Eli smiled softly as he leaned against one of the pillars, watching silently as Avis went through painting the faces and bodies of the young zoras he was watching over. The first couple times he spotted Avis in here he sent him on his way. The reason being that he was a little hesitant about the other Zora, as he didn’t know anything about him. Though it didn’t take long for him to warm up to Avis. The little ones loved when he came to visit and was always excited to be painted. Over time he talked to the other and made it clear that Avis would always be welcome to come see the kids. Since then he’s grown accustom to seeing him show up out of the blue after a few days to play with the kids. Eventually he even grown to anticipate his return. This time, he had a little present in store for him.
Once he was sure that Avis was finished painting the last child, Eli waved him over. “They look amazing, thank you so much for coming. Many of them have been so anxious to see you again, you know?” He said to the other happily, before motioning him to follow. He led Avis into the home he made for himself and the kids. “How have you been? It’s been a few days since you’ve last visited.” He asked while smiling at the other.
“I wanted to talk to you about something. It was…” Eli started before wavering off slightly, almost in hesitation. He hoped this was a good idea. “Just an idea, in no way are you obligated to do anything.” He reassured after a moment longer. “You’ve become a valuable person here. The kids absolutely love you, and I’ll be honest just being around you’ve helped relieve a lot of stress from myself as well.” He said while smiling sheepishly at the other. He led him upstairs, past a few of unused bedrooms before stopping. “I know you’re still learning how to adjust down here in the Domain, but I figured if you ever wanted a place to yourself, even just for only every once in a while, then I wanted to at least offer a place to you.”
He opened the door to the room in front of them. What was inside was sleeping quarter, much larger than the other ones in the orphanage turned daycare. The size was even larger than his own room just downstairs, but he didn’t mind at all in sparing no expense here. The room had both a pool of water for sleeping, as well as a large bed, just in case Avis would like to use the bed. The walls were a soft white and blue color, similar to that of most rooms found in the domain. However, what the walls were made out of were much different than anything else in the domain.
“The walls are made of a special type of canvas fabric, they’re specifically made for painting on.” He spoke while looking at Avis slowly taking in everything. The Zora’s face was almost unreadable right now and for a moment Eli doubted himself. He quickly shook off the feeling and continued. “I know how much you love painting and I figured you deserved a place that you can call your own. You can come in here at any time you wish, no matter what time of day it is.”
“It’s your's… if you want it.” Eli said softly before carrying on reassuredly. “You don’t have to say yes right now, you can take as much time as you need. And I assure you, you’re under no obligation to accept this if it makes you feels uncomfortable. I’d never force you into something you don’t want.” He motioned out the door lightly before speaking with a slight chuckle, “Anyway I gotta head back down and get some food ready before the kids try busting down the place looking for food.”
Eli made his way out of the room and started downstairs, heading towards the kitchen. He had a lot more children to look after today than normal, a good bit of them far too young to be able to deal with the small bones found in the fresh fish. Because of that, it took the zora solid couple hours to prepare enough food for all of them. By the time he finished making their meals and ushered them all in, he noticed that Avis was already gone. It didn’t surprise him really, the silent zora never stayed around very long, only staying just long enough to play with the kids and paint them before going off on his own. Still, he couldn’t help but look up and smile sadly at the open room that stood at the top of the staircase. The bluish grey zora didn’t know what the other zora’s answer was, but it was okay for him. Whether or not the room would ever get used, he held no regrets in doing it.
It was 2 am when Eli jolted himself awake. He looked around briefly before noticing he must have fell asleep at his desk downstairs before groaning softly. After feeding the kids he had to spent the next few hours cleaning face paint off, knowing full well most of the parents didn’t really approve of having their children with paint on them. It always exhausted him going through and scrubbing the paint off each and every child, but he didn’t mind it. The little ones loved being painted and he loved seeing them happy. After finally finishing cleaning the children, he got most of them ready for their parents to arrive to pick them up. Only a couple remained after the parents picked up the others. One of them, their parents are out for the next few more days scouting. The other is awaiting adoption. He made sure to tuck both of them in and see to it that they fell asleep before heading back downstairs to do any left over paperwork he had.
Slowly he stood up out of his chair, feeling his body ache from falling asleep in such an uncomfortable spot. The zora walked sluggishly up the stairs, intent on heading to his own room. He glanced only briefly from room to room as he passed them, making sure everything was clean. He stopped momentarily when reaching the room he made for Avis, something had caught his eye. There, near the bottom corner of the far wall, he saw something. Walking into the room, upon close inspection he saw that it was a small drawing. It showed a what seem to look like was a stick figure of a zora, fighting off what he only assumed to be 2 Lizalfos. Smiling to himself, he could only guess that the zora must be Avis. He suppose he did get his answer after all.
Eli could only laugh softly before quietly making his way out of the room. He last thoughts as he made his way to his own room were. ‘I wonder how much it would cost to get one of the merchants to deliver different colors of paint here.’ The thought left his mind, knowing already what the answer was. It would easily be worth any cost.
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