Open! | Catch-All for August

[darkestbefore]

Who: Yona and anyone!
When: Various points during the month.
Where: Her temple, the Far Shore, the Near Shore
What: Yona has decided this is the month she's going to learn more about this strange world she's been brought to.


A. The Near Shore

[ With most of the excitement over the past few weeks, Yona's in the mood for some distracting, something to keep her busy, or something she can engage in with the new companions she's made in this place. The biggest priority here is understanding more about this world she's found herself in and so she makes several trips down to the mortal world with the intent of exploring and learning more about it.

The place is full of wonders and she's often easily distracted as she wanders, whether it's by some strange new type of food that might catches her attention or a colorful storefront that draws her over to peruse strange wares. The first time she discovers an open market fills her with delight, because this is at least a little more familiar to how commerce is dealt in her world, but then she discovers a grocery store and her mind is blown all over again. She might loose several hours wandering through a bookstore, filled with more tomes than she's ever seen in one place. A colorful candyshop has her stopping to pick out gifts to take back home to her friends, picking out a strange and varied sample, all of them ones she'd never heard of before, but look fantastic all the same.

But as fascinating as it is, it's also a little overwhelming, and all too easy to get turned around. Hopefully, she can manage to not get too lost, or at the very least find someone to point her in the right direction, if she does... ]

B. The Far Shore/Aine's Temple

[ Things at her temple are often lively and filled with laughter. Any visitors are greeted with happy smiles, although on occasion, it's the temple's other residents that beat the gods and shinki to the greeting. Namely a mischievous pair of kittens who answer to the names of Eun and Min and enjoy getting into every bit of trouble they can find. Or perhaps it's one of the horses that make their home among the orchards, an intelligence in their gazes that speaks to much more than just a common animal and hints at fae bloodlines that come as part of Aine's heritage.

Or perhaps you've wandered by and there's a conspicuous lack of a greeting. A little wandering around might lead you to find the temple's goddess seated in the center of one of the gardens, eyes closed and her attention focused on.... something. Occasionally strange things will happen around her, such as a sudden gust of icy wind rushing outwards away from her or a shadowy outline of a bubble around her or a fiery claw slashing downwards, shattering a nearby rock in half before vanishing abruptly. Yona's only starting to understand what her magic can do and learning to master it is proving to be a challenge... ]

Comments

[justclaws]

[Kija has no idea what any of that meant.

[Exploring, however? He is always up for exploring, especially if he is exploring with the Princess. Partly because he would follow her anywhere at all, partly because while none of the things she mentioned sounds particularly dangerous one simply never can tell. Besides, since this place seems to be showing no signs of tiring of his presence, he suspects he may need different clothes at some point.]

Then I would be delighted to accompany you.

[He is on the wrong side of the door for an excursion. Kija corrects that.

[Nari, as a cat, exercises her divine right to decide she wants to go right back inside and slips past him before he can close the door.]

Do you have a particular place in mind?

[darkestbefore]

Oh good. It can be an adventure!

[ Since she has no doubt it will be exactly that. Then again, most of her excursions to the Near Shore often end up this way. Kija's presence just makes it more certain. ]

Mmmm, there's a shopping district not too far away from Izumo's bar, we could try there first? I've walked past it several times and there are several shops that look interesting, and some with clothes that look like what everyone else here wears?

[justclaws]

Then I shall be guided by you, Princess.

[Not that this is news.

[Besides, even if it were... he is not quite sure where Izumo's bar actually is. Somewhere in what this place would have him believe is the ordinary world, never mind that he is far more comfortable in the realm of the Gods than he ever would be in a place full of electric lighting, where food is portioned out and stored in bags full of air, and the horse has been rendered surplus to requirements. Following the Princess is going to be absolutely imperative and entirely literal.]

Is there anything that you need in particular? We can start there.

[Yes, the door is closed behind him.

[Yes, he is close enough to indicate a desire to follow, but suitably distant to maintain decorum.

[Let's do this.]

[darkestbefore]

[ but Yona just smiles and holds out her hand to him in invitation. She's not sure how well Kija knows his way around the Near Shore yet, after all, despite the fact that he's been here longer than her. ]

Come on, I can take us to the correct street, at least, and we can explore from there, yes?