Then Along Came Yuki

[Sora-No]

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    Chris had found himself rubbing his arm as he wandered through the Deep Sea Sanctuary. In all honesty, that guy hit a lot harder than Chris wanted to let on. He can obviously fake it 'till he makes it (at least in a non-verbal way), but good gods that swing hit hard. He'd definitely have to be a bit more careful in that scenario as to not deal with it again. Especially given the fact that he'll probably have an arm as blue as his eyes for a couple days.

    He'd walk past the store that him and Ty helped with, the store owner's eyebrows raising as they made eye contact. Oh no. No no no thank you. The guy would exclaim, leaving his customer with another employee as he walked out, a large grin plastered across his features. Please no. Chris would give a kind smile, prepping for the inevitable fun that he's about to partake in.

    "Ah! You were the one who was helpin' that bat guy, right?" Chris would give a small laugh, nodding. The man would give a grin, his hand slapping down on the boy's shoulder, causing him to jump ever so slightly. "You really helped me out there, I could've been up shit's creek without a paddle." He would laugh, Chris laughing awkwardly as well. "Do ya know where that bat weildin' fellow went? I'd like to at least treat you to for helpin' an old fella like me out."

    "Uh, no, I don't know where the guy, um, is..." Chris would have a flicker of a thought (shocking), though, and would perk up, "Actually, th-there is something you could, um, something you could help me out with, if it's not t-too much trouble..."

    After a few minutes of awkward conversation and a few more minutes of walking, Chris would find himself at the front door of the temple. He was told that Yuki could be found here, but that wasn't really a confirmation. He'd walk in, hoping and praying to whatever god was listening that he didn't have to sit in there for ages. And, if he had to, that the place would be empty so he wouldn't have to deal with an awkward encounter like that. He'd head in to the main lobby area, his hands in his jacket pockets. Hoo boy, don't lose your cool Chris, gods are just like humans. You can't interact with humans well, either, but you got this man.

[[God] - Yuki Shiotaro]

The inside of the temple was incredibly pristine and glistened flawlessly despite how dim it seemed to be. The pillars inside were a deep azure crystal with a bright blue glow, whose shape appeared chipped but the edges smoothed out so that people didn't cut themselves if they traced along the edges. The floors were also a a deep blue tone, a strange marbled texture as it was split and cracked with gold lines. A beautiful white marble, as white as snow, edged around the parameter as well as a large circle at the center of the lobby. Gold etchings outlined like a map in the circle, the lettering in the ancient language so it wasn't really something most could read nowadays. 

There was very little foot traffic in there. Some were just looking around the temple like it was a museum, others in prayer at a fountain at the back of a lobby. Aside from them, there appeared to be some spirits floating overhead, minding their own business. All were various tones of blue, glowing, and just overly adorable. Some of the spirits seemed to conspire with each other on something, others were trying their best to 'help' tidy the place. Overall though, it was very quiet. If Chris was looking for a god, their temple was usually the best place to be. 

A slime creature that was a dark blue with glowing yellow flecks of light and a little angler light coming from its head slithered out of a room, gurgling with a little bit of a laugh. A better look and it had a skeleton in it that was vaguely making it shaped like a fish. Even so, it wasn't very fast and made sure to stay out of the way of the visitors. [smear:#00fff7]"Deepeth, where did you goooo?"[/smear:#0066FF:0], a voice rang out in a playful tone. A head popped out from the same doorway, a woman with blue hair whose sideburns caressed her face. She had pale skin and deep blue eyes, dotted with a glowing pupil in the middle. When she came out of the room, it was easy to see her body laced in glowing blue markings, hair trailed to her ankles. The woman was clad with silver bangles on her biceps and a pair of teardrop crystal earrings that peeked from under her hair from time to time, as well as a flowing, but simplistic skirt and a top that crossed over her chest, looping around her neck and back, the fabric just above a set of gills on the sides of her torso. She obviously saw the slime and had a smile on her face, walking after it as it kept gurgling to itself about how sneaky it thought it was.

[Sora-No]

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    Chris would perk up as he heard an almost... non human giggling sound, like someone gurgling mouth wash. There was a slime running through the area, that's pretty ador- oh fuck that's her. She was giggling, definitely tracking the small little guy but letting it believe it was nice and sneaky, which was honestly just adorable. It would dart between the spirits around the room- how has spirits moving around a room the norm for him? When did that happen?- and would slink under his bench, a little mischievous giggle coming out of his mouth.

    The nervous wreck couldn't help himself, but to give a small giggle, barely audible. As his eyes looked up for a second to see the god Yuki, he would give a cheeky little grin as he moved his legs together, his heels touching while his feet moved apart, jokingly covering the devilishly stealthy slime from sight.

    "Deepeth? Is that someone you know? Cause, uh, I haven't seen anything that might match that name."

    As he finished that statement, he would feel something land... on his head? His eyes would dart up for a moment to notice a small yellow glowing. How the hell did he- well, guess the thing can be moderately sneaky. It gave a very loud sort of exclamation, almost akin to a "Boo!" before its gurgles of laughter continued, much less of the 'I am totally sneaky Mom' kind. He would look back at Yuki, his cheeky grin holding back a small flurry of laugher, "Well, I retract my, uh, my previous statement."

[[God] - Yuki Shiotaro]

Yuki's eyes trailed after the slime to a bench, with a guest sitting on it. He seemed to be playing along and that kept a smile on the goddess' face. The slime itself seemed to be having a good time gurgling giggles and glowing lights around it was proof of that. She reached out and picked up the slime carefully, the slime aiding in keeping itself together while she did so and a smaller, light blue blob came out of its mouth. In return, the goddess stuck her tongue, which was a bright electric blue, back out at the slime as it slithered up her arm to rest on her shoulder. It seemed to be some kind of mutual interaction they picked up.

[smear:#00fff7]"Thanks for playing along. My name's Yuki."[/smear:#0066FF:0], she started. Though it was obvious, she may as well get the formalities out of the way. [smear:#00fff7]"Goddess of the domain of Water, Lady of Winter."[/smear:#0066FF:0], she said giving a little bow. Though when listing those titles, she sounded a bit more casual about them. [smear:#00fff7]"But you can just call me Yuki if you'd rather."[/smear:#0066FF:0] Titles only really seemed to stick with elite status persons, it was so hard to shake them from that. [smear:#00fff7]"Ah, and you met Deepeth here. He's a little oceanic slime adopted from this slime ranch outside of Avalon. Cute little guy."[/smear:#0066FF:0], she said reaching to give the slime a little scratch. Of course, Deepeth wasn't the only weird pet she had around. Deepeth was just the only one out and about right now.[smear:#00fff7]"So what might your name be?"[/smear:#0066FF:0]