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[sacredchants]

Then keep obsessing over it.

[ rip the story behind the kimono... but she'll at least sit down on the ground near the river. if they should continue then maybe sitting is more reasonable. ]

Ask me something else; I'll ask you something as well. We'll take turns.

[ will she answer all of the questions he might have for her? absolutely not, but he can see what she can and won't answer. ]

[riegan]

(Oh, well, this is a change.)

What's this? This isn't some elaborate scheme to get to know me, is it? Really, you could have just asked!

(Never mind the fact that she's BEEN ASKING and he's been DODGING)

What happened to you before you got here?

[sacredchants]

[ they've both been dodging the questions and answers and it's quite funny to experience. she won't give him the satisfaction of knowing that, though, and instead will...

avoid.

the question. ]

What do you think? You saw me when I woke up.

[ this is a great start. ]

[riegan]

Well, you said you were dying so I guess that would my answer. As for how? Well, I'd rather not think about it to be honest. It's not very pleasant.

(DEATH IS GRIM???)

That was your question. My turn again.

(It definitely counts,)

Now that you've gotten rid of your kimono... feeling better?

[sacredchants]

[ well, the fact that he doesn't dive deeper into wanting to know the whys of her claim of "dying" lets him have another question. ]

A little. ...just because it's gone physically doesn't mean I won't forget it exists.

[ sound familiar? but not having it around all of the time will do her a great service. ]

Now you—what were you doing before you woke up here?

[riegan]

Going to school and having a very important conversation about the future with my teacher.

(It's the truth!)

[sacredchants]

[ what an...answer. ]

I guess even nobles and lords need to go to school.

[riegan]

If there's one thing nobles love, it's power and you know what they say, education is power.

(See what he did there.)

[sacredchants]

[ she sure did and she's unsure if she should be impressed or not. ]

It's not just nobles who love power. [ ... ] Or not all noble people who seek out power use it for noble things.

[ an attempt at word play...? ]

[riegan]

(He'll roll with it.)

Ah, there's a question for the ages. "What is a noble?"

(Crossing his arms, tapping his chin thoughtfully,)

Is it determined by birth? Special merit? Or by character? And who gets to decide whether an intention is noble or not?

We may never know.

[sacredchants]

[ WELL. even though izumo can tell these aren't all real questions he's asking, she's going to answer them anyway. it seems like something that's on his mind. ]

Wasn't it defined by people who had the most influence on the other people around them? If there's one person that can provide for everyone else around them, there are bound to be people who elevate them to a higher standard.

...after that, people just continue because the name and the expectation that the lineage will continue to be like that.

[ she draws up knees up to her chest. ]

Being a noble still doesn't make you a good person. I wouldn't make them interchangeable.

[riegan]

Hah, looks like I got ahead of myself a bit there, huh? Yeah, something like that.

(No need to get into the specifics now.)

I agree. Being of noble birth doesn't make one a good person. In fact, it has nothing to do with it.

(SIGH, but also,)

Sorry, I guess I skipped my turn there.

/2

[sacredchants]

Some would even go as far as to say that who you're birthed from doesn't matter. Only who you are as a person.

[ which...will be all she'll say on that matter because it's a matter of turns and questions. he sure did ask plenty and if he got a bonus question before, it's fair game for her, right? so she'll wave him off about skipping her turn with a bit of a smile of her own. ]

It just means I get five questions in return.

[ now what to ask.... ]

[sacredchants]

[ she'll raise one of her hands in the air and start counting them down with her fingers. ]

Question one, what is the big deal about nobility and lineage with you?

Question two, if I had allowed you to retrieve my kimono, what would you have really done with it?

Question three, your profile says you're talented but talented in what?

Question four, what is your opinion on demons or ghosts?

[ look. she had to throw in a stupid question besides this gives her a moment to consider what to make her final question. it's not as though that they'll run out of questions (probably), but she doesn't waste things. ]

And the final question—how badly do you want to escape this place?

[ they've just arrived, sure, but some people are bound to have an automatic level of desperation than others, right? izumo is fully aware of what she'd do... ]

1/2

[riegan]

Isn't that a little excessive...

(Wait a minute...)

[riegan]

(AND THEN SHE GOES FOR IT... oh boy, he's tired.)

Right... give me a minute here. (It's a lot,) Let's take it one question at a time.

First, it's just a big deal where I'm from. I might be a noble but I only recently acquired my title.

(Good enough? Because then he'll move onto the next question.)

[sacredchants]

[ of course she goes for it! in the short time that they've known one another—as if she'd let it go. as for his first answer she'll let it go with a pass. it gives her enough insight as to why he has been fixated on it and, well, just simply makes sense.

besides, if she digs too much, he'll expect that he can do the same to her, right? ]

Okay, and the second?

[riegan]

I don't know.

(That's it.)

It looks nice and I'm sure someone might want it. You never know, it could be useful. Though, I suspect the value has gone down quite a bit.

One man's junk is another's treasure.

[sacredchants]

There should be a limit of what people decide that they could scavenge from others.

[ ...

she truly hates the idea of it being considered useful due to one reason or another and does not look at the river to make sure that it's gone with but it seems like an adequate answer for her. ]

Next.

[riegan]

Many things.

( That's it. That's the answer. )

[sacredchants]

Elaborate.

[ rejected. try again. ]

[riegan]

I answered the question.

( SO MOVING ON, )

I've read about other nations that believe in things like ghost and demons. Even Fodlan has its share of ghost stories. But really, that isn't how things work in Fodlan. There's the Goddess and the saints, the heroes and their legacies.

( Yup. )

[sacredchants]

[ for his cheeky rebuttal to her "asking" him to elaborate on his "many things", her face will be definitely be all kinds of this (somewhere a not-so-soft "HEY" might accompany it), but once he starts to answer her question about the ghosts and demons...

she'll be a bit more interested in it than one would expect? maybe even a bit disappointed in his rather clinical reply to the question? hmm..! ]

So, they're just stories to you.

[riegan]

Not necessarily.

(But again, he does't really elaborate! Instead, he notes how carefully she seems to be listening to this particular answer and flips it,)

And you?

[sacredchants]

Answer my next question then I'll answer this one.

[ stop skipping turns!! ]