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Hunting a thief (Valentine's Event) [Open to anyone]

Who: Amaterasu (

dog_of_the_sun) and YOU
What: Amaterasu is helping with retrieving Cupid's bow and arrows. Basically a country in trouble, and needs intervention? Why does that sound familiar...
Where: Ancient Greece
When: Valentine's Day
Warnings: Cuteness? Also, Ammy has been blessed by Aphrodite—she will be unaffected by any spells of love or hate. She'll also be mistaken for a very large white dog, to anyone but the Library-residents. (No one else can see her markings or reflector.)

The only difference Ammy felt so far, besides the obvious of climate and culture, was that cities were a lot more crowded. She drew a few stares, but Amaterasu was used to that. If it got too bad, she'd find another Library-resident and get them to act as her 'handler'. It was hard though, as while she knew ultimately the best thing would be to get the Quiver of Arrows and Bow—there was so much chaos. So many people who needed help.

[Basically I'm open for prompts. Ammy's pretty resourceful, and she IS a goddess. She's also been favored by Aphrodite for this mission.]

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One of the most useful things about going back into the book-worlds was that Nita could use her spells again. A 'notice-me-not' spell should have been enough under these circumstances, but since this was the Real Deal Cupid and Real Deal Arrows, she didn't want to accidentally waste an opportunity right at the start. So blending in it was.

Nita nodded at Amaterasu, letting recognition of a now-familiar face settle her nerves.

/Hey, there,/ she whispered, walking up to and then kneeling by the white wolf.

/I've only just got here. How about you?/

Ammy's ears pricked, and she immediately came over to Nita too. Leaning in and licking her cheek in greeting, her tail wagging. Which was also good cover for some covert writing in the dirt.

"難しいです、私が援助したいと思っている人がたくさんいます。" Making sure Nita had seen it, was able to translate, before Ammy moved to obscure the marks. Walking and then rolling over on her back for a good stretch too.

[It is difficult, there are so many who I wish I could aid.]

Nita grinned at the greeting. She looked down, bit the inside of her cheek as she translated, then nodded when she was done. Her mood shifted, dampening.

/I know that feeling. It sucks./

Sucks? Ammy was unfamiliar with that usage of the word, although she could get the meaning clearly enough. Another wriggle, before Ammy moves to sit, more words appearing in the dirt as she shifted.

私が働いている間、私の「所有者」として行動しますか？

She didn't have enough space to write a lot, but hopefully Nita would understand. Amaterasu would get more done if it seemed like she 'belonged' to someone, as a large white dog. She is certain to make sure Nita reads it, before she moves to stretch her front paws out and get to her feet, erasing her marks.

[Act as my 'owner' while I work?]

Nita didn't speak a response to the words this time, simply nodding.

Then she got back up, stretching, and fell into the pretending that Amaterasu had asked for.

/Time to go to work, then!/

Amaterasu moved to nuzzle Nita's hand briefly in thanks and acknowledgement, before she turned. Sniffing, and then a sigh--as there wasn't any obvious traces she could see right where they were. A look up at Nita, trying to ask her silently if the other had any ideas?

Nita made a wry face.

Out loud, she said, /Maybe this way?/, then added more quietly,

/If we find an arrow, maybe the thief's smell will be on it?/

Ammy nodded and huffed; maybe they'd be lucky like that. Then she's padding off, heading towards the faint scents and feel of 'people' in a crowd and groups. Walking at Nita's heel, and if this thief is eager to spread love or hate, then a group would offer the maximum amount of chaos potential

Nita matched Ammy's pace with easy gait, attempting to disguise her body language and fit in properly with the people of this world - and still look like it was perfectly reasonable for her to have a 'dog.'

It wouldn't take long to stumble across the chaos - a shadow, a barely noticeable gust of air in an arrow's wake, and suddenly two close friends were at each others' throats. The reactions of the crowd simply grew outwards from the madness.

Oh that was not good; Ammy gave a small whine of distress, and tried to think of what might work best. She didn't want to hurt anyone after all... Probably the easiest thing would be to try and separate out the group. A look up at Nita, before Ammy invoked one of her Celestial Brush techniques.

Galestorm, wherein a gust of strong wind suddenly blew from East to West. Swirling around the two friends in particular, but also the other crowd. Especially as Ammy sprinted to place herself between the two, to help 'trip' them up.

Nita took that look as a hint that Ammy had a plan, and followed her lead.

The crowd's panic shifted, and the two impeded friends let go of each other. The wind didn't affect what the arrow had done, but they couldn't hold each other as tightly for the moment.

/Nice one!/ Nita whispered, heading for the man that still had the arrow sticking out of him.

Flynn felt quite at home on this mission. It wasn't that different from any other magical artifact retrieval. Except all that staring from the people here told him something else was going on as well.

He stepped out in Ammy's path and said, "You don't fit in."

Rude!

Amaterasu blinked, then sat very gracefully for all she wore a canine-form. Tilting her head slightly, raising her muzzle, as dark eyes watched him. Attempting to ask him a question in turn. 'Why did he say that? Was he also from the Library?'

"I am from the Library." He did move out of her way, but it was so he could walk around her, and get a better look at her. "What are you?" His question was half to himself, as he tried to work her out.

Her solar disc was visible above her shoulders, half-in-and-half-out of this plain. Rotating as the deep blue circle flared with a sun's corona. There are red-markings along her fur, and a flourish or two here and there, and as she's sitting--there are flowers that are springing up around her feet. She is watching him with dark-eyes every bit as intelligent as a human.

Her tail twitches, the tip of it black as if dipped in ink like a brush. Scratches appear on the dirt, recognizable at first as ancient Japanese. Then a second later, Flynn would see them translate to whatever language he understood best, even though the marks remained scratched on the ground.

私は天照です。

I am Amaterasu.

"That's an interesting skill," he said, distracted for a moment by what he recognized as Ancient Japanese somehow appeared as English. And then his brain caught up with the actual words.

"Amaterasu!" His eyes widened. "Japanese Goddess of the Sun. You're not like I expected. Although I don't know what I expected." He leaned over to get a closer look at her solar disc. "Although I didn't expect to meet an actual Goddess. How amazing is this!" He was just a bit excited about it.

Amaterasu let out an amused puff of air, smiling at least while she did so. The solar-disc seems to fade in and out of view, as if it is not fully upon this plain of existence. Sky-blue with darker blue shadows as deep as an ocean, and rotating slightly as it gives of that Sun's corona.

Inclining her head and shoulders, it is a bow as graceful as if she were human. Again her tail-tip twitches and there is writing scratched into the dirt. Again it is followed shortly after by the characters fading into a language he'd understand.

会えてうれしいです。お名前は何ですか？

It is nice to meet you. What is your name?

"Flynn Carsen," he answered distractedly. "Why are you here? How are you here? How do you do that with the translation? No wait." He waved a hand. "You're a goddess, of course you can do magic." She might need it to answer all of his questions.

Well, curiosity isn't a bad thing.

Flynnさんにお会いできてうれしいです。私は図書館の援助を求められたのでここにいる。

It is nice to meet you Flynn-san. I am here because I was asked to aid the Library.

Please forgive her for not recognizing western naming conventions.

Flynn was willing to forgive her pretty much anything. She was a goddess. Obviously if she destroyed the Library that would be unforgivable, but she wasn't that sort of a goddess.

"Of course you were." That had been a stupid question, but he really hadn't been thinking. "Now we have to find Cupid. Judging by the trail of destruction he went that way." He pointed off to the side, where arguments had broken out between the residents.

Cupid wasn't the problem though--he'd been robbed. Any explanation would have to wait though, as first they needed to deal with the argument. Ammy sighed, and hung her head for a moment.

Oh well.

Time to slink over and try to look like she 'belonged' to Flynn so a large white wolf-dog wouldn't stand out AS much. Hopefully.

Flynn wasn't interested in dealing with the arguments. Getting the arrows back would probably solve those. He merely followed a path based on who looked like they'd been arguing most recently.

A glimmer of the light hitting something on top of one of the buildings was all the warning he got, before he was shot. Not expecting it, the arrow hit Flynn in the leg.

He grimaced. "I never thought Cupid's arrows hurt so much."

Oh-that-was-not-good... Ammy whined slightly, studying Flynn for a moment. She needed to figure out which arrow he'd been hit with, and see if she needed to deal with her companion too.

He managed to get hold of himself and pulled it out, then lay panting for a moment. But the damage was done and he glared at Ammy. "This is your fault," he said, pointing at her. "I wouldn't have been hit if it wasn't for you. I'm fine on my own."

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