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

(mugetsu himself shortens the distance between himself and melinöe, almost too adorable when he boops her arm in response to the request.

kimihiro smiles, mostly because she seems to get what he means. all is connected, after all.)

A hundred years together helps.

[ She isn't embarrassed or reserved as she makes a sound between squeeing and cooing, delighted by the spirit and lavishing him with proper pets and scritches. ]

Watanuki-san, I almost envy you for your little darling.

[ Mel's ministrations to Mugetsu become more methodical as she peers closely at the Japanese man across from her. And there's a spark in those purple eyes as she allows hope to blossom ever more. ]

And yet you look to be in your late teens, perhaps early twentys. Are you also divine?

(what an adorable woman, he can't help but to smile watching her delight as she showers mugetsu with affection, the little fox just basking happily in the attention he's given and kimihiro laughs a little at the comment.

divine, however, isn't a word he'd use to describe himself.)

Divine isn't the right word, I'm afraid. I'm a mage, but in regards to my age, it's simply due to the time within me stopping as payment. (and of course, he saw the sparkle in her eye.) I apologize for giving you such impression.

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[ She shakes her head to dismiss the apology. ]

No harm done; I suppose I'd still like to keep you around.

[ And leaning down to kiss Mugetsu's nose, Melinoë adds - ] Especially Mugetsu~

[ With one final pet, Mel gives her attention back to the mage and her scone. ]

May I ask what you mean by that? Time stopped?

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(mugetsu coos, almost too happy to be lavished with all the attention. kimihiro though, sets his elbow on the table and rests knuckles against his temple.

it's perhaps too complicated to explain in full, without bearing his entire life and condition to the goddess in front of him. so instead, he goes by the easier route.)

Nothing can be done in this world without balance, you see. I needed to do something, so I paid with the passage of my time. I age very slowly, almost too much so.

(and it's something the goddess probably would understand; the pain of being the last. of watching all you love go before you. kimihiro needs another sip.)

[ Melinoë sets the baked good aside and lays your hand palm up on the table for him to take if it's within his comfort zone. She'll take no offense if the appendage is ignored. ]

Something I would rather we not almost have in common.

[ Reincarnated, Dulcinea's body behaves more or less as a mortal body should, but Melinoë herself is timeless. It'd taken time to adjust and accept that fact, and it's still a bit bothersome. Inconvenient is perhaps a better term. ]

The body I am currently reincarnated into is 24...maybe 25 at this point?

(kimihiro doesn't take it, but she can take his if she so desires. he's never one to take a hand, but he's never to turn them away either.)

Agree.

(... so that's not her actual body. kimihiro nods in sympathy. the more comfortable he gets, the shorter the sentences he mutters.)

How are you dealing with being human-like?

[ She won't take his, not yet, unwilling to push boundaries with someone so new (even if she already feels like they're chummy).

Mel shifts in her chair a bit, looking contemplative. ]

It's interesting, because for the first thirteen years I didn't know any better. It wasn't until, hm, I'll say our, thirteenth birthday that my abilities began to manifest, and then once I was at the academy I flourished. The Egyptian God, Set, revealed to me that I'd been reincarnated, that I was divine.

You'll recall I said that this place seems to be settling and as it does so, it introduces norms, like hunger. Recently, it brought fatigue into our lives and while everyone was dreaming, a few of us who deal with dreams and nightmares were able to play. It was the first time I'd been in my true form in what felt like ages.

[ She's beaming here, proud in her remembrance. ]

(kimihiro is, as any store owner that deals with people's desires, a great listener. he is attentive to her words, as they are much more than that - they're the source of her identity, after all.)

Didn't you have any memories of such?

(he didn't have any memories of a lot of things. he actually still doesn't. mel is not the first and probably not the last to tell him about the dream, and each time more, he gets more and more hopeful that he may recover his abilities. they are, after all, much more powerful in one.)

It wasn't possible to snap people out of it, though?

If you're asking about my memories of being a Goddess, they'd been locked away. They slowly began to return after the thirteenth birthday, and then they were restored in full upon Set's blessing. Sort of overwhelming, but also welcome.

[ Because it meant a return to her true self, minus the body.

Somewhat deviously, Mel states - ]

Didn't seem like it, though truthfully, I wasn't keen on trying - was having too much fun with using ghosts to fight off the creatures or constructing my own piece of the dream to play music in.

... Then how did it end?

(that's the question. kimihiro looks at his changshan, only as a reminder that he is not only stripped of his magic, but also of his items. lame.)

It's less that we woke ourselves or each other, and more that it just happened to all of us at the same time; we fell asleep together, we awoke together. Much like with hunger. One day it hit us, and then it settled into something more normal, more manageable.

I hope I can be useful here.

(because what is kimihiro if not feeling useless, unless he's serving a purpose somehow?)

Things are coming around. There are jobs to do, but no currency beyond bartering for whatever works between parties. And there are creatures to take care of. But...I understand. Without my abilities, I feel lost most days. Or what would be days. Sometimes hollow. That's why I started helping out at the flower shop and with a professor.

When you find an apartment to occupy, at the Merlaut?, there's this beach that washes random items onto the shore. You can find things to decorate or use.

I've been told about it. I was hoping to find the store.

I guess I will have to settle for an apartment for the time being.

(( Handwave the rest, in which she gives him a run-down of locations? Maybe helps him find an empty apartment and, ta da, it's as her neighbor? ))

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