Private Eastern Brisshal Mixed chances

[Darkness]

Somewhere in eastern Brisshal

It would be a good minute before Kaede noticed Ronja was eating something and gave a light tap to Totetsu so the hound could stop trying to avoid the ice cream and start to enjoy it before going back into deep thought. It all came down to how well she could convince the guard that nothing happen here and if those around her second that. Sighing she would have to trust her worst skill of her sober self, acting in the coming moments.

That train of thoughts coming to an end though Kaede would reach to start and try and enjoy her date again only to sense a familiar feeling as she sighed again. Of all the people that they managed to run into first it had to be him, why not one of the female guards or serious ones? Setting her fork back down as she turned to face the orange hair male as he arrived with dumb and dumber hiding behind him. Forcing a smile on her face as she tried to get into the right mindset and not loose her cool again.

"Hello Michael. Might I ask why you stopped at my table while im trying to enjoy a date with the lovely Ronja here?"

"Hello again... Kaede... I was told you attacked these two unprovoked and damaged the area..."

Kaede would look around the area same as Michael as if to confirm things only to look back towards him as she got a bite of her food and fought back the sweet taste as she had nothing sour first so it was full exposure to it. Glancing at dumb and dumber as she smiled and went back to eating figuring it best to avoid acting all together and just resume what she was planning to do anyways. She also noticed they looked more beat up then when they left assuming they made it look worse to try and get her locked up longer.

"Well, as you cah see Michael, there is no damage to the area and nobody looks scared of me to hint I threatened them to comply like last time we met in such a way.~"

"You really need to not dig up the past, you only get so many out of jail cards before we have to keep you for more then a single day..."

"But i've done nothing wrong this time? I'm just enjoying a lovely date with Ronja here who I just met unless that is also a crime now?"

"And you... Ronja, is this true? You are not being forced to play along with Kaede's game of staying out of a cell for the night?"

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@Ronja Bubblyfoot

 

[Ronja Bubblyfoot]

Ronja continued to fork pieces of the pie, filling her food meter while she enjoyed the texture and the smell it had to offer. She really hoped that someday she would be able to taste the food of this world, but for that she would need to upgrade her body for such a thing.

Her enjoyment of food would soon reach an end, however, with a man and the other two troublemakers appearing once again, making her side glance at them while she tried to continue enjoying her sweets.

Yet, soon attention was turned to her, and she blinked.

"All Ronja knows is that she wants to eat what she ordered." She answered, this time unusually blunt. The day has been rather strange and agitated until now, and when it seemed there was going to have some peace for her, shenanigans kept happening over and over.

At the end of the day, she just wanted the orange-head man and the two others to be gone.

@Kaede Hoshi

 

[Darkness]

Somewhere in eastern Brisshal

"Then it seems to me like you two have wasted my time dragging me out here and accusing someone who has a number of times shown they don't start needless fights."

"Mostly because I see no point in them?~"

"Not helping Kaede... Anyways, I apologize for ruining you date with this matter and will let you resume it."

As Michael walked away with the two protesting and pointing at their injuries and at Kaede who just smiled and waved at them while taking another bite from her food. Humming until they broke like of sight before starting to giggle some and returned her focus to Ronja and getting a devious smile across her face as she got another forkful from hers and offered it to the girl. if she did take it Kaede would laugh, or she would pout otherwise and eat it herself.

"Thanks for the assist, As for tasting it... If i could share my over-taste with you I would but I did not focus on much of that skill tree as I wanted to just enjoy a laid back life since I'm stuck here. Plus if I had the power to make others experience my... well desires for them That would ruin the game of playing to win their hearts no?~"

Kaede smiled as she resumed enjoying her food, albeit a tad more had Ronja made the mistake of eating off the fork she was using but enjoying it none the less otherwise. Her foot getting the cold nose of a puppy as she looked down to see Totetsu had already finished the ice cream and was looking up with pleading eyes for more. Part of her was shocked, but the other figured the normally massive hound would devour such a tiny bowl considering it's normal diet.

"I'll make you some sweets when we get back home girl, but no more ice cream."

A protest bark before Totetsu would move to be closer to Ronja trying to pull the same trick with her by looking up with puppy eyes for food from under the table. Kaede could only sigh as she tried so many times to teach the dog to know better but would resign if the girl decided to share or order more for the puppy. She could afford it, but just wanted to not call the waitress over as many times as it might take for the puppy to be full off ice cream like it wanted to be no doubt.

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@Ronja Bubblyfoot

 

[Ronja Bubblyfoot]

Ronja glanced at the man, waiting for him to go away with the other two with a slightly annoyed expression on her face. Ronja was a sweet person most of the time, but the whole shenanigan was starting to crawl under her skin, especially when this was supposed to be a time she should be chilling. She would rather focus on the pie she was eating.

When Kaede forked a piece of pie to offer to Ronja. the Magia blinked surprised and looked at it with a brief hesitation before leaning in to take a bite of it and munching.

It was the same pie, so there wasn't much point in doing it.

After swallowing, she looked at Kaede, pursing her lips still. "Ronja isn't sure how this over-taste works, but if Ronja ever finds out a way for her to feel taste, she will try to work her way to it." She said, forking a piece of her pie, glancing at Kaede for a moment and offering it to her.

"Isn't ice cream bad for a dog?" She tilted her head.

@Kaede Hoshi

 

[Darkness]

Somewhere in eastern Brisshal

"Think of it this way, something slightly sweet is overly sweet, and overly sweet is to sweet. Or the slight taste of someone's saliva is more clear and makes indirect kisses that much better.~"

Kaede held her fork as she teasingly licked her lips shocked Ronja had not caught onto her motive with the gesture. When she thought about ice cream and dogs she was drawing a blank, her dad never allowed pets and there was not exactly a 'what is good and bad for your Lunatic hound' book anywhere that she could read to find out more. Worst case she would be cleaning up barf or using magic to bring Totetsu back and have knowledge for the future not to give her ice cream or at least that flavor maybe.

"Who knows, Totetsu has eaten some weirder things and some things I know had been bad for animals but the dog just keeps eating it unless told no even if it makes her sick."

Kaede mumbled between bites of food, part of her tempted to try and get Ronja to take another bite from her fork but deciding she likely had the girl over flustered from doing it once without knowing the result or reason and asking for a second was to forward. Maybe she would try to make Ronja unknowingly kiss her next time but that was a topic for another date most likely as she was content calling first date ending with a indirect kiss a win.

"So, What is the plan after sweets? A walk, calling the date there, or maybe you changed your mind and feeling bold?~"

Kaede would chuckle as she finished the last piece of her pie and seemed to be slightly regretting eating the whole thing without sour or something else to break the heavy sweet flavor she was enduring to be respectful to both Ronja and the café that did not carry things to help elven guest. Either way when she got home her dinner was going to be something with lemon and lime to wash the taste out but later was not the concern as she smiled to Ronja wondering what came next.

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@Ronja Bubblyfoot

 

[Ronja Bubblyfoot]

Ronja pursed her lips at the reveal of the intentions, frowning this time not really embarrassed about it, but vaguely disgusted at the idea of the other woman wishing for some taste of saliva. Granted, if she was wanting to kiss Ronja that much since they met... It didn't really make much difference, did it? After all, if they had kissed, the exchange of saliva would be inevitable.

... And now she was thinking about weird stuff on saliva.

"Ronja isn't sure what is an indirect kiss, but... If that makes you happy." Ronja shrugged, focusing on her pie, munching it down and pondering at the answer about the dog, shaking her head in disapproval.

"Ronja thinks you should ground the dog then, otherwise she will get very sick, and maybe it can be serious!" She warned, and after that, she considered the question.

Honestly, the day has been too much until now, but...

"Ronja thinks we can go for a walk." She nodded.

@Kaede Hoshi

 

[Darkness]

Somewhere in eastern Brisshal

"You try grounding a dog larger then a damn house when she gets mad? I don't want to get sat on again!"

Kaede said partly joking but also very serious as she recalled the last time she and Totetsu got into a fight and she had to try and calm down the dog at full size to avoid the clinic getting a unplanned remodeling. That thought in mind though would be tossed out when Ronja agreed to a walk after. Sure it was not as exciting as going to a inn or something but the elf had read plenty of walking dates leading to kissing on a bench and once more her hopes got the main focus point.

Moving to her bag as she began digging around to find enough gold to pay for the meals of all three even if Ronja was against it as Kaede had gold to spare as she could do most things that cost a decent sum herself and lived a poor lifestyle to save up for the eventual possible favor or donations coming from Astor to rebuild his annoying kingdom or something. Maybe one day she would track him down to figure out exactly what the favor may be but not today or anytime this week.

"As for indirect kiss, there is not much to explain there. It's just trading saliva without lip or tongue contact. If you wanted to be one of the grosser people just spitting into someone's mouth is considered it, but I like to think it has to have a subtle gen-se-qua or story behind it.~"

Kaede tried to say the word but it failed her so she simply opted to say the butchered attempt and what she was trying to use it to convey. Shifting to stand up after gathering the bowl from under the table and adding to the dirty dish pile of one as she started to stretch and wonder where the walk might end up. Part of her wanted to learn more about Ronja, but she also did not feel right pushing the girl for information with the knowledge or idea she would use it to try and get Ronja to like her more. Dating was seriously troublesome sometimes.

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@Ronja Bubblyfoot

 

[Ronja Bubblyfoot]

Ronja giggled at the idea, bending against the table to smile a bit playfully. "Ronja thinks the dog should sit on you, maybe then Kaede will start behaving a bit." She said, glancing at the dog and speaking to her:

"What do you think? You sit on Kaede and Ronja get you a big beef next time she eats with her?" She suggested to the dog, if she could even understand her words, that is.

Ronja then scowled at the mention of spitting on someone's mouth. "Ronja is sure that spitting on someone's mouth isn't really affectionate, unless you are some weirdo... or if you are hitting on a toilet." She said, pausing and tilting her head. "That... would also be weird." She said.

Then, she glanced at Kaede trying to take some money to pay for both, and Ronja shook her head. "Ronja can pay for her's!" She said firmly, slipping her hand into her newbie's pouch, that had a humble amount of gold, though it was more than enough to pay for a pie.

@Kaede Hoshi

 

[Darkness]

Somewhere in eastern Brisshal

Kaede did not approve of Ronja's statement, Totetsu did however because food was involved but a glare from Kaede shut the dog's hopes down rather quickly. Moving to stop the girl from getting her gold out with a stern glare before giving a evil smile as she would speak up.

"I've got the payment, you should save your gold for other things, I have more then enough since I live off almost nothing and have decent income."

Humming as she would simply hand Ronja whatever amount she decided to set on the table from her own bag until the girl caught on this was not a fight she would win. Once the matter was settled Kaede would get up and offer a hand to assist Ronja from her seat after moving the chair so the girl could get up when she was ready. Totetsu deciding to trust the magia more then Kaede and stayed across from Kaede on the other side of Ronja even though Kaede was not mad at the puppy anymore.

"As for me behaving, I can show you misbehaving if you truly think Im being naughty, but you might not want me to ever switch back.~"

Kaede would smile widely showing her teeth for the first time, her fingers wiggling as she waved them in the air near Ronja as she hummed and moved closer ever so slowly before stopping and chuckling as she moved back and placed her hands behind her back as she walked alongside Ronja slightly behind her as she was allowing the girl to lead for the time being. She wanted to show what she considered being mean or out of order but she had already agreed to be polite and hands off for the most part.

"So where are we heading to Ronja-chan?~"

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@Ronja Bubblyfoot

 

[Ronja Bubblyfoot]

"Huh-? If you are sure..." Ronja blinked, putting her gold back into her pouch and smiling. Despite being from a wealthy family, Ronja did work with her own online freelance things, though mostly to have her own money to buy things without needing to ask her parents. However, she was used to have people paying things for her, so she didn't really feel bad about it.

After putting the payment on the table for the waiter to take it, Ronja took Kaede's hand and nodded gratefully for the help, looking up at the woman and shaking her head. "Ronja is sure you are being naughty enough." For some reason, saying 'naughty' felt like a bad decision close to that woman, but now it was too late.

As they took their leave, Ronja reached to hook her arm on Kaede's and muse about where they should go.

"Ronja saw a lake that is very pretty by the outskirts. Ronja thinks it would be nice to go there." She said. "If we are lucky, maybe we can even see a deer there." It was probably a hot spot for thirsty animals after all.

@Kaede Hoshi

 

[Darkness]

Somewhere in eastern Brisshal

" oh so I've been 'naughty'? Last I check your still dress and so am I so clearly we have two different definitions of naughty.~"

Kaede mused in a hushed tone as she pressed more against Ronja while listening to where she wanted to go. She was not apposed to the idea but was more nervous about it. Most wildlife had a sixth sense when it came to taboo magic users so she very much doubted a deer would show up if she went along but maybe it could expand the date time until one was brave enough to approach. Then there was also Totetsu to worry about since the hound loved to chase the few wildlife that did show up around her.

"That sounds like a lovely idea, that way if you tease me again there is nobody to save you from me.~"

Kaede chuckled happily, she mostly meant it as a joke but the idea was on her mind. She also was very intent on avoiding acting out as Ronja had asked to keep the first date civil but there was little she could do if the girl was such a good tease. Moving her mind off the topic she wondered the last time she went to a lake without acting out and the only memory was a camping trip with her father, Athea, and Athea's mom. The memory was bittersweet as it was the last time she saw Athea's mom before the woman got terminally ill.

It was the reason the two girls became intent on being doctors, to save people from such fates. part of Kaede wondered if Athea was still trying or if the girl was now trying to figure out how the game had killed Kaede. All the ideas did was ruin Kaede's mood as she looked sort of depressed until Totetsu moved over to nudge Kaede's free hand as they walked to snap her back to reality. Totetsu was an emotional support dog at times and Kaede was thankful for it as she scratched the hounds head and kept following Ronja's lead.

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@Ronja Bubblyfoot

 

[Ronja Bubblyfoot]

Ronja squinted at Kaede's words with a pout. "Ronja plans to keep dressed even if you are naughtier." She said, tilting her head to watch the lively town as they made their way out of Honeyhome. The mix of nature and construction was always warming for Ronja, one that she couldn't really see much from her home. All she could do was watch from the window, seeing birds flying freely while she herself was locked in a cage that her own body created.

Her eyes shifted back to Kaede, looking at her eyes and speaking more genuinely, even if those words were playful. "Ronja trust that she doesn't need to be saved from someone like you." She said, lingering the gaze on Kaede's eyes, walking along with her and facing forward.

"Ronja wouldn't be here if she didn't trust you, after all. As perverted as you are. Ronja supposes it is just your way to show your feelings." Ronja pondered, looking away for a moment.

"Ronja also doesn't like this face you are making. Is there anything in your mind?" She asked as they got nearer the lake.

@Kaede Hoshi

 

[Darkness]

Somewhere in eastern Brisshal

"Oh, just the countless ways to get what I hinted at while keeping true to you staying dressed.~ It is also unwise to think you don't need saving from me as there are times I'm not the one in control..."

Kaede responded, avoiding the other two topics as she walked, forcing herself to change faces to hide she was now locked in a cycle of worry for her friends and family again. All she could do was send them wishes and prayer from within the game, worried trying to reach out to them from here with someone else would only make matters worse. This was a different type of Hell then Kaede was told about by her father. It was not forced suffering, but one of your own making.

Why not risk it, maybe it would help them to find closure knowing you tried to say goodbye but it never arrived until now? Why not, speak up that you are still around wishing them the best life? Why not, tell them you are still here just locked outside reach? So many thing that haunted her mind and the things that had drove her over the edge before dragged her back under the waves of the negative sea inside her mind.
Her only saving grace was the fact the players had come back.

She COULD reach out now, but chose not to keep them from slipping back into a spiral like she had. She chose not, to keep them from coming to this game to see and be with her again. She chose not, out of the true reason she could not bring herself to make them suffer with knowing her fate. It was a shadow she had to bare alone, knowing she was still around but did not wish to be found again. Hoping it was all for the best and eating herself inside for the choice.

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@Ronja Bubblyfoot

 

[Ronja Bubblyfoot]

"Do you really only think about this sort of thing?" Ronja inquired as they finally reached the lake, looking around and seeing it mostly empty. Even without the animals, though, it was still a wonderful sight to have. With emerald shining grass and a crystal clear lake that brimmed and sparkled thanks to the sunshine.

It also made a small hill, ascending to what was the 'wall' of the lake, surrounding half of it with a rocky and mossy surface.

A pleased smile crossed Ronja's lips, and she gently tugged Kaede toward the uphill so they could have a seat on it.

Letting go of her arm, Ronja plopped her butt on the grass, leaning her back on it and opening her arms with a giggle. "This feels nice. Grass is so refreshing, Ronja loves it." She closed her eyes with a soft expression, letting the wind brush her face and her skin touch the greenery. Simply enjoying the moment.

@Kaede Hoshi

 

[Darkness]

Somewhere in eastern Brisshal

"No, I do think of other things but most of the time it is either relationship things or keeping my magic in check. Some days I just think about medical combinations, herb effects, how and what magic to use on things."

Kaede would move to sit down as she spoke up about her normal thinking process. To be fair she was always thinking perverted things but had gotten slightly better at keeping them in her own head if the girl or interest at the time was not being a tease or wanted to know what was going on in her head. All that said as she laid in the grass and part of her skin touched it the area would start to rot due to her Animancy and dark magic acting up as per usual.

Nervously adjusting her clothing and getting her focus back on keeping her magic from exposing to the area as her hidden hand away from Ronja would slowly turn and restore the damage she caused with Chronomancy. Humming to draw focus away from the area as she tried to enjoy the area but could only see it as her magic wanted it to be in the moment, all black and rotting with no water. Kaede's eyes had a black hue to them until she tapped her head a few times to return her her normal eye color and see the area as it was.

"I prefer silk sheets and warm fireplace but to each their own I suppose.~ Aside from that though, still a light fireplace and a book is more my speed... Nature was sort of ruined for me when I was younger because my friend's mother got real sick when we went camping... But I still try to enjoy it from time to time."

Kaede would look up to the sky again as she recalled the real world, watching a star shoot across it as signal of another player before two more followed shortly after it. More people thinking this game was just that and not dangerous. She could only sigh as she laid down fully in the grass ensuring all her skin was not in contact with the area until she knew for sure she had it under control. Totetsu deciding to run up the hill, and roll down and repeat the process.

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@Ronja Bubblyfoot

 

[Ronja Bubblyfoot]

"Well, Ronja also prefers silk sheets and warm fireplace. But Ronja also likes to have a change once in a while." A soft giggle escaped from her lips. Of course anyone that preferred to lay on grass rather than a bed was either a druid or nature maniac. But a fun life was about experiencing different things from the routine.

Ronja then turned to face Kaede, frowning slightly at the funny smell that made Ronja's nose twitch.

"Hmm, something is smelling funny." She blinked.

"But say, do you really need to keep your magic in check all the time? Ronja thinks that would be royally annoying to do." She sighed.

"It is already boring to use magic source to recharge. If she had to maintain her magic on top of it she would just-" log off. But Ronja stopped herself from saying it, realizing just in time and shutting herself up.

"Her magic is still kinda low right now though." She shrugged faintly.

@Kaede Hoshi

 

[Darkness]

Somewhere in eastern Brisshal

"Normal magic would be fine... But mine..."

Kaede would sigh as she removed her right glove and dropped all her wards and magic cancel hexes. The air around the exposed skin turning stale and the area around her rotting rapidly. The only good to come from it was the fact she was a walking magical nuclear reactor Resetting the wards and hexes as she placed the glove back overhand and reached out in the air to use chronomancy to undo the damage with a heavy sigh. She was a walking omen of death, a literal manifestation of the horsemen of death when she allowed her magic to take over.

"All of my magic is just about considered Taboo, and it all is dark in every sense of the word outside my chronomancy that has kept me out of most the trouble when I fail to focus on it. It is why I try to enjoy moments and do as I feel is right because I don't have the time or ability to think it over..."

Kaede would look to Ronja, her expression one of depression until she forced herself to wear the smile again knowing Harmony would smack her upside the head for going doom and gloom again even if it was warranted. Opting to move the topic Kaede could only get a devious grin before fighting it and rolling to face the other way ash she took her glove off again and only undid the wards of her Chronomancy to make a small magic bubble.

"Not as fun as the idea of trying to give you magic by stealing your lips but... Even I can sometimes not be in the mood for such things..."

A utter lie and it was clear in her tone, she would have loved the chance to steal Ronja's lips if it could be useful to the girl but there was the less intrusive measure so Kaede chose to use such instead. Even if it was only her chrono magic being exposed to Ronja it was like looking into a blackened ocean. The bottom was impossible to find and anything that fell into it would be reduced to nothing. THAT was why she kept her magic trapped and locked to avoid losing everything that made the world worth living in.

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@Ronja Bubblyfoot

 

[Ronja Bubblyfoot]

"Yours?" Ronja watched intently, seeing the magic effects unfolding in front of her eyes. Flickering, Ronja squinted at the way the magic manifested, corrupting grass and life alike, making Ronja stare confused for a moment.

Waiting for an explanation for all of this, Ronja could feel her heart soften at the words. Why the other would choose to have this sort of ability? Was it something imposed on her? "And there is nothing you can do to change it? Like... Those are... Just like masteries, right? Can't you just..." Her eyes flickered again. "... It isn't possible to overwrite it? Or you want to keep it?" The question lingered more.

Kaede didn't have a UI and that kept slipping past Ronja's mind, so the least she could wonder is if there was a way for someone without UI to change their abilities.

"Do you think it works differently on someone like Ronja? A Magia, Ronja means." She asked, wondering about it. After all, while she was somewhat organic biotechnology, there was some artificiality on her that made her nature a bit ambiguous.

Maybe-

Without much restraint or hesitation, Ronja reached for Kaede's uncovered hand with her own, trying to hold it if the woman didn't stop her in time.

@Kaede Hoshi

 

[Darkness]

Somewhere in eastern Brisshal

Kaede would not stop the girl from doing as she wanted, she was keeping most of the darkness back but the fact remained the girl had chose to come in direct contact with the source and the results would show. Ronja would feel the flood of twisted magic that Kaede dealt with daily but five times as worse. it was enough to count to help charge the girl but she would no doubt likely feel like she was swimming in an ocean that was trying to pull her below the currents.

"You should be able to charge without touching me... That's what the bubble is for... but if you want to risk it your choice..."

Kaede was to focused on keeping the magic from mixing to word it any differently. The issue however was since Ronja was holding Kaede's hand the girl COULD get past the firewalls and draw the taboo magic out. Deep from within the ocean of magic there was a voice, calling to be let out unknown to Kaede this voice was that of the dark magics. Moving to make it easier for Ronja if she wanted to keep holding the hand or move it away to avoid the girl from thinking to test the waters again as she spoke.

"All things have life force, that is what the magic devours like the sin of gluttony. Be it tree, animal, person, or Magia, nothing is spared. The dark magic is a fuel, but it takes a toll on the mental state of someone... The only magic that I doubt would effect you entirely the same is Hemomancy..."

Kaede mulled the idea some, she knew that Magia did bleed, but was unsure if it could be called the same as any other race or thing that bled. She did not have the tools to check the blood closer to see if it matched. Either way Kaede would keep being a magic source for as long as Ronja needed, yawning slightly as she herself was getting slightly tired also but would fight it as long as she had her magic exposed to avoid mishaps.

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@Ronja Bubblyfoot

 

[Ronja Bubblyfoot]

"To think that you have such a thing." She muttered, having a sorrowful hint in her eyes, still holding the woman's hand gently and pondering deeply.

Her free hand opened and closed, quickly switching the pain limiter and the auto assist off.

"And how do you stay with it? Doesn't it hurt? Were you forced to have it?" Ronja tilted her head, with her eyes flickering while her artificial pupils retracted and clicked twice. "Ronja doesn't really mean to recharge from you, she just wants to understand it." She said, looking at Kaede and then at their hands touching. She interweaved her fingers on Kaede's, closing her eyes and focusing for a moment.

Her hair billowed, raising as if a wind came from nowhere- Or perhaps it was almost like some magic magnetism. She sought for Kaede's magic, ignoring for a moment her own well-being and Kaede's restraint. Wandering into the ocean of dark magic, trying to dive in if it was possible or allowed.

@Kaede Hoshi