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.]
blessingone: (show me how pretty the world is)

[personal profile] blessingone 2013-10-08 06:54 am (UTC)(link)
[Fenimore chuckles, but she feels like she should clarify things. Even if she started the joke, she doesn't want it to get out of hand and imply she's being a glutton.]

You can have another, Grune. Even -- I won't be able to eat all of them, even though I'm sure they'll be delicious.
lostinmyway: (Small happiness.)

[personal profile] lostinmyway 2013-10-09 02:24 am (UTC)(link)
[Grune looks from Fenimore to Rei. They're both laughing, which is a good thing, even if she doesn't really know what they're laughing at. Oh well.]

All right. Thank you very much.
blessingone: (show me how pretty the world is)

[personal profile] blessingone 2013-10-09 05:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[Fenimore nods at Grune and picks up a tart of her own. After swallowing a mouthful, she turns to Rei.]

So, have you had many people come to visit, besides us?
lostinmyway: (Cozy Big Sister.)

[personal profile] lostinmyway 2013-10-14 02:23 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, it is. [She smiles at Rei.] It's because you're doing such a wonderful job. Everyone wants to wish you a happy anniversary.
blessingone: (I'll be awful sometimes)

[personal profile] blessingone 2013-10-14 05:37 am (UTC)(link)
Maybe they've heard about the effectiveness of the omamori here. [It's a comment she knows will go straight over Grune's head. One that she probably shouldn't keep bringing up, but she can't help herself, or so she would say.] Or the fortune readings, perhaps.
lostinmyway: (Well....)

[personal profile] lostinmyway 2013-10-18 01:37 am (UTC)(link)
[Luckily for Rei, Grune misses that looked entirely. Otherwise, she would interpret it as yet more evidence of how wonderfully compatible her friends are.]

Then your visitors must be talking to their friends about what a good job you do.
blessingone: (show me how pretty the world is)

[personal profile] blessingone 2013-10-20 03:40 am (UTC)(link)
If they're coming even without you having to advertise, they must think you're doing a good job. And if it's not that, I'll just have to start telling people.

[She's not quite so sure that it's because of word of mouth, but she does take it at face value that they work well enough to be worth the word of mouth advertisement.]
lostinmyway: (?)

[personal profile] lostinmyway 2013-10-21 01:59 am (UTC)(link)
[She looks a little concerned to hear that.]

Oh, don't they?
blessingone: (we've been sitting here for hours)

[personal profile] blessingone 2013-10-24 07:45 am (UTC)(link)
[Fenimore isn't entirely sure herself what her own thoughts on fortune telling are. On one hand, real, working fortune-telling isn't something she's encountered before; on the other, she believes in a prophecy that had been told thousands of years ago. Then again, it's easier to wrap her head around foretelling huge events long ago than small things in the present. Still, she'd have to see for herself.]

Maybe it's not something from most people's worlds, or not a common thing, at least.
lostinmyway: (I believe in promises)

[personal profile] lostinmyway 2013-10-25 02:11 am (UTC)(link)
[Grune steps a little closer to set a hand on Rei's forearm.]

I believe in your fortunes, Rei.
Edited 2013-10-25 02:12 (UTC)