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 Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2016 8:22 pm
Vivi tilted back her head and laughed, then tossed her hair over her shoulder. She spoke with evident pleasure: "Oh, no! How terrible you feel that way--because you know, if she knows you cannot handle more, she will go out of her way to get it! That is how they are, the young ones with heart. They will drive you mad but you will love them for it!"
She smiled then and straightened, patting Ian on the shoulder, then tugged on one of his hoodie strings playfully. "Ah, you have your hands full there, but it will be like a bouquet! You will be happy to gaze upon that which you cannot and would not drop for the world."
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Cesc grinned as she explained her proclivities, making his way to the sink, where he washed both the strawberries. He worked quickly and without a knife--a small blade of light, protruding from his index finger, helped him to hull the strawberries in two quick movements, and then was gone again as quickly as it appeared. He turned off the faucet and dabbed the berries gently on a towel.
"Strawberries, right," he repeated in a confirming inflection, nodding his head. He held up a finger and then finished his job, taking out a spoonful of sugar and gently turning the berries in the crystals. He then approached Eden once more.
"Everyone is different," he said. "So I don't know how you feel about actually ingesting food like this. But when I was a Frei, this was one of my favorite things in the world. It still is, if I'm honest."
Rhedefre stretched out his hand to her, offering her one of the berries, his smile warm. "If you find it doesn't go down smooth after the first bite, you don't have to keep eating it--but something tells me you might enjoy it, all the same."
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Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2017 10:15 pm
Ian rolled his eyes with a laugh. The more he got to know Eden, the more she fulfilled her youthful appearance; she was very much a typical teenager despite her magical aspects. Feisty, defiant, and an urge for independence--he knew he would have his hands full for quite a while.
"It's quite the adjustment, going from a single bachelor to a... a father. But I wouldn't trade it for the world," he admitted, casting another glance toward the soft pink glow coming from the kitchen's doorway. Eden's rune always seemed to glow a little brighter when she was happy, and he was glad she was having a good time with Cesc. He cleared his throat and shoved his hands in his pockets. "As I'm sure anyone in Lab would say."
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Eden floated a little ways behind Cesc as he worked, peeking over his shoulder to work. There was a flash of light near his finger, bright and warm, before it disappeared. Had he done that? She barely noticed that he was moving toward her again but when she did, she floated back to where she'd been with a bright grin. She definitely hadn't been snooping, no!
"Oh? It looks really good..." Her lips curled in pleasure at the little nugget of information he provided. His favorite? Then it had to be good. She knew he'd coated them in sugar--she'd seen it on the kitchen counter at home in its little barrel-shaped jar--and the idea made her eyes brighten and the blooms along her hairline open a bit wider. She took the offered berry gingerly between her fingers, turning it over to look at the shape and color beneath the sugar crystals.
Despite Cesc's gentle warning Eden eagerly popped the entire berry into her mouth. It wasn't terribly big, and almost immediately her eyes opened wider as she smiled around her mouthful. "Mmmm!" Her petal-like wings fluttered quickly against her back and her rune pulsed brightly. After swallowing and licking any stray, precious juice from his lips she beamed at Cesc. "It's delicious! And so simple--I'm going to make Ian buy me lots of strawberries!" She placed a hand on Cesc's arm and bobbed in the air as if she were bouncing on her heels.
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