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Nexus Campus Town
YOLF:
Headmaster
If the cloaked woman is bothered by the way the scales of this invisible conflict tilt inevitably to the shade's side, she does not show any of it. Her lip barely curves even at the warmth and pleasant aroma of the tea, though she has thanked the shady professor for his troubles as always. Her mind is elsewhere, perhaps many places, but none of them with the smolder of bloodlust. Yet.
"So, Miss Kore, how much of the Nexus has -" And at this she pauses, rolling her next words under her tongue before voicing them, raising her eyes between the two other women at the gathering. "Miss Hua already shown you?"
Who?:
Kore
Kore savours the bitter astringency of her tea, and stares between Lawrence, the Headmaster, and Fu Hua in turn.
They have the distinct feeling that their faces and forms are being memorised, each blink carefully categorised, as if Kore worries that they will disappear at a moment's notice.
It takes her a moment to respond to the Headmaster's question, clasping her cup with both hands and clearing her throat.
"Ah... Fu Hua brought me straight here. She mentioned the place I arrived at was the Northern Forest, and answered my simpler questions about this place. Its quite fascinating! A multidimensional meeting point, of such vast size, I wonder if-" If Order had known about it.
She cuts herself off, all excitement lost, staring at her reflection in the tea.
"Some of my questions were of rather an esoteric or obscure nature. About-" Kore gestures with her tea cup. "Soil, nutrients, politics - it's a complicated issue, and I don't mind that Fu Hua was uninterested in answering."
She presses a sense of reassurance at Fu Hua and wonders at the fact that Fu Hua had been flirting with her earlier, instead of it being some strange cultural norm Kore was unfamiliar with.
Which was actually rather disconcerting. There were any of a variety of reasons she could name for why she would not and could not reciprocate the spirit's interest. But - surely that could wait? Yes. It could.
She might enjoy the spirit's attentions, but she would need to think of how to let her down gently.
But first, there were questions to ask and answers to receive.
Kotomine_Rin:
Lawrence
"Politics? How... precocious." Lawrence's finger suddenly crawls up his chin, and shadows form a mysterious smile on his moon-white face.
Boldly, maybe a bit greedily, he helps himself to a single biscuit, slowly raising it up as if the weight alone was taxing.
"Lords come and go, and many do find their crowns short lived. I've never understood the fascination with such a... temporary subject.
He swallows the sweet whole with the voracity of a snake, gulping it in its entire shape without a single shred of pity. "Now, this? This world... it is truly fascinating. Fu fu fu... *hack* *cough* *argh* "
As it turns out, ominously swallowing dry pastry without taking a breath, much like the crowns of this place's rulers... make life a short lived affair. Choking, he hurried for his cup of tea and gulped it down with a horrified gasp.
Only to scald himself completely.
"Hot hot!"
And the crimson bird in the back snickers.
YOLF:
Headmaster
She shook her head in the vague direction of the summoner, a thin and plastered smile playing at her face. "People are as transient as crowns, if not more so. Let one do as they please so long as they seek only to live leisurely or for the benefit of others."
The headmaster reached for a white pastry, thin and sugary in the shape of a cloud puff, and took a bite with the a modest crunch. "Mmm. Nowadays you'll find the Nexus is more dispersed than it has been for some hundreds to thousands of years. Relationships are as complicated as the enmity and debts between a dozen petty states, and every tiny problem they carry... but it is not my place to judge heterogeneity. With that division has come versatility and lessened dangers, at least for the moment."
She licked the sweetness from her lips and regarded Kore with an elegant flutter of the brows.
"I cannot claim expertise with soil composition or the like, but you should not have much difficulty finding an appropriate technician in Campus Town. If if would alleviate your concerns, perhaps I can write a note of address so one of our other professors will spare some time."
Who?:
Kore
Kore reaches out to pat Lawrence on the shoulder, feeling terribly awkward. What did you do with people who nearly choked, again? She - well, it wasn’t so much that she forgot as that she had never know in the first place.
There wasn’t a lot of call for a Demon King who wanted to overthrow the order of the world to know how to help someone.
"It’s exactly becaause of how short lived and transient they can be that I’m interested in them, Professor? Lawrence." Once he’s stopped coughing in a way that makes Kore worried that slight frame will shatter, she draws back, plucking a chocolate biscuit and nibbling at it. It’s so sweet! How strange.
"And I would very much appreciate that, ah, Headmaster?" Kore takes another sip of the tea. "I grow plants, and I was curious about the... effects and such. And variation. Do you mind staying with me a little longer, Fu Hua?" She turns to look at the spirit, smiling sheepishly.
Fu Hua did not seem the type to take a particular interest in soil composition, the growth of plants and the like, especially given the rotted appearance of their meeting place. But she had accompanied Kore this far, and her presence was comfroting in it’s own way.
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