>Recorder Rendition of "My Heart Will Go On" [Closed]

[thekillerwhale]

Who: Makoto Tachibana ( thekillerwhale) Haruka Nanase (ephydriade)
What: Doing their first prayer!
When: May 3rd
Where: The Near Shore
Warnings: FREELINGS!

Makoto sat on his beach wearing a pair of jammers that he was able to buy after his offerings had become greater all of a sudden. He figured that if he were to live by the beach, he would need a pair of his own.

He was seated in shallows, the waves washing over his lap. The sound of the water bubbling and pushing around him carried words to him. He closed his eyes and let the water move over him and concentrated on those words.

Please help...Need...Want...desire....

Please Please Please Please

Makoto opened his green eyes that glowed softly from using some sort of godlike powers that he had newly acquired. This was how he listened to the prayers of the living. And now to answer them.

Picking one out of the hundreds that came to him, he pushed himself up from the wet sand and cool water then moved quickly towards the cottage. It was a little exciting! This was their first prayer and they were going to answer it together. He was sure they were going to make a good team!

"Haru!" Makoto called as he grabbed a towel from the front door, drying himself off enough before heading more inside.

"Haru! We have a prayer to answer! Our first prayer!"

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[ephydriade]

Haru's face went flat as soon as he heard what the prayer was. Was that even a proper prayer? "Is that really a prayer, or are they just looking for more employees...?" He was under the impression that they'd be dealing with spirits or some monstrous demons when it came to prayers... not agitated customers.

He was ready to sink back into the tub, but seeing Makoto's hand extend towards him made him reconsider. Eye twitching slightly at the nickname, he reached to grip the edge of the tub, completely disregarding Makoto's hand before moving to stand up. The water splashed all around him, and he's partially glad he decided to keep his jammers on.

"I guess there's nothing else we can do." He took a moment to step out of the tub, water further splashing everywhere. Once out, he glanced towards Makoto before continuing. "Also, don't call me Haru-chan."

[thekillerwhale]

Makoto stepped back as Haru went to get out of the tub on his own. His fingers slowly curled into his palm as he lowered his hand to his side. His hand felt cold as if all of the feeling was sapped out of it in that instant.

He watched with a slowly fading smile as the water cascaded down Haru's face and neck. His heart once again sank into the acidic pit of his stomach. The pleasant familiarity from before turned sour immediately.

Don't call me Haru-chan

That was fair. That was completely fair. They had...just met and that honorific was used only for people...that they were extremely close to.

His hand tightened slightly into a fist, but not so much for it to be noticeable. He pulled in a shallow breath.

"People pray about all sort of things. I was able to hear them out in the ocean." he explained, his smile returning. "It seemed like the easiest one. I don't want us to get in over our heads"

[ephydriade]

And unnoticed it went, as Haru reached for his towel to dry himself off. If he had stepped on any toes, he figured Makoto would have said something by now... And even then, what was wrong with not wanting to be called a certain way? He had already voiced his discomfort with being called Haru-chan with Nagisa. There was nothing wrong with telling Makoto too, right?

With the towel in hand, he immediately began to work at his head, drying his hair as much as possible before moving it down to dry the rest of him. Once he was mostly dried, he turned to look at Makoto once more, as he explained how the prayers worked.

"... fair enough." The last thing either of them needed was to deal with a prayer that was practically impossible to accomplish at their levels... or getting nearly killed. "What kind of shop is it?" He may as well ask... just to get an idea of what they'd have to do it.

[thekillerwhale]

Makoto took a deep breath through his nose as they went on to simply talking about god business. Just take things as they come then move on.

"It wasn't that clear, but I think it's a restaurant of some kind? If it's not popular enough, then it could be losing a lot of business. If we give it good word of mouth, maybe it will help!" he explained. Though, that did beg the question of if he should check the business out first. Who was he to judge whether or not the prayer get answered depending on how good it is?

Or something...

"We'll head out after you get ready."