FIRST SHIELD. ⁽¹⁸⁺⁾

Whether that was a good or bad thing was really unknown for Mélusine. If anything the surprise was what enticed her after all this time. That maybe something might stick and she could enjoy it alone or with others. But that still seemed so out of reach.

"That's exactly my thoughts. I mean I'll be honest, this might as well be a second life for most of us. And even if it isn't most of what we did back home probably isn't going to apply to here. So finding something that'll benefit us is in our best interest."

Or maybe she was thinking a little too deeply about all of this...

( and considering he's already certain he may not make it back alive... being here only makes his heart hurt. )

"A second life for us. I wouldn't disagree with that at all. Especially for those of us who never had the chance to learn how to live as we should." At her offer of doing things together, Clive can't help but smile a little. Torgal barks happily in agreement, even before his master speaks.

"Well for the past few months or so I've been trying to find something else to do while I spend my time here. As much as being a former fairy knight does have its uses once and awhile I can't say it's a thing that comes up very often."

Most people just solved their problems alone after all. And she didn't feel inserting herself in would do much. On top of having really no actual power here compared to her home.

Just not the Phoenix, unfortunately.

"I see..." The outlaw nods his head. "Being here for months on end does leave a lot of time and room to venture out into things we normally aren't able to do." Even Clive has struggled with trying to figure out how to spend his time here.

"And hello there Torgal you adorable big wolf you. Has he been treating you well? You know you can always come over if you ask him nicely.~~"

While she was temporarily stuck in an infatuated state seeing them again it was only after a brief minute that something hit her. He may have been someone who could o help her with a few things. Especially if he had experience with it back home.

"A question if you'll indulge me. Did you have any hobbies before you came here Clive? It doesn't have to be too intricate, just something you'd do to pass the time. Or maybe wanted to do with your life if things didn't go the way everything turned out."

Torgal gives a happy bark in response and trots over to her, bumping his head against her palm. He wags his tail, a small ruff to let her know that his master was always treating him well, and that he always would no matter what.

At her question, the outlaw crosses his arms in thought, a soft hum as his eyes cast downwards for mere seconds before looking back at her.

He liked hearing stories, troubling or not. Also... oh wow. It sure is easy to sympathize with that.

" You and me both then haha! You wouldn't believe half of the stuff I got up to at Klein ..."

...or his own world actually. Even here some wild incidents seem to happen here and there - like that time he and Sinclair had to solve actual murder on the cruise for the detective game. There's no need to worry about that now though so it's probably fine. There wouldn't be any dead bodies in the garden, right...?

Eiden shakes his head, forcing the positives back into his head. A look forward reveals couple of petals

" Mm! Let's go! "

" Here we go!!! "

He makes a run for it taking a good swing at the petals - it seems as though only couple get caught in.

"I suppose we could always trade stories. I'm curious what you would consider trouble." A bit of a tease, since Eiden seems to be a bit of a troublemaker. Only a bit, he's got the same impish nature that Mid has.

Clive watches as Eiden tries his best to capture the petals. Unfortunately, it seems like it's going to be a lot more difficult than they imagined... The outlaw sees a couple out of the corner of his eye and for a moment he pretends not to see them, allowing them to lower their guard...

And then he strikes. He only manages to capture one - the rest scatter quickly.

He stared up at an alien that resembled the one he and his friends survived in the space station a year ago. It's sleek, shiny head, and razor chrome jaw brought back the instinct to breathe.

The voice upended his brain and he fell backwards into reality, once again surviving the space station. He turned and looked at the stranger, who was older than his teachers.

"Maybe?"

It's the same with 'movies' - though he had a much easier time understanding movies. They were simply the next evolution of what theater is. Mid often talked about wanting to possibly record a moment in time, and she used watching a play as an example. Something she may consider doing, instead of building airships that would be used for war.

"Truthfully, I don't understand the appeal of this holiday." Did people just like being scared? Clive almost feels a little envious that some people can still get some kind of dopamine hit from feeling fear rush through their bodies. The outlaw witnessed too many horrors to ever be scared anymore.

Eiden greets Torgal too, with a single pet on his soft head.

" This could turn out to be fun too! I mean ... nothing too serious will happen even if we screw up right? "

It makes for a good exercise, he'd assume. Only time will tell if it ends up being actual pain but Eiden too intends to take it till the end. Eagerly he salutes as he takes the first steps past Clive towards the direction he's pointed.

"Hopefully not. Though, I must warn you... I do have a habit of accidentally finding myself in strange and troubling situations..." It's not that he looks for trouble, it's just that trouble... tends to find him first? Alright, sometimes he does end up looking for trouble too, but it's usually the former most of the time.

Not that it's anything to complain about. Eiden's swinging his net, testing it's moving just for funsies. The tasks sounds simple enough - or maybe it just looks easier than he assumes.

Eiden prefers the positive attitude of course and nods enthusiastically to Clive.

" Can't do much more than swinging the net anyway right? "

Dragged into. Everyone knows that Clive has a bleeding heart and will help anyone in need. Joshua and Jill both say that's his fatal flaw sometimes, and at first he didn't really understand why. It's only when Clive received Shiva that did he finally understand that he doesn't exactly help himself. Still, he will always help someone in need.