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003 💗 Keeping warm [video]

Name: Justine
Date: July 9th
Format: Video

[Justine appears on the network with a pristine white scarf circling her throat and a pinky rosy hue brushing the tip of her nose. Her dark eyes are lovely and those who look close enough might see a brilliant dark emerald green circling her iris. Snow falls around her, thick fluffy flurries catching in her dark lashes. Her midnight hair is covered by a matching hat that's been woven with runes that Justine has yet to perfect.

She hadn't expected snow when she'd been feeling the onset of summer only a week or so before.]

Hello. [Her voice is soft and delicately sweet.] I would like to offer handmade scarfs and hats to those who need them. Mitten as well. None-cursed. I promise. [She has already had an awkward moment with an enchanted scarfs.] For purchase or borrowing.

Please let me know if you would like any. I can try and accommodate for claws and hooves as well.

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(i.e. if she has spoken to you more than twice.)

I have a gift for you.

[Her voice is sweet though more excited than it had been during her announcement.]

Can you stop by?

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[ He was starting to get the suspicion that the real reason she'd asked him to help was precisely this -- to fluster him. If so, it was working. He gestured, and a blouse hung itself up on one of the hangers, followed by the skirt, but there was no real concealing his face was a little flushed. ]

You're, ah. Makin' good use of the closet space, I see.

[She really does enjoy flustering him.]

Yes. Clothing has always been a guilty pleasure of mine.

[Justine steps across her room in nothing but her underwear and stockings. She grabs a garter belt from a drawer and clips it around her center before attaching the ends to her stockings. When she'd finished that, Justine grabs something that looks like shorts and a black corset. They all have various runes sewn into them.]

Can you tie me up?

[She holds up the corset.]

This. I need it tight. It helps to have another set of hands. [The laces trail down her back and it'll be easier with Majima helping her.]

[ She couldn't possibly be choosing her words like this on purpose. Maybe he should play along? ]

I'd love to tie ya up... but you'll have to let me know if it's too tight.

[ Long, surprisingly graceful fingers took up the lace and threaded them through the loops in her corset, almost like he'd done this kind of thing before. His fingertips brushed lightly against the smooth surface of her skin as he worked his way along her back, even carefully looping her hair over her shoulder when those dark curls got too close to tangling in along with them. ]

Ya seem right at home here.

[Justine glances over her shoulder to watch the skilled movements of his fingers as he laces up the thick fabric. It isn't much in the way of armor but it works well for what she is planning.]

You're doing perfect.

[His comment surprises her but Justine considers it and then nods.]

I have been known to adapt. Do you not feel at home?

[Once he's done she turns towards him, watching his expression while tying her hair behind her in a messy tangle of dark waves.]

It's... complicated.

[ He drew the ends of the laces up, tightening the sides of the corset as requested. ]

This place ain't much like home, and I get everyone's tryin' their best. But to be honest, mostly what I think about is what's goin' on back in Kamurocho.

My brother's still back there. At least, it is if they ain't moved him.

[ And then an elegant bow, tucking the ends of the laces in. ]

[Justine feels an odd knot tighten in her chest at his words.]

I understand. I do not know what's happening while we are here but... I do not think time passes the same or perhaps it does and this changes our futures entirely. [She sounds... uncertain.

Justine turns back towards him and smiles as she finishes belting tools into place and grabbing her short blade.] I wish I could help more.

I'm ready when you are. [She doesn't look like she's wearing enough clothes with her thighs still exposed but Majima can likely sense the thick heady magic that Justine has enchanted into her gear. Traveling with Majima is what she wants and she's been working hard to protect her skills to do just that.]

[ He smiled at her, a fond expression that softened the cast of his otherwise sharp features. ]

I'm good. It's not... somethin' that I need to get back to immediately.

In the meantime, let's go, huh?

[ He caught up Justine's gifts, tucking the scarf carefully away so it wouldn't dangle and get caught once they were in the caverns. ]

I'm looking forward to seein' how good you've gotten with that knife.

Yeah.

[Justine grabs her own hat and scarf, following behind Majima as they head from the house. Her scarf is wrapped around her neck despite the fact that she has other areas of skin exposed.]

I've been practicing. [Maybe enough to impress him.]

What is the goal of going into the caves anyway? Does the coven want something?

Hmm? Apparently, it used to be pretty famous -- something about a connection to dreams and divination and some such.

So maybe we'll even help findin' out something about the weird dreams everyone keeps havin'. That'd be something, huh?

[ His smile broadened a little when she mentioned practice. Nice to know someone who was taking it so seriously. ]

Oh?

[Justine slips her arm around his as they head towards the caverns.]

We have had... many of those dreams. I wonder if that is how this world is connected to all the others.

[ As they approached the cave, one of the first people they'd see would be a stumbling, disoriented witch. "Ugh... that was a poor attempt."

Majima glanced at Justine, then started towards the guy. ]

Justine, how's your healin'?

[Her fingers dip into the small pouch at her hip before Majima is able to finish his question. She pulls out a white cloth bandaged with runes sewn into the linen. It isn't the same as using magic but it's more controlled than the healing spells that she knows and has been enchanted to completely stop any bleeding as well as help her identify what is wrong with someone.]

It isn't bad but use this first.

It will help.

[Justine closes the distance between them and the stranger and rests her palm lightly on the man's shoulder.] Do you mind telling us what happened? [Her voice is kind and warm, causing the man to stammer a little bit.]

[ So he did, following her to wrap the man's wounds with the bandage.

"Oh... w-we.. we were attacked by a shade, miss," said the man, looking a little taken aback. "A terrible beast, it was. I suppose we should have waited until there were more of us before we started off with the supplies. Thank you very much." ]

A Shade, huh? What happened to it?

[ "I think it disappeared back into the caves. Some kind of chimera, I think..." ]

[Justine gently brushes her finger against the bandage releasing the healing rune that had been enchanted into the cloth days before. She watches the fabric take on a soft glow and then the relaxing of the man's features as the affects seep into his injuries.]

We'll take care of it. You should return to the coven and make sure you don't have any other injuries.

[She doesn't know if they can actually hurt the creature but this man needs to get back to the Coven and be looked over. He might have other injuries that he's not aware of.]

[ Imagine that. Justine had a light touch, and a knack for healing magic.

The man nodded, then handed her a spare spell scroll. "If you need help, please use this..."

So, there they were. Majima could see signs of a scuffle deeper into the caverns. Couldn't very well leave a creature that powerful alone to just attack people, right? ]

Let's stick close for this one, Justine.

Thank you.

[She takes the spell scroll with a warm smile and then turns back to Majima. This is a little bit of a daunting task but she's determined to show him what she can do now.]

We will. I'm ready.

[Justine will stay near him and protect him.]

[ So it was. He headed into the cave with Justine, following the winding tunnels and the odd splotch of blood -- telltale signs that the Shade was close by. ]

I think I hear it.

[ he said quietly. The slightly labored sound of someone breathing wet, slightly ragged. It was coming from the bend just ahead. The temperature of the cavern was on the decline, too, as if something was sucking ambient heat from the air. ]

[Justine's dark gaze flicks between Majima and the path in front of them. The blood makes her tense, her stomach twisting in uncomfortable knots as the air around them thickens with suspense.

She lowers her voice and whispers close to Majima's ear.] Me too.

[She shivers, her palm gently grabbing Majima's arm.]

What's our plan?

[This seems like a situation where they should have a plan.]

[ His voice was low, urgent. ]

Let me distract it. I'm used to havin' things out for my blood. Ya know any good attack spells?

[ They probably should have discussed this earlier, but... honestly? When it came to a fight, it wasn't about what anyone said -- only whether one could think on their feet. ]

A few but they'll hit you too.

[She pauses and then goes.]

Wait. I have one. I need you to put this on it if you can. [She hands him a small flat disk.] It will work best if you can embed that into its skin. Then I can burn it from the inside out.

[She has other things she can do but this is the best plan she can come up with on such short notice. Justine is usually very good at forming plans.]

[ He gave her a quick smile as the shade broke towards them: white-and-black feathered, screeching in a way that set his ears to ringing. Perhaps he didn't know exactly what the disk did, but he could trust in Justine.

Majima gestured with one hand and sent a bolt of electricity toward the birdlike creature, striking its left wing with the smell of sizzling feathers. Predictably, it was coming straight for him; both its talons and beak looked nasty, indeed. ]

Kinda appropriate that it's a giant chicken.

[Justine waits until she sees the disk embedded within the creature. When she's sure, she activates the spell she'd shaped in her thoughts.

It curls inward and as Majima engauges the monster, he might notice that it's movements slow and it's face contorts in pain as it burns from the inside out.]

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want to timeskip or sth?

Yeah!

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