Badly Injured Man Not Done Partying Yet

[withwisdom]

WHO: Zelda and others
WHERE: Various
WHEN: November
WHAT: Quests and other things.
WARNINGS: None at the moment.

(This post is mainly to serve as a catch-all for log threads. If you want to thread shoot me a pm and we can think something up together. No open prompts because apping new character + two events this month = me needing to chill.)

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[regrede]

[ neither of them know what they’re doing, but that’s what makes this fun, isn’t it? they’re playing at being real teenagers, and no matter how silly it is, she has to appreciate it. ]

What else did that book of yours say to do?

[ she lets zelda take the pillow, but keeps a grip on it, because she’s not going to let her guard down. ]

[withwisdom]

[ she just tries to tug it away from sierra's grip, but her strength isn't close to a match to get it out. humph. ]

As I recall... there was some daydreaming about their dream prince, braiding each others hair, dancing too. It was a child's book so it was all very innocent.

[ she liked to pretend they were her friends and that they would come to her castle, be amazed at how it looked. the dreams of a lonely girl. ]

[regrede]

Hah! Let’s see… I don’t know how to braid, I haven’t danced in centuries, and the last thing I’m looking to do is marry into royalty. How about you?

[ but sierra probably wouldn’t say no to gossip if zelda offered it up. ]

[withwisdom]

I can braid, am an excellent dancer, and people would marry me into royalty rather than the other way around.

[ she shrugs with a playful smile. point taken. ]

Those girls in my books always enjoyed themselves with the simplest things. It boggled me. Maybe because their lives were also so simple. It's... enviable, in its own way.

[regrede]

You make yourself sound like such a catch.

[ sensing that there’s only so much they can actually do, sierra moves to start burrowing herself into zelda’s blankets. having napped alongside kisa before, she is well aware of how nice it is to have a warm body with her, though, so chop chop. ]

Enviable, you say? I suppose, in a way, it is.

[withwisdom]

I - I don't know about a catch, but...

[ well, in normal circumstance she wouldn't need to worry about that. she would be married off to a nobleman more than likely and he would assume his position as king. her father would oversee that, just as her grandfather did for when her mother's marriage was arranged. none of that will happen now though, and zelda hasn't really thought about it like that until now. ]

...A normal life is enviable. I wish I could have that.

[ she sighs, frustrated now, and decides she'll take sierra's cue to join her under the blankets. the night is cold but the these blankets are comfortably warm. even if now, being underneath them with another person, is striking her with nerves as she remains still as a board. ]

[regrede]

[ sierra notices zelda’s slight panic, her tension, but it’s not enough for her to pull herself out from under the sheets when zelda’s body heat helps to make it warm. ]

I don’t know about “normal,” but life here must be different.

[ for all the things that are the same from day-to-day, she isn’t sierra the founder, in chroma. she is simply sierra, and it’s her duty to her past that has her carrying the name and burden of it even now.

she pats zelda’s hand, under the blanket. ]

[withwisdom]

[ zelda pulls her hand away from sierra on reflex alone, but after a moment she turns in her place so she can lay on her side and look to her. ]

It's the sort of life I never thought I'd have. And I like it, maybe more than I should.

[ it feels like a terrible thing to say. so many people here struggle to adjust, and they would gladly jump at the chance to return home. zelda too wants to go back, but staying here - even with all the woes it comes with - doesn't feel like the worst thing in the world either. she's come to care about a lot of people here that she may never see again if she were to go, people like sierra.

her brow creases in the thought that either one of them could vanish by morning and, in that panic, reaches out to embrace her into a rather awkward hug given their positions. ]

[regrede]

—agh?!

[ sierra is not used to displays like this, especially when she thought they were settling down, and of course she stiffens in zelda’s awkward embrace, succeeding in making it just a few degrees more awkward. ]

Zelda, what are you doing?

[ she asks, but she’s not trying to fight her way out of it or anything. ]

[withwisdom]

[ good question. um- ]

There's -- There's a quest, you know. Having to do with cuddling. We may as well since we're here.

[ "i had a moment of crisis where i thought you might disappear and i reacted without thinking." but that feels silly and she doesn't want to be laughed at. ]

[regrede]

[ the lie is painfully transparent, honestly, but it’s grounded in enough reality that sierra doesn’t decide to call attention to it. ]

“We may as well” sounds like you’d rather not, but you’re the one who grabbed me…

[ it’s too late, though. she’s committing, and she breathes out a little sigh. ]

Very well. I’ll play along.

[withwisdom]

Shush!

[ she's sad and feeling lonely now, let her be! ]

Why did you even come here tonight anyway?

[regrede]

[ they are officially in the cuddle zone now, and sierra will never admit that she finds it pleasant. ]

Perhaps fulfilling this quest was my goal all along.

[withwisdom]

[ a soft, unladylike snort comes out. ]

You're truly devious then. Lulling me into a false sense of security so that I would end up initiating.

[regrede]

I have my pride.

[ sierra curls up closer to zelda, and now that her eyes are closed, there’s honestly an 80% or higher chance that she’s going to fall asleep within the next ten minutes. it’s just part of who she is. ]

Now I can truthfully claim I was not the first to act.

[withwisdom]

Claim it to who? You're not going to tell anyone about this.

[ pride and all, zelda isn't going to admit to anything either. sleeping with a woman in the same bed already feels scandalous enough, there don't need to be rumors spread across town! ]

[regrede]

Oh, am I not? These contrary bones of mine now feel the need to spread a rumor…

[ one detrimental to zelda’s pride, of course, because that’s how these things work!!! ]

[withwisdom]

[ wow! ]

Should I spread one about how you came to my room seeking affection then?