psl with noah!!

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[waywardsong]

[...]

I thought you might say that. I... get it. I don't see it the way you do, but... I get it.

[rainshaveceased]

Our goal was ever the same, the salvation of the star. We simply had incompatible perspectives on what that meant.

[waywardsong]

"Simply".

[he does smile a little, as he glances down to the space between them]

I think those perspectives are important to have, even if they're incompatible. You... all of you Ascians have forced me to think about things I never wanted to. Things that are uncomfortable... or difficult, or painful... but if I never thought about them, I never would have learned. So... thank you.

[lifts his gaze and smiles at him, a bit cheeky]

For being a stubborn arse.

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...It gives me some comfort to hear that. To know that in some ways, it was not all for naught.

[waywardsong]

It wasn't.

[instinctively, he places his hand on top of elidibus's]

I promise.

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Thank you.

[he looks down at the hand covering his on, smiling faintly]

Perhaps that is what I truly came here to hear.

[waywardsong]

... if that's so, then maybe now you can rest.

[he smiles, but there's a pang of melancholy at the thought that he might have to say farewell forever... again.]

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...Come now. One might almost be fooled into thinking you are sad to see me go.

[waywardsong]

[huffs and glances aside, humbled]

Maybe I am... maybe my feelings for you will always be complicated.

["for you", not "towards you", or even "about you"...]

[rainshaveceased]

[that wording does not go unnoticed. what the hell.]

Ah, well. I do not seem to have disappeared yet.

[waywardsong]

[;D

at that comment, however, ahrun'ya blinks in confusion]

... huh. You're right. You don't... feel yourself being pulled into the aetherial sea or anything?

[rainshaveceased]

Nothing of the sort. There must still be something else left.

[waywardsong]

I really hope this doesn't involve something complicated like soul extraction...

Any ideas? If the solution is to mend the divide between us, I think we've made good progress...

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I wonder. Can that divide even be fully mended?

[waywardsong]

... I don't think it ever will. Not completely. We've both said our piece on that.

But I'm not giving up.

[squeezes elidibus's hand, reflexively]

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[glancing down at their hands]

Then... what now?

[waywardsong]

[with a helpless smile]

Do you know how to dance?

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[






help]

Yes?

[waywardsong]

Great!

[ahrun'ya gets to his feet, tugging elidibus along with him, as the scenery morphs into a forest glade clearing at night, the full moon high in the sky and the stars bright and shimmering. lanterns give light to the scene, though not brightly, and fireflies flit to and fro. there's the sound of music being played nearby--lute music, like the one ahrun'ya played, but also flutes and panpipes and drums. it's upbeat, joyous, and celebratory. it feels like there should be people around, laughing and dancing and singing, but there's only the two of them there.]

Welcome to my home--or something like it, anyroad.

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[HELP THIS IS DEFINITELY UNDENIABLY A DATE NOW HELP]

You... truly wish to dance with me?

[waywardsong]

[;D]

Why not? Unless you're worried about tripping in that long robe?

[teasing,]

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That is not a concern, of course.

[what is happening,]

It is just... another unexpected turn.

[waywardsong]

If you don't want to, we don't have to. I just thought it sounded... well, nice.

[tail swishes, hopeful yet embarrassed]

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...

I am not opposed.

[waywardsong]

[tail goes UP! and ahrun'ya lets go of elidibus's hand so he can bow deeply, all flourish, before he holds it out again for him to take]

I doubt the style of dancing I'm used to is anything like yours, but... let's see what happens, eh?