( Ja'far had entered the lottery simply to make more connections in this city - something both Sinbad and Aspen had been pushing him to do. He too often would simply focus on work, especially back home, and the two seemed intent on breaking him of that habit here. So, when Autonomy surfaces, they shove him towards it, dragging him over to enter the lottery without listening to any of his protests.
So, he sits, waiting for the one he was paired up with - a Mu Alexius? Wasn't there a Mu Alexius back home, one who worked under Scheherazade? Others had come here, so maybe...
But the man who appears doesn't look like the Mu he remembers meeting briefly after Magnostadt - at least, not at first. This one seems drawn, changed, and very tired. It was like night and day. And those scales... What happened to him? )
autonomy
So, he sits, waiting for the one he was paired up with - a Mu Alexius? Wasn't there a Mu Alexius back home, one who worked under Scheherazade? Others had come here, so maybe...
But the man who appears doesn't look like the Mu he remembers meeting briefly after Magnostadt - at least, not at first. This one seems drawn, changed, and very tired. It was like night and day. And those scales... What happened to him? )
I... have we met?