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Characters: Judai and YOU
Date: throughout May
Location: all around!
Situation: Talent stuff! & dashing through the ~~snow~~ city
Warnings/Rating: n/a

A.
[Windy day, isn’t it? Well, kind of. The breeze around one particular guy leaning against thus particular terrace was in fact caused by him, creating a progressively stronger wind with him in the center as the seconds tick by.]

[In the midst of it all, he's trying to whistle, with only partial success.]

Pbbbt.

B.
[Being a courier sounds fun, right? Judai thinks so, anyway, taking up a part-time post as a mailman. He knows his way around well enough by now (and if he doesn't, that's what a map is for!) (A paper map, naturally, because his yimo is broken.)]

[Unfortunately he’s not terribly organized, and as he pulls a pile of mail out, a couple fall. But then a very convenient wind blows up from under them, delivering the envelopes right into his waiting hand.]

Heh.

[That is a particularly pleased and self-satisfied grin on his face.]

C. Gimme Dat Cat
[Hopping over fences! Jumping from rooftop to rooftop! Plummeting down like fifteen feet and hitting the ground running! Sliding down inclines!]

[Who is that ~~dramatic~~ mysterious kid?? Why, it's Judai. (Sorry.) What’s the cause of this headlong rush? —Well.]

Hey! You! [Yes, you.] Stop that cat!

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[Valdis looks up, wishing that her vision had seen fit to return to her, but there was still nothing. Anani was silent, his white fluff making him resemble a cloud.]

Yes.

[She ran her hand across the cat's back and he purred for a moment, but kept his head pressed against her shoulder.]

Has he done something?

Well, uh...

[There's a necklace (what's it made of? Is it valuable? Who knows! All Judai heard was someone shouting to stop that cat, and the cat had looked spooked enough that Judai had chased after just to make sure it wasn't going to hurt itself) tangled around the cat a bit. Just...]

...Can you see?

[Valdis' finger catches on something around Anani's neck, which is odd because she doesn't keep a collar on him. She brings her other hand around to feel where it is at and slowly starts to untangle it from his fur.]

Not currently.

[The cat shifts back, allowing Valdis to pull the chain off his neck, she holds it out in the general direction of the boy's voice]

Are you looking for this?

Oh, thanks! [That solves that little conundrum.]

[He takes the necklace and puts it into his pocket for now.] I'm Judai! Thanks for the help, and thanks to this little fella, too!

[...Then he sheepishly scratches his head.] Wait, uh...did you say "currently"?

My name is Valdis.

[Valdis returns her hand to her cat's back after Judai takes the necklace, stroking his fur as she thinks.]

Yes...Has no one mentioned that the Dreaming does strange things upon occasion?

[She doesn't expect him to know that such afflictions do not normally affect her kind, but it's an important point all the same.]

Oh... [He's never heard of anything like that happening before, but on the other hand, he never heard of memories being able to leak out until it happened, either. Strange things have happened to him before that he had no inkling could happen, though, so he takes it mostly in stride.]

That's kinda scary... What happened?

[He hopes it wasn't totally random, at least.]

[Valdis smiles, almost amused.]

I woke up.

[It really is that simple sometimes]

Fairly certain it will pass, things like this usually do.

[She sighs, still petting Anani, who has decided he is no longer afraid of Judai.]

I'd like to know where my cat got that necklace.

[Simple as it is...] That's kinda scary. [Judai would probably freak out, at least a little.] Seems like you're really used to it.

[Which...is probably a good thing to be, all things considered.]

[At the question, he scratches his head, sheepish.] I'm not sure. Somebody just called to me and I didn't have time to ask. [Because Anani would have gotten away of he did!] I think it just got caught. He doesn't normally do that, does he?

[Valdis didn't know how to answer Judai's first comments, so she just continues stroking her cat.]

Most I've known him to steal is fish.

[That gets a laugh out of him.]

That makes sense!

[He leans a little closer to see him better.] A "he," right? What's his name?

[Anani turns to look at Judai, head tipped, nose twitching.]

This is Anani. His name means 'Cloud', which makes sense because he's so fluffy...I didn't name him.

[Technically at least, though it depends on who you talk to.]

Anani, huh? [Cloud... Heh. Better than "Cloudian" or something!]

Hiya!

[He turns back to Valdis.] Who named him? [He hopes there isn't a tragedy behind this story.]

[His question is unexpected and Valdis isn't quite sure how to answer.]

It's complicated.

[Perhaps one of her weaker answers]

He's a remnant of a past life.

Oh... [He turns sheepish as he straightens.] Sorry. Guess you don't want to talk about it, huh?

[There's a small pause.] ..."Past life," you said, right? You're a Dreamperson, right? Did...Anani come with you? Woke up here with you, I mean.

Yes, he did.

[It was the simplest answer.]

And he's been causing trouble ever since.

[The cat purred.]

[...No fair...why didn't his cat come with him, too...]

[...Maybe it's for the best, though. Pharaoh, uh. Comes with a ghost.]

Heh. I can imagine. Wasn't his fault this time, though. [Unless Anani really has a use for that necklace, but he kind of doubts that!]

Hope there wasn't any trouble that was too big to handle!

Not that he's discovered yet.

[But it was only a matter of time, she was sure.]

You seem to like animals.

Heh. He does seem pretty adventurous.

[If this incident's anything to go by.]

I used to travel with a cat. He was kind of troublesome, too. Can I pet him?

[Valdis smiled.]

I would think that's up to him, not me. He's generally pretty friendly.

[Well then.]

I'll take that as a yes, then!

[He reaches to pet Anani.]

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