Dayshift 42: Morning - Magus Park

[windstwilight]

Senna stepped off the bus to wind blowing through the clothes she was given. A sad face at one of the nurses allowed her a long red scarf as well, and once she had draped it around her neck and let it hang down her back, she had trotted off

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[hajike_tobiume]

[for one human-loving alien, but open to others if Zex is busy. Check with Zex-mun first for an ETA before poking the shinigami.^^]It was a bit chilly in Doyleton this time. Momo was glad she'd been given the red sweater and black slacks and not a dress like some of the other women. She didn't have much meat on her anyways, and something that breezy would whip the wind right through her

[wantsyourzex]

[ack sorry for lateness D:]ZEX shivered when he stepped off the bus, definitely not appreciating the wind with his thin human skin. How did humans survive on this planet if they couldn't even hold in heat? His body was spasming in short bursts which didn't seem to be helping, although he didn't know enough about it to say. It was possible that it was a human thing to help keep themselves warm for all he knew. They had to do something when they were cold, surely

[hajike_tobiume]

[No worries^^]

Momo tried to ignore the feeling that someone was staring at her. She really did, but after several minutes, she just couldn't anymore. Slowly, the shinigami opened her eyes and didn't initially see anyone until she turned her head further to the left to compensate for her lack of sight in her left eye.

Oh. That was an... unusual looking man. Was he one of the patients? She tilted her head a bit. "Hello."

[wantsyourzex]

Human eyes were really too small to be of any real use... it seemed that the human even had trouble seeing him at first! Well, they couldn't help their anatomy, as delicious as it often seemed.

ZEX smiled too widely at her in return to her greeting, not for a moment thinking that there might be something odd about getting caught leering at someone else while they weren't watching. He shuddered at a sudden breeze, although it didn't dampen his mood. "Hello. I don't think we've met before, have we?"

[hajike_tobiume]

"...no, we haven't," Momo replied. The man was giving off a very odd feeling to the shinigami, but it was only right for her to be polite. Maybe it was just the awkwardness surrounding the current circumstances.

"Please, sit down? It's not as cold under the tree," she offered.

[wantsyourzex]

Mmm, the human was asking him to come closer. Well, who was ZEX to refuse such a kind offer! He was quite happy to join her on the bench, sitting perhaps a little too close to her in the process. Surely she wouldn't mind!

"Ah, thank you. I'm not used to this sort of weather." Now that he was closer to the human, his smile became more unconscious and subsequently a bit more natural. It only grew wider as he slowly began to invade her personal space. "It's a bit more difficult to stay warm than I thought it might be... mmm, what's your name?"

[hajike_tobiume]

Momo smiled as the man sit down and then it wavered a bit as he ended up being closer than generally accepted in polite company. Perhaps this man just wasn't aware that he was sitting as close as he was. Humans tended to have different customs depending on where they are from.

"I believe the nurses were handing out extra jackets. You could always ask for one from them," Momo replied, shifting a bit away from the man a bit. "And my name is Hinamori Momo. You are?"

Way too close. The shinigami tucked her hair behind her ear as she turned more toward the man, hoping he'd not move any closer as her knee would give her a bit of a buffer. At least that's what she thought...

[wantsyourzex]

She wasn't shoving him away or shouting at him, and frankly that was all the encouragement ZEX needed to keep doing exactly what he was doing. If she shifted away from him, it was very easy to follow...

"Mmm, I may take them up on that offer." Although with the way ZEX said it, one would think the nurses were offering something much more interesting than an extra jacket. "I didn't know this body would be so... sensitive." Leering at her.

Another odd and long human name, although it almost sounded managable near the end. One letter too long, but MOM was at least could almost be a VUX name. ZEX kept smiling at her. "Mmm, I'm Admiral ZEX, formerly of the VUX military." No need to warn her not to be frightened. She seemed rather receptive to him so far as she'd turned towards him, although that did mean her leg was somewhat in the way... not that it wouldn't be an easy obstacle to get around should it come to that.

[hajike_tobiume]

Momo blinked slowly. That was... She suddenly felt like she should have taken one of those jackets when she got off the bus just to have something to pull tight about her at that moment. That look was... Well, at least he didn't seem to be undressing her with his mind. Not that there were any curves on her body worth doing such a thing for.

"Pleased to meet you, ZEX," Momo replied. There was something familiar about that name, but she couldn't place it. Maybe it'd come to her later. The fact that he wasn't human, from the phrasings he used earlier, allowed her to shrug off the odd looks for the moment.

"I'm afraid I'm not familiar with the VUX military, ZEX-san. I am one of the shinigami here - one of the vice captains."

[wantsyourzex]

ZEX definitely wasn't familiar enough with human mannerisms or expressions to notice that he was making her uncomfortable, and it was debatable whether or not he would have stopped had he known.

"Mmm, I'm pleased to meet you as well." Very pleased by the tone in his voice, and he was still smiling too widely. "There are so many different people to meet here... I haven't had the chance to know many female humans, I'm afraid. Hopefully that will change..." Still leering at her

[hajike_tobiume]

Momo swallowed and shifted a bit more away from ZEX. She hoped he'd stop soon as she was running out of room on the bench.

"Yes, though we use call them spirits as opposed to ghosts," she replied. "And I'm sorry for the mistake, but I am not human. I was one many years ago, but no longer. Though it is an honest mistake, so please do not worry about it."

[wantsyourzex]

Moving away from him again! An invitation to pursue, as far as ZEX was concerned. Humans did seem to like being chased! They could be so shy-

"You're not human?" Well, that changed some things, depending. Was one many years ago... "I wasn't... aware that one could change from human into something else. Well, aside from whatever methods this place uses to change us into these." ZEX indicated his body. "Although I'm not very familiar with your current species, I must admit." He wasn't quite sure if he was convinced about them having something to do with spirits or ghosts or whatever humans wanted to call them, as he was still somewhat doubtful that either could exist on the physical plane. His invisible admirer may have possessed some extraordinary qualities, but she was still human. Or human enough.

Although come to think of it, he'd had yet to cough up any hair today... interesting. Maybe she didn't want to wander too far from the Institute?

"How does one become a shinigami?" Perhaps some kind of ritual? Hmm.

[hajike_tobiume]

The smile on Momo's face was a little strained at this point. If she moved any further down the bench, she'd reach the rail and then she'd be trapped. Deciding she wanted the potential escape route, she forced herself to stay put when ZEX crowded her again.

"Well, it's a bit of a process," she explained. "I died as a human and then the strength of my soul allowed me to endure the training needed to harness the raw power of my soul to become shinigami." It was a much more complicated procedure than that, but she wasn't about to explain it to ZEX.

"I could have chosen to be reincarnated as a human again, but I chose to become a protector of humans and aid their spirits when they died."

[wantsyourzex]

Ah, it was lovely to be so close to a human! At least it was distracting him from the cold, which was nice... surely humans had some way to share heat if their bodies lost it so quickly? That was something that might be worth exploring...

But not at the moment. ZEX listened to her explanation with something of a skeptical expression, although he didn't know it. He was pretty sure his countrymen would not believe humans had souls, or much less an afterlife of their own. Then again, other VUX saw humans as little more than animals, and ZEX certainly disagreed with them there.

Not that that made her explanation make any sense. He had no idea what she was talking about or describing. He took a few moments to think about it, then said, "Why would a spirit need aid?"

[hajike_tobiume]

"Sometimes, when a human dies, their spirit stays on the living world instead of crossing over to the spirit world," Momo continued to explain. At least this angle of conversation had ZEX occupied with his thoughts and not whatever it was he wanted from her.

"Usually it's because the soul has a very strong emotional tie to someone or something in the living world, something they just can't let go. It's part of a shinigami's duty to help these spirits gross over before they corrupt and turn into an eater of souls we call a Hollow."

[wantsyourzex]

None of that made any sense. ZEX listened to her explanation, his skeptical expression not changing. Well, a complicated and nonsensical religion would fit their species... humans themselves were rather complicated and nonsensical.

Well, whether or not this human was a delusional and religious zealot or not, they were still nearby and still very easy to harass. ZEX leaned in a little closer to her, and heightened proximity made his smile almost too natural. "A Hollow, hmm?" As an innuendo, then something about that term clicked. He'd heard it somewhere before, hadn't he...? "Heh, I think someone was trying to warn me about those a few days ago..." Still smiling too much to sound concerned.

"What would you do with a... Hollow?" Although by the tone in ZEX's voice, he was asking something very different.