[ alex is a good girl and i love her ]

[recrowns]

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week 0, saturday

[recrowns]

[high in the air, there's a cry of a hawk.

probably because there is indeed a hawk up there, wherever alex might be. soo-won isn't too far either, head inclined up toward the sky with a smile that's a bit softer than what he's given to the public so far

though eventually the hawk swoops down, descending from the sky - though he might have to swoop around past alex in order to get to soo-won based on the trajectory. soo-won reaches out an arm for the bird to land on but - ]

Oh - hello. Sorry, was that too close?

[chanteuser]

[ she does duck, almost on instinct, when the hawk s w o o p s down to nyoom towards its master. and then just... stands there for a moment like she's not quite sure what happened. ]

N-no, it's fine.

[recrowns]

[he manages a bit of an apologetic laugh at that, his other hand waving]

It doesn't look fine - I'm sorry. Gulfan's probably restless after he was stuck inside yesterday.

He won't hurt you, I promise.

[chanteuser]

No, I just didn't expect to see a-- a hawk? Here?

[ hello??? ] He's yours?

[recrowns]

Mm, he is.

[and gulfan will just blink once.

once.]

His name is Gulfan - he was in my room yesterday.... Did you find a belonging of yours in there as well?

[chanteuser]

[ alex blinks back. ]

... Yes, but it wasn't an animal.

[recrowns]

May I ask what it was...?

My roommate's wasn't an animal either.

[chanteuser]

[ ... ]

It's a bottle. Of sorts.

[ and that's all she says about that. ]

[recrowns]

[he'll let her have it since she's obviously not going to share more]

Hmm, a bottle, a hawk, a keepsake... I can't determine what they might all have in common.

[chanteuser]

... If the other item's a keepsake, doesn't that mean it's as simple as "they're all items of significance to us, personally"?

Although I guess three items isn't really enough to decide that.

[recrowns]

That's probably it - but I'm a bit curious if other people received weapons or the like. Have you heard that apparently there is an 'antimagic field' of some sort at play?

[chanteuser]

...




A what field?

[recrowns]

[he manages a soft laugh at her expression - ]

Ah, yes, that's how I felt too.

Magic didn't exist in your world either? It makes me feel a little saddened we weren't invited to the party.

[chanteuser]

No... someone mentioned not having their magic here and... well I sort of wondered if I'd misheard them.

[ but she had seemed very distressed about it, so?? ]

I'm not sure what I'd do with magic anyway.

[recrowns]

Mm... I don't know what I would either. Though it can be fun to think about.

[but he wouldn't know what to do with it in execution, aside from a few tricks. and even then, he'd rather rely on normal people's power anyway]

But a lot of concepts here, even when theorized and tested, can feel a lot like a mad man's ravings. So I don't blame you for your surprise either.

[chanteuser]

But they must be real to some of the people here. If they're talking about them, that is.

[ even if they don't understand it, it's someone's reality. she's felt that way once before, and now... that strange, bizarre concept is part of her daily life so... ]

[recrowns]

Mm, precisely so. And it's because there's so much variety in subjects, yet consistency in the suggestion of alternate realities, that the theories have to be accepted.

[he normally holds about 1% skepticism around - but given the past day, he's down to 0%.]

So we must accept that we are all probably from different worlds, with different levels of magic, and different time periods.

[chanteuser]

I can test that pretty easily, I think.

What's a Twilight?

[recrowns]

[ ? ]

The reflection of the sun after it's dipped past the horizon?

[chanteuser]

[ there we go. ]

Mm. No, we're definitely from different worlds, Mister... -- [ ... oh wow they never exchanged names, did they? ]-- uh.

[recrowns]

Won without the 'Mister' is fine.

[he offers that much easily]

What's the correct definition of Twilight?

[chanteuser]

Won? [ ... what an interesting name. ]

Children and descendants of people who took Celebrar.

[recrowns]

I think it appears as Soo-won on the device - but I prefer to go by Won. It's more comfortable.

[since she sounded confused]

May I ask what Celebrar is....?

[chanteuser]

Alright then. Won, it is.

I'm Alex. [ it only took them like 24 hours to do a proper introduction, it's fine. ]

It's a drug.

[recrowns]

A pleasure to meet you, Alex.

[even given circumstances but]

... a drug? It must be quite influential if there is a term for the children of those who ingested it. [but if she's being this slow to give information - ] But if it's unpleasant, I don't mean to force you to share...