Normal day over, it seemed. And it was such a promising one, too.
Animals, as most people understand, have a peculiar way of sensing when something strange is going on long before anyone else had an inkling of it. Her pets had most likely caught wind of what had happened outside Satori's effective range, and over time, the buzz of more than a few new minds entering her domain was the talk of the Palace amongst the mind-reader's animal companions. All of this commotion, from more than a few pairs of fur-and-feathered feet coming to bring her the news. Someone familiar, yet not too familiar, whose image Satori had only glimpsed through the mind of one of the largest thorns in her side. This hardly made sense, upsetting not only Satori's routine, but...virtually any sense of peace she'd already had. And just what she needed, an unwanted guest.
By the time that the Great Unmoving Library had entered Chireiden's grounds proper, passing the surprisingly well arranged rose patches and an uncomfortable number of growing tomatoes and plums, Satori would already be waiting in her sitting room until her guest came into her proper range. And all the while, silently regretting having to deal with this so suddenly. All the better to either greet her or turn her away, as the case may be. But, after all, what business could such a person want in a burned out husk of Former Hell? After a moment or two, Satori's slow-burning frustration reached its apex, the satori youkai marching out of the room, through the halls and opening the front door...
"...Miss Knowledge, I'd say 'I was expecting you' if that wasn't an implausible lie. To be frank, you're the last person I expected to make the journey all the way here...however it is you found yourself here, in the first place."
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Animals, as most people understand, have a peculiar way of sensing when something strange is going on long before anyone else had an inkling of it. Her pets had most likely caught wind of what had happened outside Satori's effective range, and over time, the buzz of more than a few new minds entering her domain was the talk of the Palace amongst the mind-reader's animal companions. All of this commotion, from more than a few pairs of fur-and-feathered feet coming to bring her the news. Someone familiar, yet not too familiar, whose image Satori had only glimpsed through the mind of one of the largest thorns in her side. This hardly made sense, upsetting not only Satori's routine, but...virtually any sense of peace she'd already had. And just what she needed, an unwanted guest.
By the time that the Great Unmoving Library had entered Chireiden's grounds proper, passing the surprisingly well arranged rose patches and an uncomfortable number of growing tomatoes and plums, Satori would already be waiting in her sitting room until her guest came into her proper range. And all the while, silently regretting having to deal with this so suddenly. All the better to either greet her or turn her away, as the case may be. But, after all, what business could such a person want in a burned out husk of Former Hell? After a moment or two, Satori's slow-burning frustration reached its apex, the satori youkai marching out of the room, through the halls and opening the front door...
"...Miss Knowledge, I'd say 'I was expecting you' if that wasn't an implausible lie. To be frank, you're the last person I expected to make the journey all the way here...however it is you found yourself here, in the first place."