Isla
"Well, then I concede to your pickup line and accept the invitation," Isla says, easy amusement lacing her tone, and soon enough they are seated and the menus are passed out. Not so familiar with the tea shop, the Remedy is happy to go with the flow, following suit with Hotaru's order and adding a pot of earl grey tea to complete it.
The other woman's response is so apt that it almost takes Isla's words from her, and she nods slowly as the sentiment soaks into her skin. "Overwhelmed. That's a very accurate way of putting it," she agrees, before letting pebble blues lift once more to flicker across Hotaru's pretty features.
"I'm glad to hear it," she says - and that's honest, despite everything. "I can count the good seasons on one hand, these days. Hopefully there are more to come." Smiling her gratitude at the arrival of tea, she's privately grateful to have something else to do with her hands as she considers her own answer.
"Up and down," she says at last. "Recently things have taken a turn for the better, but... well, I imagine you heard that I left the House of Midnight." And probably a lot more besides, but Isla isn't privy to the depths of Sunjata's feelings or his conversations with the Valkyrie. She never has been.
The other woman's response is so apt that it almost takes Isla's words from her, and she nods slowly as the sentiment soaks into her skin. "Overwhelmed. That's a very accurate way of putting it," she agrees, before letting pebble blues lift once more to flicker across Hotaru's pretty features.
"I'm glad to hear it," she says - and that's honest, despite everything. "I can count the good seasons on one hand, these days. Hopefully there are more to come." Smiling her gratitude at the arrival of tea, she's privately grateful to have something else to do with her hands as she considers her own answer.
"Up and down," she says at last. "Recently things have taken a turn for the better, but... well, I imagine you heard that I left the House of Midnight." And probably a lot more besides, but Isla isn't privy to the depths of Sunjata's feelings or his conversations with the Valkyrie. She never has been.
I'll take a bruise, I know you're worth it
When you hit me, hit me hard
When you hit me, hit me hard
