faithfulflame | Second Prayer: A Proper Greeting and Mysterious Arrivals[Video/Action]

Backdated to March 16th

[Early on the morning of her fifth day in Luceti, Rei Hino leaves the house she shares with the other Senshi to go about her business for the day when she is surprised to find two very familiar faces perched in a tree not far from the house. Excitedly, Rei calls out happily to a pair of large, black crows]

Phobos?! Deimos?! Is that you?!

[The birds CAW loudly and wing down, happily skipping around on the ground at her feet. These birds had been her friends and companions for many years, and...without them it just wouldn't be as comfortable for her in this odd land. Plans now forgotten, Rei spends the morning playing with Phobos and Deimos, walking all around the village in her Miko robe with the two birds flapping around with her. Anyone unfamiliar with Rei catching the spectacle might be incredibly taken aback by just how familiar the corvids seem with the strange girl, actually allowing her to gently touch them, quorking happily]

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[Later that afternoon, a Video feed will start up over the journal system.

Rei is sitting on a bench outside, fiddling with the journal for a moment before setting it down and standing up to address the camera properly. Her speech is very formal, and unlike her last broadcast, she sounds much more calm and collected, despite the pair of crows that peer into the camera a few times during the broadcast]

Good Afternoon everyone. I would like to take a moment to properly introduce myself when I'm not screaming and worrying about everything. My name is Rei Hino, and I am from Tokyo, Japan. I would like to apologize for my outburst the other day, and especially to anyone that I may have yelled at or been rude to.

I would also like to extend my heartfelt thanks to everyone that helped me when I arrived. I promise that I won't ever forget it. Additionally, I want to thank everyone who helped take care of my friends Mizuno Ami-san, and Tsukino Usagi-san in the time before I arrived. They are very, very dear to me and I am glad that they seem to have found the inhabitants of this village to be welcoming and kind. They have told me many good things about many of you, so I look forward to meeting you.

And...I gather from other broadcasts its customary to ask a question. So, my question is this: What are the spirits of this land like? Are they kind and helpful, or are they capricious and mean? Also, I would like to know more about the spirits of your homelands. Studying such things is one of my fondest hobbies, so I am very curious.

Thank you for your time.

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Oh...so you're an exorcist too? [Forgive her, she's not sure who else could 'deal' with ghosts]

What's an exorcist? [That'd be a no, then.] I usually leave them alone, I just fight them off if they try to attack... they always come back, though.

An exorcist is someone who banishes ghosts and evil spirits, or sets them free to pass on. I...do that a little bit.

How do you fight ghosts, if you aren't an exorcist?

With a sword? [He shrugs a little.] It mostly just chases them away, though. It doesn't really banish or free them.

[~~Best not to question the logic of Zeldaverse spirits...~~]

Oh...so. Wait, you can hit them? Is your sword magic or something?

[Reaaaally lost her there Link]

Uh huh. Except I don't think the Kokiri Sword was... they're kind of solid, anyway. [Poes are weird, man.]

So...in your world ghosts are solid?

There are things like that in my home, too, but we don't call them ghosts. Hmmm...

Well, they're Poes, not ghosts. But I guess they are! I've just heard people say they sound like ghosts.

Um...

[Give him a moment, and something that looks roughly like this - albeit not nearly as well-drawn - will appear in the journal.] That's what they look like.

That looks like a ghost, but not one from my country, maybe one from across the world in Europe. So, there aren't any Poes here, are there? They don't look terribly friendly.

And, thank you for the picture.

[Ducking his head a little. Link's drawing skills are... basic.]

I haven't seen any - aside from in the Battle Dome, but I made those to practise against. I can show you one day, if you like!

I would like that. I'm terribly curious about all kinds of spirits. You never know what you'll have to fight, yea? Especially here...

Uh huh. Plus, once the Battle Dome malfunctioned and things started appearing in the village. It's good to be prepared for that!

Whoa, really? Ami-chan didn't mention that. It sounds like that would be really, really bad. Since it can make...whatever you want it to right?

[Youma in town would be a disaster!]

Uh huh. It made a lot of monsters from Hyrule - and me and Ami had to fight some things from both our worlds. She called them youma.

[A would-be disaster, but they did deal with them!]

They weren't real, though - when you beat them, they just disappeared.

Really? You...you've seen Youma?

[Does he know Ami-chan's secret?!]

Uh huh - then we fought Lizalfos, from my world. Her ice magic is pretty handy, huh? Lizalfos hate it.

[That... would be a yes.]

I...see. Are there any monsters from your world who are afraid of fire?

Uh huh. Freezards, they're made of ice. I don't think the ones that are like plants would like it much, either...

Well, if they show back up, I can probably help with those sorts of things really well.

[Thats as close as she'll get to saying that she's Sailor Mars. If Ami trusts him with her secret, she can at least drop that hint.]

Thanks. [He gives her a quick smile over the journals.] I know a little bit of fire things - I can make fire arrows and I have a fire spell - but they're kind of tiring to use.

Oh? So you can do magic like other people? And use a sword? I know how to use a bow pretty well. Its part of my miko training.

[No wonder Ami-chan trusts him. He's a bit like her it seems]

Well, it's just a little bit of magic. I usually use my sword or regular arrows. What's a miko?

A priestess in my country. Its what I do, tend to the shrine and read fortunes.

Oh... that sounds like an important job. Can you see the future?

[...Yeah, Link is recalling some rather strange dreams.]

Yes, sometimes. I can read people and find information about their future when I look into fire. Its a tradition in my country. Flame Reading.

Its not always clear, and there are lots of metaphors, but I can.

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