Video ; UN: P'Magnum

[50000baht]

[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.]

Comments

[50000baht]

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. ]

[drqingmedwoman]

[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.

[50000baht]

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.

[drqingmedwoman]

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

[50000baht]

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.

[drqingmedwoman]

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!]

[50000baht]

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

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

[drqingmedwoman]

[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.

[50000baht]

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

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

[drqingmedwoman]

[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.

[50000baht]

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

Is pain the motivation for people to get that far?

[drqingmedwoman]

No, only for maintaining a bond once it's been formed. You can simply keep it at the same level indefinitely as far as I know. Those who transform are the ones who have bonded the strongest.

The pain would actually be a deterrent but people do it anyway.