voice | un; quickfish

[kisha]

It seems this world is similar to my own.

I will take your questions, before one of you ends up causing an incident.

If you plan to actually attempt to blend in here... find me. You will need far more than just words to guide you.

[No offense, but she's seen how some of you act... and some of your dressing attempts.

Though her attempt at offering to help maybe isn't that much better.]

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[fuchsiative]

[ clarice appreciates the returned sentiment, anyway. it's a tiny gesture, but given her life, tiny gestures mean a lot. ]

I can.. pretend I can? [ she's sorry she's so useless, hayame orz ]

[kisha]

Well, it would be discovered far too quickly if you failed to play music, but fortunes, perhaps?

There are blind diviners who hide their eyes from others. Or nuns, who wear cowls that would disguise your ears.

I know a sutra or two I could impart...

[don't mind her now she's just brainstorming out loud]

[fuchsiative]

[ sutra what ]

Uh — yeah, sign me up. Whatever works.

[ except— ]

Is there a way to cover my eyes without... making me unable to see?

[kisha]

[gurl brush up on ur buddhism]

If the cloth was thin enough I suppose you could still see decently enough.

[fuchsiative]

[ there's TOO MUCH TO LEARN ]

Right. So what do I do? Make stuff up?

[kisha]

Most tend to claim to talk to the dead.

[fuchsiative]

[ :grimacing: ... ]

And if they realize I'm a fake? How's this place on corporal punishment...

[kisha]

Fainting would be what I recommend. Or a fit.

[That usually causes a distraction...]

[fuchsiative]

[ that actually makes her laugh a little. ]

Usually I'm trying not to draw attention... but okay.

[ this is all super helpful, anyway. ]

So what kind of clothing would a fortune teller wear?

[kisha]

If your attendants need to carry you out for air, it provides the opportunity to vanish.

[Or so she figures, at least- best to have good attendants, though.]

Whites, primarily. As if performing ablutions.

[Is she aware that she's not the best at explaining these things?]

[fuchsiative]

—I get attendants?

[ hang on, let's take a moment for that. ]

Cool.

[kisha]

There are far more men amongst us than women- I am sure you could convince some to serve such a role in exchange for your escort.

[fuchsiative]

I guess this mission has its perks after all...

[ but okok. focus, clarice. ]

So — white clothes. Gotcha. Do I need any, like... props?

[kisha]

[Hayame takes a minute to think about the last time one of those women had come through her master's stables.]

A beaded necklace... there is a black box, but supplicants are not permitted to see within it, so I doubt you'll need to actually create an inugami for it.

[fuchsiative]

White clothes, beaded necklace, some kind of black box. Okay.

[ and now for some blank staring. ]

What's an inugami?

[kisha]

The bound spirit of a dog that was buried to the neck to die, whose rage makes of it a spirit that the diviner can then command.

[you know, normal things]

[fuchsiative]

Oh, right. That inugami.

[ totes. ]

Yeah, well hopefully I won't be going anywhere that'll require a hellhound bodyguard. But good to know I can always bluff having one around.

[kisha]

I suppose if you did put a dog skull in the box, you could threaten people with it in a pinch.

[She... supposes...]

[fuchsiative]

Let's call that Plan C.

Anything else I should know?

[kisha]

[Literally... so much. People keep asking her this and she is really not sure how to answer it so...]

Should you require physical instruction, I will make myself available.

[fuchsiative]

[ shoulda made a pamphlet, hayame... ]

I mean — if you've got the time. Seems like there's a lot of us that need the help... If you're too busy, it's fine. I'm kinda used to sticking to the shadows, anyway.

[kisha]

[have to be able to read and write to make pamphlets boo]

I am not busy, but it is your decision. I am not your master- that is Hathaway.

[fuchsiative]

No one's my master, [ clarice is quick to say, making a face. ] They're just my employer, same as everyone else.

[kisha]

Whatever word you wish to use.

[fuchsiative]

[ okay so maybe that was a little intense. ]

...Sorry. That word's just a little loaded where I'm from.