[At least she's taking it more in stride now, though Shun gives her a bit of an aside glance at the mention of a sword. It's not like she could remember that, and it's a standard reference to make, but it is interesting.]
The weapons here aren't that straightforward, usually. You could be anything. [Which may or may not be a reassuring thought. They should probably test it at some point before they have to battle together, but pushing it on her after everything else within the first few minutes of her afterlife seems a bit much.]
If you need somewhere to figure things out, you can claim one of the rooms upstairs.
[Well, doesn't that just kill the mood. Anything?] How vague-you're talking about more than even weapons or armor now, aren't you? [she adds, frowning somewhat.
She does admit-to herself, at least-that the idea of a room is a welcome one. As much as she still doesn't like the situation, somewhere to sit and mull things over in a more calm state is more than welcome. And they can find out about the emotional bond later]
...I take it there's something of a selection, then? [If she gets to claim a room, there's definitely more than one...]
As far as I know. I don't think shinki even have to be offensive. [He's pretty sure he's met at least one shinki who was something decorative, like an accessory or similar.
It's likely telling that his response to her asking if there's a selection of rooms is a faintly amused snort, and he takes the few steps back over to the staircase he'd come down - for want of a better phrase - earlier.]
It's standard for gods to house their shinki. And this place is more than well enough equipped with rooms for them.
They seem to be expecting you to gather an armory if that's the case, [she scoffs, looking to the stairs. ...Well, she might as well move to use those herself, then.]
Food and all? Did they stock that for you too, or do you at least get to choose your groceries?
The most shinki I've heard of one person having so far is three, but I doubt there's been no god with more. [Why you'd need that many of them, he's not entirely sure, but he supposes it would be useful to have ones familiar with different kinds of tactics, or more fit for different levels of combat.
Shun's a little ahead of her on the stairs, so it's harder to see the somewhat exasperated look he wears at her attempt at a quip.]
There's food stores on the Near Shore. I'm not even sure we need to eat, but it's a habit for most people.
[Eugh. Her expression goes rather dry as she looks back, but in the end she decides against staying put and simply continues up to the next hall.] Of course there would be. I imagine 'war gods' have an entire fleet, [she mutters, catching herself with the last bit.]
....You're not serious, are you?
[Not needing food or possibly other matters...she knows she's dead but adding that to things just makes it...
Exactly. There's probably gods who'd take on shinki that other gods wouldn't out of kindness or similar, too. Or try to take them from gods who treat them badly. I suppose it wouldn't always just be out of necessity. [Thinking on it, maybe he wasn't so sure earlier because there are actually a lot of reasons why an individual god could. It's not a thing that can really be assumed the same for all of them.
As if in understanding of the unease, Shun just nods, glancing back to make sure she's close behind as they come out onto the first landing. To their left, there's a closed door, the wood smooth and dark.]
The shops I've heard of mostly sell snacks and basic food - there are definitely gods who offer food to guests out of politeness and that sort of thing. But this isn't the world of the living. It's not like it's unexpected.
[Shun lets her open the door herself - he's not about to get his nonexistent polite airs on for this. Taking a few steps after her, he gives her question a look that says the answer to that should be obvious.]
Basics. Simple food, things I'm familiar with. If I'm only doing it out of habit, then I might as well stick to what I know.
[Opening the door will reveal a rather nice room, the walls the same smooth, earthen material as the rest of the temple, and the ceilings high, following the curve of the hill. Small, round windows dot the far wall in a line a little above head level, and there's all the necessary things for a bedroom tucked neatly into the space. The bed is at the far end, opposite the door, large with plain white sheets, and the cupboard, dresser, desk, and shelves arc out from there. In one of the corners by the entrance, there's a soft chair, fabric also white, and footstool for reading or similar, and in the other there's a small pile of cushions. No points for guessing what colour they are.]
What I call basic is going to be less than you think, not more. [That is, if it's any different to what she thinks at all. Regardless, it's not really an issue until they actually get that far.
Shun glances around the room, which is a little different from his own at the top of the staircase, and shakes his head.]
I've been assuming it's based on the god I'm supposed to be an incarnation of, not me personally. At least it's not obnoxious.
[White is pretty reasonable as a furniture colour. At least it's not bright yellow or something.]
[She's at least wrong enough that Shun's initial answer is a somewhat derisive snort. He can't say he wouldn't have come to a similar conclusion himself faced with all this, though.]
Nekhbet. A patron god of the first "necropolis" and later a lot more, though I doubt the location is relevant anymore. [Still, the necropolis thing probably explains the earth and the purity imagery.] Sometimes interpreted as a creator god too, and had some kind of role as an oracle.
[And there was something about royals and divinity, but that's not going to be relevant to anything here at all, so it doesn't really bear bringing up. Like the point that he left a certain four-letter suffix off the end of "god", because he refuses to deal with the inevitable childish sass about technically being a goddess.]
...'Necropolis'..? [Well. The more Shun speaks, the more her eyes are narrowing-and it stems entirely from that first word he used to describe Nekhbet in the first place. 'polis' brings to mind Utopian settings, but...]
[It's not as if he was making any secret of it, though there's a markedly dour look on Shun's face as he nods, like he almost considers the whole thing a bad joke. Which he kind of does - if the heavens' sense of humour involves assigning someone from a dead city as a patron of a city of the dead, he doesn't want anything to do with it.]
It means "city of the dead", but apparently it's more like an overdone cemetery. Then again, if places like this exist, I don't see why a necropolis couldn't be connected to the afterlife.
[Either way, it's not exactly a happy, cheerful kind of domain to have. Not that he'd be terribly good at something like that even if he did have one.]
Tell that to them, not me. [Trust him, he's not too pleased about having no say in the state of the dead here despite his claimed domain. Though he doesn't rise to the scoff, his tone is rather sharp at the rebuke.
Why she's that interested in his room, he doesn't know, but from the shrug and the derisive snort that come in response to her question, he doesn't think it makes that much of a difference.]
A little. It's not like I need that much space, but the top room is too good a vantage point to pass up. [Despite the fact that he had to sleep in one of the basement level rooms for the first few days until he got enough used to this place to move into the light, so to speak.]
You think I'd choose to have a system like this? [There's a bite to his tone - he's already spent a good portion of the last month simmering about the fact that shinki can't remember their pasts, and this is not helping.]
I can see and hear if people are coming, whether it's up the stairs or from outside the temple. I don't like being caught by surprise.
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Date: 2016-07-19 09:22 am (UTC)The weapons here aren't that straightforward, usually. You could be anything. [Which may or may not be a reassuring thought. They should probably test it at some point before they have to battle together, but pushing it on her after everything else within the first few minutes of her afterlife seems a bit much.]
If you need somewhere to figure things out, you can claim one of the rooms upstairs.
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Date: 2016-07-19 09:26 am (UTC)She does admit-to herself, at least-that the idea of a room is a welcome one. As much as she still doesn't like the situation, somewhere to sit and mull things over in a more calm state is more than welcome.
And they can find out about the emotional bond later]...I take it there's something of a selection, then? [If she gets to claim a room, there's definitely more than one...]
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Date: 2016-07-19 06:28 pm (UTC)It's likely telling that his response to her asking if there's a selection of rooms is a faintly amused snort, and he takes the few steps back over to the staircase he'd come down - for want of a better phrase - earlier.]
It's standard for gods to house their shinki. And this place is more than well enough equipped with rooms for them.
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Date: 2016-07-19 06:40 pm (UTC)Food and all? Did they stock that for you too, or do you at least get to choose your groceries?
[hey-]
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Date: 2016-07-20 03:54 am (UTC)Shun's a little ahead of her on the stairs, so it's harder to see the somewhat exasperated look he wears at her attempt at a quip.]
There's food stores on the Near Shore. I'm not even sure we need to eat, but it's a habit for most people.
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Date: 2016-07-20 05:08 am (UTC)....You're not serious, are you?
[Not needing food or possibly other matters...she knows she's dead but adding that to things just makes it...
Worse, somehow.]
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Date: 2016-07-20 06:57 am (UTC)As if in understanding of the unease, Shun just nods, glancing back to make sure she's close behind as they come out onto the first landing. To their left, there's a closed door, the wood smooth and dark.]
The shops I've heard of mostly sell snacks and basic food - there are definitely gods who offer food to guests out of politeness and that sort of thing. But this isn't the world of the living. It's not like it's unexpected.
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Date: 2016-07-20 07:09 am (UTC)...Perhaps something more than this? Well. She looks to the first door, already moving to check it.]
And you? [What kind of food do you have, if at all then?]
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Date: 2016-07-20 05:08 pm (UTC)Basics. Simple food, things I'm familiar with. If I'm only doing it out of habit, then I might as well stick to what I know.
[Opening the door will reveal a rather nice room, the walls the same smooth, earthen material as the rest of the temple, and the ceilings high, following the curve of the hill. Small, round windows dot the far wall in a line a little above head level, and there's all the necessary things for a bedroom tucked neatly into the space. The bed is at the far end, opposite the door, large with plain white sheets, and the cupboard, dresser, desk, and shelves arc out from there. In one of the corners by the entrance, there's a soft chair, fabric also white, and footstool for reading or similar, and in the other there's a small pile of cushions. No points for guessing what colour they are.]
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Date: 2016-07-21 01:12 am (UTC)....Wow. It's. Well.]
...I would almost say it's blinding, [she remarks, raising an eyebrow.] You don't have much say in the decor, do you?
[Otherwise, she would say his image is quite misleading.]
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Date: 2016-07-21 08:54 am (UTC)Shun glances around the room, which is a little different from his own at the top of the staircase, and shakes his head.]
I've been assuming it's based on the god I'm supposed to be an incarnation of, not me personally. At least it's not obnoxious.
[White is pretty reasonable as a furniture colour. At least it's not bright yellow or something.]
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Date: 2016-07-21 05:40 pm (UTC)[Well.
She's not wrong, but she's definitely not Right.]
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Date: 2016-07-21 06:38 pm (UTC)Nekhbet. A patron god of the first "necropolis" and later a lot more, though I doubt the location is relevant anymore. [Still, the necropolis thing probably explains the earth and the purity imagery.] Sometimes interpreted as a creator god too, and had some kind of role as an oracle.
[And there was something about royals and divinity, but that's not going to be relevant to anything here at all, so it doesn't really bear bringing up. Like the point that he left a certain four-letter suffix off the end of "god", because he refuses to deal with the inevitable childish sass about technically being a goddess.]
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Date: 2016-07-23 08:23 am (UTC)...Isn't that a form of 'afterlife'?
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Date: 2016-07-23 08:42 am (UTC)It means "city of the dead", but apparently it's more like an overdone cemetery. Then again, if places like this exist, I don't see why a necropolis couldn't be connected to the afterlife.
[Either way, it's not exactly a happy, cheerful kind of domain to have. Not that he'd be terribly good at something like that even if he did have one.]
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Date: 2016-07-24 05:42 am (UTC)[Hmm. This seems alright...] ...This works well enough for me. ...I'd imagine yours is a little 'more' than this, hmn..?
[And not by choice, of course~]
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Date: 2016-07-24 12:57 pm (UTC)Why she's that interested in his room, he doesn't know, but from the shrug and the derisive snort that come in response to her question, he doesn't think it makes that much of a difference.]
A little. It's not like I need that much space, but the top room is too good a vantage point to pass up. [Despite the fact that he had to sleep in one of the basement level rooms for the first few days until he got enough used to this place to move into the light, so to speak.]
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Date: 2016-07-26 08:35 pm (UTC)Just what is there to see from here, then?
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Date: 2016-07-27 06:40 am (UTC)I can see and hear if people are coming, whether it's up the stairs or from outside the temple. I don't like being caught by surprise.
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Date: 2016-07-29 08:27 am (UTC)Though somehow, that doesn't surprise me...