idealist .

'no matter who or what you are, once you are born into this world, you have the right to live!' affiliated with isola radiale

[twohundredpower]

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a commission of lloyd and zelos at their wedding, done by my friend mars! PLEASE go commission him if you can i am sobbing my eyes out

[selfembodiment]

"Oh? Huh. I didn't think the skills translated."

"I had an idea to repurpose some gems I've got my hands on. Here, let me..."

His phone gets fished out of his pocket (as annoying as the device was, it was useful to put ideas down) and he taps through to find what he'd saved for it.

"Something like this. Can you help?"

[twohundredpower]

"Sure do! Well, 'least in my case-- I had the best teacher, after all."

When the stranger pulled out his phone, Lloyd leaned in closer to get a better look; fingers resting at his chin as he studied the picture in deep thought.

"Hm.."

"The design's pretty delicate, buuut if I made a cast, it should be easy! I might do a couple trial runs first, just to make sure I get it right-- on the house, of course!" when he straightened up, there was another grin on his face; seemingly excited. "Are the stones you have the same as here, too? And did you want them to be earrings, or somethin' else?"

[selfembodiment]

"Does this place have a silversmith of some kind."

He's got an idea - but he needs to find a place that can set a pair of diamonds. It had struck him since looking at the portrait sitting on his shelf and it had taken him far too long to extract the diamonds from the work without ruining it.

"Man, it shouldn't be this hard to find this."

[twohundredpower]

"Technically I'm a blacksmith, buuut..! I've made tons of jewelry before!"

"I'm Lloyd, co-owner of Fire and Iron forge! Did you want me to take a look at somethin' for you?"

[studiocrtisola]

Lloyd sent a valentine!

@twohundredpower wrote: This goes out to my husband, Zelos! I know he's gonna think it's corny, but I just want him to know how happy I am to be home with him, no matter where that ends up being. Love you, Z!

"Love across entire dimensions, everybody! It's great how love can just happen in a place like this! The idea of finding that same person in any dimension! It's--"

--

"I'm sure between the upcoming wedding and stories like this, it's a perfect last letter!"

[twohundredpower]

"Aww, he really read it! That's so sweet!! Mr. Tenna's awesome!"

".. was it just me though, or did he sound a little pissed off at the end there..?" Maybe it was just exhausting to read so many Valentine's..

[anttennatime]

"DONTPULLOUTAWEAPONISWEARTOGOD--"

...No? Excitement? Yeah--that was excitement. Whew! Ahem!

"'Course I'm real! The one and only--"

[twohundredpower]

"Mr. Ant Tenna...!! Cool!! I've seen your show! I didn't know a TV could be inside a TV before!" Lloyd seemed absolutely ecstatic to be experiencing this, offering his hand to Tenna. "I'm Lloyd! Lloyd Irving! It's great to meet you! I guess you could say.. I'm a big fan! Heheh!"

[gleamknight]

"Just say you're scared of heights, and that's why you won't sit on this dick..." He says this with the utmost serious tone...

[twohundredpower]

"Z--- ZELOS!!! WHAT THE HELL--?!?!"

It seemed that the only fathomable way Lloyd could begin to process any of that was by letting his body act on his own-- which for some reason, meant spinning around and roundhouse kicking Zelos as hard as he could.

"I'M NOT-- I-I'M NOT AFRAID OF-- SH-SHUT UP, YOU FREAK!!!" he's running away now.

[anttennatime]

"Goodnight, everybody."

[twohundredpower]

"HOLY CRAP!!! YOU'RE REAL?!?!?! YOU'RE ACTUALLY REAL!!!!!!!"

[gleamknight]

"Don't cockblock me, man!!!"

[twohundredpower]

"Y'know, you kinda do it to yourself when you say stuff like that, weirdo." He's giving Zelos a little pat on the head, though. He does love his husband!

[gleamknight]

"What do you mean? It's always Super Meat Day at Casa de le Wilder."

[twohundredpower]

"Huh?? No it's not, we're super low on meat! I was gonna buy a bunch so we could stockpile it 'n not have to worry for a.."

...

"Oh, shut up."

[caliburn]

"It would be awful for the night to be let down by anything — especially all the thought and care put into it. So I hope everything goes super-smoothly for you!

ehe~ I'm just glad to be able to help! Sadly not, but that's alright — I'll think up something to pass the day. Seeing those sharing a special relationship is fulfilling by itself".

[twohundredpower]

"Heheh, thanks! Honestly, Zelos kinda prefers the quiet nights anyway, I dunno why I get so in my head about it every year.. 'guess I just want him to have the best every time."

"Huh.. well, y'know, I don't think you need to have a partner or anythin' to celebrate the day! Why not go see a good friend, or do somethin' that makes you happy?" Lloyd smiled at her, putting his hands on his hips. "The day's about love, right? That doesn't have to just mean romantic love-- friendship and self-love is super important, too!"

[twohundredpower]

"CRAP!!!!! I missed Super Meat Day at the supermarket!!! Damnit, I was gonna buy so many steaks..!! My meat...!!"

[imissthembutitwasntadisaster]

"the world isn't kind" ok??? Much more importantly are you?????

[whatsupwalnut]

"the world isnt kind" skill issue. I am

[gaiaspoken]

"Have we?" Aerith steps closer, eyeing him just as closely. Nope, nothing about him seemed familiar. She was pretty good at remembering people, even if they'd only met for the briefest of moments. That could only mean one thing...

"Well, if you know me and I don't know you...Hawks must be behind this! Am I right?"

[twohundredpower]

Well, as soon as she said that name, everything clicked into place!

"AH!"

"Aerith!! You're Aerith!!" Lloyd's face was absolutely beaming once the realization hit, excitedly reaching for one of her hands with both of his own, and shaking it. He was careful not to do it too hard, though! "I can't believe it, it's really you!! Hawks told me so much about you-- he even showed me pictures of you guys once! Man, I even remember thinking how cool your jacket was, I can't believe I didn't realize it was you..!"

"Oh! Sorry, I'm Lloyd! Hawks is a good friend of mine! I got sent back to my own world for a while, otherwise I'm sure we would've met by now.. it's good to finally meet you!"

[gaiaspoken]

"See, now you're talkin'! Perfect to convey a message that only the both of you were understand, too!"

"Don't mean to toot my own horn, but I happen to run a shop down in Archimedes! Everbloom, have you heard of it?"

[twohundredpower]

"Wait-- really?!" Lloyd was excited before, but that little tidbit of information got him beaming; grinning from ear to ear. Man, was he lucky he ran into this lady today! "No way, that's amazing! Then you really know what you're talkin' about, heheh!"

"'Everbloom', huh..? The name's kind of familiar, but I dunno if I ever stopped in before.." .. though, Lloyd paused that particular line of thinking as he blinked, tilting his head at the woman before him. "Actually.. now that I think about it, you're kinda familiar, too! Have we met before?"

[gaiaspoken]

"You cooould do all of that and get him a nice bouquet, too, if he's a flower guy!"

[twohundredpower]

"Whoa, yeah! That's a great idea! Sure would make the house all night and bright with all this dreary weather we've been having, heheh! But.. it's been a while since I was here last-- d'you know where I could buy some really nice red roses?"

[caliburn]

"That sounds like a wonderful idea! you can't go wrong with a meal prepared with love — and if the weather might cause you trouble with going out, that saves the headache of changing plans last minute or cancelling a reservation".

[twohundredpower]

"Yeah.. yeah! You're right! I don't want anything to wreck the night, after all!"

"Thanks for the confidence booster! How about you, are you doin' anything for Valentine's?"

[twohundredpower]

"Valentine's Day is comin' up, huh.. I better think of something extra good for Zelos this year. Maybe I should cook him dinner..? Or would he wanna go somewhere fancy? Well, if it's snowing, he'll wanna stay home.." don't mind Lloyd, he's just talking out loud to himself, as usual!