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Characters: Hibiki and you!
Date: Early February
Location: Around and about Aifaran
Situation: Hibiki discovers many things and is bad for teacups.
Warnings: ~~hibiki~~ Narcissism; poor fine motor skills.

[ Scene I - At a fancy art gallery. ]

[ A rare chance has come up, for those interested in the arts. It seems a renowned Igheeri sculptor has discovered a new muse, and has created a design for their intended masterwork. Today, that design shall be unveiled to the public, acted out by that very muse! Live art!

Excitement is high at the event. The Igheeri swoops down from a perch installed in the gallery for just such flourishes. After a brief, haughty speech about a Dreamfolk worthy of being immortalized in art, the cover over the modeling muse is is whisked away to reveal -

Well. This intended pose for the future statue is sure something. Something the model is now doing in real time.

Do try not to faint. ]

[ Scene II - In the Dreaming Bridge. ]

"User not found"?!

[ This is impossible! Yes, Hibiki had only made that Xa Xa account to stay better informed on everyone else's folly, but for it to have completely vanished....! And when she had actually wanted to inform her audience of her change in status, at that!

She's being rather loud in the hallways of the Dreaming Bridge. It's early in the morning. And she's placing a call. ]

Technical support? An outrage has occurred. Amend it immediately!

[ Scene III - On the street. ]

[ "I'm gonna prove I love bibirus more than you! By....by talking like this, bibi!" ]

HHHHHHHHH!

[ Hibiki had been about to take a sip out of this teacup when a couple of squabbling kedan kids pass by. One has made his head sprout bibiru wings. The other has taken this as a challenge.

And Hibiki's teacup is a victim, dropping from her fingers to shatter on this streetside table. She, herself, is frozen in shock. A single drop of blood leaks from a cut on her finger where a piece of the breaking cup had nicked it. Where it spills on the table, a tiny imp rises, stretches, yawns, and looks around. Since Hibiki doesn't seem to be moving, it sits on a piece of the broken teacup and waits.

Nothing to see here. ]

[ Scene IV - At a cafe. ]

What morbidly useful creatures.

[ Hibiki is sitting in a corner of this cafe, accepting the handkerchief one of her imps has just fetched from her pocket for her. She presses it against the finger she'd pricked and watches the second imp carefully stir her tea with a spoon that's bigger than it. ]

The generation method is slightly out of my idiom, but all things considered, the ultimate servants would of course be a part of me. These shall serve flawlessly--

[ Clatter. The imp tips the teacup over by stirring too hard. Now it's standing dumbly in a spilling puddle, looking down.

Hibiki's eyebrow twitches. ]

Threaded | Flat

...You okay there?

[He had seen her going through some sort of breakdown, wondering if he should help her.

But now that she seems to have gone still-- Might as well.]

[He was halfway down the stairwell for his morning run when peace was shattered. Tenn pauses on the stairs, frowns. He's not officially part of the Opara technical staff - just a beta tester - but some of the Dreamfolk haven't been sleeping well and if he can spare everyone this racket....

And so, with a resigned sigh, there's a pale boy in glasses and casual Tokyo wear poking his head into the hall from the stairwell.]

If this is about the glitch in the latest update to the Xa Xa application, I've already reported it. You should be able to upload pictures again within a few hours.

[ Sheena's eyebrow is also twitching--but at the sight of how the creatures are being treated.

Grabbing a few napkins from a dispenser, she approaches Hibiki's table and begins drying the puddle where the imp is. ]

Are you okay?

[ Yes, she's talking to the imp who just had hot liquid spill on it. ]

[Pepper had missed the latest teacup shattering, but Hibiki is one of those people that just stands out, even if they're sitting. The redhead is still scoping out cafes in an effort to find the ones she likes best, and this one happens to also host one of her newer friends.

Of course she goes to say hello, and Hibiki isn't alone.]

Oh my gosh, they're adorable. [She giggles at the hapless creature. Poor thing.] Where'd you get them? Do they have names? [Right, there's a spill. Pepper snags a napkin.] Looks like you might need more tea, though. How's it going?

[Gene's doing what, of course, is of the utmost importance - finding a new cafe to haunt. He'd gotten a handful of favorites in Keeliai, but those were all long ago and far away now, and he was back to square one.

The clatter draws his attention, and he sees a young woman and a pair of imps - one of which seems to be responsible for the fuss. He walks over, carrying a cloth napkin.]

Looks like your friend might have gotten a little too enthusiastic, [he says.]

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