Beloved Robin

"Its a pleasure to meet you Chise, but please relax... I do not mind keeping everything very casual." He preferred it even, and would hope that this would help a bit more of the tenseness he could see in the other would fade. There was no need to be overly formal in a place like this, at least with him. He gives another soft smile, eyes staying closed as he just listens to the other.

"It seems to be rather common... I've only been here a bit over a month myself. Though I've met a handful that have come here after me when I come to check like today. I can help however I can though, even if I only have learned the nearest areas to here the best."

Night had always fallen too soon for him to explore too far with his sight as it was. If he had his staff he could stay out longer, see what the nightlife was like... but he had to wait for now.

Chise's head tilted slightly to the side, thinking of what exactly to say. "I've seen stranger people before but never any that smelled like the baked treats someone precious to me would make," she started while nodding her head rather softly. With how little she had been able to figure in her still short time here, bringing up memories of her home and family were nothing to be surprised at. Maybe asking if he's really a cookie would be odd and rude, but this all was a little more strange than her usual life. "But if you're saying that we're not from the same world then that's... that?"

In any case, by Pure Vanilla's words, this is not only common for another to come to this world but frequent enough that it can be a shortly-made habit. The habits of others were none of her business, but she still deduced that with Pure Vanilla having been around for no more than a month and the fact that he mentioned having met several others after it was more than those once in a while kind of things. However, the fact that dangers were seemingly hard to come by, maybe this is the breath of fresh air that Chise needed. It's not like she's deeply worried about her friend and roommate at the college, and surely someone would pick up where she left off. Maybe this is what she needed...

yes, he had people he talked with in the new school. yes, he had acquaintances. but to an introvert like him -- and one who desperately wanted to act cool towards strangers at that -- it was hard to establish any true meaningful bonds.

so when spoken to, at first he didn't realise the words were directed at him.

How did she intend to go about fixing this little misunderstanding? All that the shorter of the two could really do was hold her empty hands up as an attempt at presenting her lack of items to sell, shaking her head. Chise's face warped into a mix of light misery and heavy shame, her body tensing from the worry flowing into her muscles, and feeling her generally default state of being put together slowly come apart like a wet cardboard box. No, she could handle this. Probably.

"Oh, well, I actually just arrived here... recently. I don't have anything to sell... I was hoping to find my way around?" the girl muttered as her arms returned to their resting position, idly running her hands along the hem of her coat's sleeves. A few seconds went by as Chise thought about what to do, thinking to how she previously handled a similar enough interaction. "I'm Chise Hatori. Sorry for... startling you?"

He only opens his eyes when he nears the central district, and it seems hes here a bit later, but there is still someone new. She only seem slightly shorter than he is, so he can't help but wonder just how young the other might be. Just how many children end up at these isles?

"Ah," Well that answered that she was fully new, "This is the central District at Aevum Isles. You just got here a bit ago right?" He answers friendly, after all the other seemed just as confused as he had been, but also nervous.

She blurted seemingly random and disconnected syllables, sometimes dipping back into her mother tongue for a brief moment as she attempted to right herself, "I- sorry- Ch-" The shorter girl's arms came up slightly from their resting position, hands formed into clenched fists, head having begun its descent into a shallow hang as she made her final small effort to almost shout out, "I-I'm Chise Hatori!"

Finally, relief as some of Chise's tense posture had wiped itself away when her name come out of her mouth. At last having properly introduced herself, the name of the other became a point of interest in the girl's mind. Pure Vanilla? Sure, there were some names that were most definitely less than human— her teacher's own being one of them— but a name like 'Pure Vanilla' was a departure from the titles she was used to. Maybe it had something to do with the sweet scent he seemed to radiate. But she could hardly let herself continue to be rude to the other.

"Right, yes, I just arrived here so I'm... a little lost. All of this is new to me and I've not heard of anything like this," the young mage states with an equal amount of confusion and acceptance hanging off each portion of her sentence. She could fend for herself in the end, as she recently found, but was it really so much to ask for a little bit of peace? 

You feel stillness and motion pressing upon you from all sides. From this, you are stirred, and spurred by your awakening, you step from the long quiet.

You, CHISE HATORI, find yourself standing before the Temporal Tower, in a garden seemingly tucked away from the seasons of time. Still, people flock here beneath the borealis that lights the sky above, here to greet you. A Guardian approaches.

Hello young one…. and welcome to the Aevum Isles. Pleased, we are, to finally meet you! Preparations have been made for your arrival. We hope you will accept and cherish your time here.

You receive the following:

A House Key. Emblazoned upon it is: #111, Eterna Village

A Standard Issue Phone. It lights up when it manifests in your hand.

A WOOD CARVING KIT. It fits into your hand perfectly. The Guardian gives it to you and pats your head, reminding you not to forget that the best present is the present. It...walks away before it bothers to elaborate.

Welcome to the Aevum Isles.