Autumn, October 5th - Greetings & Dog Walkings

[zenoh]

Video - Public

[ The recent influx of new arrivals haven't flown over Ayame's head. She pays a good amount of attention to the network, despite her obscurity in there. She often just doesn't feel the need to reply most of the time. That, and coupled by her aversion to extensive socializing. But today is a little different. Feeling herself hollow with her recent depressing woes, and stories from a couple of her friends who both miss someone who vanished from Genessia, had inspired Ayame to make the best of her time here and meet as much people as she can. Who knows, it might be good for her business too.

Ayame makes a video while wearing traditional Japanese clothes while she sits in Atelier Sakura, her kimono shop in Fayren. She had some help from some liquid courage in the form of whisky on the rocks, swirling inside a glass with gold trims. Ayame takes a little whiff of her whisky before her eyes flick toward the camera ]

Good afternoon, Genessia. We have quite a lot of new members and returnees. Many interesting faces, and I simply would like to extend my greetings to all of you now. I myself awoke in Genessia around this time of year, last October. Well, here's to us becoming friends in this strange new world.

[ She gives a smallest bow along with a raise of her glass ]

Welcome. My name is Ayame Sasaki, I run tailoring businesses in this world. Hopefully your queries have been met and you're on the way to adjusting, or re-adjusting, to this place by now. Should any of you be in need of assistance, custom attire, or employment, I can provide those for you to the best of my ability. My clothing stores could use some helping hands. No prior experience is required.

[ Ayame gives a small smirk along with her words. Then, her attention darts to the side where the sounds of small footsteps on wooden floors are coming from, revealing itself to be a massive wolfdog that nuzzles on Ayame's shoulder. She gives the dog a rub under the chin, to which the dog gives a pleased whimper ]

Ah, Himiko...

[ Ayame follows with some Japanese words directed toward her pet, moving her glass away from Himiko's probing nose which was sniffing the whisky's aroma out of sheer curiosity. Looking back at the camera, Ayame intends to at least end the video with a proper close. ]

In any case, I'm very much looking forward to meeting all of you in the near future. But if you'd excuse me, I have to take the dog out for a walk. Should you be around Fayren or Genessia, or browsing around the network, don't hesitate to say hello or tell me about your experiences with this world so far.

Until then.

Action - Fayren or Genessia City Streets - Public

[ Right after that public video, Ayame is out on a stroll with Himiko tied to an energy leash created by Ayame's own power. Under the autumn scenery of trees and crunchy leaves on the sidewalks, Ayame just follows along, even bringing the glass of whisky along with her. Himiko just so happen to be the opposite of her master; and is very friendly, hyperactive, and easily distracted. While on their walk, Himiko would bark at small rodents, or approach people just to sniff at their legs. Come say hi! Just don't hurt the dog... ]

Comments

[rando_dork]

And the beak. I'd peck the heck out of so many things.

[zenoh]

That sounds like fun. I might try that someday, it's been a while since I shapeshifted for no reason other than to appease my own curiosity.

[rando_dork]

Shapeshift?

You can freakin' shapeshift!?

[zenoh]

[ Oh her and her big mouth. Ayame smiles with some sheepish look of regret. Alcohol makes her a little loose lipped, but it made her feel like taking a sip of more of it. ]

Yes. Yes, I can.

[ She demonstrates by shapeshifting into Gwen. There wasn't any fancy special effect in Ayame's use of her powers. Not all the time. It was just like in a blink of an eye, Ayame looks exactly like Gwen herself ]

How do I look?

[ She asks, in Gwen's voice ]

[rando_dork]

[Gwen goes slack jawed. That certainly is something.

That is something really creepy.]

Uhhhh- Wha- That wasn't what I was expecting.

Cool, yeah. But weird.

[zenoh]

[ Ayame turns herself back to her original form. Her shapeshifting can even copy people's clothing, and in that brief moment, Ayame got to experience what it's like to wear teenager clothes. It's a style that's definitely pretty different than her own, more mature one ]

My apologies. There, better?

[ She pauses, taking another sip of her whisky with a satisfied sigh after she empties the glass. But without a bottle in sight, the glass is refilled with that delicious booze out of thin air ]

Strange things, some even stranger than what you just saw, is a common occurrence here. There was a time in Attleton. An individual kidnapped a few pendant wearers like you and I and thrown them into a subarchway, where they had to face their "Shadow" selves. I only heard about this from a friend who was there, since this happened before my arrival. Apparently, their Shadows look like evil versions of themselves.

[rando_dork]

Yeah... Much better.

[It takes her a moment to shake off how weird that was. It was like her incident with body switching but, a little more weird some reason. It was a little disconcerting to know someone could pull her look off quite like that.]

I mean. That's cool, just uh-don't do me again. That's a little much.

[There's a head tilt at that.]

Aren't those guardian people around to stop things like that from happening?