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[a muscular blue-skinned man with glowing yellow eyes and pointy ears is currently sitting outside in the fog, pressing buttons it seems at random as the feed flicks on. He looks like he is concentrating on trying to figure out something on his device, but the expression (and occasional angry gleam in said eyes) shows that he is likely a total novice to this technology stuff. Another button press and [x,y] flashes up, showing that he is actually much closer to where the Animus are thought to be than most people like to get.]

I give up. Stupid human device. [the PCD is dropped disdainfully to the floor and it lands, at a slight angle on the ground, propped up by a rock it landed next to. The figure fades a little and looks much more like the fog but somehow...more real and certainly more beautiful in it's purity. The coalescing vapour that is the great and noble djinni etc etc spirit Bartimaeus of Uruk suddenly stops it's sinuous movement and hangs motionless in the air. A tombstone is becoming visible in the swirling fog and a sound issues from the vapour.]

No, no don't make me see it again. Stupid mane. Never take the form of a lion, you should have known it.

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[hyuugahime]

... Y-You really shoudln't stay there.

[imakefootnotes.livejournal.com]

Why?

[hyuugahime]

You're too close to the Animus. B-bad things happen when people get too close.

[imakefootnotes.livejournal.com]

Like tombstones? Seems they happen anyway.

[hyuugahime]

N-No, that's just the event. They ... They don't like people intruding. They've killed people before because of it.

[imakefootnotes.livejournal.com]

I stay far enough away, I can feel their power.

[hyuugahime]

They can still h-hurt you.

[imakefootnotes.livejournal.com]

I'm sure they can [Bartimaeus has decided they must be entities like Ramuthra or the spirit trapped inside the Amulet of Samarkand and so, very much able to perform kickage of Bart's butt.] but this is the closest I feel to being home.

The human part of the city itches my essence too much.

[hyuugahime]

O-Oh ... You're not human then?

[She doesn't seem spooked or even too surprised.]

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[imakefootnotes.livejournal.com]

[he pauses and turns into a kitten. Now he has paws, he presses the combination required to turn this conversation private. He has his own reasons for this that he doesn't elaborate on.]

Definitely not. In my home, humans cannot exist for very long. I can exist in their world but only if I assume forms - otherwise it causes me pain. Here, I can be in my native state, further out in your human city, I find it harder to maintain.

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[hyuugahime]

[Blink. Blinkblink.]

Y-You're so cute!

[Seriously, Bartimeus, why the hell do you turn into a kitten to expalin something to a teenage girl? Not that she didn't get it, she's a ninja, but still ...]

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[imakefootnotes.livejournal.com]

[coz he's not so used to teenage girls? :D;]

I...what? [kitty pout] I can turn into something ugly if you'd prefer.

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[hyuugahime]

N-No-nonono! It's fine!

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[he sits very delicately just like a real kitten would and blinks at the screen]

I have to change form less in this area than I do in the rest of the city. [kitty!shrug]

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[hyuugahime]

So it's easier for you, then ...

B-But maybe being a kitten isn't such a good idea right there. I mean, there are yodare cats and bunnies around ...

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[imakefootnotes.livejournal.com]

I can handle them. Even in kitten form.

[video | private] kitty!shrug is now my favorite RP action ever!

[hyuugahime]

... A-Are you sure? Y-You must be pretty strong, then.

[video | private] heh, I rather like it too :)

[imakefootnotes.livejournal.com]

I am the great Rekhyt of Alexandria ~ [yep, in his mind, this settles the issue.]

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[hyuugahime]

[She nods politely, but it's clear she has no idea of what he's talking about.]

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[imakefootnotes.livejournal.com]

...which means, yes, I am pretty strong and can trump some bunnies.

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[hyuugahime]

R-Right!

[She's just having a mental image of a kitty beating up a bunny.]

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[imakefootnotes.livejournal.com]

[it is a rather amusing image...]

What about you?

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[hyuugahime]

... W-What about me?

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[imakefootnotes.livejournal.com]

Can you trump bunnies, too? [he looks amused.]

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[hyuugahime]

O-Oh, yes, they're nothing much.