@paigewritten liked for a starter! (open)
If he didn’t have a home world to return to, Forwin believed he might just choose to stay in Askr. Out of indebtedness to the summoner and the kingdom’s royals? Seeking glory by fighting back against enemy forces threatening the safety of all worlds? Or, perhaps, indulging in the rarest of opportunities in meeting alternate versions of himself whenever they were summoned?
Oh absolutely none of those, really. His biggest reason to stay would be a simple one: the Aether Resort’s concert hall! This was the place to be if you were a fan or practitioner of the performing arts, and an eager practitioner this bard was.
So eager that he would beat the heavy sleepers to the punch and claim the hall for himself for some solo practice, but he didn’t count on someone else beating him to it.
There was a woman onstage. Naturally, it’s bad manners to interrupt so he kept mum, but... by the Goddess, she moved with such grace and sang with such passion that he found himself silenced and captivated by her. Few were those who managed to elicit such a reaction from the bard, between Manuela leaving a deep impression on him when young and acquainting himself with Azura in recent times.
The enraptured, slack-jawed Forwin could only watch as Olivia danced and cried her heart out...
...but then their eyes met.
