paixaorpg | Meeting Between Diclonius and Goddess [Complete]

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Meeting Between Diclonius and Goddess [Complete]

Character(s): Urd and Nana
Content: Nana hopes to have a place to live with Urd, Genie, and Aladdin. They must speak about this first face to face.
Setting: by Jogo da Crianca entrance
Time: Week 33, afternoon (taking place soon after this)
Warnings: None, other than some details of Nana's background pre-Paixao. Nothing any sweet kid like her should've gone through. D8

Before leaving, Nana had a little dilemma to think about. Should she pack up her handbag, or leave it where it was, in addition to her drawings scattered all over the balcony? The walk over there wasn't a long one, she considered, so it should be okay. None of those papers were going anywhere. None of those strange humans who never gave her trouble would care if she did, right?

She hoped to stay with another friend she made--even though she met Aladdin only once. Not only was he nice, but fun to be with! He was one of the two adults she hadn't felt timid around, apart from Kakyuu. He never meant any harm. Getting the chance to learn how to play a simple game was a day she never forgot. And when he talked about Genie she felt excited and kept the invitation in mind to learn on how to play more games.

Nana reminded herself that any friend of Aladdin's was a friend of hers. Meeting Urd in person would help Nana decide if she could really trust her. She had to believe that everything would turn out okay.

Because loneliness was something she desperately did not want. At first she had no choice but to endure it, for as long as she could remember. Being confined by herself to a room when no one needed to use her as a test subject was what part of her life used to be. She realized that Director person wouldn't let Nana leave the facility, that terrible place! Papa had to listen to him, or he'd have been seen as useless!

Those past weeks were things she cherished in the city without fear, pain, or worries. It was what Papa truly wanted for Nana, this happiness. To live peacefully was the last thing he told her to do.

Nana took her time on heading to the park's iron fence, going over some of the things that was discussed over the journals. She didn't have to focus her ghost arms and hands as much to hold in the limbs her Papa gave her. Neither of her legs were going to come loose.

Urd had said the truth about the rest of those she interacted with through the journals. Timon and Woody--they lent their support to help her search for Papa. She gave them his description.

She then remembered that she didn't get the chance to tell Aladdin what Papa looked like. She was too caught up in the game of tag...

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Urd leaned against the gated entrance to the park, arms folded under her chest as she watched the passerby without really seeing them. It seemed so long ago since she met Yorda here, another innocent girl with no comprehension of just how serious things were. This Nana troubled her more than she could say -- was it true that the girl managed to come here all on her own? Was she an anomaly the Organization hadn't predicted? Or another trap laid down for the unaware? She had too many questions, as usual.

All she could do now was wait for her to show up and hope she was as sweet and innocent as she seemed to be.

Nana looked over her frilly violet and periwinkle dress. It looked so pretty. Kakyuu had picked it out for her at one of the stores. Maybe Urd would think it was pretty too.

Finally, at the fence--where she and Kakyuu had first met Toboe--Nana noticed Urd standing there. Her pink eyes searched and recognized her face from the little pictures on her journal. Her light hair was so long and shiny. Her tanned skin made her stand out from all the humans who had much lighter colored skin. Those blue marks on her face piqued her curiosity. Why were they there? How did Urd get them?

Nana focused as two of her vectors wrapped and secured her prosthetic limbs in place. She began to move faster. "I'm here!" She wore a cute little smile as she waved, coming closer.

Urd turned her head, watching the little pink-haired girl approach. Were...were those cat ears? They didn't move like ears, though. Just one more question she'd have to ask Nana when the time came. Smiling, she pushed away from the fence and came closer.

"Nana. I recognize you from the journals." She definitely wasn't human -- Urd could sense the power of her running quietly, constantly. Bending down, she peered into the girl's face. "Do you mind if ask you some questions?"

Nana hadn't taken her gaze off the nice, pretty lady. It couldn't be missed that she had noticed Nana's horns. This had Nana a little concerned. Kakyuu wasn't bothered at all about them, and Toboe was only curious...

Part of her hoped Urd wouldn't be disturbed by the sight of them. She'd feel at ease. The horns, as the humans back at the facility told her, weren't normal.

Urd didn't need to bend down far. Nana in age was seven. However, she never fully understood why her body aged much faster than regular human bodies did. Yes, she was different, so different--but she shared the same feelings humans did, right?

As Urd spoke, she slightly felt troubled. "Um..." I want to trust her. I really do. Urd hasn't lied and she's trying to help me... She's not bad. She's not.

"I'll tell you what I can."

With a small, gentle smile, Urd placed her hand on Nana's shoulder. "Hey, it's okay. Whatever might have happened in the world you came from, whoever you used to be, this is a fresh start. You're not in danger." She turned and lead the way further into the park, her high heels clicking on the path. "I've noticed you're not exactly human. You're not alone in that. There's a lot of us who are something else, like me."

Urd glanced sidelong at the girl. "What are you?"

Nana knew she had a chance to live a better life. The reassurance helped her not get too nervous. Urd, however, was not human? That, of course, had her curious.

When following Urd, her expression could be easily read as "Huh?"

"I'm a diclonius." Her head tilted to the side. "What are you?"

"A...diclonius?" Urd tapped a finger to her chin, brow furrowed as she recalled every non-human lifeform she was aware of. Unfortunately, diclonius was not one of them. At Nana's question, she smiled and dropped her hand.

"I'm a goddess." She floated off the pathway, making a slow circle around the girl. "I hold more power than most and it's my job to make sure the world...or worlds...stay in balance and continue to exist." She decided not to mention just how often she'd shirked that particular duty.

Nana could sort of understand that her kind wasn't very well known. Papa and the humans who used to keep Nana away from the world outside the facility wanted it to stay that way. She knew why. This wasn't only about the bad girl who had horns and vectors. The humans she knew at the facility were scared of her, even though she never harmed them.

"You're very powerful...?" Nana never heard of a goddess or anything like that. Some of what Urd explained was beyond her, the floating too. The gawking couldn't be avoided as her gaze never left Urd. "How can you do that?" She moved a little closer and and leaned forward, but couldn't see any outline of transparent arms holding her up. "No special arms and hands to hold you up?"

Nana backed up a bit, and then demonstrated. The two vectors that weren't holding anything, she focused on them to lift her up two feet from the ground, and then a foot higher. She was close enough for Urd to see those arms arched down, the hands on the ground--palms flat. The faint outlines could be seen.

Special arms? Urd was spared asking for clarification as Nana displayed her own power. "Oh...!" This was new. She moved closer to the barely visible arms, feeling the thrum of their energy signature even if she couldn't conventionally see them very well. "That's new." She straightened and allowed her feet to touch the ground again, smiling.

"I've never seen something like that before. No, I don't have anything like that. My power is something else and it's complicated to explain and sort of boring. All you need to know is that I can protect you, if you need it." She tilted her head, folding her arms under her chest as she gave her an appraising glance.

"Though I'm starting to think you might not need it."

Nana lowered herself after a few moments of displaying them. "They're called vectors. There's only one other diclonius I know who has them, but she's bad. She disobeyed Papa and ran away." There was a bit of bitterness mixed in with her calm tone of voice.

Lucy wasn't around though. Nana hoped she would never find this place.

"Her vectors are much stronger than mine, but she isn't here. I don't sense Lucy anywhere." She looked to Urd, curious. "Can you show me something? Maybe it won't be so complicated if you did." It would only be fair if she did. Already, Nana thought it amazing to see that Urd didn't need vectors to be above ground.

Well, that was certainly interesting -- not only the fact that there was more than one diclonius but that there was some lingering feeling in Nana's voice when she spoke of her. She wanted to ask more about Nana's life but the topic shifted to Urd's power. She was more than willing to demonstrate.

"Alright. Just don't get alarmed, okay?" she said with a smile. A burst of smoke appeared where Urd was and in her place, several small versions of herself flew around, circling Nana and tickling her. Then each Mini Urd burst into smoke once more and the full-sized Urd was standing in front of Nana again, hands pressed over her heart.

One black and one white feathered wing unfurled from her back, glowing with a light all their own. An angel rose from behind Urd, pale but for the black scrolling marks up her arms and down her sides. Her hair was dual-colored like her wings, swept back and curled at the end. The angel mirrored Urd's movements exactly as the goddess opened her mouth and sang a wordless song. Under their feet, grass and flowers began to grow, swirling around Nana's feet.

When Urd stopped her song, the angel gave Nana a small smile before fading away and the growth beneath them ceased.

Nana nodded in determination. "Don't worry, I won't." She intended not to let herself be afraid.

The smoke did startle her but then the tickling along her neck and shoulders by the several small versions of Urd made her laugh. She squirmed and giggled with delight. There was no recollection of getting this funny feeling on her skin before.

The next thing that happened made her stare in wonder. The pretty lady that emerged along with Urd--where did she come from? What was she? The song Urd was singing had no words, but it sure did sound nice.

The growing grass and the flowers on the ground--where did they come from?! Such a variety of colors and sizes.

When it was all over, after Nana had taken in everything that happened, her pink eyes widened, excited and looking blown away by all that her new friend could do. "Wow!" Her mind was swirling with questions, but Nana couldn't find it in herself to ask anything yet. A bunch of nice things happened but she wasn't sure where to start.

Urd stood with her hands on her hips, head tilted slightly as she basked in the awed reaction of her audience. Ah, it was so nice to find someone who didn't question her skill and knew how amazing she was! "This is the power of a goddess, Nana!" She moved to drape her arm around Nana's shoulders. "This and so much more. Of course, I have my limits. Genie has a lot more at his disposal but he's such a good guy, you don't have to worry about him." She sighed dreamily for a moment, thinking about the big blue djinn in question before focusing on Nana once more.

"So what all can you do with those vectors of yours?"

Nana's eyes had to be almost the size of dinner plates. "Genie's very powerful too?" Wow! Aladdin sure knew some really wonderful people!

At the question about her vectors, Nana's excitement began to dim. "I could lift some things, but not really heavy things...and I can do this too."

A vector moved quickly and cleanly sliced off a nearby branch off of one of those fake trees. It fell down onto the shiny grass with a soft thud.

It happened so quickly and expertly that the average eyes wouldn't be able to catch it, but Urd could see all that occurred in that split second and was...taken aback. That was a lot of weapon power for a girl as young and innocent as Nana. Not for the first time, she wondered just how innocent she truly was. There was only one reason for a vector to be capable of that particular talent. The question was, was Nana a weapon born or made?

None of her thoughts showed up on her face, however. Urd smiled slightly, whistling. "Whoa...that's pretty sharp, kid! You can definitely protect yourself." She took her eyes from the cleanly cut branch and watched Nana curiously.

"Why don't you want to live alone?"

She smiled a little. "I guess I could. If I had to..." She'd know better than to give Lucy any mercy the next time she saw her again. Nana would do the very same thing she did to her.

Urd's next question made her look and feel nervous. Wanting to stay with someone wasn't really much of a problem, right? "Back where used to be my home...whenever Papa had to work, I was left by myself in a room, or--left with the doctors at the facility." Nana's eyes lowered as she did not like talking about this. Her voice sounded very timid as she was trying say as little as possible, yet enough so that her friend would understand. "I had no friends, and I didn't like living there very much. What they did to me hurt, a lot. That's why... It's why I want to stay here."

"Nana..." Urd stepped forward and reached out, brushing her bangs away from her eyes. There was still so much not being said but it wasn't hard to imagine the sort of past she came from. There seemed to be an implication that she was indeed something created...or at least altered. Smiling sadly, she patted Nana's head gently.

"Okay. I can't see any reason why you shouldn't stay with us. No one should be alone here."

It was a hard thing for her to do, bringing up that explanation as to why she hated being alone. The patting on the head was something Papa did. Urd's gentle words however made her feel so relieved, and happy.

"Really? Yaaay!" Nana held Urd's hands in hers, smiling. "I can't wait to see Aladdin again. We had so much fun playing tag over here, with Hope and Xion and all the other kids..."

Learning more games was another thing she was looking forward to. She could show Papa how peacefully she was living, and he would pat her on the head just as Urd did.

"Come on, I'll take you there." She took Nana's hand and rose up in the air, the girl in tow and lighter with Urd's magic lifting her up. "Hope you're not afraid of heights, kiddo!" Flying in the air, they passed over the trees and buildings beneath them, the figures of the townspeople smaller and smaller. The domed ceilings that covered everything were still a ways up, however, the painted sky every shifting and changing.

"We live in a house my sister made with her magic. She's a goddess too," Urd explained as she flew. "We'll have to make room for you but it's nothing Genie can't handle. Everyone will be happy to have you around."

Considering how Nana had hovered over the ground for Urd to see, she wasn't afraid of heights. In listening to what Urd explained, Nana looked at her with a smile, not at all nervous about being very high off the ground. Nana was pleasantly surprised to hear that a goddess could be capable of making houses. "Wow... Where is your sister? How come she doesn't live with you?"

Just then, Nana remembered about the bag Papa gave her, along with the papers, crayons, and a few things Kakyuu got for her. So, she had something very important to tell Urd. "Ah! Hold on! Not far from here is the apartment Kakyuu and I lived in. At Iriela Apartments. My clothes and things are back there. It's not too much to carry, so could we go there and get them?" In fact, from this far up, she could see the mess she made on the balcony when she was feeling so scared about Kakyuu and Toboe earlier. Papers were strewn about, her crayon box left open. She pointed toward that area. "Down there. See? Those are my drawings..."

"She does live with me!" Urd laughed, glancing down at Nana. "Didn't Al tell you? She makes the best food, you'll love it. Between her and Genie, you'll never be hungry!"

She was content to go on about her two favorite people when the topic suddenly shifted. "Huh? Oh." Leaning down, she peered at the top of the roof curiously, taking in the mess. "Alright, hang on!" And then she was descending, quicker than most would like, but Nana was safe, floating down with her to the roof as if on an invisible cushion.

Nana held her breath and held on tight, but when they landed unharmed, all was fine. She jumped down to the balcony, using her vectors to soften the landing so her legs wouldn't fall off on hard impact. She went over to close the crayon box. Her handbag was across from that as she started to stuff her drawings into it after placing her crayons in there.

They weren't all that great of drawings of her Papa, his head and body not looking so round in real life. But she got all the colors right at least--his hair black, the string on his neck purple, the blue suit he wore. She really knew her colors, thanks to him!

She finished gathering all the papers in front of her. There were still some behind her, and at least one that fell to the ground.

Urd walked a few steps, glancing around as Nana scurried about to gather up her belongings. As the paper on the ground stirred from the slight breeze, it slid towards her feet. Bending, she picked it up to look. There was a lot Nana wasn't saying, for whatever reason. Perhaps her drawings, childish and innocent though they were, could reveal something more.

She let Urd hold onto that picture as she finished packing the rest into her handbag. There was also that mass of green paper--money from her world Papa gave her--in there. Kakyuu had figured it out that much, and they knew that it was useless to spend around here. Nana had no idea what to do with it, so she just left it in the bag.

The apartment door she left open as she went on in to gather the three other dresses Kakyuu helped Nana to purchase. The old, torn black and white one she used to wear had been thrown away, because it was too ratty around the sleeves.

"I need something to put these in," Nana said to herself. She could always carry them herself, but she didn't want them to get dirty. They've been washed and cleaned yesterday!

The closet! Wasn't there a box over there, big enough to fit them in? Nana made a beeline for the closet door in a different room to the right of the bedroom she came into.

The drawing was another one of her illustrations of "Papa." Urd looked down at the paper thoughtfully, feeling the adoration and love Nana had felt as she drew. There was power in memory, that much had been made obvious during her stay here in Paixao. Perhaps Nana's Papa would be seen again, but would it really be for the best? There was something chilling in the way Nana spoke, though she seemed oblivious to any darker implications. Frowning, Urd tossed the drawing over her shoulder and let it get carried away off the roof.

She didn't like this Papa. Not at all.

Urd joined Nana inside, glancing around. "Nana? Are you ready?"

Nana opened the closet and picked her dresses off the rack. "Almost. Just have to get these." One by one, she packed them into the box and closed it.

Then she closed the latch as Kakyuu had shown her some days back. "Okay. Now I'm ready!" One of her vectors wrapped around the box and dragged it out of the closet. "Is it far? To your house? I don't know how long I could hold onto while we're in the air."

"Did you already forget?" she asked, amused. "You're with a goddess. I'll take care of it." Urd held out her hand towards the box, smirking. A dim light surrounded it and as she made a couple of gestures...

...the box flew up to the ceiling and then crashed back to the floor. "Ah." She rubbed the back of her neck, laughing sheepishly. "Sorry, sorry! Thought it was heavier than that! Uh, let's...try that again." Subtlety was never Urd's strong suit, but she managed to tone down her power enough so that the box floated harmlessly in the hair behind her.

Smiling, she turned and looked at Nana from over her shoulder. "Just hold on to me, kid. We'll be there in no time."

"Oh. Okay..."

When the box hit the ceiling with a bonk before it fell back down, Nana moved close to Urd as her vector withdrew. When Urd looked embarrassed, she could only smile. Then she saw her luggage float behind the goddess.

"Oh!" Her handbag. She went back out, picked it up, and let the strap hang from one her shoulder before returning to take Urd's hand, trusting and ready to fly with her.

Urd flew out of the apartment, Nana's box of things following. It was a short trip when you could fly over buildings and obstacles and before long, they were touching down in front of the multi-story Victorian-style home she shared with Genie, Aladdin and her sister. "Here we go! I don't think anyone's home right now, but you can meet everyone later."

She walked up the steps and opened the door, beckoning Nana to follow. Heading up the stares, she frowned as a white blur streaked past. "Ugh...that's Poncho, Genie's pet Lumen." She paused, glancing back at Nana. "Do you know what Lumens are?"

Nana looked up at the house. It looked wonderful--and Urd's sister really made that? She was to check out what the looked like inside.

"Okay! I wonder where they went..." The white blur that moved past them had her blinking in confusion. "So, that's what those white creatures are? I've seen them in the streets sometimes."

Poncho lurked by an entry way, feline in shape and mannerisms and glowing faintly. It hissed as it met Urd's scowling gaze. "They're made of pure Light. If you have any sort of Darkness in you, they'll definitely hate you. Or even attack you." She grumbled, continuing her way up the stairs and down the hall. "Don't even know why he keeps that thing..."

She opened a door, revealing a simplistic set of furniture arranged in a cozy room -- a twin bed, white and blue. A light wooden desk and a matching dresser. White gauzy curtains billowed lightly at the open window. "Here we are...what do you think?"

Nana walked up to the Lumen named Poncho and looked at him curiously. How was he glowing like that? The few times she saw more of these were from a distance when she was with Kakyuu (to whom she still missed a lot). Poncho distracted her more over what sadness she would feel for her first friend being gone.

She couldn't really recall having anything that was like Darkness. A lot of the time, she knew she was a good girl...

Nana was however too shy to touch the cat that was Genie's. After all, it made an unhappy sound at Urd! She walked past him and into the house.

"This looks really nice," she commented, her lips upturned into a simple smile as she looked at everything. She moved towards the desk and placed her light brown handbag on it for right now. "Is this your room, Urd?"

She laughed, reaching out to tousle Nana's hair, one hand on her hip. "This is your room, kid! Did you think I'd just keep you in a closet or something?" Urd moved to picked up the handbag, rummaging around in it to take out the girl's things. "Hm...we'll probably have to get you some more clothes. Forget those stupid shops, though...me or Genie can summon you up something without all that attitude. Oh, what do you like to eat? Belldandy or Genie will probably be shoving food in your face constantly."

"Oh! Okay." Nana had to laugh too. "No, a closet would be way too small for me to sleep in!" Now she just felt silly for asking that question.

Nana looked behind her and made sure to pick up the box with her dresses in it. With just one vector, she could feel the weight but picked it up with little effort to place on the bed. It looked as if the box floated through the air to gently land on the mattress that looked inviting to sit on.

She watched Urd take out some of her drawings, and soon she'd take notice of that green paper money, the other thing Papa gave to her besides her new arms and legs. He sure did give her a lot of it.

Nana was about to ask what Urd meant by "summon" until she brought up the subject of food. "I like any kind of food! Back where I used to live, one of the doctors fed me soup and sandwiches a lot. Those are good. And I already tried spaghetti, chicken, salads, cheesecake, warm chocolate cookies..." The diclonius couldn't help but smile with delight! "Can Belldandy and Genie make those? And other foods too? There's still so much I haven't tried."

Urd raised an eyebrow at the paper money before placing it into a drawer for safe-keeping. Where did she get so much? Another mystery about this strange horned girl. Another question to eventually find an answer for.

"Hm? Oh." She turned and grinned, folding her arms under her chest. "They can make anything you'll ever went. Goddesses and genies don't need to eat so they'll be excited to find another mouth to feed. All you'll have to do is ask and you'll receive. Though they may make you help them out."

She stepped forward and placed her hands on Nana's shoulders, bending slightly to peer into the girl's eyes. "I'll let you get situated up here while I find the others and fill them in. Welcome home, Nana."

"I don't mind helping out," Nana said, smiling. "Belldandy or Genie could teach me how."

When Urd came over and expressed the warm welcome, Nana wrapped her arms around her. "Thank you, so much. I...I'm sure I'm going to love it here."

Nana let go, and gave a nod. She couldn't supress her incoming giddiness. "I'm sure everyone else will be surprised!" Of course, she was especially looking forward to seeing Aladdin again.

The hug came as a bit of a surprise, but Urd smiled and rested her arms loosely around Nana in response. When she let go, the goddess grinned at the excitement in her expression. "Wouldn't be the first time I surprised them."

She turned and headed to the door, pausing briefly to look over her shoulder at her. "Remember what I said earlier, though. The time may come when someone comes to you for help in leaving here. Eventually, I'd like to know more about your past." And then she was gone, heading down the hall in search of the others.

Nana was starting to feel worried again. She wanted to leave her past so far behind...but she understood why Urd believed that knowing about it would be of big help to those who didn't want to stay in Paixao. Not that she would know why, but maybe there were people who just weren't like Nana, or Toboe even.

After Urd left, Nana sat on her new bed and glanced at the box that remained latched. Then she found the closet. In under a minute, the few outfits Kakyuu helped Nana to purchase she made sure they were hung nice and neatly.

Once that was finished, she pulled her journal out of her handbag before sitting back down on the bed again. She opened it and checked for voice messages on the network while waiting for Urd to return with Aladdin, Genie, and Belldandy.

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