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10th l o s t s o u l ~ [Action]

[Cheyenne was hungry.]

[It had only been a few moments since she awoke, resting in the snow and shivering, and she was already on her feet and walking. Somewhere in the back of her mind, she realized where she was. This wasn't the desert anymore. No, this place was still familiar... Luceti. But the name held no significance for her yet. Her mind was racing. For the first time in what felt like forever, she could actually think. The hunger was still unbearable, but the shift into the barrier was enough to give her some control.]

[She needed to figure out what to do before she froze to death or gave in to temptation. She didn't know why, perhaps her mind wasn't clear enough to understand, but she knew she couldn't go into the village yet. She needed to wait... but for what? Waiting wasn't going to make things better. Perhaps, if she could find just one person, she could pull herself together long enough to feed without putting them in danger?]

[But did she have the self-control to do so?]

[She was so hungry...]

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[Much later in the evening, Cheyenne will make her way around the village in an attempt to refamiliarize herself with the setting, this time wearing her blindfold. It hasn't changed too much since she was last here, thankfully. She'll grab a few things from the item shop to bring back to her apartment before finally stopping by Seventh Heaven for dinner. Her memories of Luceti place are still coming back in bits and pieces, but at the very least, she remembers she ate here often.]

[Feel free to run into her at any point, though she'll probably be a little unresponsive until after she's eaten actual food.]

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((ooc: Okay, so! Cheyenne here is an illusionist. Normally she's much more in control of her powers, but after a month and a half of not feeding at all, she doesn't have a very strong hold on mind right now. The powercap brought back some of her sanity, but until she can manage enough to go into the village without eating every soul in sight, she'll be wandering around the forest just outside the village. Unfortunately, she's doing so without her blindfold on, which means anyone who happens to see her is at risk for being fed on.

If you want your character to run into her in the first part, please fill this out! And keep in mind she might avoid your character in the future if they didn't already know each other from her last stay here. Basically, when someone looks into her eyes, they will be trapped in an illusion of whatever it is they fear the most. Only your character will see the illusion, and they won't be able to move until freed. If your character wears sunglasses/goggles/anything that obscures vision, or is blind, they won't be affected by illusions. And don't worry, she won't feed long enough to leave any damage to your character's soul.

And of course, she'll be completely sane for the second part!))

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Anything you already have made will be fine. [...] Or pasta.

[Because pasta is awesome okay.]

Pasta it is then~!

[now he remembers how often she asked for it, and it will give him time to sort through and absorb the confusion of emotions - because he had completely forgotten she'd existed until now.

It's not his fault, someone would say. He'd left for two years. She hadn't been there when he came back. But true as it is, that doesn't lessen his guilt, so much as it funnels it into something manageable.

Regardless, he'll be back with her pasta in ten minute's time - nothing elaborate, as he's sensed she might be more interested in nourishment]

[Considering Cheyenne wouldn't have remembered Sanji upon arriving either, it's not as though she would fault him for it. Even now, there are still so many gaps in her memory that she's struggling to piece together. And in her case, this includes the suddenly more-confusing-than-ever emotions associated with those memories. It may yet be awhile before they start actually making sense...]

[In those ten minutes, she manages to find a place to sit somewhat out of the way from the other diners, her face angled down towards the table.]

... Are you feeling alright?

[He offers the soft question along with the food, keeping more distance than he usually would for her sake more than his. His eyes search her face for any hints]

[Cheyenne doesn't answer right away, taking the chance for a few large bites of her food first. Usually she ate rather slowly, but then, usually she wasn't quite this hungry.]

[When she does reply, it's after a soft sigh, and she sounds bit more normal than she had a few minutes before.]

I suppose I am not. Though to be quite honest, I am not entirely sure how I feel right now.

[He nods slowly, more sympathetic than she can guess.]

How fast are your memories coming in?

...slowly. I hadn't remembered Luceti at all immediately upon my arrival.

Though I suppose that is rather due to the fact that I was not quite myself when I arrived.

[Understatement.]

[Aha, yes, Sanji had gathered as much.]

... What happened, Cheyenne-chan?

I suppose it would explain the situation a bit more clearly were I to say I was not quite sane when I arrived.

Though I was able to regain control of myself before I did anything worth regretting, I did give quite a few people a rather... unpleasant experience.

[Unpleasant enough that she even remembers to frown.]

[Give him a second, he needs to download the full "Cheyenne" file from his memories to get where she's going with this.

... Oh. >> Oh dear.]

Do you... [How to phrase this] Do you need to feed on anyone right now?

No. Thankfully one of the villagers I happened to come across was Vash. Though perhaps "thankfully" is not the correct term...

[A pause.] He allowed me to feed on him despite the state I was in. And though I was able to regain control of myself before the situation became serious, if he weren't Vash, I don't believe he would have survived the encounter.

Vash?

[Sanji shifts stiffly, fighting back the urge to march out the restaurant and hunt his friend down. The implications that a lesser man would have died do nothing to reassure him.]

He's alright?

Perhaps a bit shaken by the experience of what he was forced to see, but that is all. Vash's soul is one of the more potent ones in the village, in addition to being quite powerful. It would require a great deal of intent for any illusionist to feed long enough to cause permanent damage.

[A pause.] I don't believe I would have been able to forgive myself had something happened to him because of me.

[It's what he needs to hear. His heart rate slows.

Though in the same moment, his eyebrows knit at hearing her say that] Cheyenne-chan, you were hungry. [Everyone does all sort of shit when forced into a corner]

I am always hungry, Sanji. Feeding simply gives the ability to better control that hunger.

Regardless of my state of mind, they are still my actions.

I'm not saying they're not. [his mind almost wanders back in time, to an incident half-recalled. He's not only talking to her.]

But circumstances change a lot of things.

I suppose. Though it is not the sort of thing I am capable of controlling. My feelings, that is. Guilt is, after all, one of the reasons I am able to consider myself to be "sane" at all.

Aa. Most people can't control them worth shit. [A small grin] You're not alone there. [Which, he supposes, is the point]

That's why it's useful having people around, before a feeling runs away with you.

Perhaps. Personally, I find my emotions much easier to control when there isn't anyone around me. Simply trying to keep up with the fluctuating moods of most humans can be rather stressful at times.

[A thoughtful pause.]

Not that a little stress is undesirable, of course.

-- Aah, I'm sorry if I ever caused you stress, Cheyenne-chan!

Though it would be a lie to say yours is not one of the more difficult to read souls in the village, it is not something you should feel the need to apologize for. I would think apologizing for one's own soul would be a rather strange thing.

...I seem to recall there was another who was nearly impossible for me to understand at times, though I've yet to recall their name.

[Alright, she's got a point; he still feels odd about his crazy levels of emotions confusing her, anyway.

And now he's just damn curious] Really? Woman or man? [This mystery must be solved]

You sure it wasn't Vash?

Not to say that Vash hasn't confused me in the past as well, but no. [She's really thinking here. They hadn't spoken for quite a while during the time she left, so the memories are coming in much slower.]

A human boy. His outward demeanor actually reminded me quite a lot of yours. You both referred to me with the same nickname as well.

"Cheyenne-chan"... [That narrows it down. In fact, Sanji has a hunch who it might be. He's never met the boy before, not properly, but it's hard to miss some of his extravagant voice recordings through the journals - most of them which Sanji doesn't approve of.

His tone is dry and brittle as a result] Some guy called Kida, right?

Kida...

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