12 Black Feathers [Action]

[first_darkness]

[ It's early in the morning when it happens.

A small area of black appears near the fountain, just floating in the air. As the minutes pass, it slowly grows until it's about ten feet in diameter, even partially consuming the fountain. About ten minutes after it first appears, Saten fades into view in the very middle, appearing almost as if she's asleep. She floats there for about three seconds before abruptly dropping to the ground.

At that, she seems to wake up. She lifts her head after a moment and slowly looks around. It takes several more seconds before she slowly pulls herself to her feet.

She spends a while looking about her, but before too long the fountain catches her attention. Or in particular, the water in the fountain. When you've never seen anything before, fluid dynamics are absolutely fascinating. So despite the fact that everything non-living within a five foot radius of her turns pitch black, she spends the next several hours running her hand through and splashing at the water. After all, she can see it just fine.

She can be found in the vicinity of the fountain for pretty much the rest of the day and well into the night. Saten is more than content with just staying where she is and observing everything around her for a while. She may not be dressed like a New Feather, but she does seem to be acting a lot like one. ]

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[windandrain]

[Well the sudden darkness is certainly a pull on Saori's strings, and she makes her way over to the fountain, peering inside. Her own sight isn't quite like any mortals, more an act of divine will than any natural process, and she's rather surprised to see Saten of all people just...playing with the water. The way she's playing with it, that odd look of wonder on her face makes the goddess wonder just what had happened.]

Saten. Are you...alright?

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[before_my_darkness]

[ At the words, Saten looks up. She's quiet for several seconds as she studies Saori. The expression on her face is blank, but there's distinct hints of curiosity and wonder to it.

She takes her hand from the water and rests it on the side of the fountain, giving Saori her full attention, and she smiles. ]

You're like me. I'd thought I might be alone.

[ There's something different about the words versus her normal speech, in that way that different languages never sound quite the same, even through the automatic translation. ]

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[windandrain]

[Well that's not a reaction Saori expected. But...she smiles right back. Clearly it's a kidnapping effect of some sort, but if Saten's being friendlier than usual there's no reason she can't be friendly right back. She did like the other, after all.]

Yes, we are similar in a lot of ways. [She waves a hand at the water] Are you thirsty? Or do you just like water?

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[before_my_darkness]

Thirsty. Thirsty is... [ It's a word. She knows that it's a word. But the concept it's tied to is vague, still. It's a want. She knows that much, for sure. But it's a want she doesn't understand yet, and after a pause, she shakes her head. ]

No. I'm not thirsty. It's just really interesting. It moves so much when I touch it.

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[windandrain]

[Well that's odd. Seems like they've made Saten simple, and that means that Saori should probably make sure she's alright. Smiling a motherly smile, she steps over and takes a seat on the edge of the fountain, running a hand through the water.]

It does. Water can do so many things.

[She raises a hand, and a little cloud pools up out of the water, floating over the basin and then beginning to rain a bit, sending out ripples.]

Water is the thing that gives mortals life. It's what makes plants grow and it's one of the most wonderful things we've ever created.

[We, of course, meaning beings like the two of them.]

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[before_my_darkness]

[ Saten watches the ripples, fascinated. ]

What are plants?

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[windandrain]

Green, growing things.

[They really did do a number on you, didn't they Saten?]

[ageless_words]

[Siuan watches this for awhile before finally arching an eyebrow.]

Miss? [She stops herself short of calling the woman "Child" since it's been nothing but trouble here.] Are you all right? ["In the head" goes unspoken.]

[before_my_darkness]

Yes. I am. [ She looks up and smiles at the other woman. ] I'm just playing with the water. It reacts to me so strangely. [ And as if to demonstrate, she puts her fingers down to dip in the pitch-black where the water is and move it about a little. ]

[ageless_words]

Because it's black? [Guuuurl....]

[before_my_darkness]

[ She shakes her head. ] Not that. [ After all, she turns everything black. That's normal. Probably.

... It's normal so far. ] The way it moves around like this.

[ageless_words]

[Stares.]

Have you never seen a lot of water before or is it doing something unusual?

[before_my_darkness]

I don't know... both? After all I just got here. Does water always do that?

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[etherealblast]

[Shopping was how Fayt had decided to spend his day, having had decided it was long overdue to start searching out some better summer clothes after the recent heatwave, with summer creeping ever closer.

What he hadn't expected when he reached the plaza though, was.... he didn't even know what this was. It was like a big black blot had started to cover the fountain area, all centering around a woman.] Whoa.

[She didn't seem to look at all distressed, either.]

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[before_my_darkness]

[ The noise catches her attention, and she looks up from the fountain. After a moment, she smiles and waves. ]

Hi there.

[ Wow there's actually lots of other people here! ]

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[etherealblast]

Uh... hey. [Yeah, this is definitely weird. She didn't seem to be distressed, but it was probably better to ask......]

Are you ok?

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[before_my_darkness]

I think so. Is there a reason why I shouldn't be?

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[etherealblast]

[Well...

But apparently, no, there wasn't. He shakes his head, closing his eyes for a moment before opening them with a wry grin.] Just checking.

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[before_my_darkness]

Oh. Alright.

Who are you?

[de_bel_survivor]

[At a more reasonable hour in the morning, Kouki went out to check the shops. He's planning on seeing what's new in the item store and stock up on a few things, before going over to the battle dome.

But the closer he get to the plaza, the easier it is for him to sense a familiar presence. Seeing as it's been a while since they talked, Kouki paused for a moment, before making his way over towards the fountain.

The fountain sure is a popular place to go.

Once he arrives at the plaza, he see Saten...just observing. Kouki walks closer to her, until he see her expression better. Her expression and how she acts so far...she acts like a New Feather.]

...Hello, Saten.

[He's going to place the blame on the Malnosso.]

[before_my_darkness]

[ The Malnosso are always a good target for blame, yes.

She looks up and smiles at him. ]

Hello. You know my name.

[ Kouki might recognize the flow of her speech as being the same as back when he had been turned into Abel the Shepherd. ]

[de_bel_survivor]

[He somewhat recognised it, as much as he like to remember that time as the Shepherd.]

Yeah, I do. I take it you don't know my name?

[Either they temporarily turned her into a blank slate (so to speak), or the Malnosso make her younger.

...Which is a nice reminder that Saten is a lot older than him.]

[before_my_darkness]

[ A lot, indeed. But not at the moment! At the moment she is a young little thing.

Well, aside from the "little". ]

No... should I?

[de_bel_survivor]

Ah...no. You either forgot or technically haven't meet me yet.

[Unless her world have something like Cain and Abel, or other things equivalent to the King of Bel.

Either way...since Saten obviously don't know his name, he should give it again.

...Abel or Kouki?]

[before_my_darkness]

How would I forget? [ After all, it's not like she really has anything to forget!

... or does she? ]