dear_mun | muse nagging at the back of my mind

So, what is your mundane getting into besides letting you out?

And 'cherry'? Why would you two be a fruit?

Into having me bust her butt if she goes and forgets me, again.

It means good, okay, even. Square, cool. Never heard that one before?

Sqaure? Cool? Your slang is quite unique. [Luce is curious about it of course, but he also know he has to keep up appearances. And busting her butt? By Deity, how easily some people resort to violence.

Perhaps it is more slang? Luce keeps his expression even as he decides to find out more.]

Does she do that often?

Forget me? Well, only once or twice. I'm the favorite out of all the tailfins up here, and she still forgets to check in every once in a while.

Even's probably the best word to describe it. Where you from, never heard of those kind of words?

[Tailfins? Even, so decent? Balanced?]

No, in Sancia we do not use such words, so- I have never heard of them. Such as the way you used 'tailfins'. [Are all the other muses in her mundane's mind fish?]

That is unfortunate she forgets to check up on you.

[ She creases an eyebrow. Welp, she's gone and confused him, she might as well try to be a little more polite. Try being the keyword. ]

Well, tailfin is sorta---kind of a literal meaning. There's a couple of other girls I share my space with.

[ He hadn't heard of those words, he likely hadn't heard of mermaids either. She tiptoes around the topic. ]

Yes and no. I suppose it ain't---it isn't too bad when she leaves me alone with the other girls, then at least we can talk. It's when she leaves me alone, that really, uh---isn't good.

I've never heard of a place called Sancia. Any coastline there?

So, the girls are fish. [He nods as he ponders this. What an odd thing to have muses for! Fish. He had never heard of talking fish before- wait has he?

He ponders this for a moment. That would be unfortunate to the fishers of her world.]

Being along is quite unfortunate, and yes, there is. To the north, which has the Port of the Lady and to the south which has the Port of the Sire.

[ Welp, can't avoid it after that statement. ]

Mermaids, we're uh. Mermaids. Me too, but it's more a part time, family-thing.

[ Not too unfortunate. They're a big secret! At least to the fisherman there. Here it wasn't too big of a deal. ]

Huh. That makes me wonder even more why I never heard of it. Is it nice? At the coastline? I mean, is it warm, tropical? Or is it cold?

Mermaids? [he feels the word out on his tongue. He had never heard of such a thing. So Maid. They are all female? What an odd thing.] Your family are part-time aquatic women? [Yeah. Some of Luce's dumb is showing through.]

It depends, my Mundane told me the climate is a lot like Spain- wherever that is.

[ Oh good, he wasn't going to freak out. Usually other people freaked out, and begged her not to eat them. ]

Yeah, actually, that's the...literal way of putting it. More like part-fish. It's said that after piracy began to die out, the goddess Calypso granted us the ability to change, so now here I am---all legs and not fins. At least, for right now anyway.

[ It ain't dumb if no one ever told him! She's sort of grateful no one did, harpoons are ugly suckers. ]

Spain, I haven't been to Spain, I couldn't really guess. What else is there about Sancia, I'm curious. You look like a pretty cleaned up guy, are there a lot of richer people that live there, or are you a businessman, or...?

[ Now Aihe's is showing, it's obvious she's never been inside a church of any religion. ]

[Luce has no idea how to approach the idea someone being part fish. But a Goddess? Why would a Deity have a sex? And it is a different faith- but she wasn't human. But she obviously wasn't a demonic. Perhaps it is like one of those shades of gray Abel had told him about.] Do you prefer the legs or the fins?

[He blinks, perhaps because he had never heard of her world and this place called Spain, it would make sense she had ever heard of his world. He cocks his head to the side.]

I am The Judge of The Faith of Sancia. I do live in the Central City, so there are people of the upper class there, but I was told I should dress and act my position when out.

[ She's gotta admit, he's pretty high up there on the strange radar himself. But she was sure there were people from different worlds, realities, everything there. ]

Either one. Legs I can surf with, walk and run with, fins I can swim with dolphins, whales, family.

[ She curls her smile to one side of mouth. ]

Different strokes, different folks. So...a religious man? I gotta say, you're a pretty snappy dresser.

[ Says her in her tanktop and boardshorts. ]

It is very good you can get so close to nature, it is important we all remember our roots in the land- and I guess your case- the sea.

[He looks at her clothing.]

I thought you just came in from working.

[ She shrugs. ]

I can roll with that. That's a good moral to live by.

[ Another eyebrow. ]

Working?

[ She gives herself a once over. ]

This isn't really workwear, work's a little less lenient on the shorts.

Yes, usually only those working on a farm would wear such...revealing clothing.

[ Her eyebrows raise. Oh! Right, different place, different customs. ]

I see. Well, it gets hot where I'm from all the time, so. Wearing this is a ton more comfortable than...well, wearing what you're wearing right now, no offense. I mean, wouldn't wanna get that all dirty with all the sweating and...yeah.

That and it's easy to switch out of, in case I wanna go swimming or something.

I can cover up or somethin' if it bugs you, I know like, restaurants and other places prefer me to. I know how it gets.

[He nods a little, please. That would be good. He- its- he had never seen so much skin on someone that isn't working.]

[ Let her just lean over and rustle through her knapsack, and pull a pareo over her shoulders like a shawl. There isn't much she can do about the legs, so instead she curls up, bringing her knees to her chest under the coverup. ]

Little better?

Yes thank you. Is it very common in your world to dress like that?

Well yeah, where it's hot. Other places where it's cold, not really, they cover up a little more to keep warm.

Some people try dressing a little less than this and go out like that, I try and mind manners, I'm still learning who minds and who doesn't. In the ocean it doesn't really matter.

Because your oceans are filled with fish and more of the merimaids?

Yeah, clothes only create drag when you're swimming. That isn't to say we aren't decent, things are covered.

Is it a religious thing or a culture thing where you're from?

Religion is tied deeply with the culture so I am not sure which of the two it came from- I suppose it would be religious because the showing of too much skin for either sex is a sign of wanting others into one's personal space.

And I would not know much of drag with swimming. [He had never been.]

That makes sense. In Hawaii the culture and religion sort of mix too.

Well, it's harder to swim with a ton of heavy cloth on ya. You probably couldn't wear that, that'll get so heavy, just moving through the water would exhaust ya.

I have never been swimming, I don't see the enjoyment of it. You get cold. And wet.

And tell me more of this Hawaii?

[ She's almost offended! Her legs poke out of the shawl as she stretches. ]

Ohhhh man, then you haven't been swimming in the right places! Any coast in Hawaii, the water's nice and warm, unless you're inland, but even then! The lava rock keeps it moderate.

What do you wanna know? You can't just tell someone about Hawaii, there's so much. I can tell you it's been my home for as long as I can remember.

Lava rock? What is that?

And I am not sure what I want to know, it is something I can not imagine.

Lava rock, it's the rock that you get once lava from a volcano has cooled off.

Hmm. Can you imagine paradise? Like a really big beach, nice and warm, never too hot, always small kine breezy, welcoming people, good food, palm trees, nice music.

Hang on, I've got something here.

[ Shuffling through her knapsack, she pulls out a postcard, looking a little frayed, like it'd gotten wet. ]

Here. That's Honolua Bay, that's my favorite place to swim. Surfing's not the greatest, but that's where I first came in, if I remember right.

[He smiles at the post card when he sees it, reaching out so he can see it a little better. He is obviously entrapped by the beauty of it all.]

So blue and green, as if the Deity reached out and wanted us to see how the shores are supposed to be.

Now imagine eight islands, completely surrounded by nothing but that.

That's Hawaii. A couple places have hotels all over them, but Honolua, that one right there, Banyans, over on Big Island and Waimea Bay on O'ahu, those right there are the ticket beaches.

The Deity? Is that, uh...I don't wanna say God, but that's the closest I'll get.

Those are a lot of interesting words.

[A wide smile dances across his face, he can talk about the Deity.]

A long time ago, before time, the Deity fell and made the earth. And from em, came the Lady, the first woman who picked up a sword to protect herself while she went out to learn. Soon after her, cam the first man, who picked up the pen to write down what he learned. The Deity is the source of all life.

[ She snickers. ]

All just names.

[ She listens, interested. ]

I see. I like hearing the creation legends, they're all so different sometimes, and others are so similar.

So the Deity isn't like God, it's...life. In general, right?

Those are very long names. [Well, it is to him. He pauses, how to explain the Deity.]

The Deity's body is the earth, its energy is in all living things. So, it is life- and not at the same time. I am trying to think on how Father Ucine explained it...

Huh. Almost similar. We call that mana in Hawaiian. The earth, the plants, people, the ocean, the volcanoes, if they're there. Everything that's alive has mana.

It's not like your Deity, it's not revered? I don't know if you...I don't think worship is the right word, but regard it the same way. But the idea is the same.

That is odd, why wouldn't it be revered?

It is and isn't. The gods behind them are. Like, say that Kilauea, a volcano over on Big Island, is acting up, they say it's Pele having a fit or a tantrum. Her mana is behind the lava flow.

So whose mana is of the people?

Kane, I think. It's said he gave life to the people and to the foliage, and the creatures of the sea.

So, he would also be your Deity?

Sorta kinda, there's a ton you can choose from. Say if you were a fisherman, you'd have prayed to Kanaloa, the god of the ocean, even though Kane created the fish. Kanaloa would still reign over them.

It's a little confusing. Mostly all legend, most people don't believe until they try to piss one off on purpose. People take the volcanic rock home, and Pele, the goddess of the fire and volcanoes...let's just say she isn't very nice.

Why would she be upset about some rock?

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