video.

[illuminating]

[ How had this happened? A sneeze? A hiccup? A belch? A misplaced thought?

Days ago, the birds twittered and fussed; cawed and clamored, and she had truly promised to do all she could, but she could only find the little ones. The small feathers, and who knew if this would help? But on she collected, doing her best. Then this had happened, two days ago, a day? She can't quite recall.

She's been learning to walk again, and her thoughts fly away with her mouth. A situation both wonderful and troublesome!

But here she is in the round mirror of the locket—woman or half-beast; a tiny girl materialized from sunbeam and breezes. She's wiry, more hair—full and framing and wisping at the temples; tangled with leaves, grass or flower-seeds, and burrs—than body. It keeps her modest, but barely: she's quite visibly nude and pale. The canines in her smile are too sharp: the wolf that won't allow itself to be suffocated under this trick. And the wolf boasts its ears through her mop of hair. Behind her, unseen, at the end of her spine it keeps its tail. ]

Hello, [ how nice it is to speak it. ] my body is different now. It does not keep the cold out. Is there someone—

I'm curious about clothes. I'll do my best to repay any help. [ Her narrow shoulders come up, then fall, as if she isn't sure what else to say. Starting conversation isn't very easy, and she's always been more suited to listening. ] And... conversation, I think, I would like that so very much.

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voice.

[sangilak]

[ OH... well then. korra might not be the girliest girl to ever girl, but she knows how to pick out a set of practical clothes.

besides, something about this woman feels... important. ]

I wouldn't mind helping you out.

voice.

[illuminating]

You really wouldn't mind?

voice.

[sangilak]

Nope! Why would I mind?

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[wilder]

[Oh no she's kinda cute for a strange looking...beast-girl? Well, Zelos isn't one to neglect a girl in need, even if there is something weird about this he can't put his finger on]

Hey, for a dear like you, I'd be happy to help! What can I do for ya?

video

[illuminating]

[ A new face, and this causes her to repeat herself, gladly: ] Hello.

Yes. [ She holds up matchstick arms. They're turned over so the soft points show. ] Isn't it cold? What kind of clothes are best for this problem?

video

[wilder]

[Wow, she was a tiny thing.]

Well, fall's definitely started for sure. [He considers] Really, any clothes for you right now would be warmer than that. But best would probably be...pants, a shirt- maybe a light jacket too?

video;

[boutant]

[ She knows those ears, the light in those eyes -- or she thinks she does. ]

Amaterasu?

video;

[illuminating]

Ariadne! [ Immediately, and even if the voice is new it swells joyously. Her eyes are even brighter, now. ]

Hello.

video;

[boutant]

Hello.

[ She laughs in delight -- happy to have guessed correctly, happy that the goddess recognizes her. ]

Are you warm enough?

[video]

[bird_brain]

[It's not so much her "voice" that's familiar: it's the cadence of it, it's her bearing, the expression on her face. Aubri's head tilts to the side and he eyes her speculatively.]

Amaterasu. [It's not a question. It's a greeting. And, yes, he still butchers her name.]

[video]

[illuminating]

[ He butchers it beautifully, if you ask her, because it's his own special way of saying it. She bubbles up to see him and greets him likewise. ]

Aubri. I can say it out loud.

[video]

[bird_brain]

So you can. What happened?

[video]

[bythewaves]

[ so startled he does not even remember to lock the video feed ]

Lady Amaterasu? Are you well?

[video]

[illuminating]

I feel all right. Cold, is all.

Hello, Maglor. [ And she doesn't ask him how he is, but her expression does, like she should be kneeling to his toddler-height and opening her arms. It's just that they haven't had a chance to talk in a while, and how can she not worry about him? ]

[video]

[bythewaves]

Have you found clothes, Lady Amaterasu? [ Shyly ] You look very pretty, Lady.

[ a small shrug - she can probably see how he's still a little too pale, Light burning in him from the inside out - but it is stronger now, a little less fragile (which might or might not be a good thing), the flame a steady burn rather than a guttering candle ]

I do well enough. [ a small smile ] My mother is here - you would like her, Lady.

video;

[jaywalks]

[ korra is practical, but mako is curious, after his own shapeshifting, and after the sight of her ears, the little niggling feeling he gets in the back of his head when he looks at this girl, and the obvious attention his dragon is giving her video — he's not as helpful. or polite. ]

Are you a spirit?

[ on his shoulder, a tiny jade dragon, snakelike and thin boned chirps curiously, her ears twitching and her tiny wings rustling impatiently. ]

video;

[sangilak]

[ MAKO YOU CAN'T JUST ASK THAT.

REACHING INTO THE FRAME AND PUNCHING MAKO UPSIDE THE HEAD. ]

video;

[illuminating]

[ She smiles softly for both him and the dragon, who's earned the flicker of her own ears at least once. That he shoots straight to it surprises her in a mild sense, but little betrays this. ]

Something like that. Hello.

video;

[jaywalks]

[ RUBBING THE SIDE OF HIS HEAD FROM THAT PUNCH, mako smiles back, because she seems so much less creepier than the outsider, and doll seems so thrilled by the sight of her. ]

Hi. [ the dragon echos the sentiment with a musical trill, and his smile grows slightly, edged in the embarrassment of retrospection. ] That was probably rude to ask. Sorry.

audio

[caditquaestio]

[ You know what, the most flustered - ]

Ah - hide your... turn the locket to.. there is a way to allow only sound, perhaps you should - I say, for the sake of your own virtue. Perhaps.

audio

[illuminating]

[ Well, since he replies with audio, she doesn't bother to adjust back to video. This is better, isn't it? But she doesn't seem to understand his distress at all. ]

My virtue? I still have it.

video;

[parallels]

Pa-...

Amaterasu?

Is that you?

video;

[illuminating]

It's me! Hello!

[ Even in this body her tail sways to see her. ]

Video

[notavirtue]

[If he hadn't seen the other people calling her by name, he would have passed this over like everything else he did. For a moment he wondered why she limited herself to the wolf body if she could shape shift, but thought better of it. This seemed like an isolated incident, judging by what she said.]

You are the wolf.

[He was very observant today.]

Video

[illuminating]

I'm the wolf, [ she parroted back to him, smiling. ] And you're the one I fished with.

[ The one because she hadn't been able to learn his name just yet. Hopefully, soon. ]