new moon ; video

[bringthefates]

[When the camera turns on, it shows... trees. Tropical trees. Like those on the island. The view doesn't stay stationary for long, though; it starts jerking around, as if someone's just shaking it. If one watches carefully, one might catch a glimpse of a teenaged boy with blue hair and green eyes.]

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[ video, for once ]

[ghostlighter]

[ That certainly has somebody's interest... two somebodies, actually. At least they don't talk straight over each other. The camera focuses on Chris, who has Etana sitting on his leg. ]

Hello? Are you all right?

I thought language wasn't a thing here...

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[latentfates]

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Aïs pulls his 'magic tablet' closer to get a better look. That person... He has a fox spirit, too. But they also speak Lae's language... Communicating with others who speak foreign tongues isn't anything new to Aïs, thanks to Lae, but he can't make out what they mean. He doesn't know how to respond. Well... He'll have to figure out how to ask...

Aïs kneels down and picks up Senaya so he can hold her up to the tablet.]

[video] 2/2 dkslfj sorry this took so long! Friday nights = busy

[latentfates]

[Aïs kneels to press his palm on the ground.] Saiyes.

[He straightens, and gestures up to the sky.] Saiyes.

[He does this several times in reference to many different things: He walks over and touches a tree; he presses his hand against his heart; he gently touches Seyana's back. Each time, saiyes.

At last, he stops and watches his tablet, green eyes focused. He's waiting for a response, for any kind of sign that this boy with the fox spirit understands. Everything has a spirit.]

[ video ] pffff, you're fine, let's just pretend the timestamps are backwards!

[ghostlighter]

Sai...yes?

[ It doesn't click. Although Chris knows a lot about magic and how it flows, interacts with the world... this isn't one of the ways he visualizes it, nor would he think to get it across this way. He just looks confused, as does Etana, with her head tilted to the side and eyes narrowed in thought. ]

I don't... Matter? Objects? What?

[video] :3 okay~

[latentfates]

[8'| Dammit. That was the best he could think of. Aïs doesn't know what he's saying, but he can assume by his tone and expression and the body language of his fox spirit that he doesn't get it, so Aïs shakes his head. Seyana sits down, her fur shifting into the arctic fox's snow-white coat.

Aïs presses his hand against her shoulders again.] Saiyes. [He puts his other hand against his heart again.] Saiyes. [Come on, come on.]

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[ghostlighter]

[ Oh. Oh, that... was interesting. The dæmon changed? He's been researching them in his spare time, which isn't much but he makes sure there is some, and it's harder than one would think. For one, their name is too generic. For another, it seems whoever documented them took their dæmons' commonplace position for granted and it was hard to track down the important things... such as shifting dæmons. It sounded familiar, at least.

Chris shakes his head, not to say he doesn't understand, but to clear it, and concentrates again. ]

Saiyes... [ His eyes narrow in thought and he experimentally points toward Etana. ] Saiyes?

[ He really doesn't know, but it seems like a good start. ]

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[latentfates]

[Aïs watches him closely. Body language is everything in a situation like this, and even more so when one's trying to make sure the other person understands an abstract concept. (Not that Aïs thinks of spirits and All as abstract.) He doesn't quite seem to get it, but he's trying, and maybe as he goes through the motions he'll figure it out.

Aïs nods.] Saiyes ne Mehanna. [He gestures to himself, to Seyana, to the air, to the trees, to the earth. Everything in existence has a spirit.]

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[ghostlighter]

... ne Mehanna? [ Oh God, more new words. He briefly raises a hand to rub it against his temple before he returns to paying studious (if not dubious) attention. ]

Can we go back to 'saiyes' for now? What-what is it, life? Everything?

[video]

[latentfates]

[... okay, maybe that was a bad idea. Aïs sighs as the other rubs his head.

Oh, Chris. If Aïs spoke English right now, he would be nodding and saying "Yeah, kind of." But as it is... That's just gibberish. Well. He understands "everything," because that's one he remembers Lae using. He also recognizes "what," but not what it means. (He recognizes it because Lae also likes to say "whatever.")]

"Everything"... Mehanna. [Close enough. Mehanna is a concept referring to All, but you know what, that's why Aïs knows "everything," because of his communications with Lae about All.] Mehanna, "everything." [He may or may not have an accent that turns "everything" into "efrythin."]

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[ghostlighter]

[ It's close enough. Wow, but this is like a particularly bizarre and frustrating game of charades. ]

Everything... Mehanna... so-so whatever 'saiyes' is, that's 'everything'? How do you know 'everything' but nothing else, anyway?

[ He absolutely gets that Saïx doesn't understand him by now-not much, anyway-but it helps him think to muse aloud sometimes. ]

[video]

[latentfates]

[Welcome to his best friendship.]

Everything, Mehanna. [Correct. ♥

However, he shakes his head.] Saiyes [he holds up his arms in an "x"] Mehanna. Saiyes ne Mehanna.

[ video ]

[ghostlighter]

[ AND NOW CONJUNCTIONS. Great. ]

Ne? Ne... 'not'? Saiyes is not everything?

[video]

[latentfates]

[I need to sit down and make a list of the pieces of English Aïs would know]

Ne... [To demonstrate, Aïs makes a cup with his hand and puts his fingers in the cup.] Ne.

[ video ]

[ghostlighter]

[ OH. LIGHTBULB. Etana's ears flicker - it's obvious they both seem to have gotten it at the same time. ]

In? Saiyes is... in everything?

[video]

[latentfates]

[Seyana's tail wags. Finally, it seems to have gotten through. Here, have a hard-earned smile.]

Saiyes ne Mehanna. Saiyes ne Aïs, saiyes ne Seyanna, saiyes ne you, ne moon, ne star, ne sun.

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[ghostlighter]

[ The single English word in that throws him off for a minute, and he appears to be concentrating. Context says the other two 'Aïs' and 'Seyanna' are names, so... ]

Saiyes is... magic?

[ ... he's getting closer, anyway. ]