[It is indeed unfortunate, but Zelda bears it well enough. Perhaps she had grown a bit accustomed to hearing him and Minako chattering away in the background while she studied, and the weight of his arm around her shoulders as they watched TV, and seeing him at table when she emerged from her bedroom in the morning, but it's not as though she ever expected that arrangement to be permanent. When Caster leaves the Temple of Metis, Zelda sees him off with a smile, and does not expect to hear from him again until he comes back.
Except the next morning she awakens to find a picture and a text, and after the surprise has passed she has to spend twenty minutes trying to suppress her smile before leaving her room to face Minako and her intense curiosity.
It becomes something she looks forward to when she wakes up in the morning (though the "wish you were here" ones break her heart more often than not). She texts back, usually, though the issue of timezones makes having a prolonged conversation difficult, and after about a week she starts sending pictures back as well. Not selfies, never selfies, but things like the koi of her pond grouped together with eager open mouths, or Regal in her living room with a bag of bentos carried carefully between her teeth, or the first sprouts daring to bloom in the thawing heavens.
"My dear Zelda" is a little dizzying, as is the revelation that Caster's father is a god receiving worship as well?? But the matter that follows quickly centers her.]
I am sorry to hear your homeland has been afflicted with this organization's machination's as well. But that is an interesting observation. I must wonder if it is merely because those gods have a sizeable follower base in Japan as well, or if this organization somehow knows which gods have been replaced and is specifically targeting them. If our number had never appeared in the Heavens, would they have ever had a reason to leave the country that is their apparent base of operations?
... I wonder why we appeared in the Heavens in the first place, when the origins of the mantles we have adopted lie so far afield.
[Perhaps it's time to shift the focus of her investigations a bit. The cult has plenty of attention, but why they are even here in the first place...]
Regardless, please take care. If the pattern you have observed is correct, there is no reason to think they have not targeted you as well.
[Stay the hell away from any creepy forests, alright. Don't make her cut you out of a goddamn tree again.]
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Except the next morning she awakens to find a picture and a text, and after the surprise has passed she has to spend twenty minutes trying to suppress her smile before leaving her room to face Minako and her intense curiosity.
It becomes something she looks forward to when she wakes up in the morning (though the "wish you were here" ones break her heart more often than not). She texts back, usually, though the issue of timezones makes having a prolonged conversation difficult, and after about a week she starts sending pictures back as well. Not selfies, never selfies, but things like the koi of her pond grouped together with eager open mouths, or Regal in her living room with a bag of bentos carried carefully between her teeth, or the first sprouts daring to bloom in the thawing heavens.
"My dear Zelda" is a little dizzying, as is the revelation that Caster's father is a god receiving worship as well?? But the matter that follows quickly centers her.]
I am sorry to hear your homeland has been afflicted with this organization's machination's as well. But that is an interesting observation. I must wonder if it is merely because those gods have a sizeable follower base in Japan as well, or if this organization somehow knows which gods have been replaced and is specifically targeting them. If our number had never appeared in the Heavens, would they have ever had a reason to leave the country that is their apparent base of operations?
... I wonder why we appeared in the Heavens in the first place, when the origins of the mantles we have adopted lie so far afield.
[Perhaps it's time to shift the focus of her investigations a bit. The cult has plenty of attention, but why they are even here in the first place...]
Regardless, please take care. If the pattern you have observed is correct, there is no reason to think they have not targeted you as well.
[Stay the hell away from any creepy forests, alright. Don't make her cut you out of a goddamn tree again.]