VIDEO | june 2nd ( unlocked )

[relieson]

( the video shows a petite girl, standing in a bedroom in caer glaem and facing the locket, back straight; she's a bit off-centre, leaving a notable gap to her right that's either unoccupied or filled with a wolf pup, depending on your magical/supernatural abilities (as in: whether or not they exist; he can only be seen by those with power).

either way, yuzuriha doesn't hesitate, smiling broadly and giving a little salute: )

Hello everyone! I'm Yuzuriha Nekoi, fourteen years old, and right now I live in Tokyo, Japan! I've just arrived here, and I'm glad to meet everyone!

( don't falter! but she bites her lip. ) Um, I just had one question! I heard we're supposed to be 'helping in a battle,' but I don't know exactly how we're supposed to start? ( she also doesn't realise these questions can be filtered. or really that there's another group she's meant to be filtering from. yuzuriha frowns slightly, clasping her hands before her. after all, if she abandoned everyone for this place, she has to do her duty, right? ) Um… or… really, what to do in general… ( she trades a look with the wolf pup/empty space beside her, and then remembers that she's supposed to be making a good impression, not worrying. hurriedly: )

But it really is very nice to be here! I'm ready to do my best, so I hope we all get along!

Comments

[relieson]

( she hides a giggle at the obvious way the girl is having trouble saying her name. )

Which one is that? Did you get lost?

[steeledskin]

I am lost, yes. And making my way back to Caer Glaem.

[relieson]

Maybe I can help!

[steeledskin]

I would not trouble yourself with me, my lady. Enough already have. I assure you.

[relieson]

It wouldn't be trouble.

[steeledskin]

I am as yet two months' ride from Caer Glaem -- it would indeed be trouble.

[relieson]

Two months? ( says the girl from, you know, the 20th century. )

What happened? Are you okay out there? Where is out there?

[steeledskin]

Unseelie lands. Myself and...a companion. We found ourselves misplaced here.

[relieson]

That's terrible! Are you safe? Maybe… ( maybe what? she doesn't know, but she wants to help… )

[steeledskin]

My companion is knighted. He is armed. I -- I trust him to bring me through this ordeal.

[relieson]

( she catches the hesitation, and bites her lip. )

Are you sure there's nothing you need? Maybe I can send Inuki to help…

[steeledskin]

-- Who is Inuki?

[relieson]

Um…! ( oh, no, how is she supposed to explain this? she looks from side to side, and then moves the locket, so it's now filming either a brown wolf pup (who wags his tail hopefully), or an empty patch of floor; inuki can only be seen by those with magical/supernatural abilities. )

… Can you see him?

[steeledskin]

...Where is he?

[ perhaps had lady never died. perhaps if sansa had the opportunity to hone some possible skills as some of her siblings had. perhaps then she would have been able to see this inuki.

but no. she sees only ground. ]

[relieson]

Oh… ( she tries not to sound upset, and doesn't do a very good job. it's not like it's new, after all. it's not like most people can see him. but she always hopes. yuzuriha adjusts the locket again, so she's back in focus, trying not to look crestfallen. )

Um… well… he's… Inuki is really good at finding people, and looking after them, so…

[steeledskin]

[ she hesitates at the notion of a stranger sent to find her-- ]

No. I know where I am. [ roughly. ] It's only the road that needs to be journeyed, now.

[relieson]

… Are you sure you'll be okay?

[steeledskin]

No. [ ... ] But I must have faith the knight accompanying me. Don't you think?

[relieson]

… Should you really be asking me that?

I mean, isn't that something you should know on your own?

[steeledskin]

Like as not, you're right. [ ... ] I do trust him in this.

[relieson]

Good! That's the spirit. ( beat )

By the way, what's your name?

[steeledskin]

Alayne Stone, my lady.

[relieson]

What a pretty name! ( it's so foreign! ) Do you want to be friends?

[steeledskin]

Friends? [ this stymies her for a moment. ] Y-yes. Maybe.

[relieson]

… Maybe?