[ oh... that does explain it. her poor friend. malkuth'll fan her with a hand, her own temperature be damned. a little relief. ]
My coworkers-friends and... a conman with "good intentions". He's been pretty harmless honestly, but the way he talks makes me wanna throw him out the window. Him and one of the others get along though, so... I'm dealing with it.
[ the sacrifices we make for our friends. ]
What sort of powers do you have that'll cool things down? Can you create ice rocks or something?
[ She shakes her head. That would be useful if she could create ice rocks or something, but unfortunately the process through she cools her surroundings down is much more basic. ]
My aura generates cold when I use my powers. The more mana I consume, the coldest it gets. [She pauses.] It comes with my authority over Death.
[ It would be much too complicated to explain the specifics of it. Especially when what Malkuth just said leaves her feeling a bit sad. It sounds like she has such an easy time dealing with other people... She's a real extrovert, huh? ]
I-I don't know how you do it. I can barely socialize with people. I'm a goddess, I should be perfect. But all of my wisdom and knowledge seems useless as soon as I am confronted to such situations.
[ oh... no, that's even more useful. how to convince eresh to use a bit anyway, future battle be damned. ]
Goddesses don't need to be perfect, Ere. [ she's shortened the name further. ] Especially since I don't think anyone would expect Death to speak a lot to others.
[ so it's fine if she can't, or she's not as good as she'd like. malkuth raises her free hand to pet her friend's head. ]
... Where I was born, time was a commodity. I never really learned how to make friends with other people, or how to talk to them, or anything like that -- it wasn't necessary, so it wasn't factored into our days. You'd sooner find conversations that lasted a few words than two people sitting down to discuss parts of their lives at length. That's just how it was.
I carried that into the group I worked with and focused on keeping up with all the amazing people that'd been drawn to the same ideal as me. I kind of learned their names, what they did. I sort of learned what to expect when interacting with them. But I didn't get to know them, even if I was friendly towards them -- I've always been friendly, I've always liked to help, I just... wasn't good at being a person despite that. It's really only been recently that I've been able to slow down more and get to know them, and it's only been since waking up here that I've had to...
[ ... ]
To actually talk to people I had to find common ground with instead of it just. Being there. Like, working in the same place and stuff. It's been hard, even if you only see the fruits of that.
[ S-Sighs. At that rate, in a few months Malkuth will be calling her just "E."
That story though... Ah. Humans always lack time, but it sounds like it was even worse in her world. It's funny how opposite they are. She never talked to anyone not because she lacked time or anything like that, but because she had no one to talk to. She had become so gloomy and resentful... Without that vessel, she doubts she would be able to even hold such a simple conversation.
Does that mean Malkuth values their time together, since time is such a precious thing to her and she went out of her way to speak to her? That's... Nice. That's a really warm feeling. She smiles gently and closes her eyes. ]
You're doing amazingly and I... I am honored you're spending time here with me. That's--
[ ... Wait. What's Malkuth's hand doing on her head? H-Heh? ]
[ March does it...? So is this like, something that's socially acceptable? M-Maybe she overreacted. She really should finish reading those books on social conventions in the human world. ]
I-It's fine, I'm just... [She shakes her head.] I'm not used to people doing that.
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My coworkers-friends and... a conman with "good intentions". He's been pretty harmless honestly, but the way he talks makes me wanna throw him out the window. Him and one of the others get along though, so... I'm dealing with it.
[ the sacrifices we make for our friends. ]
What sort of powers do you have that'll cool things down? Can you create ice rocks or something?
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My aura generates cold when I use my powers. The more mana I consume, the coldest it gets. [She pauses.] It comes with my authority over Death.
[ It would be much too complicated to explain the specifics of it. Especially when what Malkuth just said leaves her feeling a bit sad. It sounds like she has such an easy time dealing with other people... She's a real extrovert, huh? ]
I-I don't know how you do it. I can barely socialize with people. I'm a goddess, I should be perfect. But all of my wisdom and knowledge seems useless as soon as I am confronted to such situations.
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Goddesses don't need to be perfect, Ere. [ she's shortened the name further. ] Especially since I don't think anyone would expect Death to speak a lot to others.
[ so it's fine if she can't, or she's not as good as she'd like. malkuth raises her free hand to pet her friend's head. ]
... Where I was born, time was a commodity. I never really learned how to make friends with other people, or how to talk to them, or anything like that -- it wasn't necessary, so it wasn't factored into our days. You'd sooner find conversations that lasted a few words than two people sitting down to discuss parts of their lives at length. That's just how it was.
I carried that into the group I worked with and focused on keeping up with all the amazing people that'd been drawn to the same ideal as me. I kind of learned their names, what they did. I sort of learned what to expect when interacting with them. But I didn't get to know them, even if I was friendly towards them -- I've always been friendly, I've always liked to help, I just... wasn't good at being a person despite that. It's really only been recently that I've been able to slow down more and get to know them, and it's only been since waking up here that I've had to...
[ ... ]
To actually talk to people I had to find common ground with instead of it just. Being there. Like, working in the same place and stuff. It's been hard, even if you only see the fruits of that.
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That story though... Ah. Humans always lack time, but it sounds like it was even worse in her world. It's funny how opposite they are. She never talked to anyone not because she lacked time or anything like that, but because she had no one to talk to. She had become so gloomy and resentful... Without that vessel, she doubts she would be able to even hold such a simple conversation.
Does that mean Malkuth values their time together, since time is such a precious thing to her and she went out of her way to speak to her? That's... Nice. That's a really warm feeling. She smiles gently and closes her eyes. ]
You're doing amazingly and I... I am honored you're spending time here with me. That's--
[ ... Wait. What's Malkuth's hand doing on her head? H-Heh? ]
W-W-What are you doing?!
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Sorry-- March usually does that when, um, when I'm feeling down and stuff, so I... I thought it'd comfort you too? I won't do it again, promise.
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I-It's fine, I'm just... [She shakes her head.] I'm not used to people doing that.
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Guess I should've asked, huh? I still have a lot to learn myself...
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And lo: she put her hand on Malkuth's head and very briefly pat her.
pat pat
There! She's adapting super quickly to social customs, never call her a boomer goddess. ]
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Can I have another, oh gracious Goddess?
[ !!!!!!!!! ]
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[ Gracious goddess? Another headpat? S-She's being so greedy!! But she can give another one since she's asking so kindly, she supposes.
And so she does. Very awkwardly. Is she even doing this right? She stops ere long. ]
T-There! That's be enough for today.