text; un: DOPPO

[doppomine]

[ A pic of a gray blanket is posted neatly folded on a bed along with a hand making a peace sign. Said hand looks like it could use some lotion and a hand mask but who cares. His fu-dog familiar, Goma, sits right by it with a wide doggy smile, like a proud little guardian. ]

It's not much, but I made a weighted blanket.

[ The 15th is also his dirty thirty birthday, but this accomplishment completely overshadows those thoughts as he had been struggling with his magic since he got here. Doppo finally made something that doesn't immediately want to destroy him or be destroyed itself. ]

I have a wonderful teacher. ｍ（｡≧ _ ≦｡）ｍ

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[silvergarden]

[Rinea has seen a gun maybe once in her time in Avalon, and even then it hadn't been called a "firearm." Consequently, her mental image of a firearm getting banned is mages being barred from casting... fire spells... on their arms?? Hmm.]

Hehe... Me, either. And yet, here I am. So perhaps that's not the only type of folk Avalon seeks.

[Another crease in the paper.]

To be honest, I am relieved. I detest war and strife that requires those talents... [and while Avalon has plenty of skirmishes, it was worse in Rigel.] Meeting other citizens outside of that ecosystem is refreshing.

[that means u, doppo!]

[doppomine]

[ Even still, someone closer to a warrior would be better fit to help people here than a pencil pusher like him, he thinks...

He doesn't say this out loud but it does show in how wrinkly his poor crane has become. At...at least that's one down? He goes for a second sheet, same Hifumi pattern too. ]

Rinea-san... [ He's near about to ask if a war was happening where she came from, but holds himself back. That's just not something you should bring up in what is supposed to be a pleasant conversation. He'll mentally kick himself in the form of messing up another fold. ] A-ah...it's been so long since I've done this. Not that I was ever that good to begin with. Can I ask why we're folding these today?

[silvergarden]

[Rinea is still learning how much attention to pay to Doppo's self-deprecating asides. This time she smiles sympathetically, but hurries to explain herself rather than give it more oxygen.]

Certainly. We're training your fine magic control. Manipulating paper is a good medium for practice, since it will tear if you use too much power, but it won't hurt anything... Eventually, you will work up to being able to do this.

[Rinea lifts another sheet of paper with her magic, and begins folding it mid-air. Soon enough, the paper is transformed into another crane, hovering in the space between them.]

It doesn't have to be a crane that you fold. [Rinea makes the floating crane flap its little paper wings, her smile a bit sheepish.] But I think they're cute, so...