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[occulthymns]

[It's video when the feed starts up. There's a shock of white hair and bright red eyes peering out from behind a certificate-like piece of paper that she's holding up to the bracelet's camera. Along the bottom it's been signed twice: once in the Asgardian script everybody learns upon arrival, and another time in a language that will be pretty, but a lot less familiar. Both look surprisingly elegant - who knew Euri had good penmanship??]

Here it is, a stupid formality. [Then she quickly switches back over to audio.]

Back home we'd just follow a logical moral code - I dedicate myself to the appropriate acquisition and usage of materials blah blah blah let my ancestors and the god whose domain I utilize rot out my insides and return me to the lands from which we were born should I disgrace them - instead of having to go through useless tests and paperwork to get access to magical plants. I guess this is better than nothing, though.

[After all that her voice turns very, very dry.] It means after this sleeping recipe is finished I can start working on turning you all into frogs like a proper Witch. [That's for you Senji!!]

[Filtered to Draco]
Want to start working on some real magic?

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[occulthymns]

Ah, right.... [She figures Ririchiyo deserves an explanation for why they're treated that way, since there is one important reason.]

You guys don't - eat magic, right? That's why those kinds of offspring are killed. They have all the strengths of a Witch and a Demon, but in order to survive they have to feed off our magic. When they get exiled they're sent to human regions, where they starve to death since humans have no inherent magic they can eat.

[refute]

We have no reason to eat magic. [ As far as she was aware, atavists such as herself weren't beings that survived on magic as a life-force. The very idea was a strange one to her, but one thing was probably in need of clarification. ]

However, we have no control over where or when we will channel our ancestors which is why we are guarded with our own personal personnals, otherwise known as the SS. It’s best that we don’t go out come nightfall for full-fledged demons—youkai—find the scent of our blood to be interesting for it’s the same but not quite the same.

[occulthymns]

Ah.... [Yep, hardly anything like succubi or incubi. If anything, it sounds more like some kind of weird inherited possession.]

Are your ancestors dangerous to yourselves? Is that why you need bodyguards?

[refute]

I don’t know about them being a danger to us, but the reason we are assigned the SS in the first place are to do as bodyguards do and that is protecting us. More commonly our SS agents are fellow atavists but stronger ones than the client.

[occulthymns]

I see. What are they protecting you from, then?

[refute]

Were you not listening to me earlier...? They protect us from both youkai and atavists who have gone bad. I’m more than capable of looking after myself however despite having my own SS agent.

[occulthymns]

Ah... do those guys want to kill you then? Because of your blood?

[Ririchiyo she doesn't want to believe it that's kind of horrible.]

[refute]

Think of it this way. [ Pondering on how to go about explaining herself more clearly, she falls quiet for a short while before continuing from where she left off. ] An odour of atavism comes out from us atavists. An odour of existance of something that is similair yet different from them will naturally attract demons.

[ ... ] Do you understand what I’m trying to explain to you?

[occulthymns]

Sure! All of that makes sense, it's just - they're obviously violent towards you. Why do they act that way towards you? Is it because your blood being similar-but-different sets them off somehow?

[refute]

One could say it fascinates them as opposed to setting them off. If a being existed that was similair yet different from you, wouldn’t you naturally be curious? Because of that, Atavists such as myself are prone to being a target and often attract full-fledged youkai anywhere I go, moreso come nightfall.

[occulthymns]

I get it... it must be tough having to live with that kind of danger all the time.

[refute]

^Hmph. Obviously.

[ But since arriving in Asgard she hasn’t had to deal with demons being attracted to her so much which was a relief for her but rendered Soushi useless as an SS agent. What purpose did he serve in this world if she wasn’t in need of protecting by beings such as youkai? ]

The situation is altered slightly in this realm though.

[occulthymns]

Mm! [For one, Euri imagines there would be fewer attempts on Ririchiyo's life. But...]

Hey, is your bodyguard here?

[refute]

Since Day 51. [ For a moment her interest is piqued at the question which begs the inquiry of; ] Why do you ask?

[occulthymns]

He must enjoy having a break here. Don't you think?

[refute]

[ ‘He must really enjoy having a break here’. For some reason, she couldn’t help but feel guilty over the true fact of the matter in regards to the comment. During his stay here, he was far from having a break from his regular duties. In fact, he was working twice as hard here as he did back home. ]

... I suppose so.

[occulthymns]

[There was definitely some hesitation in Ririchiyo's answer, even Euri can tell.]

... Does he like working?

[refute]

It’s how he defines himself. [ And even to her she felt it was completely absurd that a person would define themselves as their job position. ] I’m more than certain that he isn’t aware of the concept of ‘relaxing’.

[occulthymns]

.... I see. He's the kind of person who need a few hobbies, then.

[refute]

He does have hobbies, but they... [ They revolved around her somehow. How could she even say something like that without sounding full of herself? ]

... They are questionable, at most.

[occulthymns]

- Wait, don't tell me they're perverted...! [Ririchiyo you are too precious to hang around someone being a huge perv.]

[refute]

[ Well considering this is on private filter -- ] Would having a cornucopia of pictures of me stuck to his wall count as perverted?

[occulthymns]

[O - oh Ririchiyo....]

.......

Yes.

[refute]

[ Yeah it... doesn't help their are even pictures of her as a child stuck on there. ]

Then yes, he is a pervert. [ A beat. ] And he is my lo-lover.