#*keisha

   HITOMI: Oh? Atlas came.

   AURORA: Huh, where?

   HITOMI: He’s just standing by the door. I’m surprised his parents didn’t come.

   ANTWAN: To be fair, none of our parents did. 

   ANTWAN: He’s been standing there for a while though. Perhaps, we should invite him over?

   AURORA: Sure- Oh, look! It’s Ms Takagi!

   HITOMI: Oh wow, her and her partner look amazing together - would it be weird to wave at them now?

   KEISHA: Why won’t you look at that - Atlas really came to the gala! Look Tess!

   TESS: I know, I told you he would - do you doubt me?

   KEISHA: Of course not! But I do doubt a Delcroix. And a Takahashi on top of that! A dangerous combo indeed.

   ETHREN: Hmmm, I heard that he made a visit to our place when we were out. 

   KEISHA: Oh yes, that did happen. Interesting stuff you missed!

   TESS: Care to tell us? 

   KEISHA: Nope!

   KEIKO: This is very lovely; better than previous years. 

   DAKOTA: Should I even ask what happened previously? 

   KEIKO: To put it simply - a lot of tension amongst people.

   KEIKO: Differing beliefs, feelings of superiority - you know, the usual. Just a lovely change of pace to see the future generation of spellcasters.

   KEIKO: Oh look, it’s Keisha-

   DAKOTA: Where?! I haven’t seen them in so long, we should go say hi!

   KEIKO: And it seems my students are waving at us too. 

   DAKOTA: Wait, but I don’t want to abandon Andy- 

   KEISHA: So, what have you been dreaming about? 

   ATLAS: … What if I wanted to ask about… magic theory? 

   KEISHA: Ha! Magic theory. You? Ask me? Your mother wouldn’t let you out of the door if that was the case. 

   KEISHA: If you really wanted magic theory, you would have asked Alicia because she’s the- 

   ATLAS: “Pioneer of magic theory and research”, yes, of course, I know, I live with her. 

   KEISHA: Just in case you forgot! So, dream. What is it?

   ATLAS: It was a dream I’ve never had before. More… softer than my other dreams. 

   KEISHA: What a lovely change, but do tell more. 

   ATLAS: There wasn’t actually that much happening in the dream, but it felt so… long. Usually I don’t think about my dreams afterwards, but it’s been days since it happened and I want to stop. 

   KEISHA: What was so different about this one? 

   ATLAS: Usually I don’t dream of people, yet someone was there, and everything they said was confusing, but they told me to “say yes” - but to what? 

   KEISHA: I see, I see. Do you remember any features of this person? 

   ATLAS: Well, that’s the thing, the only thing I remember is that their hair was a light colour. Everything felt so… blurry. 

   KEISHA: Hmm… Well, for the “say yes” bit, were you asked to do something recently?

   ATLAS: … No.

   ATLAS: Anyway, do you happen to know of any… green spellcasters? 

   KEISHA: Green? Hmm… There’s only one person that I can think of, a student of mine from a long time ago. Daichi Mistuhara, a hard worker that one!

   ATLAS: “Mitsuhara”? I’ve never heard of them before. 

   KEISHA: Really? I would assume your father would have told you something about them - after all, they were good friends back in the day!

*italics denotes thoughts

   ATLAS: We can do this, we can do this, we can do this. 

   ???: Well, well, well, to what do I owe the pleasure of having a Delcroix visit my humble abode?

   ATLAS: Don’t make me regret visiting. 

   KEISHA: (coos) Aww, is atlas still a shy little child? Naww- 

   ATLAS: Fuck it, I knew this was a bad idea.