newbie breakfast

[sancrimony]

Who: 3+1 babies + sensitIVs
Where: @ sensitIV
When: Day 172, morning

[ for those who have lived in sensitIV for a while, they'll wake up (if they slept) to the familiar smell of herb and butter bread: lucifel's probably the only one who uses the tandir oven but he uses it pretty extensively! there's also the smell of toasted cinnamon, which is actually fairly unique to today, but maybe it has to do with how cold it is, and if anyone ventures in the kitchen when lucifel's not there, there's guymag in a large pot available for anyone to have a bowl to warm themselves up with.

of course, for the newbies, those are all probably new to one degree or another. hey, where the fuck are you?

+ there's also a cottage probably somewhere around sensitIV, in some corner. every sensitIV will have gotten a text on the night of 170/morning of 171 to inform them that lavender is spending a few days with them, and that the cottage is hers, so it's not alarming to anyone except those who didn't get the text. which would be like, three of you, so, ]

Comments

[crystallinelore]

I am afraid you may have to consign yourself to your fate of having a blanket monster for a unitmate.

[smiling, though, clearly teasing.]

[bondsofsuffering]

Ahhh, the scariest of monsters! How will I be able to cope?

[Look at your unitmate, Noah. This will truly be so hard on him.]

[crystallinelore]

[waves his blanketed arms, ghost-like, then actually takes down the blanket.]

Surprise!

[bondsofsuffering]

[Whoa, ears and crystal. He's successfully surprised!

There's a beat, and then he gets right up in Noah's space, I'm so sorry.]

Are those real?

[Ears!!]

[crystallinelore]

All of it is.

[quietly amused, if a LITTLE uncomfortable with sudden space invasion. he is staying still rather than backing up, at least.]

[bondsofsuffering]

Whoa...

[He's sticking close, because he wants to examine Noah properly, both the crystal and the ears. At least he seems to know better than to actually poke?

After a moment he steps back again, apparently satisfied for now.]

It's weird, I don't remember a thing, but seeing a person with cat ears... well, it's still surprising.

[crystallinelore]

Amusingly, my ears and tail feel pretty normal to me.

[bondsofsuffering]

That just means it's totally normal for you wherever you're from though, right?

[He hums.]

Even if we can't remember details like that, we still have certain biases, huh...

[crystallinelore]

It seems so. For instance....

[gestures to Kija]

His appearance isn't particularly unusual to me either.

[bondsofsuffering]

[Looking over at Kija again. Yeah, this is... definitely ringing out as "strange" to his mind, even if he has no way to know exactly why.]

Argh, this is so weird! It's like I know things I don't!

[crystallinelore]

Retaining "common knowledge" but not our own memories is... a bit strange, yes.

[bondsofsuffering]

What about you? What seems normal, and what seems odd?

[crystallinelore]

It is easier to say what seems odd in these sorts of circumstances, isn't it?

[bondsofsuffering]

Sure, it's easier, but there's probably some interesting stuff you can figure out from what isn't.

But sure- anything stick out to you?

[crystallinelore]

Mm... your eyes. They're like mine. Usually I would assume there was a Seeker somewhere in your family tree, but if my kind are unusual to you...

[he shrugs.]

[bondsofsuffering]

What's a Seeker?

[It sounds Official.]

[crystallinelore]

[flicks his ears]

A subset of my kind. There are also Keepers, but their pupils are rounded.

[bondsofsuffering]

[Headtiiiiiilt.]

Do you remember if they're actually seeking anything, or if it's just a name...?

[crystallinelore]

Seekers of the Sun, Keepers of the Moon. They are just names.

1/2

[bondsofsuffering]

That sounds so cool!

2/2

[bondsofsuffering]

...But it definitely isn't ringing any bells, so I guess that means I'm not one of them.

[crystallinelore]

Without ears and a tail like mine, I had already mostly assumed that, but the confirmation is nice. Your eyes are striking, Seeker or not.

[bondsofsuffering]

In a good way, I hope.

[crystallinelore]

In a good way, my friend.

[bondsofsuffering]

[Aw yeah. He looks pleased by that.]

It can be my charm point!

[Is that an idol thing? It sounds like an idol thing.]