wizardmanor | Floor 2 Room 5

It's not—I like chess, but- [ he rotates the piece in his hand, the glow resonating in tandem with his heartbeat. ]

The queen's the most powerful and versatile piece, even more than the King. It's capable of all kinds of moves and gambits because of how it moves...

Hah. [ it's obviously he's realized something, khun's expression softening . ] It really should have been the black queen. But I guess with Maria too—that makes enough sense.

[Hoh...seems like there's a whole story here. Kiryu for a moment considers asking, but...hm. Perhaps it'd be too soon. This kind of talk usually happens with a drink, trying to figure out how to solve big problems in each other's lives]

Hm. I'd say magic works in mysterious ways but that sounds too...out there.

[He just mangled the religious quote, yup]

If you think it doesn't fit you somehow, you could change its appearance. It's supposed to be the tool that lets you use magic. Least it could do is be what you want it to be.

[...although on the other hand, is it worth the risk? Kiryu wanted to give his own focus indestructible qualities, to protect it forever...but he felt too nervous doing that. If he damaged his focus in any way he'd never forgive himself]

No, it fits me. [ said rather decisively despite all his complaining until a few seconds ago. he is also sir not explaining, but maybe in the future...buy him a drink kiryu i have no idea what the legal age is in tower of god but he's definitely had a drink or two in his young life so it's fine. ]

It's small enough too that I shouldn't need to worry about carrying it. [ tilting his head at kiryu. ]

What's yours?

[For a moment Kiryu considers not telling...but, well, sooner or later he'll have to. That and also it's a way for him to see if talking about it has stopped hitting him emotionally]

It's...

[He shows it.]

...it's a long story. I don't really want to talk about it.

[Mostly because he already can feel a knot in his throat. Kiryu is not an emotional person at all, but this simple thing tugs at his heartstrings so badly because he still can't believe he has this in his hands. It's extremely significant to him -- and it's easy to guess Kiryu is the big one in the center of the drawing. He makes the focus vanish]

[ he can make a few guesses and he does mentally, but keeps them to himself. ]

Hmm, I'd be worried about protecting it. Maybe you can put it in a plaque.

[A plaque...not a bad idea. He'll have to look into that]

I tried to get Tatara to make it sturdier. He's not capable of using magic, though.

[Which he didn't see coming, given how Tatara is one of the two people leading them through all this. It didn't really affect his opinion of Tatara, but it baffled him somewhat]

[ slight eyebrow raise. khun will remember this conversation later when he's talking to tatara in the bath, but in this moment he just assumes that is was more a case of "don't want to" rather than "can't". ]

What about the short one?

I don't doubt he's capable of magic. He has that attitude of someone who can't believe others can't handle something simple.

[We all in the world have known someone like that at least once in our lives. Yeah, the Wanderer has those vibes, in Kiryu's opinion]

[ an easy laugh. ]

A shortie with a height complex, how novel. He's compensating, obviously.

You could try giving him a compliment, but it's 50/50 on whether that'll frazzle him in a useful way.

You do that, not me. I'd rather not to have him glaring at me.

[Kiryu is certain that'd be the only result. 100/100]

I'm bad at taking suggestions.

[ he's great at giving them though. ]

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