6/24: Jae-ha

[randori]

[ Whatever had happened over the weekend felt like it'd taken years off Natsuo's life instead of just two or so days, and with words being thrown at him with no real understanding of it all, he extracts himself from the woods as soon as he can with the excuse that he needs a shower, so he can stalk back towards the castle, return to the fire dorm that doesn't have enough people to be angry at him if he bars the bathroom door for the next 4 hours.

He feels gross, really. Stiff and smelling like dirt, longing for those new baths that'd just opened up but he'll have to settle for a five minute cold shower instead. ]

Comments

[alttitude]

She would but - no, it wasn't Ion.

[he's going to proceed in the story before natsuo gets too caught up in that]

It was a snot-nosed brat with a dirty face and a dragon leg. His name was Jae-ha.

[randori]

[ ...squints at Jae-ha. He can take this either of two ways:
1) It's Jae-ha
2) It's an Ion situation where another person conveniently has the same name. ]

...a twin...

[alttitude]

I think the world would explode from that?

No, Natsuo, it was just me. I don't have a brother.

[randori]

But you don't have a dirty face.....

[ He can't imagine a child Jae-ha with a dirty face and snot in his nose?? with all his fixation of beauty ]

[alttitude]

... I came from a place where it was hard to be clean.

[And that's all he'll say about that.]

But it was fine when I was with her - it was hard to convince her to let me stay, but the power of the dragon's leg is hard to ignore. Especially when you can use it as an asset, to save a town.

[randori]

[ Natsuo glances down at Jae-ha's leg, a very obvious stare before it returns to meet his gaze again ]

What can it do? And... it can't save us?

[alttitude]

Have you already forgotten the trip that we took into the air?

[though he also supposes he can't expect natsuo to like

use critical thinking]

It's useful for flying from boat to boat - considering how many we had to sink in order to make sure that Yang Kum-ji didn't succeed. As for whether or not it can save us here... I've tried to kick down a few walls, but it seems like the power gets sapped the second that I don't use it for mobility.

[otherwise he absolutely would've destroyed the castle by now!]

And my entire wish was to find a way to save everyone here.... I suppose they gave me a way - I just don't have an exit for us to take.

[randori]

[ He/I thought that was a new power the wishing well gave him haha... ]

Then- somebody just has to wish for that, right? "I wish for an exit." I promised my second wish for somebody already, but my third! I'll wish for that!

[ If he can finish any objectives without dying first ig ]

[alttitude]

[ . . . and Jae-ha just laughs faintly.]

It's a good idea.

If you do it, I'll have to make good use of it.