#icequeendia

[gourmaid]

Flower Festival

[ ♥ ] — Ah, the Flower Festival... what a wondrous time, filled with love and happy feelings! Flowers weren’t too high on Felicity’s list of interests (of course, that applied to just about anything that wasn’t food), but she could appreciate their beauty, and the heartfelt sentiments attached to them.

So before she heads out to her evening shift at the restaurant, Felicity stops by City Hall to buy some flowers for a few friends, paying a courier to deliver them for her. Hopefully everyone would enjoy their gifts~

Paid 4,600G to @magic-of-negotiation for delivery and purchase of flowers.

New Balance: 6,520G

@neildownpeasant - Red Alstroemeria

Nelly~

I hope you’re having a wonderful day! I know you’re not the biggest fan of flowers, but I just wanted to give you something to express my appreciation for you, and the dear friendship we share. Thank you for supporting me all these years, and being like the amazing brother I never had. I love you, mon ami!

P.S. Have you given your Lady Love her flowers yet? Don’t forget! I’m sure she’d appreciate something nice from you today.

@forte-days-and-knights - Pink Rose

Miss Forte,

Do you remember me? Felicity? Well, whether you do or don’t, I would like to thank you again for coming to my rescue on that dark night. If it weren’t for you, I’m not quite sure what would have happened to me. Thankfully, I won’t have to find out.

It may not be much, but please do accept this rose as part of my eternal gratitude, and admiration for your valor and bravery.

@shyshutterbug - Pink Alstroemeria

Molly, how goes the photography?

We simply must get together for lunch sometime! I know we often see each other at work, but we don’t hang out nearly as much outside of it! Once we can find the time, we should go out somewhere. Maybe a movie? Or, ooh, shopping! You know I’m always in the mood for new clothes~

Just let me know what you’d like to do, and happy Flower Festival!

@culinarycreamsicle - Orange Alstroemeria

Chase, I hope you like the flower! The color reminded me of you.

And don’t think I’ve forgotten about the movie night, either! I know we’ve both been busy, but we simply must set a concrete date soon. Oh, and what snacks we’ll be eating, of course. I also can’t wait to meet your friend! I’m curious to see what this mysterious Gray is like~

@valkyrgwen - Yellow Alstroemeria

Gwen, how are you? It’s been far too long since we’ve seen each other!

I would love to meet for lunch sometime, and catch up. We could even gossip about Nelly and his new girlfriend, too... isn’t it wonderful, that he’s finally found someone to open his heart to? For a while there, I was worried it might never happen!

But enough about him--- I would greatly like to hear what’s been going on in your life lately, so please give me a call!

@icequeendia - Purple Tulip

A royal flower for the most elegant woman I know~

Happy Flower Festival, Dia! I hope you’ve been well since last we met. How is Undine? Has she warmed to you yet? I don’t think she can resist your adorable charm for long, so I would have nothing to worry about.

And if all else fails, perhaps you can win her over with a delicious blueberry pie! Food always helps to bring people together. Spirits, too! Maybe. Hopefully?

@tinastea - Yellow Tulip

You know there was no way I would let the day pass without sending a flower to my bestie! A yellow tulip, for the sunshine in my life.

Thank you for this wonderful friendship we’ve shared, and I hope we get many more years of it! Happy Flower Festival, Tina~

@omgdopecollectorjellyfish - Purple Alstroemeria

Pierre, how have you been? I know work has been keeping you rather busy as of late, so I do hope you’re taking care of yourself! I would tell you to eat right and keep well hydrated, but I’m sure you are more than aware of the importance of a healthy, balanced diet.

But I do hope this flower finds you in good faith! Please accept this gesture of affection, from one friend to another.

@apiescatch - Peach Rose

Cousin! I’m so happy to see you return to the archipelago!

How have you been? Have you been eating well? Taking care of yourself? What places have you gone to, what have you seen, are you dating anyone yet? Ahhh, I have so many questions I want to ask, but not enough room on this little note! We must set up a lunch date soon, to catch up! 

Welcome back, Laney. 

@sombersonata - Orange Alstroemeria

Hello, Komari!

I do hope you like the flower. And please know that we miss you, here at the Oakwood! The restaurant isn’t quite the same without your sunny smile, hehe. But worry not! We’ll manage just fine.

We should get together again sometime, though. Perhaps I can visit you in Arcadia? You can tell me all about your new job! It was a... maid cafe, if I remember correctly? I’m sure you’ve already got some fun stories!

@pupfarmer - Pink Rose

Fritz, hi!

This is Felicity. From the spirit fight, remember? We didn’t get to speak much at the time, but I just wanted to send you this rose as thanks for all of the hard work you put in to help Dia out! You were very integral to our success, and I am grateful that you came along with us. You’re so young, and yet so strong! It was truly inspiring to see.

Happy Flower Day!

@deadeyeartisan - Pink Rose

Hello, Kurt.

I wonder if you remember me... Felicity, from the Undine battle? I hope so! Because that would make this gift incredibly awkward, wouldn’t it?

But reintroduction aside, I wanted to give you this flower as a token of my gratitude, for the hard work you put in to help Dia out. I can tell your support meant a great deal to her, and just watching you and your determination was enough to inspire me to my best, too! You should feel proud of the part you played.

Happy Flower Day!

@gridballgod - Yellow Alstroemeria

Alex, hello!

How have you been? I’m not sure how you feel about flowers, but since you seemed to like the White Day rose so much, I figured you would enjoy this! The yellow color invokes bright, happy feelings, and that’s how I find myself feeling whenever I’m around you!

Happy Flower Festival~

[healingstitches-blog]

𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 ;

( @icequeendia​ )

░ 🎀 ░     Cleaning up the books that her young mistress read was always a tricky task for Gina. If she doesn't put them back in their respective shelves right away, her Grandma Martha will scold her for ignoring the mess right in front of her and not doing her job properly. If she does clean up, Dia would look for them and scold her for not asking which ones she was still reading before tidying up! 

        And it's because of that dilemma that Gina resorted to doing half-and-half. The books that started to pile up will be taken away save for the book on top. That one she'll leave neatly where she found it. That way both Martha and Dia would be contented with her work. Most of the times... 

          ❝ Oh my ... what an incredibly thick book . ❞ Gina was almost done with the library. All that's left is a small pile consisting of three books. All of them were closed so Gina assumed they served their purpose. One in particular was heavy and thick. Was it an encyclopedia? ❝ If it were me , i'd take me weeks to finish you ... maybe months ! ❞  

        That is, if she manages to stay awake long enough to read more than a page. She survived the studying involved in nursing school, but reading for leisure was an entirely different matter. Now if it was a book on sewing techniques, or maybe herbal life... 

        Unknown to her, she wasn't alone in the library anymore. Her attention was too busy analyzing the heavy book she picked up. It contained terms she was not familiar with and topics completely unknown to her. The mention of runes was the only hint it gave. 

         — ( Is Miss Dia studying about magic? )

[deadeyeartisan-blog]

𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗺𝗮𝗻, 𝗽𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝗻;

( @icequeendia )

░ 🌳 ░    Kurt planned it for a full week. During one of his visits to Clove Villa, he’ll offer to help Dia out at her summoning quest, and gift her a small token of appreciation. He doesn’t want to be too showy yet. He hasn’t proven himself worthy of her... maybe not in a while. He’s still just a poor man, struggling to get by. Dia, on the other hand, lived in a world unknown to him. Businesses owned by her for each of her fingers. A home that isn’t infested with rats. Kurt didn’t have that kind of stability yet. How can he even think of courting her at his current state?

         Still, he wishes to show her that he cared for her. That she lives in his thoughts and she was a person he thought of fondly. They shared a love for written art, and he found it fitting to gift her something related to it. In his free time, he carved out a bundle of wooden bookmarks, for Dia’s many, many books. She never ran out of books to read, and a variety of bookmarks would be perfect for it.

         On the day of his visit, everything was going according to plan. He presented her the gift. She was delighted. He was happy that she liked it. It was all going so well... until she invited him inside to show him a gift of her own.

          There on the table was a Mystic Axe and a Mystic Hammer. Compared to his silly bundle of wooden bookmarks, these were much more grand. A clear marker of their difference in social status. Kurt could only stare, speechless for a moment. When he finally gathered the energy to speak, he had to politely decline. ❝ I... I can’t accept these, Dia. This is too much . ❞

[valkyrgwen-blog]

GWEN VS IROHA Gwen, Level 16, Valkyrie: Muse may dodge a hit once per battle Mist, Level 17, Spell Sword: Muse may power their sword with an element during their turn once per battle. The next time the opponent strikes, the muse counters, resulting in both muses being hurt in that turn FINAL D...

@thepelagoislands | @ladysmithy 

Spectators: @icequeendia @deadeyeartisan

[thepelagoislands]

Water Mage/Summoner Dia is here! She'll be living in a Clove Villa in Leuda and will also be the owner of Pelago Express. Source of funds for her expenses are covered and broken down through the first post in her blog hehe

Hello, hello! That’ll all be 270,000G, then~

Everyone, please follow Dia!

[gourmaid]

Cooking by the Book || Felicity & Dia

@icequeendia;

[ ♥ ] — Felicity stares intently at the cookbook in her hands, examining every single word of the blueberry pie recipe over and over again. Why? Because she was baking with Dia, and wanted to make sure nothing went wrong. 

It was... surprisingly difficult, being the one making the food instead of just eating it, but it wasn’t anything she hasn’t done before. She and Tina often baked pastries together. To... varying results, mind you, but that wasn’t really the point here.

Aside from the few times she would spot the other woman during her visits to see Tina at the Pelago Express, Felicity didn’t cross paths with Dia much. She had known the younger girl since her school years, and had taken on a bit of a sisterly role during that time. Because of the work and subsequent travels that eventually pulled her away from Leuda, the two of them had fallen out of touch.

But Felicity had every intention to remedy that, now that she was back on the island for good. And what better way to bond than over a fun baking session? Food had a magical way of bringing people together. 

“So, do we have the blueberries?” She asks Dia, glancing up from the cookbook.

[valkyrgwen-blog]

GWEN VS DIA Gwen, Level 16, Lancer: Muse may dodge a hit once per battle Dia, Level 16, Water Mage: Muse may use their magic to dodge a hit once per battle ANTI-MAGIC ARENA DESCRIPTION: After the bell rings to signal the start of the fight, a heavy sensation will fall over both combatants. Thi...

@thepelagoislands | @icequeendia

[valkyrgwen-blog]

Once Upon A Story Teller’s Keep based from this island Gwen normally didn’t approve of decisions made on a whim, and she didn’t fully trust Kurt to be capable yet on his own if he went out on a voyage. But because of his recent win in their personal race, Kurt has proven himself to be quite ca...

@thepelagoislands​ | @deadeyeartisan​ @healingstitches​ @icequeendia​

Conclusion: Taking the five books with them, Dia entrusts them to Gwen and to Arcadia Explorer’s Guild. To leave them here in the island would risk them being stolen. And so, to immortalize them and their story, they are protected at the guild and are advertised to the public. If they wish to see Storyteller’s Keep and live the experience each book holds, they may ask a Guild member to accompany them to the island to unlock the dome and place the books in the pedestal. They might have accidentally removed the magic from one book (blue book), but the four others were still locked-- as they should be.

The Guild was entrusted with the duty to make sure those books would remain locked and accessible for all that wish to see the stories made by a loving father for his daughter.

And the photo they acquired from the first book? It’s put up in display in the guild, along the storyteller’s journal. So all that wish to know their tale may see the love shared between the family of three.

The books they salvaged from the burnt house, on the other hand, were preserved and restored, now displayed at Clove Villa. The illusion books and notes were sent along to Arcadia Explorer’s Guild together with the personal belongings of the family. But the novels they have collected remained at Clove Villa.