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[candothismuch]

Who: Eiji and everyone
What: There's something that wasn't there before in the temple
Where: Fortuna's Temple
When: May 1
Warnings: None


It had started off as a normal day. Eiji had gotten up and went about his daily business like he always did; maybe tidying up the temple where it was needed. He had just gone outside for a bit when he saw something that he didn't remember being in the recycling area.

There, on top of the closed lid, was a can. Nothing special, right? But he doesn't recall ever seeing anything like around the temple before. He approaches it and picks the can up.

"Hm? It's not open."

Was there still something inside of it? Eiji turns it over in his hands once before he decided to open it up. There was a click and then suddenly it moved. The cylindrical shape spread out and suddenly there was a mechanical bird flying in front of him. Needless to say, if anyone hears any loud, excited noises, they're all coming from him.

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[connivingbird]

He couldn't ignore that sound, especially since he had heard it at another place and time. Back then, Ankh had been trying to get more information from that annoying human businessman. He wanted to know where the Medals (especially his) were and why anyone needed the Cell Medals as much as they did. But no, Eiji had been more charmed by all the weird tiny animal robots that they kept on getting. He had even pounced Ankh to show him one or two of the stupid things while the human with the laptop had gone away without answering anything important.

Later on, it made sense. Later on, Ankh understood the human's connections and why he was doing what he did. But he hadn't been too kind with Eiji who rather play with tiny robots then actually try to figure out any of the worries Ankh had.

Ankh climbed out of his window and sat on the roof, watching Eiji play with a bright red and silver candriod, feeling the slight fond smile appear on his face and not caring if anyone else sees it. Anyone that knew him knew that Ankh saw Eiji in a particularly soft light compared tot he rest of the general humanity. It would be weird if he didn't find some things about his human funny even if he usually didn't come out and said it.

"Oi, Eiji!"

[revolutionfalcon]

Having been to Fortuna's temple once before and being fairly familiar with the god himself, it's a decent landmark for Shun whenever he's roaming the Far Shore and keeping an eye out for any unexpected attacks or similar. After all the 'action' recently, it only seems logical.

As he passes, though, he notices Eiji in the grounds - not someone he's seen before, but presumably one of Ankh's shinki. Just that wouldn't catch his attention enough to draw him over, but the movement of the mechanical bird catches his eye in the next second, and his eyes follow it for a moment in clear interest before he succumbs to his own curiosity and familiarity with mechanical birds and takes a few steps over.

"I'd ask if you knew what that was, but you look a little too excited for that." His tone is serious, and a little dry.

[candothismuch]

Eiji had been so entranced by the candroid that he almost misses Ankh's call. But he hears him in the end and his head turns to where his god was perched on the roof.

"Ankh! Ankh, look at this! It's so cool!"

He gestures to the Taka candroid.

[connivingbird]

"I see that."

He was trying, so help him, he was trying. Ankh leaned forward and watched the candriod as it flew around and then headed straight for him. He gave it a look and tapped it on the beak. It made its own weird weirdly bird-like call and then headed right back for Eiji to play with the human some more.

"It's called Taka, and it's one of the candriods."

[candothismuch]

He was very excited, that much was true. But at the unfamiliar voice, both he and the mechanical bird turn his way. There's a metallic call of sorts that comes from the candroid and it glides over to inspect the newcomer, circling like the hawk it resembled.

"I don't know what it is, actually. But it's really cool!"

[revolutionfalcon]

That's about the answer Shun was expecting, though the movement of the bird takes his attention for a moment, his figure tensing a little as it comes closer, then settling once more when it starts circling instead. He'd offer his arm for it to land on, but he has no guarantee that it's docile other than the fact that it hasn't decided to attack either of them yet. Still, his eyes follow it as it moves, even when he obviously starts speaking to Eiji again.

"Have you asked Ankh about it, or hasn't it been around for long enough?"

[candothismuch]

"'Candroids?'"

Eiji repeats the word before looking back to Taka that had flown back over to him. He could understand the can part well enough, it had been a can when he found it.

[candothismuch]

There's no indication of any sort of aggression, only curiosity. It circles two times before it is seemingly satisfied and flies back over to Eiji.

"Ah, I haven't. I only found it a few moments ago."

And he had been too busy gushing over it.

[revolutionfalcon]

In that case, Shun's going to figure for the moment that it's something of Ankh's. He does have the whole previous King of Birds thing in favour of that being the case, even if this guy probably wouldn't remember even if the bird did belong to him.

"So you don't know what it's for, either. It seems strange to have something like this just as a companion."

This is mostly because his own robot birds are all weapons...or they were before this place stripped the "Real" part out of the Real Solid Vision in his duel disk.

[candothismuch]

Strange, maybe. But in Eiji's mind in was something exciting. After all, it wasn't everyday one found a can that transformed into a red and silver bird.

"Were you looking for Ankh by any chance? You mentioned him by name."

[revolutionfalcon]

Despite the observation, Shun shakes his head, eyes still on the bird briefly before he looks to Eiji and gives him the usual calculating visual once-over he does when he meets people for the first time.

"I know him, but I wasn't here looking for him. I was passing when I noticed that bird and was wondering what the hell it was."

He did not get much in the way of answers, but he figures that's to be expected in this place.

[connivingbird]

"They're useful robot tools that have various usefulness depending on their forms."

He had to be a little careful on how he talked about this sort of thing. Both he and Eiji came from the same world and while he missed his idiot and all his issues, he didn't want to inadvertently hurt him by forcing the memories out of him. It hurt and it was weird that he thought of that kind of pain. He was a Greeed. Greeed didn't have human pains like this but he was more now. He knew about these inner pains and fears even if it was through the filter of having lived bonded to Shingo.

"Taka is useful for long range scouting and carrying small items. One of the companies back home made them for use by certain individuals."