A cut above the rest

When the call for an audience came, Ikigai was close. Closer than her mother and father might be, having been taking a walk around the borders of Ashen lands. Normally she wouldn't answer a call, but she recognized the voice that had made it. Ikigai rather liked Manea, so the pale child adjusted her course and made her way towards the border.

Ikigai had been feeling unsure of herself as of late, and remembering the praise that Manea had given her was one thing that had kept her grounded. For those kind words, the leggy, horned girl would always look positively upon the giant, purple woman. She had been so kind to her and had shared a look into the world that she had come from. Iki was a sponge for knowledge, so she eagerly absorbed the woman's words.

Reaching the border, the slender princess smiled, the corners of her red rimmed, silver eyes lifting. Iki's long, lustrous tail snaked across the leaf litter as she drew close. She dipped her crown in a delicate bow to the plum colored fae. "Manea-sama, it's good to see you again. The Empress and Shogun should be along soon." Her mercuric gaze then drifted to the massive black brute beside her. Again, the girl dipped her head in a regal bow. "Kon'nichiwa," she spoke in mellifluous tones, using the greeting from her father's land. "I am Okiku Ikigai Ōritsu Abraxas. You are Manea-sama's Husband?" Ikigai's crown gave the slightest of tilts as she questioned him. The act made her look both young and wise all at once.

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