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[lamb_of_gold]

[Time to get back to business. Mu shows up on the plane with about two-dozen Cloths in tow, all in various states of disrepair. Some have tell-tale smudges of the black blood given to the revived plane-goers.

The saint of Aries is sitting roughly in the centre with a list resting on his lap and a faint glow about him. When he speaks, he seems to be addressing the Cloths themselves, even as he takes a knife to cut the centre of his palm open again, laying it on the closest one at hand.]

I know you still mourn, but please, speak to me if your masters have found their way back.

[With him, as always is the Cloth of Aries, a single golden figure amidst a crowd of dulled silver.]

Comments

[pactum.livejournal.com]

[Emil watches from a few feet away. He's curious about what Mu is doing, but hesitant to approach for a myriad of reasons.

Most of all, he wants people to stop /worrying/ about him. He's fine. Really.]

[lamb_of_gold]

[It takes Mu a few moments to look up from his task, since he can feel the eyes on him. When he spots Emil, he smiles]

Still holding together?

[clinical]

[magic detect! Jade looks at the clothes with curiosity] Is that the common form of armour in your world?

[pactum.livejournal.com]

Obviously. [Oh, it's /that/ Emil.] What are you doing?

[ram-of-gold.livejournal.com]

[Shion cannot stay away from things to do with Cloths]...Do you require any help?

[lamb_of_gold]

[Well, one of him is better than none of him]

Deciding an order in which to repair these cloths.

[lamb_of_gold]

Only among my order. Cloths such as these may only be worn by Saints of Athena.

[lamb_of_gold]

No. You have other things to set your mind to. I'm simply deciding an order in which to care for these.

[pactum.livejournal.com]

And you repair them by... bleeding on them.

[lamb_of_gold]

They need the life energy that blood provides.

[ram-of-gold.livejournal.com]

[He can't really deny that he has to concentrate on other things. This is another reminder of that.] ...So many empty Cloths. Are they all from fallen Saints?

[pactum.livejournal.com]

That's not the blood of living people.

[... ouch.]

[lamb_of_gold]

I'm aware. It does it's job nonetheless.

[lamb_of_gold]

Yes. Theses are the ones who are empty, and who's masters didn't leave a student behind.

[pactum.livejournal.com]

Still fighting?

[lamb_of_gold]

Shion is. I'm looking ahead for now - we'll need to fill our ranks.

[pactum.livejournal.com]

War never really ends in any world. Not even this one.

That bastard got what he deserved.

[clinical]

Why do they require blood?

[lamb_of_gold]

Because they are alive. If a Cloth is damaged, it can often times repair itself, much the way a human body can - with time and care, it will be as good as new. In the case of more serious damage, a Cloth requires more energy to heal, which it takes in through what is normally the blood of it's master.

[lamb_of_gold]

No. It merely cycles.

Mm.

[pactum.livejournal.com]

It's because your world has humans.

[lamb_of_gold]

So what are you?

[pactum.livejournal.com]

... Does it matter?

[lamb_of_gold]

I'd like to know.

[pactum.livejournal.com]

Too bad, 'cause I don't know.