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He didn't mention that blankets were one of the things he'd brought up during one of his previous visits -- pillows as well. Luc would get to see all of that soon enough. All of the preparation and the attention to detail, everything that he had put into making a perfectly special day away from everything for the man who'd given him a new lease on life.

He snagged the keys on his way out with the cooler, locking up behind Luc before handing the keys off to his lover so that he could tuck them away in the overnight bag. A quick check of the hallway signaled an all clear before they were off to the roof with no trace of anyone who might spot them or wonder why they were heading up but wouldn't be coming back.

He drew Arsinoe's hand up to his lips, brushing a kiss to the other man's gloved knuckles. He'd thought that their powered lives would complicate things, more so that it was something they both handled in different ways.They each had their own method of approach, their own goals, and yet... Evenings like this, moments like this, brought them together closer than just sharing a standard 'date night' otherwise.

Mag Mell reached down to scoop up the cooler, closing his eyes to focus on his signet ring to draw on his connection to his Wonder to transport the two of them there. The cool, crisp air of morning was replaced by a warm, gentle sea breeze as the sandy ground shifted beneath their feet. One day he'd figure out the best way for them to wind up exactly where he wanted, as opposed to wherever the island wanted them to 'wash up', but...

"Let's go drop everything off and then we can see about enjoying our day."

"Actually, there's something else I wanted to show you this time." He was hoping they would arrive somewhere closer to the area he'd spent time setting up for this trip, but that would have been too easy (and likely would have required spending more time focusing on anything other than his partner). It didn't seem like they were too far from their destination, however. Actually....

There was a path just ahead of them, one that wound through the greenery wrapped around the base of the rocks that rose up from the center of the island forming the caverns and passageways of Mag Mell. In his heart he knew this path, had followed it a dozen times before in another lifetime. "This way."

"Knowing the two of us? We were probably trying to avoid pomp and circumstance." Or sneaking off so the Mag Mell that had been could show the Arsinoe that was before something spectacular, just as he hoped to do now. Or any other number of things, really. He always had the feeling that then, just like now, there wasn't anything that could stop the two of them.

He shifted the cooler from one hand to the other as they followed the path, taking in the moments he spent chasing after deja vous along the way. He could follow familiarity and chase memory later -- as long as this path lead them where he was beginning to think it did.

He paused as they neared the rocks, a grin forming on his face as he reached out to brush vines away from the mouth of a passageway. At one point there'd been a door, of that he was almost entirely certain. He could make out the patterns in his memory, the symbols so familiar. This was his door, the way he'd followed home a dozen times before.

"We're heading up," he said with confidence, although there was no real way he could actually be certain of that. "Did you pack sneakers in the overnight bag? Shouldn't be slippery inside, but I don't know if your sandals will help much if itis."

He would have preferred to follow this path without a cooler in hand, but the Cosmos (haha) had seemed to have other thoughts in mind when spitting them out at the start of the trail. He had a feeling that in the past he might have sent Luc -- Arsinoe -- on ahead so that he could bring up the rear himself, but in this case he didn't know what lie before them in order to do anything other than want to take the lead himself.

Arin gave his eyes a moment to see if they would adjust to the lack of light in the stone walled passageway. He took a step forward, followed by another before tapping in to the magic to coat himself in a gently glowing layer of starshine; the aspect of Cosmos. The soft light was enough to give them something to go off of, at least until they reached a section of corridor with phosphorescent rocks adding a pale blue glow to light the way.

"Anything look familiar to you?"

"I do know where we're going -- or, rather, I know where we're supposed to be going, where we should be going and..." He paused, looking to Luc with a bit of wide-eyed wonder as he felt what he could only assume as the essence of the island of Mag Mell responding and awakening to something in Arsinoe.

"Up.... Is where we should be going, yes. I found a place while I was exploring last with a view that's.... Well, you'll see when we get there." He leaned over, brushing a kiss to the other man's temple before striking off ahead of him once more.

"We had -- have, honestly. It's not so much somewhere new as..." It was hard to zero in and focus on conversation when he was following the guidance of Mag Mell itself. His voice drifted, distracted, as he paused on the stairs to switch the cooler from one hand to the other once more.

"There's an antechamber just off to the side of the main sanctuary. Do you remember that from the last time we were here? If I'm right, that's where we're headed." A back entrance. A private escape. It was a way in and out without being spotted so that the Knight of Mag Mell could simply be on days when the waves called and the salty air sang through the palm leaves.

"I've been where we're going before. It's where I found my signet ring, and that book I said we could bring to Arsinoe if we ever figure out a way to safely transport it from here to there." He couldn't read any of it, amazed as it was that the pages had survived intact throughout the years no matter what they said. "It's -- You'll see when we get there."