aterat | Reverie

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Reverie

Who; Yin and OTA
What; Yin is spying around the city to familiarize herself, and possessive over her new item that sprouted, plus any ideas anyone might be interested in, willing to do starters
Where; The fountain / anywhere with water
When; Anytime, backdating is good
Warnings; Blindness, spying with specter, will add as needed

Fountain Spying
Anyone passing by the fountain will find a short, thin young woman at the fountain. Her hands are dipped inside the water, as far down as she can put them.

Some might see a transparent, ghost like figure pop up out of the water, with what could be eyes and a mouth. The spirit looks at anyone around and studies them, carefully.

Anyone is welcome to approach her and ask her what she's doing. Yin will be left having to simply say the truth, as she isn't programmed to lie, and thinking along those lines isn't something Dolls can do, typically.

There are other places the spirits might show, like puddles, leaky facets, glasses of water, pots, anything with water. Maybe they see nothing particular interesting, but perhaps they spot things they should not be privy to.

Trinket
Yin wasn't sure about it, but since others had mentioned it, she did plant the seed that was delivered to her.

When it sprouts, and when she gets to the inside of it, she has to stop.

She can only see what she has by using water to look at it. Once she sees what it is - a photo of her, a black cat in her arms, and not far from them, a man dressed all in black with a deadeye stare - she never goes anywhere without it. She typically isn't capable of being possessive, so hopefully no one asks to see it.

She might not seem like herself if they do, by pulling the image away and shaking her head. Not this one, no.

Wildcard: Anything else? A request? She isn't the easiest to interact with, but I'm willing to discuss.

[OOC: Will do [, (, past, present, prose, whichever is most comfortable - I will follow. Feel free to contact me on plurk

metaljean, on this journal, or discord midknightcat for ideas or plotting.]

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“Wonderful, let us be off then!” He responded, tone bright and animated as he started, keeping an eye on his new companion while they walked.

It was at least nice enough out for the time being, and he was personable as far as people went… if slightly awkward about what may or may not be welcome conversation if he was curious, and curious he was. “Perhaps you would like to tell me a little about what you enjoy as we go, and I can consider locations that might be worth your while to stop in to around the market and elsewhere I could recommend?”

Because he would certainly do that… Yusuke had developed a connection with a lot of various places around the city in his attempts at finding inspiration and filling in the gaps for his own lacking experiences in life.

Yin is so much more somber in contrast. She does nod her head, slowly and steady as she starts to follow the sound of Yusuke's footsteps.

"Enjoy?" Yin does know what the word means, but she's still trying to understand how that truly feels, and she's unable to give a solid response beyond, "I do not know."

She did not know? How curious… Yusuke hummed lightly to himself, considering a better way to phrase it.

Rarely deterred, the teen continued a moment later. “Something or a kind of place that makes you feel happy, or brings you a sense of satisfaction?”

He hums lightly. Perhaps an example will help. “For instance, I’m fond of cafes. Back in my world, a friend of mine lived in one and the owner was a very kind man who would allow me to take space in a booth and drink coffee while I sketched or admired a piece of art important to me.” Boss was a somewhat serious and grumpy fellow, but he was an excellent person in Yusuke’s books. “And a friend of mine here, Haru, has opened a cafe as well. I enjoy being there as well. So much so that I work there.”

No, she does not know. The idea of enjoyment was foreign to her, though she was beginning to understand. Yusuke's explanation helps. Yin is able to form, in her mind, some sort of idea of things that please her. Perhaps bring in enjoyment, even if she doesn't feel it strongly.

"I...I think I enjoy the company of my friends. And I like the chocobos," Yin finally manages to respond. "And cats." She's still learning about a lot of things.

Yusuke considered her response thoughtfully and seemed satisfied with her answer. It at least gives him some ideas about the woman to keep in mind going forward. “I see, then perhaps I can show you places you may enjoy in the company of your friends.” He mused thoughtfully, adding the odd place to his mental map of stops.

Smiling lightly, he continued. “And chocobos are rather delightful creatures, odd as they are to look upon when first arriving.” Giant birds people used for transportation instead of horses? Marvelous, wondrous, and slightly strange, in his opinion. Not the strangest thing he’d come across in his life, but definitely different from the horses one would expect to see in their place. “Cats are not hard to come across, either, I imagine. Pleasant creatures, even as they are somewhat particular in their ways.” Absently, he thinks of Morgana as he says this, but Morgana was not a cat apparently, nor was he here.

Yin's eyes seem to open a fraction. Places to spend time with her friends? Yes. That's a very good idea, and one she wouldn't have considered. They all seem to like different things, so that should be taken into consideration, too, but having a starting point is nice.

"They look odd?" Yin hadn't considered that, or know they looked odd. To Yin they simply look like, well, chocobos, when she does use her spirit to look at them. She doesn't consider how they are much bigger from typical birds.

The cat Yin knew best was not technically a cat either, but a person stuck in a cat body. She misses him, and is finding that cats, or at least animals that might lie down her lap, are nice to have around and gently pet.

Yusuke was glad to at least give her starting points and had a few that he would stop them at as they went. The first being the market as promised and then leading onward from there for whatever time Yin had for the exploration.

“Yes, at least in that they’re so very large and such a brilliant shade of yellow. So odd, but in a wonderfully inspiring way!” He agreed with a smile in his voice, considering the birds more seriously now that they were on the subject. “To see them doing the sorts of jobs that one might see horses doing is quite interesting to behold, oh-” He paused for a moment as something struck him as necessary. “Do you have horses where you’re from? I suppose they might be less odd if you come from somewhere that horses do not exist.”

While she's already aware of the market, Yin just lets Yusuke take her, as it doesn't hurt to have different perspectives of the same place, or different ways of approaching it. Certainly there isn't only one way to get there.

Yin nods her head, then remembers to verbally confirm, "We have horses. And birds. And large birds. Not like chocobos, though."

A beat, then, "What about where you're from?"

“Ah, so it is not entirely dissimilar to where I’m from!” He responded with a light smile. “We do have rather large species of birds, but they do not serve the same function as chocobos here do.” And admittedly, his world was rather modern, he supposed. Carriages and the like were more of an attraction in some places than general transportation when cars and the subway were common.

“Though it does rather make one wonder how far similarities go between the places, we all come from. Some worlds sound so very different!” Yusuke mused thoughtfully, though how far the similarities ran would be a mystery. If the metaverse existed, where palaces formed and shadows existed. That was a newish discovery for him back there, so he couldn’t say if it was a common occurrence in worlds or not.

Taking her along a path with a canal, he tilted his head slightly. “If you should like to stop and view a route, the canals run along to your right at the moment.”

"Are they emu? Ostrich? We have those types of birds." And possibly others. But like in Yusuke's world, in Yin's world, they seemed to not really be used the same way as chocobos, as well. People would just use cars. They were faster.

So some things were similar. Yin might not seem to react much to that, but she is, in fact, noting that as very important. It makes her more curious.

"Where you are from, is there a moon?"

Yin's head perks up at mention of the canal. She nods, then removes one shoe and shock.

“Yes! Emus and ostrich are among the larger birds in my own world as well.” He responded in a bright tone, deciding it sounded quite a lot like his and a few other people’s worlds. It seemed common enough, but interesting that there were so many and yet just as many that were nothing like theirs.

At least that was his line of thought until she asked about the moon. That gets a small tilt of his head, curious at the question and what one could surmise about Yin’s world from the asking of it. “There is a moon, yes. Does yours not, then?” Which would be a considerable difference between their worlds.

He keeps an eye as well, of course, on her as she readies to try her ability with the canal.

"Your world sounds similar," Yin points out, but, well, there are differences, too. Like the moon. That's the big one.

"Our moon vanished," Yin answers. Of course, that's just from sight. It still has to, technically, be there to prevent flooding and issues with the oceans, amongst other phenomena and issues, but Yin doesn't know about any of that. She only knows she can no longer feel moonlight.

"They say the stars changed, as well. Ten years ago." So that's one big way their worlds differ.

“I was thinking the same thing myself, well… Aside from the moon vanishing.” He offered in return, sounding more than a little curious about the subject.

Because, yes, his mind had first gone to the issues that a missing moon could pose… But it sounded as though that it might not be a literal ‘the moon is gone’ situation, by the way she spoke of it. He was about to ask what happened to it to get a better idea of what she meant, when she continued and Yusuke felt the question of expanding somewhat. “Your moon disappeared, and the stars changed as well… But they are still there, I take it? And does anyone know what happened to the moon?”

There are probably many other similarities they have in their worlds, but Yin's mind is caught on the moon, even if she's quiet about it. She can remember feeling it ten years ago. How soft the light was, compared to the sun. Far more gentle. She preferred it.

Yin shakes her head. Someone probably had to - the person responsible for the moon disappearing, at least - but no one Yin had listened to had any idea.

"I can't feel it anymore."

Yin’s brief and unfortunate answer is met with a quiet, apologetic tone of his own. A little less exuberant than it had been before, if only because it was really quite sad to him to think that it had gone in such a way. He admired the stars and moon alike, fond of what little could be seen of them in a city and occasionally seeking inspiration from them either in the sky or at a planetarium… “I am sorry to hear that, truly. It seems such an important fixture to have disappeared. I hope that one day you may discover its fate and that it might return.”

Tilting his head at the sky, it was odd to think that it always being there was something so easily taken for granted by himself and others. Curiously, he crouched next to the canal himself and looked to Yin again. “Does the moon… feel similar here, or different? I admit, I never really considered that about it before.”

"I," Yin opens her mouth and starts to speak, even in a place she doesn't have to - she could have just nodded her head - but the importance of this is enough she says, "hope so, too." A Doll, who wasn't supposed to have hopes, or wishes, hopes.

"I hope we, also, can return."

There were so many things Yin had taken for granted. At least now she understands that.

"It feels a little different. But it has moon light." She lifts a hand, remembering what it feels like. "And it is warm."

Yusuke was not aware of dolls and what they should or should not want. To him, it only seemed natural to have a hope. Especially with something that seemed very important both to the world and its people. He would say that it is a good thing for her to entertain such hopes even if she wasn’t supposed to have them.

Instead, he quietly considered the way she described the moon of this place by comparison and nodded. The light was a given, but he had never considered if moon light was warm or not.

Tapping his chin lightly, he nodded and turned his attention back to what Yin was doing. “Warm… I suppose that the light it casts must be. Perhaps I have not paid enough attention, as I’ve never been without it beyond stormy nights where the sky is clouded.” Smiling to himself, he continued. “I shall have to pay closer attention in the evenings.”

Hopefully one day, Yin would work up to actually feel hope, because Yusuke is correct in that hope is important, to all. This, at least, is a start.

Yin stops as she listens to Yusuke.

"After you do, tell me how it felt, to you?" Yin suggests, again, that slight curiosity of hers rising.

That is an easy request to fulfill, and Yusuke thinks it would be an interesting experience to share and compare between them. “It would be my pleasure to share after I have the chance to do so!” He agreed, a smile in his tone. Curiosity should be encouraged, after all.

And Yusuke has his own curiosity as he looked to the canal with a tilt of his head. “And how do you find the waters here? Will the routes that follow them be useful for getting around and observing the city?”

His pleasure? What is the phrasing.... Yin tries to show as much consideration in return and - voice monotone or not - says, "I look forward to hear the result." She's not used to saying that many words in one go, but she's learning, adjusting.

Yin nods her head, then adds proper words to her response.

"They help. I can see a lot through them."

Yusuke certainly had a particular way with words, though he didn’t often realize it unless someone pointed out that he didn’t speak quite as plainly as some of the other phantom thieves. “I certainly look forward to sharing!” It was an interesting contrast, his animated tone and her monotone, but he sounded rather eager to try.

But he’s more pleased to hear that the canals would make things a little easier for Yin while she explored the city. “Wonderful, I believe they run through much of the city, at least around the markets and more populated areas.”

His genuine enthusiasm is noted, and maybe one day Yin will be able to start adding more tone to her voice. For now, she tries her best with the slightest lift of her lifts, fraction movements with her eyebrows and eyes. It's a start. Using the phrasing of others, and slowly tweaking it for herself, is the fastest way to express this, for now.

"Yes," she nods her head, they do run through there. "Helpful if anything changes." Because she can still use them.

“That is good, I have seen things change here over time and It’s quite an odd experience, I admit.” And he’d never really seen the canals disappear, at least. So if Yin could follow them and use them to see through, she should be able to navigate the changes more easily than by relying one what she could see from puddles or from a distance at the fountain.

Yusuke does realize, rather late, that he should ask a follow up question on the subject of Yin’s specter. “Out of curiosity, I know you said that it did not matter what kind of water you used… What of ice? If the water source you were using ah… suddenly froze, for instance, could that cause some difficulties?” He asked only because his persona wielded ice and while he had excellent control of the ability? He’d often worried about the chill it brought making things slippery… But what of other complications? Best to ask, perhaps, in case he ran across her when things got rather chaotic.

"Things changed back home. Only the one time. They do not regularly change," Yin informs, her way of saying it's odd to even her, and that's coming from a place where the sky, landscape and people were altered, overnight, without warning.

It's a fair, and good question.

Yin shakes her head, and follows up with a slow, "Ice does not work.*"

[*ooc note: to my knowledge it does not. Her canon is not the best at details in most cases. Other Dolls in her world DO use reflective surfaces, instead of water, and actually could use ice to still observe. ]

[ ooc: That’s interesting! Yusuke’s persona summon is ice based, so he’ll find this useful info. ]

Yusuke makes note of her answer, it’s something to be careful of then. “That is good to know. I shall be sure to keep that in mind should we bump into each other during one of the more chaotic situations that crop up here.” He would hate to use Goemon at an inconvenient moment, after all. Freezing the wrong thing could prove rather dangerous for her, he imagined.

Though that also leads to a secondary thought, knowing that there is more than magic or abilities to worry about. “I suppose that means the winter months may make things complicated for you?”

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perhaps we could wrap this as well and start something newer for them?

Yeah totally <3! He'll probs just keep showing her around for the afternoon lol