#treexsong

Anonymous sent -🍀 x10 ( Time For Some Positivity - Accepting! )

Let me preface by saying I appreciate this a lot but for future asks, I'm setting a limit on three - ten is just a lot to fit into one post.

@theshytigergirl - Love Noah here, she deserves all of the love.

@astral-multiverse - They do have other muses aside from Brandon but I mainly wanted to highlight him, he's a kind soul and I've loved getting to develop their ship together.

@bakeryisms - We've had a few interactions together and they've been pretty fun so far! The mun also seems very nice, too.

@eris-the-phantom-thief - Hana is always a lot of fun to write with - she's a kind and supportive girl with a fiery spirit.

@thenihilistofthevoid / @cxndlequeen - Both Saburo and their mun are good friends here, very grateful to know both of them.

@sakuradreamerz - Esther is amazing, as is her mun, they both deserve all of the good vibes and the love.

@isaaccecilbryant / @resonatingmuses - I've gushed about Stacie before so I'll try and keep this short - she's truly amazing and has been working on Isaac for years, she puts her heart and soul into him.

@s1lver-bullet - Another relatively new person I've just started writing with - I like how much thought and detail they put into things and I can honestly say I'm excited to see where things go.

@treexsong - We haven't had a chance to write much together but I think their writing is very beautiful and catching.

' Dragged ' was an understatement... FORCED more-so offered explanation for his OBVIOUS misplacement in this... leisurely gathering. The staff has brought the tray of appetizers over to him thrice now, and every single time, he has turned them away and posted himself further, further, further YET, and still, he is found.

     It wasn't his intention to disturb the moment , nor was it his intention to peek , but her loneliness and quietude had summoned him , his curiosity perking up through the sparkle in his eyes . Lithe fingers could only join a torturous dance , in a way to underline and perhaps even camouflage his anxiety , the closer he approached ... yet , somehow , still showing his assertive attitude through the curve of his smile .

     " You have a heart that sees the world with open eyes . "   he muttered almost in a whisper , yet audible nonetheless . It was true , he thought -- Mjrn had such a power and Elidibus could sense it and even see it . How she found repose under the starry sky , how she willingly embraced its beauty , it inexplicably drove Elidibus closer and it conveyed in him serenity .

"Sorry you got caught up in that." Since he had joined the Scions, Roi had gained a reputation he was underserving of. It was easy for people to see him as a hero or a celebrity. It was a mercy that almost no one knew what he looked like. He could easily fit into a crowd without most people knowing who he was. And yet, there were times in which that blessing was a curse. Being accosted by bandits on the road wasn't something someone would expect from the person that chased the empire out of Eorzea and destroyed the Ultima Weapon. And he had half a mind to just kill them and be done with it. Still, he knew tensions were still high after the riots in Ul'Dah and he would prefer to avoid causing more strife in the city.

Luckily, Mjrn saw the situation and approached before Roi had to cast any spells. Seeing two adventurer's must have made them rethink, because it didn't take long for them to flee.

"Obviously, I could have taken them. But it's hard to be anything but fatal when you set someone on fire."

It's the first bit of PRIVACY they've been afforded since planting the seeds for this bond of theirs to flourish. With the others in their respective rooms, tending to their own affairs and likely taking equal advantage of this rare opportunity for respite, Estinien had scaled the side of the building and deposited himself into her room ( by request, of course -- he is no undesirable INTRUDER, rest assured ), taking up residence in her bed just beside her thereafter.

One could certainly question him for his UNIQUE choice of entry, but... he's smart enough to know that should someone catch sight of him entering through the doorway and not RETURNING from whence he came, then suspicions will rise, and they shall no no peace from thenceforth.

Evidently, though, she hadn't expected him to disarm himself into his casuals and crawl 'neath the sheets with the intent to HOLD her, but he supposes he understands the anxiousness that now leads her to hide her face away from him. This is all new to the both of them. It is RISKY, more notably, and mayhap foolish, all things considered, but that hasn't been enough to dissuade Estinien.

" Where is that boldness you bring to the battlefield? " Comes a chuckle-laced tease as he scoots a tinge closer, lifting a hand to wrap, gently, 'round one of her own and encourage her to face him proper. " Nay, where is the boldness you approached me with the night of that ball? You have me close now, as you have wanted for some time, as I understood, and it is too much for you to bear? "

He is not insulting or putting her down -- no, he would NEVER. He thinks it cute, ENDEARING, that the Warrior of Light has such a shy, flustered side. Now, what is he to do with this, he wonders?

" Hmph. Adorable. I suppose I will just have to fix this myself since you, evidently, may wither away should our eyes meet. " Arms snake 'round her, pulling her close and flush against him, before he buries his face into the crook of her neck and purposely breathes 'gainst soft flesh. " There. Now you needn't look at me. Is this better? "

He knows it isn't... but he is ENJOYING himself all the same, even if it is a tad on the cruelly playful side.

he sympathizes for her, in the same breadth that he respects her : a stranger to this world and its place in time, yet forced to bear its burdens just the same. and he is to blame for it, where he covers himself under layers of secrecy both metaphor and literal. still she fights, as he knew she would. he feels guilt.

" — i trust you've taken time to catch up with your companions, now that we've a moment's reprieve?" the crystal exarch approaches her not as he'd like, but as he must. not as friend nor confidant, but a veritable stranger. he doubts she'd recognize him, even underneath it all. "i had not anticipated you would encounter a light warden so ... suddenly. are you alright, truly?"

Smash or Pass Meme - [ ACCEPTING ] ;;

" --- pardon me? " 'Tis not that he failed to hear or understand the inquiry; rather, 'tis the AUDACITY of it all that has him ridging a brow. " What sort of... hound do you take me? That I would pursue a woman merely for the sake of bedding her? She deserves FAR more respect than that. Pass. "