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[savemeomi]

Who: Ouka + YOU (I'm happy to match whatever writing style you'd like!)
What: Out & about and exploring
When: May 23rd & 24th
Where: Various places in the Far Shore

I. Library (May 23rd)
[ Look, she's studying! A miracle must have happened.

Actually, not quite. The real story here is that Ouka was bored, Ouka wandered, Ouka got lost... and somehow made her way to the library. She's curious enough about what kinds of books there'd be -- maybe there will be a cute fairytale story! -- that she's actually exploring.

There's a brightly colored book all the way at the top of one of the shelves. Ouka steps on the tips of her toes in an attempt to reach it. Sadly, in her attempt, she accidentally knocks over the book next to it, and starts off a domino effect of books.

A loud domino effect...

Sorry if you were actually there to read. ]


II. Park (May 24th)
[ It's a nice day out, so Ouka decides to take her lunch outside. She finds a nice spot beneath a tree, spreads out a blanket, and takes out half of her sandwich. Taking small nibbles, she watches everyone else. She wonders if this was what her home was like. Or if she lived somewhere less modern, a time period with princesses, perhaps. (Maybe she was one herself!)

She finds herself lost in thought, and begins to drift off. The other half of her sandwich sits in a small, open container. A small squirrel cautiously approaches, pausing every few steps to glance up at her, to make sure that she's still asleep. ]


III. Wildcard (Either day)
[ Come at me! :) ]

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closed to omi -- may 24th

[savemeomi]

[ Ouka has to contain her excitement as she reaches up to knock on the doors to Diana's temple. Who knew self defense was such an appealing subject of study?

As she waits, Ouka wonders what he'd teach her. Others she'd spoken to have mentioned using all sorts of different weapons. Maybe she'd learn martial arts? Not that the subject was all that important. The teacher was the focal point. ]

[oneblackcat]

[Omi isn't sure if he's excited and happy about being able to see Ouka again or if he's dreading it. The joy and gratitude for the chance to have her back in his life is real. So is the horrible understanding of reality: he knows things that she doesn't know, that she can't know, and that are going to make talking with her again complicated and painful. It isn't like this makes everything that happened go away. She still died, and she's still his sister-- not a girlfriend.

He goes to the door at the knock and pulls the door open, offering her a kind smile and stepping aside to indicate she should come in.]

Ouka, good to see you again. I've cleared the living room for an open floor. We'll practice there.

[savemeomi]

Diana~! [ Ouka practically skips inside. She's excited to begin, but also has what seems like a billion questions that she's stocked up to ask him. ]

Is Diana your God name, or your real name? What kind of world did you come from? Are you and Nagi good friends?

[ She'd planned to slip the questions in one by one, but once the first one came out, she really couldn't help herself. ]

[oneblackcat]

[Goodness! Omi has only a moment to be surprised before the excited and happy side of him wins out. It really is like a miracle to get to be with her again.]

Ahhh... one question at a time, please!

[Aaaaand he'll just start gently directing her towards the living room to minimize the answering of them. All of the furniture has been pushed to the walls, leaving a large rug over an open floor with plenty of room to practice close combat tactics.]

Diana is my God name... my real name is Omi. Omi Tsukiyono.

[savemeomi]

Omi... [ Oh good. He doesn't actually have a girl's name. That makes her feel a little better.

She lets him lead her into the living room, but is still full of questions. ]

Are you and Nagi good friends? [ She was wondering about his world as well, but this question seemed more important, upon further thought. ]

library

[eternalshield]

[Zeno was paging through a few books, though mostly looking at pictures. Still hasn't quite mastered reading this language beyond the phonetic alphabet. He was about to wander off in search of a snack, though, when a book was dislodged from the shelf above him, and--

Bam!

--crashed straight into his skull.

He can't help the initial cry of pain.]

[savemeomi]

[ Please don't actually fall off the shelves, please don't actually--

Nope. She cringes at the sound of his cry and rushes over. ]

Are you okay?! [ Oops. A bit too loud for a library. She lowers her voice into a hushed whisper instead. ] I'm so sorry!

[eternalshield]

[His vision blacked out for a second before he saw stars and--

Oh. Nevermind.]

Hiii~ Zeno is happy to see you again.

[He rubs his head theatrically.]

Happy to see you in two places at once, even.

[savemeomi]

Two places... [ What even?

Oh!

Oh no!!

She reaches out without thinking and cups Zeno's head in her hands. ]

We should get you to a hospital!

park

[redotiertwo]

[Davesprite is having one of his passing moods of hanging around with his brethren, meaning the random bird flocks lurking around the park. As he flies off with a couple of them who are relocating closer to the other people eating around the park, Davesprite notices the squirrel in passing, and skims downward a little to flick his ghostly orange tail between squirrel and sandwich. After looking over to the sandwich owner and noticing she's asleep, he sweeps his wings another few times to send a heavy downdraft over her in hopes of waking her up.]

I'm all for the important as fuck duty of sandwich defense squad, but you gotta bring me some cooler boss monsters than this tiny asshole right here if you want to keep my interest in the job.

[The neon orange bird-ghost-person with a sword stuck through him may not be the most reassuring wake up call, but he'll deal with that later.]

[savemeomi]

[ The downdraft catches her by surprise, and she's awake, but still a little bit too groggy to catch everything that he says.

The rest of what he says is taking a backseat to the fact that he...

is...

What is he....? ]

Am I dreaming?

[redotiertwo]

[...Still a better reaction than he's gotten from some people. That one girl who screamed and threw a flower crown at him still takes the cake there. Flicking his wispy tail-tip at the squirrel in an attempt to dissuade it properly, he answers her question while focusing more on the squirrel than her.]

Can confirm that this fine piece of man-bird-ghost meat - or not meat, I'm not really sure what's going on there - is entirely real and not a figment of your wildest trippy as fuck imagination.

[The overlong nature of that sentence probably isn't going to help a drowsy person understand any, but oh well.]

[savemeomi]

[ Nope, she only got maybe 50% of that sentence.

But can she touch you? ... She's going to reach out toward one of those wings in an attempt to touch it. ]

I - May 23

[pure_radiantics]

[Kairi hears the loud noise not long after getting to the library herself. She hadn't had a chance to actually find a book and read yet, so she doesn't mind getting up to peer around the aisle and see what's up.]

Oh! Hi there!

[At least it's a friendly face?]

[savemeomi]

[ She's still cringing and trying to somehow blend herself into the books so nobody will know it was her that caused all the commotion.

But, oh! You're not going to tell on her, right? ]

Oh, hi! [ Lets just pretend none of that ever happened. ] Everything in here is just so messy and dusty.

[ Yeah, it was the books' fault. ]

[pure_radiantics]

[Kairi laughs a bit, not sure that's what happened but willing to go along with it.]

I guess it was bound to get that way eventually.

[She kneels down to start picking up some of the books.]

There's just so many people in here today.

[savemeomi]

[ Now that she's out of the clear and not responsible for the mess, Ouka bends down to help pick up some books as well. ]

At least there seem to be a lot of variety of books here.

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[idkmybffgon]

[Lucky for her, Killua swoops in just at that moment and takes the half of the sandwich the squirrel was aiming for.

Unlucky for her, he just takes up a seat next to her and takes a bite out of the sandwich.]

Mm... You should be more careful, you know. It's kind of embarrassing that a squirrel was about to get the drop on you.

[savemeomi]

[ Wh--... his movement wakes her up, and she stares at him for a moment before: ] Hey! That's my lunch!

[idkmybffgon]

[His cheek is bulging out with the bite of her sandwich, and he gives her a wide-eyed blink.]

Well now it's mine.

[Oh. Okay.]

[savemeomi]

[ What! Who walks around stealing people's sandwiches! ]

Do you always just go around taking other people's stuff?!

I

[isayvol]

[Honestly, Lance isn't sure why he's in the library. It just... seemed like something to do, really, and maybe he could learn a bit about what's happening in this world. It's better to be informed than not, right?

But he definitely wasn't expecting such a loud series of noises. He reacts the only way he was taught to - by immediately making a beeline for the noise.]

Are you okay?!

[The words spill out of his mouth the moment he sees the girl. And the mess. Huh.]

[savemeomi]

[ Is she standing in the middle of a mess? Huh. That's funny. How did this get here? ]

They just fell.

[ Yes. Books. They did it. ]

This place is just so disorganized.

[isayvol]

[After he's sure that she's okay - which requires him staring for several moments - Lance lets out a breath and runs a hand through his hair.]

They just fell, huh?

[He smirks, just a little.]

Honestly not surprising. This place is ridiculous, right?

[savemeomi]

[ Yes, they totally just fell. She's glad he's not questioning it. ]

Yeah. It's huge, and it doesn't seem very organized. I don't know how anyone can find anything in here.