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!

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[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?

[steeledskin]

We have only just met, you and I.

[relieson]

Oh… right…

But you seem nice, and we're girls and you're not too much older than me probably… ( she has no clue really )

[steeledskin]

Perhaps you might tell me about where you've come from--

[ there. a diplomatic distraction from the question of friendship. ]

[relieson]

( she seems to falter a bit. no, well, she does falter a bit. it wasn't a rejection, but she knows a subject change when she hears one. ) Um, well… I live in Tokyo, but I'm from Chichibu.

[steeledskin]

I've never heard of this land. Who is king there?

[relieson]

Um, well, I guess there's the Emperor, but…

( seems like a weird question. maybe she isn't familiar with japan at all? yuzuriha did have her pegged as a foreigner, and it's not like she knows a ton about other countries either! )

Tokyo is the capital of Japan.

[steeledskin]

I am not familiar with Japan.

[relieson]

Oh… ( maybe that's not too surprising; she doesn't falter long. ) It's really nice! I mean… I think so. I've never travelled before now, so I don't have a lot to compare it to.

Where are you from?

[steeledskin]

A land called Westeros. But it seems to be by chance whether any given person taken here knows it or not.