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[turbulentwind]

[Pardon Rashid while he's enjoying the music a little -too- much. And it seems he's found some new threads while he's at it.]

This is much better than a few days ago. I feel like a million bucks!

[And speaking of bucks, there's a large oryx behind him. He sort of nudges Rashid and demands pets.]

Oh, and don't mind my new buddy here. He's really cool. Just showed up after this weird sound and wanted attention. This is normal around here, right?

[Please say yes.]

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[skelebro]

[When the feed clicks on, it's at first obscured by a large streak of gray fur, which eventually saunters out of the way to reveal a skeleton, grinning at the obstinate cat as it lounges beside him.]

Looks like we all got little buddies today, yeah.

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[turbulentwind]

[A talking skeleton?? Now that's something he wasn't expecting after the bit of fur cleared away.

Though he's heard of some guy who dressed up like a skeleton in a few tournaments...]

Apparently so. Maybe whoever runs this place felt generous and decided to shower us with animals.

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[skelebro]

I'd peg today's events as a "Delight" kind of thing, but maybe that's just me.

[What can he say? He can dig her style.]

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[turbulentwind]

I'm starting to like this "Delight" already.

[Sure beats Fear and the terrible scary story that made no sense. And that crap he saw on the corner. No thanks.]

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[skelebro]

You haven't met her? She's pretty nice, one of the better gods we got around here.

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[turbulentwind]

Nah, not yet. Only met Fear over the phone.

Strange guy and even stranger stories. I take it there are more than just these two?

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[skelebro]

There's, uh, lemme see here.

[He counts 'em out on his phalanges.]

Delight, Fear, Sorrow, Rage, and Hope. So...five, so far.

[He chuckles.]

But yeah, let's just say Fear's storytelling leaves somethin' to be desired.

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[dogsanddaughters]

[Have a very curious teenager staring at you.] What is it? It's cute!

[Miriam thinks everything is cute unless it's trying to murder her.]

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[turbulentwind]

This guy? He's an Arabian Oryx.

[He's tempted to check online to make absolutely sure, but he's about 96% sure.]

It's the national animal of my country. Why he appeared out of nowhere is beyond me but hey, I'm not complaining.

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[dogsanddaughters]

It's got horns.

[Miriam wants to pet it. So bad.]

Your country? Where's that?

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[turbulentwind]

He has big horns at that.

[And he's not afraid to use them as he butts his head into Rashid again.]

I'm from the UAE, a federation of emirates next to Saudi Arabia. Though I was traveling around the world before I got brought here.

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[dogsanddaughters]

[Miriam giggles. She wonders what it's like to have horns.] Izzat on Earth?

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[turbulentwind]

Yeah, it's on Earth.

[So she's not human? Or she is but not born on Earth. Man he wishes this place had better internet.]

Where are you from?

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[turbulentwind]

[Is that a talking...? Really?]

Um... Oh.

Damn. Guess I should spend more quality time with this guy, huh?

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[turbulentwind]

[First the talking puntastic skeleton, and now the hedgehog.]

I know there are a couple of gods, and one tells really bad scary stories.

[He's read scarier ones online.]

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[turbulentwind]

You mean he'll do worse than beating hearts without a body that make no sense?

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[heartintheflames]

Dude, cool familiar!

[Rin is all grins as he admires the oryx. He has been easily awe-struck and fascinated up to this point with the new world, Rashid and his Oryx are no different.]

"Yea, familiars are totally normal!" [He thinks...] I have one back home named Kuro!

[So he hasn't learned yet that these aren't familiars, especially not like the one he has back home. But, he's a dense fifteen-year-old, give him a little slack.]

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[turbulentwind]

Is that what they're called here? I didn't know they went by any other names.

[He looks over at the oryx, who's just standing there and waiting for him to get off the damn phone.]

Oh yeah? What kind of animal, or "familiar", is it?

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[heartintheflames]

[Rin's only known them as familiars, back where he's from. He has no clue what's going on here, don't listen to him. Rin's face lights up at the mention of his Familiar]

Kuro's so cool! He's a two-tailed black cat that can become huge! He's super powerful. How did you make friends with your... uh.... What kind is that one called?

[Because Rin is pretty... lacking in his knowledges here. Hell, as far as he's concerned, that's a type of demon that just closely resembles an animal.]

it's cool o/

[turbulentwind]

A large cat with two tails? Now that sounds pretty interesting!

This guy? He's an oryx. He just showed up a little while ago and I guess he's here to stay? Not sure yet, but if he is, I gotta brush up on my animal care.

[He hopes the phone has an app for that.]

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[heartintheflames]

He really is!

[Rin's all smiles. He gets to brag about Kuro. Still though, that Oryx... Did they study those in class?]

Man, he's so cool! I wish I could have another one!

[Rin's eyes light up as he thinks about how badly he wants to pet it. He can hardly wait to find all of his friends so he can talk about how he met someone else with a familiar.]

Hey, if you want help with animal care, I know a thing or two!

[No he doesn't. He's irresponsible, and what he thinks he knows how to take care of is a demon. Please don't listen to him, Rashid.]

[turbulentwind]

[That enthusiasm is almost infectious as Rashid is smiling away at this kid.]

I think I'll be fine for now, but thanks for the offer. He's pretty self-reliant, surprisingly.

[When he's not chewing on everything.]