sacredchants | ⛪ shiro catch-all

[Maybe there are, but no, they're not that lucky.

Shiro, for his part, has just finished a meal and is trying to decide what to do with his day. Spend more time figuring out what's going on? Or get to know the people here more? Decisions, decisions.

Seeing Izumo, though, that reminds him of the conversation he wanted to have.]

Ah! It's Tamer-girl!

[ i.

well there goes any kind of talk she might have said because as soon as he calls her out like that—there it goes. all of it. she has lost any kind of composure and is not just sputtering at the nickname. ]

T, t, t, tamer girl?!

Yeah, that's what your profile said.

[He's continuing on like it's no big deal.]

That means a Tamer for the Order, doesn't it? I already saw one of your classmates here too, so it's not surprising for there to be two of you.

[ oh.

right her profile. no one else has pointed that out to her yet so she has been hoping that no one would mention it, but his assessment confirms two things for her. she just nods to begin with. ]

I am. [ ... ] ...but it's just the three of us. No one else from the Order is here.

[ tho one of them is a paladin (who is supposed to be dEAD but&mdash) and isn't that comforting as all hell. ]

[Somebody should tell him he's dead at some point. That will be fun.]

Yeah. There's another priest here, but I think he's just a normal priest, not an exorcist.

[Wait until he finds out Hansa is a vampire-hunter.]

Still, it's odd to send me and two kids. You two are exwires at least, yeah?

[ honestly, she wasn't going to trust anyone claiming to be a priest but that's just her (izumo doesn't trust anyone—BESIDES THE POINT.) it's nice to know that shiro did the researching, regardless. ]

We are.

[ she'd say some comments about shima as well but she's not about to bring that up. it'll...complicate things and the last thing she wants is to muddle the waters and further than they have already been. ]

I don't think we were "sent" here than taken here.

Oh yeah, that much is clear. This is definitely the work of a demon.

Just remember: keep up appearances while we figure out what's going on. I'm pretty sure something happened to everyone here anyway, since they all could see the very obvious demons in the group. But it's better not to scare them with the truth of the situation.

[ she'll nod along. as if she's going to refute anything he's telling her; however, there is something that she wants to know. a terrible feeling that she can't shake— ]

Can...you summon any of your familiars?

[ she isn't entirely sure what all shiro was able to do outside from what she heard, but being a paladin meant that he should have at least one, right? it made sense—taming was one of his skills, after all. ]

Not at all.

[It is absolutely one of the first things he tried to do.]

And if someone like me can't summon a familiar, then I'm guessing you can't either, hmm?

No. Nothing happened.

[ granted, she had another reason to think why she couldn't summon her familiars but hearing how shiro couldn't kind of puts her to ease. it's a very brief feeling, however. ]

Then it's likely that we can't reach them here, wherever 'here' is.

Do you have training in other areas besides Tamer? We might be left with just Aria skills for now, given our lack of equipment.

[He's taking the situation seriously, at least? And he's treating her like an ally, not a kid getting in the way or anything.]

[ honestly? she'll cling to shiro's explanation than the on that's swirling around in his head. it's far more comforting than what it's feeding her. ]

N, no... [ WELL. ] I've memorized plenty of different sutras, but I don't know how to use any other kind of weapon.

[ but in terms of combat, izumo is a one trick pony with being a tamer. it...kind of runs in her blood. quite literally. ]

[Izumo plz]

Well, at least there's time to practice. I'll find something to write with, and I'll copy down the chants we're most likely to need here. That way you can spend time memorizing them.

That boy, Shima. If he's anything like his brothers, he's going to be useless at Aria. We'll need to keep an eye out for him.

[ izumo never please.

but— ]

I don't think he's like his brothers at all. He stands out among them.

[ her voice neutral. she's not going to say one thing or another about shima to shiro.... shiro can make his own opinion and what happens will just happen. ]

[He is. Absolutely zeroing in on that attitude right there. Because he's taught teenagers for like 30 years, he knows a thing or two about them.]

Ah? That's an unusual comment. Did he break your heart?

[ ?!???!?????

that moment where you have respect for A Person but then they say something and then it's a lot of ???? THE FACT THAT SHE WANTS TO YELL BUT. ]

W, why would you say that?

'He's nothing like his brothers at all.' So you've met them. They're all old enough to be out of the exorcist academy by now, so you must've gone on a trip to his hometown to visit them, or they must've come to town and he introduced them to you. That's what friends would do, or maybe a couple.

But you're not all lovey-dovey, so you're not a couple, yeah?

[ that's some astute (or not) observation there, shiro, and izumo isn't going to confirm which way is correct because she isn't sure how that will affect things. should she be concerned with timelines??

err...more concerned than some people. ]

He's the last person I'd ever be "lovey-dovey" with.

[ the quotes should be heard even in her voice. ]

Yeah, you seem like the serious type. He probably would just get on your nerves.

[She's Valid tbh.]

You'd probably get along better with one of my sons. Of course, he's so dense about people-things he wouldn't realize anything was going on.

[ SHE IS NOT GOING TO CONFIRM OR DENY THAT CLAIM. and honestly the fact that he brings his sons (who she has a very unfortunate idea who they are) is kind of...interesting. ]

...your sons?

[ closes eyes for what's to come. ]

[FIVE DAYS LATER...]

Yep. I've got two boys. Good kids, but a little dense.

[ FIVE DAYS LATER.... it's fine. time for her...to play dumb. ]

What are their names?

Rin and Yukio. Actually, you might know Yukio, he goes to the same school you're in.

[ s...sweats. time to keep on acting like she's ignorant. ]

Yukio Fujimoto? I don't recall anyone by that name.

Nah, it's Yukio Okumura.

[Time to come clean on that at least.]

They're not my kids by blood. I found 'em on my church doorstep when they were newborns. But they're still my boys, no matter what. You don't need to share blood to be family.

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