#verse:tba

“Do you ever wonder about that other self that made the right choices and found happiness?” Tink’s finger traced the rim of her whiskey glass. The question went out to no one in particular. Her mind seemed to wander off more often than not whenever she was starting to feel the effects of alcohol. You’d think she had learned her lesson when Regina ripped a new one months ago, but with the anniversary of Lyra’s passing coming in hot, Tink hadn’t really think about the consequences of getting drunk in a random bar that night. If anything, it was a release she needed in order to not feel stifled by life itself.

☾Kil rolled her eyes at the man, waving him off dismissively.☽

“Masrur can handle himself, you just don’t want to have to fight a Fanalis. Why did you even come here if you were going to do something like this? There’s like...”

☾She paused to count on her fingers, a little frown on her lips.☽

❀Technically, Nomi’s existence was supposed to be a secret. King Sinbad knew about her, so did all of his generals, and any magicians in the palace as they would be able to see her rukh, but other than that she’d been told not to show herself to other people. There were various reasons for it: Drakon said she might accidentally scare people again, Ja’far said she was safer if less people knew about her, and Sinbad said they never knew when having a secret ghost in the family could come in handy.❀

❀In any case from all parties involved she’d been given strict instructions not to reveal herself to the Kou prince and princess and she really had been diligent about avoiding them but while she was floating through the palace she’d gotten lost and ended up in the prince’s quarters.❀

❝Uh oh.❞ 

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❀Nomi hated rain in general, because it made her cold and sick and that's why those scary people were going to try and hurt her before. The planet as a whole seemed not to want her, as it tried to hurt her. Now that she was at the Sindria Trading Company and not outside at the elements' mercy, she felt a little less scared of the rain. The thunder still scared her though, why was it so loud?!❀

❀When it had started she'd gotten scared and curled up where she was, flinching and squealing whenever another crash sounded. When he scooped her up, she hugged him tightly and buried her face against his shoulder. When he spoke she peeked up at him, tears threatening to spill over.❀

☾Kil wasn’t even sure why she was doing this. She wasn’t required to, in fact she had so many other more important things to be doing. Still, after mercilessly mocking Hakuryuu during the match whilst he got beat into the dirt by Masrur, she’d felt kinda bad for him. In any case, she was now in the small infirmary, bandaging up his wounds.☽

“You can rest here until you’re recovered enough to leave.”

☾She said flatly as she worked; she wasn’t a qualified healer but experience in patching up injuries could be plainly seen from the way she focused, the way she moved quickly and with purpose.☽

“You won’t be paid since you lost obviously and if gladiator is still what you want to be you’re gonna have to starve for a while til you can recover. It’s none of my business but if you ask me,”

☾She paused to looked down at him, giving an expression that almost resembled a smile.☽

He was not sure how she had gotten him into the small bazaar since it was pretty obvious the young lady had been in a bit of trouble. Nitian ErXing was keeping his attention on the area and the people it wouldn't do for someone to get the drop on them here. Like people looking for an absent or missing fairy.

He turned at the tinkling sound of her voice and gave part of his attention to her as she spoke of silks and colors. Emerald eyes crinkled a little in amusement. "I don't know, I wear armor more often than I do silks." he was certain as he said it, this would not lay to rest the conversation. He extended the gloved hand and took the silk in it to examine it with a critical eye. "Do you not think it is an off shade for green eyes?" he asked out of curiosity before he returned the item to her hand.

"You already know that your MuMu will be annoyed at the idea, and she will fight even me." he said softly. "She is convinced you are still the baby sister she must protect from spiders, and from would be suitors." he said as he considered. "Has someone caught your eye--meimiei ?" he inquired as he motioned for her to walk with him catching Yutu with his hand and resting the blade at his side.

"You should accompany me into town--so we can shop." he stressed. It would be so they could talk freely and not have other's wanting to listen in and tell her mother. He doubted they would tell Mulan, but Xiu's mother rubbed Sizhui the wrong way though he hid it well.

"We will get lunch there, and bring something home for dinner tonight." he stated with a wink.