#gracelis

“i hired you to escort me but i will not tolerate being treated as fragile…as long as you understand that we will have an agreeable but chaotic time.” nose rose in the air as she placed hands on her hips. petite maiden smiled as she swiveled on her heel. “i tend to attract danger…so good luck.” @ jianyu

AN AGREEABLE CHAOTIC TIME… Why did those words make it sound like Elodie had a tendency to attract all manner of things just be merely existing? Honestly, she did look rather delicate, and so he had already made assumptions about how she might act just from appearances alone. Perhaps that had been a mistake. Her previous words had certainly taken him back a bit more than he cared to admit. There was a hint of amusement felt, his lips twitching slightly into a small smirk. ❝Heh, never would have thought that you lived such a wild life, Miss Delwyn.❞ Well, well, this was a rather pleasant surprise. Then again, it wasn’t as if he hadn’t heard words like this before from others fairly similar to Elodie. It was just…there was something about the way she held herself that made him wonder if she actually really even needed him. It was probably best not to overthink things like this. After all, he was paid to serve as a temporary guard.

     Nothing more.

" your highness ! you finally made it ! " hikari beams with delight the moment she hears the familiar click of heels traverse across the garden pavement, lifting her head up from the cups of tea organized on the table beneath the gazebo. ( a tea party organized for the both of them. ) her eyes brighten, and with a careful, slight lift of her dress, she carefully makes her way down the gazebo's steps, rushing over to @gracelis with excitement fairly reminiscent of a chipper kitten.

she waves up at her, almost bouncing up and down as her own shoes lightly pitter patter against the pavement. " welcome, welcome ! it's been a while; i hope your trip here wasn't too bad. i prepped some tea and macarons for us, and even some slices of cake ! "

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he will not be pet like a common dog!! how dare she lay her hands on him, the god of pestilence, the reaper of souls, one of diyu's most f... feared...........

𝖍𝖎𝖘  𝖋𝖎𝖓𝖌𝖊𝖗𝖘  𝖇𝖗𝖚𝖘𝖍𝖊𝖉  the  edges  of  the  fragile  paper,  flipping  through  each  chapter  with  a  quiet  urgency.  his  mind  was  tethered  to  the  scripture,  and  the  outside  world  felt  distant,  a  blur  he  could  hardly  bring  himself  to  notice.  his  gaze  flicked  over  the  words  in  front  of  him,  searching  for  the  right  verse,  his  lips  moving  soundlessly.  the  familiar  rhythm  of  his  body  guided  him  down  the  sidewalk,  the  creaking  of  his  worn  shoes  muffled  by  the  rattle  of  his  thoughts.  his  fingers  tightened  around  the  book  as  his  attention  remained  lost  between  its  pages.

without  warning,  a  jolt  —  a  sharp  collision.  his  body  jolted  sideways,  the  bible  slipping  from  his  grasp  as  he  staggered,  trying  to  maintain  his  balance.  the  sound  of  a  dull  thud  followed,  and  his  rosary,  usually  wrapped  around  his  right  hand,  fell  free,  scattering  on  the  concrete.

❝  i  …  sorry  …  i  …  ❞  he  tried  to  speak,  to  apologize.  his  voice  had  long  ago  abandoned  him,  the  quiet  in  his  throat  far  more  familiar  than  any  sound  he  could  produce.  his  rosary  lay  beside  him,  its  beads  scattered  like  tiny  stars  lost  in  the  city’s  expanse.

" aren't kittens just the most ADORABLE little things ... ? most of them are frightful of humans .... all the more satisfying when one just comes up to you, hm ? "