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Change is in the Air (OTA)

Who: Parsee and you!
What: December Catch-All
Where: The Shrine, Bridge and Around
When: Any time in December
Content Warnings: *laughs* nothing serious. She's angsty as hell about the shrine change, but it's all harmless today. I'll update if necessary

* Shrine Freakout * General Shrine * The Blank Shrine * Mt Silver * The Beach * Hammerhead *
* Widcard *

(Haha, I can't resist poking some fun at Parsee. Top Levels Below)

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Believe it or not, I know a few. Karmic balances and all. But not most people.

[She fidgeted and looked down at her fingers. She almost wanted to do it again. To test if she kept Tifa's day good. She wasn't quite sure how she felt right now, but she didn't feel bad.]

I... think I'm getting something. Maybe not back? But I'm getting something alright, if this is real. I guess... I guess I don't need to worry about fading.

Fading?

[The choice of words is a tad concerning, but Tifa tries to keep it light anyway. Her laugh is a touch breathy, if not a bit worried, but still genuine.]

Where would you even go?

Youkai are ... defined by our concept. We come into being because of it. It's the truth behind us, and our purpose of being. So, there's always a concern. If you cease to have a purpose as a spirit, or if your purpose goes away, maybe you just... fade.

[She made a little 'poof' motion with one hand.]

I've always wondered if I would still exist if I wasn't jealous, but I don't know that it works lie that here.

[That's dark...]

Can't imagine I know what that's like, but... can't you find a new purpose? Nothing's set in stone!

[She isn't sure that's how it works, but if she can find a new reason to fight, then surely Parsee can, too.]

[Japanese mythos was admittedly a bit dark at times.]

I... so, back home? It'd never really be a problem. Everyone "stays in their lane" back home. If you're a bridge princess you don't buck that. You're a spirit of jealousy and you run with it.

So, it's just fearful speculation. But there's this uh... old thing. Purification magic. [she leaned against one of the altar's sides.] It's purification magic. They would do it to appease a spirit, keep them from becoming youkai. I think they used to think it could work on one probably. If they survived it...

Think of it like a coin. Two sides. So, maybe?

but here? I'm pretty sure now that I'm fine. [She shrugged] This place doesn't obey my world's rules. It has its own, making its own, and it clearly wants me to stick around... so maybe I can flip the coin?

Or you guys can believe in me enough to flip it.

I think you're well on your way to that.

[Tifa says it with complete confidence in her voice and her posture, eyeing Parsee with a fixed and leveled gaze that fires up with conviction.]

You might not even need us to help you with that. You just gotta believe you can do it.

[She sighed and smiled over at Tifa when she said that. It was kind of a sad smile. It was nice of her to say that, but Tifa seemed to have a knack for bolstering people that sort of way.]

Heh. I think I actually really do need the support, but ... I have it, which is weird and it's good. It means I can believe it more easily, and maybe it can actually happen?

For now, I seem to have some sort of weird ability that's harmless, so ... yay?

[Tifa will still support Parsee, even if she thinks that she could do all of that on her own, given time.]

Well, make sure you spread the wealth! Much as I love a little bit of luck, other people could really use it more than me.

[Aerith. Cloud. They're the ones who come to mind first.

With that out of the way, she looks around at the shrine once more.]

So, prayers still work the same way they always have?

You are pretty badass. I doubt you actually need the luck that much.

[She laughed a little as she said it before turning back to the shrine and tapping her lips. The actual shrine itself was unchanged. However... there was a proper western altar of some sort. Hmmm....]

You know, what I'm thinking is we might as well use the altar. You still write your prayer down there and put it and a sacrifice on the altar. I read the prayer and we burn it? Ugh, fire still doesn't completely work does it?

[Tifa pulls out a slip of paper from her pocket. She came prepared!]

Not quite, but it's better than eating it, right?

[Or is that still a thing....]

Yeah... not eating it. That got real old real fast. Haha. [She laughed and dragged her hand through her hair.] But I noticed something.

When I shouted at the water clock long enough, it eventually started keeping time ... better? I bet if we expect and push it to burn, eventually? Fire will work on the altar at least.

[Tifa looks between the altar and the piece of paper between her fingers.]

Huh... no harm in trying, right? I could give it a shot...

[She has no idea what to expect, if anything, but at least they could say they tried.]

Right, so we'll try that. It won't burn this time. I almost guarantee it. But what you might want to try, if you want fire to actually work right? We tell the fire every once in a while what it's supposed to be doing.

...

Worked with the clocks. You know I wonder if we could lie to the Void and convince it to do things differently?

Seems to have a mind of its own, so I don't see why we couldn't try.

[She's got a pen between her fingers now, pulled from her pockets, and once she finds a solid surface to write her wish on, she scribbles it down.

I wish for the people of Sector Seven to stay safe and for its rebuilding to be quick and easy. That everyone will have enough food and water to feed them.

Folding it up carefully, she then turns to Parsee.]

Alright, let's light it up!

[She took the offering and put it on the altar, lighting the fire with a spark from the rock while she clapped her hands and bowed her head for a moment. It didn't last for very long, and when she was done, she sighed and smiled up at Tifa before looking down at the paper burning before poking it with a stick.]

you're supposed to be burning that up, you realize that, don't you?

[If only a flame could have a sweatdrop...]

[Tifa leans in, close enough that she should be able to feel the heat from the paper were it doing what it was supposed to be, and she lets her brows furrow as she stares down at it like a mother reprimanding her child.]

Come on. I know you can do it; you're just not putting your all into burning that piece of paper.

[Smoke puffs out from the paper and then... nothing.

She looks over her shoulder at Parsee.]

Are we being too nice?

Actually we got the stupid thing to smoke. That's an improvement...

[She blinked and looked down at it in a bit of shock. Was she getting... no, it was because both of them were doing it together. It had to be.]

I usually shouted at it, but it didn't seem to be how I did it. It was the repetition. It takes time and repeated reminders. Eventually the Void seems to take notice.

Huh...

[She stands up straight, hands on her hips as she stares down at the piece of paper, trying not to feel so defeated.]

I guess I'll just have to come back with another wish tomorrow. And every day until the Void starts to listen. Hope you aren't sick of me yet!

...

[It sounded like such an excuse for her to keep coming over to see her friend, but Parse wasn't arguing even if her cheeks heated a little and she laughed into her hand.]

I suppose you will. Eventually it'll burn it up properly definitely. Maybe I'll be able to answer one of your prayers one of these days.

(OOC: I think that's a good Fade moment yep! I've submitted this thread for organic imprints on 'fire burns' so who knows? If you still want for her to run into that nug evolving, I'll track down the top level for you.

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sorry I've been so slow lately 😥

No worries! I think most of us have been slow. been a helluva month

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pushing to a wrap! 😎

I'm pretty good wrapping here ^-^. We'll have all kinds of fun things in Feb