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]

(( Anubis isn't the only early riser amongst them. He may have noticed Ianuaria also at the cafe for the last few mornings. She's certainly noticed him and his quest to try different things. This morning, she noticed that he ordered something she herself tried earlier in the week. As she walks by, she pauses near his table, her own items in hand. ))

That's good. I had it a few days ago.

[dogsitting]

[He's been meaning to introduce himself to Ianuaria, he really has. Even he's not sure why he gets so quiet whenever she arrives, except that he's never seen a girl that looks quite like her and it makes him feel extremely shy. Maybe the first inklings of a crush?

When she suddenly stops to talk to him, his heart jumps into his throat and he finds himself touching the back of his hair to make sure it's all neatly in place.]

Oh! Really? I'm glad! But I haven't had anything really bad here yet, so I'm not surprised...

[After a brief, uneasy silence, Anubis finally works up the courage to ask:]

Would - you like to join me?

[kailo]

(( Come to think of it... She hasn't had anything bad here, either! Perhaps that's to be expected in a place as fine as this. It's certainly as fine a place as she's ever found herself. The circumstances could be better but, he skills will be useful here if things go as darkly as many of them suspect they may.

That's a distant thought at the moment, tucked away in the back of her mind to focus on the much more pleasant experience of meeting someone new. Someone who, like her, seems to be more of a morning person than most. She smiles brightly, nearly diving into the chair across from him before stopping herself. ))

If you don't mind?

[dogsitting]

Of course not! I've been hoping someone'd start getting up at the same time as me but it's not really a human side thing, I guess... anyway, please pull up a seat!

[Once she's comfortably seated, he'll wipe his hands with his napkin and then extend one across the table in greeting.]

I'm Anubis, by the way! Osiris, the sorta leader of this whole thing, he's my dad. I usually live in our afterlife.

[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?