Reading is fundamental (OPEN)

R E M I Given that Remi was purportedly a man of science perhaps it was a bit strange that he hadn't noticed the pattern that Jigano seemed to latch onto immediately. But of course these divine interactions were so far out of the realm of anything Remi had thought he'd ever encountered perhaps we can forgive his mind for being a tad less sharp than normal. Entertainment in exchange for magic. The alchemist sat up straighter. Was that what he was to Ludo? Entertainment? No doubt it felt as though the god had taken a strange personal interest in him, but he had (perhaps very wrongly) assumed that entertainment was someone out of the realm of gods. Though the alchemist had a few talents, he would never have thought entertainment was one. Then again there had been the snowballs... "Ludo did...ask." The alchemist interrupted awkwardly. Ask seemed to imply that he had a choice, and had Remi declined the deity's offer he wasn't exactly sure what would have happened. But the semblance of freewill was comforting even now. "The mask was ... an after thought. A gift in the sense that it was not given as payment. Ludo said I could name my price, and I asked of the barrier and how we might leave. That seemed information worth knowing even if it meant losing a memory. I even chose which memory to lose, and I do not miss it. " Flinching as if struck, a look of almost sad disappointment darkened the alchemist's features as Jigano asked how it was he'd survived as long as he had. Blinking and lowering his eyes Remi fumbled with the feather and shook his head slightly. "Easily." He murmured gently, voice low. "My life has never been this...exciting before." Indeed, as a commoner living in a one-room home with a door that didn't completely close, adventure was the farthest thing from Remi's humble life. "Perhaps you are right though, and I should just..." The alchemist trailed off and shrugged. And what? Stay home? Stay in his shop? Stay away from the likes of Ronin who always seems to invite danger?