a very, very old muse returns

[bersha]

[With an amused little smile at the corner of her lips.]

So, you say you have a game you want to play with me? Are you sure you wouldn't rather ask someone else - people don't usually come to me when they want to relax and shirk some responsibilities.

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[geniustheveil]

Setsuna-san, I'm pleased to see you. There's a lot your mun could learn from you, just as I have.

eee Ami~

[bersha]

The same to you, Mizuno-chan. [The smile looks more genuine when it turns to Ami's comment.]

That's kind of you to say. I hesitate to say that it is worth going through so much trouble. [Her thoughts are torn and perhaps it shows.]

[alwaystraveling]

Knowing muns, she might just want to give you something opposite to the usual.

[bersha]

And knowing muns, she may simply want to give herself something opposite to the usual.

I have to admit I was quite excited to see Setsuna, too. mentor! <3

[geniustheveil]

I feel I should ask, though, is it alright for you to leave the Time Gate for this? Will someone be able to guard it in your absence?

[alwaystraveling]

Maybe you'll both get something good out of this.

Senshi are sadly rarer than they should be <3

[bersha]

[A moment's hesitation. The matter has been long settled, and she thought Ami knew so, though she knows better than any how relative time and perspective can be.]

There's no need for concern.

Tell me, how is your situation these days?

[bersha]

Perhaps. [A little quirk of her head and lips.] That is often the case, in one way or another, isn't it?

[alwaystraveling]

Many muses don't get good things out of the arrangement, according to them. But it doesn't seem like yours is that way. Not that I can be sure.

[bersha]

It's been many years, so I can't be sure either. But do you find it so, in your arrangement?

[geniustheveil]

I'm able to be at home with everyone. I was somewhere else for awhile, but since then, my mundane has sent selves from alternate worlds and timelines instead.

[bersha]

Somehow that seems both very complicated and a very elegant solution to the problem.

But that sounds...rather lovely.

[geniustheveil]

I worry about the experiences they may have in those places.

[moonlit_star]

Where does your writer intend to send you, Pluto?

[alwaystraveling]

Yes. She doesn't want to cause me too much pain, and she lets me explore things and talk to many new people.

[bersha]

[She smiles. Very like Ami-chan to think of that.]

I'm sure they are doing fine, if they are anything like you, Mizuno-chan.

[geniustheveil]

That's why, I'm also concerned for you. Where will you go?

[bersha]

[By instinct, she first sweeps herself into a bow before her queen.]

I believe she has her eyes on a future much different than your city, milady, one under siege.

[bersha]

It sounds like you've found yourself a good writer. [For a moment, she looks inwardly pensive, and her eyes look very old.]

I've not had the chance to do much exploring of my own. I imagine you've seen some wonderful things.

[alwaystraveling]

At least for now. My mun thanks you.

Well, I've seen things that are very different. My mun tells me it's because I'm from the 1800s. I met a lake creature and she wasn't monstrous at all, but a good friend. Her name is Nessie. [She'd never gotten to see things up close before.]

[bersha]

[A small, but genuine, laugh.]

Wherever the writer wills - isn't that always the case?

She has her eye on sending me into battle.

[geniustheveil]

That's our fate as senshi. However, I hope she'll leave you time for your own interests as well.

[freakymayor]

What game is it that your mun wants you to play?

[bersha]

...that would indeed be nice.

[geniustheveil]

Some of these worlds require basic necessities. Your skills with sewing and clothing might be useful to everyone.