[ honestly, there were only so many places that they could find themselves wandering around and doing given their arrival. izumo is still taking in her sights and the like now that she has officially (somewhat) calmed down from yesterday. she's looked over the profiles over and over and it's why she'll
just stare
at him when she spots him. shiro fujimoto is a common name, right? maybe there are other priests with that name..... ]
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.]
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. ]
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. ]
[ 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. ]
[ 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. ]
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.
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'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.
[ 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. ]
[Shiro is absolutely getting some of that astronaut food, because yes. But in his quest for said food, he's going to come across Izumo because fate has decided they're both in the cafeteria.]
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