Struck between the desire to laugh and roll his eyes at Moon-ssi’s response, Jin just swatted at him playfully and clicked his tongue. His friend could be clever, absolutely. Moon-ssi was many things, but a dumb jock was not one of them. That didn’t mean Jin was going to give him the satisfaction of admitting it though. As for that bit about being a shaman, Jin did roll his eyes at that. “Ne,” he agreed sardonically. “Because my talents are so well suited.” He was particularly terrible at both Myonghwa and Sigilcraft. Divining the future and painting prophesies was not really his strong suit. “If the king relied on me, we’d all be doomed,” he laughed.
They approached the pitch together and Jin spotted Moon-ssi’s broom looking nicely polished leaning up against the practice building. He reached for the school broom beside it with his left hand and noted it was the same one he’d come to favor because it had a missing notch in the top-most portion of the handle. Jin grinned at his friend and thought about the scarf, still warm around his neck. Moon-ssi was always finding ways to take care of him and… well. He’d noticed, recently.
Ever since their excursion earlier that term looking for yomogi, Jin had been paying rapt attention to his best friend. He still couldn’t shake the funny little moment in the clearing where he’d reached for Moon-ssi’s face and the other had called him pretty. Every time Jin thought about it his stomach did a swoopy dance. Maybe it was nothing, but lately he’d been noticing— something. Something different, something in the way Moon-ssi reacted to him. Had it always been this way? Was he just seeing what he wanted to see? These questions and more, like the lack of irrefutable proof, kept Jin from saying anything or pushing boundaries too far. But concentrating on anything had been particularly difficult as of late.
Jin wandered towards the edge of the mountain where the pitch became sea, and huddled closer into Moon-ssi’s scarf. With salt spray on the wind and soft flurries beginning to fall, he knew the sooner they were off the ground the better. “Last one to mount has to tell Seonsaegnim his breath smells!” Jin laughed childishly as he kicked off the ground.
They approached the pitch together and Jin spotted Moon-ssi’s broom looking nicely polished leaning up against the practice building. He reached for the school broom beside it with his left hand and noted it was the same one he’d come to favor because it had a missing notch in the top-most portion of the handle. Jin grinned at his friend and thought about the scarf, still warm around his neck. Moon-ssi was always finding ways to take care of him and… well. He’d noticed, recently.
Ever since their excursion earlier that term looking for yomogi, Jin had been paying rapt attention to his best friend. He still couldn’t shake the funny little moment in the clearing where he’d reached for Moon-ssi’s face and the other had called him pretty. Every time Jin thought about it his stomach did a swoopy dance. Maybe it was nothing, but lately he’d been noticing— something. Something different, something in the way Moon-ssi reacted to him. Had it always been this way? Was he just seeing what he wanted to see? These questions and more, like the lack of irrefutable proof, kept Jin from saying anything or pushing boundaries too far. But concentrating on anything had been particularly difficult as of late.
Jin wandered towards the edge of the mountain where the pitch became sea, and huddled closer into Moon-ssi’s scarf. With salt spray on the wind and soft flurries beginning to fall, he knew the sooner they were off the ground the better. “Last one to mount has to tell Seonsaegnim his breath smells!” Jin laughed childishly as he kicked off the ground.
Ahn-Bo Jeong & muse song
* Myonghwa = made-up Korean name for Divination. Means, more literally, (명화 “fate painting”) painting or crafting prophecy
* Myonghwa = made-up Korean name for Divination. Means, more literally, (명화 “fate painting”) painting or crafting prophecy
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* Jin takes potions and enchantments at times to give his voice a persuasive quality.
His performances, or even a simple conversation, can sometimes suggest thoughts
and ideas to his audiences.