first trauma [video]

[unpleasantries]

[Satori flips on the phone and angles the camera so her third eye is hidden from view. However, the yellow tendril attached to the side of her head is clearly visible. Also visible is the pet store behind her.

Without bothering to introduce herself (WHAT ARE SOCIAL SKILLS), she asks in a flat tone:]

Are pets allowed at the hotel?

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[unpleasantries]

[Oh, wow. It's beautiful.

...That's the first thought that runs through Satori's head. She wonders if perhaps they sell foxes like this one here...she does notice it's watching the cats, and says, more to herself than anyone else:]

I hope you're not thinking about eating those.

[Her first instinct is to check to see if it is thinking of eating the cats, but as she's still not used to controlling her third eye, she winds up following the thoughts of a passing lawyer instead.]

[faithful_kitsune]

*The fox looks at her with something approximating raising an eyebrow. What do you take her for, seriously?*

[unpleasantries]

Well, I don't know what else I was supposed to think. It'd look like that to anyone.

[At this point Satori realizes she is talking back to a fox, and feels a little ridiculous. But that expression it gave her couldn't have been anything but a proper response...]

[faithful_kitsune]

*It seems to shrug a bit, then turns to her. She doesn't have the smell of a human, at least, if the odd eye wasn't a giveaway. The fox tilts its head.*

[unpleasantries]

Ah...I guess even animals think this is weird, don't they?

[She indicates her third eye, which has by now started to stare at the fox.]

Maybe it will stop feeling so strange once I remember who I am.

[faithful_kitsune]

*The fox, at least, looks sympathetic. The loss of memory is a strong feeling. Even the fox feels a strange emptiness somehow, as if something vitally important is missing. She walks up to Satori and nuzzles her hand a bit.*

[unpleasantries]

[Satori gives the fox a few pats on the head, smiling slightly.]

You seem like you're tamed. I wonder if you've got an owner...?

[faithful_kitsune]

*She thinks. Her ears fold back a bit as she realizes she's not sure if she does.*

[unpleasantries]

[Satori regards the fox curiously. How can the fox not know if she has an owner?

The thought that the fox has lost her memory doesn't cross Satori's mind. If she had her previous mastery of the third eye on her chest, a quick jaunt through the fox's memories would confirm this immediately - but Satori hasn't figured out how to look that far into someone's mind yet. It hasn't even been a day and she doesn't remember how to utilize it, after all.]

If you're not sure, then...is there someone who takes care of you? Someone who gives you food and water, and a place to sleep at night.

...If you don't have someone like that, then...you must just be an especially smart fox.

[She's so deredere for animals /sobs]