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Video ; UN: P'Magnum

[Here we have the Mafia heir in his most unnatural environment. A little Japanese garden with what looked like broken furniture wood (but really, they are slat beds all taken apart) and in the back ground, a few extra fluffy type mattresses. His shirt has the sleeves rolled up so high they almost look like poofy sleeves on a dress and he has at least one nail sticking out from between his lips as he's... sanding wood. With nice muscle structure sanding said wood.]

Anyone know of any decent hardware stores? And some instruction manuals would be brilliant. Never buying from that asshole who said 'some assembly required.' I swear he's a clerk from IKEA.

[Kin has acquired beds! Low to the ground, but probably better than sleeping on the floor. He hadn't expected to put them together himself. Or sanding them to stain the wood, either.]

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An estate.

[ A compound that one can protect easily. ]

I am looking for a place with enough room so that if more of my people arrive, they have a place to stay. With fortifications.

[She frowns uncertain what that means exactly, at least until he clarifies 'with fortifications'. Ah! That, she gets.]

That's wise. I had this place built with a wall for that reason too. It's much easier to ward somewhere that has only one entrance. When you get your place, I'll come hang talismans for you.

Most of the people I know live in the Eastern Kingdom but at the time I didn't want to live so close to them. It's worked out because of my job at Harmony Gardens, but I recommend taking time to consider the location carefully. If you're lucky like I was the government will offer to build you a place to your liking. You'll just have to choose the neighborhood.

[He nods his thanks at the offer. ]

I would appreciate that. I'm not certain I would get that lucky. I think it would be more lucky that the government didn't make me a place.

[ Not unless he was 'emperor.' lol ]

Why is that?

[She frowns at him curiously.]

I was concerned initially that there would be someone to come and demand payment for this place when I was first offered it, but others I know who have been given places like this to live have assured me it's never come so far. Although I'm not naïve enough to think that couldn't change at some point.

[He nods slowly in agreement.]

Do you think they ever keep records of us? Like they would try and figure out who we are, what our previous professions were? Then find a way to exploit that?

[ The second someone comes after them because they were mafia would be the last second they breathed. ]

Perhaps. With the scientists here, they would be only smart to keep some kind of records on us to understand us and yes, exploit us better.

[She's way to paranoid a person to think otherwise.]

However, I believe as long as we're providing what they need then they won't harm us intentionally. Their world depends on us. It's not the most pleasant exchange on either side, but we hold more power here than it may seem.

[Kinn nods solemnly. They are on the same page in the same book.]

So if we aren't compliant little batteries making bonds with people, they may come after us.

[ He's not ~bonding~ with anyone! ]

[She nods.]

It's possible but there's also an energy here that is influencing us to bond with others. It can be a familial bond or a platonic friendship as well. It isn't limited to just sexual ones. From what I understand though, those are the strongest.

[She steps closer and turns around. Lifting her hair, she shows him the scattering of tiny feathers.]

Mine have just begun.

[His eyes widened as he looked. Part of him wants to touch, just to make certain that they're real, that those feathers are actually growing out of her head, but he doesn't.]

Those... because of Wanyin?

[He doesn't recall any family bonds Wen Qing exhibited. ]

[Her expression softens to a smile and she nods.]

Yes, they began to grow right as your family moved in. I have a friendship with Gaura and A-Cheng's siblings, but the timing is undeniable. I don't know what other features I may gain and I don't know what kind of bird this is, but no one ever knows what they'll become here.

[What the bonds do with other people here have him thinking about what might happen to himself and his people here.]

And nothing can really change that?

[She shakes her head.]

Nothing that I've heard of. As weird as it seems though, people here take great pride in their changes usually. I've witnessed people announcing their changes over the network like it's something to celebrate.

[Another shake of her head.]

That isn't something I would do, but others seem much more willing to share their personal life with just anyone.

[ He wonders, briefly, what that means as she's shared this personal information with him. ]

Some people have a smaller personal bubble than others. Oversharing is their thing.

I've noticed.

[There's a tiny smirk on her face. She's had to put a talisman on Kinn's cousin's door, after all. Their conversations that she catches snippets of too can be quite.. um.. revealing as well.]

You seem to enjoy your privacy, so I can understand your reluctance to gain something so obvious. I'll light incense to the gods here that whatever you get will be something you can hide easily or be to your liking.

You're too kind. [He offers a waiof respect. She doesn't have to do any of that for him or for any of his people.]

It's not something that would ever happen in my world. So it's extremely...foreign.

[And foreign was dangerous until proven otherwise. ]

[She covers her mouth and breathes a hidden laugh.]

That's how I've felt with all of these new devices and machinery. It took a bit to get used to clean water being brought into my home without needing a bucket and a well. Even the clothes were strange with all the hooks and buttons they use.

I've learned not everything unfamiliar is bad.

True. It still takes time to get used to it. For me, everything is older. Old fashioned. Or so past my time that it's a wonder how any of it works. Not to mention the ... magic that can be involved.

It's hard to imagine these strange things being so basic. My ways must seem quite primitive to you.

I wouldn't necessarily say that. The element of magic is very foreign to us. So... primative isn't the first thing that comes to mind.

Thank you.

[She smiles at that. Kinn has always been so respectful to her. It's more than made up for the effort she's put into taking care of his family.]

Magic that changes someone's body like this is foreign to me as well. I've found someone willing to teach me more about how this world's magic affects the soul. It's complicated but I'm hoping eventually it'll be possible to help someone who really doesn't want these changes.

[It's far too early in her lessons to know if that can happen or not, but she's hopeful!]

How it affects the soul? So it's more than just physical manifestations?

[ He doesn't like the sound of that at all. ]

[Wen Qing frowns sympathetically.]

Hm, yes. These are only signs of the magic building within us.

The kizuna bond isn’t just like regular friendships. They tie people together and if these bonds break it can result in physical pain as well as emotional.

You don't have to answer if it's too uncomfortable but...

What happens when the magic is topped off in a person?

[She takes a moment to think of the best way to say this.]

They transform completely into whatever creature they've been manifesting as. It's not permanent from what I understand. You can return to the state you were in before you changed, but doing either is painful.

[ His default horrified expression is... blank.]

Is pain the motivation for people to get that far?

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