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With each lick of smoothie ice cream goodness Relm feels her confidence return & her energy increase. The smooth crisp flavor was exactly what she needed. The artist looked up with smiling eyes to check on Keme. Her smile faltered to see his ice cream start to drip from his inattentativeness to it. Seeing a 'purpose', Relm stands & goes to sit on the arm of the chair beside him. "Eat up, Hummer, or you'll have sticky wet fur on top of everything else." She flashed him a charming smile. "I'll taste test it for you first, if that's what you're worried about."

Swinging her legs with more joviality than she felt the artist gave Keme a little wink. "Buck up, Hummer, & taste the ice cream goodness."

Reappearing from the shop Rikku watched in confused curiosity as Relm sat closer to Keme. She knew her artistic sister was up to something but did not know what. The thief did know that Keme did not seem to fit Relm's usual profile for interest & so it probably was not flirting. Maybe. You never can be sure with Relm...

The Al Bhed licked happily at her ice cream, practically purring at the chocolate & coffee liqueur flavor as it spread over her taste-buds. She automatically pulled a chair over to sit beside Naruto after determining that the cafe chairs might not be ideal for holding her on the ninja's lap for long. Besides, having ice cream on her fur here was not something she cared for.

Now perhaps later... The thief shook the thought away. Smiling, Rikku touched Naruto's knee. "So how's their cookies & cream?"

Naruto looks over when Rikku asks him about his ice cream and he sees he barely got through any of it, "Oh yea...it's good..." he says softly, trying to focus back on the ice cream.

Miranda look over at Keme, her heart aching for him. He didn't seem like himself anymore and she hoped he would be able to get through it.

Keme blinks when he is addressed and looks up to see Relm sitting on the arm chair. He looks down at his dripping ice cream, his mood for it suddenly gone, but he starts to lick it, if only to appease everyone.

Kaleb wasn't sure he agreed with the artist's logic, he could think of much better ways to be reminded how wonderful it was to be alive than coming close to death, but he nodded to lend his support to Relm's words anyway. In this case it was certainly appropriate.

The healer noticed Keme's icecream drip slightly, hesitating only a moment before channeling the energy for a second small spell. He doubted anyone would notice if Keme's icecream stopped it's slow melting, and he was sure the other audio would enjoy it much more when he found his appetite if it was still frozen instead of a puddle in his lap.

Seeing that Naruto seems to be acting more like normal Rikku smiles & squeezes his knee tenderly. At least one of the boys seemed to be inspired out of the doldrums.

Relm smiles softly to see Keme eat. She can see that something is still bothering Keme, but she is not sure what. The artist mage does notice Kaleb's spell. More the magic of it than the results. Her eyebrow raises slightly for a moment, no more. However that is not important right now. Her eyes flicker with a thought. It is not much, but perhaps... "Enjoy your ice cream while you can Hummer: I'm still holding you to that talk later, you know."

She licked at her ice cream happily as if everything was fine. Inside she was wishing Interceptor was with her. Somehow the artist felt she could really use her father's big dog's comfort right about now.

Naruto seems to get through his ice cream pretty quick, his tail wagging about. He always did like cookies 'n cream the best! He starts eating the cone, a soft murr coming from his throat. He looks over at Keme and can see right away that he still isn't over it, but he wonders if there is something more to it then the near car crash.

Miranda keeps quietly, softly humming as she enjoys her ice cream, kicking her feet about slowly as she looks to everyone. She really wished the night could have ended on a better note.

Keme gives Relm a half hearted smile and a nod, but he doesn't speak yet. He wasn't sure he even wanted to talk to anyone. Why did he just stand there? Did he want to get hit?

Kaleb took another slow lick at his icecream, coughing and nearly inhaling some of it when he noticed Rikku already finishing hers off. He glanced over a bit, Naruto was working on the cone.

He looked at his own unmelting icecream, having not even gotten down to the cone yet, and wondered if he would be able to finish it off by the time the others were ready to leave. He didn't doubt he could finish it, chocolate was perhaps one thing his small appetite didn't apply to, but it would definitely take him awhile at this rate.

Rikku blinks. "I said 'Let's do it again' not 'let's see it end' Ruto!" The Al Bhed giggles. "But you're right... we should probably think about heading home." She would not be the one to move to do so first however; her hand swirling the tiniest bit higher on Naruto's leg.

Frowning into her cone, Relm nods her head once before forcing herself to smile again. She really did not feel like it. The artist was getting upset that none of her plans seemed to ever go right. Always something -some factor she had no control over- gummed up the works but good.

Late or no... The artist planned to have a long talk with the hummingbird when they returned to the shop. She had a feeling from his silence & complete lack of humming that the worst possible thing would be to let him wander off alone tonight.

Feeling the seat beneath her waver, Relm slipped her arm through the crook of Keme's elbow as her art dispersed leaving her standing beside him. "When everyone's ready?" The artist mage cast a knowing glance at Kaleb & his un-melting cone. "If you think you can't walk & eat at the same time, I'm sure Buzzer will give you a hand to keep you steady." She would not forget the original purpose for this venture.

Belatedly, she was surprised no one had questioned them about the accident. Or near accident. She had not paid attention to the scene since they'd gotten Keme off the street.