[Konoha, on her way back to the Temple from the forest, a basket in her hands full of foraged vegetation, mushrooms, flowers, and the like, is a bit surprised to be hailed, turning with a soft clatter of hooves. Oh, it's-]
Miss... Jing? Er- Jing-jie?
[That was the honorific that Nihuang had asked for, so she thinks it might work here? They hadn't spoken so much before, but she recognizes her as the festival organizer from before and shifts the basket in her hands to allow for a small bow, centaur-style.]
[Her smile widens slightly in amusement as she dips a curtsy of her own in return, the shallower gesture appropriate for an older lady greeting someone younger than herself.]
Are you heading back to the Temple with your things? [She nods at the basket she's holding, turning slightly so they can walk in the same direction.] I was looking for you, yes, but it can wait until you get back?
[It occurs belatedly to her that the human woman was holding a fancy looking box, but it doesn't actually register that it could be for her. (After all, why would anyone?) She must have caught her on the way to something.]
Anytime is fine with me.
[Apparently she wasn't going home. Or anywhere else, until that witch decided.]
Would you mind some company, then? [She doesn't bring any additional attention to the box she's holding at all, just waits for Konoha's assent.]
I'm a little curious about what you'll make out of what you found in the forest. [She'd had some specific things in mind when she'd last ventured out and been mostly unsuccessful.]
[If she wanted to see, it certainly wasn't something private... her mother's recipe, sure, but not a secret. So she straightens back up (to a somewhat towering near-seven feet, considering her human half begins where a horse's neck began) and resumes walking towards the Temple kitchens, shifting her basket back in front of her.]
I'm pretty handy with cooking, and my uh, "magic" helps, too.
Oh, really? Is that an ability that you gained when you arrived here or one you've always had? [She does have to move rather quickly to keep up with Konoha, so luckily it isn't too far a walk.]
[Konoha, too. She felt like she hadn't understood a single thing about Struxta. About robots, and why what they did had helped contain the Storm... She still didn't get it. Maybe didn't even want to.]
I can "make"... um, "summon"? Food.
[Which, honestly, was the best she could hope for as a power when she had two stomachs and a near half ton body to keep fed, but.]
Just raw things though, it doesn't just appear cooked...
Sort of... I'm still getting the hang of it, so. I ate a lot of that awful grey porridge, too...
[Two stomachs to fill, after all.
Just the memory of the taste and texture made her nose wrinkle a bit in distaste, but... at least it was behind them. At least the whole world and it's unbelievable metal things was.]
Not until I arrived here. Lady Astoria apparently decided to gift me with a new ability as well.
It's... [Kinda weird and hard to explain. Only one person had recognized it immediately upon arriving, and she hadn't shown it to a lot of people.] It's a way to carry things without their being seen.
Konoha puzzles over the idea in her head, but eventually has to ask, even as she ducks down low to get inside the Temple's kitchen past the lower door frame.]
[She follows after Konoha is safely through, making sure she has plenty of space.]
It might be easier to demonstrate. Would you mind lending me your basket for a moment, Konoha?
[When Konoha turns around, she may note that the colorfully wrapped package Jing had been holding earlier when they first met has disappeared, apparently into thin air.]
[Pretty much, yes, that is exactly what happened.]
Thank you. [She nods and takes the basket that Konoha hands over. She makes a motion like she's tracing and opening an invisible door in the air, and then the basket disappears entirely from sight.]
It's something like that. But I can also... [She holds her hand out for Konoha's, smiling gentle encouragement and asking permission at the same time.]
Konoha practically jumps out of her skin even though she had been told something like that was going to happen, all four hooves actually leave the ground for a moment, eyes wide, but she tries to not freak out like she had when she realized she could... make food appear. Be cool, Konoha, be cool-]
A- Ah...
[Her ingredients...
But. She could bring it back, right, so... She shakily gives her hand.]
I promise not to, Miss Konoha. [She says with a small smile.
When she takes Konoha's hand, there is a brief, strange sensation, as if there were another smooth surface between them. But even when she pulls her hand away, Konoha should still be able to note an invisible curved wall in the air close at hand, that stays just out of reach unless she's otherwise thinking about it.]
Try opening it again. [Cryptic instructions, Jing...]
The hairs are standing up on the back of her neck but Konoha does her best not to panic or look too scared, concentrating fiercely. There... feels like there's something there, just out of reach, but...]
Opening it...
[YEAH THAT IS REAL CRYPTIC, JING. ... But Konoha tries.]
You just need to think about your basket again. [Jing attempts, smiling in what is hopefully an encouraging way.] I promise it's still there, and you can pull it back out when you need it.
And that's...more or less my power from Astoria. [Yeah, she hasn't actually figured out an elevator pitch for this. Though at least in Struxta she'd been introduced to elevators.]
[She really shouldn't be shocked by any of these seeming miracles, considering, but she blinks slow surprise anyway before plucking the apple from Konoha's hand and inspecting it herself.]
Does this work on anything you can think of? You said it only works on raw foods, but is that limited by fruit or vegetable or meat or anything like that?
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Miss... Jing? Er- Jing-jie?
[That was the honorific that Nihuang had asked for, so she thinks it might work here? They hadn't spoken so much before, but she recognizes her as the festival organizer from before and shifts the basket in her hands to allow for a small bow, centaur-style.]
You were looking for me?
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Are you heading back to the Temple with your things? [She nods at the basket she's holding, turning slightly so they can walk in the same direction.] I was looking for you, yes, but it can wait until you get back?
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[It occurs belatedly to her that the human woman was holding a fancy looking box, but it doesn't actually register that it could be for her. (After all, why would anyone?) She must have caught her on the way to something.]
Anytime is fine with me.
[Apparently she wasn't going home. Or anywhere else, until that witch decided.]
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I'm a little curious about what you'll make out of what you found in the forest. [She'd had some specific things in mind when she'd last ventured out and been mostly unsuccessful.]
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[If she wanted to see, it certainly wasn't something private... her mother's recipe, sure, but not a secret. So she straightens back up (to a somewhat towering near-seven feet, considering her human half begins where a horse's neck began) and resumes walking towards the Temple kitchens, shifting her basket back in front of her.]
I'm pretty handy with cooking, and my uh, "magic" helps, too.
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I'm definitely not supposed to have magic! It showed up here. Honestly, it still feels like a weird dream-
[At least she's used to working aside humans, so she does at least pull her pace back so as not to strain shorter human legs.]
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I feel the same way. Not least because in addition to the magic it seems I'm often out of place in time as well.
[Particularly in Struxta. Oh well. She shrugs a bit as the stone buildings that housed the kitchen and the courtyard come into view.]
What does your new magic do? Is it something to do with cooking?
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[Konoha, too. She felt like she hadn't understood a single thing about Struxta. About robots, and why what they did had helped contain the Storm... She still didn't get it. Maybe didn't even want to.]
I can "make"... um, "summon"? Food.
[Which, honestly, was the best she could hope for as a power when she had two stomachs and a near half ton body to keep fed, but.]
Just raw things though, it doesn't just appear cooked...
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[She'd packed lunches, but the food at the last world had been...considerably lacking.]
I suppose when there's such a large universe to draw from, the difference between the two can be very difficult to pinpoint...
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[Two stomachs to fill, after all.
Just the memory of the taste and texture made her nose wrinkle a bit in distaste, but... at least it was behind them. At least the whole world and it's unbelievable metal things was.]
You also have "magic"?
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It's... [Kinda weird and hard to explain. Only one person had recognized it immediately upon arriving, and she hadn't shown it to a lot of people.] It's a way to carry things without their being seen.
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Konoha puzzles over the idea in her head, but eventually has to ask, even as she ducks down low to get inside the Temple's kitchen past the lower door frame.]
Like... the things in your hand become invisible?
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It might be easier to demonstrate. Would you mind lending me your basket for a moment, Konoha?
[When Konoha turns around, she may note that the colorfully wrapped package Jing had been holding earlier when they first met has disappeared, apparently into thin air.]
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Completely oblivious, still having trouble believing in magic even as she talks about it, Konoha offers the shallow basket over.]
Sure.
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Thank you. [She nods and takes the basket that Konoha hands over. She makes a motion like she's tracing and opening an invisible door in the air, and then the basket disappears entirely from sight.]
It's something like that. But I can also... [She holds her hand out for Konoha's, smiling gentle encouragement and asking permission at the same time.]
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Konoha practically jumps out of her skin even though she had been told something like that was going to happen, all four hooves actually leave the ground for a moment, eyes wide, but she tries to not freak out like she had when she realized she could... make food appear. Be cool, Konoha, be cool-]
A- Ah...
[Her ingredients...
But. She could bring it back, right, so... She shakily gives her hand.]
Please don't vanish my hand, though...
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When she takes Konoha's hand, there is a brief, strange sensation, as if there were another smooth surface between them. But even when she pulls her hand away, Konoha should still be able to note an invisible curved wall in the air close at hand, that stays just out of reach unless she's otherwise thinking about it.]
Try opening it again. [Cryptic instructions, Jing...]
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The hairs are standing up on the back of her neck but Konoha does her best not to panic or look too scared, concentrating fiercely. There... feels like there's something there, just out of reach, but...]
Opening it...
[YEAH THAT IS REAL CRYPTIC, JING. ... But Konoha tries.]
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Konoha tries to... invision??? her basket and its contents. Wild mushrooms. Gathered nuts. A few wild root vegetables and stalks.
Wait, was that it?
WAIT, WAS THAT THE BASKET BACK IN HER HANDS???]
A- Ah... there it is...
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And that's...more or less my power from Astoria. [Yeah, she hasn't actually figured out an elevator pitch for this. Though at least in Struxta she'd been introduced to elevators.]
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Still, she can't help but examine the basket and the forage just to be sure before she finishes clopping over to the kitchen counter to set it down.
As weird as she found it still... she supposed it was her turn??? And she'd been planning to do it anyway, so-]
Mine is... uh,
[She frowns in concentration, cupping her hands together flat on the countertop, thinking of apples...
Until one is between her hands, and she holds it up for inspection.]
This.
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Does this work on anything you can think of? You said it only works on raw foods, but is that limited by fruit or vegetable or meat or anything like that?
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[As shocked as she'd been when she first realized she had a power, she had tried to experiment a little since...]
Do you want something in particular? I can try.
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