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[darkestbefore]

Who: Yona, Chise, Oscar
When: early July/Juril
Where: Yona's Cottage
What: She'd been looking for some roommates - and found it was an easier search than she'd anticipated.
Warnings: n/a


[ Yona's had a month to work on the little cottage she'd claimed for herself. it's quite an improvement over how she'd found it, even though there's a long way to go. Most of the rooms have been dusted and scrubbed. A few have a fresh coat of paint. It had given her a chance to try out several new little spells and cantrips when it came to maintaining the place and had been a place to practice new things over the past few weeks - both magic and otherwise.

Yona's never had a house of her own before. Nothing she's had to keep and maintain and tidy. This is... well, it's a very new experience for her. And while there had certainly been some mishaps and mistakes along the way, she's rather proud of how it's shaping up. It's still going to need some work, and she's barely touched the gardens and lawn outside the place, but it's a start.

Which was why she'd finally felt brave enough to reach out for some potential roommates. This place had several rooms free and she didn't take up that much space. Besides, she was so used to sharing a single tent with several bodies that roaming around this place on just her own was a little... lonely. She'd been worried about who would respond, but the two who had already had her delighted in having them as new housemates.

Which should be starting shortly, as she gathers together some drinks and snacks while she waits for the pair to arrive to see the place and meet each other. She's bustling around the kitchen - mostly to keep busy so she doesn't get too nervous - and listens for the doof. ]

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[darkestbefore]

A barn? Oh goodness! [ She blinks, then claps her hands together as she smiles at him. ] Were you a farmer?

[ That's clearly not a downside. In fact, she sounds a little fascinated. ]

[inheirence]

[ It's not a reaction he's used to getting, but he nods, finding the unexpected interest kind of sweet, even if he also feels kind of bashful. ]

Yeah. My aunt owns a farm, and I helped her run it after she took me in when I was little.

[darkestbefore]

It sounds as if it would have been hard work, but I bet you learned a lot at the same time.

[ It's far different than her own childhood - which gave her very little practical knowledge, in fact. But she is very good at understanding people. And politics, to her chagrin. But Yoon has long been trying to give her a more prcatical knowledge since meeting him. At least she won't starve outside the palace walls now... ]

[inheirence]

[ Before leaving and growing beyond the role of a farmhand, he would've only agreed with that reluctantly — what he values most is aiding others, and in a world overrun with monsters, tilling fields and watering crops just didn't seem like enough. Now, though, his features soften in a moment of thought. ]

There were parts of that life I didn't like, but it comes in handy sometimes. [ The skills he picked up then are the ones he's offering here, after all. ] I think... I can appreciate it more now than I used to.

[darkestbefore]

[ She gives a quiet laugh at that and gestures for him to have a seat, moving to sink down across from him. ]

Isn't that how it always goes? Hindsight and all that, isn't it? We never quite appreciate the things we're fortunate to have, until we leave them behind and miss them.

[inheirence]

[ He sits as invited, one hand resting on the table while another rubs at the back of his neck. ]

It's a mistake I'm trying not to make again, at least.

[ But it'd be hard to miss that she, too, is speaking from experience, and his expression falls a bit, wondering if what she misses is familiar faces from home or something that was lost even prior to coming here. While he doesn't want to ask anything she might not wish to answer, he also doesn't want to let it pass without acknowledgement. ]

I'm sorry you've been through that.

[darkestbefore]

[ Yona just gives him a warm, understanding smile as she poures them some of the tea that had been set out to steep. ]

Thank you. I'm sorry you have as well. Although I can't say I'm sorry for the perspective such experience has granted me. I think I'd rather understand such a thing so I can appreciate what I know now, rather than to have continued to live on obliviously.

[ A pause, before she gives a slightly sheepish laugh at herself. ] Not something everyone would agree with, I know. but I'm still grateful all the same.