vatheon | There's another place I've got to be (semi-open)

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There's another place I've got to be (semi-open)

Who: Ky Kiske and semi-open (Jade Curtiss, Zelda, Sol Badguy, Mao Lu-Shen)
Where: Around and about
When: The week of November 26th
What: Event. Getting stuck to people.
Style: Use what you're comfortable with.
Status: I'm posting starters for the people listed above, but if anyone else wants in feel free to post your own starter for getting stuck to Ky

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[The curse hardly seems a concern compared to the necessity of preventing Zelda from falling all the way. His hand goes to her waist to catch her, to steady her back on her feet.]

There, I...

[And then he remembers the curse, when she's stable enough, and tries to pull his hand back. Which doesn't work.]

[Zelda does not seem surprised by this outcome in the least, just resolved to it.]

Thank you.

[He meant well, after all. She should thank him. Sadly, his arm is definitely not the pavement. Of course it's just her luck that they get stuck together. Zelda closes her eyes and sighs, shifting around awkwardly to check on her shoes and attempt to break off her other heel, doubling over Ky's arm to accomplish it.]

It seems one of my heels broke. It shouldn't take long to fix.

[Then... well, one of them will just have to walk backwards.]

[A shrug, as he makes and then breaks eye contact. The contact has already become awkward.]

Where were you headed?

[Beyond the opposite direction as him...]

[She holds up the small bag she got at the grocery store.]

Back home. I have been attempting to not leave the house whenever possible this week, but we were out of perishable items. I am the only one currently capable of shopping properly, so...

[She has perishable items Ky, obviously they should go where she was going.]

They need to be refrigerated, I take it? We can go to your place.

[ Ky had, after all, just been taking a walk. No reason he can't do that backwards in the direction of Zelda's place, even if the idea of being in contact all the time is uncomfortable. ]

Is everyone who lives with you going to be alright?

[ Ky's not certain how many people do live with her -- the only one he's certain of is Zelos -- but it had seemed like a lot when he had been there. ]

Oh, yes, they're fine! We just seem to all be prone to those comas, that is all. There is no need to worry, I will look after them properly.

[Ky would definitely know just how well she looks after comatose people. Zelda seems to realize that she might have touched on that after the words are out of her mouth, looking slightly awkward.]

Ah well, I'll just...

I promise not to use my magic around them.

[See, he's getting that one out of the way. And he'll sort of shuffle a half-step backward, awkwardly.]

Let me know if I'm likely to hit anything.

What? Oh, no, please - You can lead the way. Now that my heels have been removed I shouldn't fall again, I can hear around myself fairly well.

[Better than a human, at any rate. She supposes she could also just lighten herself and allow Ky to carry her but that option is...

...no, she won't tell him she can alter her weight.]

There's no need for that.

[ And she was the one to fall in the first place. ]

I'm fairly familiar with the streets.

[Maybe it's just her imagination, but he sounds smug. Is he thinking she'll fall down again? Maybe she will suggest that one of them carry the other.]

It would probably be safest if one of us simply carried the other, don't you think?

Wh--

[No, no, clearly not a good idea.]

What if we got stuck like that?

Far better than getting stuck on top of one another in a fashion where we can't move if one of us falls. I can alter our weight, so either one of us should be able to do it for an extended period of time.

[There is just absolutely no way she's going to end up with Ky's hand stuck to her chest like she did with Guy. No way. Besides, he disagrees with the idea, and on some incredibly immature level, that makes her want to do it.]

No, that's just...

It wouldn't be appropriate. I'm fine walking backward.

[She fixes Ky with a long-suffering look. Wouldn't be appropriate? There's certainly nothing between them of that nature, so it shouldn't matter in the least that she's a woman.

If it does, though, that's fixed easily enough.

He'd find that the waist his arm is stuck to broadens suddenly, taking on the shape of a slender but well-built man.]

Is this better?

[Even his voice is lower, though he's still quite short.]

[Wait. Wait.

What?

Ky tries to pull his hand away again, harder this time, to get away from the unnatural feeling of the body shifting under him.

It becomes apparent that that isn't working, and Ky's eyes sweep Zelda's form now, before he looks over...his? her? how is he supposed to know? shoulder.]

W-what are...?

How...

What did you do!

[The last is angry, demanding an explanation.]

I changed my form. Aren't you more comfortable this way?

[Though his tone is innocent enough, inside, Sheik is laughing a bit. Ky would be the sort to be confused at something like this, wouldn't he?]

It's a simple enough spell. Most people with magical talent could do it, I would say.

[And a god could certainly do it. Yes, he is still sore at Ky's rejection of the idea that a god or goddess could change forms and present themselves differently to different people.]

[God certainly could, Ky is aware enough of that, but there is no logic in Him presenting to Zelda's people the way Zelda has implied her goddess appears.]

No. That you...

[He's certainly confused, taken aback by her transformation.]

Are you a woman, or a man?

A man. There is not a problem if we are both men, right?

[Somehow, his reaction isn't like Guy's was. Guy had been surprised, certainly, but Ky seems... he doesn't even know what Ky seems.]

If you mean in general, I was born a woman. My guardian taught me to take this form as a disguise.

I don't -- you -- You can't just go from being a woman to a man! It doesn't work that way!

[Ky is going from astonished, confused, to huffy, self-righteous.]

If you're a woman then you should...be one, not... Why...

[Sorry, Zelda. Complete sentences are hard.]

If I remained as a woman, I would have been killed like the rest of the royal family. Do the reasons really matter? Regardless, it is an ability I have now.

[With most people he would have just changed back by now. With Ky starting to take that self-righteous tone, it's become a matter of principle.]

There's a difference between pretending to become a man, and actually...being one.

[How is this comfortable for her?]

You don't need it for survival now.

[He's not understanding the problem here.]

Perhaps not, but it is still useful. This body is stronger, and capable of a great many feats that my own is not. Is it really that much of an issue?

It's not...It shouldn't work like that.

You're either male or female, you don't... choose.

Why not?

[It's a simple enough question, but it wouldn't be Ky's imagination if he thinks he hears a challenge there.]

Because it's not natural!

[And a simple enough answer, but it's also highly emotional.]

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