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[somes_auditus]

Some handsome devil seems to have painted the clock tower yellow.

The fiend.

What's next? Flowerbeds and mailboxes and sidewalks?

Hey, Whoever-is-my-boss-today: two things; One, can I get out of running at such ungodly hours with a doctor's note, and two, can I get paid for not coming to work if I'm working on building a weapon to use for work?

On that

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[nymphan]

Did you stretch before you went running?

[somes_auditus]

Why would I? I stretched when I got out of bed.

[nymphan]

If you don't stretch before exercising, your muscles will cramp, causing much pain. It’s quite uncomfortable, from what I’ve heard.

[somes_auditus]

I never said I was in much pain.

[nymphan]

Once the numbness wears off, you likely will be.

[somes_auditus]

Great. Just fan-fucking-tastic. What a waste of chakra...

[nymphan]

I apologize if I upset you, sir. I was just informing you of what I've heard.

Chakra... a center of spiritual energy in the human body according to yoga philosophy. How would you be wasting spiritual energy?

[somes_auditus]

That may be what it is in your world, but in mine, we learn to channel our chakra outside of our bodies and do things with it. Like... for example, I can wind mine like threads at the tip of my fingers and use it to operate puppets. We also make temporary copies of ourselves, walk on water, walk up trees, summon animals, change our appearance temporarily... to name a few.

[nymphan]

Those are some very interesting abilities, I must say. Does everyone possess this type of chakra, then?

[somes_auditus]

Everyone possesses chakra, but we shinobi of my world are the only ones who know how to wield it in this manner. As it happens, we can also teach others how... if you're interested.

[nymphan]

I may take you up on that offer, sir. It appears as if my own abilities have been negated by this city.

[somes_auditus]

Yes... that happens. I'm not sure I could teach you, then. When I first got here, I wasn't able to manipulate my chakra. You would have to ask the gods to give you the ability to learn.

[nymphan]

These gods... I have heard much of them. A god is the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe.

Are they responsible for our passage to this place?

[somes_auditus]

I know what a god is.

They're responsible for everything. They bring you here, whether you died or not. They control everything, and they can do both horrible and good things. If you ask nicely, they'll give you things you want - well, Medea will. Ask Medea for this.

[nymphan]

Again, I apologize. It is... a bad habit of mine to define words that I do not understand.

Medea... a name of Greek descent. I shall remember that. Might I know yours, as well?

[somes_auditus]

You don't know and yet you explain them in such detail.

Oh? You want my name? In my country it is considered extremely rude to ask for a name without introducing one's self first.