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[softlyfalling]

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[softlyfalling]

[ she lets herself be tugged along— ]

Ah, so... did you just decide that you wanted a car in addition to one of those two-wheeled things?

[nihilmancy]

I decided that pretty soon after I got the vespa. I realized that I liked how it felt to drive, so when I felt more confident with it, I decided to get something else.

Maybe it's that memory I had of riding on the airship.

[softlyfalling]

Ah, I forget if I saw that one...

...I guess travel is a sort of freedom, though.

[nihilmancy]

Oh very much so. I wish I could fly here... I suppose I could ask Wild City to turn me into a bird.

[softlyfalling]

Ah, I suppose that's probably well within their skills... I never really thought about that, but then again heights are still...

[ she makes a so-so rocking motion with her hand. ]

Most of the travel I've done hasn't really been for fun, though.

[nihilmancy]

Ah, I've never had that problem. I was so excited back then...

Probably not for me, either. Only nobles did things like that.

[softlyfalling]

I think I did more traveling because people wanted to kill me, ahaha...

[nihilmancy]

That is less than ideal. It would be nice to take a trip with you sometime, whatever that may be like.

[ They enter the garage, Hlasoh's blue porsche parked near the street. ]

Here it is!

[softlyfalling]

Oh, it's so colorful... I don't think I've seen a car this color before, actually!

[nihilmancy]

I had to let it match my color scheme. They come in all colors, I believe.

[softlyfalling]

Ah, that's sort of luxurious...

[nihilmancy]

It kind of is, isn't it?

[ She unlocks the doors, and gets in. ]

Here, go in on the other side.

[softlyfalling]

[ she gets in on the passenger side, and settles into the seat; she puts her seatbelt on. seatbelts are important, she's been in a car with D.Va once. ]

Where did you want to go?

[nihilmancy]

Down to the Meiji Jingu, through the parks and grounds?

[softlyfalling]

Oh, it'd be nice to go there again... before it gets too cold.

[nihilmancy]

Wasn't it a different park we went to? Well, no matter. They're all nice.

[ Naturally, she also puts her seatbelt on, before taking the car onto the roads, cruising not too fast, but the engine purring and the wind in their hair. ]

[softlyfalling]

Ah, I have trouble remembering the names, sometimes—I'm better with landmarks, honestly, but it's n—oh, I should have pinned my hat down—

[ she very hastily holds it down to her head—though she laughs, a little embarrassed at it almost flying away. ]

[nihilmancy]

[ She laughs, but gently, slowing down. ]

Ah, I didn't think of that, I'm sorry! I'll go a little slower.

[softlyfalling]

Ah, it's fine, I just forgot it does get that fast...

[nihilmancy]

I still don't go too fast, honestly. I'm not like some of the people here.

[softlyfalling]

Yes, it's definitely not nearly as bad—but you seem to have really taken to it. I'm definitely not this confident in driving.

[nihilmancy]

I think I'm just suited to it in some way. The same reason my magic is of the Star path of motion and seeing.

[softlyfalling]

Oh, I don't think... well, maybe I've just never heard you talk much about the particulars of your magic.

[nihilmancy]

Sorcery is the methods of cultivating ones mind, energies, and souls toward particular sublime paths, as spiritual as it is practical. Well, truthfully, for most, myself including, we think mostly about the practical applications. We learn the most profound truths about reality, and crystallize them into spells. That's what they are, before they are words and amulets and rituals. The Star is the Path of moving, of space, of vastness. Thus, moving and perceiving are the gifts that I learned.

...Haha, a bit weighty for cheerful evening drive, sorry.

[softlyfalling]

Oh, I mean—it's not really weighty at all, is it? Even if I don't understand it exactly, it's something I wanted to know more about. Are there a lot of paths...?