✿ Investigating time

[upcard]

[The voice that prods at everyone is so quiet and tentative, it's probably pretty easily ignored, even despite being a voice in everyone's heads. Mai's just that bad at this psychic network thing.

She's trying, though.]

U-um... excuse me, everyone... Er, everyone that can hear me...

[focus, Mai]

I-it's just...does anyone know what we're supposed to be doing? I mean, everyone's wearing such spectacular masks and costumes, but... it's a little lonely...not being able to tell who everyone is...

[You're rambling, Mai.]

Ah! I don't want to take up too much of your time, everyone...I was just wondering... and if there's anything I can do, I definitely want to do my best...! Is it important to figure out who's who...?

...Thank you...for listening.

[She just feels a little alone, with everyone masked and hidden as they are.

ooc: this is a totally open psychic network post, feel free to use it to communicate about identities or what-have-you!]

Comments

[upcard]

Oh, no, I could never-- That would be so rude--!

[This is a polite, delicate flower right here...]

... N-no, Neeshka-san, it doesn't mean anything like that...

[tailforbrains]

[She's so cute and funny. Neeshka tries not to let her amusement come over the network, but she's not great at that sort of thing, so some of it does.]

Good to know. It's not like it's an uncommon insult where I come from. The horns and all.

[upcard]

Oh, but...

[That's still so rude.]

You don't deserve anything like that...! I mean, um, your appearance is really...unique, but I don't think it's goatlike at all!

[tailforbrains]

Obviously you don't have a thing against tieflings, unlike most of the world where I come from. I get a lot of names like that.

[She makes it sound off-hand and quite normal, as if it doesn't bother her at all. And really, for the most part, it doesn't.]

[upcard]

Um, no...

[...???]

I'm sorry that you have to go through that... though--I've never heard of tieflings.

[tailforbrains]

We're part demon, part human. Or elf, or dwarf, or whatever.

[upcard]

Oh...! [de...mon...??]

I had no idea... [But really, Neeshka is Neeshka.] But you're still Neeshka-san, so...you're still a friend.

[tailforbrains]

[That does take her a little aback. Neeshka doesn't have many actual friends. She's somewhere between touched and suspicious, though knowing Mai, the suspicion is probably entirely misplaced.]

You hardly know me, and you're already calling me a friend?

[upcard]

Oh... Was that strange to say?

[Mai hesitates at that, and when she responds, the hesitation is clear even in her psychic voice.]

It's just...you've always helped me in so many jaunts, so... I thought it would be nice... um, if we could be friends.