Just A Lost Doll

Affiliated OC of Citta-Alveare No M!A allowed IM is fine

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inhyecng:

She hadn’t noticed, not until he mentioned it, but…huh. She wonders if he minded, if it was lonely because of his curse and that people from his world couldn’t see him. At least people in Hive were able to see the guy. His bad luck didn’t seem to be around right now. At least, that’s what she thought. Nothing’s happened to her, or maybe she’s immune. That kind of thought would make her laugh, because Mirae wasn’t immune to certain things. She wants to ask how come you’re with the curse? are there others like you who have it? the curse and not the blessing? But she doesn’t. What if he WAS the only one and it’d just bring out unwanted feelings? 

Hair tied in a high F A T bun does get just a tad bit loose thanks to the wind. It’s not strong enough to undo her hair completely, thank goodness. “A mindless dragon? You become a dragon….But…..” She frowns, trying to work these information out. “Your kind becomes dragons when that happens? Is there a way to come back from it? Are you stuck that way for eternity?” She’s glad he doesn’t seem to have any intentions of blocking out his feelings. It wouldn’t be good for the people around him, her, and of course himself. 

Ears are picking up different kind of noises, now. “There’s some creatures nearby.” They don’t sound too dangerous. There probably wouldn’t be a need to attack, unless needed. 

Eizen paused when she mentioned the animals nearby- they were probably harmless. They weren’t too high up on the path yet, the town was shrinking into the background though. Snow crunching beneath his feet as he checked for any kinds of tracks. Velvet had always been much better at this kind of thing.

“Yes, our kind becomes dragons if they can’t maintain their purity. Big horrific things that’ll burn down cities and eat travelers. Most of us do not though, its not a common occurrence- we’re careful.” Well, the others were anyways. Kneeling down into the snow, he brushed some of the top layer away revealing some hoof prints. Definitely not reptilian, not what they were looking for just yet.

He hesitates on answering the second part of the question, he knows what his fate is. Didn’t mean he liked it. “Once you become a dragon … There is no returning- there are rumors of ways to reverse it. Supposedly with a strong enough purifying flame you might be able too, but the flame would have to come from no one short of a god themselves.” He stands back up, satisfied with what hes found for now. “But those are all just fantasies, excuses, hopes of people who have lost everything else. When you become a dragon, the only way to stop it is death.” He looked down at his hands, that was the only real way to save them. He had killed a dragon before, he’d do it again… and if that man kept his promise… He’d kill Eizen when he transformed. The world has no need for dragons like that.

“All that doom and gloom aside, we’re making pretty good progress. Smaller animals live up here, which means bigger animals hunt them. We’re probably getting close.”

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She’s studying him. Watching his body language, the way his eyes drops to his hands and the way tone of his voice. She’s even more curious. What if he turns into a dragon? Would he? Would he lose himself to....who knows. She can’t help but NOTICE that strange feeling inside of her. The kind that says ‘keep an eye on him’. But she shouldn’t have to feel that way, right? Maybe....Maybe he won’t lose, maybe all these body language is because he had to off a close friend who turned into a dragon. Huh. That’s.....sad. 

“I don’t know anything about your world,” Obviously, “but....maybe there is something.” She says with a shrug, before moving closer to him, if only to check that hoof print he noticed. She motions for the male to follow her. For someone so small, she sure does walk fast. “Over here,” 

They certainly need to be careful in this mountain. Especially once they get to the peak, speaking of....

“How far are we going to go up?” 

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inhyecng:

And he’s pulled her in. With the things he’s fought from demon-like creatures, to things called Code Red which were supposedly dangerous, and the fact he killed all of them….Not to mention he fought humans (Just like her), it pulls her in like none other. He….Actually answered all of her questions without fail. How?In a way, they are a bit alike aren’t they? She’d answer him without much problem if she weren’t so tired of the questions that were being thrown her way. That and….There’s still a lot she did not remember. SHe didn’t like that gap feeling. 

“Why do they call you the reaper? Is it because they know you guys are spirits? I read that reapers were spirit….ish….” Whatever book that was, it might’ve not been accurate. She wouldn’t know. 

“Have you thought about ignoring your feelings?”

She seems fairly interested, not that he minds in the slightest. He does enjoy talking about such things. Anytime he can show off his knowledge of his world he’s happy.

“Not exactly. It can get a little complicated but, my kind- the Malakhim. They have things called blessings and domains. I won’t get into all the different varieties but my Domain is called The Reaper’s Curse.” He holds the coin out towards Mirae. “Put simply bad things happens around me. Not necessarily to me, just around me. ‘Bad luck’ plain and simple only my bad luck can go overboard, it can costs people their lives in an instant.” He shows her both sides of the coin. “That’s why this coin will always land on tails- as long as I’m the one flipping it. Also… A lot of people can’t see me in my world, I’m an invisible force that brings death where-ever I go.”

There’s a sigh, what he says is true but… He doesn’t horribly mind it not anymore. “Reaper is a pretty fitting title for someone like that. Being a spirit or not doesn’t have anything to directly to do with it. Almost all other spirits have blessings that help people or the land around them.”

He grips the coin in his hand tightly for a moment, before putting it back in his coat. The wind was starting to pick up, they were finally really entering the mountain now. Sure enough Mirae didn’t seem phased by the cold at all.

The second question was… Harder to answer. “I can’t ignore my feelings. Pain, smells, taste, body shape even sometimes, hunger, sleep… These are all things I can avoid if I choose too. There’s a drawback to it though. Our kind become less… For lack of a better word- pure, when they do these things. Do it too much and you lose yourself, you’ll become a mindless dragon.” He scratched the back of his head. He was getting wordy, he was always self conscious of that- but hopefully it answered her questions well enough.

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She hadn’t noticed, not until he mentioned it, but...huh. She wonders if he minded, if it was lonely because of his curse and that people from his world couldn’t see him. At least people in Hive were able to see the guy. His bad luck didn’t seem to be around right now. At least, that’s what she thought. Nothing’s happened to her, or maybe she’s immune. That kind of thought would make her laugh, because Mirae wasn’t immune to certain things. She wants to ask how come you’re with the curse? are there others like you who have it? the curse and not the blessing? But she doesn’t. What if he WAS the only one and it’d just bring out unwanted feelings? 

Hair tied in a high F A T bun does get just a tad bit loose thanks to the wind. It’s not strong enough to undo her hair completely, thank goodness. “A mindless dragon? You become a dragon....But.....” She frowns, trying to work these information out. “Your kind becomes dragons when that happens? Is there a way to come back from it? Are you stuck that way for eternity?” She’s glad he doesn’t seem to have any intentions of blocking out his feelings. It wouldn’t be good for the people around him, her, and of course himself. 

Ears are picking up different kind of noises, now. “There’s some creatures nearby.” They don’t sound too dangerous. There probably wouldn’t be a need to attack, unless needed. 

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inhyecng:

Too many questions. Way too many. It’s not something she’s used to. There’s a lot he has yet to know about Hive, it seems. She knew he was new to the City, but…no ones told him about what happened before? Sheesh. On top of that where he’s from, they must not have policemen? “Police officers are people who…..come when you do something bad. If you steal, they call the police. If you kill someone the police is involved, mmmm…….If you sell illegal stuff they are the ones who come and take you away to cage-time. You can’t get out unless someone bails you out or you have the money….But sometimes you can’t get out….Ever.” She shrugs. 

He’ll find out eventually about dying. With that, she just leaves it alone. He’s right. Everyone dies one day. Hopefully that one day will come for her. The dead is meant to stay dead and not roaming around, like she is doing now. “….”

“Eizen, what kind of things have you fought?” She’s curious, genuinely. It’s not like she’s changing the subject toward him instead.  “How come you don’t feel the cold? Sia is supposed to be very cold, but you say it wouldn’t bother you….Are you dead?” It’s a random question, but she knows she can’t really feel the cold, heat, or anything of such because she’s not alive. Just a body inside a living moving robotic doll, really. 

“Oh … Those kinds of people.” He supposed he did know what they were then- just by different names. Usually city guards. “Well I suppose its good I don’t know them and they don’t know me- sounds like they’d be getting after me for pretty much every little thing I do.”

No answer on the dead thing? Might be an uncomfortable subject for the girl- he could respect that. She didn’t have to answer if she didn’t want too.

No instead- it seemed it was her turn for the questions. Not that he minded, in fact he was smiling from them.

“I’ve fought all kinds of things. I’m actually, somewhat of an expert monster hunter. Back on my world there’s different levels of enemies and monsters. Some are snakes, some are dragons, some are demon monkeys, some are birds- you get the idea.” He didn’t have the code red book with him at the moment, sadly he had almost instinctively reached into his coat to grab it before remembering. “Then there’s another list of monsters, known as “Code Red” They’re monsters you avoid at all costs, they’ll kill any normal fighter in seconds. Me and my companions actually fought just about all of them and were successful.” It wasn’t exactly bragging, but it did bring back good memories of him and his group. There was a small pause before he finished listing the things he had fought. “And of course, humans, I fought more than anything else.”

That was a bit of a lengthy answer- but again he enjoyed talking about it. Back on his world he even had an extensive list of all the creatures he had fought. What a lot of their weaknesses were, what their meat was good for- where they preferred to live … All that fun stuff.

Her other question was a bit simpler to answer, he laughed at the ‘are you dead’ part.

“Not sure, am I alive? Am I dead?” He pulled out his coin, flipping it, as he always did on this subject. “They called me the reaper from my home world but… That’s not entirely accurate. I’m what they call a Malakhim- a spirit. We don’t feel things the same as humans do. We can choose to… Ignore certain things- although it can be dangerous too. A lot of our kind wouldn’t dare, not often anyways.” He flips his coins on more time, catching it- tails up of course. “But they’re not the reaper. I’m not afraid of a little Malevolence.”

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And he’s pulled her in. With the things he’s fought from demon-like creatures, to things called Code Red which were supposedly dangerous, and the fact he killed all of them....Not to mention he fought humans (Just like her), it pulls her in like none other. He....Actually answered all of her questions without fail. How?In a way, they are a bit alike aren’t they? She’d answer him without much problem if she weren’t so tired of the questions that were being thrown her way. That and....There’s still a lot she did not remember. SHe didn’t like that gap feeling. 

“Why do they call you the reaper? Is it because they know you guys are spirits? I read that reapers were spirit....ish....” Whatever book that was, it might’ve not been accurate. She wouldn’t know. 

“Have you thought about ignoring your feelings?”

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inhyecng:

“I’ve never regretted, so don’t worry.” This is true. There’s not much in her life that she’d regret. Well….Maybe one thing, but honestly that isn’t something she could’ve controlled. Eyes looks up at him, “A few years back…..the Scientists fucked up” Hold up, where on Earth has she….Never mind, “which resulted in these huge….very big creatures to spread all over the sectors. We had to fight them. The ones who could fight, fought….There were wolves, and I think….robotic thingies, too.” She only remembers the big creatures, thoroughly. “I fought police officers….Before I woke up in Hive City.” In other words, she can fight. She pats his arm lightly “Don’t worry about me. I can’t die.” Neither can you. Not in Hive, anyway. 

And perhaps that’s why she’s not too worried about him. If he did get injured though, badly…..Well, we’ll see.

“Giant monsters… Wolves … Robots?” Was she making this up? Maybe it was some kind of weird dream. Then again in a city where people are just ripped from across time and space and thrown together … He supposed it was possible. Well the important part was she had fought monsters before, more or less.

“Police officers?” He knew what an officer was… The word ‘police’ was foreign to him though. “Is that some kind of… Military rank?” He certainly didn’t expect to be the one asking the most questions on this little journey. 

She mentions she can’t die, he turns to her a little confused. That could be taken a lot of ways. “You can’t die? Wanna explain that one to me?” He sighed, he didn’t need to be pressing her for personal details. “Well, I guess you don’t have too actually. Everyone dies one day.” They had too, Death was the only salvation left for the reaper.

“You seem to have led quite the life already Mirae. Is that just the nature of your world? Or is that just how its been since you’ve arrived?”

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Too many questions. Way too many. It’s not something she’s used to. There’s a lot he has yet to know about Hive, it seems. She knew he was new to the City, but...no ones told him about what happened before? Sheesh. On top of that where he’s from, they must not have policemen? “Police officers are people who.....come when you do something bad. If you steal, they call the police. If you kill someone the police is involved, mmmm.......If you sell illegal stuff they are the ones who come and take you away to cage-time. You can’t get out unless someone bails you out or you have the money....But sometimes you can’t get out....Ever.” She shrugs. 

He’ll find out eventually about dying. With that, she just leaves it alone. He’s right. Everyone dies one day. Hopefully that one day will come for her. The dead is meant to stay dead and not roaming around, like she is doing now. “....”

“Eizen, what kind of things have you fought?” She’s curious, genuinely. It’s not like she’s changing the subject toward him instead.  “How come you don’t feel the cold? Sia is supposed to be very cold, but you say it wouldn’t bother you....Are you dead?” It’s a random question, but she knows she can’t really feel the cold, heat, or anything of such because she’s not alive. Just a body inside a living moving robotic doll, really. 

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inhyecng:

She doesn’t want anyone to worry about what had happened to her. Doesn’t want anyone pitying, really. It is what it is and it happened because it happened. She doesn’t see it any other way. She’s not bitter about it and she’s also not sorry about it either, it happened. No one else should be sorry, and that’s how she feels. She keeps these thoughts to herself. Instead, she listens to his journey in fighting a behemoth.  “I agree. We’ll figure something out, we don’t need to regroup.” She always has something up her sleeves. 

Mechanical ears twirls, twitches and she looks up at Eizen. “I will not.” If he thinks she’d run away and get as far away as possible just because she was scared, he’s wrong. “I’ll stick around.” She’s not afraid of dying. “You wouldn’t get away either.” She knows it. That’s the kind of person he is right? IF she were to tell him to run and get away, he definitely wouldn’t leave her behind. 

“You’re pretty confident. That’s good though, I suppose.” He had no doubt at this point that she was some kind of strong. How much strength she wielding exactly though? He was not sure of. It was refreshing anyways, reminded him a little of someone else…

He looks back down at her. She seems pretty adamant on this fact, she’s right he probably wouldn’t get away either. That wasn’t the point though, even if she was strong, even if she could fight. “Maybe I’d get away, maybe not. But it’d be better if at least one of us could get away safely. There’s absolutely no point in both of us getting beaten to a pulp- if that situation does happen.”

He’s pretty sure it won’t though, probably. At least it wouldn’t be because of his blessing.

“I won’t tell you how to live your life though. Just don’t regret any of the choices you make.” He scratches the back of his neck as they get closer to the end of the town, there’s only one main path and it’s a long one. “You said you can fight, right? What kind of things have you fought?” He supposed if she was dead intent on fighting he might as well make sure she knows how to fight against these kind of creatures. If not, he could always give her some pointers.

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“I’ve never regretted, so don’t worry.” This is true. There’s not much in her life that she’d regret. Well....Maybe one thing, but honestly that isn’t something she could’ve controlled. Eyes looks up at him, “A few years back.....the Scientists fucked up” Hold up, where on Earth has she....Never mind, “which resulted in these huge....very big creatures to spread all over the sectors. We had to fight them. The ones who could fight, fought....There were wolves, and I think....robotic thingies, too.” She only remembers the big creatures, thoroughly. “I fought police officers....Before I woke up in Hive City.” In other words, she can fight. She pats his arm lightly “Don’t worry about me. I can’t die.” Neither can you. Not in Hive, anyway. 

And perhaps that’s why she’s not too worried about him. If he did get injured though, badly.....Well, we’ll see.

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Starter call for Mirae! THIS ONE IS CAPPED AT 4!!!

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inhyecng:

He must be the kind who gets excited to fight? Maybe. Or maybe it’s that thing where strangely you miss it because that’s all you’ve known. She…..understands that feeling, actually. Her brother had created her for love, to cure his loneliness, to bring back his sister who had passed. What happened? She had become quite the fighting machine (Literally and figuratively (?)). “I can fight. I had to learn.” And that’s all she’ll say in the matter. She looks over at him, “They say that the behemuth is really huge.” Yeah, she wonders how they’re going to bring it down if they come across it, but then she has to remember Rin and her had fought a creature that was ten time its size!

“Had to, huh?” Eizen sighs, that was unfortunate. He could understand the necessity of having to learn to have to fight, even at young age. That didn’t mean he liked it. “I’m Sorry. No one should have too.” Is all he can say in response.

The subject changes though as they start passing through the town. She mentioned the behemoth again. “I’ve fought creatures called behemoth’s before.” There’s a slight pause before he speaks again. “Granted I didn’t have ninty-percent of my powers sealed away when I fought those things.” He laughed a little. “That is part of the excitement though, figuring out how to get by something you can’t. If nothing else we can always run and regroup. Behemoth, Basilisk, Dragons, whatever. Everything has it’s weakness and can be brought down one way or another.”

He looked around the town as they walked on through. It was almost eerily quiet. Then again maybe it was normal for them to stay inside a lot when they lived in weather like this. “Just so you know Mirae, if things get out of hand I’m going to need you to get away. Immediately.” It was one thing if he cost himself his own life, but he wouldn’t let the life of a kid be taken for no reason.

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She doesn’t want anyone to worry about what had happened to her. Doesn’t want anyone pitying, really. It is what it is and it happened because it happened. She doesn’t see it any other way. She’s not bitter about it and she’s also not sorry about it either, it happened. No one else should be sorry, and that’s how she feels. She keeps these thoughts to herself. Instead, she listens to his journey in fighting a behemoth.  “I agree. We’ll figure something out, we don’t need to regroup.” She always has something up her sleeves. 

Mechanical ears twirls, twitches and she looks up at Eizen. “I will not.” If he thinks she’d run away and get as far away as possible just because she was scared, he’s wrong. “I’ll stick around.” She’s not afraid of dying. “You wouldn’t get away either.” She knows it. That’s the kind of person he is right? IF she were to tell him to run and get away, he definitely wouldn’t leave her behind. 

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inhyecng:

The both of them. Now, how is one or the other going to tell just how cold it is? Mirae doesn’t feel the cold and here, this man doesn’t seem to feel it, too. Though, this isn’t something Mirae knows, she just brushes it off as maybe it is a nice breeze. She wouldn’t know. Eyes are locked on the coin like some kind of hawk to it’s prey (maybe that’s not the kind of analogy (?) one would look for). There’s still things she’s not knowledgeable of, and this is one of them,. Why flip a coin? What does it mean? She watches until it lands on his hand and he places his other hand on top. Huh. Strange. She tip toes to get a better look, BUT is unable to.

“No. This will be my first time, too.” She admits. Funny, because she has gone to almost all of the Districts here, this is just one of the small collections that she has yet to explore. She takes a step forward before turning to look at him, “Are you getting scared? You’re more than welcome to back out,m I’ll get you your meat.” She’s joking, you can tell by the small smile that’s crept up (though it disappears just as quickly as it came) Now, she’s walking, making her way to that pathway. 

Eizen notices Mirae trying to examine the coin, smirking a little. He’d probably show it to her later, he did love talking about his adventures after all. Oh? It’s her first time here as well, from the way she was acting you’d think she was a regular visitor.

He actually laughs at the jab. So this girl had a sense of humor, that was good.

“I’m perfectly fine. A little excited actually, I feel like this little venture will help me get back into the swing of things.” After all he had been pretty passive (at least for him) since he had been in town. In his old world it’d be hard to go by more than two days without something ridiculous happening. Granted that was also partially because of his curse.

He follows her closely behind, not sure what kind of person he’d consider himself if he let her get to the action before him. “I should ask, you seem fairly confident in your ability to survive out here- do you know how to fight then?”

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He must be the kind who gets excited to fight? Maybe. Or maybe it’s that thing where strangely you miss it because that’s all you’ve known. She.....understands that feeling, actually. Her brother had created her for love, to cure his loneliness, to bring back his sister who had passed. What happened? She had become quite the fighting machine (Literally and figuratively (?)). “I can fight. I had to learn.” And that’s all she’ll say in the matter. She looks over at him, “They say that the behemuth is really huge.” Yeah, she wonders how they’re going to bring it down if they come across it, but then she has to remember Rin and her had fought a creature that was ten time its size!

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For someone like him? She wonders what he means by that. The curiosity is damn evident in those dead eyes, really. “If you like fighting or something, it will be a good time. Though…” Maybe he shouldn’t get too cocky, right? She saw a behemoth once and what was it, there’s others in there just lurking about, some have poison or something, right? 

She grabs his hand. She’s never did a handshake so, she just places it there. Geez, his hand looks so much larger compared to her’s. Kind of like how her hand were small upon her brother’s. Hah. “Eizen,” She’d say nice to meet you, but she’s focused on the comparison. At least she doesn’t keep her hand on his for too long, the hands are shaked, Huh. Then they are back at their sides. “Let’s go,” 

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And here they are, geared up or more like prepared for the mountain climbing. She’s ready, she has her long, long hair tied up high so that Eizen wouldn’t trip on it and fall back down the mountain if it ever were to happen. After some small argument back and forth about dressing up warmer, she decides that a cute little blanket would suffice, “You have everything?” The cold doesn’t bother her, BUT maybe….maybe something will happen. She needs to be careful. 

“Don’t worry, I’ve been fighting for years.” More than a thousand actually. “If there’s one thing I can do well, its fight. As long as you stay close you’ll be safe.”

Her handshaking skills could use some improvement- maybe they didn’t do them back in her own world, but more than that she seemed distracted by something. Still she seemed excited? It was a little hard to tell with this girl. He was pretty sure she was though. He shrugged it off, joining her in leaving the library they had their destination now.

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It had taken a little longer than it should’ve to get ready but the girl- Mirae rather. Was pretty adamant about not needing anything else. He was lucky she even brought the blanket. They stepped off the train and immediately the cold wind blew in too greet them. Not that he could tell it was especially cold. “That’s nice. That’s a real nice breeze.”

Still they were here now, more or less ready to go. Eizen pulled out a small folded piece of paper. It had some simple instructions for finding the caves they needed. Luckily they weren’t TOO high up but they’d still require some climbing. He tucks the paper away in his coat- pulling out his coin afterwards and flipping it. Tails- of course.

“Alright, first things first we just head through the town nearby, apparently they have some sort of pathway to first entering the mountain.” He looked down at the girl next to him. This was her last chance to back off, but she did seem excited and he had no reason to stop her from joining. “You ever been in this district before? I’ve only been to the ones directly connected to the sectors before. This one seems a little more… Wild.” Some might find that concerning but he was smiling. This was just what he needed.

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The both of them. Now, how is one or the other going to tell just how cold it is? Mirae doesn’t feel the cold and here, this man doesn’t seem to feel it, too. Though, this isn’t something Mirae knows, she just brushes it off as maybe it is a nice breeze. She wouldn’t know. Eyes are locked on the coin like some kind of hawk to it’s prey (maybe that’s not the kind of analogy (?) one would look for). There’s still things she’s not knowledgeable of, and this is one of them,. Why flip a coin? What does it mean? She watches until it lands on his hand and he places his other hand on top. Huh. Strange. She tip toes to get a better look, BUT is unable to.

“No. This will be my first time, too.” She admits. Funny, because she has gone to almost all of the Districts here, this is just one of the small collections that she has yet to explore. She takes a step forward before turning to look at him, “Are you getting scared? You’re more than welcome to back out,m I’ll get you your meat.” She’s joking, you can tell by the small smile that’s crept up (though it disappears just as quickly as it came) Now, she’s walking, making her way to that pathway. 

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“It will take some time, but,” She shrugs, “You have time right? I have nothing to do so it’s perfect timing.” Wow, she really wants to do this. Never mind the fact that she didn’t even answer his question. There’s no need for him to know. She’s not one to lie and if she were to say ‘something like that’ it’d be like she was lying to the man. Never mind all of that. He has been through…..less clothing? WHY? “Are you….” What’s the word? The one that enjoys getting rid of their clothes?She has to motion the action to get her word across, hopefully he knows what she’s trying to say. 

“There’s a lot of creatures in Sia.” She says confirmingly. “But it’s nothing we can’t handle, I’m sure.” Those lifeless browns are looking at him now, “I climb many things.” Mountains? Maybe. She doesn’t remember. HAS she climbed the mountain Sia? MAYBE. 

“I’m Mirae. What should I call you? I give nicknames if names aren’t given.” She was about to give him one, too. ONCE he confirms if he is someone that likes to just take of their clothing.

“Yeah I got time. Too much for someone like me.” Truthfully he didn’t know exactly how much time he had left. But it was probably at least a couple hundred more years before the malevolence would take over. So yeah plenty of time. He glanced down at her as she cut off her question. It must not have been that important.

“A lot of creatures huh…?” He’s smirking slightly now, but hides it with a hand. “Sounds like a good time to me. Maybe I’ll even find some brand new ingredients.” She climbs a lot of things huh? Well a lot of kids did, mountains weren’t trees, she didn’t seem nervous at all though. She reminded him vaguely of someone … A companion from his world, when he first met them.

“Mirae, that’s a nice name. I go by Eizen to most people. I had a nickname of sorts back on my world too. Hopefully it doesn’t stick here.” He holds out a hand for her to shake. “Well Mirae it’s nice to meet you. We can stop in the marketplace for a few things and then get this little journey underway.”

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For someone like him? She wonders what he means by that. The curiosity is damn evident in those dead eyes, really. “If you like fighting or something, it will be a good time. Though...” Maybe he shouldn’t get too cocky, right? She saw a behemoth once and what was it, there’s others in there just lurking about, some have poison or something, right? 

She grabs his hand. She’s never did a handshake so, she just places it there. Geez, his hand looks so much larger compared to her’s. Kind of like how her hand were small upon her brother’s. Hah. “Eizen,” She’d say nice to meet you, but she’s focused on the comparison. At least she doesn’t keep her hand on his for too long, the hands are shaked, Huh. Then they are back at their sides. “Let’s go,” 

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And here they are, geared up or more like prepared for the mountain climbing. She’s ready, she has her long, long hair tied up high so that Eizen wouldn’t trip on it and fall back down the mountain if it ever were to happen. After some small argument back and forth about dressing up warmer, she decides that a cute little blanket would suffice, “You have everything?” The cold doesn’t bother her, BUT maybe....maybe something will happen. She needs to be careful. 

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“Ah, I’m not  young.” She admits without hesitation. Perhaps a lot of females would have, wouldn’t have just thrown out the fact they weren’t young out there. Nobody likes to be old, after all. But just as quickly as she brought it up, it was dropped. Who knows maybe HE is older than 100 years old. He doesn’t look it, but he could be. Hive City has all sorts of people around. “Super excited.” And yet, there’s no excitement in her voice. This is an everyday Mirae. It’s rare for her to show much emotions, truly. 

“But I won’t be able to taste anything. I still want to, though.”She likes putting things in her mouth. EDIBLE things. Now that they reached the library, she casually pulls a map out from one of the racks, “Here.” She hands it to the male, “We’re here.”

“This is Sia…Over here,” She points at the location, “It’s cold, since it’s high up in the mountain, so….” yes, she’s looking at HIS outfit. 

“You won’t be able to taste anything?” He was of course still happy to cook for her after this, especially if she did prove helpful. “Did something happen to your tongue or sense of smell?” He was more than a little curious about that, especially her ‘not young’ comment. Granted his sister was a few hundred years old and she looked no more than 15. A similar situation, possibly.

He changed when the map was brought out though, it was pretty good quality. It’s up on a mountain? It had been awhile since he had been to one of those.

“Sia… huh.” He murmured mostly to himself as he examined the map. His finger tracing along the transporters and trains leading to the district until he gets to the spot she located.

A small sigh is let out, it was pretty far away. “Looks like we won’t be able to get there immediately.”

He looked down at her, she seemed to be examining his outfit. Ah, right of course she wouldn’t know. 

“Don’t worry about me, I’ve been through far worse conditions in… Far less clothing.” He says the last part with a grimace on his face looking away, clearly remembering a not great memory.

“At least it’s a pretty straightforward trip there. It’s after we get to the mountain that problems arise.” He looked back towards the girl. “You ever climbed a mountain before. . ?” He pauses, he hadn’t asked her name yet that was a little rude on his part. “Sorry, I should’ve asked before but, what do you go by?”

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“It will take some time, but,” She shrugs, “You have time right? I have nothing to do so it’s perfect timing.” Wow, she really wants to do this. Never mind the fact that she didn’t even answer his question. There’s no need for him to know. She’s not one to lie and if she were to say ‘something like that’ it’d be like she was lying to the man. Never mind all of that. He has been through.....less clothing? WHY? “Are you....” What’s the word? The one that enjoys getting rid of their clothes?She has to motion the action to get her word across, hopefully he knows what she’s trying to say. 

“There’s a lot of creatures in Sia.” She says confirmingly. “But it’s nothing we can’t handle, I’m sure.” Those lifeless browns are looking at him now, “I climb many things.” Mountains? Maybe. She doesn’t remember. HAS she climbed the mountain Sia? MAYBE. 

“I’m Mirae. What should I call you? I give nicknames if names aren’t given.” She was about to give him one, too. ONCE he confirms if he is someone that likes to just take of their clothing.

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nightmare starters

“Wake up! Wake up! It’s just a dream!” “What were you dreaming about…? You were shouting…” “I woke up because you were screaming so loudly.” “Shh– No, no, don’t panic, love. You’re safe now.” “It was so real! I swear! He/she was here!” “I don’t ever want to sleep again. What if– what if I dream about that again?” “If you tell me, it’ll go away. That’s what my mum/dad always told me and it’s never failed me.” “Do you want to go back to sleep, or shall I make you a cup of tea?” “I don’t want to go back to sleep…” “I’m so scared… I can’t stop seeing what I just saw. It was so vivid!” “There’s really nobody here, okay? Do you need me to show you around to prove that to you?” “How do I know I’m not still dreaming? You’re acting really strangely.” “Let’s get you to the shower, you’re covered in sweat.” “There’s really nobody else here.” “You’ve got a really bad fever. That must have caused those weird dreams.” “I don’t even know what a peaceful night’s sleep is like anymore.” “I can’t do this anymore. These nightmares have to stop…” “Shh, it was just a bad dream. Just a dream, okay? None of it was real.” “I can’t go back to sleep after that. I need coffee– no, I need a drink, a stiff one.” “How long have you been having these nightmares?” “I’ve had nightmares all my life, but they’ve been really bad recently.” “You get so worked up before you go to sleep, maybe you should try to relax a bit more. Maybe then you’ll get some rest?” “I’d kill for a peaceful night’s sleep.” “A dream catcher? Honestly? I’m not a child.” “Nothing’s ever helped this. I just need to learn to live with the fact that sleeping will always be a nightmare, literally.” “I’m so tired… but there’s no way I’m going back to sleep after that.”

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Ah so he’s a cook, or perhaps just likes cooking. She can respect that. She probably knew how to cook, herself, way back in the day, but just like a lot of things in her past, she doesn’t remember much of her life before she passed away. That’s okay though. Now her head tilts, “Basilisk…” She mutters under her breath. “Is that….a dragon? There’s two dragons here….But they don’t live in the cave….” He’s got her thinking now, “There is….one cave I know.” Was it located in District Sia? She has a feeling it is. On the coldest mountain or something. “……I’ll have to look at a map to find the cave though. Follow me?” She motions for him to follow her lead. THey’re about to head to the library to find some information, actually. 

“A dragon?” He paused they definitely weren’t dragons- at least not as he knew them. Though he could understand their similarities. “If it was a dragon I wouldn’t risk bringing a youngster like you along.”

His eyes light up slightly. “A map huh? Excellent yes, it would be good to see a map of the area first. It’s good someone so young is taking an interest in these things.” He was nodding to himself in approval. He had no reason to not trust her, she seemed like a truly amicable person. He gladly walked after her.

“By all means, lead the way. Maybe I’ll let you try some after I finish hunting the monster.” He wouldn’t let her do much fighting if possible. She seemed nice but … She was still a young girl. “I bet you’ll never have another dish as good as mine.”

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“Ah, I’m not  young.” She admits without hesitation. Perhaps a lot of females would have, wouldn’t have just thrown out the fact they weren’t young out there. Nobody likes to be old, after all. But just as quickly as she brought it up, it was dropped. Who knows maybe HE is older than 100 years old. He doesn’t look it, but he could be. Hive City has all sorts of people around. “Super excited.” And yet, there’s no excitement in her voice. This is an everyday Mirae. It’s rare for her to show much emotions, truly. 

“But I won’t be able to taste anything. I still want to, though.”She likes putting things in her mouth. EDIBLE things. Now that they reached the library, she casually pulls a map out from one of the racks, “Here.” She hands it to the male, “We’re here.”

“This is Sia...Over here,” She points at the location, “It’s cold, since it’s high up in the mountain, so....” yes, she’s looking at HIS outfit. 

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It’s a struggle to tie her hair. It’s thick and she’s got some pretty small hands, no thanks to her height! Still, she’s trying, only to eventually having to let go of long, long, ass locks and go back to bringing it back up. Even if she were to bring it up so she can tie to in a high pony tail, the tip of her hair still touches the ground. “Ah.......” But she doesn’t want to cut her hair. It’s been awhile since she trimmed it (Thanks to Majima) but he had been the first and last person to care for it, really. 

Oh, she’s spotted someone, “I need help.” Maybe having someone else tie it won’t be too hard. 

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“Splat.” What wonderful sound effects, really. That vehicle was huge. If he ended up getting the short end of the stick, and came back to life (because this is Hive City), he’d probably feel that pain for WEEKS. That doesn’t sound at all fun, does it?  “You need to pay attention more to your surroundings, if you watch your surroundings, you won’t have to put someone else in the situation of getting hurt.” He tried, but she just turned it around. It’s her specialty, really. “What are you reading?” Letting go of his wrist, she’s tip-toing to get a better look at what the man’s reading. She’s always been a reader, that, and of course other things. 

He noted his page before shutting the book and paying full attention to her. She had a bit of a mouth on her, it reminded him a little of his sister actually. He removed his reading glasses, placing them inside of his coat. He had learned- after many unfortunate situations- appearances weren’t everything in this city.

She was small- about average height for a young teenage human, not that that meant anything. Looked like the helpful sort, it might be nice to have a conversation with her actually. He held the book in front of him so that the cover was facing her.

“Culinary techniques of Sylvarant. It’s apparently a world that’s somehow distantly related to my own.” Eizen returned the book back under his arm. “I’m a pretty amazing cook back on my own world, so learning the techniques of other worlds and people would naturally interest me.”

He was having SOME issues though, namely he didn’t know where to get some of these ingredients. They hadn’t been in the marketplace- too dangerous for most merchants to get apparently.

“You wouldn’t happen to know where something called a Basilisk lives would you? It’s meat it is needed for one of the recipes in here, but apparently its an issue for normal merchants to acquire.” He paused, it might not be wise to get a young girl involved in this- but so far every young girl you had met in the city had been able to uh, hold their own pretty easily. “It says they like to live in more arid-abandoned places, ancient caves and stuff like that. I was trying to get a better clue as where to go but… They only have locations they might be in Sylvarant not this ‘Hive City’.”

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Ah so he’s a cook, or perhaps just likes cooking. She can respect that. She probably knew how to cook, herself, way back in the day, but just like a lot of things in her past, she doesn’t remember much of her life before she passed away. That’s okay though. Now her head tilts, “Basilisk...” She mutters under her breath. “Is that....a dragon? There’s two dragons here....But they don’t live in the cave....” He’s got her thinking now, “There is....one cave I know.” Was it located in District Sia? She has a feeling it is. On the coldest mountain or something. “......I’ll have to look at a map to find the cave though. Follow me?” She motions for him to follow her lead. THey’re about to head to the library to find some information, actually. 

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Who else would like to interact with sweet ol’ Mirae? 

IF YOU are the one, go ahead and hit that heart for a starter. This is actually UNCAPPED.

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Small hand wraps around the man’s wrist as she pulls him away from the street, “Careful,” and just by a hair, that damn car drives RIGHT by in speeding….speed. Clearly that car wasn’t going to stop for anybody. “You were going to become a pancake.” Nice way to say he was going to bite the dust if he continued to walk the street with someone like that driving. 

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Eizen had been burying his face in a book he recently acquired, it was about cooking techniques from a different world. The amount of information on other places here was unreal. Then he heard a voice- followed by a tug, a pretty strong tug at that pulling him straight backwards.

“I was going to what?” He murmured looking up from the book, turning to find the source of what pulled him. Looking behind him he only a small girl there. He looked back towards where he had been walking, those automobiles were speeding back and forth. Seemed kind of dangerous really.

“Oh, I see. Flattened.”

He wasn’t particularly alarmed from potentially dying, He was still getting used to his generally weaker state. He turned to the girl, she had a pretty strong grip for one so small.

“You should really be more careful, you could’ve gotten hurt doing that you know.” He was never one to be concerned with his own safety much, if she hadn’t pulled him back they might’ve both been hit.

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“Splat.” What wonderful sound effects, really. That vehicle was huge. If he ended up getting the short end of the stick, and came back to life (because this is Hive City), he’d probably feel that pain for WEEKS. That doesn’t sound at all fun, does it?  “You need to pay attention more to your surroundings, if you watch your surroundings, you won’t have to put someone else in the situation of getting hurt.” He tried, but she just turned it around. It’s her specialty, really. “What are you reading?” Letting go of his wrist, she’s tip-toing to get a better look at what the man’s reading. She’s always been a reader, that, and of course other things.