Two for Tea?

[thousandcurses]

Characters: Izanami and YOU
Location: Cafeteria
Format: I'll switch to match you, but action is preferred!
Summary: Izanami has been in a good mood since the collar event. So, she's sharing that happiness by sharing some tea she made!
Warnings: None!

[Izanami had changed. That much is fact. Although still as reserved as before, the air around her is much less tense and bitter. Indeed, the calm and quiet smile she wears is much happier. She has, after all, reconciled with her husband after centuries, and the future is bright enough for her. She will one day be reunited with her husband. And it's with these thoughts that she sits at a table, happily having made some green tea. A small amount of fire magic keeps it warm, so that she can share it should anyone like to join her. She's in the mood for company, and perhaps she can understand the other residents a little bit better now.]

Comments

[thousandcurses]

[Husband, she will spend time with you some other time. Let her speak to your vessel for now.]

Are you feeling better?

[Puuuushing that tea to you, now.]

[pitiedthefool]

[He understands, but really. Lucifer at the forefront? That can't be helpful to calm conversation. With a sigh, he mentally switches to Scathach.]

Yes, now that the collars are back to normal.

[Which left him rather perplexed, to say the least. That had been the only thing that changed, so was there a tie between it and the condition he'd been in? He accepts the tea with a nod of thanks, gaze falling on it briefly. ...Don't think he's forgiven you so easily for casting Thousand Curses on not just himself, but his entire team.]

[thousandcurses]

It would appear that this was the problem. It is good you are back to normal, though I quite enjoyed the conversation "we" had.

[Izanagi she can take care of herself fight her.

She knows he probably hasn't. It doesn't really matter, though, because she was doing what she thought was best and was proven wrong.]

[pitiedthefool]

...You and Izanagi.

[He... sort of recalls bits and pieces. That curiosity of his may one day get the better of him (again), and he knows it. Yu looks up from his tea however, keeping as calm as possible even with a faint hint of that anger still shines deeply in his eyes.]

What really happened back then? I've heard the legend, but... [Who knows how much of it was warped by retellings just like the urban legend of the Midnight Channel? And was this an attempt to understand Izanami's reasoning for her actions back in their worlds?

Who can say, but apparently there were a few aspects that rubbed off...]

[thousandcurses]

Correct.

[But then he asks that. She will still and look down. Perhaps that is a bit of... Shame? She frowns and just looks into her tea.]

...It is a long story, and one most would not enjoy.

[pitiedthefool]

[The shame surprises him, if only slightly. After all, she hid her true self quite well even in her kimono. With all the deceit and illusion, sometimes the truth was painful to hear and even more painful to admit. He'd witnessed it before, after all.]

Didn't my friends and I seek the truth, no matter how painful it could be? [He glances away for a brief second, steeling himself and contemplating. What he wouldn't give for Igor's advice right now.]

You both chose me to play a role, one I know I exceeded by your standards. [There's a faint flicker of anger at the admittance, but it's quickly shoved down. Allowing his emotions to get the better of him in front of a goddess did not equate to a good idea, especially since his power was bestowed to him by her.] But I won't press it. It is your own, personal story.

[thousandcurses]

...I will ask again: are you sure you wish to hear the long story of a fool who did not trust the one she loved?

[It's painful to admit she didn't trust him, indeed. But she had, and there's a wry smile on her face. She keeps her eyes on her tea, and she knows you're listening, Izanagi.]

[pitiedthefool]

Who better to listen to a fool's story than another Fool?

[Yes, yes he did make that joke with a straight face. Problem?]