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Who: Inoue Orihime (lies_the_heart) & Magus (zealous_prince)
What: Show and tell (I mean abilities people!)
When: 2/14
Where: Uhhh...yet to be determined
Summary: Orihime offered to show Magus her ShunShun Rikka and he offered to show off some of his magic.
Rating: None for now.



Orihime closed her notebook and stashed it away. Running a brush quickly through her hair before she slipped from her room. She couldn't figure out why she felt so excited and nervous at the same time. Maybe it was because she hadn't tried to use her abilities since her arrival.

The auburn haired girl waited patiently outside the building she now called home as she waited for Magus. When she first talked to him he seemed a little scary but now she didn't think so. He actually seemed really nice! Kind of like some of the Arrancar...although they were still rough with her.

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She chanced a peek up at him through her bangs, only to feel her cheeks burn more. She looked back down again and took a breath before she finally turned her face back up to him.

"So shall we head back and make some chocolates?"

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He chuckled a little at her blush, then gave her a quick nod. "Sure. I've never made them before though. Don't know how much use I'll be."

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"I can teach you. But first we need to see if any of the shops have what is needed."

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"Well, let's have a look, then." He slipped into step beside her, walking just a bit closer than technically necessary.

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Orihime didn't mind how close her was, in fact she might reached out for his hand if she wasn't so shy. "What is your world like, Magus-san?"

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"It's... well it depends." Magus lifted one hand to his chin, stroking it softly as he tried to determine how to answer this. "Would you like to here about where I was born, where I spent most of my years after I left, or where I was right before I came here?"

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"Hmm...whichever you want to talk about I guess." she replied smiling up at him.

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"Well then... Let's go with my time with the Mystics." He tilted his head back and smiled. For all that he'd spent most of his time then trying to get revenge on Lavos, his three generals had given him some decent company... not to mention respect.

"To start off with, I'll explain that Mystics, or Fiends as some call them, are a group of magic-using beings who lived alongside humans in my world. They come in many different shapes and sizes, but humans tend to just lump them all together. And they don't like each other. I ended up running into a group of them after I was forced to leave the place I grew up. They weren't what I'd call friendly at first... but when they saw my magical talents, that all changed. A Mystic leader named Ozzie came up to me and asked if I wanted to join them. I had nowhere else to go, and I'd honestly stopped thinking very kindly of humanity. I agreed."

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Orihime listened closely as he spoke, when he was done she was silent for a moment. "They Mystics kind of sound like the Arrancar and the Hollows. Although maybe not..." She glanced up at him, frowning. "Why had you stopped thinking kindly of humanity?"

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"That ties in to why I had to leave the place I grew up in. You see... I was a prince, once." He stopped there for a moment, to let that sink in. At her age, he figured it would be a pretty big bombshell to absorb.

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"A...a prince?" With those words she was off in her own little world.

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He couldn't help but smirk again. That was an adorable reaction. "Yes... a prince of the kingdom of Zeal. My mother, the Queen, ruled kindly and justly... until we encountered something terrible.

An ancient power that slept beneath the surface of the world. A power that offered all of Zeal immeasurable strength, even immortality... but at a cost no one could have anticipated.

An evil entity..." Magus's eyes narrowed as he recalled his greatest enemy. "Named Lavos."

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She snapped out of her daydream and looked up at him. "So Lavos was part of the reason? What did it do?"

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"Lavos was an ancient monster that had burrowed beneath the earth long before any of us had ever lived. It feasted upon the very substance of the world itself... becoming ever stronger, waiting for the day it would be able to spawn, and leave for a new world.

Its power was great enough that the people of Zeal thought it was a god... my mother included. Only Schala, me, and the three Gurus seemed to realize that there was something... wrong about this power."

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"Oh...that's sad and very unfortunate that so many were blinded by power." While Orihime wanted to know more such talk was making her feel a bit down.

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Magus wasn't blind to the girl's pain. He gave her his best attempt at a reassuring smile... which was admittedly pretty bad. Smirks? Grins? No problem. But a real smile? He hadn't done that in years. "It's something you've got to accept... people want to be strong. For whatever reason, good or bad, no one wants to be the weak one."

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"I...I know that. That's part of why Kurosaki-kun fights, that's why I train...but...still. Because of the people that want to be strong for bad reason...those of us that want to protect others have to get stronger to. Its a never ending cycle." she sighs.

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"Schala hated it." He looked up into the sky again, remembering. "She always would say that if people stopped focusing so much on their own strength, and believing power would solve their problems, so many of the problems of the world would vanish. She was idealistic that way."

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"Huh..." Orihime had been so busy talking with Magus that she hadn't even realized they had made it back into the village. She stopped walking and looked around, unsure of where to start looking for what she needed to make chocolates.

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Magus turned towards the grocery store on reflex. If they were looking to make food, that was where to find things, right?

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Oh, yes of course the grocery store! She quickly followed after him, mentally making a list of everything she needed.

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"So, what do we need to make these?" Magus tilted his head at her in curiosity.

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"Well let's see...we need chocolate bars to melt down, maybe some nuts and fruits. Butter and powdered sugar for the fillings and umm...oh! Maybe something to spice them up!" she replied cheerfully. She thought a bit more before speaking again. "Oh, we'll need molds to pour the chocolate into."

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He nodded at each ingredient she mentioned, mentally making note. One thing caught his attention especially though. "Spice them up? I've never had spicy chocolate."

[lies-the-heart.livejournal.com]

"Mhmm! I read this recipe once where they used chili peppers in the chocolate. I've wanted to try it since I read it."