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/ = Kabuki = \ -- Noir's Shrine </center>
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Noir's Shrine sits many paces away from the House of Noh, in the shadow of a willow tree. It is crafted from river-shined rocks and long willow twigs that stand in an arc above a small, stone altar. A long feather quill and india ink sits next to parchment, on top of the altar. On this parchment, I will record my Kabuki's most important memories.

<center>I ask that if you wish to post in this Shrine, to make it entirely IC (in character) and that you be respectful to the tranquility of the Shrine's atmosphere.</center>

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<center>History:</center>

Nivanya
I am Nivanya, caretaker of the house of Noh. Before the Kabuki found me, I was a lonely woman who had little else to do but tend to my gardens, and care for the traveling men and women who needed a warm place to lay their head at night.

One very dark night, when the last breezes of summer were whistling past my door, I heard the softest tapping sound. Roused from my short meditation, which was more verging on sleep than anything else, I stood and walked to my door. Sliding the heavy wooden slat aside, I saw a girl who was carrying a black cat. She was little more than a child at that time, and looked to me with blazing yellow eyes. I could have sworn that she was holding a replica of herself in her arms.

She allowed me to put my hand on her shoulder, and I asked her to remove her muddy sandals before she took a step through the gateway. She obliged and entered my fire-lit home, and asked very quietly for a bowl of rice and some tea. I asked one of my helping girls to wrap her cat in warm blankets, and she allowed my plump housemate to take her cat away, but only for a few short moments. I could tell she was very attached to her pet- no- her friend.

As we sat down for tea, she explained to me that she had been abandoned at a very young age. On one of the coldest nights, in the town at the base of the hill that Noh sits upon, she was wandering the streets and collapsed in a dank alley. The water that once trickled from the raingutters of the businesses was turning verily to ice. She said that as she breathed, the clouds of air were forming shapes in her mind, the same way that you or I will stare at the clouds and find images in them. In her breath, she saw the eyes of a cat, staring directly into hers. At that moment, she said she had no god. She had no higher power to pray to, so she prayed to the eyes of the cat.

Almost immediately after, her prayers were answered. A cat paced quickly towards her, and leapt towards her chest. She cradled the warm creature in her arms, and said that she had felt the power to stand up on her own, and begin to take a few short steps without struggling. The wind fell back, and no longer hurt her. She could breathe, again, and was not scared. The cat accompanied her wherever she walked, sometimes she carried it, and sometimes it would simply follow at her heel.

She told me, after taking a long and reflective drink of tea, that she believed that the cat was more than a pet, or even a friend. The cat was her Muse, it was what allowed her to continue through her life. She told me that there were many other girls and boys in the world that had once had nothing, or were born with nothing. She told me that if I were to help care for her, and raise her like a daughter, that she would help to protect and guard the passing children that had only a Muse to guide them.

I reached my hand across the table- something that would normally be considered rude, in my home- and she shook my hand strongly. My housemate brought her cat into the room, and it leapt to the tatami mat with little more than a soft 'mewl.' She said that she had named her cat Taka, and that he was very well behaved. With a bright smile, I finished my tea. She cleared the table, and I showed her to a large bedroom with soft mats and bedding. She has slept soundly in that room, since I met her. A teenager, now, Noir has sworn to protect any other Kabuki that may find my home.

At times, Kabuki will appear on my doorstep. At other times, parents will deliver babies to my portico in the middle of the night. Me and Noir take these children in, and try very hard to find others willing to care for the lost Kabuki.

This is the story of Noir, and this is her Shrine.

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<center>Opening Note:</center>

Nivanya
Welcome to the Noir's Shrine to the Black Cat. You are invited to spend time here, or leave any special notes for Noir. She will be sure to read them, and perhaps even respond with small gifts or kind words! (Well, as kind as Noir can be. She's a bit testy!)

Thank you for visiting,
~Niv


*Nivanya leaves a small package at the temple, wrapped in fine rice paper with soft, delicate calligraphy. 'To Noir,' it reads, 'With these candles, you may be able to write at night. - Nivanya'*

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Noir was woken by the sound of birds outside of her room's window. She peeked curiously out into the night, lit very faintly by the glow of the moon behind clouds. Taka crawled from her side onto her lap, and purred. She pet him with a free hand, and shooed him off of her legs. Standing, she reached towards her screen, and took her housecoat from a post. Tying the thick ribbon around the center, she clicked her tongue and Taka followed her out of the house.

'Last night I had a dream...' She wrote onto the parchment paper, beneath the gnarled branches of her Shrine. '...That I saw my mother's face. She was angry, and ran away from me. I was just a little girl, and I called out for her, but she would not come back. Taka came to me, in my dream. He was just a young cat, a kitten. He sat and cried with me, and when I saw his tears, I felt comfortable again.'

She rolled the piece of parchment, hesitant to write anything more. Blowing out her red candles, a present from Nivanya, she stood and brushed some small leaves and brush from the rim of her housecoat. She clicked her tongue again and wandered back up the hill, and into Noh.

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With only a small yawn as warning Chao and Lilith enter the shrine quietly.
Lilith is holding a small box wrapped in black paper with a yelow ribbon atop it. As the pair reaches the alter she places it down. The two pause to look about the shrine before exiting out into the night. As they do so Lilith waves to the box.
Attached to the box is a note.
Chao and Lilith
To Noir,
When Lilith and I went shopping yesterday she sighted the gift that's held inside this box.
I think it remindered her of Taka because she yelled 'T'ka!' as soon as she saw it.
So, may this little gift guard your shrine (or room, or where ever you choose to put him) whenever your companion cannot.
See you about the House,
~Chao and Lilith

Inside the box is a little black cat plushie.
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