Hybrid Kingdom PSL

[no1likeme]

{ the “beach” episode }
for some more light-hearted/chaotic stuff happening at the hotel throughout the plot

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[kailo]

(( Of course she matches the gesture, reaching across to take the proffered hand. Her own are warm and soft, not unexpected of hands that needn't do labor. Even the bulk of her healing is done via magic (though she's capable of making potions and poultices and even stitching up a wound). ))

Anubis.

(( There's a musical quality in the way she speaks, but especially in the way she repeats his name as if trying it out. ))

I'm Ianuaria.

(( Yan-yu-ari-ah. Almost like January, in some languages. ))

What do you usually do in your afterlife, Anubis?

[dogsitting]

[Oh... his name does sound prettier the way she says it. He smiles down at his breakfast for a moment, suddenly feeling shy, but then she says her own name and and realizes he'll have to do the same thing - try it out, make sure it fits on his tongue. Hopefully he won't mess it up too badly.]

Ianu - ari - a. [The soft name gains a few sharp edges when Anubis says it, but he's got the gist.] That's so pretty. I've never heard a name like that before.

Oh, I... well, not much, these days. No one new really comes to our afterlife anymore. But I used to help with the funerary rites and judgment of the dead, and now I'm its guardian when Osiris is away. [After a pause, he rushes to add:] But I've got people watching it now! It's still safe! This is just more important.

[kailo]

(( Ah, he's so adorable! He must be shy! That must be why they haven't spoken before!

He expression warms when he's quick to assure that he didn't leave his domain unprotected to join this battle (not that one could blame him terribly if he had. This is a terribly important thing happening). He takes his responsibility seriously even if it's diminished over the years. ))

I have no place anymore. It was razed ages ago. May I be a little envious of you?

[dogsitting]

[Anubis is a very shy, very silly boy, but his expression immediately grows solemn when Ianuaria mentions the loss of her home. It's such a common story among the old powers and gods. Anyone without a gathering place in another dimension has been scattered to the winds... and she's one of them, huh?]

I'm so sorry. Of course you can, but - you can come visit too, if you want! When all this is over and I go back. You don't actually need to die if I grant you passage.

[It's not much of an offer, but he's glad he can offer something. That's such a sad situation.]

My cousin Sobek was guardian of the river that our entire civilization was built around, and it's really hard to go back there now because of - political things, I honestly don't get a lot of that stuff but it's really closed off. I know he misses it a lot.