While the others get ready for work, Team Home Improvement (Jeb and Jack) already started.
Sai doesn't trust Jack and looked after them as soon as he changed clothes. But surprisingly all seemed well...
Saiwa: "Omg Jack - I can't believe it! You started to work ahead of the others!
And you proactively chose an already ripped jeans to not destroy the good ones!"
Jeb: "Uhm - these are were the good ones. He managed to rip them 5 minutes after he touched the tools ^^' "
While Jeb and Jack improve the farmhouse, Saiwa and Ji Ho went over to the field 'to try to grow something' to make their living.
It seems that the meteorite just crashed down in the middle of the field where it left a blue glowing scar around it - and the crater is overgrown with thorn shrubs.
And when Ji Ho appraoched the meteorites (it seems there are two of them - crashed exactly in the same spot ΓΆ.ΓΆ) they started to glow!
Couldn't resist to add the epic blue light scene from Rambo ^^'
They'll have to discuss this with the others later. Work first.
And so Sai and Ji Ho started to cut the thorns.
Kiyoshi and Vlad cared for the goats:
Kiyoshi: "How many weeks do you think we'll have to milk them until we have our first bottle filled?"
Vlad sighs.
But Vlad loves his new job as it seems. And the goats love him.
And so the day went by with hard work at the farm.
'In the same boat with a lot of your friends
Waitin' for the day your ship'll come in
And the tide's gonna turn
And it's all gonna roll you away'
Sun already sets - Ji Ho and Saiwa burn the thorn shrubs they'd cut all day.
And poor Ji Ho cut his hand.
They call it a day and meet at the patio.
Saiwa: "Go over to your room with Vlad. He'll heal your hand."
This screenshot shows one of the reasons why I love my Sims so much.
They are aware of each other and their surroundings.
The way they look at each other when they just walk along or when one of them approaches.
And how they look at the goats when they just walk by (and the goats are looking at them, that's so sweet)
All this in one screenshot ππ
They all know how awkward Ji Ho and Vlad are around each other, so β¦
Jeb: "But I could heal him?"
Saiwa: "No. I need you over here."
Jeb: "What do you need me fo...ohhh!"
Saiwa thinks Vlad and Ji Ho wasted enough time and should finally be together - now that all obstacles are out of their way.
The way Ji Ho looks at Vlad.
Jack is torn. Of course he wants his best friend and Ji Ho to be together but isn't this going a bit too fast all out of sudden?
We all know that Ji Ho doesn't love Vlad - or does he?
They meet in the common room after Vlad healed Ji Ho.
It seems Vlad and Kiyoshi got a quite a few bottles of milk together and Kiyoshi is making cheese!
Time for dinner after a hard day's work.
I love when they sit all together at the table
'We swear it ain't love, love, love
But it always comes back to us
Is it your heart or mine?'
Sai went over to Ji Ho and Jack's room to play Sabacc with Jack.
Jack had been thinking a lot about what Ji Ho said on their way back from the Country Bunker and what he witnessed about an hour ago.
And - as always - he can't keep his snout shut.
Jack: "So, you and Vlad..."
Ji Ho: "Yes, I will finally be together with him. With everything and such. I mean, I've already been with him. It's about time I get myself together."
Saiwa: "Yes, but you thought he was someone else..."
(In the first year Ji Ho fell in love with Luci, who possessed Vlad's body while Vlad's soul was in hell.
Later they found out that Luci 'emerged' from the remnants of Vlad (without Vlad knowing) and their selfish bond, which refused to die with Vlad...
And the bond was forged because Vlad needed to rescue Ji Ho from another vampire who laid claims on him...)
Jack: "But do you love him?"
Ji Ho: "... I ... don't know. But we are bonded and he finally deserves to be happy after all he sacrificed for me. I already caused him enough pain."
Saiwa: "Do you think being with him even though you don't love him would make him happy?"
Ji Ho: "Is it not that what he wants?"
Saiwa: "Maybe - but not under these circumstances.
Saiwa: "Take your time to get to know him better. Don't rush this. It would hurt him if he finds out that you are about to sacrifice yourself for him. He wants you to be happy before anything else."
Jack: "You know why he had been so cold and rude. He usually isn't like that. Spend time with him and watch him. He is a much better person than you can imagine right now."
Vlad kept Ji Ho at a distance because a (false) curse had laid on Vlad
And Jeb plays the dramatic background music (but quietly to not wake the goats).
(Jack and Jeb did a good job on decorating the rooms with their limited resources.)
And poor Vlad sat at the porch, reading.
Overhearing... as always...
'I sat in darkness, all broken hearted
I couldn't find a day I didn't feel alone
I never meant to cry, started losing hope'
Early next morning Saiwa, Jeb and Ji Ho went over to the field to start planting.
Since there are so many nectar makers in Chestnut Ridge, they agreed to plant some rarer, magical plants.
Plasmafruit, Valerian and Moonpetals.
Ji Ho: "What are these seeds betweeen the moonpetals?"
Saiwa doesn't know and Jeb, who does, doesn't pay attention - because his crush is nearby...
They have enough space so Ji Ho decided to plant them.
Around noon they had finished and wondered how long it would take to harvest.
Saiwa saw the meteorites glow blue again when Ji Ho was near them.
And he had an idea: "Vlad, come over for a second, please."
As soon as Vlad approached the meteorites, they started to glow blue and pink!
Saiwa: "I knew it!"
And another second later, the plants in the field had fully grown!
Jeb: "It's just like magic!"
And then Saiwa noticed what kind of seeds Jack (of course it must have been Jack - who else would dare!) mixed under the moonpetals!
Saiwa: "JACK!!!"
But he already ran ^^'
'β¦ Now all the masters knows that you need the glow,
You need the glow, the glow to grow.
β¦ If you love to live, you live to love,
Hah, you got to move to the upper level.
β¦ Cos When you got the glow, there aint no stopping,
what you want to do.'
Just the most important ones out of 15 possible combinations to not make it overly complicated π
Sai and Ji Ho are close too and Kiyoshi is an important friend and advisor for Saiwa.
Jack and Jeb hadn't had much to do with each other in the past but also like each other a lot.
And Vlad respects Jeb for everything he does for Ji Ho even though he's a little jealous ^^'
Ji Ho and Jeb, Vlad and Kiyoshi and Kiyoshi and Jeb definitely have some bromance vibes going on.
On the other hand there are combinations where never sth romantical will happen. They are just brothers: Vlad and Saiwa, Vlad and Jack, Vlad and Jeb, Ji ho and Saiwa, Ji Ho and Jack, Jack and Jeb
And all of them adore Kiyoshi π maybe he is so enticing because he's a demon. But Kiyoshi only has eyes for his fated mate, Jack.
Makes Jack and Saiwa the only ones immune to bromance πΆ
Sai went to his room to take a shower and change clothes after gardening.
Where he found these photos with a note from Jack:
'Looks exactly like you! AWWW'
(He has a point, though )
Saiwa: "Oh you will pay for this! You better run!"
And Jack ran.
And then he fell.
Deep.
And poor Kiyoshi goat had to witness :,(
Jack: "AAAAAHHHHHHH!"
The others came running to look what happened.
Vlad: "Omg Jack!"
Vlad: "Jack, are you ok?"
Jack: "Aargh... no ... I can't get up! My leg!"
Vlad: "Don't move. I'll come down and heal you."
Jack: "Thanks, pal."
Saiwa cries: "I didn't want him to get hurt! Oh Jack!"
Vlad: "Don't worry. He'll be fine."
And poor Kiyoshi is unable - again - to be there for Jack, because they have to keep their relationship a secret...
Saiwa 2
'You better look before you leap, still waters run deep
And there won't always be someone there to pull you out
And you know what I'm talking about
So smile for a while and let's be jolly
Love shouldn't be so melancholy
Come along and share the good times while we can
I beg your pardon I never promised you a rose garden
Along with the sunshine there's gotta be a little rain sometime'
After Vlad healed Jack, Kiyoshi wanted to fetch a ladder for them to climb out of the hole - but there was a corridor!
Jack, shouting up to the others: "Here is a corridor! Maybe it leads us out!"
Jack: "Wow! Look at this!"
Jack: "This is amazing! We can make nectar here! And here is a book! I bet full of secret receipes! ...
Uhm no... someone who thought they're funny wrote: 'Ask the black squirrel at the Country Bunker'...tch."
They went further through the corridors and found another room!
Jack: "I can't believe it! What else might be hidden down here?"
Jack: "Now you're glad I fell, huh?"
Vlad (who is so quiet because he's still in shock - he'd been so worried about Jack): "Uhm - no."
Saiwa: "Omg where are they? What if they fell again? VLAD! JACK!"
Vlad: "We are here!"
Saiwa: "Gods! Where have you been so long?"
And then Vlad and Jack showed them around in the underground of the invisible farm.
'There's only so much wine you can drink in one life
But it will never be enough to save you from the bottom of your glass'
The Boys took the tour bus and drove to the Country Bunker to look for the black squirrel that holds the key to nectar making...
Ji Ho: "But even if we find it - how is it supposed to tell us the recipes?"
Jack: "I don't know. But we've seen stranger things than a talking squirrel, right?"
Ji Ho: "True."
Kili: "Uhm guys - Squirrel Black is the bartender here."
Saiwa: "Are you kidding me?"
Kili: "No, people really do have strange names around here ^^' Fox Brimley is the other bartender."
So they went inside.
While Squirrel lets Jack in on the secrets of nectar making,
Saiwa and Ji Ho danced.
And Jeb and Vlad watched them in awe...
It's full moon, the wolves are loose and so Rory made an unneccessary comment about Ji Ho and Saiwa...
...Vlad intervenes...
But Ji Ho knows now that this is the way they roll here and drags Vlad to the dancefloor before it escalates again.
And then they danced.
No one was paying attention to Jack and Kiyoshi.
So they sneaked outside again
Awww what a place for a kiss!
'Well, I'm back again for another night
Of trying to break free from this sadness that I can't lay to rest
This old honkytonk sure does feel like home
And the music with the laughter seem to soothe my loneliness'
TMI/Confession: I do not know a lot of country songs and for this chapter I often depend on my luck to pick the right one out of the playlists from spotify and youtube. As I did for this song. But it is a gem. The song and the video - wow.
They are on their way back from the country bunker. Vlad is falling behind.
Saiwa: "Omg Vlad! What's wrong?"
Kiyoshi: "I think it's the bond. Dtui warned me this could happen."
Saiwa: "But it has been quiet for so long?"
Kiyoshi: "That doesn't mean it's satisfied or gone. Even a weaker bond cannot be torn apart. We all know that."
Saiwa sighs: "I'd been careless. Nothing is ever easy in this world, isn't it? But what can we do? Will it start to weaken them again like it did before winter solstice?"
Ji Ho walked over to Vlad: "I will learn to love you."
And that was the first thing Ji Ho said to Vlad.
(Except for 'Jerk' on the first day they met and 'Forgive me' on Winter Solstice and in the trailer. But they didn't even look each other in the eye then.)
(How happy they are for them ^^)
Kiyoshi always gets so excited when someone kisses
And this is how Vlad and Ji Ho started their relationship. Finally.
Even though Ji Ho is not sure if he loves Vlad.
Let's hope this will please the bond, though.
'You do something to me that I can't explain
Hold me closer and I feel no pain
Every beat of my heart
We got something going on'
This was our 1000th 'Underwater Love' post on tumblr!
I can't believe it. Testing the Highschool Years pack got completely out of hand and we find us over a year and 1000 posts later still together in this story!
Thank you for being with us!
We took amazing photos before leaving the Country Bunker.
The moon moves so fast! ΓΆ.ΓΆ
Outtakes
Poor Ji Ho still thinks Vlad is scary sometimes Γ.ΓΆ'
Back at the farm. Vlad went directly to his room. This all was a little much for him and he's not sure if he should give in to this arrangement and be together with Ji Ho just because the bond demands it.
Jack is so hyped on nectar making - he ran over to the field as soon as he got out of the tour bus.
It's full moon and the moonpetals are ready to harvest.
The meteorites made it possible.
Is this a hallucination or is Squirrel Black really here?
Watching Jack if Jack does everything right. Strange...
Saiwa went down with Jack to the basement - clearly to annoy him. He just wants to make his Moonpetal nectar while it's still full moon!
Saiwa: "Seems the water for the nectar maker comes from the pond..."
Saiwa: "When you swim in the pond - don't do any weird things."
Jack: "Of course not! What do you think of me?"
Saiwa: "β¦"
Jack: "Are you going to tell this Ji Ho too? And the ducks? And the fish? Or just me because..."
Saiwa: "Because you're a troublemaker, yes."
Finally Saiwa is gone!
No, he's not dancing. He's stomping away his anger about Saiwa ^^'
Jack's first bottle of Moonpetal Nectar! Crafted in a full moon night.
Meanwhile Vlad watches Ji Ho.
Ji Ho is planting the lily. A secret gift from Vlad long ago.
Ji Ho now knows that all the secret gifts he recieved had been from Vlad.
It's time the lily grows.
And their love.
Ji Ho is determined.
'Hey baby don't it feel so right
Come on now we're runnin' outta moonlight
All I wanna do is hold you tight
come on, come on, come on we're runnin' outta moonlight'
Saiwa and Jack are sitting at Vlad's bed (again) to see how he's doing after their first kiss* and if he's still suffering from the bond's cravings.
Vlad: "I'm fine. Can you leave now?"
Saiwa: "That`s good to hear. Make sure to spend enough 'quality time' with Ji Ho so you don't get sick again."
Vlad sighs.
*This was their first official kiss in this story but they already kissed as adults and in the outtakes from summer solstice and in their future house ^^'
Then Jack went over to Ji Ho... where he already had prepared his whiteboard...
Jack: "See? Nothing is holding you back anymore! Vlad doesn't need to keep his distance to you because there is no curse. And you thought you could only love Luci, but there is no Luci. It was Vlad (and the selfish bond). So you were already able to love him. And before he gave his life to save you from Genji he even healed you from your trauma that kept you from loving.
And you two are magic together - literally!"
Ji Ho scribbles... "Ok! I'll do my best!"
So Ji Ho is really learning to love Vlad! Omg Jack!
'Magic, it must be magic
The way I hold you when the night just seems to fly
Easy for you to take me to a star
Heaven is that moment when I look into your eyes.'
Jeb tries to jog every morning and today Saiwa accompanies him again.
(And wolf Jack walks himself in the background as it seems ^^')
Neighbor: "Is this your dog?"
Saiwa: "NO!" Jeb: "Yes ^^' "
Neighbor: "You are Martha's new ranchhands, aren't you? How has your first day been? Do you get along? We can't see the farm but don't hesite to ask if you need advice."
Saiwa: "Uhm - first day? ... yes, we get along. Thank you..."
Neighbor: "That's fine! See you at the Country Bunker! Bye!"
Saiwa: "That was strange. We're at the farm for the fourth day, right?"
Jeb: "Maybe time runs faster at the farm? But we've been at the Country Bunker on two different days..."
Saiwa: "Maybe time slips back and forth? Oh my... let's fetch our 'dog' and go back... you and Kiyoshi need to find out what's going on with the meteorites."
Back at the farm.
Kiyoshi and Jeb are channeling their magic.
If they could take a look at the meteorites from above, they could see that they lie together in a heart shape
When Jack went to the cellar to make his wine, he found a breakthrough in the wall - and Kiyoshi?
Kiyoshi: "I was a bit exhausted after the channeling so I went down here and found this room behind the barrels! I can make my cheese here! Right next to you!"
Jack: "Wow - this farm is always good for a surprise!"
The cheese cellar
(The goat towel rack is one of my better ideas ^^')
And the wine cellar
'The hot July moon saw everything
My first taste of love, oh, bittersweet
And green on the vine, like strawberry wine'
Saiwa called Ji Ho and Vlad over after Jeb and Kiyoshi's discovery: "Very well - let's see where the horses are! So - now do your magic!"
Vlad: "No - Ji Ho won't endure this anymore! You know how much he hates being touched after what he had to undergo in his past! *
The Resistance did fine before us - they will outlive without us!"
Saiwa: "Vlad! Wait! - Ji Ho..."
(Even Kiyoshi goat seems mad at Saiwa ^^')
Saiwa calls after them: "But what about the horses?!"
Vlad: "Ach!"
Vlad always loved to see Ji Ho swim and it soothed him eventually.
They need no words to know how the other feels.
The bond tells them.
Vlad sighs and they went back to Saiwa...
'β¦ Will you make me some magic with your own two hands?
Can you build an emerald city with these grains of sand?
Can you give me something I can take home?
When Jeb went jogging early next morning, he heard the horses again. And he followed their neighing until he reached a portal - that definitely hadn't been there the days before. So Vlad and Ji Ho's magic did work! Just not where they'd cast it ^^'
He calls Saiwa and tells him what he found.
Saiwa: "What? I'll be there in a sec!"
Jeb: "Well that was fast!"
They went back to the farm and gathered the others. Vlad didn't want to go with them. But Ji Ho was already on his way to the portal and when Saiwa mentioned that it was kind of their responsibility to rescue the horses since the meteorites are attached to Ji Ho and him, he followed them reluctantly.
Saiwa: "Oh I'm excited to finally meet the horses!"
Jack: "Yes! We will have so much fun!"
It was early evening when they finally reached the portal again.
And it's already overgrowing!
Saiwa: "Oh no - it seems it's only temporary... we need to hurry."
Since they don't know what awaits them on the other side, they agreed that the two most powerful go first - Kiyoshi and Jeb.
Followed by Jack - the physically strongest.
Saiwa as rearguard - if anything should go wrong...
What will they find on the other side?
'Climbing up on Solsbury Hill
I could see the city light
Wind was blowing, time stood still
Eagle flew out of the night'
Kiyoshi and Little Goat stepped through the portal first.
It lead them to the temple area at Mount Komorebi.
Kiyoshi waited for the others to come through. But it seems the portal leads each of them to their own destination.
Eventually Dtui* found him. She told him that this is an otherworldly version of the temple and it's surroundings and that it took her quite a bit of strength to appear here when she heard 'the call'...
She didn't know about the horses but had another quest for him. Since he is already here...
βThe most exquisite paradox: as soon as you give it all up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you canβt have it. The minute you donβt want power, youβll have more than you ever dreamed possible.β ~Ram Dass (from the Little Buddha site)
So she sent him to the river to meditate over this task...
(Nothing is ever easy in this story lol! And they don't have much time since the portal is overgrowing on the other side!)
Kiyoshi sat by the river for a while and eventually came to the conclusion that he will let his family go.
He grew up in a family loyal to the Council and when he met Dtui from the Resistance and his fated mate Jack, the werwolf, he changed sides and parted ways with his family (his father even lit the pyre at Kiyoshi's execution...)
( -> The story of Kiyoshi and Dtui)
This had been eating him up for the last three years and it's time to move on and let them go. They only could act as good as they could and there's no way to change them or the situation.
In the meantime Little Goat seems to have found the first horse!
Kiyoshi met him later by the river.
He told him his name is ι§ = Kiri, the japanese word for 'fog'.
His breed is: Nokota.
(Just as Kiyoshi, I didn't change Kiri in CAS, he was perfect and beautiful as he was, just like Kiyoshi
He was something to observe
Came in close, I heard a voice
Standing, stretching every nerve
I had to listen, had no choice
They hurried back to the temple before the portal closes.
But Kiri refused to go near the portal. It's already getting dark...
No matter what he tried.
Kiri grew fond of his freedom in the otherworld. Here he was able to achieve more that a mere horse at a farm.
Eventually clever Little Goat made a deal with him.
He would share his form in the other world with Kiri so he could shift into horse shape and Kiri could stay here for most of the time and come and go to his liking.
And with the option to mainly stay in the otherworld, Kiri agreed.
He kind of missed the farm (a bit and the other horses (a lot).
(Little Goat later registered a patent for this application: The PokeHor =pocket+horse)
And so Kiyoshi, Little Goat (and Kiri) left the otherworld again.
TMI:
Komorebi ζ¨ζΌγζ₯ (pronounced kΕ-mΕ-leh-bΔ) Literally, βsunlight leaking through trees,β this word describes the beauty and wonder of rays of light dappling through overhead leaves, casting dancing shadows on the forest floor.
Outtakes
*Dtui is Kiyoshi's mentor and a demon like him. She helped him part ways with the council.
And with this post we are finally up to date with the blog! I will post 'live' now
Vlad and Little Goat stepped out of the portal. He's in hell again*...
(And shouldn't we be with Jeb now? He was the second to step through the portal and not Vlad, the fourth in line...)
'I did not believe the information, just had to trust imagination
My heart going "Boom-boom-boom". "Son, " he said
"Grab your things, I've come to take you home" Hey, back home'
Before he even saw him, Vlad knew whom he would meet here...
Leander*: "Wellcome to hell - again - my dearest Vlad."
Vlad: "What do you want?"
Leander: "Getting right to the point - I like that about you - among so many other things. But sadly it's not all about me this time. You are here to let something go to gain something and to rescue the horse. So what do you offer?"
Vlad: "Well let's see: I already sacrificed my life, my soul, my first love, the love of my life, my wealth, my heritage, my home... shall I go on? I sacrificed everything. What else could you probably want from me? I have nothing more to give. I'm leaving."
Leander: "I told you it's not about me. It's for you only.
Your gain - or your loss. You decide. Do you maybe wish for another guide? I could find someone else for you and go over to Ji Ho instead?"
Vlad: "You will not touch him again!"
And then suddenly a horse broke through one of the seven gates of hell!
Leander: "There. Now you stirred him up with your shouting..."
Eventually the horse calmed down and Vlad tried to lead it through the portal. But it refused, like Kiri. And Vlad couldn't leave either.
So he had to crawl back to Leander and beg. How humiliating!
Vlad sighs: "What do you want?"
Leander: "Well since you probably will never understand what this is all about and the portal is closing - give me your shirt."
Vlad: "Are you crazy?"
Leander: "Aww that means you'll stay? You are finally mine? Forever? For ever ever?"
And this is how Vlad lost his shirt - again - and his pride...
Let's hope it was worth it.
Leander: "His name is Diablo - he's a Friesian."
Leander: "Well, that was fun! Hope to see you again soon!"
Diablo looks just as annoyed as Vlad feels ^^'
Vlad didn't even answer anymore and left.
'Hell's bells, miss-pells, knocks me on my knees...
After I count down three rounds, in Hell I'll be in good company'
Back at the portal Little Goat made the deal with Diablo just as other Little Goat did with Kiri. His body would be the vessel through which Diablo could switch between the otherwold and the other world.
And so Vlad, Little Goat (and Diablo) left hell.
Vlad just hopes the others have nicer company...
*Vlad went to (a kind of) hell after he died when he rescued Ji Ho.
*Leander is Vlad's sworn arch enemy. Even though Leander did everything to save and help Vlad.
Only... let's say he choose questionable measures...
Leander is also overly self confident so this might be another reason why they fail to enhance their relationship.
Ji Ho found himself in Henford-on-Bagley.
They had never been happier and more carefree than when they'd spent a weekend here in Henford once.
That was before everything went down the drain.
Before Ji Ho got bitten by Genji and Vlad died...
Ji Ho and Little Goat wandered down to the river.
Here he'd spent the happiest day of his life.
He went to swim and forgot time... and that the portal is overgrowing...
Hours later, on his way back - the sun just has risen - he saw the horse.
And then Genji approached.
He told Ji Ho that of all of their guides, he sacrified the most of his life force to guide him. (Genji still feels horrible after what he did to Ji Ho and this is his way to make it up to him).
One crazy day almost a year ago, Ji Ho got bitten by a vampire out of the blue - in the middle of the road. This vampire was Genji. Later they found out that the Council forced Genji to claim Ji Ho to kill Vlad... It's a long story...
Ji Ho: "You shouldn't have done that. I know it wasn't your fault."
Genji: "But still. It makes me feel better to be able to do something meaningful for you. Please accept."
Ji Ho: "I will. And I will use you generous offer to let my brother go.
*Ji Ho's brother was murdered before Ji Ho was born. Ji Ho was able to see him and he stayed with him in the slums where he grew up until it became unbearable for Ji Ho. But it broke his heart to leave his brother there even though he never showed a reaction to Ji Ho.
I wasn't able to do it alone. Thank you, Genji."
To keep in silence I resigned. My friends would think I was a nut.
Turning water into wine. Open doors would soon be shut. Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel
And then they went over to meet the horse.
Ji Ho: "This is a great horse!"
Genji: "And also a great name!"
(μλ§ (Yang Mal) is korean and can be translated as 'Great Horse'.
But it is a pun too. 'Yang Mal' also means 'socks'.
Because Yang Mal has white 'socks' ^^'
Little Goat made his body swap deal with Yang Mal/Socks...
And then Ji Ho and Little Goat (and Yang Mal) left the otherworld again. Hopefully in time Γ.ΓΆ'
Of course Little Goat was gone after Ji Ho went over to meet Genji and Yang Mal...
And when I scrolled through the Bramblewood, I thought I found it but it was a hungry fox!
And running towards him the worried creature keeper!
I thought the fox ate the goat omg...
The X marks the spot where Ji Ho placed Little Goat in the world...
I had to search for a few minutes ΓΆ.Γ' Little rascal!
Comments
Sai doesn't trust Jack and looked after them as soon as he changed clothes. But surprisingly all seemed well...
Saiwa: "Omg Jack - I can't believe it! You started to work ahead of the others!
And you proactively chose an already ripped jeans to not destroy the good ones!"
Jeb: "Uhm - these are were the good ones. He managed to rip them 5 minutes after he touched the tools ^^' "
While Jeb and Jack improve the farmhouse, Saiwa and Ji Ho went over to the field 'to try to grow something' to make their living.
It seems that the meteorite just crashed down in the middle of the field where it left a blue glowing scar around it - and the crater is overgrown with thorn shrubs.
And when Ji Ho appraoched the meteorites (it seems there are two of them - crashed exactly in the same spot ΓΆ.ΓΆ) they started to glow!
They'll have to discuss this with the others later. Work first.
And so Sai and Ji Ho started to cut the thorns.
Kiyoshi and Vlad cared for the goats:
Kiyoshi: "How many weeks do you think we'll have to milk them until we have our first bottle filled?"
Vlad sighs.
But Vlad loves his new job as it seems. And the goats love him.
And so the day went by with hard work at the farm.
'In the same boat with a lot of your friends
Waitin' for the day your ship'll come in
And the tide's gonna turn
And it's all gonna roll you away'
Dolly Parton - 9 To 5
Outtakes
Vampire: "Aww a goat!"
Goat: "Aww a vampire!"
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Sun already sets - Ji Ho and Saiwa burn the thorn shrubs they'd cut all day.
And poor Ji Ho cut his hand.
They call it a day and meet at the patio.
Saiwa: "Go over to your room with Vlad. He'll heal your hand."
They are aware of each other and their surroundings.
The way they look at each other when they just walk along or when one of them approaches.
And how they look at the goats when they just walk by (and the goats are looking at them, that's so sweet)
All this in one screenshot ππ
They all know how awkward Ji Ho and Vlad are around each other, so β¦
Jeb: "But I could heal him?"
Saiwa: "No. I need you over here."
Jeb: "What do you need me fo...ohhh!"
Saiwa thinks Vlad and Ji Ho wasted enough time and should finally be together - now that all obstacles are out of their way.
The way Ji Ho looks at Vlad.
Jack is torn. Of course he wants his best friend and Ji Ho to be together but isn't this going a bit too fast all out of sudden?
We all know that Ji Ho doesn't love Vlad - or does he?
They meet in the common room after Vlad healed Ji Ho.
It seems Vlad and Kiyoshi got a quite a few bottles of milk together and Kiyoshi is making cheese!
Time for dinner after a hard day's work.
I love when they sit all together at the table
'We swear it ain't love, love, love
But it always comes back to us
Is it your heart or mine?'
Jon Pardi - Your Heart Or Mine
Outtakes
Wesley and Vlad: "OMG FIRE!"
Kiyoshi: "It's called 'flambΓ©'... crΓ©tins..."
(I have no idea what Wesley is even doing here...)
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Sai went over to Ji Ho and Jack's room to play Sabacc with Jack.
Jack had been thinking a lot about what Ji Ho said on their way back from the Country Bunker and what he witnessed about an hour ago.
And - as always - he can't keep his snout shut.
Jack: "So, you and Vlad..."
Ji Ho: "Yes, I will finally be together with him. With everything and such. I mean, I've already been with him. It's about time I get myself together."
Saiwa: "Yes, but you thought he was someone else..."
Later they found out that Luci 'emerged' from the remnants of Vlad (without Vlad knowing) and their selfish bond, which refused to die with Vlad...
And the bond was forged because Vlad needed to rescue Ji Ho from another vampire who laid claims on him...)
Jack: "But do you love him?"
Ji Ho: "... I ... don't know. But we are bonded and he finally deserves to be happy after all he sacrificed for me. I already caused him enough pain."
Saiwa: "Do you think being with him even though you don't love him would make him happy?"
Ji Ho: "Is it not that what he wants?"
Saiwa: "Maybe - but not under these circumstances.
Saiwa: "Take your time to get to know him better. Don't rush this. It would hurt him if he finds out that you are about to sacrifice yourself for him. He wants you to be happy before anything else."
Jack: "You know why he had been so cold and rude. He usually isn't like that. Spend time with him and watch him. He is a much better person than you can imagine right now."
(Jack and Jeb did a good job on decorating the rooms with their limited resources.)
And poor Vlad sat at the porch, reading.
Overhearing... as always...
'I sat in darkness, all broken hearted
I couldn't find a day I didn't feel alone
I never meant to cry, started losing hope'
Florida Georgia Line - H.O.L.Y. (High On Loving You)
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Early next morning Saiwa, Jeb and Ji Ho went over to the field to start planting.
Since there are so many nectar makers in Chestnut Ridge, they agreed to plant some rarer, magical plants.
Plasmafruit, Valerian and Moonpetals.
Ji Ho: "What are these seeds betweeen the moonpetals?"
Saiwa doesn't know and Jeb, who does, doesn't pay attention - because his crush is nearby...
They have enough space so Ji Ho decided to plant them.
Around noon they had finished and wondered how long it would take to harvest.
Saiwa saw the meteorites glow blue again when Ji Ho was near them.
And he had an idea: "Vlad, come over for a second, please."
As soon as Vlad approached the meteorites, they started to glow blue and pink!
Saiwa: "I knew it!"
And another second later, the plants in the field had fully grown!
Jeb: "It's just like magic!"
And then Saiwa noticed what kind of seeds Jack (of course it must have been Jack - who else would dare!) mixed under the moonpetals!
Saiwa: "JACK!!!"
But he already ran ^^'
'β¦ Now all the masters knows that you need the glow,
You need the glow, the glow to grow.
β¦ If you love to live, you live to love,
Hah, you got to move to the upper level.
β¦ Cos When you got the glow, there aint no stopping,
what you want to do.'
The Glow - Willie Hutch
OST from one of my favourite movies 'The Last Dragon'
Outtakes
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Dynamics
Just the most important ones out of 15 possible combinations to not make it overly complicated π
Sai and Ji Ho are close too and Kiyoshi is an important friend and advisor for Saiwa.
Jack and Jeb hadn't had much to do with each other in the past but also like each other a lot.
And Vlad respects Jeb for everything he does for Ji Ho even though he's a little jealous ^^'
Ji Ho and Jeb, Vlad and Kiyoshi and Kiyoshi and Jeb definitely have some bromance vibes going on.
On the other hand there are combinations where never sth romantical will happen. They are just brothers: Vlad and Saiwa, Vlad and Jack, Vlad and Jeb, Ji ho and Saiwa, Ji Ho and Jack, Jack and Jeb
And all of them adore Kiyoshi π maybe he is so enticing because he's a demon. But Kiyoshi only has eyes for his fated mate, Jack.
Makes Jack and Saiwa the only ones immune to bromance πΆ
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Where he found these photos with a note from Jack:
'Looks exactly like you! AWWW'
(He has a point, though
Saiwa: "Oh you will pay for this! You better run!"
And Jack ran.
And then he fell.
Deep.
And poor Kiyoshi goat had to witness :,(
Jack: "AAAAAHHHHHHH!"
The others came running to look what happened.
Vlad: "Omg Jack!"
Vlad: "Jack, are you ok?"
Jack: "Aargh... no ... I can't get up! My leg!"
Vlad: "Don't move. I'll come down and heal you."
Jack: "Thanks, pal."
Saiwa cries: "I didn't want him to get hurt! Oh Jack!"
Vlad: "Don't worry. He'll be fine."
And poor Kiyoshi is unable - again - to be there for Jack, because they have to keep their relationship a secret...
Saiwa 2
'You better look before you leap, still waters run deep
And there won't always be someone there to pull you out
And you know what I'm talking about
So smile for a while and let's be jolly
Love shouldn't be so melancholy
Come along and share the good times while we can
I beg your pardon I never promised you a rose garden
Along with the sunshine there's gotta be a little rain sometime'
I Beg Your Pardon, I Never Promised You A Rose Garden - Lynn Anderson
Outtakes
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After Vlad healed Jack, Kiyoshi wanted to fetch a ladder for them to climb out of the hole - but there was a corridor!
Jack, shouting up to the others: "Here is a corridor! Maybe it leads us out!"
Jack: "Wow! Look at this!"
Jack: "This is amazing! We can make nectar here! And here is a book! I bet full of secret receipes! ...
Uhm no... someone who thought they're funny wrote: 'Ask the black squirrel at the Country Bunker'...tch."
They went further through the corridors and found another room!
Jack: "I can't believe it! What else might be hidden down here?"
Jack: "Now you're glad I fell, huh?"
Vlad (who is so quiet because he's still in shock - he'd been so worried about Jack): "Uhm - no."
Saiwa: "Omg where are they? What if they fell again? VLAD! JACK!"
Vlad: "We are here!"
Saiwa: "Gods! Where have you been so long?"
And then Vlad and Jack showed them around in the underground of the invisible farm.
'There's only so much wine you can drink in one life
But it will never be enough to save you from the bottom of your glass'
So Much Wine - The Handsome Family
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The Boys took the tour bus and drove to the Country Bunker to look for the black squirrel that holds the key to nectar making...
Ji Ho: "But even if we find it - how is it supposed to tell us the recipes?"
Jack: "I don't know. But we've seen stranger things than a talking squirrel, right?"
Ji Ho: "True."
Kili: "Uhm guys - Squirrel Black is the bartender here."
Kili: "No, people really do have strange names around here ^^' Fox Brimley is the other bartender."
So they went inside.
While Squirrel lets Jack in on the secrets of nectar making,
Saiwa and Ji Ho danced.
And Jeb and Vlad watched them in awe...
It's full moon, the wolves are loose and so Rory made an unneccessary comment about Ji Ho and Saiwa...
...Vlad intervenes...
But Ji Ho knows now that this is the way they roll here and drags Vlad to the dancefloor before it escalates again.
And then they danced.
No one was paying attention to Jack and Kiyoshi.
So they sneaked outside again
Awww what a place for a kiss!
'Well, I'm back again for another night
Of trying to break free from this sadness that I can't lay to rest
This old honkytonk sure does feel like home
And the music with the laughter seem to soothe my loneliness'
Dwight Yoakam - Turn It On, Turn It Up, Turn Me Loose
TMI/Confession: I do not know a lot of country songs and for this chapter I often depend on my luck to pick the right one out of the playlists from spotify and youtube. As I did for this song. But it is a gem. The song and the video - wow.
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They are on their way back from the country bunker. Vlad is falling behind.
Saiwa: "Omg Vlad! What's wrong?"
Kiyoshi: "I think it's the bond. Dtui warned me this could happen."
Saiwa: "But it has been quiet for so long?"
Kiyoshi: "That doesn't mean it's satisfied or gone. Even a weaker bond cannot be torn apart. We all know that."
Saiwa sighs: "I'd been careless. Nothing is ever easy in this world, isn't it? But what can we do? Will it start to weaken them again like it did before winter solstice?"
Ji Ho walked over to Vlad: "I will learn to love you."
And that was the first thing Ji Ho said to Vlad.
(Except for 'Jerk' on the first day they met and 'Forgive me' on Winter Solstice and in the trailer. But they didn't even look each other in the eye then.)
(How happy they are for them ^^)
Kiyoshi always gets so excited when someone kisses
And this is how Vlad and Ji Ho started their relationship. Finally.
Even though Ji Ho is not sure if he loves Vlad.
Let's hope this will please the bond, though.
'You do something to me that I can't explain
Hold me closer and I feel no pain
Every beat of my heart
We got something going on'
Dolly Parton, Kenny Rogers - Islands In the Stream
This was our 1000th 'Underwater Love' post on tumblr!
I can't believe it. Testing the Highschool Years pack got completely out of hand and we find us over a year and 1000 posts later still together in this story!
Thank you for being with us!
We took amazing photos before leaving the Country Bunker.
The moon moves so fast! ΓΆ.ΓΆ
Outtakes
Poor Ji Ho still thinks Vlad is scary sometimes Γ.ΓΆ'
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Back at the farm. Vlad went directly to his room. This all was a little much for him and he's not sure if he should give in to this arrangement and be together with Ji Ho just because the bond demands it.
Jack is so hyped on nectar making - he ran over to the field as soon as he got out of the tour bus.
It's full moon and the moonpetals are ready to harvest.
The meteorites made it possible.
Is this a hallucination or is Squirrel Black really here?
Watching Jack if Jack does everything right. Strange...
Saiwa went down with Jack to the basement - clearly to annoy him. He just wants to make his Moonpetal nectar while it's still full moon!
Saiwa: "Seems the water for the nectar maker comes from the pond..."
Saiwa: "When you swim in the pond - don't do any weird things."
Jack: "Of course not! What do you think of me?"
Saiwa: "β¦"
Jack: "Are you going to tell this Ji Ho too? And the ducks? And the fish? Or just me because..."
Saiwa: "Because you're a troublemaker, yes."
Finally Saiwa is gone!
No, he's not dancing. He's stomping away his anger about Saiwa ^^'
Jack's first bottle of Moonpetal Nectar! Crafted in a full moon night.
Meanwhile Vlad watches Ji Ho.
Ji Ho is planting the lily. A secret gift from Vlad long ago.
Ji Ho now knows that all the secret gifts he recieved had been from Vlad.
It's time the lily grows.
And their love.
Ji Ho is determined.
'Hey baby don't it feel so right
Come on now we're runnin' outta moonlight
All I wanna do is hold you tight
come on, come on, come on we're runnin' outta moonlight'
Randy Houser - Runnin' Outta Moonlight
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Scenery
Rider's Glen/Chestnut Ridge - 6am
I love how the sun shines in and the shadows of the goats
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A new day at the invisible farm.
Saiwa and Jack are sitting at Vlad's bed (again) to see how he's doing after their first kiss* and if he's still suffering from the bond's cravings.
Vlad: "I'm fine. Can you leave now?"
Saiwa: "That`s good to hear. Make sure to spend enough 'quality time' with Ji Ho so you don't get sick again."
Vlad sighs.
*This was their first official kiss in this story but they already kissed as adults and in the outtakes from summer solstice and in their future house ^^'
Then Jack went over to Ji Ho... where he already had prepared his whiteboard...
Jack: "See? Nothing is holding you back anymore! Vlad doesn't need to keep his distance to you because there is no curse. And you thought you could only love Luci, but there is no Luci. It was Vlad (and the selfish bond). So you were already able to love him. And before he gave his life to save you from Genji he even healed you from your trauma that kept you from loving.
And you two are magic together - literally!"
Ji Ho scribbles... "Ok! I'll do my best!"
So Ji Ho is really learning to love Vlad! Omg Jack!
'Magic, it must be magic
The way I hold you when the night just seems to fly
Easy for you to take me to a star
Heaven is that moment when I look into your eyes.'
And oh I just fall in love again - Anne Murray
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Jeb tries to jog every morning and today Saiwa accompanies him again.
(And wolf Jack walks himself in the background as it seems ^^')
Neighbor: "Is this your dog?"
Saiwa: "NO!" Jeb: "Yes ^^' "
Neighbor: "You are Martha's new ranchhands, aren't you? How has your first day been? Do you get along? We can't see the farm but don't hesite to ask if you need advice."
Saiwa: "Uhm - first day? ... yes, we get along. Thank you..."
Neighbor: "That's fine! See you at the Country Bunker! Bye!"
Saiwa: "That was strange. We're at the farm for the fourth day, right?"
Jeb: "Maybe time runs faster at the farm? But we've been at the Country Bunker on two different days..."
Saiwa: "Maybe time slips back and forth? Oh my... let's fetch our 'dog' and go back... you and Kiyoshi need to find out what's going on with the meteorites."
Back at the farm.
Kiyoshi and Jeb are channeling their magic.
If they could take a look at the meteorites from above, they could see that they lie together in a heart shape
Jeb, whispering: "I can hear the horses!"
Kiyoshi
The little goat in the background
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When Jack went to the cellar to make his wine, he found a breakthrough in the wall - and Kiyoshi?
Kiyoshi: "I was a bit exhausted after the channeling so I went down here and found this room behind the barrels! I can make my cheese here! Right next to you!"
Jack: "Wow - this farm is always good for a surprise!"
The cheese cellar
(The goat towel rack is one of my better ideas ^^')
And the wine cellar
'The hot July moon saw everything
My first taste of love, oh, bittersweet
And green on the vine, like strawberry wine'
Deana Carter - Strawberry Wine
Kiyoshi: "I want to spent more time with you."
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Saiwa called Ji Ho and Vlad over after Jeb and Kiyoshi's discovery: "Very well - let's see where the horses are! So - now do your magic!"
Vlad: "No - Ji Ho won't endure this anymore! You know how much he hates being touched after what he had to undergo in his past! *
The Resistance did fine before us - they will outlive without us!"
Saiwa: "Vlad! Wait! - Ji Ho..."
(Even Kiyoshi goat seems mad at Saiwa ^^')
Saiwa calls after them: "But what about the horses?!"
Vlad: "Ach!"
Vlad always loved to see Ji Ho swim and it soothed him eventually.
They need no words to know how the other feels.
The bond tells them.
Vlad sighs and they went back to Saiwa...
'β¦ Will you make me some magic with your own two hands?
Can you build an emerald city with these grains of sand?
Can you give me something I can take home?
β¦ I can do that
I can do that'
Meat Loaf - I'd Do Anything For Love
Aww the way Sai looks at them
Ji Ho is exhausted...
... but their magic had no effect as it seems. No horses...
Saiwa, aghast: "Why didn't it work? Is the bond broken? But what about the horses?"
*
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Jeb and Jack are still busy with farm improvement.
They closed the hole Jack fell in and are now working at the patio.
Jack is weeding and planting.
And Jeb is doing the wood work.
Jack: "Jeb! Little Goat is eating the wood!"
Jeb: Γ.ΓΆ'
Early evening - they did a great job!
Looks so much better! The goats approve
They decided to hold the 'Meteorite Meeting' outside.
Vlad doesn't listen anymore. He's so done with this nonsense.
Jack hopes Saiwa doesn't notice the new plant in front of his window until Jack is out of the line of fire
'And now she turns
This way she moves in the logic of all my dreams
This fire burns
I realize that nothing's as it seems'
Sting - Desert Rose
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When Jeb went jogging early next morning, he heard the horses again. And he followed their neighing until he reached a portal - that definitely hadn't been there the days before. So Vlad and Ji Ho's magic did work! Just not where they'd cast it ^^'
He calls Saiwa and tells him what he found.
Saiwa: "What? I'll be there in a sec!"
Jeb: "Well that was fast!"
They went back to the farm and gathered the others. Vlad didn't want to go with them. But Ji Ho was already on his way to the portal and when Saiwa mentioned that it was kind of their responsibility to rescue the horses since the meteorites are attached to Ji Ho and him, he followed them reluctantly.
Saiwa: "Oh I'm excited to finally meet the horses!"
Jack: "Yes! We will have so much fun!"
It was early evening when they finally reached the portal again.
And it's already overgrowing!
Saiwa: "Oh no - it seems it's only temporary... we need to hurry."
Since they don't know what awaits them on the other side, they agreed that the two most powerful go first - Kiyoshi and Jeb.
Followed by Jack - the physically strongest.
Saiwa as rearguard - if anything should go wrong...
What will they find on the other side?
'Climbing up on Solsbury Hill
I could see the city light
Wind was blowing, time stood still
Eagle flew out of the night'
Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill
(This song is a masterpiece. Peter Gabriel wrote the song about a spiritual experience atop Solsbury Hill in Somerset, England)
Outtakes
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Kiyoshi and Little Goat stepped through the portal first.
It lead them to the temple area at Mount Komorebi.
Kiyoshi waited for the others to come through. But it seems the portal leads each of them to their own destination.
Eventually Dtui* found him. She told him that this is an otherworldly version of the temple and it's surroundings and that it took her quite a bit of strength to appear here when she heard 'the call'...
She didn't know about the horses but had another quest for him. Since he is already here...
βThe most exquisite paradox: as soon as you give it all up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you canβt have it. The minute you donβt want power, youβll have more than you ever dreamed possible.β ~Ram Dass (from the Little Buddha site)
So she sent him to the river to meditate over this task...
(Nothing is ever easy in this story lol! And they don't have much time since the portal is overgrowing on the other side!)
Kiyoshi sat by the river for a while and eventually came to the conclusion that he will let his family go.
He grew up in a family loyal to the Council and when he met Dtui from the Resistance and his fated mate Jack, the werwolf, he changed sides and parted ways with his family (his father even lit the pyre at Kiyoshi's execution...)
( -> The story of Kiyoshi and Dtui)
This had been eating him up for the last three years and it's time to move on and let them go. They only could act as good as they could and there's no way to change them or the situation.
In the meantime Little Goat seems to have found the first horse!
Kiyoshi met him later by the river.
He told him his name is ι§ = Kiri, the japanese word for 'fog'.
His breed is: Nokota.
(Just as Kiyoshi, I didn't change Kiri in CAS, he was perfect and beautiful as he was, just like Kiyoshi
He was something to observe
Came in close, I heard a voice
Standing, stretching every nerve
I had to listen, had no choice
Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill
They hurried back to the temple before the portal closes.
But Kiri refused to go near the portal. It's already getting dark...
No matter what he tried.
Kiri grew fond of his freedom in the otherworld. Here he was able to achieve more that a mere horse at a farm.
Eventually clever Little Goat made a deal with him.
He would share his form in the other world with Kiri so he could shift into horse shape and Kiri could stay here for most of the time and come and go to his liking.
And with the option to mainly stay in the otherworld, Kiri agreed.
He kind of missed the farm (a bit
(Little Goat later registered a patent for this application: The PokeHor =pocket+horse)
And so Kiyoshi, Little Goat (and Kiri) left the otherworld again.
TMI:
Komorebi ζ¨ζΌγζ₯ (pronounced kΕ-mΕ-leh-bΔ) Literally, βsunlight leaking through trees,β this word describes the beauty and wonder of rays of light dappling through overhead leaves, casting dancing shadows on the forest floor.
Outtakes
*Dtui is Kiyoshi's mentor and a demon like him. She helped him part ways with the council.
And with this post we are finally up to date with the blog! I will post 'live' now
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Vlad and Little Goat stepped out of the portal. He's in hell again*...
(And shouldn't we be with Jeb now? He was the second to step through the portal and not Vlad, the fourth in line...)
'I did not believe the information, just had to trust imagination
My heart going "Boom-boom-boom". "Son, " he said
"Grab your things, I've come to take you home" Hey, back home'
Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill
Before he even saw him, Vlad knew whom he would meet here...
Leander*: "Wellcome to hell - again - my dearest Vlad."
Vlad: "What do you want?"
Leander: "Getting right to the point - I like that about you - among so many other things. But sadly it's not all about me this time. You are here to let something go to gain something and to rescue the horse. So what do you offer?"
Vlad: "Well let's see: I already sacrificed my life, my soul, my first love, the love of my life, my wealth, my heritage, my home... shall I go on? I sacrificed everything. What else could you probably want from me? I have nothing more to give. I'm leaving."
Leander: "I told you it's not about me. It's for you only.
Your gain - or your loss. You decide. Do you maybe wish for another guide? I could find someone else for you and go over to Ji Ho instead?"
Vlad: "You will not touch him again!"
And then suddenly a horse broke through one of the seven gates of hell!
Leander: "There. Now you stirred him up with your shouting..."
Eventually the horse calmed down and Vlad tried to lead it through the portal. But it refused, like Kiri. And Vlad couldn't leave either.
So he had to crawl back to Leander and beg. How humiliating!
Vlad sighs: "What do you want?"
Leander: "Well since you probably will never understand what this is all about and the portal is closing - give me your shirt."
Vlad: "Are you crazy?"
Leander: "Aww that means you'll stay? You are finally mine? Forever? For ever ever?"
And this is how Vlad lost his shirt - again - and his pride...
Let's hope it was worth it.
Leander: "His name is Diablo - he's a Friesian."
Leander: "Well, that was fun! Hope to see you again soon!"
Diablo looks just as annoyed as Vlad feels ^^'
Vlad didn't even answer anymore and left.
'Hell's bells, miss-pells, knocks me on my knees...
After I count down three rounds, in Hell I'll be in good company'
In Hell I'll Be In Good Company - The Dead South
(youtube suggested this song to me yesterday. And it fits so well! Amazing ΓΆ.ΓΆ. And it's surprisingly good - 373 million views! wow)
Back at the portal Little Goat made the deal with Diablo just as other Little Goat did with Kiri. His body would be the vessel through which Diablo could switch between the otherwold and the other world.
And so Vlad, Little Goat (and Diablo) left hell.
Vlad just hopes the others have nicer company...
*Vlad went to (a kind of) hell after he died when he rescued Ji Ho.
*Leander is Vlad's sworn arch enemy. Even though Leander did everything to save and help Vlad.
Only... let's say he choose questionable measures...
Leander is also overly self confident so this might be another reason why they fail to enhance their relationship.
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Ji Ho found himself in Henford-on-Bagley.
They had never been happier and more carefree than when they'd spent a weekend here in Henford once.
That was before everything went down the drain.
Before Ji Ho got bitten by Genji and Vlad died...
Ji Ho and Little Goat wandered down to the river.
Here he'd spent the happiest day of his life.
He went to swim and forgot time... and that the portal is overgrowing...
Hours later, on his way back - the sun just has risen - he saw the horse.
And then Genji approached.
He told Ji Ho that of all of their guides, he sacrified the most of his life force to guide him. (Genji still feels horrible after what he did to Ji Ho and this is his way to make it up to him).
Ji Ho: "You shouldn't have done that. I know it wasn't your fault."
Genji: "But still. It makes me feel better to be able to do something meaningful for you. Please accept."
Ji Ho: "I will. And I will use you generous offer to let my brother go.
To keep in silence I resigned. My friends would think I was a nut.
Turning water into wine. Open doors would soon be shut.
Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel
And then they went over to meet the horse.
Ji Ho: "This is a great horse!"
Genji: "And also a great name!"
(μλ§ (Yang Mal) is korean and can be translated as 'Great Horse'.
But it is a pun too. 'Yang Mal' also means 'socks'.
Because Yang Mal has white 'socks' ^^'
Little Goat made his body swap deal with Yang Mal/Socks...
And then Ji Ho and Little Goat (and Yang Mal) left the otherworld again. Hopefully in time Γ.ΓΆ'
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Horse: "Morning!"
Fox: "Morning! I'm late!"
Horse: "Mee too! Bye!"
Fox: "Bye!"
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Of course Little Goat was gone after Ji Ho went over to meet Genji and Yang Mal...
And when I scrolled through the Bramblewood, I thought I found it but it was a hungry fox!
And running towards him the worried creature keeper!
I thought the fox ate the goat omg...
The X marks the spot where Ji Ho placed Little Goat in the world...
I had to search for a few minutes ΓΆ.Γ' Little rascal!
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