A Rose Arose Alongside A Purple Dusk - OTA

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Open/locked?:Open
Who: Cassidy, Grey, and whomever they encounter
What: Arrival!
Warnings: Given their series, pretty much anything has potential, but other than violence mentions these two are pretty safe.


Cassidy groaned and pushed herself up off the ground. Her head hurt. Had she passed out in the herb garden again? Tulips, Grey was going to go hissy cat on her for that. Except... she hadn't been draining anything into the land. It had still been locked under too much snow.

It was still cold here, but this wasn't the garden at the Queen's Residence at all. It was some sort of lawn. And there was a.... Wow. she stared at the large school, building. It was almost as large as the Hall, though not as intimidating. And not as Dark.

Hearing a groan, Cassidy looked behind herself, then gasped and dropped back to her knees. "Grey!" she called, reaching out a trembling hand to touch him carefully. When he just groaned again, she took a breath and snapped some steel into her spine. And her voice. Sitting back on her heels, she spoke in a firm and even voice. "Prince Jared Blaed, attend."

That did it. Like someone having a bucket of cold water thrown on him, he was at once awake and alert. Though with less sputtering and anger. He sat up, his green eyes locking on her hazel ones. "What's wrong?" he asked, the words almost a demand.

"That's what I'd like to know," she said, leaning back on her heels now that he was sitting up. She got to her feet and offered him a hand, which he took. Once they were both standing, she reached up to take off her hat, but at a glare from him, her hand dropped and she played with the end of her red braid instead.

They were an odd looking couple, based on where they came from. He had the look of Shalador and Dena Nehele - athletic, fit, golden skin, angular features, dark hair, green eyes. She, on the other hand inherited all her looks from her mother Derva, which meant that she was gawky, too tall, with pale skin, freckles that she hated, hazel eyes, and red hair that she was coming to hate less this past year.

But at the same time they looked perfect as a couple together. But that was because of how they stood, ready to face any trouble together. They even circled with their backs to each other as they looked around the new place.

"Is it concerning or a relief that I haven't spotted Vae?" she mumbled.

His temper sharpened and he reached back to give her hand a warning squeeze. "Company," he said, seeing someone notice them...

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"Coffee," they both said at the same time, almost before he finished the question. They shared a smile between them that could have melted the snow outside.

"And when you come back," Grey asked, "you can tell us what a phone is, perhaps?" The idea of something with a game appealed. So long as the game wasn't chess.

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Sylv too at the cute moment. "Coffee it is!", he said. "And the phones are those little gadgets in the boxes there." He indicated a stack of several phones in unopened boxes also sitting on the table. "They doo come with instructions, though it may be easier just to show you when I get back."

"For now, to the kitchen I go! Back in a flash!" With that Sylv headed off to the kitchen, leaving them momentarily alone in the lobby.

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They smiled as he left. Then they had a conversation, mentally, silently, as they waited, trying to calm each other down.

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It wasn't long before Sylv returned with three mugs of coffee, a container of non-dairy creamer, and a small bowl of sugar cubes on a tray. "Here we are!", he said, setting the tray down on the table. "Three mugs of coffee, fresh and hot. Sorry we don't have any milk, darlings, though this stuff works well enough as a substitute for things like this."

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"This is fine, thank you," Cassidy said. Grey picked up a cup for her and handed it to her, then selected his own. They both were content to sip quietly while they waited for Sylvando to say whatever he was going to say.