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[lamb_of_gold]

[Mu is out in the open, in an area that's otherwise quiet. He's sitting crosslegged on the floor, the Aries Cloth box beside him, and on top of that, a large travelling pack. There's a map spread out on the ground in front, and it's been marked up and scribbled on, with places circled and lines drawn.

Mu is studying this map fairly hard, pulling his hair into a tight braid behind his head while he does so. His clothing is again of the functional sort, but somewhat less outlandish than his usual attire. He frowns sometimes, his hands slowing temporarily as he concentrates. Eventually, he manages to tie his hair off, then picks up the map and sighs.]

It's simply too much to ask for an easier place to start, isn't it?

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[punkblaze]

[Eithan notices, starts to go stick his nose into Mu's business, then realizes... ... you know what? He never apologized for... um. That. Before.

... oops.

So with a guilty frown, he makes his way over.] Uh... hey. ... Journeyin' somewhere?

[lamb_of_gold]

Yes, actually. Many somewheres.

[Mu is on guard, but will be civil as long as Eithan is]

[punkblaze]

Wow. Sounds pretty awesome.

[Awkward pause, oh man, this is kind of worrying, geez...]

... Uh, hey. About last time... [And now he can't even bring himself to look at Mu. He's going to stare at the ground instead. Yep.] I'm sorry. That... wasn't me. Like, at all.

[lamb_of_gold]

Ah yes. The candy, I presume?

[It's minute, but Mu relaxes.]

It's fine. You were certainly not the only one.

[punkblaze]

Yeah. Exactly. And hey, for what it's worth? Thanks for makin' me stop. [A small smile. Well, that went a little better than expected!

But he's still gonna change the subject.] But uh, why the huge journey? Somethin' important?

[lamb_of_gold]

For what it's worth, you're welcome.

The ranks of my Order are rather depleted. The sacred armours we wear have told me, in their way, that people suitable to wear them have been born again on the Earth. I'd like to find them sooner rather than later.

[punkblaze]

Huh. So do you know who you're lookin' for, or just where they are? 'Cause couldn't that take a while?

[lamb_of_gold]

Just the wheres, I'm afraid. However I do think I'll know them when I see them.

[chains_of_andromeda]

[Shun's gonna be looking over your shoulder now Mu] What's that for?

[lamb_of_gold]

Maps are often used to guide one through unfamiliar areas.

[dritte_tochter]

Where are you going?

[lamb_of_gold]

Many places, little one, to find many people.

[dritte_tochter]

How did you lose them?

[lamb_of_gold]

I never knew them in the first place. At least not as they are.

[dritte_tochter]

I don't understand.

[lamb_of_gold]

[How to put this....]

Not long ago, there was a war in which many of my comrades perished. It is our belief that when we die, our souls reincarnate into a new self. In this new self, we will find our ways back, and continue the work we left off in our last life.

Such a thing is not always immediate, but sometimes it is so. To that end, I need to find those of us who have come back, and bring them back to the Sanctuary.

[dritte_tochter]

[she can sort of understand that, though it makes her sad thinking of others dying. she might put up a good front, but she's more gentle than she'll ever admit]

But they'll be different, won't they? Humans have to grow up, desu, and you'll still grow old.

[lamb_of_gold]

[Mu smiles softly.]

Yes, they'll be different people but I need to find them anyways. And even if I do grow old, I feel that I have a very long life ahead of me.

[bonnypiperlad]

[Oh-ho. Jamie takes one look at the map and the pack and smiles to himself, thinking he knows what's happening here.]

Hey! Are ye finally getting to take that trip ye wanted to go on?

[lamb_of_gold]

Yes. I'll be departing the Sanctuary shortly.

[bonnypiperlad]

[Jamie peers down at the thing, trying to make heads or tails out of the symbols. He's standing a little closer to Mu than he really needs to - but he seems pretty oblivious to that fact.]

So where are ye planning on starting?

[lamb_of_gold]

[If Mu is bothered by it, he doesn't show it. He points to the Aegean sea, then traces his finger outwards, along the Mediterranean.]


Hereabouts, I think. The mediterranean region usually provides the bulk of the sainthood, so I should have some luck there. .

[bonnypiperlad]

Oh, aye. [He supposes it makes some sort of sense, but does bring up another question.]

But why did ye say that ye wanted an easier place to start, then? Seems to me that if most of the sainthood is there that'd be easy enough.

[lamb_of_gold]

Because less than one in ten of those I bring to the Sanctuary will actually become Saints, and some of the Cloths have insisted I travel quite far to find an acceptable canditate.

[bonnypiperlad]

The Cloths insisted? Er...they can do that?