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[spinthron]

[ Hello Nippon. Spinner has a fun party trick to use when he wants to get a lay of the land... ]

Greetings. My name is Spinner.

[ High Master of the Crying Spider. His zodiac guardian is the patron of art, and intuition: ]

Would you like me to tell your fortune?

[ His smile is mellow, friendly. ]




[[ you're gonna get a magic-eight-ball style yes-no-maybe. if you think one over the other would be more fun, let me know. otherwise I'm gonna rng it. ]]

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[spinthron]

[ He laughs, maybe he did a bad job explaining. ]

The Celestial Realm. It's... sort've draped over the Mortal.

[ He makes a gesture with his hands, sweeping out like a blanket laid over a shape. ]

Go high enough into the mountains, or far enough out into the ocean, and you'll find the veil.

[whrrenah]

Ah. Your donut has extra frosting on top. The one I'm from is... well, someone sucked out all the filling, so.

[ She shrugs a bit. ]

But Arril has an umbra like that! Only the chaos happens maybe fifty feet from the surface of oceans, no mountains necessary.

[spinthron]

It's all a bit convoluted, isn't it.

[ That the wild magic of the celestials is the spark of life in their world. That their 'filling' is full to bursting, venting ravenous ghosts from tears in the veil between Spectral and Mortal. ]

My brother would explain it better than I.

[whrrenah]

Magic is as magic does and it is rarely linear.

[A small shrug. ]

Oh? Is your brother here?

[spinthron]

[ Is he here? Spinner pauses. No, he isn't, and that is weighted with rough emotions. ]

No, seems like he got left behind with the rest of the luggage.

[whrrenah]

I'm sorry.

[She's wholly sympathetic about it. ]

I don't have anyone from home here, either.

[spinthron]

Ah well, he'll get along fine without me.

[ ...Maybe. Creeping Dust was on the warpath for vengeance, there was no telling what he might do at this point. ]

[whrrenah]

Will you be okay without him, though?

[spinthron]

Yes. Got quite a lot of practice, even.

[whrrenah]

I see. I can be like that with my brother, too.

[spinthron]

We've all got our different lots. Even siblings.

[whrrenah]

That we do.

[spinthron]

So, where were you headed before you were so abruptly interrupted?

[ He sits back with his hands behind his head lazily. ]

[whrrenah]

I was actually going back home after visiting my brother and his family. And then I got stuck in that loop over and over again.