rumors of a 'Ghost City' are what draw his attention eventually. While Rin's time in this world has taught him that ghosts here aren't quite the same as the ghosts he's used to back home, he's still confident that he will find the person he's looking for in this city. Shiro always preferred life in a city anyway, so surely he would go to one specifically for ghosts, right?
If he's still anywhere to be found, Rin reminds himself. So much time has passed, maybe Shiro hasn't lingered. If that's the case, then...well, that's a problem to think about later, if his searches turn up nothing.
Rumors of Rin's presence reach the city long before Rin himself does, though. Tales of "bright blue flames, hotter than even a volcano's lava" and "the young man who extends his sword hand in friendship" spread like wildfire, filling the market stalls and the various buildings of the Ghost City with exited talk of a foreign boy who has come looking for someone. No doubt these rumors reach even Hua Cheng, warning him of Rin's appearance long before Rin sets foot in Ghost City.
...he's carrying Rinkou tied in a sling on his back, allowing her to travel comfortably over the many miles they've had to walk to reach Ghost City. That certainly gets some stories too. Have these ghosts even seen a wolverine before? Google says they're in the northernmost parts of China, so.
Guide your idiot son to your place, Hua Cheng. He's walking around gawking like a tourist and several ghosts are definitely sizing him up as a possible meal, even if he doesn't know it yet.
(Also I can't find a good spot to put it narration-wise but Rin has black hair right now for Reasons.)]
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
This is going to be several months post-Chasma btw
The kiln itself is beyond his reach, dormant as it is right now. This annoys Rin, but he decides not to linger, as the ghost he's looking for won't be found there if he can't get in anyway. And waiting around for ghosts to be pulled in by the kiln's calling doesn't seem like a good use of his time either. Even if Rin will live for centuries, he doesn't want to leave his friends to age without him in hopes of finding one ghost that might not even be in this world. So his attention turns elsewhere.
Rumors of a 'Ghost City' are what draw his attention eventually. While Rin's time in this world has taught him that ghosts here aren't quite the same as the ghosts he's used to back home, he's still confident that he will find the person he's looking for in this city. Shiro always preferred life in a city anyway, so surely he would go to one specifically for ghosts, right?
If he's still anywhere to be found, Rin reminds himself. So much time has passed, maybe Shiro hasn't lingered. If that's the case, then...well, that's a problem to think about later, if his searches turn up nothing.
Rumors of Rin's presence reach the city long before Rin himself does, though. Tales of "bright blue flames, hotter than even a volcano's lava" and "the young man who extends his sword hand in friendship" spread like wildfire, filling the market stalls and the various buildings of the Ghost City with exited talk of a foreign boy who has come looking for someone. No doubt these rumors reach even Hua Cheng, warning him of Rin's appearance long before Rin sets foot in Ghost City.
...he's carrying Rinkou tied in a sling on his back, allowing her to travel comfortably over the many miles they've had to walk to reach Ghost City. That certainly gets some stories too. Have these ghosts even seen a wolverine before? Google says they're in the northernmost parts of China, so.
Guide your idiot son to your place, Hua Cheng. He's walking around gawking like a tourist and several ghosts are definitely sizing him up as a possible meal, even if he doesn't know it yet.
(Also I can't find a good spot to put it narration-wise but Rin has black hair right now for Reasons.)]
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)