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[thousandcurses]

Characters: Izanami and YOU!
Setting: The graveyard
Format: Starting in commentspam, but I will shift!
Summary: Izanami is a goddess of death. It's only natural she care for the graves that have appeared.
Warnings: Izanami is her own warning.

[A graveyard. Perhaps it's only natural she care for it. She can't serve as the goddess of Yomi here, but she can make sure the graves remain tended. So she's slowly making her rounds today, humming an old song as she dusts off graves and disposes of any dead and withered flowers brought up from the meadow floor. She's easily approachable, and may even seem like a ghost with her pale coloring! Do you dare approach?]

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[ex_depaysement502]

[It was strange, to see a grave for herself here-or the other her, however you wanted to say it-but who then could say they got to visit their own grave? Such a rare opportunity must be savoured, even if the place is odd.

The singing catches her notice, and when she sees the woman, Juliet rises, drifting closer until she can observe what she's doing.]

You sing beautifully. I'm sure they appreciate it.

LET'S GET THIS STARTED.

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[That earns a small smile. Izanami will stand from the grave she'd been tending, some skeletal hands quickly retreating to under her kimono. Hey, she needs some help to do all this.]

I do not doubt it. Though I suppose a lullaby isn't something you should sing for those who have passed.

[ex_depaysement502]

If it suits, why not? There may be souls that linger, that need a song to coax them into their sleep lest they be too frightened to move on.

[That was why death had a human face, wasn't it? Not some grim reminder of your mortality but someone who could be the stranger on the street. Someone who could be there.]

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[That earns a sad chuckle.]

I do not think there are souls left to wander in fear. Simply an old woman trying to comfort herself in her work.

[Speaking of, she'll be tending to another grave now. Just her hands and none of the skeletal ones.]

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[ex_depaysement502]

Old? You can't be over thirty.

[She can't place what this woman is, but she's not human, that much is clear. Juliet trails behind a little, trying not to intrude but genuinely curious.]

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Appearances can be quite... Deceiving.

[And as if to emphasize the point, some of the rot creeps up into her face for a brief moment before she is once more normal. She does so enjoy seeing people's reactions to that.]

[ex_depaysement502]

[She's surprised, naturally, but it's replaced by fascination. Holding back herself from pestering the poor woman with "how'd you do that" types of questions, she smiles.]

It'd be rude to ask for a lady's true age, so I shall simply say it's a pleasure to meet you.

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[My, my. someone who doesn't freak out. You have her impressed. She'll turn fully, then, and bow just slightly. A polite gesture.]

A pleasure to meet you as well. I am Izanami. And you?

[ex_depaysement502]

Iza...

[she remembers, it was in one of the books that was around the house, she loved reading books like that and had read it every now and then, and it pings just like memories did

she realises she must look a fool with the expression of shock she knows she's wearing, and instead she pulls herself together enough to bow her head, feeling a bit unworthy and somewhat embarrassed because of the way she greeted her. She deserved more respect than that if she was who Juliet thought.]

Lady Izanami. I am Juliet Sutcliffe. Please forgive my rudeness.

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Please, simply Izanami will do. All are equal here. This place... It doesn't discriminate based on anything.

[Though color her amused, because she's never seen someone react with such respect--almost as if she were a queen!]

[ex_depaysement502]

Still! [It's like Queen Victoria saying to call her Vicky. How are you supposed to react to that?] I was always taught to-it's-the fact is that-[girl you are going to choke on what you are saying you are getting that mixed up. and she knows it and it makes it worse so it's this whole feedback loop. BREATHE.

And eventually she does, managing to string together a sentence.]

Reapers have always been taught to have respect for those they may act on behalf of.

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Are you acting as a Reaper here, then?

[Which is kind of the point. Also, Juliet, you are so adorable. Izanami will gesture, though, for Juliet to walk with her. She has much to do.]

[ex_depaysement502]

It would be impossible, if the others are to be believed. Death doesn't stay, so there no poin trying for the souls.

[She's following if you'll let her! Oh gosh let her help or something. ]

So I am left without a duty to attach myself to.