Upon First Glance [Invite]

Moire's attention on the ancient building was severed as she felt a strange presence moving across the air. Her gaze lands upon what appears to be a spaceship, making a crash course towards the ground, only turning just enough to avoid a head-on collision at the last second. Was it a potential invader? Some tourist who couldn't properly land the ship? Whoever it was, Moire felt as if there was something... Strange about the signature that she was feeling. It felt vaguely familiar, but there was something else added to it as well. Whatever it could be, she'd need to at least check out whoever crashed the ship and make sure things were alright, or that she wasn't going to be fired upon immediately.

However, it seems that Moire wouldn't need to move from her spot, as she spots the ship getting closer to her location, the pilot gaining control of it properly before gently landing close by. Moire kept one hand behind her back, holding out two fingers as they crackle with purple lightning, her eyes narrowing as the door to the shuttle slowly opens to reveal... A majin? She looked like one, and she felt mostly like one judging from her magical energy that Moire was feeling, but there was something a little bit different about this one. Now her curiosity has been peaked. With her electrified fingers still behind her back, she speaks up to the approaching bouncing majin, "I hope that was merely a navigations malfunction and not your driving that almost caused you to crash."

Moire smirks a bit as she stands at attention, briefly looking back at the stone building next to her, making her realize that there had to be some reason as to why the majin was here. Did she sense the purple majin, or did she come here to check on the ancient building as well?

Once more the purple majin has encountered another of her kind, curiously looking over her and studying her, though even still she couldn't help but get this nagging feeling that something was still off about this particular majin. The stranger explains that it was her first time piloting a ship, which certainly explains the near crash that Moire had witnessed earlier, all after commenting on the fact that she was pretty. She glances to the side, blushing a bit, wondering to herself why people mention it so frequently. It ultimately mattered little, as it seems that this bubbly little majin was at least physically fine.

Then she mentions cosplay. At this, Moire raised an eyebrow, looking at the yellow majin curiously, not entirely getting what she's suggesting. "Cosplay? What's a cosplay?" Her own knowledge of the more intricate parts of mortal culture, let alone human culture was still rather foreign to Moire. "And as for where I come from, I am from that damned Land of the Kais. I don't suppose you were created there yourself, in all likelihood." At least she was dealing with one of the more inquisitive majins rather than one that'll likely want to tear her apart to add her power to theirs, so that was a bonus.

Even still, what was this majin going on about being a sibling? Kin, Moire can understand, they were both majins after all, but siblings? As far as Moire knew, she was the only one of her kind created in the Land of the Kais over two centuries ago, so what was she talking about? "Shinx? Who's this Shinx? And we may be kin, but sibling? Sister? I'd think I'd know if I had a sister, and I was the only one of my kind," Moire fired back, not letting that little detail slip. Every time that the yellow majin, who's name was apparently Meri, would open her mouth, it would only lead to more and more questions. This Shinx is apparently some majin creator hanging about on Konats, and that there's a... Birthday party soon?

"... The name's Majin Moire," She answers back, her eyes narrowing a bit. Moire ultimately lets her defenses down, starting to put a few pieces together in her mind as to what may be going on here. 

Moire was listening as carefully as she could, making sure to best decipher what Meri was saying to her. From what she was gathering, it only made her raise her brow even more. Her explanation of a cosplay essentially reveals that the yellow majin thought that Moire was merely dressing up as some sort of witch rather than being the actual thing, causing her to glare at her a bit. "This is no mere cosplay, Meri. This... Is my attire that I've worn for some time now, ever since I first achieved this level of power and magical prowess. I hope you don't mean to insult me by insinuating that I'm merely just taking after the image of another."

As Moire had anticipated, Meri had little clue as to what the Land of the Kais even are. Moire wasn't even sure if the general populace is even aware of such a place anyways. "It would perhaps be best that you do not visit. The shinjin and kais there are... wary." Moire couldn't help but frown a bit after uttering that sentence, being all too familiar with what had happened to her over a hundred years ago. Now, though, she's trying to move past all of that. She has other things to worry about in the first place.

This Shinx, however, was starting to peak Moire's interest. Despite Meri's mistake, she at least recognizes that Moire isn't a sibling of hers, but still goes on about the supposed power of her mother creator majin, this Shinx, and her powerful magic. Magic... Moire rubs her chin in deep thought. None of her magic has been able to rid her of whatever ails her body, the curse of that damned shinjin coursing through her body, forcing her to commit attempted murder out of seemingly nowhere... But perhaps someone else could. Moire's eyes roll up towards the sky as she keeps thinking, remembering that Meri mentioned something about Konats earlier... Is that where this Shinx is?

Her thoughts were severed when Meri yells out her name, startling her a bit as she looks right at the yellow majin once more. "Uh... Y-Yeah, a pleasure to meet you too, Meri." Their attention soon turns back towards the stone structure, the reason Moire stopped here in the first place. Slowly following behind, Moire begins to explain to Meri, "No, this isn't my temple. I've seen one of these in Korin Forest before, and now there's one here as well. I figure that something may lie inside... An artifact." 

The glare that Moire gave to Meri seemed to have startled her severely, even getting to the point of making her panic a bit, profusely apologizing to her. Her sharp eyes keep themselves trained on the yellow majin until Moire let's out a sigh, closes her eyes and mentions, "It's fine... It's clear that you just didn't know. Do take this as a lesson to not judge others based merely on appearance. Perhaps I could've been this... 'cosplayer' you speak of." At the very least, Meri was more than convinced that Moire herself possessed true power, and that was more than enough for the purple majin. Still, Meri needs to be wary with even Moire herself. After all, Moire doesn't have full control of her body just yet... That shinjin's influence still plagues her...

Moving onwards, Meri also seems to understand Moire's warning about the shinjin and kai, and how they are not to be trifled with. Of course, Moire didn't know what all of them were like, but she got a good idea of what the shinjin she grew up with were like if they were so willing to stab her in the back. "I've spotted a few of them before, here in these mortal realms. You would do well to stay wary around them, else you may fall victim to one of their 'grand divine plans.'" Moire mentions, using air quotes to further mock them before rolling her eyes.

At least Meri was somewhat familiar with Korin Forest, another thing that she wouldn't have to explain to her, at least, she wouldn't think so. Meri almost seemed rather excited at the prospect of searching for this artifact within the temple, bouncing ahead as Moire was quick to follow. As the yellow majin moves through the corridors, she warns Moire to watch out for any potential traps. At that moment, Moire's foot lands on top of a pressure plate, and a sudden barrage of ancient arrows shoot out from the wall in front and behind the two. One such arrow pierced the side of Moire's head, partially exiting the other side before getting stuck. 

"Pah..." Moire mutters to herself. As soon as the arrows stopped flying, Moire grabs onto the end of the arrow and pulls the whole thing right out of her head before snapping it with two of her fingers. "For mere mortals that would prove to be fatal..." 

While Moire wasn't exactly lucky when it came to the incoming barrage of arrows, Meri seemed to have successfully navigated around each and every arrow that came her way, narrowly avoiding being pierced. While Moire was moreso avoiding the shots by just maneuvering her body around, the yellow majin changed her shape to the point of becoming an almost flat disk, something that the purple majin likely should've considered doing, at least, if she cared so much about the arrows themselves. As they were just ordinary arrows, Moire didn't have anything to worry about due to her majin regeneration, but it certainly gave Meri a bit of a scare when she came back from her disk form.

Meri was moving all around her body, Moire raising her brow in confusion as to what the fuss was all about as the wound was completely healed by then. She discards the remnants of the arrow as Meri finally begins to calm down a bit. "I'm fine, Meri, there's nothing that you need to-" Moire wouldn't finish her sentence as the yellow majin grabs something out of a capsule and begins wrapping some cloth around her head, "Just what do you think you-" Once more Moire was interrupted as something was shoved right into her mouth, muffling her. It only took a single lick for her to realize that it was none other than chocolate. She grabs hold of the bar, shoves the rest of it into her mouth while peeling the wrapper away.

She chomps down on the chocolate and drops the wrapper, back a bit away from Meri. "Meri, please, I'm fine, let's just... Just keep going." Moire's brow furrows as she moves past the yellow majin, traversing deeper into the temple, at least, up until she comes across a stone door blocking their way forward.

Never has Moire come across such an... Interesting traveling companion before, Meri proving herself to be quite the... Well, Moire wasn't entirely sure how to describe the yellow majin and her behavior. All that matters is that she gets the message and that the two can proceed further into the temple, at least, right up until Moire comes across the stone door, stopping the duo in their tracks. The purple majin rubs her chin, thinking if there is some sort of puzzle that's involved with this door, or if there's a switch somewhere to open it, or... Maybe...

Moire turns back to Meri, who had caught up and is slowly landing back on the ground after spinning her tail around. As Meri begins to examine the door, Moire will take a moment to take a look around herself, creating a ball of purple ki in her hand and shining the light all around, keeping an eye out for any sort of possible clue as to how to open this. There wasn't a puzzle in sight, and as far as the purple majin knew, there wasn't a switch anywhere nearby that would open up the structure. It seems like this sort of doorway would prove to be impassable, at least, for any ordinary mortal.

She turns back to the door, with Meri disappearing underneath the door already at this point. She glances around, wondering just where exactly she went before shrugging, taking the ki ball and aiming it right at the door. If there was no puzzle to solve, and no lever to open the doorway, then she'll just have to make her very own entrance. Moire fires off a serries of ki blasts at the ancient stone door, punching away more and more rock until the blasts started going through, leaving behind a ruined door, plenty of dust floating in the air, and debris littering the ancient floor tiles.

Through the smoke cloud Moire steps through, brushing the dust off of her coat as she looks around, spotting Meri looking like a puddle before shrugging. "Well, that's one way to get around such a door. At least we won't have to worry about going underneath when we make our return trip," Moire remarks before creating another ball of ki and proceeding. "Do stay close, I'm certain that we're almost there." While Moire traveled deeper into the temple, the purple majin glances back behind her and questions, "What exactly brought you here to this planet in the first place? I presume it isn't just for exploring ancient ruins and finding buried treasure."