asgardeventide | The Magic of Movement

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Um... Hello!

[That's odd... The room behind her looks a bit different from usual. In fact, the room's overall shape is quite different from the norm. Although there are familiar items in the background, many of them appear to be boxed up, with the exception of a bird cage containing her pet hummingbird and a few beaten plush toys snuggled between her sleeping gusk and Cyndaquil.]

It took a while, but Aladdin-sa-- Umm, Aladdin-kun and I have moved now. We're in the Odin district now! Even after the earthquake, it looks like mostly everything's okay. Only a couple of my things broke, but I can replace them, so it'll be alright.

[Even if that list... included the glass in some of her picture frames as well as her favorite tea set here, aha...]

I'm still unpacking, but... If anyone wants to visit, please do! I'd love to make tea for anyone who wants it!

[And then her expression becomes serious.]

Um... For the people I met in the mirror... I also wanted to apologize. That spell-- it was one my Master taught me, just in case I needed to protect myself. It... It brings out the worst fears of whoever steps into it. So...

[She bows deeply - a near 45 degree from the waist, maintaining that pose for a good while before standing straight again.]

I decided... I'm never going to use magic like that again. Magic is supposed to help people; I don't want to hurt anyone with it ever again. If... If there's anything I can do to make it up to you, please let me know. I'll do my best, whatever it is-!

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It's just the way he is.

Oh... I thought--

Well, it must be because magic is so different. Even in my world, I've never heard of talking animals.

[Or rather...]

Um... besides the ghosts of ones. Sort of?

...you got animals ghosts? Do they haunt butchers and hunters and stuff? Ooooo, you killed meeeee and cooked me in a pooooooot...

Eh--

N-no! Not at all! O-or... At least...

N-not the ones I talked to...

You turned me into a scaaaaaarffff... and my wife into miiiiittensss... so what did they want?

[That actually makes her look pretty upset. Poor imaginary ghost animals!]

Um... Mostly they were asking for their mothers. They died before they could properly hatch...

[Oh dear, that was unexpectedly sad. Hamel doesn’t really care about animals but wow this particular tidbit just hit him in the mommy issues.]

Well that's kinda heavy.

There was one that came back to stay by the person who raised her, because the little chick thought of her as a mother. Her feelings just attracted all of the other chicks though, and they didn't know any better so they just kept flocking to her...

[Funny he should mention weight, though, because:]

There got to be so many, even though they were spirits, they actually started weighing her down. Everybody thought she'd gotten cursed, but it was actually just the baby chicks all trying to crowd on her shoulders all at once. But they went away once I explained everything to them!

[He tries to evision. He thinks about Flute back home, who is the most motherly person he knows, and the thought of her keeling over under the weight of dozens of baby chicks makes him laugh. She'd look so stupid!

Come to think of it, she does look really tired sometimes...]

So if I know someone's who's a bleeding hea - I mean nice and sensitive and she's having back problems, should I call an exorcist?

[He can't have baby chick bothering her, he needs her to carry his stuff.]

...Um. M-maybe...?

I think that was a special circumstance, though...

[Especially since no one else could even tell what the spirits were until Hibiki and her Master came along.]

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