The kitsune, now having revealed who and what it truly was, stood there, waiting for some kind of reaction from it's rather gruesome display. However, what the human said and did was not quite what it was looking for, and was a bit disappointed. Normally, humans, when they saw her take of her face as she did, screamed, or at least turned and tried to run away. But this one was not. Such foolishness.<br/><br/>Listening to t he human stumble with his words as he worked out an apology, she tilts her fox head slightly to the side, her fiery orange eyes glinting in the setting sun as she stared at him, a sly grin on her muzzle. The tips of her ears flick every now and then, and the many tails she bore sway from side to side, as she thought of what to do. She knew that a Tanuki was close by, waiting to jump in to the action.<br/><br/>"Disturbed me? DISTURBED me? How absurd!" Her voice was taunting, ridiculing the pathetic human as he stood there, daring to ask for a room, and even more, work! At an inn for YOKAI no less! HA! Taking a step forward, she laughs, her mirth echoing rather eerily around them, almost as if they were in an enclosed space, not the outer yard of the inn. "YOU? You want to work here? How hilarious is that? You must be out of your mind! A<span style="font-style: italic">human</span>working<span style="font-style: italic">here</span>?" She stops, about five feet from him, and narrows her eyes, her nose curling up in a snarl, ears flat against the back of her skull. "I think not."<br/><br/>She begins to cackle, a high pitched yipping that was often associated with regular foxes, as a black mist began to form. She knew that it was the work of the Tanuki, they were masters of visual trickery, not only in changing their appearances, but their surroundings as well. The mist envelops them, and eyeballs formed, closed at first, but then opened, one by one, so that thousands of eyes stared at the human, from every angle. And the laughter continued, doubling, then tripling, going on as if more and more voices had joined in on the joke.<br/><br/>The pattering of many feet could be heard, the rustle of clothing, clacking of claws and rattling of chains. And voices. The voice of the kitsune, and a woman's voice. The voices of children. A voice that sounded like it belonged to a snake that could talk. Many voices, all clamoring together, but all saying the same thing. "A human...a human is here...a human! Let's scare him, chase him, make him scream. Eat his flesh, haunt his dreams! A HUMAN!"<br/><br/>A hand reaches out from the mist, grabbing the human's arm, and pulls at him, while a few others, some with claws, others with odd colored skin, began picking at his clothes, his hair, his shoes, touching him and trying to pull at him. No doubt he was running by now, but not getting any where, since in the mist he was stuck in a loop, a hole in space, where the only place he could go was nowhere, running fast but there was no destination.<br/><br/>The voices grew louder, the laughter more harsh and higher, more and more things spoke. Now, joining the eyes that watched him, were mouths that were wide with laughter, with pointed teeth and snake tongues, some with two tongues, others with tongues so long that they curled in on itself. These tongues in particular would lash out, licking the human, wrapping their tongue around his leg or arm.<br/><br/>When it seemed like this was going to go on forever, a voice split through it all, harsh and loud.<br/><br/>"JŪBUN'NA!!!"<br/><br/>And, within seconds, the mist was gone, to reveal that night had completely fallen now, the yokai scurrying away and disappearing, the kitsune that had started it all slinking around the corner. Standing above, on a balcony, was what appeared to be a raven, a full moon shining from behind. But it was human too. It had the body of a human, but the head of a bird, with a dark grey curved and sharp beak, blood red eyes, and black feathers all over. Large wings were on it's back, and it's hands had talons instead of fingernails, the feathers were all over. In the bird's hand was what looked like a golden staff, a metal pole topped with a metal finial with two sections, each with three rings. A hexagonal ruby red jewel was on it's forehead, right between where a human's eyebrows would be, and one could see that it had a tail of a bird as well. The crow was wearing a black kimono, and black pants too, ones that might make think of the old Japanese style. You couldn't see it's feet, as they were covered by the pants.<br/><br/>The crow looks down at the human that was there, no doubt disheveled by this point. The red eyes of the crow just stares, and nothing was said for a good long while, until it speaks up again, in a male's voice, albeit, a very high pitched male's voice.<br/><br/>"Kimi wa. Ningen. Anata wa koko de nani o shite iru no?"<br/><br/><span style="font-size: 85%; line-height: 116%;"><span style="font-style: italic">Translation: Jūbun'na! - Enough!<br/>Kimi wa. Ningen. Anata wa koko de nani o shite iru no? - You. Human. What are you doing here?</span></span>