Summary: NOTE: All pairs in this story consist of one nice one and one scum (Deibu, Bawiza, Raper, Sage)
A pair of Reimus are asking a Dosu to let them into her clan. Dosu refuses, but not just Deibu, but Reimu too, citing that Reimus make unreasonable demands about having children, food and singing. She tells them that her clan doesn't need Reimus.
Just as they're protesting, a pair of Marisas come asking the same thing. Bawiza talks about how strong she is, but Dosu refuses, saying that Marisas become cowards at the sign of trouble, and that there's no need to go so far or cross the river for food. She tells them they can just make their own house.
A pair of Alices interrupt the Marisas, asking the same thing as the previous pairs, but Dosu refuses. How can Alice see the dirty thing next to her as city-sect, she asks. She tells them to go back home, or she'll spark them if they come any closer to Dosu's clan.
This time a pair of Patchoulis interrupt, but Dosu refuses. Yukkuris are different from animals, Dosu doesn't need the Sage's knowledge of medicinal plants and herbs. Besides, Dosu is smarter than them, so her clan doesn't need one who's only smart.
All four pairs start protesting, and Dosu tells them "This is the clan of Dosu, you know?" They say they know, and continue complaining, but Dosu repeats "This is the clan of DOSUS, you know?" (Japanese don't really indicate plurality)
That's when three other Dosus show up, asking what the problem is. Dosu explains to the yukkuris that they don't need small idiots like them. Besides, they already had a clan where they could take it easy, yet they came to where uneasy yukkuris live, isn't that really stupid? The other Dosus, tiring of it, crush the four pairs.
A human shows up and sees the craters left behind, along with Dosu. Dosu admits it's her who did that, and the human nervously asks if they came to ask for taxes. Dosu counters by asking if there's a human village nearby, and finds out there is. She says she doesn't care about taxes and leaves before the human can stop her.
She informs the other Dosus, and they migrate deeper into the forest, where they'll live unhindered by humans or stupid yukkuris. For this is Dosu's clan of Dosu.
yukkuriking said: that pretty smart there is safty in numbers and power
I think the real safety is by not wanting to disturb or be disturbed by others and trying to isolate themselves, numbers and power doesn't mean much if their actions summon a greater power like human military or something.
I think that the moral is that the long, varied life and accompanying negligible senescence of a fully grown dosu imparts ALL of the purportedly desirable characteristics offered by the smaller, more specialized, but basically ephemoral non-dosu. The dosuyukkuri is the ultimate generalist, more adept at conversation and maternity than any reimu; more skilled in hunting and battle than any non-dosu marisa; possessing of more grace and refinement (which the alices refer to as "city-sect") than any alice; and wiser than any patchouli.
JusticeItEasy said: I think the real safety is by not wanting to disturb or be disturbed by others and trying to isolate themselves, numbers and power doesn't mean much if their actions summon a greater power like human military or something.
it really varies in that department, this also bring up the question if a dosu were to breed with another dosu would that yukkuri be born a dosu
yukkuriking said: it really varies in that department, this also bring up the question if a dosu were to breed with another dosu would that yukkuri be born a dosu
I was just thinking about that. I wonder what kind of offspring two dosus would produce. Would there be problems with inbreeding? Perhaps one of the dosus is a reimu.
yukkuriking said: it really varies in that department, this also bring up the question if a dosu were to breed with another dosu would that yukkuri be born a dosu
It doesn't vary much, no matter the numbers and the typical dosu power, once the human military shows ups, Dosu lose by default, many stories of Dosus making alliances ends like that when they attack and bother humans, that's why this Dosus choosing to live on their own bothering none is more meaningful, and for me, the real way to be safe for them if they don't try to be proactively friendly to humanity.
amicustribusyu said: I was just thinking about that. I wonder what kind of offspring two dosus would produce. Would there be problems with inbreeding? Perhaps one of the dosus is a reimu.
Dosus don't reproduce if I recall correctly, the consesus have them being a phase of some unique yukkuris, not a sub species with their own rules and all that like the House-yu's or similar mutant yu's.
I suspect this Dosu clan is the paralel of being an hermit, they won't have little ones or younger generations to deal with, only themselves, enjoying the remanent of their yu lives without any of the worries that an average dosu or yukkuri have.