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thenearshore2016-09-03 04:12 pm
young_oldman) wrote in thenearshore2016-09-03 04:12 pm
Just a spoonful of sugar
Who: Sanae Kochiya and Lu Meng
What: Prayer 13
When: April 20th
Where: Around the city
Warnings: None
[Journeys to the near shore are always as exhilarating as they are exhausting. It's easy to be overwhelmed by all the sights and sounds of the modern world, to gape at every new marvel and stare at every feat once deemed impossible to man, but lo and behold! Men can now fly into the sky on metal carts that can lift themselves up into the air and soar seemingly with ease.
So much to see, to observe, to take in and experience. And all so temptingly within reach.
He resolves to someday come to this world on his own time. But for today there's work to be done, and he's keeping his attention focused solely on the latest prayer that's made it's way to his god's ears:
"I can't stop sneezing and I'm not getting nearly enough sleep. If I don't get my allergies under control soon, things are going to start getting bad, ugh."
It had taken only a little explanation on what allergies are. The issue was that the man didn't have enough money to go see a doctor...which was how the two of them ended up pouring over books and websites featuring both traditional and modern medication for a bad case of sinus. Finding a book on traditional Chinese medicine gave him a jolt of familiarity and nostalgia; it's heartening to know that the knowledge from this time has lived on even until today. He doesn't dwell too long on it though lest his thoughts take a less favourable turn; he doesn't want to risk wondering too much about the past. Instead he must dedicate his mind and focus to the time he has now and the task ahead of him.
It's Sanae that discovers a potential cure, though the strange reaction she had when she first spoke up about it made him a little wary.]
I didn't know you were familiar with a healer's art as well, Lady Kochiya. [An innocent enough remark to get this round of interrogation started. He sticks close to her as they cross the road, passing out apologies as unsuspecting passer-bys accidentally bump into him. To his side he can hear and see the metal carriages that run without horses, held at bay by the red light above the pedestrian walk. Seeing them all lined up, rumbling and ready to screech forward at the first flash of green makes him slightly nervous, but he does a good job hiding it, focusing instead on the list of items they were going to need to make this home cure for allergies.]
Nor did I know that ivy comes in more colours than just green. Blue ivy...I wonder how it turned such a strange shade.
What: Prayer 13
When: April 20th
Where: Around the city
Warnings: None
[Journeys to the near shore are always as exhilarating as they are exhausting. It's easy to be overwhelmed by all the sights and sounds of the modern world, to gape at every new marvel and stare at every feat once deemed impossible to man, but lo and behold! Men can now fly into the sky on metal carts that can lift themselves up into the air and soar seemingly with ease.
So much to see, to observe, to take in and experience. And all so temptingly within reach.
He resolves to someday come to this world on his own time. But for today there's work to be done, and he's keeping his attention focused solely on the latest prayer that's made it's way to his god's ears:
"I can't stop sneezing and I'm not getting nearly enough sleep. If I don't get my allergies under control soon, things are going to start getting bad, ugh."
It had taken only a little explanation on what allergies are. The issue was that the man didn't have enough money to go see a doctor...which was how the two of them ended up pouring over books and websites featuring both traditional and modern medication for a bad case of sinus. Finding a book on traditional Chinese medicine gave him a jolt of familiarity and nostalgia; it's heartening to know that the knowledge from this time has lived on even until today. He doesn't dwell too long on it though lest his thoughts take a less favourable turn; he doesn't want to risk wondering too much about the past. Instead he must dedicate his mind and focus to the time he has now and the task ahead of him.
It's Sanae that discovers a potential cure, though the strange reaction she had when she first spoke up about it made him a little wary.]
I didn't know you were familiar with a healer's art as well, Lady Kochiya. [An innocent enough remark to get this round of interrogation started. He sticks close to her as they cross the road, passing out apologies as unsuspecting passer-bys accidentally bump into him. To his side he can hear and see the metal carriages that run without horses, held at bay by the red light above the pedestrian walk. Seeing them all lined up, rumbling and ready to screech forward at the first flash of green makes him slightly nervous, but he does a good job hiding it, focusing instead on the list of items they were going to need to make this home cure for allergies.]
Nor did I know that ivy comes in more colours than just green. Blue ivy...I wonder how it turned such a strange shade.
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But thinking about their talk earlier today, she knows she shouldn't seem too disappointed in this. This is okay. He just doesn't agree with modern use of texting and emoticons. And that is perfectly fine. ] ....Alright. [ She says, relenting, and shuts off her phone. ]
--In a way, that'll make our conversations special, huh? Because we'll always be talking over the phones, instead of texting like how the majority do nowadays.
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[It's a small concession he's willing to make.] And I do think that your text messages are special. Without those expressions and sparkles, they would look like anyone else's messages. If I get one with those expressions, even if it's from a different number...I would know that the sender would be you.
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You better pull up a chair, because there are a handful of the more complex ones everyone should have memorized.
[ And this will be her lesson to him today: to embellish his messages-- if he so chooses. she'll teach him the shortcuts, the differences between emoticons and emojis, and all the more complex faces and figures to make. All the while she'll answer any of his questions and chatter happily about the how-tos and know-hows of the modern world and technology. By the end of this lesson, he should be more or less caught up! ]
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But despite his words he takes out his phone and switches it on.] Lead the way then, Lady Kochiya.
[It's a good way to spend the afternoon, he thinks. Learning more about emojis and shortcuts and apps and other technological jargon. Learning more about what enchants his god, spending time with her. By the end of the day, just shortly after they've both retired to their rooms, Sanae's phone will give her one last buzz for the night.]
Sleep well, my lady. (✿◡‿◡ฺ)zzz