[open] Distant light, memory, Dark Shadow that swallowed me

[penumbrals]

🧙 WHO: Gaia and you?
⚔️️ WHAT: catch-all for February!
🕒 WHEN: during February
🗺️ WHERE: various
⚠️ WARNINGS: the crystal quest is in comments here, so npc death!


crystal quest (for caster) | aftermath | magic practice | valentione's day (for ryne)

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[penumbrals]

[ It would be so much easier to be nice if Ryne's reaction wasn't always so sweet. When she's as sweet as she's being right now, it makes Gaia want to do even more nice things for her, to keep seeing that smile on her lips. It's a feeling that wants to raise questions, even when the mere thought is so quickly shut down by the girl who has them.

Her hand wrapped lightly around Ryne's, she allows the other girl to lead her into the apartment, a nod aimed towards the familiar curled up on the couch. Her own is elsewhere right now, which is probably for the best - despite their purpose in this new world being exactly the same, the Sin Eater and Voidsent are far from comfortable allies.

It is funny, she thinks, how the same could once have been said of the two of them, and yet now here she is, sitting at the table at Ryne's suggestion, and offering a smile at the other girl. ]

That sounds positively lovely. It is only a pity we don't have any of those coffee biscuits to go with it!

[minifilia]

[ As Ryne fills up a vase, she giggles as Gaia's reply. ]

It would! But we ate all the ones I arrived with, didn't we? I have been trying to recreate them, but I'm just not that great of a baker yet I'm afraid.

[ Not to mention there just hasn't been a lot of time with adjusting to this new world and magic. She sets the vase aside to fill up the kettle before setting it on the stove. After putting the flowers in, she sets it on the center of the table. There's practically a spark in her eyes as she looks at them. ]

Oh Gaia... they're so lovely. They bring some much needed color to this space.

[penumbrals]

[ Her nod is a little rueful. Perhaps they should have been wiser with regards to the coffee biscuits, tried to find someone who might have had more luck recreating their taste than either Ryne or herself. Although with how stubbornly her friend sets her mind to things, Gaia's not entirely convinced she won't be able to pull it off all by herself if she commits to it. After all, it was not all that long ago that she herself was convinced that she would rather work alone...

And now look at her. The first thing she did upon her arrival here was seek out this girl who has somehow become so important to her. ]

They do look quite lovely there. [ For her own part, she has no major interest in decorating her own space, perhaps because it has been so long since she's truly felt at home anywhere that she's not sure she's ready to start. But Ryne's place needs color and light, just like these flowers. Her head tilts in thought. ]

I earned some gold from a quest I undertook earlier this month. Perhaps we should go shopping, and find some more things to decorate this space of yours.

[minifilia]

[ Stubbornness is something she picked up from Thancred; persistence is something she learned from Urianger. So Gaia's probably right that eventually Ryne would perfect the coffee biscuit. Not a whole lot would make her happier anyway than to be able to share a treat from home! ]

Ah but what about your own place Gaia? Don't you want to decorate too? Not to mention I won some gold from that tournament last month! [ She's grinning again. ] That said, I would love to go shopping with you. You have excellent insight after all!

[ She glances over as the kettle begins to yell and hurries to move it off the stove. It's only a matter of minutes before tea is served with the box of chocolate for them to share. ]

Be careful, the tea is still very hot. Now what kind of chocolates are in this box? Looks like a lot of different things!