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{ Mithos spends several seconds silently staring into the screen, as if he wasn't even really sure what he was going to try to say. And is he... floating? A myriad of different colors - every one in the EM spectrum - seems to be flickering in and out behind him. It's as if he's trying to concentrate, but whatever it is he's concentrating on, it's frustrating the hell out of him, and it couldn't be more obvious. }

Alright, fine, I give up. { An annoyed sigh. He's not used to having problems controlling his powers, and to him, it's worse than embarrassing - it's a blow to his ego. } Anyone else here have powers that are based off of mana? The mana in this world is weird enough without me being able to... er... { He glances behind him. Well, it's not like it's worth hiding; the people from his world probably already know who he is. Right?

Right? }

The wings. I can't put them away.

{ That's his glitch. He ran into a shadow, whipped out his angel powers, vaporized it with one Ray, and now his wings won't go away. }

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You have wings?

[She looks at them intently, almost in awe. Until she realizes something and starts pouting.]

How come you never showed them to me before?

[Besides, when someone has such cool powers they shouldn't be ashamed of them. Quite the opposite. Unless that was all a strategy. Like a trump card he was keeping to deceive his enemies. If so, well, that was tough luck.]

Eh, don't sweat it. Turns out most of these go away after a while.

[ Yeah, audio. Keep it nice and simple. He doesn't know who this is, which is... Well, unusual, it's too soon for newcomers. But hey, he's missed out on people before. Guy's got a tough time already without having to get introduced to 'surprise, talking skeletons'. ]

A cosmetic issue like wings, well.

Consider yourself lucky, pal. Could be a lot worse.

May~be. [ Zaveid's voice is amused. ]

Granted, I just don't have an 'off' option.

What happens if you ignore 'em. Like, don't think on them at all. Could be backwards day.

{ Mithos sighs. Of course she'd be the first one to reply, and the first thing she'd ask is why he never told her about them before. Well, he supposes he should have seen this conversation coming; being his roommate, she had to have noticed that he was always awake whenever she went to bed and when she woke up again, and that he rarely ate anything; and when he did, it was always something small. }

You asked me to show you my magic. This isn't magic. It's a part of my body.

{ The wings were at least twice the wingspan of Colette's, and had multiple colors, instead of just one; an indication that he's of a much higher tier of an angel than she is. }

I guess I should have told you sooner. I didn't exactly plan on broadcasting it to the whole castle.

I created these wings. If anyone should be able to control them, it's me. { The fact that it could indeed be a lot worse doesn't even register to him. From his perspective, it's more than a cosmetic issue; it's humiliating. }

Is this that 'queen's' work again?

{ Because she's really starting to make this personal. }

{ "I just don't have an 'off' option." Well, he doesn't sound like an exebula, but he's been here long enough to know that not everyone is from his world, and that mana clearly doesn't work the same way everywhere. He can't see the one speaking, but there's a strong undertone of suspicion and mistrust in Mithos' voice when he responds. }

Maybe you wouldn't notice, but I wouldn't be able to ignore my feet not touching the ground.

If you say so, buddy.

[ These bugs are indiscriminate. Sans doesn't see how making some wings makes him any different from, say, Sanji, who suddenly spoke in other languages he didn't know, or... well, just about anybody else.

Quite possibly, this stranger has been blessedly isolated from these glitches. ]

Wouldn't be the first time, or the last. Or someone broke something. Who knows, huh? We'll just muddle through.

[ It took glitches to make it personal? Wow, did this guy dodge a major bullet or two or three or half a dozen. Clearly he wasn't around for the nightmares, or the hallucinations, or the memories getting shared without their permission, or the shadow doppelgangers, or even ending up linked to each other's souls like most of them are now.

Lucky bastard. ]

Someone 'broke' something?

{ How? To break something would imply that they had more influence over this castle than he thought possible. Now he's interested.

And yes, he has been mercifully unaffected by the soulbonding. The way his soul works thanks to the Cruxis Crystal, that would probably not end well anyway. }

[ Yikes. ]

...Didja just show up or something?

About a month and a half ago, now.

{ So... sort of. }

Huh. [ He notices that vocal shift and just doesn't give half a rats ass. Seeing him probably wouldn't help. ]

You gotta focus t' park your butt or something then?

[ Okay he can see the problems other than being a nightlight now- ]

{ And now he's happy Alice isn't here to hear that, or else he'd never hear the end of it. }

Usually, no. But now I've been floating for the last four hours, and sitting on empty air isn't exactly comfortable.

Holy moly. Somebody better tell ya how things work around here.

[ Please don't let that be him. ]

You got any friends who've been around here a while?

If you mean people from my world... just two. One arrived at the same time I did. The other... I wouldn't call a friend.

Might wanna do something about that.

[ Whether he means about the 'non friend' or about how few he knows is anyone's guess, but Sans sounds half-asleep and good-humored about it, so maybe if he sounds a little judgmental about this, he might be given a pass.

Not that he should.

Now, to whom should Sans pass the buck? Oh wait, he knows. ]

Go look for a really tall guy named AZ. He's been here a while and loves helpin' people out.

[ After all, the guy offers to help all the time. Sans just... you know... never accepts it. ]

[Of course, she would be. Half-elves stick together, don't they?]

That's because I don't like to pry. [Except when she does.] But it's the kind of information you could have volunteered.

[She nods.] Exactly! We're roommates. I hate to learn about things like these over a public broadcast.

[She stares at the wings for a bit longer. She wonders... They're really similar to Colettie's. Could they come from the same origin? But knowing Colette is here, she'd rather not ask Mithos where the Chosen One can hear.] We should continue this conversation in private, though.

'Really tall guy?'

{ That's... unhelpful. Little does he know, of course, that that's actually the perfect description of AZ. }

Thanks... I guess.

{ He better not be a human, Mithos thinks to himself. }

Hmmmmn. [ He disagrees, 'empty air' can be pretty comfy. ]

So... assumin' you already tried opposites. [ Seeing if whatever he did to pull them out would put them away. ]

... You seen what happens if you go in the onsen yet? [ He got distracted by floating and floating, okay- ]

{ Mithos had to suppress a scoff at her saying she doesn't like to pry. But still, she's right; he may not be happy about the way things turned out in his world (and he really doesn't even know the half of it, based on her timeline), but that doesn't mean he should keep it a secret. She's the only other half-elf here. He may not know her that well, but that had to count for something.

And really, they couldn't live together without her finding out eventually. She's earned the right to know. }

... you're right. Come back to our room. I'll tell you.

O-Onsen!? I'm not going there!

{ And not just because there's a Cruxis Crystal on his chest underneath his clothing. }

[ He really sounded like a flustered child right there, and so Zaveid laughs. Just good-natured, weirdly dad-crazy uncle laughter at teasing someone. ]

'kay, 'kay. [ He'll drop the water-floating and air-floating connection. ]

So long as it doesn't hurt, or you ain't gunna risk running low on mana or something... [ Y'know, if it isn't actually life-threatening. ]

Might just be something to wait out. Most things don't last much longer than the month. If it is a problem that can hurt you, you could try Ozuma.

Alright. But don't keep me waiting~♡

[She cuts the feed and goes to wait for him in the room they share. He'll find her sitting on her bed, legs swinging.]

Took you long enough~♡

[But she's smiling at him. Obviously it didn't take him long at all.]

If it's like the other shit that's been happening in the castle... it'll wear off once the Queen's had her fun.

What are you talking about? I was just down the hall.

{ In Mithos floats; he struggles for a few minutes to close the door, settling on just kicking it closed. He tries to go sit next to Alice, but for someone who has spent the last several hours unconsciously defying gravity, it isn't possible. Mithos tries one last time to put the wings away, and succeeds only in them flickering for a few seconds, like a video game particle effect that stays behind long after the other animations had ended. With a sigh of frustration, Mithos gives up. }

Well... Here it is. You wanted to know everything about my powers. Where all of the mana comes from, why my magic is so strong.

{ Mithos hesitates for a moment. Sure, he'd been awfully concerned with privacy and modesty with Alice as a roommate, but who wouldn't be when your roommate is someone you'd never even met before? He shakes his head, and reaches toward the collar of his shirt, and pulls it downward. The fabric stretches down to just below his neck, revealing a golden plate somehow infused onto his body. And in the center? A large, intricate crystal, far more advanced and roughly one and a half times larger than either of the Chosens'. }

Now does it make sense?

It would take a lot more than this for my mana to start getting low.

{ Hurt? No, not exactly. Be extremely inconvenient, yes, particularly if Colette notices, and any conversation with Alice on this topic is bound to involve his life's story, something he wasn't exactly keen on sharing ("Yeah, everything you ever knew about history is a lie I created, where would you like to begin?" should go over real well), but not life threatening by any means. }

Ozuma... Yeah, I didn't go to that big welcoming party when I first arrived. I don't-- I wasn't feeling hungry.

{ And a certain other half-elf dragged him along to go fight shadows, the first time since he can remember when he actually felt his confidence in his abilities falter. }

Edited 2016-09-26 18:25 (UTC)

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