The Swearing, shouting, crashing drama outside Agni's bedroom had her scrambling off her plush mattress and onto the floor with a thump. Ignoring her panging elbow, she threw herself into the living space to see her Yin flushed and panicking holding a broom like a weapon towards her kitchen. As soon as he caught her in his peripheral, he grabbed her by the arm his wide sleep deprived eyes almost looking deranged as they stared into hers.
"The Fucking kettle SMILED at me, like it literally smiled at me! " He growled incredulously in her face, his grip harsh. Agni tried her hardest to keep it in but she couldn't stop the laughter from bubbling up her throat and was soon leaning on the stupefied man. "Why are you laughing?! I'm being serious mage!" Levi started to shake the girl to make her come to her senses and she tried to calm herself, she truly did, but at the exact moment she had looked into his eyes she was gone again. Levi huffed, dropping the hyena like woman allowing her to collapse onto all fours before storming back into his bedroom and slamming the door behind him.
Once Agni had finally regained a grasp on her breathing, she staggered up and spoke through the door. "Levi, I am sorry I should not have laughed, please come out."
"Fuck off" was his immediate reply.
"Come now, I apologized, I will explain everything." She stared at the door, before mentally sighing. "Please?" She felt guilty for laughing, but his expression had been so comical. She heard him move around inside before yanking the door open. 'Oh, he is NOT happy' She thought as his glare seemed to intensify as soon as their eyes met. She was now desperate to stop the laugh that was beginning to bubble 'It was not that funny, STOP' she snapped at herself swiftly turning away before he saw the smile itching to break free.
"It is an incantation used to make inanimate objects almost sentient," she explains, gesturing to the kettle that was grinning eerily at Levi.
"Can you turn it off?" he asks tentatively tearing his gaze to the girl seeing that she had opened the fridge freezer and started making a list on a note pad.
"Yes, of course but, why would you want that? The appliances do all the work so you do not have to plus, they do it to perfection" he could hear the clear appreciation for the items, moving from the fridge to go through cupboards. It wasn't until he was in the middle of the room that he realized that, EVERYTHING had a fucking face. The fridge, the oven, the pots and pans, even the knives had little smiling faces on their shining blades. Trying to not freak out like he had before, even though he was extremely aware that his breathing and heart rate had entered an almost galloping state he stepped backwards back into the safety of the living room.
"It's freaky, turn them off." She glanced round the cupboard door at him.
"How will we eat with them off?"
"Like normal people. Now turn them off." She did as she was told and the creepy little faces disappeared into their surfaces. Only when he was sure that there were no more faces watching him, did he re-enter the kitchen. Agni peered over the mans shoulder as he filled the kettle placing it on the stove before lighting it.
" I was not aware you could do it manually like that," the mage said with fascination. She began watching with pure intrigue as the man went about their kitchen making his morning beverage and quickly frying some eggs and grilling bread. "How do you know when they are done?" she lent over the bubbling pan.
"Practice." He mutters as he plates up. He places a fried egg on toast in front of the girl before taking his own and his tea to the table with Agni following.
"Is it safe to eat?" Levi looks at the girl as she sits down next to him before sighing.
"Yes."
She took him to a lower level of the dorms, down another long dimly corridor, until they came to an oak door with a plaque "Dinas designers". A cute little bell chimed as they entered. A cozy setting where the walls were lined with different items of clothing as well as on racks throughout the store. It wasn't unlike the stores in the human world, with some slight differences mainly being the fact that each item was enormous! That and the fact a small orb seemed to be following them around the store.
"Is this shop for giants? There's no way anything will fit me" Levi tuts at the girl as she makes a bee line for the cloaks picking one out that to him, looked identical to the one she already wore.
"Don't worry about the size, just pick up anything you like the look of. " Agni replies distractedly, comparing two cloaks against one another.
"Changing rooms are over there" she gestures somewhere behind her, effectively dismissing him. He shoots her a look she cannot see before picking up anything that catches his eye, all the items were well made with fine quality threads. Even the shoes and boots were polished to perfection, not a fault to be found. Agni is soon ushering him to the changing rooms disappearing behind a wall as she steps into a cubicle. Levi stares at the wall for a moment, it's sudden appearance worrying him.
"You know I can see you right?" Her voice startles him into the cubicle next to hers. She chuckles as she hears his bundle of items quickly being placed on hooks. "They are like two way mirrors, the user can see and hear outside but those on the outside cannot access inside nor, can they see." She explains, "Do you not have changing rooms?" she asks as he quickly removes his waist coat and shirt.
"Yeah, but where I'm from there's just a curtain, not a magical illusion" He entertains her shrugging into the white shirt that's like a dress on him.
"But, how do you stop people from opening the curtain when you are inside?"
"If the curtains shut, it means someone's inside and you don't enter, that doesn't stop people accidentally walking in or lil' shits being nosey while their old lady's changing mind you"
" That sounds Awful Levi!" and she meant it, what if a man walked in on her? She would never be able to look them in the eye again, she would have to move!
Levi huffs at her tone, slightly amused at her concern as he slides the last button closed. Levi let's out a startled noise that has Agni calling to him but he chooses to ignore her for now. Eyes glued to the mirror, he watches transfixed with apparent alarm as the shirt rapidly shrinks to fit his form perfectly.
"You could've fucking warned me that the clothes shrink! I thought I was about to be fucking strangled by a shirt!" He shouts which causes the young mage to howl with full bellied laughter.
"But where would the fun be in that?!" she manages to choke out before laughing even louder when he thumps the wall calling her a bitch under his breath. When eventually calming down she apologizes. "I honestly forgot to mention it, this is how a lot of items of clothing behave here, it is better as they grow with the user rather than the users having to constantly look for their size." Agni, finished with her cubicle sits herself outside. It's silent while the Yin tries on each article discretely marvelling at the softness of each item.
"… Why do you speak like that?" He finally asks as he watches fascinated as the shoes and boots do the same as the other items had.
"What do you mean?" She looks up from her hands to the cubicle containing the man.
"Instead of saying don't, you say do not, instead of he'd? He would. Instead of it's? You always say it is. You got something against abbreviated words or something, brat?" Agni makes a face as though she hadn't realized she did such a thing.
"It is not deliberate Levi, I have grown up reading books upon books of incantations, a lot of the time instead of human interaction. There is no abbreviating when it comes to magic spells and the like, so I never got in the habit of shortening my words" She justifies herself before looking back down at her clasped hands. "...If you would like, I can attempt to shorten my speech as you are curbing your language?" Levi could easily say 'yeah, it's annoying as shit' but the longer he stared at her hunched form the more he felt like reconsidering.
"… tch." He turns his back on her grabbing his things before striding out. "Do what you want, but you shouldn't change who you are just cause someone tells you to" and with that he makes his way to the counter. She places the cloaks back before joining him just as the owner exits a back room. The tiny elderly woman can only just see over the counter, almost half the height of the two in front of her. 'She looks like a lizard' Levi begins subtly observing her more closely, she has a reptilian face with greyish green scales covering her skin, grey spindly hair pulled into a bun with thousands of pins, needles and two large knitting needles jabbed into it and pupils slightly pointed like a cats. Agni jabs him in the ribs while giving him a "really?" expression, maybe he hadn't been as subtle as he'd thought.
She takes him through another door a few doors down from the clothing shop which lead into a grocery store of sorts 'She really wasn't joking when she said they had everything they need here' he frowns while grabbing a basket. The store had utensils and cleaning products like the normal shops, even an alcohol section but there were much fewer choices, one type of everything, except for soaps. The foods were fresh, no frozen or ready meals, but they had an entire Isle of herbs growing out of soil that were just plucked and put into small paper bags. As they made their way around Levi spots lizard tongue and other reptilian parts 'gross'. "What was she?" He asks while picking one up by the tail.
"Who? Dina? Oh, she is a dinosaur. A Minmi to be exact." Agni replies while going down her list.
"She's a dinosaur!?" He shouts out incredulously making the other shoppers turn and stare.
"Keep your voice down!" embarrassed, she quickly tugs him down a different Isle. "Yes, and very old."
"I bet." To which she rolls her eyes before finishing their shopping. Levi watches as Agni sways under the weight of the bags but allows her to make it up the first flight before clicking his tongue and immediately removing them and carrying them the rest of the way, while also moving them out of reach as she tries to snag a few back.
After putting everything away, she waits for the former slave outside their apartment. She's about to ask what is taking so long when he exists but is still dressed in his old garments.
"If you were not getting changed, what on Tetra were you doing?" She asks as they start walking.
"I had to organize my clothes as well as bathroom items plus, you never made your bed." He states shoving his hands in his pockets. ' He made my bed?!' she stares in alarm at him. "Not like you were going to do it." He mutters not even glancing at her as they twist and turn down walkways.
