( closed ) it is only with the heart that one can see clearly

[danserai]

Who: Ahiru + Residents of the Disaster House + Reaper
What: A VERY IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
When: Sometime after Fern's recovery
Where: The Disaster House

Content Warnings: N/A


[ so after much waffling and discussion with fakir, ahiru finally came to the conclusion that she needs to tell her friends the truth. well . . . her house mates at least. she wasn't going to go around blabbing it to everyone. she wasn't quite ready for that.

but if there's one thing this place has taught her, it's not safe to keep her secret all to herself. ahiru needed people in her corner and she believed her house-mates would protect her.

and hopefully . . . not too much will change. she hopes. ]

Uhm, I'm glad you're all here. I have something important to tell you guys. I've been keeping a secret.

Not like a big secret or a dark secret, but more like a secret about me. A personal, kind of weird, don't freak out sort of secret.

Comments

[danserai]

That's how the magic works. Don't ask me why it's like that.

[no_reload]

You're an odd duck.

[He definitely was saying that on purpose. It was an opportunity, and he was going to seize it.]

Does this mean you need a pool in your dance studio when it's built?

[danserai]

[ she shakes her head. ]

I only need a drop of water.

[no_reload]

[Just one drop. This just opened up so many questions. He'd ask, for Moira, for science.]

One drop? Does it have to be pure water or anything with water in it?

[danserai]

I think it can only be water.

But yeah only a drop is needed.

[no_reload]

Have you tried experimenting with other water-based substances?

[danserai]

Not really. I never had time to do any of that. I just worked with the spell.

[no_reload]

It seems to me that you have an opportunity here to understand and push the limitations of the spell. It could save your life.

[She was too nice to use such abilities for sinister means after all.]

[danserai]

Maybe . . . ?

My life isn't really in danger.

[ at least, not from this aspect of the spell. ]

[no_reload]

[Reaper just sighed like she had told him that she hated his cooking. He shook his head.]

You should be prepared for danger, Ahiru. A quick transition back and forth could save your life.

[That was the soldier in him talking.]

[danserai]

How do you be prepared for that?

[ if danger could happen any time, what could she do? hyper alertness isn't really her . . . thing. ]

[no_reload]

Practice and preparation.

[Reaper actually showed her by allowing his body to dissolve to smoke and then reformed in a completely different area nearby.]

[danserai]

[ she gasps. ]

Is that magic? Do you have magic too, Mr. Reaper?

[no_reload]

No, it's my curse.

[Though it definitely came in handy for survival.]

In a dangerous situation, reducing and increasing your size could save your life.

[danserai]

A curse . . . ?

Aren't curses bad?

[no_reload]

They are, yes. But simply because something is bad doesn't mean it can't be used to one's advantage. It's all about perspective.

[At least that's how he had to view it or he'd just go to smoke and wish to die. He'd done that for months when it first happened, so now he had no time for that.]

[danserai]

[ hmm. ]

So it doesn't . . . hurt?

[no_reload]

Oh, I used to be in constant agony, but since coming to Trench, that aspects seems to have sorted itself out.

[Now he had to content with the fact that he still couldn't die.]

[danserai]

[ she's still unsure. ]

Is it . . . really okay though? You don't need help?

[no_reload]

The assistance I need isn't here. I will be fine. Persistent even.

[They weren't here to talk about him and his condition, mostly sorted as it seemed to be.]

You should still, in time, learn all you can about the spell on you. Advantages and limitations.

[danserai]

I don't know, Mr. Reaper . . . What if the spell breaks? Or stops working?

I need it to — [ to stay a girl but that's her selfish heart. ] — help someone.

[no_reload]

Why would the spell stop working?

[He stared at her for a long moment then sighed through his nose. Kids...]

You're in love with a human.

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[danserai]

[ — how did he know??? ]

[danserai]

W-What, i-in love with someone? T-That's so funny, Mr. Reaper, who could I even be in love with?! I just got here, so of course I'm not in love with anyone! Haha . . .

[danserai]

Though I guess people back at home count . . . but I'm not counting them . . . because I'm not in love with someone . . . really . . .