[Edel PRP] Number One (Cos/Kou)

[midnight_medea]

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It was late by the time Cosine made her way back home. The hallways were quiet, as she walked bare foot, the belt on her borrowed clothes jangling, she began to really think about her change. Deep down she hoped that Ankou would be in, his reaction would be the most important to her, though on the surface she half hoped that he would be out. She remembered his change, it had not made him much different. She didn't feel greatly different, more in control perhaps.

The goddess reached out to push the door to their rooms open and slipped into the apartment. It was dark inside, dark and quiet. She shifted the bag on her shoulders and made her way straight through to their room.
"Kou?" She called out, shrugging the back pack off. Did she sound different too?

[Zero Dream]

He had found his errais, gathered what he had been meant to gather, and had come home - only to find, oddly enough, that he was the first to have returned.

This was unusual to say the least, but the Spirit Guide had shrugged it off and sat down in their private quarters to wait. The lights being off wasn't such an usual thing when he was alone, and could not be taken for granted as a sure sign of his absence.

It was only a few minutes before she entered in turn, and something... felt different.

Hmmm.

He was on his feet by the time the door closed. "Over here, my dear~"

[midnight_medea]

She smiled at the sound of his voice and followed it through the apartment. She was both excited and apprehensive to see him. What if he didn't like this new her.
"Something happened today." She called out as she rounded the corner and pushed the door open.

[Zero Dream]

"Oh ?" Was it a good something or a bad something, one could ask. Ankou was content to just let her come to him, as nothing in her voice made it sound like she was hurt, or anything like that.

And then she did, the door opened, and golden eyes did widen slightly. Oh, it could definitively be time for payback right now, through it certainly wouldn't be warranted. All in all, she hadn't changed that much, it seemed. At least, he had no problem recognizing her as he stood then walked over to her, carefully reaching for one of her ears with his hands. Feathers ? Earfeathers ? Um.

"A lovely development, might I say." He pushed back one lock of hair to kiss her forehead, tenderly. "When did it happen ?"

[midnight_medea]

She smiled at his small expression of surprise. Well, that had to be good. he did not run away screaming. Not that he would. She grinned at the mental image. At the touch on her feather like ears she closed her eyes and smiled more, much like a cat.
"A few hours ago. I was playing a game with some children. Jumping and chanting and then ... I was in this form. It feels strange, like breaking through a fog." Her eyes opened slowly. "Did you feel such clarity ... and yet also confusion. The road ahead seems rather overwhelming."

[Zero Dream]

"I think that's just how it happens." He said, voice soft. He had never told Cosine exactly how his own had happened, and... Well, it was probably better that way.

In retrospect, he'd been asking for trouble when he'd agreed to that one...

"Not really ?" He tiled his head a bit. "It was odd and sudden, but... It just felt right, in a way. Like everything before had been wrong, and then suddenly they were right."

[midnight_medea]

Cosine nodded in agreement at his words and thought about how she felt. It was hard. Everything seemed so new.
"I think ... I think before it was as though I was here but there was a barrier between me and the world. Now that has gone and you're right. Things feel balanced." She glanced around their rooms and smiled. Now the adventure really began.
"Good timing though, what with our journey on the cards. I won't have to depend on you so much."

[Zero Dream]

"Things will get a little easier indeed."

Well, he'd been there, done that, as a morph, and he hadn't been able to shake the idea that he done more hindering to the dragon king than actual helping.

He certainly did not want her to feel like that, ever.

"Did you want to take a few days before we go ? To... get used to this ?" He'd had to do that, really. Suddenly there had been so many opportunities opened to him that it had felt good to take a breather and gather himself.

[midnight_medea]

Cosine mulled over his question. She was rather eager to get moving. Though, he was probably right. Now she was riding on the high of being newly changed. There was no knowing how the change might affect her in the long term.
"A few days perhaps." She said softly. "I should tell my brother that I'm disappearing I suppose." She smirked a little. "And that I have changed. We should plan a little more too perhaps. I went to see Jessica and Kayne. They gave me some bits for the journey. They're expecting a baby actually, which is quite exciting." She smiled and shrugged the bag off her back. "I should investigate the apartments Harmodius gifted me with too. Maybe we can combine somehow. A passageway perhaps?"

[Zero Dream]

He nodded along with her words, and secretly was glad that she was willing to wait and figure out her own strength before running head-long into adventure. It certainly felt safer that way, as eager for adventure as he felt.

The wait would make it more enjoyable. It was something he'd learned. It did seem wise for her to tell her brother that she was leaving, at least. Him and Nergal, well... They were so used to it that there was little need for it, and it seemed to suit the both of them just fine.

The twins probably were different.

"Are they ? Ah... Would you give them my congratulations when you see them next ?" Then they might not want him around. Bad portents, mortal superstitions... Mortals could believe the silliest things.

He reached to take the bag from her as she shrugged it off, without thinking much about it. "Perhaps. It certainly would be handy." Privacy when she felt she needed it, and company when she sought it.

[midnight_medea]

"I think so." She smiled brighty and took a deep breath. She was feeling rather invigorated and excitable after her change. There was so much to do, or that was how she felt at least. "Let's go for a walk. I passed several people and gods on my way back here, they seemed to be heading in the same direction with some purpose in mind." The small goddess held her hand out in expectation of it being taken. "Perhaps we should see what all the fuss is about."

[Zero Dream]

She seemed so happy, so full of energy that she could barely stand still, and in ways it was very, very contagious.

It was good to see her like this, and not as tired as his own change had left him.

"Well, you make me curious. Let's go see what the fuss is all about, hm ?"

((And done ? <3))