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What a peaceful day in Barton! Well...for now at least. Crescentia and Guin had yet to encounter the rogue chocobo running around in the field with a poor cat stuck on its back. They were still in the apartment getting ready for a picnic. "And we'll have some cookies...and chips...milk, with ice around it so it stays cold, sandwiches. There! All set! Ready to go, Guinnie?" The gypsy turned to the little redheaded girl sitting on the counter beside her watching her put everything into a big picnic basket.

"Uh huh!" Guinevere smiled and held up her arms to be picked up so they could go. Crescentia obliged and put the girl on the floor, grabbing a light blanket for them to sit on and walking out.

It only took them a few minutes to reach the field they were going to be eating in. How lovely! It was so quiet here!

And then a big yellow bird with a cat on its back ran by. Crescentia blinked. "...Did a big yellow bird just...?"

"Yup." Guin giggled. They both looked over at a man yelling to stop the bird, looking at each other after.

"...Cookies attract other birds...do you mind sacrificing one of the cookies to see if it stops that bird?" Crescentia was already reaching into the basket before Guin answered, taking out one of the cookies. Hopefully whoever owned the bird wouldn't mind her giving it a cookie despite how unhealthy they were for animals. "Um...mister bird! Would you like a cookie?" She called out, waving it in the air.

Guin gasped and ran out of the way of the 'flying' cat, watching it land on the ground and then promptly fall over like a statue. Aww..poor thing! The little girl stepped over and gingerly pet at the kitty. "You okay?" She asked it, still petting its side.

"It's okay! Um...you're welcome!" Crescentia watched the bird eat the cookie right out of her hand, patting its head with a smile. "I've never seen a bird like this before!" She gasped when she saw the pale little girl in the man's arms, putting the closed basket down by Guin. "Is she alright? She looks so pale!" Although compared to the gypsy everyone in the area was pretty pale too.

Well at least the cat wasn't getting angry over her petting him. He was a very soft kitty!

"A chocobo? I see. It's the biggest bird I've ever seen!" Crescentia glanced back at the chocobo. She could understand why they were useful for transport! They were big and fast! "So that's what was wrong with it? Poor thing." Watching the man put the little girl by her cat and Guin, she chuckled when he stated she was obsessed with the cat. "Well her cat was just through a terrible ordeal!"

She was forgetting something...oh! Right! Introductions! She wasn't often social like this since all people ever wanted from a gypsy was their fortune told or to see them dance. "Oops! Dove sono i miei modi! I'm Crescentia and this," She gestured down to Guinevere who waved up at Faiga. "Is my daughter Guinevere." It almost felt odd to be introducing Guin as her daughter. Being a mother was also something she was new at.

"Hi~!" Guin smiled and held her hand out for Lysium the same way she saw Crescentia do it.

Crescentia smiled. "I'd love to!" Although she had no idea how to ride one. She could ride a horse! Maybe it was just like that! But what about their wings?

The gypsy giggled when the man blushed. "I've never seen a man blush before." ...Says the gypsy incapable of lying. Hopefully he didn't get offended and take back his offer to let her ride a chocobo. "Lysium? That's a nice name." She waved a few fingers down at Lysium and Shiver, her smile growing.

Guinevere blinked. Yes...that was her Shiver. "'S'pretty and soft!" She grinned, scritching behind the cat's ears. She had no idea that Lysium was suspicious of her something something wrong...or something. She sat back on her bottom and bumped into the picnic basket in the process, reminding herself why she and her mother were out here. "Momma?" She looked up, tugging at the woman's pantleg. If it hadn't been for the tugging Crescentia might not have realized she was being called to! She still wasn't used to being called 'Momma.'

"Hm? Oh yes! Would you like to join us? We actually came out here to have a bit of a picnic!" But they were sidetracked by rogue chocobos.

What was this? Some kind of test to see if Guin wanted Shiver? Guin blinked. "...No...?" She had no idea Lysium was asking where hers was. She'd been smiling before, but when Lysium asked her that question her smile had faded and been replaced by confusion but now her smile was back now that she heard Shiver purring.

Faiga was lucky Crescentia wasn't greeting him the way she greeted people she knew well if he thought women were complicated! If just being interested in Chocobos made him blush then a kiss to each cheek would make his head explode.

"Then it's settled! We'll eat and then we can go to your farm." Crescentia reached down to take the blanket off the basket to lay it down on the ground. Luckily it was a big blanket so it'd fit the two adults and the children. The gypsy was so glad she'd packed a big basket even without her tarot cards to tell her she'd be meeting someone new.

Even if her answer was mistaken it was still the right answer. Guin didn't realize that the look on Ly's face was a look of pity for not having a daemon of her own which was why she looked confused when the girl suddenly said miserable. "Misrabble?"

If being interested in chocobos was enough to make Faiga blush then he was lucky that Crescentia didn't greet people with a kiss on each cheek until at least the second meeting!

Crescentia was in the process of taking out sandwiches for them all when Faiga asked about a father. The woman blinked, pausing for a moment in handing Faiga his sandwich. Hopefully she didn't look offended or hurt, she really was just thinking of how to answer. "...There isn't one." She answered simply, giving a little shrug. "I've never even had a serious relationship in my whole life. Don't get me wrong though! I adopted Guin." The woman unwrapped her own sandwich and ate a bite. "Although I'm sure having a boyfriend would be fun." She tapped thoughtfully at her chin. She'd never really given it thought before! Guin reached into the basket to get Lysium's and her own sandwich.

"What about you?" She asked suddenly.

((I don't know what Lysium likes or dislikes as far as food goes so we'll just say it's whatever. 8D))

Guin shrugged. She didn't know what was in the sandwich since she wasn't the one who had made it. Even if she didn't know what it was it was still a very good sandwich nonetheless! "I'unno." And then she promptly bit into the sandwich, smiling encouragingly. It wasn't like it was poisoned or anything.

"You found her? I'm sure that would be an interesting story to hear one day!" Crescentia placed her sandwich carefully on her knee so she could dig around in the picnic basket again and take out all the food and drinks she'd packed in there. "You're very lucky I love eating and packed a lot of food." She said with a laugh, finally taking out a bandana lined with small coins that she tied into her hair to get it out of her face. Now her head jingled whenever she moved it even a little.

After she was finished playing with her hair she picked up her sandwich again and continued eating, enjoying the peaceful quiet for a little while...of course she studied her companion in the corner of her eye the entire time. "Hm...Faiga? I hope you don't mind me asking, but what are those red marks on your face?" Crescentia tentatively reached out to trace the marks with her index finger. Geeze, gypsies don't know the meaning of personal space, do they?