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Who: Yuuko Ichihara + Kimihiro Watanuki (and possibly the rest of Team GuanYin at some point)
What: Initial meetings and plenty of braibreak
When: Backdated to late afternoon, June 5
Where: The Near Shore (That beach)
Summary: Because it had to happen.
Warnings: None really.

It might have been strange for Amaterasu's shinki to find a newcomer that didn't have a million questions for them. Instead, she was calm, accepting most everything they told her. She almost jovial, really. But then again, not many of these shinki believed in inevitability the way Yuuko Ichihara did. If she was here, then she was meant to be here. There was a reason her soul was brought here and not made to pass on like so many others were. Sure, her lack of memories were slightly concerning but again: inevitability. If it was inevitable she was supposed to be here, then it may have been inevitable she'd lost her memories along with it.

No coincidences. Everything happens for a reason, of course. She'd learned the name of her god and decided to file it away for reference. Guan Yin. A goddess, if what scant memory of her stock knowledge served her right. But she wouldn't sit around to wait for him. After all, natural curiosity had driven her to want to find out as much as she could about this heaven. (And the offered booze was far too big a temptation to pass up.)

When he was ready to find her, he'd find her.

Such was the way of inevitability, after all. But despite her wandering around, she did finally decide to settle down near the bonfire with half a bottle of sake left.

But he should be here. It was only a matter of time.

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She regarded the newcomer as he filled her glass. At least he knew how to approach the situation. The drink was sufficient, the company even so. At least it would afford her the opportunity to learn about her god and his shinki in a way.

There was a nod of gratitude as she took a sip, regarding Jade from the rim of her cup. Interesting. He seemed reliable enough. But there was the faintest prick of a memory that came to her ever so briefly that she was quick to dismiss. Instead she made sure to make room for him. "I take it you've been in good hands since you last saw me?"

And then Jade appeared, wielding drink no less. Probably for the best. He was still a little dumbfounded to make a move. "Oh, ah." And Watanuki looked at Jade. He caught the look the other gave him, and eyed Jade back just as quietly. His mismatched gaze returned to Yuuko. "Yes, ah...

"This is Jade. He's my shinki." A pause, then, realizing he had just gained another hand that day, announced, "My Exemplar. I have two shinki, currently." And now you're in the loop, Jade. "...But Jade has been with me the entire time I have been a god."

Jade took a seat on his knees, tucking his feet neatly underneath him. Not saying anything at that moment, he just quietly regarded the other two as they spoke with one another. He didn't mind being talked about even though he was right there. His god was plenty capable of introducing them.

Another nod as she continued to drink, her attention on Jade a moment more before turning to Watanuki. Two shinki... "That leaves one more?" she asked, setting her cup down again.

But the smallest smile came to her as she glanced back at Jade. "If you're his exemplar then... that would mean I can leave things in your hands. You seem to be capable enough to begin with." she finished with a grin.

"His name is Rei. He just joined the team today," he stated, but the words felt strange coming out of his mouth. 'Team'. He never thought he'd have a team before... but his world was changing very quickly. He looked over to Jade. "Jade is...

"...a very good shinki." And he smiled a little.

As an automatic defense mechanism to way too much sentiment for his personal comfort levels, Jade's smile curled further on his lips.

"I would still be worried about this one. He does nothing but fuss over this and that--cluck cluck cluck all day." He waves a hand vaguely through the air. "And my new little brother is loud as well. I pity our heavenly neighbors"

That small snide smile never left even as she finished her drink. At least things were promising to be interesting. If the newcomer would be just as interesting was still left to be seen however.

"Never a dull moment. Either way, I believe I'll be looking forward to seeing if heaven really is everything they say it's cracked up to be." she finally said, setting her glass aside. "Now, I believe there's the matter of a name? I trust you to choose wisely, given the power of a name."

"Name?" Watanuki blinked, before finally whispering, "You... you'd really be my shinki...? I mean... I want you to, I want to be able to to... look after you... i-in my own way!"

Jade watched the two. So there was going to be yet another addition to this little family. At least this one seemed more up to his own standard. Rei wasn't horrible, but...well...it made sense as to why Watanuki chose someone like him.

"Make it good, my lord"

He seemed to settle down. "...I will. I've already thought of one." He looked back over to Jade. "Just as carefully considered as your own."

"My, you must have a way with words then. You came up with mine so easily" he replied. His name meant something heavy and he wondered if it had to do with Watanuki's tears upon being touched by his god for the first time.

It seems as if Watanuki has some prior knowledge of this woman. Whether or not it's divine, he isn't sure. But so far, the names he's given out haven't steered anyone wrong.

"Yes, I'm sure it will be up to snuff"

No amount of prior magical knowledge could have helped in getting her to figure this out. After all, the ways of the gods are mysterious. Even if she was once near god-like herself though barely remembering it.

There's a nod though as she sets her cup down again, hands placed properly on her lap. "Then I shall leave it to you, Guan Yin."

Good. He had just the name.

Watanuki closed his eyes for a moment, before opening them again and lifting his hand up to make some motions over Yuuko's head.

"...You," He began, "With nowhere to go and nowhere to return...
I grant you a place to belong...
My name is Guanyin!
With this name, I make thee my servant..."

He began to make strokes in the air, marking out Yuuko's name has his regalia.

"Joshinki!" Even though he was that god, in his heart, she was still his goddess.

There's silence as she accepts her name, the barest hint of a smile evident for a short moment before her form shifts. When the light dies down, she's completely disappeared and replaced by a small object in Watanuki's hand. It's a pocketwatch; a familiar one given the birds on the faceplate and the way his name is engraved on the inside of the cover.

It's a strange sensation on her end, however. Her consciousness is still there and she can still see and hear... but she can't move. Odd. She does in breathe in slightly, well aware of her heightened magical senses. "Well?" she finally asks. "I'm sure you'll be able to find some use for this form."

His fingers gently brushed over the face on the watch. He opened it, looking inside. Perfect time. He closed it again.

"A pocketwatch..." He mused thoughtfully. "...you're the first one that can't be used as a weapon! Probably for the best.

"...I wonder what you can do." Something with time, he suspected, as befitting for one who was once a Space-Time Witch.

It was an odd sensation, being in two forms at once. Her consciousness remained in this... space... but it felt connected to her god. A strange sensation indeed.

"I take it you haven't had anyone who can't be used practically in battle?" she finally asked, tilting her head slightly after the softest hum of thought. "Is there one way we can find out or would you rather find out the hard way...?"

Somehow, that sounds like a challenge.

"I'd rather not find out the hard way." Yeah, that sounded like a bad idea.

"...Maybe I could try using you now."