etudes | 001 ♫ action

[ So if you just happen to be walking through Luceti today, you might spot a girl sitting on the ground next to a tree at the side of the road. Her journal is opened in her lap, and it seems she's rather focused on reading it. See, there's nothing weird about that, but.. she's still wearing the New Feather dress and doesn't seem bothered or confused by the whole 'arriving in another place' ordeal in the slightest as long as she can read. In fact, she probably doesn't even realise she's not back home anymore, or that she has wings on her back. She's also turning the pages at a ridiculous speed, as if she needs barely any time to read a page. It looks more like she's skimming than anything else, but nope, she's actually reading all of that. ... Maybe someone ought to help her out.

Or you might run into her later during the day instead. If you're just standing somewhere around the village, you might find the girl staring at you for a long time, almost as if she's observing you long enough to decide something. After what is probably multiple minutes the girl might approach you a little hesitantly (she's making sure you're not a bully, okay, it's in everyone's best interests), only to quickly bow at you in greeting. ]

Hello. Bonjour. Guten Tag. Konnichiwa. Nihao. Salve. Hallo. [ Yes, she'll just start listing off 'hello's in almost every kind of language known to humankind to you. And if you don't cut her off, she'll continue until she has at least done it in 54 different languages. So better do something about that, yup. ]

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There haven't been any cases of sloth transformation before in the history of mankind, but there's always the possibility this might be a first case.

[ calm as ever. ]

[ ... !! ]

So I'm like the first?!

You might be. But don't worry, I'm sure you'll get very famous because of it.

I don't wanna be famous for turning into a sloth, I wanna be famous for becoming Paladin!

[And in fact, he takes a step back now, alarmed... actually who even is this girl again? ]

Paladin? Do you mean one of the legendary twelve peers of Charlemagne's court?

No? I mean the strongest Exorcist.

But that's what a paladin is. An exorcist is something else, since that would be someone who practices exorcism - the act, practice, or ceremony of expelling evil spirits by or as if by incantation, command, or prayer.

That's only one way an exorcist can do it. They can also use swords or guns or some of them are even tamers. And I know what a Paladin in, my dad used to be the Paladin.

So your father was one of the legendary twelve peers of Charlemagne's court?

[ sorry, Rin, she's super bad at actually getting things communicated through to her brain.. ]

No? Weren't you listening?

But you said he was a Paladin.

Yeah but I don't know who this Champagne guy is, I said he was the strongest exorcist.

Charlemagne. Also called Charles I or "Charles the Great." He was king of the Franks and founder of the first empire in western Europe after the fall of Rome. His court at Aix-la-Chapelle became the center of the Carolingian Renaissance.

[ saying it with her monotone voice as if she's reading from a book.. but yeah, she has no book, so it's apparently just something she had memorized. ]

No- what? [...] Look, are you feeling okay? You sound like a book.

Sound like a book..? ... [ ponder.. ]

How do I sound like a book?

You're being all facty and literal and stuff.

But since you didn't know what a paladin was or who Charlemagne was, I thought you might need an explanation.

Look, I know what a paladin is, you're just saying something else. And are you okay?

But that's what a paladin is..

[ She's starting to look a little more unsure now. ]

And I'm just fine.. Why are you asking..?

Because it's cold out, and you just came up to me and are talking about all kinda of nonsense, so I'm wonderin if you're lost or something.

I don't think I was talking any nonsense..

But I'm not really lost. I just found myself here in this place, so I thought I should try talking to the local population a little, maybe.

Do you know where you are at least? And uh, you dressed right and all that?

[Just... making sure to knock out the basics. After all, she already sounds feverish to him]

Where I am..? [ a slight tilt of the head, and then she grabs at her sundress a little, looking at it curiously. ]

... Ah, these aren't my clothes. [ SUDDEN REALISATION. ]

You just noticed?!

Huh? Do you mean I haven't been wearing my clothes for some time already now..?

[ aka: yup, she just noticed. ]

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