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[she smiles and waves as she comes into the library.]
How are you feeling today?
How are you feeling today?
Yes, certainly odd. Though it isn't been unpleasant.
[she'll take the seat.]
I did want to apologize for behaving quite unreasonably at trial. You see, I am rather uncomfortable with being touched, and I fear that led me to act stubbornly.
[she'll take the seat.]
I did want to apologize for behaving quite unreasonably at trial. You see, I am rather uncomfortable with being touched, and I fear that led me to act stubbornly.
They do exhaust me as well. I don't intend for that to be the case, but it is so...unusual to have to interact with all of these strangers.
I don't know how to portray myself.
I don't know how to portray myself.
...Recently, less than a week prior, was the first time I have ever left home. I am used to my home.
[she feels a sudden well of something a little like homesick, and against her will, she sniffles slightly, and then dabs her face with a black lace handkerchief quickly.]
Excuse me.
[she feels a sudden well of something a little like homesick, and against her will, she sniffles slightly, and then dabs her face with a black lace handkerchief quickly.]
Excuse me.
[ he gazes down at his gloved hands to give her a moment because like damn if he would hate someone watching him. he can feel an odd warmth pricking under his eyes, but he bites the inside of his cheek in refusal, at least for now. ]
And now all this. It doesn't help.
What is your home like?
And now all this. It doesn't help.
What is your home like?
[she dislikes being emotional in front of others, but thinking about home always succeeds in getting her there. she trains her face, though, her expression settling into something more serious.]
It is a crevasse built deep into the core of a planet that is otherwise predominantly rock and ice. The castle is there, the catacombs, the pilgrim quarters and mausoleum, mines, as well, of course, as your standard life sustaining implements such as a spaceport, biome for crop growth, oxygen tanks, vat wombs, etc. Our numbers are not large but we are a dutiful and pious people with a long history, and we have a workforce made up of generations of our dead, which is the pride of our house. The planet itself is not life sustaining beyond our small portion of it, of course.
[all a very clinical description.]
It is a crevasse built deep into the core of a planet that is otherwise predominantly rock and ice. The castle is there, the catacombs, the pilgrim quarters and mausoleum, mines, as well, of course, as your standard life sustaining implements such as a spaceport, biome for crop growth, oxygen tanks, vat wombs, etc. Our numbers are not large but we are a dutiful and pious people with a long history, and we have a workforce made up of generations of our dead, which is the pride of our house. The planet itself is not life sustaining beyond our small portion of it, of course.
[all a very clinical description.]
[ he can appreciate that tbh. paints a decent picture. ]
Self-sufficiency in such a capacity, working with what you have. Impressive.
[ but his brows are raised in interest. like by a millimeter. because that's just kind of how his face is. ]
Was that where your people chose to settle? Sounds isolated.
[sounds nice— no ]
Self-sufficiency in such a capacity, working with what you have. Impressive.
[ but his brows are raised in interest. like by a millimeter. because that's just kind of how his face is. ]
Was that where your people chose to settle? Sounds isolated.
[
Not chose, precisely. We were given this land by the Emperor. Its isolation is by design; there is something dangerous locked away in the depths of the tomb, and we are tasked to guard it.
[she seems to brighten a bit about this.]
[she seems to brighten a bit about this.]
No one does. Other than God himself, that is.
It is a technique developed by my family. We imbue them with energy generates by the moment of their death.
The energy created by a violent death is stronger. But what is more critical is the natural ability to manipulate it.
[lin jingheng can find harrow sometime on monday exploring the new island. specifically, she's in the aquarium room, and it sounds like she may be in there with someone else. she's looking into the tank of fish, one hand on the glass, talking as though it's to someone else in the room, but no one is there.
when he comes into the room, she blinks, startled.]
Oh - good afternoon. [even then she sounds a little oddly hesitant.]
when he comes into the room, she blinks, startled.]
Oh - good afternoon. [even then she sounds a little oddly hesitant.]
[ ah... the aquarium room. jingheng finds himself here more than he would like, honestly. as she turns around, startled, he gives a pause and then just nods. ]
Hey.
[ he'll move forward to join her over by the glass, gazing into the water from behind the glass with a small furrow to his brow. ]
Fish have anything good to say?
Hey.
[ he'll move forward to join her over by the glass, gazing into the water from behind the glass with a small furrow to his brow. ]
Fish have anything good to say?
Edited 2023-02-21 14:02 (UTC)
A small percentage of the population possess necromantic aptitude and very few indeed possess any particular skill.
[she startles, clenches and unclenches a hand and looks from him to the tank.]
...Ah, pardon me. Thinking outloud.
...Ah, pardon me. Thinking outloud.
...No. I do not care for them, either.
[he hit the nail on the head, though.]
[he hit the nail on the head, though.]
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