middaeg | February Catch-All!

Who: Rose and You!
When: Throughout the Month of February
Where: Various Places
What: Various Things (Open and Closed Prompts!)
Warnings: Possible spoilers for Final Fantasy XIV or Kingdom Hearts in marked threads, etc.

[What Angel Wakes Me - Open]

[The warning signs had been there for months. Rose's insistence on chuckling. Finding things fun that she usually wouldn't. A penchant for trickery. The fact that her burns sustained at the Rathmores' had been healing slowly, even more slowly than she'd expect.]

[One February morning, as she looks in the mirror, she's forced to confront the truth of it all. She'd become the thing she hated most.]

[A fairy.]

[A pair of familiar-looking wings had sprouted on her back, seemingly overnight. She was a good six inches shorter than she was the previous day, putting her just under four and a half feet. The air sparkled around her, as if this appearance wasn't already cursed enough.]

BLOODY HELL!

[Not in the house? Not a problem! Her scream can be heard for miles.]

[The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1 - Open]

[With her wings came a variety of benefits that she'd never expected. For one, people tended to avoid her in crowds. Nobody wanted a fae's wing to hit them in their face, so Rose is blessed with an abundance of personal space.]

[Unfortunately, these wings tended to get caught on things. Rose hasn't mastered the art of walking with wings yet, and when she tries to enter a shop, the end of one of her wings gets caught on the door. She waves the nearest person over, a frown on her face.]

I appear to need some help.

[The Perks of Being a Wallflower 2 - Open]

[Wings are also great for avoiding people. Not only did people avoid her when she walked, she had the ability to float above the crowd, and avoid anyone she didn't like. Which is pretty much everyone.]

[For short periods of time, anyway. Rose had not properly been briefed on the dangers of fae flight. As it turns out, there's a very limited amount of stamina that she has, and there's only so long that she can sustain flight. Unfortunately, she finds this out as she's trying to fly over a relatively small crowd, and ends up crashing into somebody as she falls to the ground.]

Unbelievable.

[It's not an apology, but at least she's small, so it doesn't hurt as much. Right?]

[A Night on the Town - Open]

[With all the stress of her transformation, Rose needs a night on the town. So she signs up for speed-dating, despite her inherent disinterest in meeting new people. Or her inherent hatred of people themselves.]

[Make no mistake, she is here for the bar. In the spirit of her newfound faedom, her sole purpose tonight is to terrorize everyone here. Participants only get to talk for two minutes each! No matter. Rose needs far less than two minutes to scare most of the participants off.]

[Whoever matches with her will find a disgruntled Miqo'te sitting in the seat opposite them. She has a mug in her hand, and a frown on her face.]

Don't bother talking. I'm sure it won't end well for you.

[And a charming personality, to boot.]

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I thought the whole point was to look into the pool to see what you desire.

[ If you wish for something, then don't you already know what you want? That would make looking into those waters pointless, right? ]

Perhaps there are desires that we do not know we have. Hidden ones so to speak. Besides, the Coven wishes to know of this water as well.

[Maybe medical properties? But what would the waters show one who doesn't know their desire?]

[Rose nods towards Mira.]

I think you have the right of it. If you think about it, all of us have to want something.

[For Rose, she only wished to be home with her family. It was a wish she’d never see granted, of course, but that didn’t alter it in any way.]

What about the two of you? What do you want?

[ Vanitas, for the most part, stays silent while the two talk. He is busy examining the trees and whatnot. Looking for anything they might have missed. Any indication they aren't jus going in circles. ]

I want to be whole, obviously.

[ No secret there. ]

[Now it was Mira's turn. What exactly was her desire?]

Just some peace and quiet for awhile.

[Mainly because she's unsure how anyone would handle 'The world being at peace so the Warrior of Light and Darkness is no longer needed'. It's the only desire she can think of right now.]

[Rose nods. ‘Peace and quiet’ does sound lovely.]

[If she didn’t have to be the Warrior of Light, she would quietly slip out of town, and board a boat to Hingashi so she could be with her family. She wouldn’t tell anybody where she was going, and she might not even return.]

[Of course, she’s not going to say any of that out loud. Instead, what she mentions is:]

I, for one, could use a good night’s sleep.

[ Oh there is quite a chuckle that comes from Vanitas upon hearing that. ]

Honestly I think all three of us could use that.

[ It's an actual serious response too. Rose probably doesn't expect it. Or maybe she does. Vanitas knows he doesn't really sleep well. Mira doesn't either because she hardly rests. ]

Agreed.

[Vani wouldn't be lying; Mira hasn't properly rested ever since the kidnappings even when she finally lies down to try. And how many times does that get interrupted?]

Is there some sign we should be watching for?

[Rose shakes her head. As much as she hates the thought of Vanitas, it's nice to find something they agree on. Even if it's something as small as the benefit of a good night's rest.]

Not that I recall. Last time, I remember feeling unsure about something, and the next thing I knew, the pond was right in front of me.

[ A shame, really. Rose might not like Vanitas overly much, but he actually doesn't mind her. Not that she'll know this.

He clocks his tongue against his teeth. ]

What was it you were unsure about?

So the uncertainty unlocks the path?

[Well, desire does that, right?]

[Rose crosses her arms and frowns.]

If you have to know, I was thinking of Aymeric.

[And that’s all she’s gonna say about it.]

Perhaps. Maybe uncertainty about one’s desires?

[ Ah Aymeric. That guy isn't here anymore is he? Vanitas doesn't know what she could be indecisive about when it comes to the man, but he won't pry.

In fact, he doesn't really make a comment. The whole "uncertainty" thing s what he's sort of stuck on. Yes, Vanitas wants nothing more than becoming whole - filling the remaining holes and cracks in his heart.

However he doesn't know what shape he wants that to take anymore. He's always seen it as, well, him and Venus becoming one again. However, since coming here, Vanitas doesn't know if that is quite what he wants now.

Who is it that he wants to be? He just doesn't know. ]

I see.

[Were they close here? It's certainly not impossible. Mira doesn't comment on it much since it doesn't feel right but the idea of uncertainty seems to fit.]

Like it is something that you believe you want but deeper?

[Peace and quiet. A place where the Warrior of Light is not needed but not erased. That sounds like a good deal to Mira but...was that it? That couldn't be all she wanted, wasn't it?]

[Rose merely shrugs and shakes her head.]

Or indecision over what you want.

[As if on cue, there’s a bright flash of light from a nearby clearing.]

[ Talk about timing... It's as though that flash had appeared right on cue, huh? ]

You think maybe that's what we're supposed to be looking for?

[ So whose indecision summoned it? ]

[Who knows.]

Possibly. We should exercise caution just in case.

[Into the unknown...?]

[Rose nods, before heading towards the clearing. She's seen that flash before, she's sure.]

It can't hurt to check, can it?

[Sure enough, the pond is a short distance away. It's visible as soon as they clear the nearby trees. The pond itself almost sparkles, reflecting the light of the sun. It's warm and inviting.]

[ Or can it? Vanitas isn't sure about this now. All of the sudden this pond shows up? Just because a few of them are uncertain? Yeah, that isn't something that particularly inspires faith in him.

But he'll follow along. Not necessarily because the pool itself is calling out to him. It's just because he's here with two Warriors and Van is confident they can deal with whatever is thrown at them. ]

Remarkable...

[Following the others and taking notice of how inviting the place looks. It's all the more reason to keep her guard up.]

[Rose shakes her head, looking around the clearing. The more she inspects it, the more familiar it looks.]

It appears to be the same as last time. There weren’t any ill effects that I remember, but we should exercise caution.

No worries about that.

[ Because Vanitas is probably being wary enough about this entire thing for the whole lot of them. Ill effects or not, he doesn't really want to mess with anything and find out otherwise. ]

Okay... So what, exactly, do we need to do from here?

Should we gather water per usual or is there a trick to it?

[Come on, does anyone really want to stick something in their mouth right now?]

February Catch-All!

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