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[eyeinfusion]

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!

Comments

[spiralpatterns]

Maybe you fell into a hole to be brought here.

[Amused. But then his smile shadows after a moment.]

Yeah. It's true. Probably everyone's got a hidden agenda. But you can probably manage to enjoy yourself while you're looking for them, at least.

[Attempting, for a moment, to give off the impression of someone who's only really invested in fun; but he's trying a little too hard.]

Your cat traveling with you?

[eyeinfusion]

[Judai gets the vague impression that Zephyr is trying a little too hard at...something, but as someone who has things he wants to keep under wraps, he thinks it might be best not to bring that up for now, especially since it doesn't seem to be affecting anything.]

[Instead—] Heh, that's true!

[Even if his cat isn't here.] He was, but now I guess he's what I've got waiting for me back home. Why, d'ya want to meet him?

[spiralpatterns]

[It's not an inaccurate impression; but were Zephyr aware of that decision, he'd be thanking Judai.]

[Zephyr shrugs.]

Maybe I like small animals.

[Sort of true, anyway.]

I was kind of wondering if animals made it across, honestly. I've seen people and I've seen things, but I'm not sure yet about small living creatures.

[eyeinfusion]

Heh, yeah? There're probably some strays around. [Which...is probably taking this small animals thing way too seriously, but hey. Finding comforting things in this strange place is a thing, right?]

The cat I was traveling with wasn't really normal either, though. Whatever's blocking animals might not have applied...

Were you traveling with an animal, too?

[spiralpatterns]

[Zephyr makes a wibbly gesture with his hand like maybe.]

He looks like an animal, I guess, but he's what's called a sprite, and he's as smart as you or me.

[Probably smarter about some things, if Zephyr is completely honest.]

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Oh...so you're worried, huh?

[And he's familiar enough with the general concept of sprites from his card games that he laughs a little at the description.] "Looks like an animal," huh? What kind of animal?

[spiralpatterns]

...I'm not worried.

[DENIAL.]

Uhhhh. Somewhere between a dog and a cat. Sometimes he has hands.

[That totally makes sense, Zephyr.]

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Yeah?

[It doesn't really sound like Judai believes that Zephyr isn't worried. But he isn't exactly saying so straight out, either.]

Well, dogs and cats don't have hands, so! [It...kind of makes sense?] I'm guessing the hands aren't for eating.

[spiralpatterns]

[What else would they be for?]

They kind of come out of his ears?

[Zephyr tries to mime that image and doesn't get very far.]

He uses them for everything, really. Cooking, making tea, cleaning, using his smartphon...