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 Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2022 7:46 pm
Quote: The Fairies (7) : The City has been lit up for the Star Festival with banners and twinkling decorations strewn off the windowsills of shop fronts and windows. The gardeners at one particular park have put their heart and soul into creating a fairy's paradise: Fairy lights have been carefully dangled from trees to make strings of stars, little beaded jewels have been hidden among the hedges, and even the old cobwebs have been sprayed with just a touch of glitter. The park is open to everyone and the citizens of Destiny City have been invited to respectfully explore the hidden wonders that have been placed throughout. The park is magical enough on its own but there have also been reports of a strange, ethereal and shimmering stranger in the park. The glimmer of a beautiful costumed figure fluttering through the park has been passed around as rumor, and no matter what anyone claims to see, no one can take a picture of it. As if simply seeing some magical figure isn’t mysterious enough, there are also reports of mischief and small pranks being played at the same time this figure seems to appear.
She had of course picked up some boba tea, because you shouldn’t have to eat scones without tea, but it was still too hot for hot tea…and this seemed good enough.
Both cups were still sealed, and she very nearly ran until she could feel the other girl’s aura,when she finally slowed down. “Sappho! Your most favorite bisexual idiot is here and she brought tea!”
Perhaps she was being a little presumptuous to announce herself as Sappho’s favorite but…if that was an issue…maybe she’d think about not calling herself such.
“I missed you, and I hope that you missed me too! Also, I hope you like boba. It’s just milk tea but, tada! It seemed like a really good idea, since…scones belong with tea.” Now that it was said out loud, the excuse sounded rather lame but.
Who really cared.
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Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2022 8:33 pm
The park was beautiful. All done up in sparkling lights, like a secret fairy garden--it made her feel fond, and nostalgic, and like she wanted to sit down and stay there forever.
And she got to go there specifically to meet with a cute, sweet girl, who wanted ot try her mom's blueberry scones, and who maybe made her heart do things that it shouldn't when Sappho was very in love with Kibirev. But that wasn't important right now.
What was important was that Angelica was waiting for her, and when she came up, Sappho smiled and held up the basket she'd packed the batch of scones in. "And your favorite lesbian is waiting with snacks," she said. If they were gonna call favorites, well, Sappho sure wasn't going to abandon that kind of opportunity.
"Oh, my gosh, I love bubble tea, you are an angel and I am so glad to have you." She strode forward, offering the picnic basket. "Come on, let's find somewhere to sit. There's so many nice spaces around here, we can really take some time to enjoy."
She was...really lucky, Sappho knew. To have a friend like this, that she could just spend time with, even though they were on opposite sides of the war. The possibility that they could ever be enemies seemed incredibly far away.
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Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2022 8:59 pm
“Absolutely my favorite lesbian!” Angelica laughed and took a seat, pausing when she saw something bright in the corner of her vision, but by the time she looked, whatever it had been was gone.
Odd but. Stranger things happened in this city.
“So, I’m terribly excited for these scones, and I have been since you first mentioned them…also, do you think at some point I could get some advice about my magic? I thought it was something impressive, since it got me out of a messy situation with one enemy, but…utterly seemed useless with another so now I’m just confused. It doesn’t cause harm or anything…it’s kind of like a scent bomb? Super concentrated Christmas tree scent.”
She chewed her lip and then took a sip of her drink, sighing happily.
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Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2022 9:19 pm
There was a shimmer in the air. Sappho was sure she saw it, but it was only for a moment, and she made a tiny "hm" noise. Maybe it was a trick of the light, some weird reflection off all the decorations. Who knew. and anyway, it wasn't worth dwelling on when she had Angelica right here to pay attention to.
She set the scones between them, and stabbed her straw into her drink, taking a long sip of delicious bubble tea. A contented sigh passed her lips.
But Angelica had a problem, and that made Sappho frown. To have magic that was so untrustworthy...was it like what Murikabushi had described?
"Uh," Sappho said, "you could try using it on me, and I can see how I feel? But if it's super strong smell, maybe some people are more affected by it than others?" That seemed like it might make sense. "Or...does your magic feel wonky? I know one of my Courtmates has some trouble with his, sometimes."
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Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2022 9:32 pm
Angelica hesitated and then nodded. “Yeah? That…would be amazing, actually. And maybe it’s that. But like the one guy, I felt so badass, you know! He was all, grr, I’m evil gonna be evil and do evil and I was like whabam magic and shoved my hat over his eyes and felt like I could take on the world! It was fantastic but. The next guy acted like I didn’t use any magic at all so. That…kind of sucked, to be honest.”
She got up from her seat, putting her drink down where she had been sitting and cleared her throat. “So it doesn’t feel wonky, it feels fine, but. You tell me, okay?
Drawing in a breath, Angelica summoned her ethereal pine needles and tossed them at Sappho. “Spruce Smoke!”Noir Songbird Spruce Smoke Angelia says the name of her attack and produces a small handful of energy spruce needles. She throws this handful of needles at an opponent and when the needles come in contact with something, they explode into a light green smoke, which smells very strongly of Spruce. The attack is nothing more than an overwhelming smell of spruce, but it is nevertheless distracting. The smoke dissipates in twenty seconds and the attack can be used three times per battle.
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Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2022 9:50 pm
Sappho frowned. It didn't sound like the same issue as Murikabushi--if Angelica's magic always worked, but seemed to affect different people differently, maybe it wasn't Angelica's magic itself that was the problem?
Magic was weird, anyway. Sometimes, Sappho's was totally useless--though, mostly, that was when people already liked her.
Sappho set her drink down, and moved the scones--it was magic, sure, but there was no need to risk them getting pine-needle-flavored or anything like that--and then took a breath and gave Angelica a nod.
The burst of magic smoke when the pine needles hit her made her cough. She shook her head, turning away so she could take a breath of clear air.
"Okay, I do not think your magic is the problem, babe, that is-wow." She shook her head, a little. "I think the guy that didn't react was just, like--toughing it out, or something? Or maybe he can't smell? Because what you have on your hands is some pretty powerful distraction."
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Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2022 10:15 pm
Angelica winced slightly but nodded, moving to sit back down next to Sappho, and even went so far as to take off her hat to try and clear the air…even though she figured that it might not work…could magic be cleared up like that? Ah. Maybe not.
“Well. Good. Then maybe the creep just had a head cold or something. Either way I’ll just…keep trying and keep working to keep myself and…”
She glanced towards Sappho for a moment, her cheeks going pink before she finished. “And the people I care about safe. So. So there.”
And with that said, Angelica reached for a scone and took a large bite, utterly content.
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