⛄️ winter catchall

[hearthwarming]

❄️ who: oriphi & others
❄️ what: closed starters
❄️ when: winter
❄️ where: various
❄️ warnings: will add as needed

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YESSSS HE GETS THE LORE

[feralheart]

[ M-21 leans over, very casually wrapping his arm around her again to snuggle her back against his side where she'd been before she moved. Pictures?

Maybe it should have occurred to him to try to get something like that of his friends back home. Part of him might be more accustomed than he wants to admit to the idea that some memories inherently were fleeting. ]

...Huh. She doesn't look that tough.

[ She does kind of look that tough, but he's plenty prepared to bluster. The contrast to Ori — well, she already said, she knows. He flicks a glance sidelong at her, visibly comparing the two, and reaches over to tuck a strand of her hair back behind her ear again. ]

You said your wizard friend named the group. That's the cat? [ Or more of them were wizards. But mostly the question is a camouflage for what he's really wondering, his interest snagged on that tiny pause. ] Who's Colin?

[ Is it his imagination that she looks happy to be standing next to him there? Hm. ]

the deep wife lore...

[hearthwarming]

[ That comment about Val widens Ori's eyes, causing her to return that sidelong glance with a clear skepticism as her brows knit together - before the gentleness of him tucking her hair behind her ear dissipates what surely would have been something vaguely scolding.

Well, as long as he doesn't say anything like that where Valphi can hear him... He'll probably be fine(?). She'll just have to make sure he understands that her younger sister is incredibly clever and talented and has no problems stepping on people.

To his question, she shakes her head, and moves her fingers across the group portrait to point at Dae. ]

That was Dae. He's a wizard, too. He and his family used to make up the Alchemighty, but everyone else retired, so he sort of... Recruited the rest of us in, when we crossed paths.

[ And as for the next question... The tiny pause from earlier pales in comparison to the longer, thoughtful pause she now gives. Where does she start? How much should she say, to the man she's just agreed to marry? It was never her intent to keep M-21 from knowing about Colin, but she could never find a proper way to bring it up. It would be better for her to just say it all now. Especially if she's hoping for him to come back home with her, after some time. He deserves to know. ]

Colin is my oldest friend. Val and I met him while I was still a mercenary, so we've known each other for a long time. A traveling bard... Then we ran into each other again and ended up in this adventuring group together, when I was trying to find Val.

[ That about covers the half of it. The other half... ]

He told us he was from a noble family, but then we found out he's, um. A prince. [ A whole prince. ] And we, um... We were together for a while, but it didn't work out in the end. But it's okay - we ended things mutually! We're still friends, and everything's fine. [ Ahem. ] And now I'm here. With you!