The City of the Specter, Atem's Palace

[metagame]

The corpse sinks to the floor
Even the brightest gold, even the sharpest blade
Becomes sand, becomes dust

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[emptyself]

[ local kid that tries to hide his bandages is punished severely by the desert weather. though summers in the mountain are warm, the altitude was his savior as it made even the hottest summers fairly mild.

he'll take a moment to go hide somewhere so that he can take off his turtleneck shirt, revealing underneath a regular t-shirt. he'll put his sweater back on, however. even though summers were mild in the mountains, he knows the dangers of sunburn all too well. it's good to stay covered.

he'd try to investigate somewhere but...in all honesty, he's too terrified of how different his surroundings are. what the FUCK is that giant monkey? ]

[pointzeropercent]

[Hello there fellow heat-sufferer. Sou is actually going to pull off his scarf, revealing the collar around his neck that was hidden below. He is now struggling to figure out where to put it.]

I can't leave it behind...crap, I'm gonna have to carry it...

[emptyself]

[ oh, that collar... that brings up some very unpleasant memories for soujuurou, which he keeps to himself. ]

Maybe tie it around your waist?

[pointzeropercent]

[He ties it around his waist. Then he unzips his hoodie and slides it off of his shoulders so it's loose around his waist, held up by the scarf. He also has a t-shirt underneath his hoodie.]

...I guess this will do.

[emptyself]

Yeah.

[ he nods, rubbing the bandages on his neck. oh this feels horrible. ]

Who knew that it could get so hot? How do people live in this type of weather?!

[pointzeropercent]

Probably without heavy coats and scarves, I would guess.

[He is making a joke here.]

[metagame]

The baboon stares back and bares its teeth and gums at Soujuurou. He's apparently on thin ice, and lucky the baboon is on a leash. Though the guard seems startled at the sudden aggression.

[emptyself]

[ aaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAA

soujuurou freezes like a statue upon the sudden aggression, and makes sure to break contact and put himself a few more steps away.

he’ll look at the guard, eyes wide and face pale. ]

S-sorry but, um. What animal is that?

[metagame]

"Hail, traveler! Are you curious about old Yan here? He's a baboon. Strange though, he normally doesn't act this way. You haven't done anything wrong, have you..?"

[emptyself]

Not at all. I just…

[ he glances at yan, and then quickly back at the guard. ]

I’ve never seen one like him. [ and thus he’s scared! ] Please pay it no mind. [ he sighs to calm himself down. ] There’s many guards… is there an event happening today?

[metagame]

"No, traveler, nothing eventful is happening on this fine day. Many of us guardsmen aren't able to return to the palace... And our standing order is to protect the villagers. Great Priest Set would have our heads if we ignored orders!"

[emptyself]

I see. That's a really tough job that you're doing.

[ he nods, happy to see such a diligent person! ]

And you're doing a good job, too. People seem very lively here.