(open) a wizard and a fox spirit walk into a void

[kimihiros]

Who: Kimihiro&You
What: Getting to know the Void, just generally being confused. Catch-all post!
Where: Around the Void!
When: November OOC
Content Warnings: Nothing!! Perhaps spoilers?

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[bluecastleace]

[Just this face.]

Why do I feel like you’re only asking me so you can disagree with me?

[kimihiros]

No. I actually want to know, what have you seen from here?

(right back.)

[bluecastleace]

[Well, now he feels self-conscious.]

I don’t know. Dragons, robots, aliens, rich boys with bad attitudes and weak balls. All kinds of shit.

[kimihiros]

(he looks almost shocked? like, he doesn't know what to say? how would you know that, iwai? don't say something like that so calmly?)

[bluecastleace]

What are you lookin’ at me like that for? You wanted to know.

[abeautifulgame]

[he shrugs, the gesture almost theatrical]

Color me curious.

[tell him the story of an interesting wish you granted, Kimihiro]

[king_in_dreams]

[Noct blinks, making a face.] Oh, sorry. [That's addressed to both of them.]

So, like... can you do magic?

[kimihiros]

It's the last part that boggled me.

[bluecastleace]

[Oh.]

I said what I said.

[kimihiros]

... Do I want to know?

[bluecastleace]

I kicked some asshole in the nuts and he wilted like a picked flower. What is there to know?

[kimihiros]

I've met one of those. I hope it's the same one.

[kimihiros]

That's right.

(although he doesn't look like the most magical being now that he has finished cleaning the sink - there's still so much...)

Can you as well?

[kimihiros]

When I was young, a lady came to the shop with a photograph that could not be destroyed, as much as she'd tried. We managed to reveal what was in the photograph, which was her murdering the lady in it.

(he states it matter-of-factly. it's been a long time since this happened, and now, he can completely comprehend yuuko's decision and the payment for the wish. it was a big one.)

The price for it was that she would not be able to have her own image captured in any media - phones, security cameras, television you name it, or else her picture would return into existence and would run on media instead. She'd have to be secluded for the rest of her life.

(a beat, only for him to suck in the smoke.)

That was the previous store owner's decision, and while I could not innitially understand why she would grant such wish, I understand it now. It's a big wish that requires a payment as such.

[abeautifulgame]

[Damien arches his eyebrows at that. in a modern world, in Chicago, where Big Brother is always watching, not showing up on any media would be fucking hard. if she wanted to beat a murder wrap, and couldn't get rid of the evidence, though ... ]

[but -- ] Why couldn't she destroy the photo? [ -- that seems odd]

[kimihiros]

Cursed.

(simple like that. at this point, damien might have noticed that a lot of kimihiro's stories are like that. a magical being here, a curse there, a wish to be granted... nothing is ever normal.)

[abeautifulgame]

... how common is magic, in your world? [because yeah, he's getting that Kimihiro's world is full of curses and magical beings and so on, but] Could, say, someone like me stumble on your shop?

[someone mundane? are they even aware of the fact that magic exists?]

[kimihiros]

It's just something that exists. Some people, albeit not many, can see it.

(there's a beat there before he proceeds.)

Only if you have a wish to be granted. You can only see the store and enter if so, otherwise it just looks like an empty field. The shop is special, after all.

[abeautifulgame]

[he takes a moment to digest that, taking a thoughtful sip of his reheated coffee as he does so] That something that can be taught? 'Seeing' magic? [using magic?] Or is that a -- a genetic lottery sort of thing?

[kimihiros]

Some things can be taught. Divination, for instance, at least to some degree. It's interpretation of omens, after all.

[abeautifulgame]

Like reading tea leaves? Tarot cards? That kind of thing?

[he'd dismiss that as being ridiculous, but -- well, magic is real, where Kimihiro's from. those omens actually means something where he's from]

[kimihiros]

Those are all valid methods. I use dowsing, more often than not myself.

(they do, and kimihiro would happily teach if asked.)

[abeautifulgame]

That's the one with the rods, isn't it? [a beat] I thought that was for finding water. [or gravesites or whatever. he's actually not sure how they're used in regards to the supernatural]

[kimihiros]

They help you find what you need. If I ever find mine, I'll show you.

(it's with a smile.)

I also like pendulums.

[king_in_dreams]

Normally, yeah. It doesn't really work here, though, unless this place decides it wants it to work.

[He would love it if his magic was still working. He had gotten used to not having it, and then he had it again, and it sucks all over again now that it's gone again.]