#hopembodied

hello, ahiru and welcome to terra!

you will be housed in twin apartments M12, where you will find a complementary stuffed animal duck as well as a pendant! curiously, it’s in the shape of a sun. perhaps it was a gift from lumen? regardless, it will allow you to stay human. 

in accordance with your rank, you will also be granted lumen’s light, wake of light, shining prism, and chains of light abilities. after spending one month in vraelgard at novice rank you will be automatically elevated to magician rank

the canals of koi are beautiful and raihan has, so far, taken more than enough pictures of them with his cell phone. now, he’s set his sights on something a little more difficult. the seabirds populating the city reminds him of the wingull and pelipper from back in galar, but they’re not the same at all. that, in and of itself, has been one of the biggest shockers for the gym leader since his arrival.

sat upon the guard rail of a bridge is one such seabird. raihan, scooting closer in small increments, continuously glances at the bird to make sure it hasn’t flown off.

Goose tries to ram the sign, but alas, Goose is too short! Goose must find another way to show their displeasure... They look around, before spotting a very tall Duck. The Duck! The Duck can reach the detestable sign! Goose runs up to Duck.

         the aroma that wafts out the doors of the magnolia pizzeria was enough to lure the distracted teen in. just one sniff has her walking straight up to the counter, quickly placing an order for a single slice. with the amount of people here and lack of empty seats, the bar was set pretty high. and once she receives the slice on a plate, she quickly looks for a seat to enjoy it. -- ah, the seat across from this young girl was free and she looked nice so... she makes her way over. 

“ or is it something else? ”

hug prompts | accepting!

     “Hmm...that’s a lot more people than I was expecting...”

     It’s not like she was expecting a small crowd to come to this but she still didn’t expect this many people to show up. Really, even if she had said that anyone could come, it was still a lot to take in. After all, while her performance at the festival had gone well, she wasn’t expecting this many people to come to just her performing.

     Was she glad? Yes, absolutely! She wanted to show her dancing to everyone she could, and that’s what she’s going to do here.

     Did that mean that she couldn’t be nervous about this? Well...yes she could be nervous about it, but...she didn’t want that to show now of all times.

     That’s not the her that she wants them to see. Alyssa doesn’t want them to see her be nervous and tense during her performance. She wants...

     She wants them to see the real her. The one that loves dancing with all her heart and hopes it touches everyone in someway. 

     “Huh?”

     She feels arms wrap around her and looks to see Ahiru hugging her. Was the other girl trying to help her? To tell her good luck? That she doesn’t have to be nervous at all?

     The thought brings a smile to her face as she returns the hug.

     “Thank you Ahiru. I’ll do my best out there, so watch me okay? I’ll show you what I want everyone to see - the dance that I love so much.”

It might be a small box that she leaves addressed to him, but it’s the thought that counts more, isn’t it? There’s several ribbons in the box that might be intended to be used as hairties, and what might pass as one handmade worm on a string! It’s fuzzy and filled with those foam beads used in stress relief toys. There’s also what’s supposed to be a handmade card, though the writing has been smudged a little:  Dankeschön for everything you’ve done for me this year. I’m very glad I gotta meet you here. I dunno know how to repay you for your kindness if I’m being honest, putting this together was a lil tough. Please don’t feel like you needa give me so many gifts next time, okay? Knowing you care is better than any other kind of gift, I promise. So, let’s spend more time together next year, okay? That’s the only thing that I’d really want to ask for.

Chuuya doesn’t expect to get anything back from Ahiru; or, rather, he does at first, knowing her generous and kind nature, but it slips his mind to the point he’s surprised when he does receive it. 

He can’t hide the smile on his face, though Nicolette and Hawks are shushed with a glare if they mention it as he heads to his bedroom with his cute little gift box. 

Once he’s seated on the end of his bed, he finally opens it! The ribbons are wrapped around his wrist, to keep track off whilst he opens the rest, and the worm on a string is met with a guffaw -- “Have to make sure Hawks doesn’t find and eat you, huh, lil guy?” -- and the card is left until last.

Which, turns out, is a good idea, because Chuuya is maybe sort of (definitely) tearing up a little, man still not quite used to little child’s sincerity. The picture is absolutely adorable, and he’s going to hang it on the fridge, Nicolette and Hawks’ teasing be damned, and the words cause several emotions to cross his face quickly, though he settles on a soft smile in the end.

Oh! Oh! It is present receiving time! The Goose still does not understand the reason for it, does not comprehend the idea of holidays, but they what they do understand is… that they’re being given things, and that’s all that matters to them.

The Goose poses regally in their newfound cloak, struts a few steps forward! The corn is eyed greedily, and the Goose sticks head in, devouring all–

Wait, they step back? They’ve left some? They look at the little Duck. It seems, that they’ve left some for her to have as well…! It’s only about a tenth of what was originally there, but it’s something!