it ain't no crime, it's just dreams we're stealin'
When Kaisel drops down beside her and slouches close enough that their shoulders brush, Flora shoots him a look of pure scandal, eyes widening as though he has just committed the gravest breach of protocol. "Colonel," she hisses under her breath, straightening her spine dramatically, "this is highly inappropriate fraternization." The corner of her mouth betrays her immediately as she grins at him before flipping through the polaroids, fanning them wide between her fingers like a deck of very sentimental playing cards. When he nods toward the one beneath the arch, she doesn’t even try to hide her smile this time. It spreads slow and luminous, the kind that feels like it belongs to a secret only two people in the world understand.
"I like that one too," she admits, tapping its corner before sliding it carefully aside as if it already has a designated wall in her mind. Then she lifts another square and holds it up between them. "And this one," she adds with a delighted little giggle, because it’s Kaisel mid-slip, one boot skidding on loose stone while his arms windmill in valiant but futile resistance. He looks heroic anyway, somehow, even mid-flail. She leans into him as she laughs, rank forgotten entirely now, shoulder pressing into his arm as though gravity prefers them this way.
At the suggestion of photographing Safrin, her entire expression lights up. "Oooh, we absolutely should," she says at once, already rearranging the photos into a loose constellation on the deck. The ruins, the wyrm, him looking stoic, her pretending to conquer the world, she places them with care, like building a small altar of moments.
Spice returns just then with the feather boa clamped proudly in her jaws, dragging it up the steps with great ceremony. Flora gasps softly in approval and takes it from her, fluffing it out before draping it around the cluster of photos in a loose, ridiculous frame. She smooths the boa once, then rises to her feet, braid slipping forward over her shoulder as she takes a steadying breath.
"Safrin?" Flora calls out. "I know we’re far from Torchline," she continues, tone softening just a fraction, "but we wanted to see the city you helped save. To remember it properly." She glances back at Kaisel, and something bright and nervous flutters in her chest, that same wild little crush blooming all over again as if the mountain and the vows and the ring were not proof enough. Her thumb brushes unconsciously over the flower of gemstones at her finger.
Clearing her throat, she straightens. "I know you already married us," she says, a smile tugging at her mouth that she tries—and fails—to fully suppress. "And that was absolutely amazing." Her lower lip catches briefly between her teeth as she searches for the right shape of courage, then she exhales it in one rush. "But we were wondering," she says, gaze flicking to Kaisel again, then back out to the sky, 'if there’s a way for Kaisel to write his proposal in the stars." The words leave her in a breathless tumble, hopeful and bold all at once. "So that everyone could see it," she finishes, chin lifting just slightly.
Magic: Divine Acknowledgement | Can pray to a god from any location (does not have to be at a shrine) .
Regional Score bonus: +21 in all shrine visits, drops, PQ+s, KQs, etc. (You must post this at the bottom of any post where a +19 should be included). Residents cannot be cursed at shrines in this region.
Highest Overall Score bonus: +10 in all shrine visits, drops, PQ+s, KQs, etc. (You must post this at the bottom of any post where a +10 should be included).
Accepted receive +20 and roll with advantage at all shrines. Include this at the bottom of all shrine posts.
"I like that one too," she admits, tapping its corner before sliding it carefully aside as if it already has a designated wall in her mind. Then she lifts another square and holds it up between them. "And this one," she adds with a delighted little giggle, because it’s Kaisel mid-slip, one boot skidding on loose stone while his arms windmill in valiant but futile resistance. He looks heroic anyway, somehow, even mid-flail. She leans into him as she laughs, rank forgotten entirely now, shoulder pressing into his arm as though gravity prefers them this way.
At the suggestion of photographing Safrin, her entire expression lights up. "Oooh, we absolutely should," she says at once, already rearranging the photos into a loose constellation on the deck. The ruins, the wyrm, him looking stoic, her pretending to conquer the world, she places them with care, like building a small altar of moments.
Spice returns just then with the feather boa clamped proudly in her jaws, dragging it up the steps with great ceremony. Flora gasps softly in approval and takes it from her, fluffing it out before draping it around the cluster of photos in a loose, ridiculous frame. She smooths the boa once, then rises to her feet, braid slipping forward over her shoulder as she takes a steadying breath.
"Safrin?" Flora calls out. "I know we’re far from Torchline," she continues, tone softening just a fraction, "but we wanted to see the city you helped save. To remember it properly." She glances back at Kaisel, and something bright and nervous flutters in her chest, that same wild little crush blooming all over again as if the mountain and the vows and the ring were not proof enough. Her thumb brushes unconsciously over the flower of gemstones at her finger.
Clearing her throat, she straightens. "I know you already married us," she says, a smile tugging at her mouth that she tries—and fails—to fully suppress. "And that was absolutely amazing." Her lower lip catches briefly between her teeth as she searches for the right shape of courage, then she exhales it in one rush. "But we were wondering," she says, gaze flicking to Kaisel again, then back out to the sky, 'if there’s a way for Kaisel to write his proposal in the stars." The words leave her in a breathless tumble, hopeful and bold all at once. "So that everyone could see it," she finishes, chin lifting just slightly.
Magic: Divine Acknowledgement | Can pray to a god from any location (does not have to be at a shrine) .
Regional Score bonus: +21 in all shrine visits, drops, PQ+s, KQs, etc. (You must post this at the bottom of any post where a +19 should be included). Residents cannot be cursed at shrines in this region.
Highest Overall Score bonus: +10 in all shrine visits, drops, PQ+s, KQs, etc. (You must post this at the bottom of any post where a +10 should be included).
Accepted receive +20 and roll with advantage at all shrines. Include this at the bottom of all shrine posts.
anything to get more of this feeling
