Why people don't like spirits

[shardofwinter]

The weather has been irritatingly unpredictable this year. Sunny one day, a blizzard the next. It's almost impossible to plan for. Today Reynard has made sure the Nexus is smothered in a thick blanket of snow, and it's nearly perfectly smooth. The Nexus might as well be a different landscape. It's hard to tell what a person is stepping on until they take the chance to wade in. Bins, boulders, benches, street curbs are all probably the most normal things a traveller might find themselves cracking shins and toes against.

At a very strategically chosen point however, some poor people find themselves in a bit of a bother. After getting this far all it takes is one step and they find themselves chest deep in the snow. Struggling will only testify to how packed tight the freezing blanket is. Digging themselves out might be possible, but slow.

It doesn't take long before a sing-song voice comes through the air.

"A house for a five headed creature,
A tool that carves rock and earth,
A measure against misadventure,
A gift often owned from birth."

Reynard walks on top of the snow with his usual confident stroll. He crouches in front of his unfortunate victim, tilts his head and asks, "What am I?"

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[shardofwinter]

Reynard steps back to watch the fallout as Majima starts to panic. Perhaps it's a kindness that he can't see the small smile on the spirit's face. He can probably hear it, though.

"Careful. You wouldn't want to lose your PINpoint again. It would be a shame if you had to trade your leg as well just to get it back."

[gorogorogoro_chan]

Reynard's words barely manage to cut through Majima's current medley of pain, anger, and confusion. His temper flares at the note of mirth in the other man's voice, but a string of snarled expletives is all he can manage in the way of a response.

As much as a hasty retreat doesn't sit well with Majima's ego, neither does stumbling blindly around the freezing cold Nexus. He mashes the button on his PINpoint that he (hopes) will take him home and disappears in a blink.