001 ☀ Stahn Aileron, Otome Yanagiya

[majinken]

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[mombastic]

Sorry to intrude, [ and she says it automatically, with a rueful smile. Stahn probably didn't expect his day to include a doctor from another world making a surprise appearance, and she can only imagine what his family will think. ]

[majinken]

You're not intruding. You're family, Otome... you're always welcome here.

[where else would she even go? he could never dream of turning her out.]

[mombastic]

... Thank you. I have to admit, it's a lot better than thinking about trying to camp outside or in a hay bale tonight.

[ Even though she would have done it. ]

[majinken]

You won't have to do anything like that. There's always room for you here.

[though she'll have to deal with a staredown from lilith, probably.]

[mombastic]

[ She can handle staredowns, she's Otome. ]

Well, for as long as I'm here, please don't treat me like a guest. I'd be happy to help out around your home where I can.

[majinken]

You're a guest, Otome... We can worry about that if it changes, but nobody's going to want you to pick up and start doing work. We have a lot to figure out before that, don't we?

[like how she got here, if there's a way back, how to even explain this to his family...]

[mombastic]

You mean how to send me back home after figuring out how I got here in the first place?

[ the hardest questions of all, considering she can barely remember a change in the air. ]

[majinken]

[he nods.]

Yeah. I'm happy I can see you again, but... we still need to figure those things out. [maybe there's some way they can control it, so they can see each other sometimes—wouldn't that be nice?]

[mombastic]

That's fine. I'd like to meet your sheep, too.

[ His family is hopefully a given. ]

[majinken]

[the sheep are family, otome.]

Mm, mm! You can meet Jonathan and all the others too!

[mombastic]

Do they all have names?

[ Is she going to have to memorize an entire flock? ]

[majinken]

Uh-huh! It wouldn't be right if we didn't name them all. Jonathan's just the one I spend the most time with!

[mombastic]

... Well, I'll make sure to do my best remembering them all...

[ She knows the names of seventy-plus medical diseases, she can do this. ]

[majinken]

It's not like you have to memorize them all at once... You should at least meet Gramps and Lilith first...

[look at stahn, having his priorities in order!]

And I guess we really need to figure out the other stuff too.

[mombastic]

... Ah. Will they be all right knowing I'm from a different world entirely?

[ Does she need to dampen the truth a bit? ]

[majinken]

It might take a little bit of explaining... and Lilith may have a hard time with it, but I think it'll be okay.

[it's not like he can lie about it; he's a terrible liar and they see right through him, after all. of course, that's also the reason they may actually be able to believe it, he thinks.]

[mombastic]

I guess we'll just have to see for ourselves, won't we?

[ ... this might be awkward. ]

[majinken]

It might be a little strange, but... it'll be okay. There's nothing you need to worry about, Otome.

[not about that, at least. they've seen a lot of stuff, so he feels assured in finding a way to make them understand the situation.]

They're my family... it's not like they'd do anything to hurt you, or turn you away.

[mombastic]

Oh no, I realize that-- but I do want to try making a good impression.

[ Just because. ]

[majinken]

Eh? You don't have to worry about that, Otome!

[his confusion and concern melts away into a bright smile.]

They're really nice and warm people, they'll definitely like you a lot! Even if the situation is confusing... there's no way they'd think bad of you or anything like that!

[mombastic]

... Well, if they're anything like you, that doesn't surprise me at all.

[ A family full of Stahns... well, she's seen Lilith for herself, though. ]

[majinken]

Well... I don't think we're exactly the same, but Gramps raised me and Lilith on his own, so I guess we're similar in a lot of ways!

[lilith is definitely the scarier of the aileron siblings, but she's still nice once she gets past her initial skepticisms.]

[mombastic]

I can definitely tell you have a strong sense of family values.

[ His grandpa did very well. ]

[majinken]

They're important to me. Them, everyone in this village—they're all I ever knew before I left.

[before he met dymlos, before his whole fate had changed—so those people are all precious to him.]

[mombastic]

I see... it does seem like a good community here. [ She might have gotten further if she'd just mentioned Stahn's name, even if she'd had no idea this town was even his home. Or that this world was. ]