Emptiness Given Form

Who needed a sleep schedule when the best sources of inspiration for her clothing lines all came out at night! This night was of course no different as she sat atop one of the high buildings of Lux. With her notebook in hand but rather then her usual fancy quill for writing she instead had out different kinds of coloured pens, to get the colour she was after she'd point out a finger towards a colour from the rest of the city before her with one eye closed and 'eyedrop' it to the pen she had in the other hand! Once the right colour was acquired she'd scribble down a neat little swatch of it into the notebook.

Soon enough she'd have a whole page of colours ranging from the warm purples and oranges to dark blues and indigoes. To most it'd probably just appear as a page that was a mess of colours but to her it was a perfect bunching of colours she'd be using for her next line, clothes inspired by Konats! She had so many ideas already she couldn't wait for when she got the chance to make the line a reality-- But she wasn't done with Konats yet there were still other areas to see and get inspired by after all!

Speaking of things to get inspired by-- She'd noticed that she wasn't the only one who had the idea to go to the rooftops of one of the buildings tonight as a building or two over there appeared to be another individual but what he was doing was especially of interest to her as she couldn't quite put into words what it was he was exactly doing... She just had to investigate further and much closer at that! And so with that she'd close up her notebook and poof it out of existence once more with a simple snap of her fingers, raising from her sitting spot atop the building to walk across the air over to the Oni to see what he was up to, she was sure the notebook would come back to jot down further inspiration but an introduction of sorts or something might be needed first.

As she walked across the air she could've just flown over like most would but Tendantha would instead choose to materialize a soft floating cushion beneath each step she took all of which would steadily disappear again after she'd stood on them. As she made her way over she would frown lightly watching what came next unfold before her-- She wasn't... Quite sure she was seeing what she thought she was seeing? Had that Oni just... Shed his skin? Not just that but he hopped into another skin as though he were simply a snake shedding its old skin for something new. She was both perplexed and fascinated at the same time! Her notebook would quickly make a return and flick itself to a brand new page with her quill pen already frantically scribbling down notes and ideas.

"Excuse me Sir, I just have to ask on what you were doing just now? And beforehand with your hand-- I'm intrigued, truly!" She'd write down a couple more notes herself manually before letting the quill continue writing for her with magic. She'd extend an elegant hand out to the Oni as a means for greetings. "Pardon my intrusion, my name is Tendantha. I hope you do not mind my asking's. But what you were doing just before was quite stunning, I just had to ask about it!" She would smile sweetly and after offering her hand in greeting she'd promptly place both arms behind her back politely and give an added bow in greetings. It was quite the stark contrast of behaviour in comparison to her first meeting with another Oni by the name of Erebos from a short while ago but hey she could be sweet when she wanted to be.

She supposed it was understandable and only natural for the Demon to be suspicious of all her asking's given the circumstance. Not even just because she was a Shinjin-- Though she doubt that helped her case, but more-so because she was a complete stranger to him of course. She would roll her eyes lightly at the look of disgust that came to his face after having turned to look at her. Maybe their meeting wouldn't be so different from the last Demon she met after all then. "While disappointing to hear, I can understand the hesitancy on answering such a question, fair enough Mister Ghoun."

She couldn't help but to raise an eyebrow at the 'all powerful god' part though much like she had done when Erebos proclaimed himself a Prince during their first meeting. She'd give Kamae a glance up and down herself as well but did her best to keep her arms behind her back and remain as polite as possible. When your job as a Shinjin revolved completely around just the handling of animals it made conversing with other people quite... Troublesome. Or at least it had done for her as she hadn't made much of an effort to converse with other people while in the Otherworld outside of Valan-- And he'd been missing for 100 years now!

"I am indeed a Shinjin" She would nod before being a little taken aback by what he said next-- She knew a fair few Demons weren't exactly fond of her kind but goodness! Tendantha would bring a hand towards her face before giving off a chortle kind of laugh in response. "My goodness gracious, gosh no! Darling if I believed you to be evil, why would I bother coming over to try and have a chat with you?" She'd materialize a cushioned stool for herself to take a seat upon in the air by the rooftop Kamae currently resided on before continuing. "And balance is far too complex a conversation and a topic for just one Shinjin to hold all the answers to. Not to mention a conversation I've been bored to tears on by now." She'd give a yawn shielded by a hand at the mere mention of it.

"Goodness no Mister Ghoun, I'm here not here to talk about myself, I'm here because I'm interested in hearing about you" She'd turn her little notebook around so that Kamae could see it flick through some of the pages she'd already jotted ideas and notes down on. "The only ideals I am interested in discussing with you is my ideals for this next clothing line I'm working on. That's what all these notes here are about, my dear whatever it was you were doing before was truly visually stunning as I said before. But I understand if you won't share whatever it was with me. I am still a stranger after all"

The Shinjin seemed to perk back up a little at hearing the Demon break out into a fit of laughter, even her pointy ears perked back upwards even more-so then before in response. While it'd be easy to assume he could've even be laughing at her-- Though he soon confirmed this to not be the case-- She'd much rather he laugh then be hostile in any manner of speaking. Yes, laughing was much much better!

"Oh?" She quirked a brow though at hearing how he was shocked to see a shinjin not focused on some 'loft ambition' as he put it, was that all her fellow Shinjin spoke about when around mortals? She hadn't really spoken to many of her peers before herself... But she had heard enough of balance and morality to last her several lifetimes at this point. "You're quite alright to laugh dear, I do not mind!... Have you also met other Shinjin then? I'm on the lookout for one in particular, though I must say it is quite disheartening to hear none of my peers have struck up conversation with you outside of lofty ambitions- as you put it." She perhaps had a much different viewpoint given how her line of work as a Shinjin involved much less people and much more creatures and animals instead, but still.

Tendantha would bring a hand up to her mouth in a flattered sort of way when Kamae pointed out that her kind could learn a thing or two about her. "You flatter me dear!" When the chairs appeared and she was gestured to take up the empty one she would finally take a step upon the rooftop the Demon was occupying instead of simply hovering in the air nearby so that she could take up the offered chair, giving him a nod of thanks as she did so.

"Ah think nothing of it my dear, I understand, it is water under the bridge or however that saying goes" The Shinjin would say with a wave of her hand at the apology for his prior hostility, she really didn't mind all that much honestly as they eventually found common ground regardless! When he explained what he was doing prior though she would sit up proper in her seat looking very intrigued indeed! "Fascinating! I'm curious how you managed to find the fabric of such a thing? It mustn't be an easy thing to test but oh how it looked so pretty even from afar!" She would place a hand to the side of her own face at the thought. "Is there anything you are expecting to find within it? Hoping to even?" If it were anything like actual fabric or blankets then she was sure it could be cut into, or opened up at least in some way?

With her little notebook back to facing her she'd grab a hold of her feathered quill pen as well as the notebook, holding it with one hand as she began to write and scribble with the pen in the other hand. Trying her best to note down what she could about this fabric of creation, including the little tear she'd seen Kamae doing before and what it'd looked like to her. "This is much smaller scale and honestly not at all as interesting as what you're attempting to do Mister Ghoun, but I have considered before at making an attempt to alter the fabric of people before, you know- Like changing the fabric of their DNA, 're-designing' them so to speak. If you are able to make tears in the fabric of creation I wonder if maybe that is actually possible as well" She'd tap the pen she held to the bottom of her lips for a few moments in thought before shrugging, casting a quick glance to the figure that loomed behind the Demon, and then focusing back down at her notebook once more.

"Please do tell me if I am asking too much of you, but are you able to replicate what you did beforehand? Or is it a difficult task to achieve too frequently?"

Tendantha would listen intently as Kamae begun to explain and answer her eager questions, explaining that this power of his was currently in its infancy and that it seemed to be quite troublesome for him to use too given that it stripped him of flesh when trying for even just a small tear. The Shinjin quirked an eyebrow curiously-- Most mortals would find something like being torn of their flesh a most painful experience and most likely wouldn't continue practicing such a power in a way that would continue to cause this harm-- Kamae didn't seem to let it deter him though but she also supposed that as a Demon he was no ordinary mortal. He likely had already considered this setback and had found a workaround for it in order to keep practising without the worry of being too badly hurt.

"Fascinating... It would seem you already have something in place for when it causes your body harm as well? You are incredibly dedicated to researching this I must say" And honestly why wouldn't he be! "It would be incredible to see it up close-- But please, only if you wish to repeat it again and are okay with doing so again so soon. My curiosity to observe it a second time is not quite as important as your own physical wellbeing"

It made sense that in order for him to have discovered this in the first place a large catalyst was needed at first. "What was that catalyst if you don't mind me asking?" Her curiosity sure was peaked at the moment! She wondered what other powers and abilities there were to still be discovered and uncovered in time with catalysts of their own just waiting to occur to unlock them!

The Shinjin seemed quite surprised at hearing his answer to her fancying the idea of altering the fabric of people as well, not only did he knew that you could but he could do so himself and even offered to teach her! "Oh yes please! I would love to learn!" She was quite excited! Her thoughts were just swimming of all kinds of ideas now! This would prove quite fruitful for her little ideas notebook! Kamae soon explained though that his method was less than graceful and he was curious himself as to why she wanted to even learn such a thing, but that was to be expected.

"Not in the image I desire dear, but in the image they desire" She'd begin, holding up a glittery blue nail. "In my time here spent amongst the mortals world I've learnt many things and one prominent thing that's always stuck around has been a dissatisfaction in one's own image. It plagues some of them quite dearly so. I see it all too often in the mortal work I've taken up in the fashion industry especially. I can design all kinds of beautiful and perfect outfits-- But it's not always enough, some mortals wish for a re-design of the non-clothing kind and I would like to be able to fulfil that for them" Perhaps there was some selfishness to wanting to know too, like a growing desire to do more then design just clothing items? Wanting to take that next step of her creative abilities? "I must admit I also wish to further my creative horizons and abilities too. But if I can do that in a way that aids people as well then it'll be even more worth it to learn."