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Junko had never been somewhere so beautiful before. She felt more at home here than she'd ever felt anywhere, and it was so nice to have someone who lived here willing to give her a tour of the place. She didn't wander far just yet, but her excitement was nearly palpable. "Oh wow, Invictus! I don't know how you could ever leave here!" Junko said in an awed tone, grasping the rail of a bridge and leaning over it to peer down at her reflection in the water. She could see her hair better in this and she grinned, reaching around to lift the braid in a way that she could see it. It was weird using her hand to do this.

Her hair was heavy.

"Ohhhh, I wish I'd chosen Conquest for both weeks and not just my first one." She pouted, looking up to Invictus. "Do you get to stay here or do you have to go to another isle too at some point?"

He left..because he loved his people? Junko blinked, looking down at the koi in the pond below them. That made sense, she supposed. It must take a lot of fear to maintain a land so beautiful. The horsemen really were the cream of the crop, huh? Still, it was no wonder Invictus looked to be the most richly dressed of them all! Just look at where he was from! Junko sighed with admiration and folded her arms on the railing, resting her head atop of them. "That's really admirable. The Imperial Majesty is your father, right?" Was that how it worked? Or did 'heir' just mean any child of a horseman of the Conquest clan? Junko really knew nothing of their culture. That was sad, she wanted to know more if not for her own curiosity than for the curiosity and worries of students throughout the school. There were still students that didn't entirely trust the four clans, right? Junko wanted to find evidence that they were okay.

Anyone who lived in a land so beautiful couldn't be bad though...they couldn't be.

At Invictus' assurance that there was a chance she could visit again after the exchange Junko gasped and stood straight again, clapping her hands together just under her chin. "Really?! Oh, I hope we do! I think we annoyed the ambassador that was welcoming us earlier." Junko chuckled sheepishly, looking toward where their little orientation had been. It'd been important, though! She couldn't give a good impression if she was tripping everywhere and everyone! "I'm sure we'll do fine. I believe in them." She said confidently with a gentle smile, stepping away from the railing to walk along the bridge to the next pavilion.

Proved himself? Now she was curious how that worked. Junko scratched at her cheek as Invictus explained how it worked, somewhat confused when he said the other heirs weren't..biological. Wouldn't it make sense for them to be biological children? Like Invictus here? That was strange. Junko considered herself very lucky the only thing she had to prove herself to was well...herself. She reached up to toy with a piece of her bangs, rubbing it between her thumb and index finger in a comforting motion for herself. She was doing alright so far.

"Ohhh! Okay. I'm glad it wasn't us, then." She giggled, smiling again. She was loving the sound of this place more and more. Junko was beginning to wish she could be a horseman of Conquest. She could do it! She would love to! Sigh.

Ah, so the students not from Amityville could be the ones to ruin it for everyone? Junko's smile fell, feeling worried now. She desperately hoped the other schools' students would know better... "At the Trial of Famine? What happened?" Junko asked with genuine surprise. Who could say anything terrible to Invictus?! He was so nice! ""

A tiny clan member in a long green robe wandered past them, stopping when they saw Invictus and Junko. She was quick to bow for the heir, giving Junko a smile after and saying...something. Junko's eyes widened. She didn't know that language. The two kind of just looked at each other for a long moment before the clan member sighed and continued on her way, muttering to herself in that same language. Junko was so confused. "I...I have no idea what she just said.." She felt bad for not knowing.

Who...who in Halloween would say such a foolish thing?! Junko was frowning again, watching Invictus as he explained what had happened. She'd never seen him give an actual emotion on his face before; Invictus was always so cold and stoic whenever she was around him. He had even smiled at her earlier! This was a side of Invictus she never knew existed! She liked it. "..That's silly. I can see even now you're not like that." Junko smiled, tracing a finger over a lotus leaf that was within her reach. Oh hey! The koi looked so much closer now that they were on the pavilion! Junko giggled. They were so cute! "While in the past couple hours I have entertained the thought of wishing I could be a horseman of Conquest simply to live here, I know very well all I want is to make it as a futakuchi-onna someone can be proud of. I want to be myself, that's all. I'm sure the rest of Amityville is the same way. How rude of that student..I'm sorry you had to deal with that. They weren't one of ours, then?" She looked disappointed at first, eventually becoming a little prouder when it hit her. It really wasn't someone from Amityville who had said something so stupid. She was glad.

The clansman gone, Junko blushed and self-consciously reached up to pet her hair as Invictus translated what the horsewoman had said. "Oh! Haha, I wish I could have told her thank you." She giggled, pulling the long braid over her shoulder to pet at her hair and smile fondly at it. She loved her hair so much, it meant a lot to her that a horseman would compliment it. Though at Invictus' quick reminder of bowing she blushed again, her smile faltering. "Ah..yes..I know. And I do! I promise! I always do. I was taught better than...I was just thrown off by..I got nervous." Her lips pouted, petting her hair to comfort herself all over again. She knew Invictus wasn't trying to do that, but being reminded she had forgotten such a simple act of manners was rather embarrassing for the ghoul.

Another clansmen passed them and stopped, and she watched as they sized Invictus up. Junko had to press her fingers to her lips to keep herself from giggling. She didn't understand what Invictus had said but it was pretty clear he had just told him what for. Hehe! She bows to the other horseman before he left, and then waited for the horseman to be gone before she finally allowed herself to show her amusement. She giggled. "That was interesting. I'd love to learn your language if I can, Invictus. It sounds similar to my own! English is not my first language, you know. It's just what's..more commonly spoken so..." She shrugged. How hard could Invictus' language be?

She continued along, admiring the painting on the ceiling until yet another horseman bumped into her. She squeaked, catching her footing quickly. When she turned to greet whoever it was she instead found them staring at her feet. They muttered something, bowed, to which she bowed in return, and continued on their way.

"...Is there something about feet I'm missing out on?"

[[Rolling for Prompt]]

As it was, he had figured the tokens would be more interesting to the students than they were to him. He'd seen them all the time, they were normal to him. Then again, there was a sort of lingering sentimentality how he turned it over in his fingers before he set the token into Junko's hand. "Then it is yours." he answered just as quietly, looking to the meditation for a moment before moving to walk away from it, his hand against the futakuchi-onna's back to guide her along with him.

"I would be willing - if there were a few students who were interested in it - to give a brief lesson on how to speak Horseman. Simple things such as please, thank you, and other such things of that variety. I imagine in the other territories they would be helpful." He thought about it for a moment. "I imagine if you could find at least two other students who would be interested in it as well as came up with a few phrases you felt would be helpful to your time spent in the clans lands," hurr, that rhymed, "I could take the time to offer a small lesson of sorts."

It would likely only last for an afternoon or so. Yes, he'd probably enjoy that. Between other class endeavors.

It seemed like she had all sorts of ideas of where to start with her classmates wanting to possibly learn Horseman. In fact, she'd started right off with names, and while he wasn't too familiar with Xiu, he did know that Levi did always seem eager to do a good job, though. Well, he'd like to think everybody would be on their best behavior as she wanted, but never the less.

"It will at least make it less awkward if you can say 'Sorry, I do not understand' in our tongue and prevent another incident as there was earlier. " When the woman had complimented her hair and then walked off commenting on the language.

However, if Invictus had been expecting anything, it wasn't the suddenly hug he got from Junko, taking it in stride after a moment to realize that yes, that was indeed a hug. And apparently a nickname. He tried to not make a face at the impromptu nickname - given that even Cymbeline, Aisa, and Eris had gotten the looks with the nicknames as well, and perhaps a bit more grouching about it as well.

However, he just wrapped one arm around her shoulder, not really a hug back but as close as he was going to get without being completely awkward. "You're welcome."