faithfulflame: (Rei Cleaning the Shrine)
火野レイ (Rei Hino) ([personal profile] faithfulflame) wrote2013-09-03 09:11 pm

Twelfth Prayer: Some Flames Never Die [Action/Video] Late Afternoon

Video

[A video feed flickers to life, showing a teenage girl dressed in long, thick looking priestess's robes sitting outside the little shrine on the riverbank. And for once in her Luceti life, Rei Hino looks genuinely happy with how things are going. Everything has gone...strangely well...for her lately. Despite the invasion, the discovery in the tunnel, and all of that, everything was actually alright in Rei's little world. So much so that it seemed like an ideal time to have a little celebration for an event that had been pretty significant for her a year before. It's not much, she never expects a large crowd for anything she does, but then she's never been one for that sort of thing, either. And who knows, it may even help to lift people's spirits after their own troubles.

There's no sigh, no subtle frown, no vaguely irritated look in her eye. She's even smiling at the camera as she addresses it.]


Good afternoon Luceti. My name is Rei Hino, and as some of you might know...and some might not...I maintain a small shrine here across the path from Community House 2. I haven't broadcast about it in a while, but I thought today might be a good day to extend an invitation to anyone who might want a peaceful place to spend some time before the weather changes. It was one year ago today that Brave Vesperia completed building it, and it felt appropriate to mark the date with a little something.

[She gestures to some tables of food she's prepared or gathered from the shops and bakery, a variety of snacks, along with curry, pasta, and various other easy meals really. Rei can cook alright, but this was kind of last minute, after all.]

So please, come eat and relax. If you like, I'll read your fortune and give you a good luck charm too. I know things have been stressful lately, so please consider it. It may do you some good.

[A pair of crows flap into view, landing on her shoulders as she turns to look at the building. With a laugh Rei playfully runs a finger under one's beak and looks to the journal.]

And you know...it's strange, having been here as long as I have. I've had a lot of friends come and go, and seen a lot of strange and unsettling things. But looking at this building...it makes me happy. Maybe it's because it's like my home. My...real home. [Rei's smile grows almost wistful, weary even.] Does anyone else have a place like that here? A place that makes you feel at peace, maybe even a little nostalgic? I'd like to know...even if you don't come eat.


[And then she waves a hand, whispers a word, and the book closes with a sudden gust of wind. Harry would've been proud...]

Action

[Rei will be available at the shrine all afternoon after around 2:00, or if you like you can catch her earlier in the day in the shops with armfuls of food. Nothing too fancy is going on, just a little impromptu anniversary party.]
geniustheveil: (pgsm ☤ concerned)

[personal profile] geniustheveil 2013-09-25 09:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[If she were just a hair more vain, she'd be looking anxiously for a mirror. As it is, a slightly worried look (which of course only manages to call a wrinkle into existence for real) passes across her face.]

I'm twenty-two, I think. [Hard to say exactly how time passes here, but she was nineteen, and that was a few years ago.]
godbent: (...Except that one time.)

[voice]

[personal profile] godbent 2013-09-26 12:36 am (UTC)(link)
Ideally, that's what we'll work out next.
of_sablier: (Like the sun)

[Voice]

[personal profile] of_sablier 2013-09-26 01:01 am (UTC)(link)
A good luck charm? What sort of luck does it bring, might I ask?
godbent: (16 years too long)

[voice]

[personal profile] godbent 2013-09-26 01:19 am (UTC)(link)
I... don't know yet. Probably - there's that, or some power, or some spell, or something else.
geniustheveil: (pgsm ☤ overworking herself)

[personal profile] geniustheveil 2013-09-26 01:40 am (UTC)(link)
It's been almost three years since I came back. [It's just the timing of her birthday falls so that she's had three since then already.]
Edited 2013-09-26 01:42 (UTC)
crimsonblade: (Default)

[personal profile] crimsonblade 2013-09-26 02:50 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, you know Fayt and Cliff then? [She frowns a little.]

It's complicated. We're from the same universe? They come from different planets than I do, but they crash landed on my planet, caused a lot of trouble that I helped them escape, helped end a war between my country and our neighboring country, and other things.

Like I said, it's complicated.
of_sablier: (Whoops busted)

[Voice]

[personal profile] of_sablier 2013-09-26 03:29 am (UTC)(link)
Hmm, well, some luck with women wouldn't go amiss... it's been such a long time since any cute girls have really taken notice of me. It makes me feel like I'm losing my touch!
geniustheveil: (pgsm ☤ overworking herself)

[personal profile] geniustheveil 2013-09-26 04:01 am (UTC)(link)
That's right. I came back during the winter. [Here, anyway. She's not entirely sure how the calendar would match up between here and home, which means she's still not sure precisely how old to call herself.

Which is totally not overthinking the question.]
aerialassault: (attention -- that's interesting)

[Action]

[personal profile] aerialassault 2013-09-26 04:08 am (UTC)(link)
...

[He took a sip of the champagne and set the glass down before flattening his palms on the table, momentarily stepping beyond his usual relaxation in order to explain the situation back at home in delicate terms.]

There's been an intergalactic war going on at home between the two big political powerhouses, and it's been getting plenty of other worlds that shouldn't be involved sucked in. They're shoving them off as collateral damage, and not offering any assist unless the world happens to be a part of the Federation.

That's been a large part of what I've been doing for the last several years. I don't like seeing people kicked to the curb

But, that all kind of stops being important when you encounter things that make no sense by the current standards in place. By physics, they're impossible.

...

[He glanced away.]

I guess watching a planet be destroyed in moments by these things has a way of making politics look like nothing, huh?
toujoursfluer: (mochiron)

[Action]

[personal profile] toujoursfluer 2013-09-26 04:22 am (UTC)(link)
Then it's something to be protected... [she looks at it with a new light. It's not some copy made by Malnosso hands but with great affection by her and....Vesperia?]

Let me know if I can ever be of assistance... I'm well versed in preservation, should you have need of it.
geniustheveil: (pgsm ☤ strategy)

/dork who forgot this started BEFORE turning what would be 22, 19 + 3 in luceti now

[personal profile] geniustheveil 2013-09-26 11:17 am (UTC)(link)
I'll agree to that, then.

You've been here a long time now, too, Rei-chan. Aren't you also getting older? [Trying to tease back? You bet.]
Edited 2013-09-26 11:17 (UTC)
godbent: (What's the scouter say?)

[voice]

[personal profile] godbent 2013-09-26 03:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Don't worry, we will. We've got this - your magic club just has to do its part!
lostinmyway: (Quiet cheer.)

[personal profile] lostinmyway 2013-09-26 06:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[And she will indeed! She accepts the plate and smiles at Rei.]

All right. Thank you! What would you like to eat?
godbent: (Kill the crows (there's too many))

[voice]

[personal profile] godbent 2013-09-26 08:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Good, that's what I wanted to hear!

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