Giggle.

"I feel justified in getting you arcany, because - that - is definitely a lot of power you already have at your fingertips all the time."

"Let me tell you, it's hard sometimes, deciding what to spend it on... And worse to run out before the end of the year. But for this? For a world that doesn't know what it's lost? Oh, I have a special hatred in my heart for those who put life before living."

Nod. "That - thank you, for that. ... If you don't spend all of your wish time it doesn't roll over to the next year?"

"There's no need to thank me, you're just a messenger — okay, a very attractive and interesting messenger — but I wouldn't have done this if I didn't genuinely believe your world needed my help."

She tilts her head. "As for rollover - no, it doesn't. The last month of the year gets called 'wish season' by a lot of employees because of it."

Iris smiles at 'attractive and interesting' but she is actually over a thousand years old, it takes slightly more than that to make her giggle like a schoolgirl.

"Well! Then I'm happy to be your messenger for using your wish time," she says, bowing. "They send the attractive and interesting ones for the special people, didn't you know?"

Eva smiles back, and manages not to blush this time. "I hope I'm special in a good way."

"I'm inclined to think so!" says Iris.

"Excellent!"

Oh, and here is a door back to the Sensorium.

Oh right, they were on that tour thing, weren't they. Better actually do that!

She is interested in what this place is like, just. Tragic backstories and mild flirtation are both a bit distracting.

Garden again!

Iris has probably had a look at all the flowers here by now, but it's really the pedestals that are more important. The gardens are laid out in an interesting tangle of loose gravel pathways, with screening vegetation here and there. Eva stops at a three-way junction in the path.

"Hmm. Would you prefer something exciting, something pleasurable, or something intriguing?"

"Intriguing," she decides, because she has had quite enough excitement for the next five cycles, and something pleasurable is - well, her mind goes to exactly one place after sort-of-flirting with a pretty woman that wants to help her save the world, she thinks she'll just not touch that.

"Alright then!" Eva takes a right turn and walks on along the gravel path. "You know, there are a lot of people who assume the Sensates are just hedonists, that 'exploring life to the fullest' just means we party a lot. That's... Pretty dumb in my view, honestly? Most of the multiverse doesn't consist of parties."

"That's a silly thing to assume. I expect I'd get quite bored if it did consist entirely of parties," snorts Iris. "There are only so many ways to support a wall."

Eva raises an eyebrow. "I feel like your kind of party is a different kind of party from mine, if your kind of parties involve a lot of architecture."

Giggle.

"There are actually types of parties I like, but I was thinking of the stereotypical hedonist party, where I would find the most out of the way wall and watch everyone else act like idiots while reading a book. Or something."

"Yeah, I have days like that too. Anyway! To get back to the point, a lot of the experiences we have stored actually come with negative emotional context. Would you rather avoid them for right now, or do you feel like you want a challenge?"

She considers. "... I think to start, I'll avoid them. I'll likely be curious later, if this turns out to be my proverbial cup of tea, but I might as well be practical about this and slowly ease into it."

"Alright then, we won't do 'waking up in the morgue' today." Eva smiles lopsidedly as she skirts an overgrown rhododendron. "Shall I surprise you, or...?"

"No surprises just yet, please. Maybe later."

"Alright then, let's see. At the highest filing level, we have objects, environments, and events. I would probably recommend an object or environment to start with."

"Object," she agrees. "Much as I'm curious about the environment."

"Alright then! We also file by primary sensory component - touch, taste, smell and so on. Any preferences?"

"It'll probably be really weird if the primary sensory component is vision," she admits, after a thoughtful pause. "You've seen my vision, and while I don't mind downgrading temporarily, I might find it underwhelming when I'm supposed to be amazed at an amazing thing to look at when I'm actually going, 'Yeah, the colors are off, bleh.' Other than that, no."

"That makes sense. So... Tactile or auditory primary, maybe olfactory. It's probably not a good idea to start with an exotic taste."

"I mean, I bet I would make a really entertaining face," she says lightly, "But no, let's not. Gentle introduction and all."