WIP INTRO FOR NANO
Been working on this before Nano but my goal is to finish by the end of Nano or at least get super close.
OF STORMS AND WAVES
What happens when you meet the very stories you cast aside once you outgrew being a child? Especially when the good is very bad and the bad is really just misunderstood. Kaito Hideyoshi is caught in the middle of finding out what it means to be played by the gods and in the debt of the yokai. When he himself now has yokai blood that he isn’t sure he wants but also can’t get rid of. His life is changing and thankfully he isn’t alone. But the one he can trust is also rife with secrets of his own, dark secrets, and painful ones. Older pain, alongside Kaito’s newer pain. If they can both get past their pain and secrets, their lives might just be for the better.
Genre: (dark) Fantasy, new adult
Perspective: Third person from 2 character’s pov.
Goal: Since I’m not even into the thick of it at 30k. I’m thinking somewhere along the lines of maybe 110-120k. Might not hit that by the end of nano but if I get close then I’m happy.
Main characters: Kaito Hideyoshi: Kaito is headstrong and caring but he also holds his pain so close and deep inside that it just causes him more pain. Which means he also has a lack of trust that came from that pain. Especially of those that might have suffered just like him but have a different view on life. His pain is new but harsh and everything he had been warned about as a child. That he cast aside, has been placed in front of him. Gods, yokai, everything in between and above his understanding is now his life. He walks amongst the yokai. Not fully one but not human enough to avoid them. What his eyes were blind to before, is now all he sees.
Takehaya : He is a fallen god with a little too much time on his hands and a lot of secrets weighing on his heart. He brought Kaito back to his home after hearing the other’s pain, he was the only one to react to it or at least the only one to do anything about it. He has a similiar grudge against the person Kaito is after and is willing to help him reach his desires and goals with this, since he was unable and is still unable to himself. Ryujin: He is the antagonist but he wouldn’t see himself as such. He believes he’s doing the right thing for himself and mostly only for himself. The rest of the gods probably wouldn’t think very kindly on his actions but he’s looking out for the most important of them. Himself. He has a past history with Takehaya that was never resolved on Takehaya’s part. Ryujin himself has long forgotten it nor did he care about it in the first place. It gave him what he wanted. Now his feelings with Kaito are different, he doesn’t like when toys, broken or otherwise aren’t in his grasp. If you would like to be added to the taglist just let me know.
