The Festival of the Holy Light (IC)

[AHSCA]

The first 30 minutes were actually showering while the rest was prepping for sleep. He exited the bathroom and found Shoko asleep. “Patience is a virtue.” he mumbled to himself. Setting his towel on a chair, he was ready to hit the pillow until he heard something vibrating, he looked around to see where it Camembert from and he found it in his suit jacket, it was his phone.

“Who am I speaking to?” he questioned.

“Your ticket home. How are you doing?”

“I’m fine, used Borgonni as bait, I probably told you that.”

“Yes you did. Not doing anything that can land you back in are you?”

“I don’t know, is standing naked in a room with a hooker illegal.” he smiled as he looked at the window, noticing the storm was picking up.

A few moments of silence passed when the man spoke again “No it is not I have regrettable news, I won’t be able to make it by morning, there’s a storm apparently and the earliest they’ve notified me is tomorrow afternoon or mid-day. I might not even get there tomorrow. I’m sorry.”

“Listen here, you’re getting here tomorrow! I don’t want to wait another more day than I have to here. We came in a little too hot so things might not work here. It is perfectly fertile, the Italians would love this place. But please try your hardest.”

The man on the other end sighed “I’ll try and get there as soon as possible, I’ll let you know when. Ciao.”

He hung up and left Jose in a bit of frustration. He was about to slam his phone on the bed but rememered Shoko was there

Jail

“Well, I have no information regrettably” Giuseppe responded “But I do have money.”

Shoko awoke sitting up "Ah I'm sorry I must have dozed off there." She yawned "Oh everything okay?"

Jail

"Sorry pal, gonna need something a lot more substantial than that. Money is replaceable and fleeting. If you don't have anything else of greater value, might as well sit down. Your Attorney will be here tomorrow maybe."

“100 years ago?” Tamaki asks interested.

"Oh my I don't think I can give you a long history lecture but 100 years ago people like me would have been just tossed away like trash because I'm blind. But now people know how to better handle those with disabilities. That's all really. "

Aceus would quietly hold her hand under the table, and give it a reassuring squeeze. "What better way to weather a storm than through a little music. I'll be certain to swing by this way." He would have to disagree with Haru about his soul being "good", or else he wouldn't have gotten into this mess in the first place. "You're certainly right about us eye it types, Mr. Vulpo. Though it must have quite a story, how the two of you met..."

"Aha well..." He chuckled a bit "Let's say there's a reason I took up farming. I do fishing on the side kind of and help my wife when I can but she's the better sailor here."

"My dear Vulpo ran his little boat on the rocks and I saved him. Next thing you know we're married."

"Yeah there she was, the vision of beauty, the most lovely Hoshine woman I've ever seen!"

"Aaww I love this story" Hina told to Annabell "Mama and papa's first meeting is so romantic"

"hehe I can tell, kind of reminds me of my own stepmom."

"Oh really?"

It seemed Anna had been put on the spot when the attention fell to her. "Oh yeah." She chuckled wiping her eyes "Well my real mom died when I was a little kid but my dad remarried not long ago to a very nice woman. She was also stranded, not her boat on the rocks or anything just broken down in the middle of nowhere. Papa came to her rescue and much like you two, next thing you know they're married."

The Kitan
"Hmm, would you look at that?" Einuis mused, looking outside his window at the worsening weather by standing on the windowsill, "That report really wasn't wrong, huh? Well, whatever. This definitely isn't that bad."
"My lord!" said Fimbulvetr as he ran up to his king, "We still have time to leave the islands on a vessel before the hurricane hits."
"Eh, I don't care," he replied, dismissively waving a flipper at him, "It's been too quiet in Psytronius anyway. I really need some excitement... but I am getting a bit hungry. Go get us some food from the restaurant, downstairs, would you? Take Diamond Dust along." Nodding his understanding, Fimbulvetr sauntered over to where the mentioned servant was & tapped her on the back with his flipper. From there, the two then exited the room for the restaurant.

Once down there, they would approach an available waitress. "Hey," Fimbulvetr would call out once he found them, "Uh, would it be possible to buy some more fried rice?"

"Oh sure thing." She nodded writing down the order "How many dishes would you like?" Once set she went off and it was prepared as quickly as he ordered it. "Here you go, please enjoy!"

"Yeah,I'm sure that we will choose soon,but for now we have the options and that's an good start" Tess says as she continues eating her food and seeing the sea,the storm will surely make things difficult and with the Hurricane coming,the schedule would need to be reset for compensate the time stuck in Aurora because of it,but for Tess it was worth it considering that she has more time to spend with her girlfriend in Aurora.

Some time later Tess has ended her dish and tea,and as always it was delicious for her. Taking her time to end it,and once done she ended it and waited for her girlfriend to end hers.

"Sweetie that food was awesome. Do you want something else here??" she asks requesting an waitress.

"No, I think I've had my fill thanks."

"Oooh Satou!" The waitress cooed "You're so lucky!"

"Ah Shio, I didn't know you were working today?"

"Ah well it's better than sitting at home watching the water rise. Mom and dad are overseas in Mokastana right now. I hope they aren't hearing the news, they'll try to race back as soon as they can."

"Well they would worry about you but we'll make it through this"

"That's what we like about you, Satou, your eternal optimism."

"Well let's just say, I had to have it kicked back into me a little" She smiled at Tess

"Well I'll be here all day. Think I'll just weather out the storm here unless they move us to shelters. Supposed to be on the low end of things but still antyhing can happen." She wrote out the check for them "If anything you found a girl who's ready to ride it with you, you got the real catch of the day no of the year no of the century, no!...."

"Ahaa Shio, calm down a little."

"Sorry, anyway here you go, have a nice day"

"That's Shio, I work with her. She's nice and sweet and also a little crazy."

[Mervay]

"No, I think I've had my fill thanks."

"Oooh Satou!" The waitress cooed "You're so lucky!"

"Ah Shio, I didn't know you were working today?"

"Ah well it's better than sitting at home watching the water rise. Mom and dad are overseas in Mokastana right now. I hope they aren't hearing the news, they'll try to race back as soon as they can."

"Well they would worry about you but we'll make it through this"

"That's what we like about you, Satou, your eternal optimism."

"Well let's just say, I had to have it kicked back into me a little" She smiled at Tess

"Well I'll be here all day. Think I'll just weather out the storm here unless they move us to shelters. Supposed to be on the low end of things but still antyhing can happen." She wrote out the check for them "If anything you found a girl who's ready to ride it with you, you got the real catch of the day no of the year no of the century, no!...."

"Ahaa Shio, calm down a little."

"Sorry, anyway here you go, have a nice day"

"That's Shio, I work with her. She's nice and sweet and also a little crazy."

"I see that she is very happy about you finding someone that wants to ride out with you the storm and so the rest forever" Tess says laughing an little about it. Once in home many would think that she was crazy with what she did here,but that doesn't mattered.

"If there is something that she is right about it is that optimism of yours. At least in most of the occasions,I guess that is my fault that part of it... Anyways we better leave to outside and see if it's calm enough for us to go to the hot springs" She says leaving the pay of the breakfast and some more credits for tip.

"Let's go!!" Tess says confident of that the stop will stop. She grabbed Satou hand and begun their way to leave the restaurant.

"Hey do you think that is perfect enough for us to go to the springs??"

[Kyrenaia]

"No, I'm sorry. I really am. I wish I could do more for you but at least I can comfort you."

A chortle escaped Aurelia, hiding her face deeper in the small of Marcella's neck.
"There are not many people, who know of my weaknesses...", she told Marcella, "...and even less people, who know, how I try to counter them... Dad, Aldhiyb, Uncle Ilia and Auntie Rasha, Atif... I rarely cry these days. Those five have seen me cry... and now you." She left the small of Marcella's neck, looking into her eyes. "Tell me, Marcella, which Aurelia is the real Aurelia? The one, that kicks in noses, the one, that cries, or the one, who loves to dance and to sing?"

[Lux Pulchrae]

Shoko awoke sitting up "Ah I'm sorry I must have dozed off there." She yawned "Oh everything okay?"

Jail

"Sorry pal, gonna need something a lot more substantial than that. Money is replaceable and fleeting. If you don't have anything else of greater value, might as well sit down. Your Attorney will be here tomorrow maybe."

"Yeah, everything is alright. Sorry to wake you, get back to sleep." he reassured and put a pair on. Taking his pack of cigarettes he decided to head to the reception desk "Good evening, or night, I can't tell." he looked outside trying to tell the time of day, but it was too cloudy and he couldn't care less and turned back to reception "Uh, I have two rooms but my friend is somewhere else and he has the other room's key."

Jail

"How well are you living officer? You give your wife everything she needs? Live comfortably?" Giuseppe smiled. He himself didn't know how it would go.

[Aurora Confederacy]

SORRY FOR DELAY - BEEN BUSY R/L

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"Wonderful. As for my season, also wonderful. Great bountiful catch and a great new son-in-law to help me out. Well he's not here at the moment he scooped the wife, my daughter, away to another Festival off in lands. Well newly weds deserve their time so I can't complain still got the rest of the old clan here."

"Congratulations..." remarks Kyrksen with a smile "we got married a few months ago, our folks are back home and we're on an extended touring holiday"

"ya know what Kyrk, I think we'll try some of the local catch from the market, get a fire going and cook some once we get over to the campsite we have booked before"

"sounds good" replied Kyrksen, "oh and when we get a good wifi signal I have a couple of videos to upload, that storm came out a treat on the camera"

"Kyrk, you won't find a signal around here, unless its in a major hotel"

Sojourner's satellite phone vibrates for a moment tapping out moorse code for VIDEO, Sojourner reaches into her pocket and pulls out her phone, taps the screen to see the message and smiles.

"Kyrksen, its off Karen and Jason...."

"As in Space Night Karen?" asks Kyrksen

"....yep, them's the guys and their cat." Sojourner turns the camera to face the fisherman, "i had never have thought it, their little cat playing ball"

"heh, we should get them a sign like beware of the cat or perhaps dont worry about the wife, its the cat you should fear" jokes Kyrksen "and it looks like Jason's made a good recovery after his accident"

[Danceria]

"Aha well..." He chuckled a bit "Let's say there's a reason I took up farming. I do fishing on the side kind of and help my wife when I can but she's the better sailor here."

"My dear Vulpo ran his little boat on the rocks and I saved him. Next thing you know we're married."

"Yeah there she was, the vision of beauty, the most lovely Hoshine woman I've ever seen!"

"Aaww I love this story" Hina told to Annabell "Mama and papa's first meeting is so romantic"

"hehe I can tell, kind of reminds me of my own stepmom."

"Oh really?"

It seemed Anna had been put on the spot when the attention fell to her. "Oh yeah." She chuckled wiping her eyes "Well my real mom died when I was a little kid but my dad remarried not long ago to a very nice woman. She was also stranded, not her boat on the rocks or anything just broken down in the middle of nowhere. Papa came to her rescue and much like you two, next thing you know they're married."

"Mom was a violinist, dad played bass. She was from some high class family in Yggdrasilia, he was from middle-of-nowheresville Rohan. Both tried to make it in music over in Sol Invictus. Only reason they met was one offered to buy the other one a drink. We'll never know." Aceus shrugged, reminiscing and sadly speaking half-truths and omitting the less pleasant atmosphere Danceria was in at the time. "They bonded over music, over song, over hopes and dreams. Before they knew it, their respective fans were so happy to see them back from tour, I couldn't get to a proper hospital in time. Popped right out into the world on a dock in Sol Invictus." of course, those "fans" were protestors, counter-protestors, and those interested in seeing the Crown Prince to be after the King was in self imposed exile/garnering international support for so long. "Guess that's why I love sailin' and singing so much. Without I wouldn't be here. Especially, not without this." he would gesture to the guitar he carried, currently placed aside in the corner of the main house.

[Cartoonia]

“100 years ago?” Tamaki asks interested.

"Oh my I don't think I can give you a long history lecture but 100 years ago people like me would have been just tossed away like trash because I'm blind. But now people know how to better handle those with disabilities. That's all really. "

“Yeah, it sure is better now a days” Fry says. “Sorry for throwing out so many questions, we’re just curious about life here is all” Rose says.

[AHSCA]

"I see that she is very happy about you finding someone that wants to ride out with you the storm and so the rest forever" Tess says laughing an little about it. Once in home many would think that she was crazy with what she did here,but that doesn't mattered.

"If there is something that she is right about it is that optimism of yours. At least in most of the occasions,I guess that is my fault that part of it... Anyways we better leave to outside and see if it's calm enough for us to go to the hot springs" She says leaving the pay of the breakfast and some more credits for tip.

"Let's go!!" Tess says confident of that the stop will stop. She grabbed Satou hand and begun their way to leave the restaurant.

"Hey do you think that is perfect enough for us to go to the springs??"

Watching the sky and the cloud patterns, Satou frowned "No. Best stay put for now. No matter, we'll have future visits to the springs and many others too. The island is full of them!" She smiled "Besides like I said, I've never gotten a chance to really try the baths here at the Kitan. I bet their prices are gonna be slashed right now!"

A chortle escaped Aurelia, hiding her face deeper in the small of Marcella's neck.
"There are not many people, who know of my weaknesses...", she told Marcella, "...and even less people, who know, how I try to counter them... Dad, Aldhiyb, Uncle Ilia and Auntie Rasha, Atif... I rarely cry these days. Those five have seen me cry... and now you." She left the small of Marcella's neck, looking into her eyes. "Tell me, Marcella, which Aurelia is the real Aurelia? The one, that kicks in noses, the one, that cries, or the one, who loves to dance and to sing?"

"The real Aurelia is the one I see right here right now. She cries sometimes but she also laughs and sings. And she dances like she's gliding on the air never missing the beat. You're the Aurelia I love. Whatever things you might have to do in between doesn't matter to me as long as you're the woman I love."

"Yeah, everything is alright. Sorry to wake you, get back to sleep." he reassured and put a pair on. Taking his pack of cigarettes he decided to head to the reception desk "Good evening, or night, I can't tell." he looked outside trying to tell the time of day, but it was too cloudy and he couldn't care less and turned back to reception "Uh, I have two rooms but my friend is somewhere else and he has the other room's key."

Jail

"How well are you living officer? You give your wife everything she needs? Live comfortably?" Giuseppe smiled. He himself didn't know how it would go.

"Yes," The receptionist replied "May I get your name?" After getting his name and room number she handed over an extra room key. "There you go. If you need any other help feel free to ask."

Jail

The guard let a beat pass "You know what, you talk too much. Do yourself a favor, sit there and shut up." he gave his nightstick a wack against the metal

"Congratulations..." remarks Kyrksen with a smile "we got married a few months ago, our folks are back home and we're on an extended touring holiday"

"ya know what Kyrk, I think we'll try some of the local catch from the market, get a fire going and cook some once we get over to the campsite we have booked before"

"sounds good" replied Kyrksen, "oh and when we get a good wifi signal I have a couple of videos to upload, that storm came out a treat on the camera"

"Kyrk, you won't find a signal around here, unless its in a major hotel"

Sojourner's satellite phone vibrates for a moment tapping out moorse code for VIDEO, Sojourner reaches into her pocket and pulls out her phone, taps the screen to see the message and smiles.

"Kyrksen, its off Karen and Jason...."

"As in Space Night Karen?" asks Kyrksen

"....yep, them's the guys and their cat." Sojourner turns the camera to face the fisherman, "i had never have thought it, their little cat playing ball"

"heh, we should get them a sign like beware of the cat or perhaps dont worry about the wife, its the cat you should fear" jokes Kyrksen "and it looks like Jason's made a good recovery after his accident"

"Well my happy congrats to you two as well! Can't go wrong with some good fish from here in Hoshino. Well all island fish is pretty good but we got some fine catches here, many by me. Enjoy your stay here folks. Head on into town and enjoy." He resumed his work.

"Mom was a violinist, dad played bass. She was from some high class family in Yggdrasilia, he was from middle-of-nowheresville Rohan. Both tried to make it in music over in Sol Invictus. Only reason they met was one offered to buy the other one a drink. We'll never know." Aceus shrugged, reminiscing and sadly speaking half-truths and omitting the less pleasant atmosphere Danceria was in at the time. "They bonded over music, over song, over hopes and dreams. Before they knew it, their respective fans were so happy to see them back from tour, I couldn't get to a proper hospital in time. Popped right out into the world on a dock in Sol Invictus." of course, those "fans" were protestors, counter-protestors, and those interested in seeing the Crown Prince to be after the King was in self imposed exile/garnering international support for so long. "Guess that's why I love sailin' and singing so much. Without I wouldn't be here. Especially, not without this." he would gesture to the guitar he carried, currently placed aside in the corner of the main house.

"That's very lovely" Haru mused lost in the story and romanticism of it all. "You'll have to pardon us, islanders tend to love romanticism. It's why I can't blame young Annabell here for wanting to come here just after reading a book."

"Aha" Ana giggled nervously.

"Well I'm sure glad she did come" Hina proudly proclaimed "She's only been here a few hours but she's great!"

"Well I hope the next few months you'll feel the same about me."

“Yeah, it sure is better now a days” Fry says. “Sorry for throwing out so many questions, we’re just curious about life here is all” Rose says.

"Oh yes of course. Most tourists are pretty curious about island life. I just got a little tongue tied in trying to explain some things. I've lived her my whole life so I guess everything is second nature to me but asking to explain it in ways that won't be bad sounding is hard. AHSCA, especially Corona is just not like everywhere else."

[Mervay]

Watching the sky and the cloud patterns, Satou frowned "No. Best stay put for now. No matter, we'll have future visits to the springs and many others too. The island is full of them!" She smiled "Besides like I said, I've never gotten a chance to really try the baths here at the Kitan. I bet their prices are gonna be slashed right now!"

"Well even if they are slashed because of the storm,I have an reserve for the baths so the money is covered. And yeah,I guess that we could go before we leave the island". Tess said an little disappointed that they couldn't go to the Springs,but at the same time happy that she could be in the baths of the Kitan with Satou and more being her first time being there.

They continued walking to the hotel and once there Tess requested to Ren if she could prepare the baths with milk.

"Sorry to interrupt you Ren,but could you prepare the bath for me and Satou with the milk bath too??"

[AHSCA]

"Well even if they are slashed because of the storm,I have an reserve for the baths so the money is covered. And yeah,I guess that we could go before we leave the island". Tess said an little disappointed that they couldn't go to the Springs,but at the same time happy that she could be in the baths of the Kitan with Satou and more being her first time being there.

They continued walking to the hotel and once there Tess requested to Ren if she could prepare the baths with milk.

"Sorry to interrupt you Ren,but could you prepare the bath for me and Satou with the milk bath too??"

Ren set down her stack of towels after being approached by Satou and Tess. With her great big smile, "It'd be my pleasure miss. We'll have a room ready for you in a moment, we're just finishing up cleaning." she bowed. "And given our sudden drop in crowds we have reduced our prices. Thank you for your continued business."

[Danceria]

"That's very lovely" Haru mused lost in the story and romanticism of it all. "You'll have to pardon us, islanders tend to love romanticism. It's why I can't blame young Annabell here for wanting to come here just after reading a book."

"Aha" Ana giggled nervously.

"Well I'm sure glad she did come" Hina proudly proclaimed "She's only been here a few hours but she's great!"

"Well I hope the next few months you'll feel the same about me."

"I think Dancerian Romanticism is more of a "we argue for ages until we forget what we're arguing about, then we make up", you guys just go directly to the altar, do not pass go, do not collect two-hundred..." Aceus, he would smirk. "Some foreigners complain about how Dancerians, especially in books, tend to drag out the arguing and dancing around the point. That our songs are a bit too sad, dealing with drifting apart, coming back and not recognizing a person because things change so much." he would note. "But hey, that's how we do things back home. Sure, I may give ya a hard time/going against reason, going with the rhyme/sure things aren't doing too grand, but we'll end up fine." he recited. "That was one of da's songs, a rendition of an older Dancerian romance song. Anna can attest that Dancerians get along like cats in a streetfight in public." he chuckled, recalling the exuberant performance he had done back in Aurora.

[Mervay]

Ren set down her stack of towels after being approached by Satou and Tess. With her great big smile, "It'd be my pleasure miss. We'll have a room ready for you in a moment, we're just finishing up cleaning." she bowed. "And given our sudden drop in crowds we have reduced our prices. Thank you for your continued business."

"No problem and this reduction of prices includes my rooms and of course the reserves of the baths???" she asks thinking about it.

"Sweetie,I hope that you enjoy the bath with me. They are great for relax and more in this day,when you try to have an good day even if an storm is happening"

[AHSCA]

"I think Dancerian Romanticism is more of a "we argue for ages until we forget what we're arguing about, then we make up", you guys just go directly to the altar, do not pass go, do not collect two-hundred..." Aceus, he would smirk. "Some foreigners complain about how Dancerians, especially in books, tend to drag out the arguing and dancing around the point. That our songs are a bit too sad, dealing with drifting apart, coming back and not recognizing a person because things change so much." he would note. "But hey, that's how we do things back home. Sure, I may give ya a hard time/going against reason, going with the rhyme/sure things aren't doing too grand, but we'll end up fine." he recited. "That was one of da's songs, a rendition of an older Dancerian romance song. Anna can attest that Dancerians get along like cats in a streetfight in public." he chuckled, recalling the exuberant performance he had done back in Aurora.

"Sounds like Dancerians are just as emotional as we can be. But passion is a good thing. Stoicism is what's bad. It's that passion that created us! Well however you feel about the treatment of poor forlorn Yue it became a sacrifice that pushed the Goddesses the way they did. Don't let go of it, your passion, emotion, drive it's something that no doubt makes you a good person. You don't have to be perfection but you should be earnest."

"No problem and this reduction of prices includes my rooms and of course the reserves of the baths???" she asks thinking about it.

"Sweetie,I hope that you enjoy the bath with me. They are great for relax and more in this day,when you try to have an good day even if an storm is happening"

"Yes, Miss, we've also taken to reduce your room rates for the time you spend here and for being great customers for us. We thank you again. Please excuse me a moment I'll check to see if they're ready."

"Thank you" Satou thanked Ren who went along. "Just as I said at breakfast, Tessy, as long as I'm with you, I'll enjoy it."

[Danceria]

"Sounds like Dancerians are just as emotional as we can be. But passion is a good thing. Stoicism is what's bad. It's that passion that created us! Well however you feel about the treatment of poor forlorn Yue it became a sacrifice that pushed the Goddesses the way they did. Don't let go of it, your passion, emotion, drive it's something that no doubt makes you a good person. You don't have to be perfection but you should be earnest."

"It's unfair." Aceus stated, "Bloody fucking unfair, if you pardon my Sindarin. Look up at the sky, the moon is shown in the day as well as the night, they were all kindred! All Homura had to do was speak to Madoka about her feelings, and the two of them could compromise! They made it more about them and their love, about "who did it better" rather than actually caring about the dude they so professed love to!"

It was a rare side, but something about Yue struck a chord with Aceus's very being. He could see Dancerians, great and small, as a bystander to larger things when all they wanted was a place in the sun and star. He wasn't angry just at the goddesses, he was angry for Yue. "How hard is it, to swallow your pride, to cool your jets for a bit and talk? Passion may create, but through nurturing, through patience, love grows. I'm happy that the two eventually made up, but truly we don't know what happened to the man who started the conflict. Yue is like a male version of Helen of Troy, the fairest in all the land brought the unfairest of all conflicts. Left forgotten, a footnote in the story of the Goddesses." he then calmed himself. "If the Goddesses are real, and they be nearby, I'd give them a piece of my mind. Maybe even backhand the both of them, if I'm feeling particularly blasphemous..."

Aceus wasn't sure where this anger came from, perhaps he saw a little too much of himself, and what he feared. A broken legacy, a shadow of what could've been great, due to a variety of circumstances.

[Mervay]

"Yes, Miss, we've also taken to reduce your room rates for the time you spend here and for being great customers for us. We thank you again. Please excuse me a moment I'll check to see if they're ready."

"Thank you" Satou thanked Ren who went along. "Just as I said at breakfast, Tessy, as long as I'm with you, I'll enjoy it."

"Thanks Ren please advice us when the bath is ready" Tess says an little relieved. In the end she would surely spend less than expected because of the storm,to some extent considering that they payed 27.000 credits for the rooms the first day for the entire week and now more,with her being in Aurora until the storm ends.

Satou once again told her that as long as she is with Tess,she would enjoy it.

"Thanks Sweetie,I hope that we enjoy it" she said kissing her girlfriend.

"Now let's wait for see if our bath is ready"

[AHSCA]

"It's unfair." Aceus stated, "Bloody fucking unfair, if you pardon my Sindarin. Look up at the sky, the moon is shown in the day as well as the night, they were all kindred! All Homura had to do was speak to Madoka about her feelings, and the two of them could compromise! They made it more about them and their love, about "who did it better" rather than actually caring about the dude they so professed love to!"

It was a rare side, but something about Yue struck a chord with Aceus's very being. He could see Dancerians, great and small, as a bystander to larger things when all they wanted was a place in the sun and star. He wasn't angry just at the goddesses, he was angry for Yue. "How hard is it, to swallow your pride, to cool your jets for a bit and talk? Passion may create, but through nurturing, through patience, love grows. I'm happy that the two eventually made up, but truly we don't know what happened to the man who started the conflict. Yue is like a male version of Helen of Troy, the fairest in all the land brought the unfairest of all conflicts. Left forgotten, a footnote in the story of the Goddesses." he then calmed himself. "If the Goddesses are real, and they be nearby, I'd give them a piece of my mind. Maybe even backhand the both of them, if I'm feeling particularly blasphemous..."

Aceus wasn't sure where this anger came from, perhaps he saw a little too much of himself, and what he feared. A broken legacy, a shadow of what could've been great, due to a variety of circumstances.

A bit of silence after his outburts no one but the storm itself which now seemed to be intensifying a little, maybe a bad sign Homura wasn't really happy with him, seemed to have a real response until Haru replied still with her gentle kind tone. "My my," Your passion probably rivals even us natives."

"Mama." Hina concernedly whispered back to her mom in native Hoshine language her mother whispered back reassuringly. "I hope one day you'll be able to really tell all the Goddesses and Yue just how you feel about it. Certainly they'd want to hear you out. As such all we have is the mortal plane we exist on and faith to go by. I'm no Priestess though, I did a little study there for a year so I can't say I'm the best to answer your questions. But I admire your search for answers and your feelings are that passion I mentioned. Blasphemous they may be."

"Thanks Ren please advice us when the bath is ready" Tess says an little relieved. In the end she would surely spend less than expected because of the storm,to some extent considering that they payed 27.000 credits for the rooms the first day for the entire week and now more,with her being in Aurora until the storm ends.

Satou once again told her that as long as she is with Tess,she would enjoy it.

"Thanks Sweetie,I hope that we enjoy it" she said kissing her girlfriend.

"Now let's wait for see if our bath is ready"

Satou enjoyed the kiss and took her girlfriedn's hand. Ren did return a few minutes later "All right, ladies it's all set. Go right on in and feel free to let us know if you need anything."

"Thank you, Ren" Satou thanked her again

"My pleasure."

[Mervay]

Satou enjoyed the kiss and took her girlfriedn's hand. Ren did return a few minutes later "All right, ladies it's all set. Go right on in and feel free to let us know if you need anything."

"Thank you, Ren" Satou thanked her again

"My pleasure."

"Thank you so much Ren,we will advice you if we need something" says Tess bowing to her. Now they could relax for the day and well after the baths they will surely improvise something.

Now with both grabbed hand by hand,the couple begun their way to the changing room.

"Before we enter,we need to leave our clothes in the changing room and once done that we can enter to the baths. Like the small room in the naked beach" Tess says now in the changing room.

"Here we are,now let's get ready for the baths"

[AHSCA]

"Thank you so much Ren,we will advice you if we need something" says Tess bowing to her. Now they could relax for the day and well after the baths they will surely improvise something.

Now with both grabbed hand by hand,the couple begun their way to the changing room.

"Before we enter,we need to leave our clothes in the changing room and once done that we can enter to the baths. Like the small room in the naked beach" Tess says now in the changing room.

"Here we are,now let's get ready for the baths"

"Makes perfect sense." She entered the change room with Tess getting undressed and folding her clothes nicely and placing them in a cubby untying her hair to let it loose and free flowing seeing her girlfriend do the same and how pretty she was she smiled and blushed a little "I'm all set, you ready?" she took her hand ready to walk in together.

[Mervay]

"Makes perfect sense." She entered the change room with Tess getting undressed and folding her clothes nicely and placing them in a cubby untying her hair to let it loose and free flowing seeing her girlfriend do the same and how pretty she was she smiled and blushed a little "I'm all set, you ready?" she took her hand ready to walk in together.

Tess did the same that her girlfriend leaving her clothes in an perfect spot and completely folded,her hair was as always loosed like always,once per time as she ended that,she saw Satou doing the same,she blushed and more when she saw her beautiful hair loosed and free.

"I-I'm ready and you look beautiful with your hair loosed and free,I like it" she says still blushing about it.

"W-well we better enter now before an siren sounds or something like that"

[AHSCA]

Tess did the same that her girlfriend leaving her clothes in an perfect spot and completely folded,her hair was as always loosed like always,once per time as she ended that,she saw Satou doing the same,she blushed and more when she saw her beautiful hair loosed and free.

"I-I'm ready and you look beautiful with your hair loosed and free,I like it" she says still blushing about it.

"W-well we better enter now before an siren sounds or something like that"

"Yup we should go." that would be wildly inconvenient an evacuation siren or Police showing up to urge them to shelters just as they got into the bath but now here they were neck deep in the water. How soothing and relaxing it was, nothing mattered right now, not the storm, just each other. "this is as great as I heard it was"

[Mervay]

"Yup we should go." that would be wildly inconvenient an evacuation siren or Police showing up to urge them to shelters just as they got into the bath but now here they were neck deep in the water. How soothing and relaxing it was, nothing mattered right now, not the storm, just each other. "this is as great as I heard it was"

"Ahh as always this is relaxing and more with my girlfriend here at my side" Tess thought to herself,the baths or any other place there were paradise.

"Sure it is and more like we are. This is heaven compared to the outside" Tess says now with all her neck in the water,only leaving her head there at wiew.

"Sweetie,I was wondering something. Don't take it bad,it just an curious question. But do you are an jealous girl or something like that??"

[AHSCA]

"Ahh as always this is relaxing and more with my girlfriend here at my side" Tess thought to herself,the baths or any other place there were paradise.

"Sure it is and more like we are. This is heaven compared to the outside" Tess says now with all her neck in the water,only leaving her head there at wiew.

"Sweetie,I was wondering something. Don't take it bad,it just an curious question. But do you are an jealous girl or something like that??"

"Mmmm" Satou had to think about it "Well, I wouldn't think so...But I've never been in a relationship before. So I might be. Well I hope I won't be. I don't think of myself as a jealous type. M-may I ask about you? O-only if you want to answer me, of course."

[Mervay]

"Mmmm" Satou had to think about it "Well, I wouldn't think so...But I've never been in a relationship before. So I might be. Well I hope I won't be. I don't think of myself as a jealous type. M-may I ask about you? O-only if you want to answer me, of course."

"I'm sure that you will not be someone of the jealous type,but as always you will be an little jealous but nothing more. That's my opinion of course" Tess says thinking an little about that,she see that Satou couldn't be someone of that type and more knowing her personality,which is the opposite of someone jealous. When she asked her about if she was jealous,tht was simple for her.

"Me neither,I know very well that this is my first relationship too,but taking my expirience with that crush that,I told you. No,I'm not someone of the jealous type" Tess answered.

[Kyrenaia]

"The real Aurelia is the one I see right here right now. She cries sometimes but she also laughs and sings. And she dances like she's gliding on the air never missing the beat. You're the Aurelia I love. Whatever things you might have to do in between doesn't matter to me as long as you're the woman I love."

Aurelia looked at Marcella for a long, long time.
"I... I don't think so.", she said and moved in to hug Marcella again, lighter this time. "What I do between being in your embrace, an embrace, that can soothe the most raging seas, is a part of what defines me. I have not yet mastered Grandmother's skill of separating herself between the Sultana, between Razia bint-Tarek and between Granny, so what I do matters... they, just like singing, dancing, horseriding and waveriding, they define, who I am."
She let a beat pass.
"So does Black Island...", she whispered, "...or does that only define Duchess Marcella Villa and Her Government or also Marcella, the woman I love?"

[AHSCA]

"I'm sure that you will not be someone of the jealous type,but as always you will be an little jealous but nothing more. That's my opinion of course" Tess says thinking an little about that,she see that Satou couldn't be someone of that type and more knowing her personality,which is the opposite of someone jealous. When she asked her about if she was jealous,tht was simple for her.

"Me neither,I know very well that this is my first relationship too,but taking my expirience with that crush that,I told you. No,I'm not someone of the jealous type" Tess answered.

"Well I guess we just have to learn and deal with what comes our way. We'll deal with it all together, my Tessy. Envy and lust are well one of the traits the Goddesses made me with, but it's how I act on those that matters. Ideally I'd keep them in check and I'll do my best because I love you." she moved right to Tess and rested her forehead against Tess.

Aurelia looked at Marcella for a long, long time.
"I... I don't think so.", she said and moved in to hug Marcella again, lighter this time. "What I do between being in your embrace, an embrace, that can soothe the most raging seas, is a part of what defines me. I have not yet mastered Grandmother's skill of separating herself between the Sultana, between Razia bint-Tarek and between Granny, so what I do matters... they, just like singing, dancing, horseriding and waveriding, they define, who I am."
She let a beat pass.
"So does Black Island...", she whispered, "...or does that only define Duchess Marcella Villa and Her Government or also Marcella, the woman I love?"

"Those are the traits I love all about you. You're special and unlike many I know. That's what's so much to love about you." Hearing the beat of silence then Aurelia whispering Black island struck an unnerving cord. It was tough, not something Marcella entirely favored but not something she opposed either. She had a hard lump in her throat thinking how to really answer the question considering she was something of sitting on the fence about it. Especially considering she wasn't sure how friends saw it or the woman she loved saw it. "It's...It's apart of me yes...Because my role and path in life is being a Duchess. We have our hard deeds we do in the name of what life has laid out for us. But we're more than just our titles and positions. You a Princess me a Duchess are just one piece of us. But not the only one."