Seven

[pendantry]

[Raven is late for work this morning.

She's hard on herself about it all morning long, working on her projects with hardly a word to anyone else, because things like that are unacceptable. Especially when she's in this kind of mood. When it comes around to lunch time she stalks out of the smithy, bag in hand, sore on top of being frustrated with herself.

Usually she sits on the bench outside the building if it's a nice day; this time her feet take her all the way to the plaza, to sit by the fountain and break the bread of her sandwich bun into little pieces for the local birds. She's just not hungry. They are, so why not share? A small cluster of them shares her bench with her until or unless someone walks by to disturb them.

For a while, she sits there and stares at nothing. Lately everyone is whispering about that going-home stuff. And while she misses home...is Luceti really so terrible? It's like a bigger, weirder Sharance sometimes. Thinking about this too much is giving her a headache, though, so she rubs her temples with a low irate sound and gets up to go back to work.

Then lightheadedness kicks in, she overbalances too much to one side, and into the fountain she goes, cut off before she can finish shouting.

Thus, she is wet and disheveled and heavy-eyed by the time she does get back to work. Late. Again. And at last, obviously not feeling well after all.]

[[ooc: I do not mind timeline-breaking this or that in here! There are lots of places to cook up shenanigans or have a chat.]]

Comments

[pendantry]

That's too bad.

[An echo of Sofia, except she means it, in his case. Too bad for him.]

[heavensmostwanted]

[Before he could say anything, Cerberus had arrived on the scene, stopping next to his master. It's white mane was certainly cleaned, and too close, anyone can feel some heat generating from the beast.

It stares at Raven, looking at her from head to toe.]

...what, you can dry her? I think its established she desires no aid.

[pendantry]

[This time, she takes a second or two to get an actual look at his companion. Cerberus garners more approval than Naoki almost immediately.]

Wind magic?

[heavensmostwanted]

[Of course the giant monster puppy would get the attention. Look at the fur!]

Fire and wind magic. Cerberus can control both thanks to my aid.

[The demon nods in agreement.]

[pendantry]

[And what makes you so special?]

Good for him. [Raven remains unmoved and unimpressed. And dripping.]

[heavensmostwanted]

[She was about to find out. Before Naoki could even turn around and leave, Cerberus gave a deep breath, power summoning from that alone. Raven would soon first feel a small yet powerful wind, followed by warmth, heat erasing the fire. Normally, such a spell combination would take longer to perform, and be powerful enough to knock back others, but Cerberus had control. He was after all the guard hound of hell.]

[pendantry]

[The warmth is noted, and not unwelcome, but Raven's suspicious look now bounces between Naoki and Cerberus equally.]

Why are you helping? [Neither seems like the incessantly helpful type.]

[heavensmostwanted]

Bothered me by not doing anything.

[Cerberus nodded to his master's word, though motioned with his head a small push. His way of saying to push his master's good intentions, even if he never admitted it in full.]

Besides, I still owed you for the weapons too.

[pendantry]

They're free. Nothing costs money here.

[And Raven was growing to like working that way.]

[heavensmostwanted]

And I like it that way too, but old habits are hard to break.

[pendantry]

Well you don't owe anything.

[And since she considers this conversation over, she turns to head back for the smithy at a sluggish pace.]

[heavensmostwanted]

You're welcome I guess?

[He sighed, turning to Cerberus.]

She seemed to like you more. What do you think?

[Cerberus merely gave the boy a look over before sighing himself. Naoki growled.]

Gee, thanks for the moral support.

[pendantry]

[She did. That's the simple answer.

A few yards away and she has another wonderfully lightheaded moment, plopping down onto a random someone's front steps.]

[heavensmostwanted]

Meh, if I can live being burned alive while getting munched on, she can do her thing without our aid.

[Not like she was in any danger of fainting. Though why he suddenly cared is still anyone's guess. Cerberus had a lot of influence it seemed. But for now, he was turning the other way.]