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“I’m sorry,” Hekate laughed. “With age comes responsibilities - and bills...” Maybe in another two years or so her student loan might even be paid off if she was smart with her money. It's too bad the crystals in Mirrorspace couldn’t be sold for some side cash; surely jewelers or gem collectors would love something unusual and rare.

“Things have been okay. Bored like you.” She smirked teasingly. A commonality between them, but at least Lenka had her adoptive family to spend time with. “I’ve managed to fly under the radar and avoid encountering any White Moon Senshi or their Knights. Although I did just meet another Dark Mirror like us a few minutes ago. Her name is Leona. She seemed nice.” But their conversation was kept brief, and Hekate had pre-planned this evening’s adventure with Lenka and didn’t want to surprise her with another companion for the evening.

“Anyway, I’m ready to go when you are!” Hopefully, they’d find a cluster of crystals that her friend hadn’t collected yet.

Orangeish Sherbert

“I don’t have any particular preference, really. I’m just hoping to collect a variety of colors before I start building anything.” Hekate only had a vague idea of how she visualized her island. But without having ever visited her own homeworld, she would have to put together a mood board or something before using any of the crystals she’s collected so far.

“I know it’s still a work in progress, but are you going to try to make your island look like your world?” She asked, her head canted to the side curiously.

Growing watermelons made sense given her sphere, but Hekate wondered if anything could actually grow in Mirrorspace. The green crystals Lenka had used had produced a field of grass but she wasn’t sure how real it actually was.

The principles of magic were often very confusing.

Hekate stepped forward and placed a hand on her friend’s shoulder. “I’m sorry,” she replied, her tone and expression full of genuine concern. “I can tell how much your world meant to you.”

“At the rate we’re going, I’m sure we’ll be able to your island will start looking like your world in no time.” She smiled at Lenka, her confidence shining through. “Who knows, maybe as we explore more of Mirrorspace we might stumble upon a mirror connected to your world. Wouldn’t that be something?” Wishful thinking coming from someone who had no idea worlds existed before talking to Lenka.

That said, Hekate really didn’t have any desire to travel into space to some isolated world. She was content with having the ability to fast travel across Destiny City by simply stepping through a mirror. Convenient and saves money on transportation costs.


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“Ah, I’ll probably have water somewhere on my island, but not likely a beach.” Even if it would be free of animals, she didn’t want to be visiting Mirrorspace in anything less than what she was wearing now. “I’ll think of something.”

Once Lenka had gathered her crystals, Hekate leaned over to pull a cluster out for herself. However, as she leaned back to pull it free from the ground, its sudden release sent her stumbling backward. She let out a surprise “Oh,” as she moved to get back up, brushing off the back of her dress with her hands, she looked at her friend with an embarrassed expression.

A blush swept across her otherwise pale features, a stark contrast to her vibrant green eyes. “Clumsy me,” Hekate laughed nervously as she stowed the crystal away with the ones they’d collected previously.

“I do wonder, though.” Hekate fell silent, her weight shifting from one foot to the other, arms crossed over her chest. “Have you tried removing something you no longer wanted on your island? Does it turn back into the crystal to be formed into something else or-” her question trailed off into a sigh.

More than likely the crystal would be destroyed, turned to a fine powder and unusable in something of similar make but different form. “I suppose I’m just worried that I’ll build something I’m not happy with and not be able to fix or change it. It’d mean all the searching we’ve done so far will be time wasted-” Her gaze snapped over to Lenka and immediately regretted her statement.

“I’m sorry, that didn’t come out right. I didn’t mean for it to sound like I don’t enjoy spending this time with you. I do-” her tone was filled with sincerity. “I’m just worried that all these crystals we’ve found so far will be wasted once I get started building mine. Unfortunately, I’m not an architect so it’s hard for me to visualize structures without having a photo reference.”

In a quieter voice, she added, “I’m so uncertain what I want to do with mine. I don’t want to ruin the crystals we’ve found together.” Almost felt more worth it to keep them as the tiny treasures they were and hold on to them for the memories.

“Thank you Lenka,” her friend’s optimism was reassuring.

“Ice cream sounds too cold with how the weather has been lately. But if there’s an option for lava cake to be included then I might be able to be swayed.” A teaching smile tugged the corner of her lips. Given the time, there likely weren’t many ice cream parlors open but there were most definitely late-night dinners or pubs that would have something like that on the dessert menu. “I assume you know of a mirror that’s close to a restaurant we can go to.” Otherwise, Lenka would have probably suggested something else instead.

Either way a sweet treat before heading home would be nice after all the socializing she had to do these last several days.