Twenty-Ninth Spools of Thread-[Action]

[so_shik]

[Rare as it may be, today for once Shiki's not at All Passions, the store's actually locked up tight for now. Instead she's derping around in the front yard of House Ten making snowmen.

...very...fashionable snowmen, as a matter of fact. Thanks to her free time, she's created a lot of winter clothes and now she's putting them on the snowmen to make House Ten look a little more open.

She's moving sort of slow though since she's got Mr. Mew in one arm and can only roll the snowballs with one hand. Come say hi, she'll welcome the chance to be social.]

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[keusrai.livejournal.com]

Fair enough, I guess. [Poking at one of the snowmen.] These are nice clothes, though; aren't you worried about ruining them?

[so_shik]

Not really. [She's just watching him poke at her snowmen. They're pretty solid and they all look different] I'm mostly testing out how they fare against the snow. If they get wrecked, I'll just start over.

[keusrai.livejournal.com]

[Okay, feeling the clothes now.] Did you make these?

[so_shik]

Sure did. That's just what I do around here.

[keusrai.livejournal.com]

[His face lights right up at that.] Great! Um... if you're not too busy, could you help me make something? I need something better to cover my ears with. [Currently, he's just got a white scarf wrapped around each one.]

[so_shik]

Never too busy. [She looks up then to examine his ears. Yeah, the scarves aren't cutting it.] I think a hat would work a lot better, don't you think?

[keusrai.livejournal.com]

More like a combination hat-glove thing. [Those ears are long and fairly substantial; they're practically extra limbs.] I tried making one earlier, but I messed it up pretty badly. My hand still isn't working quite right.

[so_shik]

...I think I have an idea. I'll need some measurements and stuff, but I'm pretty sure I can make this work. Come on in, I brought home my tools. [And Shiki's dropping the snow that was in her hands and heading for the front door already]

[keusrai.livejournal.com]

Alright. [He heads on in, humming just a little bit. While he's taking off his winter accessories, there's a glint of blue; it's apparently his left hand or a reasonable facsimile thereof, made out of a light blue crystal.] I know it's kind of an odd job for you, so thanks for giving it a shot.

[so_shik]

[Okay there's no way she hasn't noticed that, but tact; Shiki's learning it. She'll question that later. First though, she's going to open what appears to be an actual toolbox and start pulling out measuring tapes and pencils and fabric swatches] Oh no, really, this is fine. I love challenges every now and then you know? [Don't mind her, she's just grabbing one of his ears to measure length.]

I'm Shiki, by the way.

[keusrai.livejournal.com]

I'm Keusrai. [Thinking for a moment, and watching her as she grabs his ear.] If it's hard to say, you can call me whatever you want, really. I don't mind.

/omg I thought I answered this, so sorry!

[so_shik]

Keusrai...I think I can manage that. [She's just busy pulling out some measuring tape, measuring the ear-length and writing down some numbers.] So tell me about yourself.

no worries! o/

[keusrai.livejournal.com]

Well, where do you want me to start? I don't really know what you want to know. [He's just watching, trying to keep his ears in the right position for her.]

[so_shik]

Just anything you feel like sharing I guess, I'm not picky. [Busy jotting notes and measuring still]

[keusrai.livejournal.com]

I'll get this out of the way, then. If I get injured, I crystallize. It reverses after a while, though. [He motions with his left hand.] I broke my arm when I was seeing what my wings could do... it's still healing up.

[so_shik]

[Oh good she doesn't have to ask awkward questions!] Do you know why it does that?

[keusrai.livejournal.com]

I do, but it's... kind of hard to explain.

...I guess I could try though. The crystal's what everything in my world is made of, sort of, and if I get injured, it sort of scrambles... um, me. Whatever got hurt gets reverted to the basic crystal material stuff.

[Now that he mentions it, there's a few very small spots of that crystal on his other hand. It looks like he might've gotten jabbed with a needle or something similar.]

[so_shik]

[She stops for a second to think this through] So...the crystal is like your world's DNA. The genetic make-up.

[keusrai.livejournal.com]

No... well, sort of. It's a solid form of a very basic... I guess you could call it an energy? Every little thing in my world is made from it, from DNA and particles to people and materials.

[so_shik]

That sounds so...fragile though.

[keusrai.livejournal.com]

Wait, let me try again. Um... it's the energy that makes up everything, and the crystal's just a solid form of it. It's like... imagination, or raw potential. If you know how, you can use it to use what's basically magic.

[He pauses there, rubbing his left hand a bit.] I guess if I get enough of a shock or a blow, my body temporarily forgets what it's supposed to be made out of... or something that. Gods, this is hard to explain... sorry.

[so_shik]

It's okay, really. I just think it's interesting since I've never heard of something like that.

[keusrai.livejournal.com]

[He just chuckles a bit.] Imagine how I felt when I came to reality. [Placing an odd emphasis on "reality", almost as if it should have a capital R.] ...Hey, if I run out of things to do, I might write something about my world. Would you like to read it if I do?

[so_shik]

Yeah, definitely! If you did write something, you could probably show it to the school teachers too so they could tell their classes or something.

[keusrai.livejournal.com]

Oh, right, there's a school here! Do they normally teach stuff about other worlds?