yayoi season of fallow catchall

[nightwild]

Who: Yayoi, open
When: Throughout the Season of Fallow!
Where: The streets of Menthward, the Castle Grounds, and others!
What: it's a catch-all what do you want from me
Anything else?: Shouldn't have any big warnings. Yet.

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[alchepistol]

[ Saint-Germain nods. ]

Everything we do gives back to the Everbloom, which grants its people power in turn. Therefore, accumulated small acts of service form the foundation of Rosavelle's prosperity.

[ Or such runs her theory, borne of careful study! To summarize: ]

Helping one helps all.

[nightwild]

I... guess. I just figured I'd do something, and this will make sure I'm not rusty when I get back to Seitei.

[alchepistol]

[ Saint-Germain files "Seitei" as the name of a location in Yayoi's home in her mental storage. She'd never ask for the specifics of someone's investigative work - that's a breach of confidentiality - but, given Yayoi's own doubts about the job being needed in Rosavelle.... ]

Has anyone hired you?

[nightwild]

Not yet... At this point I'd take tracking down a lost cat or something.

[alchepistol]

Perhaps I'll make use of your other service, then.

[ Is there a seat for the client? If so, she'll take it. ]

[nightwild]

Fortune-telling? All right, sure...

What kind of fortune are you looking for? General, work, love?

[alchepistol]

Is "study" an option?

[ Imprintwork or Bibliomancy. Both hold great promise as starting points for her hybridization of Bloomcraft and alchemy. But which to choose....

Well, she's primarily interested in seeing how this girl's fortunetelling works, but she may as well ask a sincere question. ]

[nightwild]

Study... I guess that's kokkuri.

[blah blah yayoi's drawing the board and inviting the kokkuri etc. Putting her magatama on the table, and putting two fingers on it!]

Put two fingers on the Core, like this.

[alchepistol]

[ Ah, this is "Kokkuri-san". Saint-Germain has heard of this Japanese tradition, though this is her first direct experience.

The "Core" must be that magatama, then. ]

Right.

[ Two fingers are go. Firm, but not pressing so deeply that any spirit or other force moving the Core will be incapable. ]

[nightwild]

And... Oh, right. What's your name?

[Yayoi still doesn't recognize Saint Germain at all... though even if she did, it's not like they introduced themselves before.]

[alchepistol]

[ That they did not. ]

Saint-Germain.

[ Sanjeruman. One name only. ]

1/2

[nightwild]

S... San... Sain...

[Listen, she's doing her best.]

Kokkuri, what should Saingermain do for her studies?

[And the magatama starts slowly moving, Yayoi reading it aloud!]

[nightwild]

"Magic without teacher... is as a ship without rudder. To learn... You need but ask. Submerge yourself in learning... as a golden vessel... sinking alongside you into water..."

[... She squints. This next part can't be right.]

"You shall... Submerge with that golden vessel... A horse in water...."

[alchepistol]

[ Up until the last line, this fortune had not seemed mysterious to Saint-Germain. Gold is, after all, the "perfect" metal - a common representation of the alchemic craft, as well as (for some practitioners) its goal. Water has many symbolic meanings, as well.

But. ]

.....A horse?

[nightwild]

... That's what it said.

I guess this one was a bust?

[alchepistol]

No, much of it was useful.....

[ Just....

.....a horse......? ]

[nightwild]

Maybe... it's a metaphor...?

[alchepistol]

So I'd assume. But it's much less common than vessels or gold.

[ SHE PONDERETH ]

Unless...

[nightwild]

Unless?

[alchepistol]

The Everbloom's power suffuses all in Rosavelle. We can't rule out its influence, and there's no guarantee common symbolism here mimics that in any of our worlds. Or that the meanings align....

[ She stands. A Mission has occurred to her. ]

Which dorm are you in?

[nightwild]

Huh? "Lily", apparently... Why?

[alchepistol]

I'll research various symbols' significance. If the results align with other fortunes you cast, we may learn something new about the Everbloom's mechanisms.

[ And also they might learn what a horse means.

Because clearly a horse means something. ]

[nightwild]

If you say so... I don't think I'll be much use for that part. I figure it's more likely the fortune just didn't mean anything...

[alchepistol]

It's too soon to tell.

[ Reaching into her pocket, Saint-Germain produces her fee for the fortune and places it on the table. ]

Thank you. You've given me much to consider.

[ ......a horse..... ]

[nightwild]

I guess...

Let me know if you figure it out, though. I can't imagine what a horse means.