"Thank you." Xikkuyo's smile brightened a little at the praise, every bit the model student eager to please. She'd only guessed, after all--it would be a little odd to name a town for it sunsets normally, wouldn't it? That made little sense, when it could be so hard to see in so many towns..... It was much more comment to hear of places like Sunset Hill, actual locations where you could get a clear view of the sun as it set. So that suggested there had to be something special about the twilight here itself..... and given the time discrepancy, the name had been easy to reason out.
She still wasn't sure about what to think of setting foot in a whole new world, but..... well, she couldn't leave her new teacher waiting, could she? Xikkuyo brought her hand up slowly, focusing intently as she murmured; it still felt odd, trying to do this without her glasses, without the fog drifting thick and soft around her. "I am thou....."
The pain was enough to make her knees weak. It was like she was reaching out into the icy void of oblivion, like her whole soul was crying out in anguish, like she'd laid open a raw fresh wound to the air. Xikkuyo bit back the whimper that wanted to escape; she'd been practicing summoning her weapon since they had first shown her how, but she wasn't sure she'd ever be used to not reaching for her Persona when she did this. She tried to shape the image of the weapon in her mind, instead, as clear as she could make it.
A broad fan of sleek white feathers, each quill securely knotted into place with braided red silk cord that knitted together into a lace-like pattern to pull it all into a coherent whole, a gleaming charm in the shape of a Nobody insignia knotted into the dangling tassel..... Yume no Ukihashi slowly shimmered into being in Xikkuyo's hand, manifesting in a shining halo of pale blue-white light and a soft fluttering rush of sakura petals.
It was the only hint of color to her at all, and frankly, it looked like it would be torn to shreds the second a Shadow got its claws on it; still, Xikkuyo smiled regardless, eyes lifting to Axel to seek approval and direction. This was what he wanted, right? Or was there more to it he was asking for?
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She still wasn't sure about what to think of setting foot in a whole new world, but..... well, she couldn't leave her new teacher waiting, could she? Xikkuyo brought her hand up slowly, focusing intently as she murmured; it still felt odd, trying to do this without her glasses, without the fog drifting thick and soft around her. "I am thou....."
The pain was enough to make her knees weak. It was like she was reaching out into the icy void of oblivion, like her whole soul was crying out in anguish, like she'd laid open a raw fresh wound to the air. Xikkuyo bit back the whimper that wanted to escape; she'd been practicing summoning her weapon since they had first shown her how, but she wasn't sure she'd ever be used to not reaching for her Persona when she did this. She tried to shape the image of the weapon in her mind, instead, as clear as she could make it.
A broad fan of sleek white feathers, each quill securely knotted into place with braided red silk cord that knitted together into a lace-like pattern to pull it all into a coherent whole, a gleaming charm in the shape of a Nobody insignia knotted into the dangling tassel..... Yume no Ukihashi slowly shimmered into being in Xikkuyo's hand, manifesting in a shining halo of pale blue-white light and a soft fluttering rush of sakura petals.
It was the only hint of color to her at all, and frankly, it looked like it would be torn to shreds the second a Shadow got its claws on it; still, Xikkuyo smiled regardless, eyes lifting to Axel to seek approval and direction. This was what he wanted, right? Or was there more to it he was asking for?