Llama day 2 from Stores to Everywhere

[longforgottenpromise]

[Taiki is stood in front of the ICP in the stores, to not be underfoot in the kitchen as he did this. His face is stern, a lot sterner and stoic than most who knew the young man would expect. Not a twitch or a tremor betrayed just how nervous he was to be speaking over the ICPs. Or to be talking about this at all.]

Hello, I hope everyone who joined us yesterday have begun to settle in. For those who don't know me my name is Taiki and I'm on the Red team. However I rarely am with the red team on missions and that is part of what I wish to speak with you about today. It is a new month and that means there will be a mission in a few days time. I am someone who does not fight and cannot condone violence done towards any other creatures, I say this not to condemn those of you who feel differently but to explain why I struggle being of use on the missions we are sent on. I often wonder if it would be better to remain here on the train but I cannot contemplate leaving my friends to go into danger without me and the missions are to save worlds. If refusing to fight for a world would mean it's demise than abstaining from the mission would be an act of cruelty in itself. [He shook his head.] So I have been finding ways to help without being near the fighting. However it has come to my attention that there are others who feel the same way I do even if they have their own reasons for it.

I thought it might be useful, if together we made ourselves known and figured out ways we could provide assistance to help those on these worlds without causing any harm. If anyone has any ideas of tasks that could be done by those who cannot or will not fight please suggest them. I wish to be of use and I am sure others do too.

[His face grows a tiny bit lighter, though keeping the stoic mask.]

On a slightly related note I bought a selection of vegan foods including a meal kit to make plant burgers. [He says vegan like the word is still quite new to him and 'plant burgers' like he is very dubious about their existance.] I am planning on doing some cooking if anyone wanted to try any of it.

Thank you.

Comments

[hotheadwarmheart]

Yeah most likely not. But you couldn't have convinced me of that as a kid. We knew what to expect from Dilan- usually a lot of yelling and probably some valiant attempts not to swear in front of kids-, but Aeleus was just this stoic giant who looked like he could snap a guy in half without much trouble if he was so inclined.

[And he honestly probably could. He just generally wasn't so inclined.]

Intimidating enough if you're an adult. As a kid? Yeeeah... basically when he turned up we knew the jig was up and went along quietly. Well, mostly quietly anyway. I still tended to squirm a bit when Dilan was tossing us out.

[longforgottenpromise]

He sounds intimidating. And it sounds like you were very mischievous. But that is good I think... It means you were curious.

[hotheadwarmheart]

Yeah we were. That was our main motivation for sneaking in.

[Until they'd discovered other reasons. But they aren't going to talk about that.]

We wanted to see all the parts of the palace that you wouldn't get to see on an official tour. And even stuff that in hindsight was really mundane, like a guest bedroom that hadn't been used in awhile- all the furniture was covered in sheets and stuff- seemed more exciting because we were breaking the rules to see it.

[longforgottenpromise]

He nodded again, he had done his own time sneaking around palaces, though his motivations had been something more than curiousity. but he could understand the draw of closed off areas.

[hotheadwarmheart]

One time we found a whole room full of chocobo stuff. Books, statuettes, paintings, all kinds of things. Was really neat, actually.

Do you know what chocobos are, by the way?

[longforgottenpromise]

"Yes." He nodded, "We don't have them in Tai or on Earth but Tidus told me about them."

There had been a whole moment of comparing animals, when they learned that their worlds did not share many animals.

[hotheadwarmheart]

[Lea nods.]

We don't have them in my world either, technically; there, they're just creatures from myths and fantasy. They tend to be associated with good luck, especially fat chocobos, which are specifically connected to wealth and plenty, so seeing a fat chocobo statuette in the window or by the register in small shops was pretty common. I know my dad had one in his shop.

[longforgottenpromise]

Ah. [He smiled.] Yes there are lots of symbols and statues like that on earth.

I'm not sure what creatures are meant to be lucky in Tai's world though... [His smile turned slightly playful.] Except me. Black kirin are meant to be very auspicious.

[hotheadwarmheart]

[Lea smiles right back.]

Oh yeah? Well, I know you've sure been lucky for me and Xion. So there might just be something to that.

[longforgottenpromise]

[He's not sure about that. But he smiled anyways.] You two have been lucky for me as well. [Which was true. He was lucky to have them.]

[hotheadwarmheart]

Well then we can be each other's lucky charms.

[Though... that does give him an idea. Maybe for later though.]

[longforgottenpromise]

That we can be. [He smiles softly.]