( message 01. 🔮 video. )

[thricefold]

Hello, everyone. I’m Zita.

[ the woman on the screen smiles at the direction of the far caster, giving a polite wave before she returns to the task of packing up some things for the day.

judging by her surroundings as packs her things while she speaks towards the far caster, it seems that she’s taken residence in, well, the queen’s residence. ]

I hope this isn’t presumptuous of me to ask on this but— I’m hoping to offer my healing services to those here in the Queen's Residence or around the city for free.

However I’ve been informed that it’ll be in my best interest if I had an escort with me when I do this. If anyone is willing to keep me company, I would be grateful for it and be willing to pay you back somehow. You're all welcome to seek me for healing too, of course.

[ she pauses. as if considering something.

usually, she would end her message here and refocus her attention on the next task at hand - in this case, her packing for her when she heads out - but... ]

If you’re not interested in that, you’re welcome to also make use of my fortune telling services instead. Payment for this will be required but I promise the price for it is reasonable enough. I only ask for a story.

And that's it. Thank you for taking the time to hear me speak.

[ added ooc note;; for those who would like to thread out their and zita's time out in the city for the free healing services, i now have a log post with that activity as one of the top-levels! feel free to hit it up if you're interested. ]

Comments

[warfares]

( "eerie" is a good word for the Anzati; he's never encountered a member of the species before but has heard enough stories to be glad for it. )

I would say ... that it is more like a deep pool, and that the further you venture the greater the risk but also the reward.

[thricefold]

[ zita falls quiet once more, thinking over the words and recalling her own experience when she first truly understood magic and its powers, its consequences.

she hums, distant but thoughtful. ]

That's an interesting description. Perhaps the most accurate description for anyone to use for when one face something they both don't understand and have known if they had a tie with it, an inkling of it.

[ then she laughs, a little nervous. ] I'm sorry- I- I got too serious there. It happens.

[warfares]

The nature of the discussion invites seriousness. ( and he welcomes it, honestly. it's not like he has many opportunities to sit down and chat about things. )

The user is the one that imposes their morality onto it. It has no morality of its own.

[thricefold]

That's- [ she pauses.

zita is careful to pick her words for her side of this conversation. though it's more out of habit and instinct than anything else, having learned what was and was not acceptable to speak around others.

unless, of course, they were also like-minded on certain subjects. ] That is a very forward way of thinking where I'm from. Very bold.

[ she sounds a touch melancholic now. ] I think you would have gotten along with my brother, Curtis. He also thinks our magic has no inherent morality. No true set values of what it thinks is right and wrong.

[warfares]

( his surprise gives way quickly to curiosity. there's something in the way her voice dips at the mention of her brother, soft and pained.

a wound of some kind - estrangement, perhaps. though there is something soft in her voice as she speaks of her brother, something sad. whatever it is that lies between them is something she mourns. )

But not you?

( there's no judgement in the the question, only curiosity. )

[thricefold]

[ she falls quiet for a little bit.

actually- no. not a little bit. she falls quiet for almost half a minute, not saying a word. the only thing that keeps one from assuming she ended the connection is the sound of her busying herself with packing and arranging her items. partly need to be responsible and diligent with her tasks at hand. mostly a desire to keep her hands (and some part of her mind) busy.

then she finally speaks: ]

I do think the system that we have in place isn’t- [ she hums, trying to find a diplomatic word for it. ] -an accurate one. Nor a fair one.

It causes others those who simply find themselves being more attuned with fields considered 'dark' getting judged or ostracised by a community that's supposed to be helping them.

That said- [ she tries to sound lighter now, as if reaching a joke of some sort. ] My brother and I- I have to be the diplomatic one should we meet others and these sort of topics come up. Curtis wasn't- [ ah. no. ] Curtis isn't interested in that sort of thing.

[warfares]

Ah, I see.

( this is someone accustomed to negotiating difficult topics. a skill that will serve her well here, no doubt. )

Fortune telling, I take it, is not considered a problematic discipline?

[thricefold]

Not at all. Divination is considered a white magic field. Like healing and warding, it benefits mostly others and can be done without harm befalling someone else. The field’s specialties also means it usually cannot be used against others.

[ she would like to emphasise 'usually after her run-in with the coven but she stays quiet on that matter. ]