#springsfall

[ungratefuloz]

⠀⠀⠀DOROTHY ⠀can only manage for so long inside Golden Ward. It was just so... inundated with people. Much like these humans would find the Surface eerie, she finds this to be far too surreal for her liking. Still, a not-terribly-small part of her longs for these little snapshots of normalcy — like some poor imitation of the past that she wants to build a tolerance for. And so she flits up and down Pearl Street, looking for something terribly specific that... truthfully, she doubts she'll find. It's almost as though she was intentionally setting herself up for failure, but that would just be absurd, wouldn't it ?

⠀⠀⠀The trouble is that many people seem to like Pearl Street — she may have to duck into a side street after scouring this boutique just to regain her bearings. Nikkes don't feel weather fluctuations like humans do, and yet her skin feels hot and prickly. Subconsciously wanting to distract herself from the discomfort, violet eyes land on violet hair. Dorothy notices the girl's fingers lingering as she slides them from one outfit to another, and the Nikke can't help but interject.

⠀⠀⠀❛ ⠀Not that one. Go back a few— it matches your ribbon.⠀❜ ⠀

⤷ @springsfall : s.c.

[isolaradiale]

on prior reserve i'd like to reapp miss sakura matou from fate/stay night! app is located under the link on the sidebar or by going to /a, thanks!

Welcome to scenic Isola Radiale, Sakura!

You'll be housed in APARTMENT 313.

You'll be returned everything you were given previously.

Enjoy your stay!

-- mod altair.

[inheirit]

⠀⠀⠀RIN ⠀inhales sharply as she picks up a card from the deck, a short hiss through her teeth. Her thumb rubs along the side of the leftmost card already in her hand, glancing between the Draw Four she's just acquired and Sakura's stare from across the table. Sakura herself is difficult to read... but she is down to fewer cards than her elder sister — four to Rin's nine. A silence stretches a few beats too long as she decides what to do with it... but ultimately adds it to the three other Draw Fours in her deck, right next to a couple Draw Twos.

⠀⠀⠀❛ ⠀Damn. Still no yellows. This game of Deux is just as bad as the real version.⠀ ❜ ⠀

⤷ @springsfall

[inheirit]

⠀⠀⠀HONESTLY, ⠀it was pure coincidence that they were locked in this battle of wits ( or lack thereof ) in the first place. She'd been heading home from the Great Library, books in hand, when she and Sakura quite literally bumped into one another. No sooner had they laughed it off and began picking up the tossed papers and books did Rin get pelted in the side of the face, which she naturally couldn't let slide... That was enchanted marshmallow casualty number one.

⠀⠀⠀⠀Somehow, it didn't stop at one. More and more kept popping up, and pretty soon it had gone from a mild inconvenience to a harebrained competition to see who could conquer ( read : eat ) more of the stupid bastards. Casualty number one was long gone now; no, now she was eating casualty number ten.

⠀⠀⠀❛ ⠀That’s double digits for me,⠀ ❜ ⠀Rin throws over her shoulder, eyes already scanning the foliage for more. Honestly ? Her stomach was already a little over this competition... But what was she supposed to do, lose ? ⠀❛ ⠀I'm really glad I passed on breakfast this morning... !⠀ ❜ ⠀

⤷ @springsfall.

[descensionstar]

@springsfall ✧ Opera Epiclese

seated by the Fountain of Lucine, she couldn't help but feel equal part frustration and helplessness. along each step of their path, the Traveler had been capable of assisting nations embroiled with their inner turmoil free themselves and thrive stronger than before. this time, the task felt so monumental, and nothing thus far had brought them closer towards liberation.

Celestia's oppressive presence in the skies above seemed to signify the greater complexities of this trial, as if its gods had chosen the position to sit and watch the nation they condemned sink, their smiles satiated by the futility of humans' resistance. what sin could possibly warrant such nightmarish a fate, that the people should become no more than what rested before her within the fountain's bowl?

a hand tapped on her shoulder, gold halted from their return from the depths by the warmth of Paimon's breath against her ear. ✦do you think that girl wants to say something to us? she's been watching you for a while now.✦

Lumine hadn't really considered how strange it might have appeared to be so statuesque by the water for so long, her eyes finally parting the water currently silenced of whispering from girls lost to the very living one that Paimon had observed monitoring them.

she was... the one from Old Vanarana?

[inheirit]

⠀⠀⠀IT ⠀was jarring to see her with dark hair again.

⠀⠀⠀Darker than it would've been by this time, considering the wig was such a pure inky shade. And the makeup really added to the uncanny valley of it all, as it was such a stark contrast to her usual minimal style — but that's the point of the holiday, right ? It was just a costume, after all. That dark hair was long gone. Rin's smile of appreciation is genuine; it's just that bittersweet nostalgia makes it almost seem wry.

⠀⠀⠀❛ ⠀I'm surprised you didn't come here with a handful of freshly-clipped rose stems. It's really uncanny.⠀ ❜ 

⤷ @springsfall.

[isolaradiale]

reapping miss sakura matou from fate/ after getting caught in the ac, thank you!

Welcome to scenic Isola Radiale, Sakura!

You will be housed in HOUSE 108.

You'll be returned everything you were given previously.

NOTE: As you were removed in an AC, you have one week to make two in-character posts else you will be considered inactive once more.

-- mod altair.

[inheirit]

⠀⠀⠀❛ ⠀I'm glad to see you still have a fondness for picnics.⠀ ❜ ⠀

⠀⠀⠀THE ⠀trek up the enchanted, very leafy staircase had been a bit of a formidable one — she felt glad for the exercises she did every night, that's for sure. But despite the both of them nearly entering a crawl at a few points, there was no arguing the value of the trip; the view from the canopy of the Tree of Ophiuchus, easily the tallest landmark on the island proper, was absolutely breathtaking. Not to mention they'd just worked off whatever food had still been in their stomachs, so the generous lunch waiting for them was even more welcome than before. That's a brilliant sort of marketing strategy…

⠀⠀⠀❛ ⠀A little surprising we haven't done this sooner, actually... Although normally, not even decent shade can help much with this heat.⠀ ❜⠀Rin's taking a small break from the food overload, leaning back on her hands as she takes in the view — a content smile tugging at her lips just as surely as it is her sister's. Those days in the park Sakura had mentioned not too long ago almost always ended with a small picnic; when it was only Rin and their mother, the picnics got quieter and quieter until they ultimately spent less time at the park to avoid it. But even so, the sentimentality persisted. To think the last one she had was just a stone's throw from where Saber was presumably laid to rest in life, and now Saber was most likely somewhere below them… Life was a little funny.

⤷ @springsfall : spiralefes.