Uh-huh... so instead of asking clarifying questions, you just made up your own story about me?
[ She's at least gathered at this point that people really don't know what a Sankta is here, and most people don't even know other people with a halo. ]
If you really didn't believe me, I would have let you touch it. It's not a big deal.
[ It'll feel solid, not too unlike a piece of metal, or maybe a very polished stone. Perhaps expectedly for something clearly emitting light, it's also warm to the touch as well, though it's a gentle warmth.
He's so careful with his touch though, that she actually has to glance up to see if he's doing it at all. ]
See? Nothing weird about it.
[ That may or may not be the case for him, but it feels normal to her. ]
[ This guy is really easy to get a rise out of, huh? She'll try not to do it too much, but it'll be a little hard to resist on occasion, now that she knows she can. ]
Sounds like a lot of you guys have some kind of association with Sankta features, but they're probably pretty different than what I'm familiar with. Kind of hard for me to explain my own existence when it's just the way it's always been for me, you know?
[ She hums. The concept of angels does exist in her world, but they're kind of nebulous, and it's not really what the Sankta are. ]
When you say angel, what exactly are you picturing?
[she's got a point, there. it's still kind of hard for him to see things from that perspective, but her words do steer him a little more in the right direction]
I guess. . . I picture human-like beings with fluffy white wings, white robes, and golden halos. They come from Heaven-- where God supposedly lives.
[being Japanese, he was raised with Shinto and Buddhist leanings, so he talks about the more Westernized, Christian version of God and Heaven with some amount of eeeeeeeh]
[ The description has the corners of her mouth turning down in a thoughtful frown. The Sankta are definitely a religious people for sure, though it's not really God as much as The Law that the Church of Laterano worships, and getting into details of religion seems like way more than she wants to dive into on a dating show. She's a bare minimum practitioner anyway despite having worked directly with one of the Saints.
She's at least familiar with the concepts of gods, even if she doesn't know the capital G one that Edamura is referring to here. ]
Human-like, huh? Well, I can say for sure that Sankta are just humans period. Nothing "like" about us. And as you can see, the wings aren't exactly fluff, the halo is more pink in my case, and I've definitely got a better sense of style than that.
To be completely honest, most of you guys are the ones that look pretty unusual to me. I mean... I guess a lot of Aegir and some Liberi look kind of like you, but unless you've secretly got some tentacles or feathers hidden somewhere, I don't think you're exactly alike.
Not exactly? You're not that common, but you're not that different either. And I've had a chance to meet people who look a little more like you guys before.
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. . . sorry! For calling you a roleplayer! That was rude of me!
[claps his hands together]
Please forgive me!
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I mean, I guess it was? I didn't think it was rude so much as... kind of weird?
[ Deeply confusing. ]
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I only said it because I thought you were kind of weird. Who goes onto a dating show just to roleplay on public television. . .?
Was the thought I had at the time .
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[ She's at least gathered at this point that people really don't know what a Sankta is here, and most people don't even know other people with a halo. ]
If you really didn't believe me, I would have let you touch it. It's not a big deal.
[ A couple of others already have. ]
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. . . wait, really? It isn't-- I Don't know-- sacred, or something like that?
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I mean, it's just a halo?
[ Technically a blessing from The Law, and all, but Sankta religion gets weird, and Serpilia isn't very good with her devotion anyway. ]
It'd be pretty rude to touch without asking, sure, but I don't think you're gonna go doing anything like that, right?
[ That's Aventurine's job to do that. ]
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[he is not an RUDE PERSON like SOME PEOPLE]
I-I mean, if you don't mind. . . I could try?
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Go for it.
[ She'll even tilt her head down a little for him. ]
Just to grab to hard.
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[but with a firm nod, chin lifted in DETERMINATION. . . he reaches out to gently touch the edges of her halo]
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He's so careful with his touch though, that she actually has to glance up to see if he's doing it at all. ]
See? Nothing weird about it.
[ That may or may not be the case for him, but it feels normal to her. ]
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Okay. . . it just feels like a glowing rock.
[. . .]
This is part of being. . . Sankta? Is that like some kind of angel?
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Wow! I'm not sure if I should be offended by that or not.
[ She'll lift her head back up, and at least she doesn't look particular offended. ]
Uhm, not really? Sankta are just Sankta. I'm not really sure how else to describe us. We do all have halos though, if that's what you're wondering.
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[yanks his hand back when she lifts her head, palms facing forward. he only relaxes when he sees no sign of offense on her features]
Yeah, I guess that is what I'm wondering. You already know nothing like this exists back where I come from, so. . .
[he is trying to liken it to something with which he is at least passingly familiar. thus: angels]
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Sounds like a lot of you guys have some kind of association with Sankta features, but they're probably pretty different than what I'm familiar with. Kind of hard for me to explain my own existence when it's just the way it's always been for me, you know?
[ She hums. The concept of angels does exist in her world, but they're kind of nebulous, and it's not really what the Sankta are. ]
When you say angel, what exactly are you picturing?
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I guess. . . I picture human-like beings with fluffy white wings, white robes, and golden halos. They come from Heaven-- where God supposedly lives.
[being Japanese, he was raised with Shinto and Buddhist leanings, so he talks about the more Westernized, Christian version of God and Heaven with some amount of eeeeeeeh]
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She's at least familiar with the concepts of gods, even if she doesn't know the capital G one that Edamura is referring to here. ]
Human-like, huh? Well, I can say for sure that Sankta are just humans period. Nothing "like" about us. And as you can see, the wings aren't exactly fluff, the halo is more pink in my case, and I've definitely got a better sense of style than that.
1/2
I can't argue that last one.
[a little wry!]
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[he can't help but wonder. . .]
Do normal humans like me exist in. . . [AHEM] Your world?
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No tentacles-- thank god-- and no feathers. [huh] So you must have been just as confused as me when we first met?
[that's an assumption, but if she was, she certainly hid it better]
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[he really was the weirdo in that conversation. . . cries. . .]
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[ Normie solidarity, except... ]
She did actually believe me when I told her they were real though.
[ So yeah....... just him. ]