eswareinmal | orb

[The video feed starts with a lovely view of... something. Blurs? Accompanied by an exclamation, "ah!", and a loud noise upon contact with what can only be assumed as the floor. You are picked up and rubbed and a few seconds later, have an actual view of somebody's face. It's a young girl, grimacing. She takes a few steps back, turns, and bows deeply before you.]

I'm Hanaori Kotoha. Um...

I'm not sure...

[Maybe it would've been a good idea to think about what she was going to say before she actually started this thing up. She laughs nervously.]

I asked questions, but... Sorry for not preparing!

[Probably not the right ones. She had asked the man about the Gedoushuu, about her friends, about where she was, but she hadn't asked any of the practical questions like where she was going to stay or how to get there.

She bows her head quickly in another apologetic gesture. Maybe she could still go back and find that man? Ask him where she would go now and how to get there? Perhaps she would receive replies from people via this orb contraption. She tried to think of it as a phone.]

I'm a knight, so I look forward to working with you all.

I'll try my best!

[She clasps her hands together and to her chest and nods in determination.]

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[Ah! A person! Talking to her! She was so pleased that she was hardly bothered about the mispronunciation of her name.]

Ah, I'm Kotoha. Nice to meet you.

[Seeing as she had been wondering about this for a small while now, she didn't have to think for too long of an answer to this helpful person's question. She knew what to ask now.]

Um, I'm a knight, and, I'm not really sure where I go now.

[She pulls out Shinkenmaru, her sword. She wasn't sure if she were to go and sign up somewhere, or to go and see somebody high up to register her presence here, or if she should go and ask around for her place to sleep or go and find other knights.]

Ko-to-ha. I'll try to remember that, but I ain't going to promise it'll happen right away.

[A slightly sheepish smile flits across her face.]

Hmmm. Well, I suppose if you aren't still in the castle, you'd be nearby, at least. There's always rooms available for those of us who have been brought here, if you need somewhere to sleep and keep your things.

[She chewed on her lips for a moment, considering the options.]

The forest that still stands outside of the town is safe enough during the day, but has monsters roaming at night. If you don't get out in time, you'll get trapped in by a sort of fence of thorns. So be careful hunting things out there.

Do you know how to use that thing, dear? Otherwise, I'd not wave it about too much. The locals are...unusual. Can't trust them to react, well. Quite properly.

[Kotoha nodded fervently at the woman on the orb. She was currently experiencing a mixture of feelings upon hearing the new information she was being (very kindly!) given. She couldn't afford much of a room, but she was extremely pleased to hear that there was a forest she could train in.]

Ah - I only have Japanese yen though. Will that be good enough to pay for a room?

[Realisation dawns on her and she clumsily shoves the sword back where it was. A quick habitual bow of apology and a glance about at anybody who could've been watching. She inwardly kicks herself.]

Sorry, sorry, I was just showing you!

Sweetie, they pay us, and please, calm down. You're fine, it's not that you'll scare anyone. They'll just ask you to use that thing on the, I don't know, bunny monster in the garden or the butterflies that threaten from atop their flowers of doom, or some other clap they come up with to get our attention.

And if anyone asks to marry you, it's best just to say no.

[Selene clears her throat and looks back over her should for a moment.]

Hell and damnation.

[A sigh, and she shakes her head.]

Anyhow, the rooms in the castle are free, anyway, and don't let them charge you if the do try. They kidnapped us, Miss Ko-to-ha. Not the other way around.

[Ah, suddenly this conversation was taking a turn for the worst. She isn't really a very intelligent or calculating person, but very naive and hopeful like everybody's little sister. She had recently made a resolution to become more reliable and have people not spoil her, but it was still difficult to talk about things like this and deal with her situation with pessimism. Before her mouth could even begin to gape, she is distracted.]

Ah, I never thought about it like that.

[She had, but not with that. Kidnapping.]

A-are you okay? Is something happening?

Well, they don't, but I do. Didn't ask for anyone else's war, I find problems just fine back home.

[She sighs and shrugs]

And no, nothing's the matter. Just made the mistake of wandering too close to the King's men this morning, and they won't give it up. Damn moon. Look, don't let anyone push you around. Remember, you're the knight, sugar, and you make the choices about what that means.

And these people jump at their own shadows, so expect them to ask for your help often.

[Her eyes are wide as you tell her this information and pretty much solidify your position as knowledgeable faux big sister here.]

I'm going to protect these people! I can't just leave them be.

[Not the first time that's happened.]

Go ahead. Just remember, what they need protection from and what they think they need protection from are not going to be quite the same thing, and you'll be fine.

But how do you tell the difference?

That is a matter of experience, I think, and judgement. I suppose you just need to expect nonsense if you run off whenever they ask, dear.

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