I have always been a fortress

[readytolearn]

🧙 WHO: Elsa and you (but also closed things)
⚔️️ WHAT: Summer catch alls
🕒 WHEN: June, July maybe even August
🗺️ WHERE: Mostly Camelot, but also other places
⚠️ WARNINGS: Will add if needed

Prompts will be in the comments. Hit me up at PM's or unofficial discord for plotting.

Comments

[readytolearn]

[Elsa definitely thinks Izumi is the beautiful one here. She'd had thought that even with jeans and t-shirts because she makes them work well. But the dress definitely brings her beauty out even more and makes Elsa look at her a little longer than usual as she approaches.

Elsa is still getting used to the honorific system most of the Kaika staff seems to have, but something about -chan instead of -san makes her feel very warm and bubbly. Like she's being accepted. Yeah, that's what it is. She's belonging in the group and becoming closer to them. That's the explanation.]

Hey. It's alright. I didn't wait for too long.

[It's a tiny white lie, since she was early... but also she felt like she hadn't been here that long. Somehow time had flown past as she had waited. That's what it's like waiting for a good friend, right?]

You look nice. That's a really cute dress.

[Just normal girl compliments.]

[currysseur]

( Back home, Izumi might have been more serious about the maintenance of proper honourifics while at work, but Avalon's a different place. A different culture... a different amalgamation of cultures, if you want to be really specific about it. So here, she can go with things that are a little more comfortable. A little more familiar.

And speaking of familiar... Nah. That flutter in her stomach was definitely just because she's always been bad at accepting compliments. She tucks a stray strand of hair behind her ear and tries to ignore the heat in her cheeks. )

Thank you! I wanted to wear something new.

( Yeah. Just. Buying dresses because Elsa invited her for coffee. Normal girl things. ) I love that colour on you.

( Blue is something of Elsa's colour in general, true, but that bright and summery shade really pops, drawing the eye to her, and... Ahem. Nope. She's just checking out the dress, that's all. )

Tsumugi did a really good job here. It's perfect for warm weather, isn't it?

( Surrounded by all this beauty. It just puts you in a good mood! )

[readytolearn]

Oh! Thank you. I bought it a while ago and I wasn't sure about it... but I'm glad if you think it suits me.

[Just warm fuzzies over being complicated. Nothing to see here.]

Definitely. This has definitely become one of my favorite shops here.

[currysseur]

Of course. ...You look pretty in anything, Elsa-chan.

( Definitely normal things to say when your cheeks are slightly pink and your voice lowers, just enough that the compliment becomes an intimate thing shared between the two of them. )

Me too. I love coming here to look over my notes for our plays. It has a good atmosphere to keep you focused.

( Not that Izumi needs a good atmosphere to focus on the pretty lady in front of her, but that's neither here nor there. )

[readytolearn]

[She's blushing. Totally normal, when getting a compliment like that.]

I could say the same about you, Izumi. I always think you look great in whatever you wear.

[She's definitely feeling a little shy saying that, but it's how she genuinely feels. Still, it's something friends would tell each other. Especially girls.]

Definitely. Sometimes I don't even notice the time passing when I'm here and reading the scripts.

[Or in today's case, spending time with a very (beautiful) close friend.]

[currysseur]

( Now if only Izumi could look dignified while turning tomato-red. She's pretty sure that ability is reserved only for people like Elsa, though.

Instead of brushing off the compliment, though, she laughs at Elsa's second comment. That's relatable. ) Right. I've had some of the staff come up to me and tell me my coffee was cold.

( Oh well. More money for Tsumugi's business, she guesses. )

[readytolearn]

[Yes, good. Let's focus on Moondrop. A good change of subject from their looks. They've said enough about those. (Even if Elsa could continue about how pretty Izumi's hair is--)]

Maybe that's why I've changed my drink of choice to a cold drink rather than coffee.

[Then again she's got a fondness for cool things in general, but she does like a nice coffee from time to time.]

I might take a coffee this time though.

[Even if... it'll likely go cold if they get into talking or Elsa gets too distracted by Izumi, but she can take the risk.]

[currysseur]

( Yes. It's always awkward to accept compliments on your looks, and even worse when those compliments make your stomach do strange little flip flops which must surely be because she feels like Elsa is out of her league.

Uh. That came out wrong.

NEVER MIND she's gotta check the menu, even though she knows exactly what she wants. )

I think I want a mocha... And the egg curry!

( Of course she does. )

[readytolearn]

[Elsa chuckles softly. She could have definitely guessed her choice right.]

I think... I'll try one of the pastries this time. I've been curious about the chutney filled ones.

[It seems a bit different from the rest of the menu...?]

[currysseur]

( When has Izumi ever been predictable about her food choic... never mind, not even gonna finish that. )

Oh, I tried those! ( Bestie privileges. ) They work well with spicy food.

( Ma'am I swear to god. )

[readytolearn]

Oh? I'm not very good with spicy food, admittedly. [Must be because she's an ice spirit...] Does it help with the burn or increase it?

[currysseur]

( That would do it. )

It helps! The sweetness mellows out the spicy kick.

( Izumi can always be trusted on spicy foods. )

To be honest, I think mellow curries are better. You get a better flavour profile.

( Ma'am you are on a date with a cute girl stop talking about curry. )

[readytolearn]

Maybe I'll try it out with spicy food sometime, then.

[Mostly out of curiosity.]

All of the curries I've tasted so far have been on the more mellow side, haven't they? They've all definitely been very tasty.

[currysseur]

( Izumi nods. Everything she's cooked for Elsa has been more mellow, it's true. )

It's easier to make a mild curry spicy, after all!

( In other words, it's playing it safe when you don't know others' spice tolerances.

But look at that, someone has managed to find a minute in their conversation to come and ask them what they want to order, before heading back to the counter to sort out their orders. )

Oh! What kind of food do you normally eat at home?