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[you_will_suffer]

[A figure stumbles from the docks, dressed in black. They are incredibly pale, the black strands of their hair sticking to their cheeks and neck. The heat is not their friend and the sudden change in circumstances isn't helping.]

Where...is this? [Akito runs a hand through their hair, dropping onto the nearest bench available.] I am Akito Sohma. If I have been kidnapped, I demand to know the reason why.

[It really is hard to tell their gender. At first glance, one would think boy, but that can be misleading. Their voice is feminine, but low. Or maybe they are projecting it lower on purpose.]

Tell me.

Comments

[Video]

[you_will_suffer]

[A healer? Without Hatori, they might -

No. They will find Hatori.]

I can't be healed. [It's the weight of the curse. Akito was born feeble.]

Re: [Video]

[enchantinglily]

Perhaps. Perhaps not. But I can try to see what I can do. My magic should at least be able to relieve your symptoms if not more.

[Video]

[you_will_suffer]

You're very sure of yourself. [Magic?] What are you?

Re: [Video]

[enchantinglily]

Would you believe me if I told you I was a unicorn?

[Hopefully she wouldn't have to worry about this person coming after her. No, there were people here to help her if anything went wrong. She should be honest. She's doing the right thing.]

[Video]

[you_will_suffer]

[Their expression clearly says "no, I don't believe you in the slightest", however...]

Prove it.

Re: [Video]

[enchantinglily]

[She sighs. She figured that might be the response, so she puts her phone down in a way that it's propped up and then steps back so Akito can see her clearly before transforming quickly and seamlessly into a beautiful black unicorn with a silver horn and hooves.]

See? Unicorn.

[Video]

[you_will_suffer]

[Shaking their communicator several times, they try to find the trick. There has to be one, right?]

I thought unicorns were supposed to be white.

[AS IF THAT IS THE ONLY PROBLEM.]

Is this your magic?

Re: [Video]

[enchantinglily]

[She laughs in amusement at the comment.]

Black unicorns are rarer then the white ones. The lore I know says that we're a sign of something important to come, though I'm not sure how true that is.

But yes, this is my magic. I can also heal and promote the plants to grow.

[Video]

[you_will_suffer]

[Too like the Zodiac. Akito jerks back, expression shadowed.]

Has that proven true? Are you worshipped or thought of as a curse?

Re: [Video]

[enchantinglily]

Yes and no. There are always those that consider my kind precious, and those that have considered not what I am, but my magic a curse when they don't know what I am. Then there are others whose greed consumes them. I've met a mix of all kinds. Here though, people are far more open then those I knew back home.

[Video]

[you_will_suffer]

You make this place sound like a fairy-tale. [Their voice is dry.] People always hate what they don't understand. They lash out at it and condemn it. That is natural.

Re: [Video]

[enchantinglily]

I wouldn’t call it a fairy tale either. And I wouldn’t say always. There are always those willing to accept such things as well.

[Video]

[you_will_suffer]

And what becomes of you when someone cuts off your horn? [Taking risks has consequences and all of them hurt.]

Re: [Video]

[enchantinglily]

I care not to find out.

[Video]

[you_will_suffer]

How do you protect yourself?

Re: [Video]

[enchantinglily]

I haven't needed to protect myself here, but I have my horn, my hooves, and my magic.

[Video]

[you_will_suffer]

But you said you have healing magic; not defensive magic. [Akito is just being difficult.]

Re: [Video]

[enchantinglily]

[They can be difficult. Lily can understand it under the circumstances to be honest.]

I can call on nature if I need to, but I prefer not to fight if I don't absolutely have to to survive.

Do you have a kind of magic, Akito? You didn't seem surprised by my mention of magic so much as by what I was.

[Video]

[you_will_suffer]

[This is where they should cut contact. Akito glowers, considering their options. Should they yell and scare Lily away from the topic?]

...it's...

[Personal. Something to be hidden and coveted.]

My business.

Re: [Video]

[enchantinglily]

[Lily's assuming that reaction is a yes of some kind, but she's not about to push the topic too hard.]

You'll find there are quite a few people here with various abilities and magics. I'm far from the only one.

[Though she was the only unicorn.]

[Video]

[you_will_suffer]

[The curse won't do them any good; any power they possess is over the other members of the Zodiac.]

It doesn't matter. [But the topic does need to be broached.] Have you spoken to a girl named Tohru Honda?

Re: [Video]

[enchantinglily]

[She shook her head.]

No, I haven't. But there are so many people here I'm bound not to know them all.

[Video]

[you_will_suffer]

[Then the secret is probably safe. For the time being.]

She is the only one I recognize.

Re: [Video]

[enchantinglily]

And she's here?

[Video]

[you_will_suffer]

Obviously.