Welcome to Gaia! ::

"Could be anything," Earendil grinned as they reached his room. There, he let go of her hand and looked around.

On his bedside table was the musical egg that Miyuki had given him, as well as a book from Adonai that he had been reading. His bed was neatly made, something he had learned to do on his own after leaving home. The closet and dresser were filled with his clothes, and his weapons were on a shelf on one wall. The desk had a neat pile of paper on it, as well as an inkwell and a few quills, and a box of sealing wax. On top of the dresser was a small chest, closed, and inside the chest were the items that he had acquired on their trips to other lands. Beside it was his leather purse, about half-full of coins.

"Shouldn't take too long to pack up, I think," he mused, looking at everything.

Earendil looked around thoughtfully once more. "If we knew which room was going to be ours," he murmured, "we could simply bring things over ... instead of packing and unpacking. I suppose we could begin with the things that are easier to pack and unpack - if we leave the clothes for last, then maybe by the time we know which room will be ours, we won't have to worry about packing and unpacking them, we can simply walk them over."

It was an idea, anyways. He waited for Lin's response.

Earendil looked at the egg, and then at the chest, and back at the egg again before shaking his head.

"There's so much in there already, I don't think it will fit without being damaged," he decided. "I don't want anything to happen to it. Miyuki would be devastated, and I wouldn't be too happy either."

He picked up his bag and set it on the bed, holding it open. "It should be safe in here, right? With the rune and all?"

Earendil took the egg and set it gingerly inside the bag. "Good," he murmured softly, smiling.

He looked around and headed to the dresser to grab the chest and his money purse. "This is going to be so different for Miyuki ... how do you think she's going to react?"

"That's true," Earendil murmured, setting the things into the bag. "Maybe we could make sure to tuck her in together every night ... make it a family thing. She might take it better that way."

He heard footsteps on the stairs, but he kept working to pack his things away.

"I think she would like it, too," Earendil smiled. "I used to love it when my mother tucked me in ... Father was never into that sort of thing, he really only ever checked in on my lessons."

He paused as he began to pack up his desk, but only for an instant. "Well, he's changed now."

Suddenly there was a knock at the door, and he glanced up to see Shiara standing in the doorway. Her hands were clasped in front of her, and she was smiling shyly.

Shiara giggled softly and smiled back at Lin. "I'm doing well, thank you. And I understand that the two of you are to be congratulated. I hope for all the best for you, and that you will be very happy together."

"Thank you, Shiara," Earendil smiled widely.