Nova
Blinking, recognition passed over her, the name clicking into place. She wasn't sure it fit the languid way he stood or the mischievous curve of his smirk, but she pretended that it did, that she would have gotten there eventually. "Mmm. Callum. That's right."
Nova brightened, bouncing on the balls of her feet as she leaned forward, completely unbothered by the momentarily lapse in intelligence. Not everyone could be as smart as she was, so sometimes she had to help them along the way. "Yup! Like a supernova!" She threw a wink his way, accenting it with a shimmering of sparkles that flew from the deep blue of her eyes.
Then the memory mud was tapping back at her boot, insistent and determined to bond with the red rubber. Nova was ready to fling it off, freeze it in place, or scorch the thing, but apparently Callum had a better idea. The bottlecap went flying along the path, plopping lightly in the mud.
At first, she thought it wouldn't do anything, that Callem might just be playing with her, but then the mud shifted, rippling and wriggling like an excited pet as it made its way to fetch the bottlecap. It engulfed the piece of metal, tugging it down into the murky surface.
Delighted by the reaction, Nova clapped her hands, looking to Callum. "Ooh! Let me try!" Her hand moved in a motion similar to snapping, an identical bottlecap appearing between her fingers, formed by magic for her to throw on a different section of the path.
The mud reacted the same way, chasing after the trinket in a wave of murky liquid. It absorbed the bottlecap with a quiet sucking motion, and Nova crouched a little closer, giggling at the new discovery. "I guess it is kind of cute."
Nova brightened, bouncing on the balls of her feet as she leaned forward, completely unbothered by the momentarily lapse in intelligence. Not everyone could be as smart as she was, so sometimes she had to help them along the way. "Yup! Like a supernova!" She threw a wink his way, accenting it with a shimmering of sparkles that flew from the deep blue of her eyes.
Then the memory mud was tapping back at her boot, insistent and determined to bond with the red rubber. Nova was ready to fling it off, freeze it in place, or scorch the thing, but apparently Callum had a better idea. The bottlecap went flying along the path, plopping lightly in the mud.
At first, she thought it wouldn't do anything, that Callem might just be playing with her, but then the mud shifted, rippling and wriggling like an excited pet as it made its way to fetch the bottlecap. It engulfed the piece of metal, tugging it down into the murky surface.
Delighted by the reaction, Nova clapped her hands, looking to Callum. "Ooh! Let me try!" Her hand moved in a motion similar to snapping, an identical bottlecap appearing between her fingers, formed by magic for her to throw on a different section of the path.
The mud reacted the same way, chasing after the trinket in a wave of murky liquid. It absorbed the bottlecap with a quiet sucking motion, and Nova crouched a little closer, giggling at the new discovery. "I guess it is kind of cute."
- Smile - sparkle -
- Shine -
