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 Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2022 5:54 pm
So far everyone had been pleased to hear her news and see her news, and she was planning to bring Adria and Malus up to Lysithea tomorrow in order to see the unicorn for themselves, and spend the day exploring as she had. The castle, even if it was in ruins, was impressive, and she was ready to spend a bit more time poking around it.
She sent a quick text to Rhiannon, wanting to invite her up to see the unicorn as well, hopefully since her friend worked with horses…she’d want to see a real unicorn, and having another girl up on Lysithea with her would always be a nice treat.
‘Hey you! <3 Do you want to go on a little patrol tonight? Meet me at the park over by my house, I have something to show you and a few things to ask! Or, one thing to ask, and…like eighty things to tell you! I miss your face!’
After the text was sent, Talia sent a string of emojis to follow up, six hearts, two with heart eyes and one blowing a kiss, as well as a unicorn.
Perfect. Oh!
She sent one last text.
‘I’ll bring cookies too!!!!’
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Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2022 5:57 pm
Did she want to patrol? Not really. It had been a long day at work and she was worn down. She loved her job, and loved helping animals, but when she couldn’t help them, it tended to eat away at her.
Was she going to go and meet Talia? Yes. She’d promised herself that she wouldn’t hide away in her room with a book, and Talia was asking so she was going to give it a shot.
After staring at the text, a little overwhelmed by Talia’s enthusiasm, but deciding she was obviously just excited, Rhiannon texted her back that she would see her soon.
It didn’t take too long for her to arrive. As always, Varuna was cautious about her approach, keeping an eye out for anything suspicious or any auras that didn’t feel right.
“How are you?” she asked, moving close to Lysithea to give her a hug and kiss on her cheek.
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Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2022 5:58 pm
Truthfully, Lysithea wanted to pounce on her, to laugh and squeeze Varuna, to just talk a mile a minute and tell her everything that had happened, but instead she opted to simply return the hug, and press her own kiss to the tip of the other senshi’s nose. “I’m positively glowing.”
The mark on her forehead, her neck, arm and leg were glowing softly in the darkness of the park, and she was just giddy. “And there is a unicorn on my homeworld. A real, full sized unicorn. It…didn’t really like me at first but, understandable, but then it had a fall..god, I didn’t realize that horses…unicorns? Could make a sound like that…like. It woke me up out of a dead sleep that’s for sure…it must have been so scared…”
Swallowing, a little of the giddiness seemed to fade as she remembered her own fear during the event. “I was able to help it though. I think it fractured its leg? It couldn't get up and I know that horses like…that’s a big thing with horses, right?”
She looked to Varuna for confirmation, hoping that she had thought right. “My magic is stronger up there, and so I just…used my powers on it, first the super magic, and that seemed to calm it down a bit, and we just sat for a long while, I didn't want to just use it all at once, like…if something went wrong, I don’t know. But…when I used the last of it, we had been…getting closer, obviously. It had its head in my lap for most of the day and I was singing to it. But, night had fallen by the time I used the last magic and then there was this…I don’t know. The unicorn kind of sighed? And then there was almost a sigh in the air? Or, at least it felt that way to me, but then…the unicorn’s horn started glowing and then I started glowing and…now…here we are!”
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Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2022 5:58 pm
Varuna took a moment to step back and look at her from arm’s length. “I thought you already glowed,” she said seriously, but then showed Lysithea a smile to let her know she was joking.
“I was too happy to see you, I didn’t notice right away. You Transcended. I know of others who have and-- a unicorn?” she repeated, blinking in surprise.
Except she immediately frowned when she said it fell, clearly alarmed at the thought of any horse breaking their leg, regardless of the severity. But when Lysithea said that she was able to use her magic, Varuna let out a quiet sigh of relief.
“You’re going to put me out of a job,” she said quietly, but she didn’t seem too upset about it. She didn’t know how useful she would be if healing magic could be used, but she would prefer people and animals healthy. She could figure out something else to do with her life.
“Are you okay? Other than glowing. You’re not hurt?”
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Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2022 5:59 pm
Lysithea stared at Varuna for a moment, her mouth gaping open as she did so, cheeks going quite red and heating up. “...Holy ******** s**t, Ru. That was smooth.” She coughed and rubbed her face, hiding the grin that had formed there, but she peaked through her fingers, beginning to nod as Varuna spoke.
“No! I don’t think so, I mean, sure I can heal some things but, like I said, I’m stronger on my homeworld so…that’s a super unfair advantage. Besides, you actually know what you’re doing and I just…did my best.”
Reaching out, she took hold of one of Varuna’s hands and stroked the back of it with her thumb. “I’m fine, except for the fact that you made my heart like, skip twenty beats with that smooth flirting you just did. Unless it wasn’t flirting and I was obviously reading it wrong, in which case, yes, I’m completely fine, not hurt at all. Happy.”
Content. Peaceful. A whole slew of good words that led up to the simple fact that things just felt right.
“I’m going to be going up again tomorrow with Adria and Malus, would you like to come with us? It’s another reason I wanted to see you! I want to show you all…well. Everything!”
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Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2022 6:01 pm
Varuna pursed her lips together thoughtfully as Lysithea stumbled over her words. Then, when she had a moment that didn’t involve interrupting her, Varuna held a bit tighter to Lysithea’s hand that took hers, and pulled her closer to kiss.
She didn’t let it end quickly like when Talia kissed her in her truck, but instead gave her hand another reassuring squeeze, before finally pulling back to bat her eyelashes in an innocent way, but her smile was anything but.
The idea of going to Lysithea again was appealing, especially if there was something she wanted to show them and… well. Unicorns.
“I would love to go with you,” she agreed. She got off work early in the afternoon, so if it was tomorrow night, then she should have plenty of time. “Thank you for inviting me.”
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Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2022 6:02 pm
The noise that escaped from Lysithea was absolutely and completely undignified, sounding like a squeak and a squeal, or…at least that was how it sounded to her own ears, it…
If her face was red before, it was somehow even redder now, and her eyes were slightly unfocused, though sparkling brightly. “Ah.”
Not anything close to eloquent, but…that was forgivable, she supposed.
“How could I not invite you? I need you! Plus the idea of seeing an actual real life unicorn is always worth everything, I’m so happy that you want to come!"
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Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2022 6:22 pm
Varuna chuckled softly in amusement at Lysithea’s reaction, although she didn’t think it was that bad or surprising. Not when Lysithea had kissed her first.
She wasn’t entirely sure how Lysithea needed her, but it was nice. It was nice to be a part of something, and Lysithea was sweet and seemed enthusiastic about things in a way that Varuna wasn’t.
Once upon a time she had been bright and cheerful. But those days had long passed.
“Does the unicorn have a name? Is there only one?”
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Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2022 6:23 pm
“I’m just throwing this out there, but you have a really cute laugh, Ru. And no…I haven’t named it, I’ve only seen the one, yeah…oh! But there are these like, tiny goats? Kind of goats? Unicorn goats? Oh my god they’re cute. I have those too. But with the actual unicorn, I’m not even sure if it’s a boy or a girl so…I didn’t want to name it.”
Lysithea pursed her lips, wrinkling her nose slightly. “...And I didn’t think about a name at all, so that’s the guilty secret. I was still fangirling over the fact that it was a real unicorn and then worried that it was hurt…and then fangirling again because I transcended…it. Was a lot of emotions, and while I loved it. It was exhausting.”
Grinning again, Lysithea gave a happy sigh. “Can you teach me how to tell if it’s a boy or girl?”
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Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2022 6:24 pm
Varuna raised an eyebrow at Lysithea’s comment, although her smile was still in place. “Are you the one flirting with me, now?” she gently teased. After all, it wasn’t often anyone said her laugh was really cute.
The animals that Lysithea were describing sounded wonderful, and of course magical.
She tried not to laugh again when Lysithea asked about figuring out if the unicorn was a boy or girl, and she decided not to point out the obvious to someone who seemed innocent like Lysithea, so she just nodded in agreement.
“I can do that. I can’t wait to see all the animals you have. I’m glad it’s more than just butterflies and bunnies now.”
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Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2022 6:25 pm
“Only if it’s working, but, not really. Your laugh is just really pretty. It makes me happy.” Lysithea shifted slightly on her feet, still grinning slightly. “I can’t wait for you to see either. Birds and bats and the goats…there’s a lot now, honestly I can’t even believe it…I love it so much.”
There was a wistful tone to her voice, and it was clear that she meant every word. “Can you be here tomorrow at about six? That’s when we’re planning to go up! Also, do you work the next day or can we keep you hostage overnight? Night time is actually really beautiful up there so…I’d like to share that with all of you too.”
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Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2022 6:25 pm
She hummed thoughtfully to herself, trying not to look or sound disappointed. Varuna couldn’t tell what Lysithea… no, it didn’t matter.
“I’ll see about someone taking over for me,” she said, because while she would like to stay and see everything with the others, she also knew that she had responsibilities. Not just for herself, but for the animals that needed her.
“There’s a few of my coworkers who owe me some favors. I’ll see what I can do,” she promised.
“Do you need me to bring anything?”
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Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2022 6:26 pm
““Oh, epic!” Lysithea looked thoughtful for a moment and then shrugged. “If you want to do a check up on the unicorn you can bring your…vet things, just in case my magic didn’t do everything, I’d feel better if you looked at it, just in case, if you wouldn’t mind?”
She chewed her lip as she thought. “And a nice blanket in case it gets chilly, I’m going to get sleeping bags for everyone so you don’t need one of those, and I’m going to get an extra tent too, so that we can share two to a tent! I think that will work well. You’ll share with me, won’t you?”
Lysithea still looked thoughtful, and then crossed whatever distance had been put between the two and drew Varuna into a warm embrace. “I’d like to share a tent with you. And um. That is my attempt of flirting, and I know it’s pretty lousy but. I think you’re really wonderful.”
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Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2022 6:27 pm
Varuna had just lifted her arms to cross over her chest when Lysithea moved forward to hug her, so of course she lowered them to hug her back. She laughed again, because everything was pretty difficult to believe. Unicorns and traveling to another world and flirting.
“Oh is it?” she hummed, and leaned in to press a kiss against the glowing mark on Lysithea’s forehead -- while avoiding the horn. “I would like that. I think you’re pretty cute,” she grinned, and then rubbed comfortingly at her back.
“I’ll bring my supplies, just in case,” she agreed. “If it gets too chilly, I at least know I’ll have someone warm to be close to.”
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Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2022 6:27 pm
Lysithea’s face flushed again and she gave a soft laugh, nodding. “Yeah. Same goes for me. I’m really excited. So, I’ll see you tomorrow, Ru. I hope that your day goes well, and I hope that you have lovely, sweet dreams tonight, okay?” She pressed a kiss in return to Varuna’s cheek, and then the tip of her nose, and finally her lips, just a soft, light one. Barely a caress.
“I’ll see you tomorrow.”
It sounded like a promise, and it felt like hope.
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