fourth breath ✧ action

[musubi]

[Isamu is out on his own again, this time wandering the open fields just north of town. It takes him a while, but he eventually finds a nice flat rock to sit on. He sets his notebook beside him, sits cross-legged with his hands on his knees, and closes his eyes.

After about a minute of this, he's already feeling ridiculous.]

Come on, spirit things...

[They apparently helped people with this sort of thing in the school, but he wasn't sitting through any classes he didn't have to. Besides, he'd mastered the Amala Network! What were a couple elemental spirits in comparison to that? Surely he had to have some sort of residual magic ability on him that would make them easier to attract.

If there was any chance he might be able to keep from being absolutely powerless here, he was going to go for it.]

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[kickinabout.livejournal.com]

Feeling better now?

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

[Peering one eye open, Isamu frowns.]

Oi, this is a private party. You'll scare them away!

[kickinabout.livejournal.com]

I'll talk to you later, then~.

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

Wait. [Isamu directs his full attention on her now.] What are you even doing out here? You didn't follow me, did you?

[kickinabout.livejournal.com]

Nope. Why would I do that?

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

[absolutely serious] Because I'm an incredibly interesting person.

[kickinabout.livejournal.com]

Mm-hm. Sure you are.

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

You clearly think so, or you'd have no desire to speak to me 'later.'

[kickinabout.livejournal.com]

It's not important anymore.

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

Oh? [...Damn. Now he's curious.]

[kickinabout.livejournal.com]

Mm-hm. Just forget it.

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

Now you're just being a tease.

[kickinabout.livejournal.com]

You probably don't want to talk about it.

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

What is this, reverse psychology? [He crossed his arms over his chest.] Why don't you just tell me and I'll decide?

[kickinabout.livejournal.com]

The last time I talked to you, you'd written something in the journal. Do you even remember it?

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

[Oh. Oh, she was from that.] ...I remember a few things. Not everything.

I wasn't completely there, if that hadn't been obvious.

[kickinabout.livejournal.com]

No, it was. But sometimes you still say stuff you mean.

So it'd be a better idea to forget I said anything.

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm sure I meant it. [He knew he did, crazed or not. She gets a wry smile.]

Did I say something that bothered you?

[kickinabout.livejournal.com]

Depends. Do you still believe it?

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

[smirk] Believe what?

[friendofspirits.livejournal.com]

[Hope Isamu doesn't mind a lost New Feather showing up in his field.

But anyway, there is a girl in the white dress New Feathers show up in and she definitely appears to have no clue where she should be going.

Maybe Isamu could be kind enough to give her directions to the village at least?]

[And by the way, spirits do tend to like Lillia, so it wouldn't be odd at all for a spirit to come out while speaking to her.]

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

[Come out for her, maybe, but that won't get them working for him!

Isamu blinks up at her as she walks into 'his' area. What was it with interruptions today? He takes note of her outfit, but having not run into any female New Feathers himself he doesn't immediately place her as one of them.]

If you could walk around, please? I'm kind of in the middle of something here.

[friendofspirits.livejournal.com]

[She will definitely try to help though.]

I didn't mean to bother you. You were just the first person I saw and I seem to have gotten lost.

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

[Sighing, Isamu stands up.]

What, did you wander away from town? It's just back that way. [He points to the south.]

[friendofspirits.livejournal.com]

Not that I recall. [She looks a bit concerned, because wandering too far on her own could be dangerous after all, so finding out the name of the town would be a good idea.] And what town is it?

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

Uh... Luceti.

[He frowns and adjusts his hat.] Don't tell me you just got here?

[friendofspirits.livejournal.com]

I just woke up not too far from here. I don't remember traveling, or a town called Luceti. [A short pause.] It isn't Deimos territory, is it?

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

[Oh man. This so wasn't his job. Isamu picks up his journal and holds it out where she can see it.]

You got one of these things, right?

[friendofspirits.livejournal.com]

[She nods.] I did. Does it belong to someone then?

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

It belongs to you. [He taps the cover of his own.] We all get one. You can talk to everyone else through it. [As silly as that sounded.]

[He sighs again.] Bring it over here and I'll show you something.

[friendofspirits.livejournal.com]

That sounds nice! And thank you for telling me. [She takes out her own that she had been holding behind her. Her own of course has the name "Lillia" on it. And she looks closely at the cover to get the name of this helpful gentleman.] You have been most helpful, Isamu is it?

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

Uh... yeah. Isamu Nitta. [He takes her notebook from her and writes in a few codes, bringing up the newbie guide (http://wise-maiden.livejournal.com/24338.html) before handing it back.]

Might want to read that over. It covers most of the basics.

[friendofspirits.livejournal.com]

A pleasure to meet you. I'm Lillia. [She looks over the guide a bit, and can see it is a lot of info, and best saved when she was not in an unknown forest that could potentially have monsters since she assumes any place not being a town is going to be a danger.] I'll definitely have to read that later, thanks for showing it to me. If there's anything I can do to help you in return, just ask.

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

[Isamu's not really used to this kind of treatment from women, so he's just going to rub at the back of his neck some.]

I'm just... hanging out here for now, but I'll get back to you on that... Just be safe heading into town. Don't think there's much to worry about on the way, though.

[friendofspirits.livejournal.com]

[She gives him a cute smile. Seriously, she's seen far worse treatment from people. To her Isamu is being very kind.] I will be if you are right about nothing to worry about. May the spirits protect you. [And with that she's going to head south like he said and Isamu will likely find it much easier to get in touch with one of the spirits now.]

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

Back at you... [He gives her a little tip of his hat as she walks off, then proceeds to sit back down on his rock.]