AUDIENCE: IZUMO

[retellers]

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[sacredchants]

[ izumo will smile back, a little weary maybe, though. ]

Yeah, I have a few questions, if you don't mind answering.

[retellers]

[ as they clasp their hands behind their back, ]

I might not be able to answer everything, but it's what I'm here for. Fire away.

[sacredchants]

[ she'll nod. ]

It's fine, we can just go with what I can have. First, you gave Claude a hint about how we can better help you—can you give me the same hint?

Am I talking a lot to someone else who is on our team?

[retellers]

[ they shake their head. ]

I'm sorry. I can only give out one hint total per week--and as you know, it already went to Claude, since he was the first to speak with me this week.

[sacredchants]

So, it's for the whole team and not individual. [ HMMM. ] Well, that makes things interesting.

[ time to write that down mentally. ]

Okay, do you know anything about what's the deal with the moon?

[retellers]

I assume you mean your... excursion? [ they wince. izumo, why did you do that. ] Are you all right, by the way?

[sacredchants]

[ look, sometimes you just Gotta Know. but excursion is a polite way of putting it and she'll nod. ]

I, I'm fine. It's a little harder to hear things now and... [ a bit of a pause ] ...there's screaming.

[retellers]

... Oh dear. [ hm. ] I would wager that what you encountered was lingering memories, formed alongside with that area. So, probably nothing you need to be concerned about long-term, though I'm not sure how we'd fix your hearing or the... screaming. Maybe once we gather enough nova? Or given enough time...

[sacredchants]

I can learn to live with the screaming and the hearing. It's not the worse thing to deal with. [ #izumostandards. ] But what's this about lingering memories? Is that something that we should worry about other places?

[ which is a great segway to another thing: ]

About that—should we expect more things to "open up" as we collect more nova? The space station wasn't here last week, obviously.

[retellers]

I would say that more changes in this little setting we've got going is likely, yes.

[ a beat. ]

As for whether or not all of them will contain dangers... well, I can't predict that. Maybe the next one will be friendlier?

[sacredchants]

If there's a way to put in a request, I'd like somewhere more like home.

[ does she fully remember what home is? nope, but that's fine. she's dealing with it all as well as anyone can. ]

[retellers]

[ they shrug sheepishly. ]

Maybe if you wish really hard, it'll influence it? Even I don't know where the Realm might connect to.

[sacredchants]

It's not that necessary, but I appreciate the suggestion.

[ ...sigh. ]

I'm pretty sure there's something affecting the way I speak. Is that the nova as well?

[retellers]

[ they pause. ]

Wait, what?

[sacredchants]

[ wait, what what??? ]

I can't speak the way I'd normally would. Anytime I try to say certain things, it comes out completely the opposite.

[ i can't be a rude binch. ]

[retellers]

I...

[ they sound confused? ]

When did this happen?

[sacredchants]

[ DON'T BE CONFUSED. SOMEONE HAS TO HAVE ANSWERS.... ]

Today.

[retellers]

[ sorry, izumo, but you're going to be disappointed! ]

... I'm sorry, I have no idea what's going on there. If it has to do with the Realm, we haven't sensed anything...

[sacredchants]

Thank you for your help even if you don't have answers for me. What a terrific Realm it is that we were brought to!

[ closes eyes. clearly there's...the disconnect. ]

[retellers]

[ okay, fox briefly has to stifle a laugh at that.

but then they give an apologetic bow. ]

My apologies. I'll try to look into it. Perhaps one of the other Leaders might know something.

[sacredchants]

[ fox is lucky that they're a fox!!! her soft spot but she'll just hmph.

please this is just so bad (and funny). ]

Any of them in particular?

[retellers]

None that I can think of--well, I would be surprised if Rabbit or Goat randomly decided to prank someone. That might be more up Tiger's alley.

[sacredchants]

I'll get to talking to them then.

[ ... ]

Can we play a prank on anyone?

[ DO WE GET RIGHTS?? ]

[retellers]

Well, as long as it's within your means, there's no rule against it.

[ so go wild? ]

[sacredchants]

So, if I ask you to do something similar to what happened to me...you could?

[ she's not gonna but... look. maybe someone just might rub her the wrong way or sometimes you just want to watch the world burn. ]