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. ]

Comments

[de_bel_survivor]

Yeah. It's because...well, someone else forced the change on you.

[Where is Atsuro when you need a good exposition lackey?]

[before_my_darkness]

... How did they do that?

[de_bel_survivor]

[A wizard did it]

By applying Shifts onto us.

[before_my_darkness]

What's a Shift?

[de_bel_survivor]

A Shift is like...a phenomena. [Um.] Sort of like magic!

[before_my_darkness]

... I still don't think I understand. Sorry.

Is it bad?

[de_bel_survivor]

Oh, it's fine! I dunno how to explain it, just that Shifts can happen.

It's only bad if it's troubling you, especially after you recover from them. It's why people usually look out for each other when they're under a Shift here.

[before_my_darkness]

Will I know when I recover from it?

[ Memories are new and exciting things and she's not quite sure how long they last or anything like that... ]

[de_bel_survivor]

They usually last about a week at least, and you'll know when you recover from it.

[A part of him want to see Saten's--the normal Saten--reaction to this. Just a part.]

[before_my_darkness]

[ Cursing her own ignorance and naivety. Also slight mortification, but that's not anything she'd show to anyone else. ]

What's a week?

[de_bel_survivor]

A week is seven days. So after seven days, a week's passed.

[As long it's not a difficult subject, Kouki can easily explain simple things.]

[before_my_darkness]

So I'll recover after that long?

[de_bel_survivor]

That's right! [Hm.] How long have you been here, as far as you remember?

[before_my_darkness]

Hm... [ She looks up at the sky, straight to where the sun is. Then she turns and points to where it was earlier in the morning, when it was lower in the sky. ]

The sun was there when I got here.

[ Saori taught her that the sun has a name! ]

[de_bel_survivor]

Since the early morning...which means you got about the whole week until you're back to normal, Saten.

[Here's hoping she can take care of herself in the meantime.]

[before_my_darkness]

[ She laughs. ]

That makes it sound like a really long time. Is it?

[de_bel_survivor]

[He chuckles and grins.]

It does, but if you have something to do in the meantime, time will fly before you know it.

[before_my_darkness]

Okay. So what sort of thing should I do?

[de_bel_survivor]

That depends on you. Is there anything you enjoy doing?

[before_my_darkness]

... I don't know. I just got here.

[ Read: "I just was born" but she doesn't have that concept well-formed yet. ]

[de_bel_survivor]

[She don't know? Well, this is rather familiar. The person might be different, but Kouki had a similiar conversation about this before.]

I guess you'd have to try out some things and see which one you like the best.

[before_my_darkness]

Oh. That's a really good idea!

... What's there to do?

[ She's played with the water, and made clouds... ]

[de_bel_survivor]

Almost anything!

[Which is a very broad range...] But let's try arts and crafts first, since anyone can do them.

[before_my_darkness]

What are those?

[de_bel_survivor]

They're...creative things you can make with your hands. Like drawing or making sculptures.