[ He'd first shown up as a small red-eyed boy, back when Izumo and Mikoto were teenagers. It wasn't for very long or seemed very significant, but it was before everything had really started. It was a time when power had changed hands, however.
He'd returned and gotten within reach of one of the members of the clan as the sword in the sky started breaking apart and disappearing. It looks like the King had fallen and burnt out. Pulling the bright red lollipop out of his mouth, his eyes stay at that point in the sky. ]
The King is dead. Long live the King...
[ The new king was already chosen. So his eyes went to the one who would be the second for a second time. ]
[It's not difficult to really figure out who the red-eyed brat is, especially since he did seem to have a knack for popping up at the worst times. When Judar returned after years of disappearing, reaching out to him with that knowing look in his eyes, tinged with wicked amusement, Izumo knew it wouldn't be good. Then again, it was because of the teenager's existence that Izumo knows immediately who had been chosen to become the next Red King.
Even if she hasn't seemed to realize it herself just yet.]
I'm not going to let anything happen to her. [It's why Izumo has made up his mind to go to Germany, find those notes. Even if it might be fruitless in the end, even though he knows that Anna will access that power, it might be enough to prevent her from falling the same fate as her predecessors.]
[ He hasn't paid attention to the actions of the followers. He wasn't supposed to, and didn't want to when it seemed to be boring. Let the households scramble to try and make their red kings last. They were always meant to burn through faster than all the rest. ]
What, you haven't figured it out? I guess the last one happened quickly enough...
[ Though part of him is pleased that you seem to have found him significant enough to remember. ]
Just like all the other times, and with all the other clans. I'm here to witness. What, still mad that I wouldn't give you answers last time?
You're fortunate that you left too quickly for me to give you a proper punch.
[Even if you were a kid back then. But Izumo was also a rowdy teenager who either got into fights or ended it - usually both.
But you stuck out to him because you know about this sort of thing. You know about the Kings and the Slate and how you always seem to know who's going to end up becoming the King next.]
Should I take this to mean that you won't stick long for this one either?
[ He wasn't even flying around at that age. He just went where he was told and watched, for the most part. Sometimes it was just too hard to resist seeing the clans in person, instead of watching from a distance. Which is what he's supposed to do. ]
As long as it takes for the King to rise, I guess. Just as I do with all the Kings.
[ All of them. Meaning he witnessed the fall of the previous Blue King, and had shown up for a time when Reisi took the mantle up. He likely knew where all the kings were, and who they were, or where they moved. ]
If you're not in a hurry, would you like something to eat? [There will still be some time for Anna to adjust to her new powers and he has no doubt that the young, newly appointed Red King would want to meet this stranger.]
[ Maybe that's why his eyes are they way they are, with that weird extra ring in them. Just to mark out his life- One he couldn't really get answers to.
For a few seconds, he contemplated the question. He had to be around for the next king's rising, which wasn't quite happening yet. There was always a Moment that happens that marks and signifies who was the new King and what kind they'd be. ]
... Sure. There's no hurry right now. I've only witnessed the Fall so far.
[ There's a pointed silence to that question as he follows behind, only responding to that second comment instead. ]
However long that will take, and if that's the only change of kings that'll be happening. I'll have to make rounds and see where I'm led afterwards.
[ How he's able to do that, or knows where to go and when, is something he's not about to share however. It's no secret that sometimes there's a pretty fast turnover from clan to clan. ]
I don't really have any information to give you, if that's what you're trying to pull out of me. These are just things I'm drawn to for witnessing. The why and who else finds out, if there even if anyone else, isn't going to come out because you're willing to feed me.
[ Maybe he's doing this just because you look like you could use a sandwich, Judar. ]
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After the Fall
He'd returned and gotten within reach of one of the members of the clan as the sword in the sky started breaking apart and disappearing. It looks like the King had fallen and burnt out. Pulling the bright red lollipop out of his mouth, his eyes stay at that point in the sky. ]
The King is dead. Long live the King...
[ The new king was already chosen. So his eyes went to the one who would be the second for a second time. ]
Gonna make this one last longer?
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Even if she hasn't seemed to realize it herself just yet.]
I'm not going to let anything happen to her. [It's why Izumo has made up his mind to go to Germany, find those notes. Even if it might be fruitless in the end, even though he knows that Anna will access that power, it might be enough to prevent her from falling the same fate as her predecessors.]
What are you even doing here, Judar?
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[ He hasn't paid attention to the actions of the followers. He wasn't supposed to, and didn't want to when it seemed to be boring. Let the households scramble to try and make their red kings last. They were always meant to burn through faster than all the rest. ]
What, you haven't figured it out? I guess the last one happened quickly enough...
[ Though part of him is pleased that you seem to have found him significant enough to remember. ]
Just like all the other times, and with all the other clans. I'm here to witness. What, still mad that I wouldn't give you answers last time?
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[Even if you were a kid back then. But Izumo was also a rowdy teenager who either got into fights or ended it - usually both.
But you stuck out to him because you know about this sort of thing. You know about the Kings and the Slate and how you always seem to know who's going to end up becoming the King next.]
Should I take this to mean that you won't stick long for this one either?
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[ He wasn't even flying around at that age. He just went where he was told and watched, for the most part. Sometimes it was just too hard to resist seeing the clans in person, instead of watching from a distance. Which is what he's supposed to do. ]
As long as it takes for the King to rise, I guess. Just as I do with all the Kings.
[ All of them. Meaning he witnessed the fall of the previous Blue King, and had shown up for a time when Reisi took the mantle up. He likely knew where all the kings were, and who they were, or where they moved. ]
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[You're going to attract trouble.
Izumo glances over at him, taking in that insinuation. It makes him frown slightly.]
Then what's the point of just watching Kings rise and fall?
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[ For your own sake, not just his face's.
Shrugging, he takes his phone out to swipe through some messages and notifications. ]
To witness and be a living record, I guess. If you couldn't tell, it's not like I chose to get into all this. It's just what I grew up doing.
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[Ah, but since Judar is here now.
Izumo smiles.]
If you're not in a hurry, would you like something to eat? [There will still be some time for Anna to adjust to her new powers and he has no doubt that the young, newly appointed Red King would want to meet this stranger.]
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[ Maybe that's why his eyes are they way they are, with that weird extra ring in them. Just to mark out his life- One he couldn't really get answers to.
For a few seconds, he contemplated the question. He had to be around for the next king's rising, which wasn't quite happening yet. There was always a Moment that happens that marks and signifies who was the new King and what kind they'd be. ]
... Sure. There's no hurry right now. I've only witnessed the Fall so far.
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[Anna is still young, still learning.
Izumo wonders if he should even bother, but oh well.]
And then all you have to do is wait for the Rise of the next one.
[He wonders if he can prevent that, but there's no use? Instead, he just starts making his way back to his bar.]
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However long that will take, and if that's the only change of kings that'll be happening. I'll have to make rounds and see where I'm led afterwards.
[ How he's able to do that, or knows where to go and when, is something he's not about to share however. It's no secret that sometimes there's a pretty fast turnover from clan to clan. ]
I don't really have any information to give you, if that's what you're trying to pull out of me. These are just things I'm drawn to for witnessing. The why and who else finds out, if there even if anyone else, isn't going to come out because you're willing to feed me.
[ Maybe he's doing this just because you look like you could use a sandwich, Judar. ]