She nearly flinched at the contact, the hand on her shoulder being enough for the tears to that had gathered to spill over - sewing and hearing was one thing, touching confirmed that the girl was truly real, and not something fabricated by a mind desperately searching for familiarity; Kagome was actually there, not a hallucination - tangible hope of finding a way back to her own time.
She was quick to swipe the tears away with her sleeve before lifting her gaze, allowing the teen to assist her to her feet, finding herself feeling a bit awkward - she wasn’t generally prone to being so emotional, especially in front of a perfect stranger, and she was quite keen on having her placid mask to fall back in place.
“Not to quote you, but…it’s kind of a long story.” she murmured softly, taking the basket offered to her and holding it at her hip, “An abbreviated version is that I’m something of a science experiment that somehow found my way here in a fit of desperation - I’d rather spare you the gorier details…I’m pretty fuzzy on the how of it all besides a need to fulfill a promise to a friend…it’s all pretty confusing.”
A soft breath left her and a sense of calm filled her as finally she began to regain control of herself,, reigning her emotions back as she raked the fingers of her free hand back through her fringe, “…what about you? …how did you find yourself here?”
“A science experiment, huh?” Kagome glanced upwards in thought as the image of the ever so popular Frankenstein story popped into the miko’s head. Brows furrowed together at how ridiculous her mind was being, shaking those ideas away -- focusing her attention back towards Maggie. Don’t ruin this, Kagome! Now’s your chance to actually feel a bit normal with someone!
She couldn’t risk making her new friend uncomfortable with too many questions and decided on holding back for now. Kagome perked up at hearing the other’s curiosity of her own journey and found a small smile gracing her features. “Well, it all kind of happened out of no where. I was on my way to school when my kid brother, Sota, was complaining about not being able to find our cat. He thought he went into our family’s shrine and since he’s a huge baby, Big Sis had to go in there with him.
All of a sudden, a bright light came out of the well there along with this creepy centipede demon, “ she shuttered at the memory, “ and it dragged me through time itself! All because it was after the shikon no tama that had been reincarnated into my body -- a powerful jewel that can cause a lot of trouble if it gets into the wrong hands.”
Kagome went on to explain how she was the reincarnation of Kikyo and how she had come across Inuyasha and the others. It was a story that filled up their entire time to the bone eater’s well and the miko found a blush of embarrassment dust across her cheeks. “Ah, I’m so sorry! I think I got a little carried away there, it’s just...I’ve never really had to explain myself. The people just accept me here as the village odd ball.”
The miko began to lightly jog over towards that old, weathered down well from whence she came -- grasping the edges and peering inside for a moment. “This is it, “ she called out while glancing back towards the woman. “I’m able to travel back and forth by just hopping in here and there’s a chance that you can do the same!”
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