a pure flower

Hi! I'm Mana~ I've been studying Magic under Mahaad for a while~ I'm not that great yet but I'm working on it!

[littleflowermana]

>It's a bath?! [Hilbert]<

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Hilbert just laughed, his smile widening into a grin. Joltik peered at the girl from under the fabric of the boy’s hood, shivering excitedly. “A swimming suit! Ya know…the clothes you wear to go swim?? Er…” Biting the corner of his lip, he tried to think of a way to explain the article of clothing, or rather somewhat lack of, without sounding weird. “Uhm…wait. If you don’t know what a swimming suit is then why’re you at the pool?!”

Perhaps wherever the girl was from didn’t even have such things. His amber-like eyes surveyed her briefly, taking notice of her clothing and accessories. She did seem a little out of place, or rather out of her time. “Where are you from, by the way?” 

[littleflowermana]

Mana’s eyes flashed, and widened with more curiosity as she noticed the small creature hiding in his hood. She stared in amazement, before moving her eyes to Hilbert’s face. “Ah…? I don’t think we have something like that…?” She frowned in thought; swimming wasn’t a common thing she was used to; there were pools, sure, but for bathing and some for occasional rituals, cleansing - not something she’d have ever used, but even in the bath, it didn’t matter if it were full or not; it wasn’t like anyone’s naked body bothered anyone else.

“I was exploring. And I just found it odd that the bath was in such a location…? At least there only seems to be one…” She trailed off, obviously thinking on the subject at hand.

She jerked her head up again at his question, eyes wide, “Eh? Egypt! What about you?”

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The trainer tilted his head, but nodded in understanding. “Could be that you don’t have ‘em, or maybe you’ve just never been to one? We don’t have many where I’m from neither. Most people swim in the ocean or in rivers an’ stuff.” He snickered a little as she referred to the pool as a bath. “Well that makes some sense, but if this is a bath, sure is biggest one I’ve seen. And coldest! There should be a bath attached to yer room. This is just for swimmin’ in!” The boy shivered a bit, feeling a sense of unease washing over him. At least he hoped this wasn’t the bath. If it was he wasn’t going to be doing any washing up for a while. 

  When Mana’s eyes found Joltik, the little spider jumped, burrowing backwards into the fabric a moment before scuttling out onto Hilbert’s shoulder, bobbing up and down while watching her curiously.  ”Egypt? I’ve never heard of that before. Is it far away?” Interest sparkled in Hilbert’s eyes, and his smile returned. “I’m from a place called Unova. I’m thinkin’ it’s pretty far from here too.” 

[littleflowermana]

"Maybe we don't have them....?" She frowned, thinking back to her home which was a lot of...well, desert. "We have the Nile river but that's the only big source of water around where I live...? Other pools of water are usually reserved for something else...?" Mana shrugged as she spoke; truth be told, she didn't really go swimming...ever. There was a time when Mahaad, Atem and her snuck out to their little hiding place, and they swam there but it had been a few years since she had even done that. "And...I guess...? In Egypt our baths were...large like this, but not quite so big...? They also had better location..." She trailed off, thinking about the baths in Egypt. Somehow last time she had a bath she had dragged Mahaad along with her...

"Eh? Is there...? I guess I'll have to look? There are a lot of strange things in the room so I may not have realized that it was a bath...? We didn't have anything just for swimming back home so...!"

She squeaked, her eyes going right back to Joltik as it moved to Hilbert's shoulder. Mana had honestly never seen anything like it before --! Not even a KA. Her eyes sparkled with wonder.

"...I don't know if it is? I don't know where here is so..." Blinking, Mana's eyes jumped back to Hilbert's face, "And I see...? I don't know where that is either! What's it like there!?" She nodded, "Probably!? I think this place is in another dimension...?"

[littleflowermana]

>It's a bath?! [Hilbert]<

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Having found something to eat, Hilbert was in a much better mood than he had been earlier. The maze-like setup of this place made him feel sick to his stomach, and he’d unfortunately had a run into a few of the creepier “things” that lurked in dark corners. In a fit of panic, Joltik accidentally fried a few electrical outlets as Hilbert ran through the halls, but that was something better left unmentioned. 

The chlorine smell from the pool drew Hilbert to the room, and he’d wished he’d packed his shorts. Sucking on his soda straw, he pushed open the door, warm air rushing out past him. “…oh? Seems kinda empty in here.” Glancing around the room, he noticed a girl crouched over the edge of the pool, looking kind of glum. But pools were supposed to be fun! 

“Hi!” Hilbert took a few light steps towards her, smiling. “Did ya forget to pack a swimming suit too?”  

[littleflowermana]

“Eh?!” Mana jumped, jerking to a standing position, her body turning to stare down the boy before her. She hadn’t even heard him approach, she had been so focused on the bath before her! Staring at the strange-clad boy, Mana finally let his words sink in.

Swimming suit…? What was that? What kind of strange place was this boy from!? Mana wondered if maybe one day she could see all the places everyone was from! That would be neat!

Returning the smile he had given her, Mana tilted her head, “Swimming suit…? What’s that…?”

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Hilbert just laughed, his smile widening into a grin. Joltik peered at the girl from under the fabric of the boy’s hood, shivering excitedly. “A swimming suit! Ya know…the clothes you wear to go swim?? Er…” Biting the corner of his lip, he tried to think of a way to explain the article of clothing, or rather somewhat lack of, without sounding weird. “Uhm…wait. If you don’t know what a swimming suit is then why’re you at the pool?!”

Perhaps wherever the girl was from didn’t even have such things. His amber-like eyes surveyed her briefly, taking notice of her clothing and accessories. She did seem a little out of place, or rather out of her time. “Where are you from, by the way?” 

[littleflowermana]

Mana's eyes flashed, and widened with more curiosity as she noticed the small creature hiding in his hood. She stared in amazement, before moving her eyes to Hilbert's face. "Ah...? I don't think we have something like that...?" She frowned in thought; swimming wasn't a common thing she was used to; there were pools, sure, but for bathing and some for occasional rituals, cleansing - not something she'd have ever used, but even in the bath, it didn't matter if it were full or not; it wasn't like anyone's naked body bothered anyone else.

"I was exploring. And I just found it odd that the bath was in such a location...? At least there only seems to be one..." She trailed off, obviously thinking on the subject at hand.

She jerked her head up again at his question, eyes wide, "Eh? Egypt! What about you?"

[littleflowermana]

>It's a bath?! [Hilbert]<

Mana had gone back to exploring the hotel again. After making her way back through the lobby, she padded down the hall she hadn’t explored yet. She had yet to really meet anyone else, although she had seen a few people around. She hoped to meet some of them soon.

Her green eyes lit up with curiosity as she spotted a door at the end, and hoping it was safe, she pulled it open, poking her head inside.

A frown found its way onto her face as she took a step inside the room, letting the door fall closed behind her.

It was….a bath?

That was strange. Why would there be a bath in such a public place? Don’t people prefer a little bit of privacy…? And why was it so big? She’d never seen a bath this large before.

Mana walked over to the pool of water and bent down, dipping the ends of her fingers into the water. She frowned a little, seeing the water was kind of…cold. That wouldn’t even be very good bath!

Mana shook her head, and fell back onto her heels, frown still on her lips. This place really was weird….she couldn’t help but wonder what other strange things were here.

[acetrainerhilbert-blog]

Having found something to eat, Hilbert was in a much better mood than he had been earlier. The maze-like setup of this place made him feel sick to his stomach, and he’d unfortunately had a run into a few of the creepier “things” that lurked in dark corners. In a fit of panic, Joltik accidentally fried a few electrical outlets as Hilbert ran through the halls, but that was something better left unmentioned. 

The chlorine smell from the pool drew Hilbert to the room, and he’d wished he’d packed his shorts. Sucking on his soda straw, he pushed open the door, warm air rushing out past him. “…oh? Seems kinda empty in here.” Glancing around the room, he noticed a girl crouched over the edge of the pool, looking kind of glum. But pools were supposed to be fun! 

“Hi!” Hilbert took a few light steps towards her, smiling. “Did ya forget to pack a swimming suit too?”  

[littleflowermana]

"Eh?!" Mana jumped, jerking to a standing position, her body turning to stare down the boy before her. She hadn't even heard him approach, she had been so focused on the bath before her! Staring at the strange-clad boy, Mana finally let his words sink in.

Swimming suit...? What was that? What kind of strange place was this boy from!? Mana wondered if maybe one day she could see all the places everyone was from! That would be neat!

Returning the smile he had given her, Mana tilted her head, "Swimming suit...? What's that...?"

[littleflowermana]

>It's a bath?! [Hilbert]<

Mana had gone back to exploring the hotel again. After making her way back through the lobby, she padded down the hall she hadn't explored yet. She had yet to really meet anyone else, although she had seen a few people around. She hoped to meet some of them soon.

Her green eyes lit up with curiosity as she spotted a door at the end, and hoping it was safe, she pulled it open, poking her head inside.

A frown found its way onto her face as she took a step inside the room, letting the door fall closed behind her.

It was....a bath?

That was strange. Why would there be a bath in such a public place? Don't people prefer a little bit of privacy...? And why was it so big? She'd never seen a bath this large before.

Mana walked over to the pool of water and bent down, dipping the ends of her fingers into the water. She frowned a little, seeing the water was kind of...cold. That wouldn't even be very good bath!

Mana shook her head, and fell back onto her heels, frown still on her lips. This place really was weird....she couldn't help but wonder what other strange things were here.

[fyeahmanana]

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[littleflowermana]

A bright smile spread across her lips, her eyes sparkling. She was glad to hear he thought it okay. Mana hadn’t been completely sure after the way her reacted. “Good~ I’m glad!” Besides, if they were stuck living in the same building so long, there was a good chance Mana would wind up hugging Kaiji again.

Her attention was drawn back to him as he started to play around with the coffee. Mana couldn’t see exactly what it was he was doing, but she leaned forward her curiosity getting the better of her. Her face brightened again, the curiosity leaving her eyes, when he brought her the cup. She curled her fingers around it, peering at the deep brown liquid contents. Strange. Mana didn’t think she’d seen anything quite like it before. Or anything that smelled like it, she mused as she brought the cup up to her lips, blowing on it a little. She could tell it was hot.

She gave Kaiji another smile, nodding slightly, “Okay! Thanks~!” With that, she took a small sip. Almost instantly, she scrunched her nose up, making a noise. She obviously did not like the taste of plain coffee.

“I-I think I should add some of that other stuff…” Definitely needed to.

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Kaiji watched Mana fiddling with the coffee cup as he dropped two sugar cubes into his own. He couldn’t help but grinning a little when he saw the results of the this tasting. The face she was making was quite amusing so he even gave a little chuckle. 

“A little tough for you maybe?”

He pushed the milk and sugar a little closer still grinning. 

“Here, you can add these all you want, I left plenty of room for that.”

[littleflowermana]

Scrunching her nose up, Mana nodded in response, moving to set the cup down before her as not to spill anymore. The bitter taste of the coffee was still in her mouth, and she wanted to wash it away. Peering at the milk and sugar, Mana thought it would be better to add more then not enough. She knew she'd have to cover up the taste. She was more partial to sweet tastes rather then anything else.

Reaching forward to curl her fingers around the milk, she lifted it a little before flashing a smile at Kaiji, almost as if to apologize for her reaction.

" I didn't think it would be so..." She paused, trying to think of the right word. The first one that  came to mind was something in Egyptian, but she knew that wouldn't be right. At least, not to him. She doubted he'd understand. Shrugging a little, unable to pick the word he'd understand, she motioned to the cup before her, "Well. Like that...?" Another smile.

She then went to work adding a bit of milk to the coffee. She paused in thought, before setting the milk down and started adding some sugar to the coffee. Mana hoped that she didn't over-do it.

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[littleflowermana]

“T-That’s okay! I didn’t really think…if that would be okay.” She bit her lip, glancing up at him through her bangs. Sometimes she tended to act before she thought. She fidgeted a bit, not sure what to say either. Her eyes lifted to him in surprise when he spoke again, a small smile appearing on her lips.

“O-Oh! Okay!!”

At the topic change, a curious look entered Mana’s eyes and she peered at Kaiji, watching his movements as he checked the coffee.

A grin spread across her face as he told her it was almost ready - even if it didn’t show well, she was still very curious about the coffee. Unable to help herself, Mana slid to her feet, and leaned around, staring at the pot with wide eyes.

“Oh yay~!”

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“It’s….”

Kaiji had to pause here. He wasn’t sure if he could honestly say if it was alright that would be a little too much for his pride really. He bit his teeth together and fuzzled his hair until a little growl escaped from his mouth. 

“Aaa, well… i-it wasn’t the end of the… world or anything so… it’s fine.”

His attention turned elsewhere when the brewer stopped making it’s steady whirring. Kaiji took the pot and after a little balancing he poured a little to both of the cups. For Mana he left quite a lot room for the milk and such but for himself he would just put few sugar cubes. 

“So… here it is, I suppose. And the milk and all is …well, in front of you as you can see. Feel free to add them if you want.”

He pointed towards the object he had placed there while ago before he gave the cup to Mana and took a seat back to the table again.

[littleflowermana]

A bright smile spread across her lips, her eyes sparkling. She was glad to hear he thought it okay. Mana hadn't been completely sure after the way her reacted. "Good~ I'm glad!" Besides, if they were stuck living in the same building so long, there was a good chance Mana would wind up hugging Kaiji again.

Her attention was drawn back to him as he started to play around with the coffee. Mana couldn't see exactly what it was he was doing, but she leaned forward her curiosity getting the better of her. Her face brightened again, the curiosity leaving her eyes, when he brought her the cup. She curled her fingers around it, peering at the deep brown liquid contents. Strange. Mana didn't think she'd seen anything quite like it before. Or anything that smelled like it, she mused as she brought the cup up to her lips, blowing on it a little. She could tell it was hot.

She gave Kaiji another smile, nodding slightly, "Okay! Thanks~!" With that, she took a small sip. Almost instantly, she scrunched her nose up, making a noise. She obviously did not like the taste of plain coffee.

"I-I think I should add some of that other stuff..." Definitely needed to.

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[littleflowermana]

A small laugh left Mana, and she nodded her head, “Mm, s’fine. I don’t think I could really help you with it, really?” She nodded once, smiling reassuringly at him, as if to tell him it’s okay. “And it’s a little hard. But once you start learning…It gets easier?”

Mana gave him a squeeze, before pulling away, slightly surprised. She hadn’t been sure of how he’d react to her hugging him. But she hadn’t really expected him to get so flustered…or to really, yell. The way he was, at least. Pulling completely away, she squeaked a little, mumbling a quick ‘sorry.’

She sucked in a breath, letting a small smile return to her face, “O-Okay. I’m glad to hear, then…”

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“I-i-it’s fine, I was just…surprised and… um….”

Kaiji swallowed a little a bit unsure what to say next. He still didn’t really get why Mana had suddenly hugged him but assumed she had noticed his mood being a little dejected. Yeah, that was it probably. He couldn’t quite bring himself to ask about it but if he wouldn’t say anything the mood might turn awkward. Not for Mana but for Kaiji. He wasn’t even sure what exactly was wrong and he wasn’t so comfortable about spilling his guts about all the problems he had. Therefore he went with trying to change the subject:

“Oh! The coffee! I-I’m gonna check that…!”

He bounced up from his chair his face still a bit flustered and then turned around to check the state of the coffee brewer. Just about ready - no longer than a minute, so he might as well stand next to it for a while. Turning around to face Mana again he repeated that a loud:

“I-it’s almost ready.”

[littleflowermana]

"T-That's okay! I didn't really think...if that would be okay." She bit her lip, glancing up at him through her bangs. Sometimes she tended to act before she thought. She fidgeted a bit, not sure what to say either. Her eyes lifted to him in surprise when he spoke again, a small smile appearing on her lips.

"O-Oh! Okay!!"

At the topic change, a curious look entered Mana's eyes and she peered at Kaiji, watching his movements as he checked the coffee.

A grin spread across her face as he told her it was almost ready - even if it didn't show well, she was still very curious about the coffee. Unable to help herself, Mana slid to her feet, and leaned around, staring at the pot with wide eyes.

"Oh yay~!"

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[littleflowermana]

Mana let another laugh leaving her, and she nodded again, humming in acknowledgement. “I guess it is amazing…? It’s just…normal for me?” She shrugs, tugging on her hair a little, “I’m sure if you wanted to you could learn…? I don’t think I could help you though…? It took Mahaad a lot of time to finally get me to do a proper spell,” After of course, Mana had blown a few things up, “But I’m pretty sure everyone has the ability…? Whether or not they can learn to use it depends on them?” They also needed the right tools.

“And no. I didn’t…” She frowned a bit, “But I can’t help but feel a little guilty…” She trailed off, pausing a moment, “And No. I guess it can’t be…” And she was laughing again, her eyes sparkling with amusement, “Maybe!! I don’t think Set’s ever liked me all that much, to be honest. But yeah…Oh.”

Her eyes went wide as she took in the smile he gave her, and without a second thought she got up and closed the distance between then, wrapping her arms around his neck in a hug.

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“Ehhh… that sounds like lots of work… I think I’ll pass.”

Kaiji had never been a hard worker and in most cases in a normal situation. Studying had also never been his forte which was part of why he hadn’t went to university. And since learning magic sounded really difficult and he would haven’t had any idea where to start … well, so many reasons to pass it. 

“I-I mean it really sounds cool and all but….uhhhh….a bit difficult.”

He really doubted he would learn it but it would have been awfully depressing to say it out loud so he just listened as Mana spoke. It seemed like she was a bit cheerier again so maybe it had been quite good idea to shut up after all. 

“W…well, isn’t that gr——”

Kaiji’s words were cut by the surprise of somehow getting a pair of arms around his neck. At first he just sort of blanked out, next his face got all red and finally he started stuttering some incoherent noises that slowly turned into words:

“W-W-W-WHAT ARE YOU D-D-D-D-D-DOING?!” was the best he could mutter though. He also tried struggling against the hug quite a lot since Kaiji wasn’t exactly used to things like that, at least not surprising ones by a person he had just met. It was just incredibly embarrassing.

“O-OKAY, YOU CAN STOP NOW REALLY, I’M OKAY, I’M OKAY AND….I’M JUST OKAY, OKAY?”

As he spoke the blush would just deepen.

[littleflowermana]

A small laugh left Mana, and she nodded her head, "Mm, s'fine. I don't think I could really help you with it, really?" She nodded once, smiling reassuringly at him, as if to tell him it's okay. "And it's a little hard. But once you start learning...It gets easier?"

Mana gave him a squeeze, before pulling away, slightly surprised. She hadn't been sure of how he'd react to her hugging him. But she hadn't really expected him to get so flustered...or to really, yell. The way he was, at least. Pulling completely away, she squeaked a little, mumbling a quick 'sorry.'

She sucked in a breath, letting a small smile return to her face, "O-Okay. I'm glad to hear, then..."

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[littleflowermana]

Mana nodded in agreement, pressing her lips together. She wasn’t honestly sure how to reply to his response, so instead stayed quiet. She watched him curiously, wondering what he was thinking. How he was responding to what she was even saying.

She smiled at him, a small shy smile, her shoulder lifting slightly in a shrug, “I guess so…? It’s just something I have to get used to, I guess? Good training.” She laughed again, giving another small shrug.

“Eh? I guess!” Mana stuck her tongue out a little, looking rather sheepish, “It’s…kind of my fault? The spell that sent me here left some kind of portal, apparently. And he fell through it.” Mana did feel a little bad about that, she hadn’t really wanted Set to be trapped here either, but there was a part of her that was glad he was here. Because it meant she wasn’t completely alone. Even as Mana made friends here, she knew they could never replace those from her home. At least Set was still a part of that…

Mana blinked out of her thoughts, and returned his gaze with one of her own. Her lips parted slightly at his comment, and she went to nodding again.

“Mhmm~ I agree! Maybe one day people will tell us~” She giggled

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“Ehhh, I see….”

Kaiji let out a short laugh pulling himself up looking at the girl. She seemed to have quite positive grasp of things. It wasn’t really the type of thinking that Kaiji was good in. Kaiji wasn’t entirely sure but from the way Mana was speaking it seemed like she was still learning this…whole magic thing but it didn’t make it seem any less impressive. Kaiji could have read it wrong but he thought that Mana seemed to be quite enthusiastic about it too. Kaiji couldn’t say he had anything like that at all. He had never had a goal or anything like that in his life. 

“It sounds sort of amazing though, I mean uh, I can’t do anything like that at all… haha…”

Kaiji let out a nervous laugh. He couldn’t really say that he had any special abilities like that. Nothing that Kaiji himself thought much of or anything he found worth mentioning. 

The part about her friend dropping through the…gate thing sounded quite bad though. Kaiji tried imagining how it would be if he had lead some of the people he knew were here because of his mistake. It was an uncomfortably heavy thought so with a bit stuttering words he tried:

“W-well, it’s not like you meant that to happen… I mean, it can’t be helped now that he’s here, right? I-I’m sure this… Set is at least happy to know that you’re well… or something…?”

Then he gave a bit pitiful smile.

“And it’s good not to be alone, right?”

[littleflowermana]

Mana let another laugh leaving her, and she nodded again, humming in acknowledgement. "I guess it is amazing...? It's just...normal for me?" She shrugs, tugging on her hair a little, "I'm sure if you wanted to you could learn...? I don't think I could help you though...? It took Mahaad a lot of time to finally get me to do a proper spell," After of course, Mana had blown a few things up, "But I'm pretty sure everyone has the ability...? Whether or not they can learn to use it depends on them?" They also needed the right tools.

"And no. I didn't..." She frowned a bit, "But I can't help but feel a little guilty..." She trailed off, pausing a moment, "And No. I guess it can't be..." And she was laughing again, her eyes sparkling with amusement, "Maybe!! I don't think Set's ever liked me all that much, to be honest. But yeah...Oh."

Her eyes went wide as she took in the smile he gave her, and without a second thought she got up and closed the distance between then, wrapping her arms around his neck in a hug.

[fyeahmanana]

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Kaiji sank into the pile giving a sigh. It was rather admirable how some people managed to keep the positivity up so easily. Kaiji could only manage to raise it up at times but eventually it would plummet down to the lower levels. 

“I suppose…”

The latter part of Mana’s talk made him raise his other eyebrow a little and tilt his head a little, still leaning to the table. It did sound awfully handy though. This.. ability to sense ‘evil’ did. He didn’t quite grasp what was the thing Mana was trying to explain so he just muttered ‘I see’ as a reply.

And again she was laughing. Kaiji still kept quiet only frowning a little until the brief sadness appeared in the girl’s face. Well, it was only natural that people would miss people from the..places they had arrived from. Kaiji himself could think some people he would probably miss though even in Japan there was no certainty for him to meet them again, they all had their own circumstances after all. Then she also mentioned how the energy or something was heavy here. Kaiji’s face immediately wrinkled from worry.

“Wow, that sounds… tough.”

It was a little hard to relate to it though since Kaiji’s senses were …quite normal. Keen perhaps (though Kaiji might have disagreed with that) but still not supernaturally so. 

Kaiji’s face brightened a little when the girl mentioned her friend or whoever this Set was - that they were here. Not that Kaiji was happy to hear that more people were imprisoned here but that the girl actually had someone more familiar with her here.

“Ehh, you got someone you know here? That’s …sort of lucky.”

Then his face turned into more thoughtful expression again as he started thinking where all the people here had came from and how they had arrived - just like Mana said.

“…yeah, it’s sort of large thought, or how should I say it, haha.”

He scratched his head a little.

[littleflowermana]

Mana nodded in agreement, pressing her lips together. She wasn't honestly sure how to reply to his response, so instead stayed quiet. She watched him curiously, wondering what he was thinking. How he was responding to what she was even saying.

She smiled at him, a small shy smile, her shoulder lifting slightly in a shrug, "I guess so...? It's just something I have to get used to, I guess? Good training." She laughed again, giving another small shrug.

"Eh? I guess!" Mana stuck her tongue out a little, looking rather sheepish, "It's...kind of my fault? The spell that sent me here left some kind of portal, apparently. And he fell through it." Mana did feel a little bad about that, she hadn't really wanted Set to be trapped here either, but there was a part of her that was glad he was here. Because it meant she wasn't completely alone. Even as Mana made friends here, she knew they could never replace those from her home. At least Set was still a part of that...

Mana blinked out of her thoughts, and returned his gaze with one of her own. Her lips parted slightly at his comment, and she went to nodding again.

"Mhmm~ I agree! Maybe one day people will tell us~" She giggled

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[moeblobmullet-blog]

Kaiji of course had no idea that Mana was able to sense things like that as Kaiji himself had never really experienced anything like this before arriving to the hotel, let alone having any powers.  All these ghosts and still seemed awfully unreal to him at times. The whole situation was so awfully even though Kaiji had somehow settled in to the place and the situation. At least somehow.

“How would I have known not to enter?”

He didn’t raise his voice this time, just leaned his chin to his hand moving his eyes to side again. Actually the muttering was meant more to himself rather than Mana.  He actually realized that he hadn’t been acting very civil.

When Mana suddenly started to laugh Kaiji raised his eyes again looking slightly irritated as he did. He didn’t say anything just stared the girl like that until she started talking again.

And when she spoke the next thing to do for Kaiji was to process all the things that she said. Not that it was difficult to understand but rather something that was slow to  sink to his head. By the last part his slightly peeved expression had turned into large astonishment.

“Um… spell? You mean… you can do… magic and stuff?!”

At this point Kaiji had thought that he wouldn’t get surprised by anything anymore but in the end he just couldn’t quite settle into that whole thing. Of course he would get used to each person having their own powers but still. Like now the girl had completely surprised him with this spell deal.

“Uh, yeah… I’m.. from Japan.”

[littleflowermana]

"Intuition...?" Mana bit her lip as she responded, shrugging her shoulder a little, "But I guess it doesn't matter...? We can't change the past. Just make the most of the situation?" She flashed him a bright smile before continuing, "Besides...I think even outside, it isn't possible to sense the..." She paused, her eyebrows drawing together as if she were thinking, "Evil...? I'm not sure if that's it, but you can't sense that outside."

Mana lifted her eyes, letting her gaze drop on Kaiji again. Another bout of giggles left her, and she enthusiastically nodded her head, sending strands of her hair flying about her face and over her shoulders. "Mhmm~! I can! Well...kind of? I'm still learning. I don't know how much farther I can get now though, since Mahaad isn't here..." Sadness flashed across her face, but she almost instantly covered it up with another smile. "But I can sense things about this place, at least! The energy here is really heavy...it's tiring to have to just be in it..." Not that Mana let anything like that stop her from being her energetic happy self.

"I see~" Nodding again, not quite as enthusiastically as she had before, Mana paused to hum a little in thought, "I suppose that makes sense that you'd think that's where I'd be from too...? To be honest I was thinking maybe everyone was from Egypt. At least, until I saw all your strange clothes and everything...!"

"But also thinkin' about how I got here, it makes sense there don't seem to be a lot of other from Egypt too...Just Set, I think. It kind of makes you wonder how everyone got here, and where they're all from, huh?"

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[littleflowermana]

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Idle (open!)

[littleflowermana]

Mana jumped slightly at his sudden outburst, clearly surprised. She hadn’t expected him to react as he had. From what she could tell of him so far, he just didn’t really seem to be the type. Or at least not often. A small frown appeared on her lips and she nodded in agreement, a small sigh leaving her.

“I suppose that would be true? Although I guess it’s also our own faults for entering…” She glanced away momentarily, looking thoughtful, “this place just has a bad feel to it…” To be honest, Mana was surprised she hadn’t sensed anything right away when she first approached the hotel. She bit her lip, then glanced back at him, “I guess we’ll just have to be patient until we can figure something out? I’m sure we’ll find some way to leave, one day.”

Brushing strands of her hair off her shoulder with a hand, Mana let her smile fall back into place, albeit not quite as bright. At his compliment, her eyes took on another shine.

“Oh thank you~!” She felt like she should say something else, but the words left her, leaving her unsure. But he continued, saving her from that feeling. Tilting her head in curiosity, Mana nodded, letting him know it was okay to ask. Whatever he asked, she doubted it would really bother her. There seemed to be a lot of things in this hotel that she, specifically she - and probably Set too now that she thought about it, didn’t know about. Maybe it was just from where they were from.

Hearing his question, she couldn’t help but laugh.

“Uhm~ To be honest, I don’t know…? We just don’t have it in Egypt.”

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During the first sentence of the girl Kaiji lift his head growling. He wasn’t actually looking at Mana as he spoke since it wasn’t really her that he was angry to. It was more of his piled up frustration escaping from his mouth. It wasn’t very unusual him to blow up like this.

“Our fault?! Just how is it myfault if some lunatic or …whatever it is that draw us here… it’s THEIR fault if anyone is to blame! I mean, just how I was supposed to know this place was practically a jail?!”

Kaiji drew a little breath and yet another sigh escaped from him. Her realized that he had went a little overboard but apologizing would have been a bit embarrassing. That and he didn’t really think he had said anything wrong. So, Kaiji looked awkwardly away and replied to the other part that Mana had said:

“Yeah, I suppose that’s all we can do.”

He sank a little into his chair staring the table surface. Mana’s words almost escaped him but after a while the last phrase finally sank in. 

“…ehh?? Egypt?”

Kaiji’s eyebrows arched quite high in surprise. He hadn’t actually talked about the whole different dimension thing with anyone yet so it sounded awfully absurd to him. So, of course he had also no idea that Mana was talking about ANCIENT Egypt at all either - that would have made him even more confused. Right now it was quite confusing about how a girl from the Egypt was there in the same room with him.

“….um, I’m not even sure how to ask this but how? You’re not…vacationing Japan or something…?”

Kaiji had an inkling that it wasn’t the case here. He wasn’t quite sure where the thought came from but it was awfully strong. Like his intuition was telling him it wasn’t that.

[littleflowermana]

Mana's eyes went right wide, and she stared at Kaiji, obviously very surprised by his reaction. She sucked in a breath, before shaking her head, "I-I didn't mean it was our fault for getting stuck. But just...f-for entering. Regardless of whatever drew us in we still decided to..." And for her, she should have been able to sense something about this place. That something was wrong.

She shrugged her shoulder a little, her gaze moving to the other wide of the room. "Mmm. Mhmm. As long as we keep trying..." She trailed off, then sucked in a breath, returning her gaze to Kaiji.

Mana's eyes widened slightly, and she couldn't help the laugh that left her at his reaction.

"Yep~ Egypt."

She shifted, reaching down to tug her skirt properly over her legs. She didn't really understand why he seemed so surprised by her being from Egypt. She thought it was obvious! But she supposed that was because she knew that.

"No...? I was home, in Egypt before I was here." Mana blinked, looking slightly confused by the question. Japan. Takao had mentioned the same place when she spoke to him, hadn't he...? "I messed up a spell and it sent me here. Apparently that's how Set got here too..." Mana looked a little sheepish at that, but shrugged it away, "Why? Are you from Japan...?"

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Idle (open!)

[littleflowermana]

“I guess that’s true…” Mana glanced down at the floor, her mood shifting slightly at the thought of that truth. There really wasn’t much…freedom at all. “Maybe soon there will be something better to do…?” She honestly didn’t know, but it didn’t hurt to hope.

She blinked, her shy smile returning with a nod of her head. “Mhmm! I suppose so~” Mana trailed behind him, glancing around the room curiously as she did. From what she saw, it really wasn’t much different from hers. Perhaps items in a few different locations, but that seemed to be the gist of the differences. Taking note of that didn’t take her any time, and she returned her attention instantly to Kaiji. Mana flashed a bright smile at him, and sat in the chair he has gestured to, her eyes staying on him the whole time. She couldn’t help but lean forward in the chair, staring curiously at the strange machine he was looking at.

“I see…?” A small look of curiosity passed her face as she glassed at the milk and sugar cubes, not entirely sure what they were as she had never seen them in that kind of packaging before. She figured she’d find out soon.

“Oh!” A gasp left her, and Mana flushed a little in embarrassment, “It’s nice to meet you, Kaiji!! I’m Mana~”

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“Ha! If they wanted to make us comfortable they wouldn’t have locked us here in the first place!”

Kaiji raised his voice when he said this, his face twisting into a deep frown. Thinking about the matter made his blood boil fast. He was quite temperamental to begin with 

he thought he had used to dealing things like this happening but apparently he really hadn’t. He still couldn’t talk about it very lightly, despite having spent quite a long time in the hotel already. 

Sighing Kaiji picked two cups from the upper shelf. He wasn’t quite sure if they were for common use but it should be alright as long as he washed them after. One more check of the coffee and finally Kaiji sat down as well. The girl was there still beaming so he answered to that and gave another half-smile. 

“That’s a nice name.”

He was quite sincere complimenting the girl though it was also to pull the topic away from the hotel a little. He shouldn’t just vent to strangers like that after all.

“But um, is it okay… if I ask, uh…”

He wondered how to present the question without coming off mean. There were cases in which Kaiji could insult people without really feeling much remorse about it but this wasn’t such situation really.

“Uh, well, how come you don’t know what coffee is…?”

[littleflowermana]

Mana jumped slightly at his sudden outburst, clearly surprised. She hadn't expected him to react as he had. From what she could tell of him so far, he just didn't really seem to be the type. Or at least not often. A small frown appeared on her lips and she nodded in agreement, a small sigh leaving her.

"I suppose that would be true? Although I guess it's also our own faults for entering..." She glanced away momentarily, looking thoughtful, "this place just has a bad feel to it..." To be honest, Mana was surprised she hadn't sensed anything right away when she first approached the hotel. She bit her lip, then glanced back at him, "I guess we'll just have to be patient until we can figure something out? I'm sure we'll find some way to leave, one day."

Brushing strands of her hair off her shoulder with a hand, Mana let her smile fall back into place, albeit not quite as bright. At his compliment, her eyes took on another shine.

"Oh thank you~!" She felt like she should say something else, but the words left her, leaving her unsure. But he continued, saving her from that feeling. Tilting her head in curiosity, Mana nodded, letting him know it was okay to ask. Whatever he asked, she doubted it would really bother her. There seemed to be a lot of things in this hotel that she, specifically she - and probably Set too now that she thought about it, didn't know about. Maybe it was just from where they were from.

Hearing his question, she couldn't help but laugh.

"Uhm~ To be honest, I don't know...? We just don't have it in Egypt."

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[littleflowermana]

For some reason Mana had felt the need to sneak around the hotel. Perhaps it was to try and get a feel for home, since she had always snuck around, trying not to get caught by Mahaad. Which almost always failed, since he could find her with magic.

Regardless to her reasons, Mana found herself making her way throughout the hotel, sneaking around the corners, trying not to get “caught.” By who? She didn’t know.

After a while of doing this, she spotted someone walking through the lobby. Almost instantly forgetting what she was doing, Mana’s face went bright and she jogged across the room toward the girl.

At the others’ reaction to her approach, a look of slight surprise flit across her face, before a smile replaced it, a small tinkling giggle leaving her, “Hi!”

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It was…. just another girl? Madotsuki pinched her cheek just to confirm that she wasn’t dreaming, before sheepishly lowering her knife. What a great way to start a conversation, Mado. The other girl seemed mostly unfazed by Madotsuki’s sudden panic, and had even offered her a friendly greeting in response to the knife that was previously raised at her.

“…Hi,” she murmured after a momentary silence. She looks down at the knife in her hand before unequipping it. “Sorry for pointing that at you. You scared me.”

She plays with the end of one of her braids before offering a tiny smile.

“I’m Madotsuki.”

[littleflowermana]

A giggle left Mana, and she waved her hand, as if to wave the apology away, still completely unfazed by Madotsuki's actions.  "Don't worry about it~ With this place the way it is I'm surprised it doesn't happen more often~" She said it like it was something she was used to everyday.

Hooking her fingers together behind her back, Mana leaned forward, rocking on the balls of her feet as she peered at Madotsuki, obviously curious by the other. Everyone she had met so far all seemed to come from different places, and she couldn't help but want to know about each and every one of them. Her eyes glittered with excitement.

"It's nice to meet you Madotsuki~ I'm Mana!"