NIGHT 0 Posted July 3, 2020 Author #21 Share Posted July 3, 2020 It was NIGHT's rigid movements that had broken the air. A pull of a familiar worn scroll from the ether, and a handful of taps and shifts on the display. They came to a stop in the middle of the coast once again, not too far away from the settlement still. For what it was worth, at least this dungeon entrance hadn't been found in the middle of the ocean again. The player's gaze shifted smoothly towards their silent companion. The blond seemed to be reticent, speechless; where there were once stars in their eyes, each of them had now been winked out by a befuddled uncertainty marking their wandering sights. Out to the ocean, they turned their head, their eyes captured by the push and pull of the waves. In the quiet, NIGHT let herself loosen up a sigh. "... good on you." A gentle swivel. DAY found themselves looking back upon their partner. Link to post Share on other sites
NIGHT 0 Posted July 3, 2020 Author #22 Share Posted July 3, 2020 "Sorry -- I didn't catch that." NIGHT hummed, disgruntled at having to repeat herself. Her eyes dashed away as she'd shut the scroll in her hands, wrapping around its length with her palms. "--...said ...thought it looked good on you. Okay...?" "Mm?" With the way their tone had picked up in fervor, NIGHT knew that her double's curiosity had at least peaked enough to brighten their mood. Still, with the empty expression they'd given her in return, the player couldn't help but stew in their own silent contemplation, wondering if DAY was merely having trouble processing her words or if she'd simply kept herself soft spoken. For embarrassment reasons. "What is it?" A hint of cutting annoyance. Okay, it really was the latter. NIGHT sucked in a breath before trying to project her voice, lowering the map to her side. Before the words even left her mouth, she could feel a bloom spreading across her face, the scarlet just as warm as the burning sun above. Link to post Share on other sites
NIGHT 0 Posted July 3, 2020 Author #23 Share Posted July 3, 2020 "You follow me around all the time anyway, so you just seemed like a pet. When I saw the ears, I just thought they'd look good on you." Even though she had said it in as dry a tone as possible, NIGHT wondered if her delivery had convinced DAY nor herself. Her explanation was half rational, half a lie; it had been a joke first and foremost, complimentary gift a heartbeat later, especially since how her double had grown attached to the item of no-value. Not to mention there was a part of her that had wanted to say the gift was from her double instead. Though, NIGHT wanted nothing to say about this, the throbbing in her heart a bit much to bear in its admittance. She'd let the map fade away into hammerspace, feet starting to shuffle along the ground. "That good enough for you? We don't exactly have all day to look for these dungeons, y'know." Link to post Share on other sites
NIGHT 0 Posted July 3, 2020 Author #24 Share Posted July 3, 2020 They did, in fact, have all day to accommodate the player's search; such was the fate of Aincrad's users stuck perpetually in a prison of their overlord's making. Though NIGHT's reason for moving on from the conversation was in response to something subtle -- DAY's expression had molded into an unreadable neutral at the reasoning for their headband, and NIGHT didn't want to keep stuttering on the issue of her surprise antics. What was she left to say in the face of a somewhat dissatisfied audience? What a pain. Dealing with DAY was a pain. Of course, it had been at some fault of NIGHT's own, she chided herself, as she took her several paces away from her companion. "... still thinking of me, right?" "..." She could hazard a guess as to what her Gemini might have muttered as she was leaving her side. Instead, she looked over her shoulder and nodded her head towards the distance, hoping that her face hadn't given away any signs of curiosity, contemplation or remorse. Link to post Share on other sites
NIGHT 0 Posted July 3, 2020 Author #25 Share Posted July 3, 2020 "Are you coming?" There was a delay in their answer, but DAY eventually returned a hum of agreement, before taking long strides over to catch up to her. NIGHT returned her gaze to the horizon, vision set on the painted whites in the baby blue, hoping that in her lead, they wouldn't catch her mulling over their less than ideal interaction. What was her double even so perturbed about from her own words, anyway? It troubled NIGHT verily, though she hated to admit the bother. She'd stall on any matter of conversation to bring up with her other (as though she had much to bring up in the first place), too fixated on her wariness to uphold a modicum of politeness; a taut, unspoken alliance shared between herself and her mirror. In the sand, two figures snaked their way across the coast. A meter of distance apart from each other, one shadowed ever obediently after their-- Link to post Share on other sites
NIGHT 0 Posted July 3, 2020 Author #26 Share Posted July 3, 2020 THREAD SUMMARY Quote [Total] + 3SP + 1,000col + Dungeon Map (2): [Advanced Dungeon Map: Floor 24 (#156524)] EDIT [6/9/20]: Removing illegal maps from the listings below. Oops. Guess who forgot only one dungeon could be searched for per thread? orz Spoiler [Quest Reward] + 1SP + 600col [Thread Progression] + 1SP + 400col [Dungeon Searches] + ID: [156524] | LD: 23 (11, +12) | Cached in map: [Advanced Dungeon Map: Floor 24 (#156524)]. [Misc] Quarantine SP Bonus! + 1SP Link to post Share on other sites
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