September Catch-All- Duality

[stoicsilhouette]

 Character Name: Megumi Fushiguro
Who: Megumi, Dabi, Chin Yisou, and Maybe You
What: Alternate Trench World- Bugge Saving/ Hunting
When: All throughout Sept
Where: Gaze- Pocket World 

Content Warnings:  Violence, Blood, Gore, Body horror, Vomit, Burn wounds, Insect horror, Profanity/ swearing.Will be updated as needed!

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[stoicsilhouette]

[Hearing his name pulls him from the pages of the book. Looking up, he's met by the familiar friendly voice of ]

Ms. Stark, [eyes glance to the impressive book in her arms.] Find what you're looking for. [His voice is calm and a bit low. Eyes trail to Lady, the corner of his lips rise into a small smile. Acknowledging her presence too.

The question causes him to stiffen and eyes to widen, a bit surprised. A private person, please forgive him he's a bit confused. ]

I come here when I'm not patrolling for beasts. [Eyebrows furrow but release.] I've been stuck in the pocket Trench. [A pause. ] A prize?

[No stranger to the archives or the many scholars, this is one of the only places he feels solace. ]

[dohaeris]

[sansa's brow furrows, she rushes forward to sit on the chair.]

You were in the other dimension? Did Riteoir's people take you? That's what Never Mind said happened to my friend Vi, my sworn sword. She helps at the Sanctuary, and at the outpost. Did you see her where you were? She has short pink hair, and it says Vi on her cheek.

[she sets the book down in her lap.]

We've been looking for ways to find her––

[she glances down at her book.]

Well, no one here knew anything, so I went looking for books that might tell me anything about my magic from home. So little has been written about Greenseers and greenseer magic; it's been so long since they were commonplace. I have learned that only one in ten children might be born a skinchanger, and only one in a hundred skinchangers might become a greenseer, but my brother Bran told me all six of us could learn to do it.

[she offers him a small, rueful smile.]

Never Mind is giving people bracelets that will clear the blood pollution from a small plot of land, if they get to know someone new. I suppose to that end I should say it is Lady Stark, but I would be glad if you might call me Sansa.

[stoicsilhouette]

[Seeing the urgency and expression on Sansa's face, Megumi realizes her concern over her lost friend. And for good reason too. Those people, that world- there's something wrong with all of it. And that's coming from someone who's been here a month shy of a year. The conversation's importance takes priority to his book. Memorizing the page before gently closing its spine.

Pink hair and writing on her face. Unfortunately he's positive he would have remembered someone matching that description had he seen her. ]

I've been there twice... those cultists locked me away for a while the second time. [A pause]
She'll need another sleeper to help get her out. There's a ritual that involves two different types of sleeper blood. [ Eyes look away before returning. Almost as if not wanting to reveal unpleasant news.] I haven't seen her, but if I can be of any help let me know. The world is a deranged version of the Trench, so she could have been anywhere, but there are weak points in the dimension. I think that's how sleepers may be dragged in, and I know that's how I got out.

[A beat

Going off solely what he can deduce by the word alone. ] Is that someone who can turn into an animal? [He's not all that familiar with druid lore, but such an ability would be fantastic to see.

Listening to Sansa explain the bracelet he nods in agreement. His memory is extremely sharp and he knows how sensitive names can be.] Sansa [Repeating her name more as a form of apology with a small bow of his head upon hearing the correction.]

[dohaeris]

[sansa listens intently, and shuts her eyes briefly. she knows what it is to be a prisoner. she wonders idly if he'd find any comfort in a hand on his arm; thinking of wolves, she decides against it.]

I'm sorry that happened to you. It's horrible, to be a prisoner. Still, if there's a way out, Vi will find it.

[she sighs, a rueful curve to her lips.]

I said I'd rescue her from basements, when she swore her sword to me.

[but still, she brightens a little at his question.]

Lady Ammako said it might better be called 'skinsharing.' I suppose my realm isn't very good at naming things––there aren't even Seven Kingdoms, truly. I can show you, though...

[she's already sitting, anyway. sansa briefly stills and her eyes turn white, while lady's glow blue.

she stretches her forelegs towards the boy and dips her head in a bow...

lady's eyes return to brown and she settles into a comfortable posture. sansa's eyes are blue again when she smiles.]

Wolves and dogs are easiest, but I can also do birds and seals. Never Mind helped me with the ravens.

[stoicsilhouette]

[Oh she gave her a place to stay, that's kind. Being so involved with the many recovery efforts and beast purification team, it doesn't come as a surprise, but it's still refreshing to hear and see deeds like this in the Trench.

The brief pause and stillness on her face as her eyes glow fantastically-another memory flashes into his mind. Overtaking him. Stiffening slightly as a shred of anxiety creeps in. Nervous.

Breathe. Giving himself the composure to be in the moment. Clarity. There is a clear difference in this body swap then what he's seen in the past. Acceptance, Respect. A mutual agreement with trust- not the abrupt parasitic demonic hijacking possession he's used to.

Mint green eyes soften from a state of uneasiness to a sort of awe. Hes quiet. It takes him a moment to answer.]

That's an incredible skill, and all your siblings can do this too?
[Could this be some genetic ability?]

Do you need to have a bond with the animal?

[dohaeris]

[sansa's mouth twists. there are, of course, quite a lot of things involved in getting to know her that she'd rather not discuss, but she may as well start getting them over with. lady's death is one that still stings, not least for how she behaved in its aftermath.]

Yes, it's very important in the beginning. [she shuts her eyes briefly. lady pads forward to rest her head in sansa's lap. sansa pets her as she speaks, keeping her eyes forward.] When I lost Lady––when she was taken from me, I lost my powers, too. It starts with dreams; my brothers and sisters began to dream they were their wolves long after Lady's death, and I couldn't do it at all until I came here and found her.

[she brings her gaze back to fushiguro.]

I thought it was Paleblood magic. Bran only told me about greenseers when I saw him in Argonaut's portals. That's how I found out my little brothers were alive. Some other children had been killed in their place. I saw my sister too.

[her mouth tugs to one side, ruefully.]

I already gave my bracelet to Trenchwood Farms. I won't ask anything of your life that you might not like to tell me, but I'd be very glad to listen to anything that you would like to share.