tsabic tazzari and anai

[06:38] <Earthflame> As the group splits up, Tazzari is left holding Anai's hand and gazing around the fair in nervous indecision. "I... Um... What do you want to do, Anai?"
[06:41] <Ikiryo> Anai shifts a bit uncomfortably in her backless dress. "Well...I...umm...I don't know. I don't know anything about this festival..."
[06:42] <Earthflame> "Um..." Tazzari tries to see if there's an itinerary or guide anywhere, digital or otherwise.
[06:45] <Ikiryo> There...is not. That seems like a bit of an oversight...or possibly that Yvenne might just be going 'Eh, set up whatever'
[06:45] <Earthflame> "Um... Um..." Tazzari grits her teeth. She'd dragged Anai here... "Let's go see what's going on!" She says, rather louder than she has to, gripping Anai's hand and setting off in the direction of something that seems to be happening.
[06:48] <Ikiryo> There is, like everywhere else, a heap of food stalls. In addition there is quite a few sideshow games. Shooting targets and such. Several unnamed tents are set up around the area too...in the far distance they can see the Tankery field.
[06:48] <Earthflame> "Umm... Are you hungry?"
[06:48] <Ikiryo> Anai lets herself get dragged, blushing a bit. "...is it ok to be out like this?" She getures to her outfit.
[06:49] <Earthflame> "...Yes. It's fine! You look good, we both look good, so, um..."
[06:49] <Ikiryo> "I just...my tattoos." She bushes more "I look good? I mean, you look really pretty but..."
[06:50] <Earthflame> "You do... Um. The tattoos, they, um..." She smiles. "They look really nice... You should be, um, proud of them..."
[06:52] <Ikiryo> "I'm not ashamed of them...I mean, my Grandfather worked hard to make them...it's just...I'm not used to showing them off." The nearest tent seems to be a shop of some sort, with a lot of models for sale. They can't see the other from here.
[06:53] <Earthflame> "I'm, um, not used to going out in a dress, either... But you say I look good, and I say you look good, so... Let's, um, keep going on together!" She pauses, peering around again. "If you're not hungry, then..."
[06:55] <Ikiryo> "Are you hungry? I'm not hungry but if you want to get something..."
[06:56] <Earthflame> "Um, no! We can eat later, so... Um, let's see what those are!" She starts walking purposefully towards one of the tents, vaguely wondering if they were the same models Yvenne showed them... She did owe Ainlinn a present.
[06:57] <Ikiryo> They are! Well, some are. There are a lot of varieties of the Sephia models that Yvenne showed her...but also a lot of them for various buildings and golems...
[07:00] <Ikiryo> Tazzari can indentify them as famous belkan war machines and superweapons, all things that were terrifying in their day.
[07:01] <Earthflame> She takes a sideways glance at Anai. "Umm... I was going to get one of the, um, Sephia ones for Ainlinn... Do you think anyone else would like one?" She peruses the options available, seeing if there's anything that wasn't in Yvenne's little catalogue...
[07:02] <Ikiryo> Anai is looking over them...having stopped before one of them, studying it carefully.
[07:03] <Ikiryo> ...oh hey, there is one that is Sephia AND a Belkan War Golem. Or at least, Sephia wearing one. It's odd.
[07:04] <Earthflame> She frowns and picks it up, trying to make sense of it... She glances to Anai and sees her focusing on something, too. "Oh, um... Do you like that one, Anai?"
[07:06] <Ikiryo> "...it's not that." She's looking over a scale model of excallibur, complete with hovering mirrors that reflect coloured lights from the center spire...
[07:06] <Earthflame> "...Oh. I... Um..." She remembers the article, and steps up to squeeze the other girl's shoulder. "...It's familiar?"
[07:08] <Ikiryo> "...I think so?" She flips open the Book of Divine Fire and starts scanning trough pages. "I swear I've seen it before..."
[07:09] <Earthflame> She peers at the book as Anai flicks through it, paging through her own internal copies of the pages that she'd been working from to try and code Anai's spell script into a device...
[07:11] <Ikiryo> "Here." She gestures to a diagram, rather than a spell. "The visualization for this shielding spell. It's the same pattern as the mirrors..."
[07:14] <Earthflame> She looks between the two, nodding. "That's, um, Excalibur... It's, um, the Belkan Artifact that they think was taken to your world... It might have, um... Been what... Burned it..." She looks down, shuffling her feet uncomfortably.
[07:17] <Ikiryo> She nods, flipping through a few more pages. "...maybe." She picks up the model...and places it on the ground. "From above..." She gestures to another one of her spell diagrams. "It sort of looks like..."
[07:17] <Ikiryo> Tazzari can see it. The large diagram looks like an arial view of excalibur...though she can't quite work out what the spell does...
[07:18] <Earthflame> "I can see it, um... What does that spell do?"
[07:20] <Ikiryo> "The Calling of Cleansing Light..." She gestures to a trio of large shapes around the center. "These are the key parts of mana-gathering as no one has enough energy to power something like that..."
[07:20] <Ikiryo> Tazzari can tell that the version on Excalibur...is the Mana accumulators.
[07:21] <Earthflame> "Your spells... It's like they're, um... Based on it's structure..."
[07:22] <Ikiryo> She gestures to the center circle of the diagram. "And this is what projects the cleansing light." The Radome and Optical amplifiers...
[07:22] <Earthflame> "...Is this a spell you can, um, cast?"
[07:22] <Ikiryo> She nods. "I've...never seen this before. I mean...I know the patterns off by heart...but the overall design?"
[07:23] <Ikiryo> She shakes her head. "It's beyond me. My grandfather was the only person who could cast it, even my father couldn't do it."
[07:24] <Earthflame> "This..." She ponders. "...I think it's, um, a scaled down version of Excalibur... Someone on your world knew the device well enough to, um, copy it's power, a little bit... Um, who made this spell?"
[07:25] <Ikiryo> "My grandfather designed it...well, sort of. He gathered the parts..."
[07:26] <Earthflame> "From where? I wonder, um... Is this just history, and memory... Or does, um... Might Excalibur still exist somewhere, on your world?"
[07:28] <Ikiryo> "I don't know. I never met him. My father said that he gathered the parts to stop a demon of metal that was terrorizing our land when he was growing up. It took him...a year...but he finished it."
[07:29] <Earthflame> "A demon of metal... A Golem, maybe?"
[07:31] <Ikiryo> "Maybe. My grandfather...didn't exactly leave any of it to examine. According to my father...he called on the Sun with the spell...and it reduced the demon to dust with a lance of holy light..." She nods "He never drew the demon...so I don't know."
[07:32] <Earthflame> "...Wait, um. The magic didn't come from Him?"
[07:33] <Ikiryo> "I don't know. It was before me. Even my father was just a child. He said...well, what I just said. Word for word."
[07:36] <Earthflame> She pauses at that. "I think, um... I think I know why you can't cast it..."
[07:38] <Ikiryo> She blinks a few times. "You do? My father helped me get more of..." She gestures to her back "Because I was trying to...make myself powerful enough to match my grandfather."
[07:46] <Ikiryo> Having seen the design...Tazzari can notice that some of the tattoos are based on the runes sketched around the mana accumulators in the diagram...
[08:02] <Earthflame> "I think, um..." Her voice drops to a whisper. "I think... It's not a spell. Or it's not, um, meant to be. It's an, um, activation and targetting sequence... For using Excalibur. But, um, your tattoos... They might allow you to, um, do it yourself... It wouldn't be as big or as powerful, and it might need some tweaking, but, um... Your body is like, um... A human Excalibur."
[08:03] <Ikiryo> She blinks a few times. "...I'm not entirely sure what you mean. I'm...a little lost."
[08:04] <Earthflame> She reaches down and picks up the model. "Um... Excalibur was a Belkan weapon system, and, um... It must still be operational, because if your grandfather used it to defeat a Golem... It's not a spell any human could cast, um, at full power. But... Maybe by accident, your tattoos are like these, um, mana accumulators." She points to the spots on the model. "So, um... Changing the spell a bit...
[08:04] <Earthflame> You could use it, too."
[08:05] <Ikiryo> Her eyes widen "You think so? I...I got them because they allow me to gather and store more mana but...wow..."
[08:06] <Earthflame> "The structure, um... Is very similar. I think, um, Miss Sephia or Miss Yvenne might be able to help us with this... Because this might mean your magic is descended from Belkan casting..."
[08:08] <Ikiryo> She nods "So...what do you mean an activation sequance? You mean like the casting order for a spell?" She starts to tap the diagram, a phrase per part as she goes around it in order. "Activate mana collection, refine it into divine energy, send tribute to the sun...and...call down divine wrath."
[08:09] <Earthflame> "Um... Excalibur is a sort of Device... A huge, incredibly powerful device which can only really be used to cast one spell. And, um... The base version of this spell, I think, lets you turn it on and use it."
[08:11] * Ikiryo nods "So you think...this isn't a spell? It's intructions on how to use the device?"
[08:11] <Ikiryo> *Anai
[08:14] <Earthflame> She nods. "It would, um, make sense... This stage..." She taps the section in the book, that Anai had referred to as 'refine it into divine energy'. "I think this is, um, encoding authorisation information and sending a signal to Excalibur..." She taps the next stage. "You're not using your Mana to cast the spell... You're using it to tell Excalibur that you have the right to use it, um, and
[08:14] <Earthflame> what you want it to do."
[08:15] <Ikiryo> "I...sort of understand that? It's saying that I've been given permission to use it?"
[08:17] <Earthflame> She nods. "Your grandfather, um... Probably gathered fragments of the authorisation code, and worked out how to, um, send it..."
[08:18] <Ikiryo> "And then he commanded it to destroy the demon...golem...thing?"
[08:19] <Earthflame> She nods. "But... I can, um... I'll need to understand the syntax better, and help you with more translation... But you might be the only person who could cast this spell themselves."
[08:20] <Ikiryo> "...well, or anyone else with the tattoos. It's not really ME that's the key part of it." She smiles. "Tazzari?"
[08:20] <Earthflame> "Um... Yes?"
[08:21] <Ikiryo> Tazzari finds herself being hugged. "Thank you. I mean..." She smiles "I feel like I'm closer to understanding my grandfather than I ever was before..."
[08:22] <Earthflame> Tazzari smiles, and hugs her back. "I'm sure you would have, um, figured it out... You recognized Excalibur, um. All you needed to do was look it up..."
[08:23] <Ikiryo> "I didn't know what it meant though. I didn't have the...context." She grins "I'm...going to buy the model, then we can find something else fun to do?"
[08:23] <Earthflame> "Sure! I'll, um, buy it for you, if you like? My parents gave me an allowance, so..."
[08:24] <Ikiryo> "...the TSAB gave me some too and I don't really have much else I buy..."
[08:26] <Earthflame> "Oh. Um..." She smiles. "Why don't we get some, um, for everybody? A gift for your team and mine. I, um, don't buy much either..."
[08:26] <Ikiryo> She nods "What do you think other people would like?"
[08:28] <Earthflame> "Umm... Well..." She looks over the mass, picking out a few things. One of the few figures of Yvenne in a big floofy dress for Alexa, a Harasser for Altea ("She lost her turret, after all.), and a few of the more fashionable figures of Sephia. "Um... I think Lily and Rhiannon would both like something like this..." She pauses, looking over the mass. "...I wonder what Claire would want..."
[08:32] <Ikiryo> Anai shrugs "I don't really know." She picks up a book of stories about knights for Isolde and matching belkan-style hair clips for the twins. She makes sure they are in different colours. She blushes "I can't really tell them apart without looking at their linker cores."
[08:34] <Earthflame> One of the Sephia models is exchanged for an elegant floral hair ornament. "This might fit Lily better..."
[08:37] <Earthflame> "Hmm... Something funny, maybe?"
[08:39] <Ikiryo> She nods. "Maybe?" She gets a similar hair ornament for Rhiannon, in blue and white.
[08:43] <Earthflame> "Umm... I'm not sure Atalanta would like any of this..." She says, after a worried moment, ticking people off her fingers.
[08:43] <Ikiryo> "...probebly not. She'd probebly lock anything belkan in her bottom drawer so it doesn't scare her at night."
[08:44] <Earthflame> That makes her giggle.
[08:45] <Ikiryo> Anai joins the giggling as she pays for her purchases and starts to head out.
[08:46] <Earthflame> Tazzari thanks the shopkeeper, leaving with bags full of stuff as she runs after Anai. "Um... Do you want to get something to eat, or have a look at the tents, or the games?"
[08:47] <Ikiryo> "...something to eat would be nice. Shopping made me hungry...and I don't think I've eaten since this morning..."
[08:49] <Earthflame> "Sure! Let's see what they have!" Tazzari leads on again, smiling at Anai as they go.
[08:51] <Ikiryo> The food variety is...meat heavy, along with heavy on spices. A lot of sweet or spicy meat, much of it on sticks. There is more usual food too, though the majority is belkan feast sorts of food.
[08:52] <Earthflame> Tazzari gets herself a small portion... She doesn't need much of such rich food to fill her up.
[08:55] <Ikiryo> Anai buys a little of the sweet food...and immediately orders more. She blushes a bit but noms happily at it.
[08:55] <Earthflame> Tazzari smiles at that, enjoying the quiet meal together, taking their time.
[08:57] <Ikiryo> Anai eats rather a lot for a girl not much bigger than Tazzari, though at the end she looks a combination of happy and slightly regretting the last skewer.
[08:59] <Ikiryo> "ooofff...that was so tasty..."
[09:05] <Earthflame> Tazzari giggles again. "You must have a black hole in your stomach, Anai."
[09:06] <Ikiryo> "...my magic makes me hungry and I REALLY like sweet food."
[09:07] <Earthflame> That makes her smile more, but she nods. "Well, it'll give you the energy to keep going... Do you want to try some of the games?"
[09:08] <Ikiryo> "Alright. What sort?"
[09:08] <Earthflame> "Umm..." Her eyes drift to the stand with the shooting games...
[09:10] <Ikiryo> Anai raises an eyebrow "I'll do my best...I'll probebly get in trouble if I set anything on fire though." She gives a small grin.
[09:11] <Earthflame> "These games are for people who don't have much magic themselves... I'm sure you'll do fine."
[09:14] <Ikiryo> She nods "Alright." She starts to head over towards the games.
[09:15] <Earthflame> Tazzari looks for ones that look difficult... But with good prizes.
[09:30] <Ikiryo> There is one there where the prize is a model...of yourself...done by Yvenne.
[09:31] <Earthflame> "...Oh. Um. Oh."
[09:31] <Earthflame> Tazzari stares at the lettering.
[09:34] <Ikiryo> It looks genuine.
[09:35] <Earthflame> "I... Um..." She glances at Anai. "...I wouldn't look good, but that could be a great present..."
[09:37] <Ikiryo> "...who would we give it to?"
[09:37] <Ikiryo> "...and I think you'd look good."
[09:37] <Earthflame> "I'll, um... Figure that out after I win it!"
[09:39] <Ikiryo> "Not if I win it first." She smiles "Then I'll give it to you and prove you wrong."
[09:39] <Earthflame> She laughs at that, but grins at Anai. "You can try!"
[09:42] <Ikiryo> The targets pop up for Tazzari...
[10:01] <Ikiryo> A heap of little flying targets all over the place, moving erraticly...
[10:05] <Earthflame> She eyes each target... Tracking their movements, analysing their patterns, judging trajectories and the optimal path... It only takes four shots, each one weaving a curved path through the air, knocking all the targets flat in the blink of an eye. Tazzari Grins to herself.
[10:06] <Ikiryo> Anai stares, jaw dropped. "...wow...I...I don't think I can beat that."
[10:06] <Earthflame> She smiles sheepishly. "...I picked a game I would be good at. Like I've told you... I'm weak, but I've learned to use it well..."
[10:07] <Ikiryo> She nods "...that's cheating." She sounds amused rather than annoyed.
[10:08] <Earthflame> Tazzari grins and sticks her tongue out.
[10:09] <Ikiryo> "...well, I'll cheat too." She holds out her hand and starts chanting as the game starts counting down to the start time for her go. As long as she doesn't FIRE before it starts it's not breaking the rules...
[10:11] <Earthflame> "Um, Anai... Is that a good id-"
[10:11] <Ikiryo> " النار المباركة هناك أعداء كثيرون قبلي. منح لي سلطة عليهم جميع الشعلة!".
[10:12] <Ikiryo> A bolt of flame lashes out...catching the center target dead on...and unleashing a shockwave that blows them all apart...and knocks both the girls on their backs.
[10:12] <Earthflame> Her sentence is finished by a yelp as she's thrown down, eyes blinded for a moment by the incendiary blast...
[10:13] <Ikiryo> Anai groans on the ground "...ok...maybe that was a little much..."
[10:14] <Earthflame> "...I'd say so..."
[10:14] <Ikiryo> The only part of the stall still standing is the automated scorer...which DOES list Anai as having beaten Tazzari AND gotten the high score...
[10:15] <Ikiryo> Tazzari can see the runes on Anai's back...they are glowing like they are white hot after that spell, though she doesn't seem in any discomfort.
[10:16] <Earthflame> "Now What's all this racket?" comes a loud, imperious voice as quick footsteps hurry towards them. Tazzari drags herself up, rubbing at her head. "Oww..."
[10:17] <Ikiryo> Anai pulls herself to her feet, offering a hand to Tazzari "Oh...well...umm..." She blushes heavily at the voice. Right, there are people here other than Tazzari and Anai.
[10:18] <Earthflame> Yvenne surveys the burnt and blackened stall, before turning her eyes on Anai. "...You did this?"
[10:18] <Ikiryo> Anai shrinks "...yes Ma'am..."
[10:19] <Earthflame> "...Marvellous!" She helps the girl up and claps her on the shoulder. "It reminds me of when I was your age... Ahh, those innocent days of youth. I blew up more than my fair share of things in my day, I'll tell you that." ...Despite talking like it was a long time ago, she isn't *that* much Older than either of them. Tazzari looks on, mildly bewildered.
[10:20] <Ikiryo> "...what? You are not angry? I just...really wanted to win the prize..." She blushes, staring at the ground and still trying to shrink into nothingness.
[10:21] <Earthflame> Yvenne laughs again. "If I was angry I would be a hypocrit. What was the prize again?" She turns to peer at the ruined stall... And Smiles. "...So. You wanted to be a model for me, eh? You were fighting over the honour?" She turns her smile upon Tazzari, who quails. "Yes, um, I mean, not exactly..."
[10:22] <Ikiryo> "I wanted...well, I wanted to win it for Tazzari as she said she wouldn't look good and..." She stammers and flails.
[10:23] <Earthflame> "Hmm..." Her smile grows wicked. "Well, you Did win the prize, even if you blew up the stall... But for such a valiant effort, I'd say I can extend it to two, Hmm? Come along!" With that, she grabs Anai and Tazzari by the wrists and starts walking towards the mansion. "I have just the idea..."
[10:24] <Ikiryo> "Wait...what?" She is dragged.
[10:29] <Earthflame> ...It's a few hours later that Anai and Tazzari are released. Yvenne was... Forceful, first ushering them to get changed into new outfits and brooking *no* argument they could try, bullying them with force of personality and words of kindness until they were dressed to her satisfaction... The outfits are in the style of Barrier Jackets, but... Less. Tazzari's is very science fiction, with
[10:29] <Earthflame> glowing blue lines and metallic plates, although the amount of coverage (or lack of it) makes it obvious there's no protection there.
[10:29] <Earthflame> Anai's is more traditional, a variant on the spellcasters garb of old, stripped back and down to show off her tattoo's even more so than the backless dress. In this state they were harangued until they were posed just so, their expressions micromanaged, at one point walking up and taking a rather hands on approach to making sure they were standing in the right way...
[10:29] <Earthflame> And now, they each old one half of a pair. Two statuettes of them, with bases made to fit together, the two models poses becoming one... Tazzari is blushing furiously, but doesn't want to seem to let go of hers. "...I look like a magical girl..." She murmurs.
[10:30] <Ikiryo> "...is that what magical girls look like?" Anai is blushing furiously. She gave up protesting halfway through, realizing it wasn't working.
[10:31] <Earthflame> "Uhm... Some of them..." Tazzari glances back to Anai's figure, and looks at hers again. "That was, um... Um..."
[10:32] <Ikiryo> "That was?" She stares at her own.
[10:32] <Earthflame> "...A thing..."
[10:32] <Ikiryo> Anai nods "A thing. Umm...where did she put our other outfits?"
[10:34] <Earthflame> "...The changing rooms? The warderobe place? I hope..."
[10:36] <Ikiryo> "...me too. I mean...I can't go outside in this..."
[10:36] <Earthflame> "I... Of course I couldn't..."
[10:37] <Ikiryo> "...and what was that paper she had us sign part way through?"
[10:37] <Earthflame> "I... Um." A pause. "...I don't know. I was just, doing what she said..."
[10:38] <Ikiryo> "...is that bad? It wasn't a contract for our souls or something, was it?"
[10:38] <Earthflame> "Umm... I don't *think* Belkans can steal souls..."
[10:39] <Ikiryo> "...then what did we sign?"
[10:39] <Earthflame> "...Um. Do You want to go back there and ask?" She shivers.
[10:40] <Ikiryo> "...is it going to be comforting to find out?"
[10:40] <Earthflame> "I, um... I don't know..."
[10:41] <Ikiryo> "...we probebly should find out."
[10:42] <Earthflame> "...We should." Tazzari nods. "...But could we get changed first?"
[10:43] <Ikiryo> "...that would be good." She nods. "I'm not sure I like looking like a magical girl..."
[10:44] <Earthflame> "Umm... Most of the wear more, um. It's just some shows, umm... I don't think mum checked them before she sent them to me..."
[10:45] <Ikiryo> "...huh?" She looks confused but has managed to locate her previous outfit.
[10:46] <Earthflame> "Uhm... Most of the stuff I watch is for people our age, or younger. Um, it's all wholesome and has good ideas, like Nanoha-sama..." She blushes as she finds her dress and begins to get changed. "Some of the other shows are for, um... Different people..."
[10:46] <Ikiryo> "...do I want to know?" She has retreated to change but can still be heard.
[10:47] <Earthflame> "Umm... Have you heard of Hayate? She's an officer in the TSAB, a commander..."
[10:47] <Ikiryo> "I've heard the name before...I don't think I've met her."
[10:47] <Earthflame> "You wouldn't have, um. But they say she..." *whisper whisper whisper*
[10:48] <Ikiryo> Anai goes a brilliant red.
[10:48] <Earthflame> "And some of the shows are, um... A little like that..."
[10:49] <Ikiryo> Anai manages to find new levels of red. "And you watch those?"
[10:49] <Earthflame> "..." Tazzari goes *crimson*, and completely silent.
[10:50] <Ikiryo> Anai just sort of STARES at Tazzari.
[10:51] <Earthflame> "...Ididn'trealiseitwaslikethatuntillaterandIreallylikedthecharactersandthestorylinewasstillgood!"
[10:51] <Ikiryo> "..." Anai's jaw just slowly opens, staring at Tazzari
[10:52] <Earthflame> Tazzari visibly shrinks, staring at the ground and wishing a hole would open and swallow her up...
[10:53] <Ikiryo> "...we should to talk to Yvenne."
[10:53] <Earthflame> "Um. Right. Yes..."
[10:53] <Ikiryo> Tazzari leads on to where they last saw Yvenne.
[10:53] <Ikiryo> *Anai
[10:56] <Earthflame> Her Studio, if you can call it that... Part of the suite of interconnected rooms which includes her study, personal warderobe and bedroom, the walls are heavily reinforced, with mana barriers in place to prevent any accidents... Examples of why there might be some are held in special climate controlled cylinders at one side of the room, statues of ice or fire or both, moving and glimmering.
[10:56] <Earthflame> There's also a rapid prototyper, an array of 3D analysis cameras and Another adjoining warderobe... Yvenne is happily sketching away at an AR diagram of a dress when they return, and doesn't seem to notice them.
[10:57] <Ikiryo> Anai raises a hand quietly, hoping Yvenne will see.
[10:58] <Earthflame> ...Nope. Completely oblivious.
[10:58] <Ikiryo> "...Miss Yvenne?"
[10:59] <Earthflame> "Hm? Oh!" She turns around and claps her hands together. "You're both back? Excellent. I wasn't thinking of going ahead so soon, but I did have some plans for the next shoot..." Tazzari stares, and lets out a little whimper.
[10:59] <Ikiryo> "...next shoot? There is a...what?"
[11:00] <Earthflame> "Hm? Oh, surely you read the contract dear. You're signed up for four more before we renegotiate the arrangement. With appropriate compensation, of course."
[11:00] <Earthflame> Tazzari *stares*
[11:01] <Ikiryo> "...what did we sign?" Anai has gone from red to very, very white.
[11:02] <Earthflame> "Oh, the same agreement Sephia signed. Your models are being added to the range!" She gives Tazzari a smile. "I remember you liked the look of it, so you must be simply Thrilled, Mm?~"
[11:02] <Earthflame> Tazzari's mouth opens and shuts, and no words come out.
[11:03] <Ikiryo> Anai joins her in that.
[11:04] <Earthflame> She pulls up an AR window, blinks, and starts poking at the air. "What was it... No, no, not that... Ahh, that one! Here, see for yourselves. Oh, it's three each, not four. Ah yes, the production limitations... We'll have to see how they do, Mm? I do hope there's a demand."
[11:05] <Ikiryo> "....production limitations?" Anai has no clue what's going on and can't remotely read legalese.
[11:07] <Earthflame> "We're making new miniatures, dear. I'd already reserved some extra slots with the factory for some of Sephia's, but I'd been considering getting other models and, well, you two were perfect! A distinct yet contrasting pair, and very different to my Knight. I think you might bring us a whole new audience!" Tazzari, who can read legalese, is wishing she couldn't, her eyes going wide.
[11:07] <Ikiryo> Anai looks over to Tazzari "What does it say?"
[11:08] <Earthflame> "She, um... She gets to sell them. The, um, figurines. Of us... And we have to, um, do three more..."
[11:08] <Ikiryo> "...three more? Like...like those?"
[11:09] <Earthflame> "Oh no dear, not like those. I've already got that theme down perfectly! Three different sorts of outfits and poses... I'm already having ideas~"
[11:09] <Earthflame> Tazzari looks *terrified*
[11:10] <Ikiryo> "...please tell me there isn't more Tazzari..."
[11:11] <Earthflame> "Mm? Oh!" Yvenne grins. "We're doing a live promo event later in the year. I thought it would be nice if you were both there in costume~ Sephia will be there too. I think it will be fun!"
[11:11] <Ikiryo> "...wait...in public...in...THOSE?" The last of the colour drains from Anai's face.
[11:12] <Earthflame> "Well, any of the outfits will be appropriate, so we'll just have to see, Mm? I do think you both look Darling in them, though~"
[11:12] <Earthflame> "Oh, do you want a pair to take home for yourselves?"
[11:14] <Ikiryo> "...I'd die. I...I'm not used to...that...I couldn't..." She stammers and flails.
[11:14] <Earthflame> Tazzari staggers back, bracing herself against a wall. Yvenne Grins, clasping her hands. "I know it's exciting girls, but look forward to it~ I promise it will be excellent fun~"
[11:15] <Ikiryo> "I...I can't. I just...I'm not ABLE to..." She sways slightly, looking dazed. "I'm just not used to...prepared for...I can't..."
[11:17] <Earthflame> "Hm? Well, if you like we can do a dress rehearsal some time, help you get into the spirit of it. But I'm sure you're worrying too much~" Yvenne seems... Far, far too happy.
[11:18] <Ikiryo> Anai looks to Tazzari, eyes pleading.
[11:20] <Earthflame> Tazzari stands up, shakily. "Umm... Please... We didn't want to, I mean..." Yvenne waves a hand. "Come now, I know it's easy to be self conscious but I won't allow second thoughts to stop pretty young girls like you getting their just rewards! It's easy to be afraid that one will look bad, I know how it feels... But at times, you've just got to take a stride! When I accidentally incinerated my
[11:20] <Earthflame> uniform in front of the whole school during a mock battle, did I flutter and fail in shame? No! I won, by all that's holy, and I did so with Style."
[11:22] <Ikiryo> "...there is no part of that that sounded good."
[11:24] <Earthflame> "Think of it as character building. Both of you could use some confidence!"
[11:34] <Ikiryo> Anai frowns...looking to Tazzari nervously
[11:34] <Earthflame> Tazzari stutters and mumbles... But then looks down with a sigh and a "Yes'm..."
[11:35] <Ikiryo> Anai sighs and nods "...Yes Miss Yvenne."
[11:35] <Earthflame> "Now then... I suppose it Would be best to do the shoot another time... You should be out there enjoying the faire! Now go, shoo." She ushers them out.