#piousolus

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"Ah, there you are, my dear." Palutena, in all her otherworldliness, bestows her presence upon the blue bird.

Her bright luminescence, emanating power and ethereal authority, dims to a subdued glow. So she may preserve the mortal eyes of the woman before her, she appears as any other mortal would. Only the subtle feeling of electricity in the air gave hint to her true might.

Her feet find the plush grass below, her gallant scepter in hand pressing into the dirt at her heels.

Rarely does she leave her home in the heavens, but her appearance on the mortals plains was a special case. One that involved meeting with her favorite devotee.

All around her, the power of her might smothers, and nature settles, returning to its former stillness. Her hair, flowing and majestic, falls to blanket her shoulders and down her back, framing her face as she smiles pleasantly at the other woman.

"Tell me, my song bird." She reaches out, no trepidation in touching the other as she tenderly cups Aqua's chin with her index tucked underneath, tilting it upward so she may peer into those lovely eyes as blue as the skies from whence her kingdom came from.

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Riley has asked Aqua to reach her ballroom dancing despite having gleaned the knowledge previously, just so Aqua could teach her personally. For completely normal reasons. Subtle, you know.

(Given what little contact she's had with the rest of that crew, the bench isn't especially deep. So she's guilt-tripped Riku into backing her up -- well, okay, he's in charge of all the violence and most of the work, and by all accounts Aqua isn't lost this time, she's just taking some time on her own. From what little she understands, this backwards realm is essentially infinite, and finding her's as easy as a needle in a haystack. Would be! But synecdoche magic is one of the few Riley knows well - the small affects the big. So with this trinket of Aqua's in hand, finding her wasn’t nearly so difficult as some might think. Eat it, Yen Sid.

Turns out there's none of those little freak guys around -- it's just quiet. A ruined castle, floating in the midnight sea. They find Aqua sitting atop a crumbling tower roof, and preemptively Riley silences Riku's crack about princess charming with a look.

Oh, he's been watching and enjoying these Aqua bully hrs. In fact, he might just join in! Why it would be a disgrace to his title and status not to join in and mingle with fellow Warriors of Light.

"Now, this is a party-icus!" And it's one that he's happily inviting himself to. "He's got a point, ya know. You have a very nice, strong, and flexible back, Master Aqua. Mind introducing me to your friend?"

So... this was normal? Aqua didn't look phased at all. Luke glanced around, taking in the very strange anthropomorphized animal people. Was there a whole city full of these people? That's crazy.

But Aqua was acting like this was completely normal! Luke felt a little embarrassed, like it was weird for him to care. Augh...

There was something unsettling in hearing that. They have their own paths to walk. Certainly it ultimately meant nothing, but what if it didn't? What if it was a sign of something terrible to come? A portent of their future, with Light fractured and Darkness being able to slither in to take root. It was a horrible catastrophication of just a simple phrase, but thinking that didn't stop the panic from beating in her chest for a moment.

Her habit for doing that was something that Kairi had always done, but as of late it had gotten worse. It felt like there were shadows around every corner, or at least she was seeing shadows around every corner.

Aqua didn't entertain the question, turning it rather deftly back on Kairi, and all she could do was chew on her lip for a long moment before responding. "You're right. It's not them I'm worried about. It's me."

If they were to talk about this, then she might as well rip the bandage off as quickly as possible.

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