(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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[thats_it]

I see.

[he does, because he does, in fact, notice Mugetsu, now. he also notices how protective he seems to be being, and that in mind, after a beat, he adds:] Well, if it makes either of you feel better, I can promise that I mean you no harm.

[kimihiros]

His powers are locked, so he's a little anxious.

(understandably so, because so are kimihiro's. well, all he can do is pet the fox, scratching carefully behind his ears.)

My apologies.

[thats_it]

No need. That seems to be going around.

[both the locked powers and the anxiety it causes. he's not terribly thrilled by the idea that he can't call up his daggers, here, or a potion, if and when he should need one, or -- well, the list goes on. to his credit, however, he's managing to keep outwardly stoic about the whole thing, but then again, that's all but his job]

[but anyway] Ignis, by the way.

[kimihiros]

Are there other people like this?

(there's a long drag from the pipe, before he exhales the smoke in thought. so it's not just him, huh? kimihiro may have had arrived to the conclusion that maybe, he had been stripped of it so not to just send a message back home and have mokona retrieve him, but it seems like that isn't he case.)

Watanuki.

[thats_it]

[he nods once, politely]

A pleasure.

[and backing up to his question:] People with fantastical abilities? There are. [Noct is one of them. so he is, if only through Noct and his connection to the Crystal] Though, again. [again, everyone he's talked to has been without their abilities]

[kimihiros]

Likewise.

(another drag, another exhale.)

Explains quite a lot. (and a beat later, he realizes it's rude not to share the sake if the other man seems willing to give him information.) Care to join?

[thats_it]

I wouldn't mind a seat, if you don't -- [preferably upwind of Watanuki's pipe smoke, but] -- but I'll pass on the drink.

Don't let me stop you, though.

[he's not rude enough to ask him to stop enjoying himself]

[kimihiros]

(out of politeness, watanuki taps the tobacco on the built-in ashtray of his tray, leaving it aside with caution and care, like it's the most important thing in the world.

it is to him, in a way.

he takes a sip of the sake before nodding.)

New here too?

[thats_it]

[Ignis inclines his head, a wordless thank you, and then shifts to sit down]

More or less. [a beat] I've a few friends here, who have filled me in on some of the details, but ... [but there are things that Noct didn't cover. there are things that he did that are bizarre, regardless]

[kimihiros]

But you yourself are still figuring it out, hm?

(he completes the sentence, smiling kindly before he offers a finger to mugetsu, who promptly sets his head under it for scratches.)

[thats_it]

[he nods]

I am.

[and no matter how cool and collected he seems about the whole affair, it's been a hell of a learning curve. the wildlife is bizarre, the fact that he just arrived here out of the blue even more so, and some of the things he's heard from Noct about the future, his future are unsettling. not surprising, but well. it's been a lot to take in]

[rather than get into that, however, he turns the question back on him. sort of] What about you? Anyone familiar here? [a beat] Beyond ... [beyond Mugetsu, of course]

[kimihiros]

Not at all, it's just me and Mugetsu. (who in turn, squeaks to say hello.) I don't have many people as is.

[thats_it]

[Ignis, meanwhile, has many acquaintances -- people he's met over the course of his travels, or before, when he was training to be the Hand of the King, under his uncle. he doesn't have very many friends, however. he doesn't have many people he trusts, unequivocally. so, maybe he doesn't have many people, either]

[he's not about to point that out, however. and so, instead, he just smiles at Mugetsu, and notes:] Well, at least neither of you are entirely alone. [someone is better than no one and all at that]

[kimihiros]

Where are people staying? I've seen many places, and yet, no houses.

(the mage takes the turn to drink some more. it may occur to him later that he might not have the same tolerance here, even if that tolerance is absurdly high as is. just let him have this.)

[thats_it]

Ah.

[he turns in the direction of the Merlaut, gesturing towards it, before he returns his attentions to Kimihiro] There's a hotel, in that direction. [a beat] The Merlaut, I believe it's called.