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[cloakand_danger]

[Yuan drums his fingers on the journal a few times, then dictates bemusedly:]

I can't decide if this is the prelude to something more serious, or the castle's just making fun of me.

[He's in the library if you want to see for yourself what's happened.]

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[pharaohlighting]

[Ever curious, Felix is flitting about the library today. Mostly he'd been wanting to learn more about ninjas, since that wasn't a thing he'd ever heard about back home. Of course, finding books about that is kind of difficult in such a huge place, especially for a kid who is only passingly literate. He doesn't seem to mind too much, though maybe it wouldn't hurt to ask for help]

Um...'scuse me?

[cloakand_danger]

[Yuan looks up from his book, raising an eyebrow at the kid-

with very uniquely-colored eyes. Well, then. Oh, castle antics.]

Can I help you?

[pharaohlighting]

D'you know how I'd find a book about something in particular in here?

[Because clearly having glasses makes you the librarian, or something]

[cloakand_danger]

I'm afraid they're a bit haphazardly organized. What are you looking for?

[pretend all the icons have glasses, I'm not restricting myself to five expressions for however long this lasts.]

[pharaohlighting]

[Puts on Glasses-Vision™]

I wanted to read more about ninjas.

dictated for noooow

[heal_theworld]

...What did it do? [Martel is curious, okay. If it's silly, she wants to tease~ After being suitably sympathetic, of course.]

dictated

[righttrack]

What's going on?

/dictated

[theabjectauthor]

Had I a larger prism of experience here, perhaps I could be of some use. But as things stand, I can only apologize for not having an answer to your possibly rhetorical question.

((OOC: Do we want to handwave that they met in Konoha, since they were in the same team? Up to you.))

dictated

[heliotroping]

...What happened?

[cloakand_danger]

Like last week, or just ninjas in general? The ones in Konoha aren't the only kind of ninja there are, after all.

[cloakand_danger]

I'm wearing glasses. Everything's blurry without them.

[cloakand_danger]

Nothing worrisome yet, the castle's just decided to make me wear glasses.

[cloakand_danger]

I've been here five years now, and I don't know the answer, so no, I don't expect much productive response out of anyone else.

((ooc: Sure! Sorry I kind of failed at that plot.))

[righttrack]

Weird. But at least it's not dangerous?

[cloakand_danger]

I woke up unable to see clearly without a pair of glasses that were placed conveniently nearby.

[cloakand_danger]

And hopefully it'll stay that way.

[righttrack]

Right.

[heal_theworld]

[Is that a little giggle? Maybe.] Well, I'm sure you look dashing in them.

[heliotroping]

...That's a weird one.

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[ninjainviolet]

[No prelude, just her reaction when she walks in and sees Yuan with glasses.]

[cloakand_danger]

[If only you were here to see him blush, Martel.] As losses go, it's certainly a tame inconvenience. I'm just hoping it doesn't get any worse.

[cloakand_danger]

[Have a raised eyebrow, Sheena.]

Do you have something to say?

[cloakand_danger]

I agree. So far, it doesn't seem to be anything but an inconvenience.

[ninjainviolet]

Since when do you need glasses?

[cloakand_danger]

[He sighs, and pushes them up his nose by the bridge as if he's been a megane all his life.] Since this morning, apparently. Blame the castle.

[ninjainviolet]

It's... Just so odd.

[Since Angels have perfect eyesight, right?]

[cloakand_danger]

Considering it's made me blind before, I'd say this is very mild by the castle's standards.

[Also he hasn't really been an angel for five years now, thanks to his loss, not that he's bothered to tell Sheena.]

[heal_theworld]

[Well, she could if he told her where he was~] And maybe the castle is just playing with you, because you expect something horrible.

Are you still in your room?

[heliotroping]

How is it an inconvenience?

[pharaohlighting]

There are?

[theabjectauthor]

Five years, and someone as capable at gathering information as you still hasn't found anything, Mr. Ka-Fai? I must admit, I am flummoxed.

[ninjainviolet]

Oh. Well, it's still kind of strange to see.

[She puts her hand on her hip.]

Wait, did you say blind? [She's got that tone of surprise and wonder in her voice.]

[Nope. Hasn't said a word about that to her, although she may find it hard to believe.]

[cloakand_danger]

My world has ninjas as well, and from what I understand, there are plenty of others.

[cloakand_danger]

I'm in the library, actually.

[cloakand_danger]

I appreciate the compliment, but I'm far from the best here at collecting and organizing the details of what we know. Still, the castle does keep its secrets close, and the more we learn, it seems, the more questions get raised.

[cloakand_danger]

My vision's blurry unless I'm wearing these, enough to impair me should I happen to lose or break them. It's not a serious inconvenience at the moment, but it's not exactly ideal either.

[cloakand_danger]

Are you really that surprised? You've been here long enough to see what the castle's capable of doing to those within its walls.

[heal_theworld]

Are you? Then I'll be right there. [She has to see this, okay. And perhaps tease.]

[heliotroping]

Hmm... I hope that's just it. Once, it weakened my bones and only left the cane by my bed. If it left it out of reach... [Nevermind that he fell and that made it clatter out of reach...]

[cloakand_danger]

I'll be waiting.

[And he will, sitting in a chair and reading a book, looking remarkably erudite in his tiny glasses.]

[heal_theworld]

[Martel appears a few minutes later, and starts smiling as soon as she sees him.] I was right. You do look rather dashing in glasses.

[ninjainviolet]

No, it's not that. I've met someone who's blind, and I thought that was how he had been before he arrived.

It never occurred to me it could be a loss.

[Yes, Yuan, her simple-minded obliviousness is showing.]

[theabjectauthor]

Then, truly, it must be a mystery worth pursuing... That is the general nature of all the most timeless and important ones.

[pharaohlighting]

I never heard of 'em before we went there.