ice queen ;

a starter for @wintersaurora, where: damn this line is long at the gelato stand

Finally deciding to enjoy herself at Lupercalia before the big fight, the Chancellor beelined for the ice cream stand. The line was long but it didn't matter as the elf looked towards the photos of the ice cream flavors and debated branching out from her favorites. Perhaps she's browse the new apps Nirvaan downloaded for her when the woman nearly at her side spoke, and her attention turned.

@wintersaurora Location: Lunar Court

It... wasn't modest, the Chancellor had to admit that to herself as she looked up at the building she had fast-tracked commissioned. But it was also big enough that Raja and Eric would have all the time and space to make it their own each day. Aurora was practically beaming like the full moon, smiling wide and vibrating with eagerness in adornments that jingled and sparkled with each quickened step she took. Her gown whispered over the snow as she lifted parts of it to rush closer to the home. "The back will have tons of room for you two to build the garden of your dreams... Well, in the greenhouse, anyway." Few things were strong enough to grow in the cold, and while lunar elves had their customs, she figured the two mortals weren't yet used to that life. So the greenhouse was enormous. "Just past the trees there are some hot springs, just for the two of you. The property is about as big as a football stadium and a half and the ends are marked by pink winter-growing lily of the valley shrubs so the elves won't bother you both while you run in your own forest space... I already told you about the enchantments, right? Neither of you need to fear the cold no matter where you go so long as you don't venture up Auril's Peak." Aurora tapped her fingers on her palm as she tried to remember what else she wanted to ramble about.

The way Aurora described it sounded... Intimate, because if nothing else it was obvious that the chancellor and Farenduil had been spending a great deal of time together. Obviously, this irked him the wrong way, but he hadn't come here to start yet another fight, and he especially hadn't come here to talk about.... Aurora and Farenduil in a car together. Micah could feel his body tensing in a reflexive response to the daydream-like quality that had overtaken Aurora's features for a moment. He'd spent too much energy tearing into her, blaming her for everything instead of seeing the chancellor for what she was. They all had their damage, and they all made mistakes. Micah had made his share.

Honestly, Aurora hadn't had the faintest clue why the former faiman had come to her but she couldn't have expected it was for any sort of reconciliation. She had expected to only try her best making a conversation and making the encounter as pleasant as possible before he likely asked for something and she delivered whatever it was he wanted. She figured she could spend the rest of their newly two immortal lives trying to make up for what she'd done in the past to Farenduil's twins but it wouldn't be enough - she knew. She'd attempt the very next best thing if they let her.

closed starter for @wintersaurora location: lupercalia note: post capture the flag win

“... Okay, but what if we just convince them to give us two each instead,” she figured. Aurora was giving Nirvaan his space to enjoy his day with his tiefling and she was secretly hoping that Farenduil would take advantage of the celebrations to find time to spend with Micah. Despite wanting him at her side very much, the father-son pair needed that. Aurora didn’t have much closeness to the rest of her small family, save for Cloud, now that her mother was gone. 

"Yeah... yeah that sounds like her." Micah conceded as he worried his hand at the back of his neck. He had every faith that his sister would be back at some point, she was just the kind of person who couldn't stay away. Anyways, the two of them had a lot of time now, forever, some might say. That was something that the young eladrin was still wrapping his mind around, forever and immortality, but he had no real frame of mind for it yet. In a few decades, it'd start to really sink in, but now he had bigger problems, he was still reeling from the events of the end, his slip-ups afterward, and why he'd come to stand in front of Aurora now.

Aurora nodded as he spoke. It was odd, almost uncomfortable to stand there with the eladrin. Because while the elve had very much wanted to maintain a cordial relationship with Farenduil’s son, that had never been up completely to her. He’d been cold, distant and resentful; it was something that Aurora couldn’t blame him for at all. She would have been the same if not much, much worse.

@wintersaurora location: Lunar's Mountains Village Fun notes: sorry

Lupercalia was going on and Aurora would stop by only for the finale. It would be wise to see who would be next to lead their wolven neighbors. But the Chancellor currently busied herself in Nighthaven, speaking to the elves that were intent on bringing in old tomes and ancient books salvaged from the former Winter Court of the Otherworld. Warriors intent on facing dangers out there to retrieve their history. Already looking rather worried as she watched them ride away, the same expression on Aurora's face only took on a new hint of shock as she turned to notice the blonde eladrin approach.

Aurora giggled a bit, the sound muffled by her own lips as they curled up. "It's a joke," she said, letting out a breath of amusement. Because it was and the elve hoped that made it evident that she wasn't sure if she was ready to talk seriously about children, or if she ever would be. Both of them had lost children and Farenduil was right in that they hadn't exactly named this situation of their's yet. Did they have to name it? Perhaps. If it made him happy, it would make her happy. She hadn't thought on it but Marcus had also been quicker to act on things back in the day - perhaps it was just the unique mind of mortals. Aurora smiled at the kiss and then figured they ought to get the day started with that.