closed 🌠⚡ i will be the one to light up the way

[starshower]

Who: Tifa Lockhart & Eustace.
Status: Closed.
Where: Eltrut.
What: Skull painting, weird gondolas, and maybe event stuff?
Warnings: Awkward adults with awkward feelings.

Comments

[starshower]

That's different!

[She doesn't move, but her cheeks do flush when he leans closer.]

Monsters are alive.

[flamekthunder]

What about the undead, like zombies or moving skeletons?

[starshower]

They fall into the same category... though, less scary? Ghosts you sometimes can't see...

[Why is he asking her about this!!!]

[flamekthunder]

[Just propping his elbow against the edge of the corner, chin resting against his hand.]

There are other spirit creatures that aren't ghosts that can be invisible, too.

[starshower]

[She's about ready to shove him again—!]

Let's get back to the skulls, shall we!?

[flamekthunder]

[At this he just snorts and laughs a little—okay maybe more than a little.]

Kind of surprised. Didn't expect you to be afraid of ghosts.

[starshower]

Well, they're scary...

[She pouts a little at him. She's never actually admitted that out loud to anyone before, and she feels a little silly for it now.]

Everyone's a little afraid of something...!

[flamekthunder]

[Just a low hum.]

Suppose so.

[starshower]

A-anyway...

[She sets down the rabbit skull carefully and is about to bring forward the wolf one. Not that it's any secret, but it's the principle of the matter!]

Are you ready for yours?

[flamekthunder]

[He did get them sidetracked from the skulls, whoops. So he just grins.]

Go ahead.

[Even if he already knows what it looks like—]

[starshower]

[She's still going to go for the fun reveal! Even if he has seen it already. She sets it into her palm, her other hand hiding it until she turns it around with a dramatic:]

Ta-da!

[It really does look like a wolf with the patterns on its face, intricate, fine lines making up the "thick fur" in a shade that matches his hair, with darker markings of gold and blue and grays over the white, the brighter colours taking on a more metallic hue.]

Well? What do you think?

[flamekthunder]

[He had already been impressed by the progress, but now that he gets a close look at the finished product, he's even more so.]

...I was already thinking this before, but you really put a lot of detail into it. Looks really good.

[starshower]

[She really can't help but blush at that.]

Oh... thank you. I'm pretty proud of it.

[She dips her gaze away for a moment before picking up the rabbit one once she's handed over his.]

Do you like it?

[flamekthunder]

[A quiet hum as he reaches out to hold the skull and turn it over.]

...But I have to ask.

[He arches a brow at her.]

Is there any particular reason for the colors you used...

[Because he's noticing something about them—]

[starshower]

Hm?

[She looks like she's just been caught red-handed after doing something she shouldn't have—

It takes her a moment to reply, her fingers fidgeting gently with the rabbit ears.]

Mostly... they reminded me of you.

[flamekthunder]

[Another low hum.]

Thought as much.

[starshower]

Wait, what!?

[Her brows shoot up, and she nearly drops the skull, so she puts it down.]

How did you figure that?

[She's not that obvious, is she!?]

[flamekthunder]

[Just an arch of the brow before he points to the colors and saying what they likely mean.]

My eyes—[The blue.]—my usual colors—[The golden yellow.]—my hair. [The white.]

If it were just one or two I wouldn't think much of it...but it seemed too coincidental.

[starshower]

I guess it is pretty obvious, huh...

[She glances down to the wolf and then back at him with a more sheepish look this time.]

Well, it was supposed to be match you in some way.

[flamekthunder]

[Just another staaaare....before there's a light grin.]

Am I the only "wolf" you know?

[starshower]

[He's being really relentless today, isn't he? She feels like her head is about to pop right off her shoulders with how warm it's grown.]

You are, yeah... But what's that got to do with anything?

[flamekthunder]

Nothing.

[It really doesn't mean anything, but somehow it feels...satisfying?]

Just curious if you could have had a different reference.

[starshower]

Nope.

[She motions to the wolf, a shy smile passing over her face.]

This one's all you.

[And even if she did have other references, she wouldn't have used them...]

Hope that's not a problem or anything...

[flamekthunder]

Not really. You're the only rabbit I know so far.

[A light, teasing grin. While he didn't want to color the "rabbit" skull black completely, the ears are and there is some red on it.]

[starshower]

Except I'm missing the ears.

[She sets the rabbit down and mimics them with her hands over her head.]

But I'll make sure to find some for a costume.