.o17 ☈ hide away from the sun;

[sting_to_death]

I twisted my ankle and can't walk, therefore I won't come to work for the next few days.

Luckily, I had already compiled the schedule for the next week. You'll find them in the usual place, Bastet. [ MYSTERIOUSLY, THE SCHEDULE DOESN'T INCLUDE HER.

How fortunate, isn't it? No, I don't want anyone to come over and try to help, it would be just a

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quicklog;

[sting_to_death]

[ Hearing Bastet talking about it so freely made Lin freeze on the spot. And hearing out loud that she must have had sex made it all feel more real.

Over a hundred years old... She hadn't really ever thought about it this way. And still, there were so many questions that needed an answer, because Lin knew her own personality, knew how people reacted to it, and knew how easily embarrassed she was by that kind of thing. It just didn't make any sense. She should have had cat ears too. ]

It was different, I didn't know what the unicorns meant back then. And it was months ago, I don't think anyone remembers about it anymore.

[ And even though Lin was perfectly aware that after letting a little of it slip out she was going to look like an idiot in Bastet's eyes for not telling her the rest--

Something was stopping her. She couldn't even tell exactly what.

They weren't even strictly related, the fact that she didn't want to go outside and the secret she was holding in. But the issue was the same-- privacy. She didn't want to go outside to protect her own. And she wasn't telling Bastet what she knew to protect someone else's. ]

I'd rather not know. That's all.

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[felinemystique]

[Bastet gave her a long, unreadable look. It was obvious there was more to it than what Lin was willing to say. But while Bastet could care less who knew she'd had sex, there were other things about herself that she held far more closely, and she'd hate for any of them to be broadcast.]

I still don't really understand. And since you won't tell me what's actually bothering you, I suppose that's not going to change.

[She stepped closer, taking one of Lin's tails of hair and tickling the other woman's nose with it.]

Still, though. If you wanted a few days off, you should have just come found me and asked.

[She indulged Lin often enough as it was--what was a few days vacation?]

quicklog;

[sting_to_death]

[ There was a faint blush on her cheeks, maybe more from the embarrassment of what she interpreted as being scolded for not coming to work than from the closeness. Or maybe just for both.

Anyone else and they'd get their hand bitten for touching her hair, and teasing her like that, daring acting so intimate. But this was Bastet, and wasn't everything always different with her? ]

I hope there won't be a next time, but in case there is, that's what I will do. And anyway, when I'm back I'll make up for all the lost time.

[ She wanted to add something like I promise, but once again the words got stuck in her throat and refused to come out. That seemed to happen a lot with Bastet. ]

I know I have no right to, but could I ask you a question?

quicklog;

[felinemystique]

[Bastet might have teased her about the blush, if not for her following question. She dropped Lin's hair, moving back a couple steps with a wry grin.]

Haven't I told you that I don't mind? What's your question, then?

quicklog;

[sting_to_death]

Well, a lot of new people arrived... Do you... Know anyone?

[ That was too vague of a question, but Lin knew Bastet could probably guess who she was talking about. ]

Re: quicklog;

[felinemystique]

[Bastet can indeed guess, but if Lin won't come out and ask directly, she doesn't see any reason to make it too easy on her.]

What makes you ask?

quicklog;

[sting_to_death]

Because I met some of them, and they are quite a few. So, it's very likely, since you remember more than I do... That maybe some of them look familiar... To you?

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[felinemystique]

[She raises her eyebrows at that, as it wasn't the answer she was expecting.]

I've only met one new arrival, actually. Who have have you met that's familiar to you?

quicklog;

[sting_to_death]

Well, nobody is actually familiar... But their reiatsu-- it doesn't feel like the first time I sense them. It's hard to explain.

[ But, back on topic. ]

That's why I was asking you...

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[felinemystique]

I've only met Crimson, and I definitely know him. Who are the others?

[She doesn't like not knowing that there are more people from home around; it's valuable information, and she plans to get as much from Lin as possible.]

quicklog; /scream this is like the third time I write a tl;dr tag in this thread and lj deletes it

[sting_to_death]

I've met a girl named Asuka. She has some good fighting skills, but seems very naive and gullible. She immediately accepted to meet me, alone, and when I attacked her it wasn't until I explained I was testing her strength that she started fighting back.

The other one I've met is a man who goes by the name of Kagami. He's definitely a good fighter, although maybe not so skilled at hand-to-hand combat, he's probably used to carry some sort of weapon.

[ She didn't mention that something about him made her feel uncomfortable. No need to make Bastet laugh at her and how paranoid she was being. ]

Sumi is the one whose reiatsu flared two days ago. I have no further information about her, at the moment.

I also know little about Bellflower. Just that she talks back a lot, and is from our world.

And King definitely emanates some kind of energy too, but it's different from ours. It's something akin to a screaming voice, hard to describe, but he can feel us. I'm not sure if that means something, though. I found out even Youth can feel my reiatsu, and we're not from the same world.

[ And then she was expectantly looking at Bastet, clearly waiting for her reward. ]

And then there's Crimson.

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[felinemystique]

[Bastet listens intently, filing the names away.]

Asuka asked to join the Guard. I suppose that's why.

[Sumi, Bellflower, Kagami...nothing that rang a bell so far, but it was no surprise, without physical descriptions.]

That's not unprecedented; I can sense people who aren't from our world as well. You have to concentrate, but you can even track and identify normal humans that way.

[She answered Lin's unspoken question easily enough.]

Crimson is Kisuke--the blond man you saw in my dream.

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[sting_to_death]

I told her it was a shame to waste her talent working in a restaurant, I guess she followed my advice.

[ Lin had simply never tried focusing on anyone that wasn't from their world. Did they matter at all? Most of the times she closed her eyes and blocked out anything else but that one voice she was looking for, it was to try and figure out where Bastet was. ]

Oh.

[ Hearing that name-- feeling that way too familiar pang of jealousy in her stomach-- it definitely showed on her face, even if just for one second. ]

Him.

[ Putting piece by the piece the puzzle back together-- Yoruichi had to leave, leaving her behind. And she left with this man, Kisuke. ]

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[felinemystique]

[The flash of jealousy was expected, but Bastet still had to suppress an exasperated sigh. As bad as Lin was about her other friends, Bastet had no illusions that she'd respond well to Crimson...especially given how bad he already was about provoking people.]

Yes, him. So you'll likely be seeing him around.

[And she anticipated she'd have to referee them both the entire time.]

quicklog; it did it again but this time I had copypasted it B)

[sting_to_death]

[ Now Lin finally understood why Crimson's words over the journals immediately rubbed her fur the wrong way. It couldn't be helped, this man had been close to Bastet since forever, closer than she was. That much was clear. ]

Is he going to live with you?

[ Lin regretted the question one second after asking it. Why ask? She was going to find out anyway if he moved in. But it seemed like it just slipped out of her mouth. ]

Forget it. It's none of my business.

[ --Was she even going to try and fight? This one, Lin already knew, was impossible to win. Wouldn't it be less painful for everyone if she just stepped aside and let them be?

Less painful for everyone but her. Did she even have the strength to give up, let her go, resign herself to the fact that that annoying man was always going to be special to Bastet, more special than her? ]

Re: quicklog; \o/ stupid LJ

[felinemystique]

[It wasn't really, but Bastet answered anyway.]

We haven't talked about it.

[She personally didn't care either way; he'd been over her house enough since his arrival, even though he still lived in temporary housing. She doubted that would change, no matter where he lived.]

Are you going to stop visiting if he does?