melodiesoflife | "it would be so easy..."

Characters Yuna & OPEN.
Where Various (see prompts!)
When Loosely dated catch-all for February, backdate as needed!
Summary Calamity encounter, Doing the rounds and A Fiery Date Night
Warnings n/a
Note: Action or prose, anything goes! I'll match you. c:

LAST ROUNDS.

Today, she'd brought flowers. As the months and years had gone by, the crystallization wing of the hospital felt more and more like a memorial. It was carnations that she laid at the feet of both Vaan and Tidus, stepping back and sliently speaking to one and then the other, feeling as though this time she really was saying goodbye.

But instead, the words she sounded were, "I miss you..."

A SUMMONER'S CALAMITY.

It was time. She had put this off for too long, fearing what the shadow of herself might reveal, the things it might say to those that she cared about... which is why she told no one about the encounter. She had wanted to do this alone, wanted to keep those few terrible secrets to herself so that no one would look at her differently if they knew...

When the calamity Yuna appeared as she stepped inside the room, it took a few moments of silence before the other finally opened her eyes, and although they were both purple, the one on the right seemed to have a distinct red hue to it.

The summoner's grip on her father's staff tightened, as her mirror did the same with a rod she had never seen before... the legendary Nirvana.

"W͕̩̠̺͚͚̹h̹̣a͙̥̺̼̝t̳̣̰̠͟ ̧I͔͔͈̜͞ ̙̩̼͖̻͕d̜͖o͖̙̰͓,̳̥͙̹ I̘͇̦̹̥͙͖ ̡̟̺̞̦̪̼̫d̢o̹̭͇ ̘̥͉͉͟w͇̝i̸̻th̴̼̜͙̩ ̸̘no̕ ̝̠̘̤̹͈͡r̴̯ȩ̖g̳̟̟̬̺̣͘r̠̰͙̳ͅe͙̩͉̳̜̺͔t̘̤͇̲͚͇s͇͘.̱̠̙̙͖͙̱.̴̺̥͍͕.͙ T͏͚̤͈̟͔h̖̤͙́a͓̩ͅt̯̣̰͇̝͇͚͡'̘̟ͅs̜͇ ̣̠͈̭̲a̮̲͈̙̯̜̩l̘͍̜̪͓͘ͅw̛̥̩̖a̱̙̺̰͓̫y͔̞͉͈̖̠͈͡s̲̥͈̮ ̪̠̳̺̠́b̹͓͟ḙe̬̫͈̪̠̻n̪͔̮͉͜ ͈͔̝͓ẁ̰̟̪̙̟̣h̝̙a͙̝t̟̹̙̖͓ ̷̰y̲͚͙̯̹̞̭o̮̫̘̱u̻̲ ͍̖͇͉̼̤̤ẃ͍̞̯̹̬a̶̖̩̩͉ǹ͓͓͕̞͔t҉̫ ̣͚t̼̬̥̩̭ͅh̗̥̤̹͟e͚m͇̠ ͇̬͔̜to̶̞̯̱͉͕̬̼ ̪b̘͈̞͜è̗͉̱̗l̵i̫̘̺̪̰͖̳e̬v҉͓̪e͈̼͔̬̣,͓̝̪͎͘ ̯̝̠̣͚̗ͅi̠̰̜͎̥s̱̀n̫̪̠'͕̮͞t̠̹̪̭͖̪̠ ̨̫̗͇̣̳͉̬i̶͉̫̫̗͍t̢̞̜̼͇͕͖͚?̫̹"

CRÈME DE LA CHROM. (locked to chrom)

At first, it had been a little awkward. What was she to say? Was she talking too much? Too little? What should she do with her hands? But as the meal went on it became increasingly obvious that... this was just Chrom, a friend, a confidante... and always someone she had felt she could be herself with. As the time passed between them, along with the delicious food, Yuna had relaxed significantly, even braving to crack a small joke here and there about the going-ons in Crystallis.

It felt... really good, actually.

"Um," she started after a brief silence, "I wanted to thank you. This is... the first time in awhile I've been able to relax. It's... nice." And there was a genuine smile to go with the statement, as a moogle server came to collect some of the dishes.

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Jaune was heading out from his visit when he sees Yuna. He can't hear what she's saying, but she looks down. He doesn't want to interrupt - these visits could be kind of personal and he doesn't even know the woman- but she's unfortunately right in his path to the way out. He rubs his head, trying to decide what to do. Lingering in the back like some sort of creep is probably the worst way to go, so he crosses the space between them quietly and stops a few feet away from her before speaking.

"Hey, are you okay?"

"Ah—" she stiffens at the sound of a voice, and there's a quiet sniffle, as she uses her long sleeves to wipe away at... something, before she finally turns around. "Yes, I'm fine," she wasn't fine, but those words were well-practised, along with the smile she forced alongside of it.

"Were you here to see someone?" Yuna had also become well-adept in changing the spotlight off of anywhere but her. "I'm sorry, I should have been at at the desk to greet you... how may I help you?"

Jaune's no stranger to the fake smile - he lives with Pyrrha, after all.

"Uh, no, I was just leaving when I saw you..." He can't just leave her like this, though, so he smiles at her and holds out his hand. "You look like you could use a friend. I'm Jaune."

There's a softness in her eyes as she looks down at is hand, then back up towards Jaune. The smile that she had been faking takes on a more genuine and gentle look as she takes it to shake softly.

"Yuna," she replied in kind. "I was just... visiting some old friends," and with that, there's a glance back at the two boys she'd been standing near. You couldn't tell from their crystallized state, but Jaune would have fit right in amongst the two blonds.

Jaune nods, understanding completely; he'd come for the same reason, after all. He looks at the two figures.

"I never met them. Who are they?" He intentionally uses the present tense. Just because they've been crystallized doesn't mean they're gone for good - case and point.

Her head tilted to the side just slightly as she gazed fondly between the two young men again, nodding towards the slightly shorter of the two first. "This is Vaan. We... were very good friends," maybe more than that, in a different time. "We fought many battles together, side by side.

He— was always very determined to help others. Even if they were supposed to be the enemy," the thought of it made her smile sadly again, as she looked down. The next was...

"And this is... one of my guardians. The Star Player of the Zanarkand Abes."

Jaune stared solemnly at Vaan; they probably would have gotten along well. He probably would have wound up as another role model for Jaune - there seemed to be a surplus of them here. "He sounds incredible."

He looked at Yuna after she mentions the second. He doesn't know anything about the second half of that description except that he's likely a sports guy, but the first part catches his interest.

"Guardian?" he asked, head tilted. "Are you like a princess or something?"

"it would be so easy..."

Last Rounds

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no thanks he's already been one

practice makes perfect, though!

oh nooooo don't send him back to crystallisis