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[bindsthedead]

[Sabriel's looking better off than her initial post. She's calm and composed as she speaks. In the background is the kitchen of her housing in De Chima.]

My time here has certainly been... educational. [She could call it a variety of other things, but she tries to be polite, especially in public and asking for something.]

I have a request- two, actually. My first is that I'd like to meet other magic users- mages, witches, wizards, enchanters and even sorcerers- you never know when it might be useful to combine our skills, and I'd like to learn more about magic from other worlds. [You never knew when you'd need multiple people for a large scale binding, after all.]

My second request is that I'd like to spar with someone- primarily swords, but also knives and hand to hand, since I won't be able to take my sword everywhere. If anyone is offering lessons in physical combat, I'd like to learn more.

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[kanyounot]

I can't help you with the magic thing, [ Because the Force isn't magic, okay! ] but I'm already helping a few others train, and my skills are mostly with sword combat, though I can give you some hand-to-hand pointers too.

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[bindsthedead]

Really? I could use help with hand to hand, most of my training is with swords.

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[minorgod]

[ Yato overhears the one-sided conversation from upstairs and comes ambling down to the kitchen, lifting a hand in greeting. ]

Yo, new girl. About time they assigned new people here, I was starting to think even the suits had forgotten I was here.

[bindsthedead]

Oh? I take it you haven't met Akobi then. [So this was another housemate. One who'd been here longer.]

I take it's just the three of us then?

[minorgod]

[ Yato just blinks blankly for a moment before breaking into a big grin. ]

Two new housemates! What a great day. And no, I haven't met them...

I'm Yato. Delivery god and God of Fortune, at your service!

[bindsthedead]

My name is Sabriel. I'm an Abhorsen, but... I don't believe I've ever met a god before. [Given her brief talk with Circe, she wonders if he's going to ask her to worship him.]

It's a pleasure to meet you though.

[minorgod]

[ It's so refreshing not to have his introduction be met with immediate skepticism. ]

Dunno what an 'Abhorsen' is, so I guess we're even. Nice you meet you too, Sabriel.

You seem pretty calm for someone who just got here.

[bindsthedead]

Oh- it's a family name. And a title. We're necromancers who force the Dead to truly die.

And I've been here for a week or two, actually.

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[lootsnshoots]

Now here's somethin' I can't say at home without sparking an endless debate: functionally, the Light is basically magic. Which, by a certain line of thinking, would make me a gun wizard.

[He laughs to himself.]

But seriously, I'm like super good with knives. You need any pointers, I'll help you out.

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[bindsthedead]

I- suppose that would be helpful. We studied it a little in school, but my main focus was swords.

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[lootsnshoots]

A knife's just a tiny sword you can hide in your sleeve and throw at someone's face.

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[bindsthedead]

Well swords let you keep more distance when you fight. And I've other tools to fight at a distance.

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[lootsnshoots]

You're right, which is why they're a backup plan. Sometimes you gotta get in closer than you'd like. Or more like something gets closer to you than you'd like.

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[bindsthedead]

True. And sometimes running away to get that distance back isn't an option.

[minorgod]

Necromancers, huh... that seems like the opposite of what those would normally do. Better than the other kind though.

[ Yato does a double-take at that; he knows he's been busy lately, but he really should have noticed. ]

You have? Man... sorry about that. I'm so used to this place being empty that I didn't come back as often as I should have.

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[lootsnshoots]

Exactly. Now some folk let their fists do the talking when it comes to that, but me? I want something sharp and mean between me and the incomin' ugly.

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[killtime]

I can teach you practically anything, combat-wise. But I might ask for a favor in return.

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[codeofiron]

[This time, he does match the format.]

I know hand to hand.

[Maybe slightly incongruous with the "businessman" look.]

[bindsthedead]

Much better, yes. [Not to mention the other sort were generally her enemies.]

I can't imagine it's very pleasant to come back to an empty house though.

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[bindsthedead]

As long as that favor doesn't involve raising the Dead.

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[bindsthedead]

Really? Are you willing to teach me?

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[bindsthedead]

Particularly if you don't have any powers that make you particularly durable.

[minorgod]

[ Yato's got a comparatively recent trip to the Underworld fresh in his memory, so he appreciates the distinction that Sabriel made. He looks a little awkward at her astute statement. ]

Not the best. I'd actually been thinking of moving to one of the other cities.

[bindsthedead]

Really? Which one? [Maurtia Falls seemed rather run-down, and Heropa was nice now, but the heat was probably intolerable in the summertime.]

[killtime]

[ Strangely, she sounds offended by the idea. Her response is definitely disproportionate to what's been said — sharp, almost defensive. ]

Why the fuck would I want that?