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[dyaetus]

Heart thumping, mind swirling. Is this really happening? As a little girl, Tae had only dreamed of being able to service for her country, being able to help hold the balance between the different colourants. Alongside other Dyaes, she felt like she was the queen of the world, almost. Now that it's actually happening, she can't fathom the thing she will be able see, do, or think. 

But does that actually matter now? Her heart is set, and there's nothing that will come between her and her ascension to dyaedom. Tossing her worries aside, she exits her house, preparing to face the world as the next Magenta Aenk Dyae. She's sure that the other Dyaes are waiting for her arrival, and she would be soon standing alongside the Cyan, Yellow, and Key Aenk Dyaes. 

The path to her fraction is like a maze--her role as the new Dyae is to find it on her own. 'Follow the path', she'd hear from the elders. Her memory doesn't lead her to the main building, and it leaves her thinking whether she had taken a wrong turn somewhere. What stands in front her isn't the main building, but a busy plaza. The way back seems to have vanished completely, and the queasy feeling in her stomach doesn't settle her nerves.

"I was so sure I had taken the right turn that time..." Disappointment settles, and it leaves her feeling even more nervous than before she left the house. What's a girl got to do in a situation like this? Tae looks to her left right, taking in all the information she can manage, and quickly tries to find a way to retrace her steps. She can't. 

"I should have drawn a map--why didn't I draw a map? What am I going to do now?" 

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[sumarusfinest]

He certainly seems to favor the warmer hues with reddish brown hair, red tinted sunglasses and a red button up shirt underneath his subdued grey suit. However, the powers this human possesses are not dependent on the hue he was born under but something else within the core of his being.

"Well, you see, the Nexus rearranges itself frequently. Places that people frequent tend to be more stable, as many minds know what the place is and where it should be. However, lots of lesser traveled locales may shift and move around or be replaced by new entities entirely. So while the corner shop you like may still exist from one day to the next, it may be on the opposite corner as it was the last time you were here. That sort of scenario is very common."

And because of that, unfortunately, a map of the Nexus is only so useful. It can lay out general zones, but nothing more detailed.

"The...Print Fraction?" He tilts his head to the side, clearly never having heard of this before. "Are...you a journalist? Is it a paper company?"

[dyaetus]

She puts a finger to her chin in contemplation, this is rather interesting information that sh's being given, and yet, it seems like it will get her a while to actually soak it in, considering the cultural dissonance, almost, considering how different her own world is compared to this one. A world that changes place from day to day, huh, that's going to be a pain to navigate. She's having trouble navigating this place, let alone having to prepare for an almost different layout for the place every day.

What a grand way of giving a girl a massive headache, Nexus. "That's not very helpful, then," she starts, and though she's referring to the world in general, she adds, to clarify, "Nexus seems like a world that likes to confuse its habitants, then." She's got to take a good hold on the situation, and despite feeling overwhelmed, she'll have to take the reins on this thing sooner or later. "Thank you, though." She's going to have to deal with it when the day comes.

But seriously, what is that he's saying, though? "Um, what's a journalist?" She's not sure what that is, and careers and jobs are kind of...different over there. It makes her world seem almost archaic, but modern things are not things that she knows. She knows what a journal is, she knows people who keep one for fun, but this... hmm. She's going to have to take leap of faith and go with her gut. "Is it a person who keeps a journal?" And then, another stab in the dark, "a paper company?"

They colour things, but this seems to be different than what she's thinking about. "Like a company made of paper?" Does that even make sense? Probably not.

[sumarusfinest]

"It...does take some getting used to, admittedly." Where are his manners? The man straightens up and offers a polite bow after a moment's pause. "I apologize, my name is Katsuya Suou. I should have said as much sooner."

"A...uhm." The universal translator may allow for people to understand each other's words, but it doesn't conveniently translate unknown concepts. "A person who researches current events and publishes those stories in a newspaper. That's a paper company. They make copies of the daily news. Regional, world. So the masses know what's happened from day to day."

She clearly is not one if she doesn't know what they are.

"What sort of company is your Print Fraction? What do they do?"

[dyaetus]

His manners triggers her own surprise--yes, she's surprised at herself for not introducing herself before asking for help. "Ah, you don't have to apologize, mister Katsuya." she waves her hand apologetically, "I'm Tae."

The explanation is quite informative, and she feels like she had learned something new. "I see! We have something similar, but not in paper format." She smiles, thinking about the way communication is set in her world, it's kind of strange, having most messages sent in colour, and since most objects are animated when colour is given to them, it's sort of like...temporary pets, almost. "We assign messages to objects and deliver them that way. Then everything else country-wide is assigned on a board where everyone can see it."

The thought of using her power to spread colour to something in this world seems almost strange to her, considering how colourful this Nexus is, and it almost feels like someone else has taken control of the place, already. To her, it feels almost like a sensory overload, and it's quite ironic, considering how her own own is dominated by colour.

"Eh? Company?" She looks a little confused, still. "It's not a company, kind of like..." how does one explain fraction? "Um, kind of like a group of people who is born with with the same colour, they belong in a certain group." She considers her words carefully, because wow, innate knowledge is quite hard to explain. "The Print Fraction is made up of people who are born with Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Key colours. You can think of it as a country with certain types of people? Only people with those colours make up a fraction."

She pauses for a moment, then continues. "We give colour to objects in our world that are Monotonous--black and white. and we try to keep peace within our own fraction. Most people are regular people born with a normal amount of one colour in them, and they're sort of like...common people in our world. They make up a lot of our population. We're just everyday people who are partial embodiment of a colour."

[sumarusfinest]

Well, at least Tae isn't the only one confused here. Though Katsuya is better than most at adapting to culture shock. Once you've fought and killed an Lovecraftian Eldritch God, everything else kind of seems a whole lot easier to accept in terms of other kinds of reality.

There's a demon realm just parallel to his own that can bleed over, why shouldn't there be a race of people who...communicate...and...live? According to colors. Is that innate racism? Is it really his business to ask? Unsure, and definitely not. Best to just accept it for face value.

"I...see." Sort of. Maybe. He's not questioning it, at least. "As you can see, people from my world come in a variety of colors. We choose which ones to wear, but they are not a part of us. Though that isn't to say we are not without our...unique skills."

[dyaetus]

Tae watches with curiosity, as Katsuya explains, her interest piques even further. So, many other worlds also have colours as part of their life, but seems like, according to Katsuya, they're not as dominating as her world, as it governs every bit of her world. She doesn't deny that there have been people who have shunned other people because of their mixed colour, but coming from a world with colour as a dominating factor, it seems to be the norm. Nobody really opens to say horrible things about people who are mixed colours, but it's very obvious in the way these people are treated.

She doesn't dwell on that, and speaks her mind, obviously intrigued by the newfound information. "Oh?" She isn't aware that other people have powers, too, and though normal people from her world are born with innate powers, it's not like they can use it excessively like the dyaes, but it goes to show that other people have innate abilities, too. "What kind of skills?" She inquires curiously, but then, a pause and a thought, "if you don't mind sharing, that is."

[sumarusfinest]

"I suppose that would depend on what sort of world they come from. On my world, we are much more dependent on technology to further humanity's goals, but my world is also in a very unstable place that is threatened by creatures not of my plane."

There's a bit of a light blue glow to the ground underneath the man's feet as he speaks. For just a brief second, a pair of golden eyes apppears to stare at Tae from over the officer's shoulder.

"People like myself fight those creatures."

[dyaetus]

She's not sure she likes the sound of that, and if that sort of thing is present in her own world, it would become bad, really fast. She's pretty sure the people would panic and become frantic with that sort of thing, especially if there were strange creatures in plain sight for everyone else to see. "That...doesn't sound too good," she starts, and then adds, because what is context, really. "The creatures, I mean..."

She doesn't get a chance to think too much when she's witnessing something strange--maybe for her, but nonetheless, she's sure she's seeing something. With colours blaring out at her like sirens when they appear, no matter how fast they come and go, she's able to catch it. She considers this a gift, and though the blue glow stays, the golden doesn't, but she doesn't comment. What he says after answers some of her questions.

"That's amazing!" She claps excitedly, "can you show me more?"

[sumarusfinest]

"It's not. The concentration and activity of such creatures has gone down considerably in the last few years. We succeeded in driving back the source of the disturbance. However, it's probably not possible to completely drive out the demons from our world now that the barrier between the planes has been breached."

Katsuya looks down at one hand. Stretches it out in front of Tae. It's actually quite difficult for him to manifest his Persona like this in small and non-threatening ways. He's not the most magically apt of his kind. He had always been more geared toward defensive skills and raw brute force.

After a long moment of silent concentration the blue light brightens. Those eyes appear again as well as a ghostly shadow of a hand. It extends one claw over Katsuya's own hand before a tiny handheld flame appears in the palm of his hand.