http://false-oracle.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] false-oracle.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] star_kingdom_logs2011-09-24 01:03 am

I dream of gardens in the desert sand

WHO: [livejournal.com profile] false_oracle, [livejournal.com profile] innerflow, closed
LOCATION: Agrabah; just out in the desert.
TIME: Around noonish on Saturday, the 24th of September.
WHAT: Magus has gone to Agrabah; Mercury is there. Line-facing will ensue.
RATING: Ah, PG-13? Possible R, but I doubt it.


For a number of reasons, and not just because he wanted to find a place for himself and Schala to start a new life, Magus had been learning about the other worlds around and visiting them. And while he had found that he could teleport to other worlds, it would leave him drained for a while. As such, he had been taking such explorations at a slow pace.

His current exploration was Agrabah. He has intended to arrive in the city of the land, but he had never been there before and pinpointing his teleportation from this distance was a fool's game. Which is what landed him in the middle of the desert.

Of course, for all of his magic and all of his power, it was still draining on his power to teleport like this. It took him a moment to gather himself after arrival, which gave time for several Crimson Jazzes to appear, hopeful to pray on the dark heart of the weakened mage.

[identity profile] innerflow.livejournal.com 2011-10-01 12:44 am (UTC)(link)
Magus, clearly, was far more prosaic. It made her all the more embarrassed for getting carried away with herself.

"It doesn't seem to suit you," she ventured cautiously; he certainly didn't seem impressed or pleased by the surroundings. Perhaps a different world would be better after all.

[identity profile] innerflow.livejournal.com 2011-10-01 01:14 am (UTC)(link)
"I still don't know anything about that," she lies - very badly. Her nervous posture, the red in her cheeks, all give it away.

[identity profile] innerflow.livejournal.com 2011-10-01 01:37 am (UTC)(link)
She really was. But it was important to keep their identities secret.

Wasn't it? Or could they, ultimately, do more good here if they were known? But their enemies were here, too. And other enemies might show, who would take advantage of it. Besides, it wasn't just her decision to make.

"I'm not trying to deceive you." That much, at least, was true; that wasn't her reason for denying it. It was that simple protection and safety.

[identity profile] innerflow.livejournal.com 2011-10-01 01:49 am (UTC)(link)
Instinct makes her defensive; she subtly angles herself to be ready if he attacks.

"Please don't pry into this sort of thing."

[identity profile] innerflow.livejournal.com 2011-10-01 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
[He's not wrong to want the truth. She glances away.]

My secrets are secret for a reason. Can I trust you with them?

[identity profile] innerflow.livejournal.com 2011-10-01 02:04 am (UTC)(link)
"I'm Mizuno Ami. These identities are for my own protection, and to protect my loved ones, from my enemies." She carefully says 'my' rather than 'our'; no need to point him to more of the painfully obvious.

[identity profile] innerflow.livejournal.com 2011-10-01 02:18 am (UTC)(link)
"Answering that makes anyone near me a target either as those comrades, or as a weaker person unlikely to defend themselves. I can't answer." There's at least that tiny shred of safety in not knowing which - or who.

[identity profile] innerflow.livejournal.com 2011-10-01 02:37 am (UTC)(link)
She has no intention of questioning it. Instead, she says, "Thank you."

"Please understand, I truly wasn't saying those things for the sake of being deceptive by itself."