#frayeddarkness

[hybridlancer]

@frayeddarkness @etosvitri

“Joke all you want and speculate...But I’m more worried that Exdeath wasn’t deleted...I think he’s actually in the Void. If he’s gained the power to control it, we might be in more trouble than when he was just a creation of Omega...”

[usefulscions]

And there is a very large, delicious-looking sachertorte delivered to Demi, and a slightly rattling gift box which contains a very miffed nutkin that chirrups at her when she opens it (as if to say FINALLY). And a note that says "I'd say I was sorry for getting you something for your nameday, but I'm not. I hope you like him! And the cake. And I'll see you later tonight, okay? - Bran"

The defeated sigh of Demi accepting her fate (that sodding everyone is going to make a fuss and she can’t fight them all) is interrupted by a little shriek when the nutkin darts up her shirt and pokes its head out under her chin.  She scratches its head with a finger and sighs again.  “What d’y’think, Marron?” she says, the nutkin’s name coming to her almost instantly.  “’M bein’ stupid, yeah?  Should we just let ‘em celebrate?”

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@frayeddarkness [x]

“Ishgard?!” He gasps. “Wow, ye mean tha’?!” He looks excited, now. “Ishgard like in th’ stories?! Th’ ones about th’ dragoons an’ stuff?! Wow!” He pauses and shakes his head. “I dunno ‘ow’s I got ‘ere, though. But s’okay, it’s a ‘venture, right?” He bounces excitedly. “A real ‘venture, ‘ow ‘citin’!”

“The one an’ only,” she says, grinning at him.  It’s worrisome that he doesn’t know how he ended up in Coerthas (she’ll need to have words with his mother when they find her), but it could be worse.  He could’ve chosen a far less kid-friendly person to latch onto, someone who wouldn’t be inclined to keep him safe.

“Y’wanna be a ‘venturer?” she asks.  “Just so happens ‘M a ‘venturer too.  Could show y’how s’done, f’y’want.”

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A little boy with dark hair and grey eyes practically latches onto Demi's leg, eyes wide and a bit at a loss, staring at her. "H'lo, miss!" He says, and he sounds cheery even though he's not letting go. "Where'm I at? This ain't La Noscea. S'cold, an' snowy, an' I ain't never seen snow at home. An' yer th' first person I seen that ain't an elezen."

Carefully, she detaches the child from her leg, and kneels so they can talk face to face, without him having to crane his neck to see her.  “Hello,” she says, smiling and ruffling his hair.  “You’re in Ishgard, kiddo, how’d y’get all the way from La Noscea to Ishgard without your momma?”

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@frayeddarkness [x]

He laughs, but the laugh is cut off by him losing his own balance, and he tips forward, the books sliding so that he ends up almost on top of her. “Oops?” He manages, snorting.

He smiles at her, though, raising his eyebrows. “Don’t worry, Stella. I completely forgot it was Valentione’s, too,” he jokes. “I’ve never celebrated before.” A pause, and he blushes at her grin, biting his lip. “Well, uh.”

What did he want? “Yeah, I– I guess I can think of something.” But what, he’s not entirely sure. Something.

Oh.  Oh no, that’s not fair.  How can he be that casually attractive without realising it?   She grabs him by the collar and kisses him deeply; no way does he get to bite his lip all sexily and get away with it, not if she gets any say in the matter.

“Y’did that on purpose,” she says when she pulls away to breathe.  The sweets he brought lay abandoned for the moment, but she’s too busy with Bran to notice.  “Y’blighted tease, d’y’even know how soddin’ hot y’are?”

If he has an answer for her, it’ll have to wait, because she kisses him again the moment she’s done talking, and unless he says stop she doesn’t plan on letting go any time soon.

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Bran leans over a stack of books with a grin. "Here you are," he says, and reaches over the books to offer her a heart-shaped Valentione's chocolate and a bag of marron glace. "It's not too late, right?"

A soft gasp of surprise escapes her, and she tries to get up so he isn’t leaning awkwardly over the walls of her ‘nest’.  Unfortunately, towers of books don’t make very stable walls.  She quickly loses her balance, and lands in a heap on the floor, her face turning bright red from embarrassment, but otherwise alright.

“S’not too late at all,” she says, after picking herself up and finally accepting the gifts.  “Thank you... Totally forgot what time of year it was; ‘M so sorry, I didn’t...”  Didn’t get him anything.  She wasn’t prepared for anything beyond her annual hiding, but then...

She grins at him.  “’Course, you’re creative, y’can prolly think of somethin’ y’want.”

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Casually drops a new stuffed griffin in her lap and leans on her from behind. "Hi." [bran]

Hugs the griffin to her chest and twists around to kiss him.  She might be crying a little.  “Thank you.”

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@frayeddarkness [x]

“Not really,” he says with a laugh. “I just…I don’t know, I wanted to spend some time with you, is all.” After all, he was missing for a while. Oops? “So…where d’you wanna go?”

“Hm, dunno,” she says, nuzzling him a bit.  “How’re y’feelin’?  Wasn’t that long ago y’got back... We could stay in f’you’re still tired.”