closed 🌠⚡ it's far too easy to miss the beauty in the simple things

[starshower]

Who: Eustace & Tifa Lockhart.
Status: Closed.
Where: Around.
What: It's Tifa's birthday, and she's overworking again, so Eustace takes her away. Event stuff tba.
Warnings: Fluff.

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[starshower]

[Is she really going to ride around in a conch shell? Yes, she is... And she's going to flutter out of his hand and towards it, trying to navigate her way inside with some trouble. He might have to guide her—]

Well, at least you would be there to catch me... Not sure how I'm expected to move around, though.

[flamekthunder]

[He'll help, especially to make sure she doesn't drift away until she's safely in the shell.

...Cute—]

We can figure that out once we're in a safer place.

[He carefully brings the makeshift necklace around his neck and looks down at her. He'll still keep his hand on the shell to press against his chest, but at least this way it's more secure around him.]

Just try not to fall out of the shell.

[starshower]

Don't exactly have any arms to make sure of that, but...

[There's a squeaky strained noise as she shuffles forward, and she wraps her tiny ears around the edge of the shell.]

This might work. Just tell the horse to go slowly.

[flamekthunder]

Do you need my help pushing you inside?

[Push her tiny squishy butt—]

[starshower]

No!

[The little spines on her body stand up on end, like a hedgehog.]

I want to be able to see where we're going.

[flamekthunder]

[He smiles helplessly at that and tries to pet her a little.]

All right... But go in further if it gets too rough. I'll try to keep it slow.

[starshower]

[It's not like she can go far so he'll manage, and those bristles on her body smooth out yet again as she flattens against the inner curves of the shell under his finger.]

I'll get smothered by this shell if I do. It's ten times the size of me, and I'll get lost.

[He'll hear the humour in her little voice, though, as well as her appreciation.]

[flamekthunder]

If you get lost I'll just break it open.

[After another gentle stroke along the top of her head, he lifts the shell up a little higher to his face.]

But how are you otherwise? Don't feel... Strange or anything?

[starshower]

About as strange as anyone would feel like... this?

[She still doesn't really know what she is supposed to be, and she pokes her head a little further out of the shell, that little tip of her face twitching like a bunny wiggling its nose.]

Seeing your face so close and so big is gonna take some getting used to.

[flamekthunder]

[UGH.... Too cute. Too bad he can't use his shellphone down here to capture this...]

Hopefully you don't have to get use to it for long.

[He then smiles a little.]

But... I admit you are quite cute.

[starshower]

Am I?

[She shakes her head at him.]

You think slugs are cute?

[flamekthunder]

No, just you. And somewhat fitting that you looks like a little seabunny.

[starshower]

[Well, alright. As long as it's just her that's cute...]

It's the ears, isn't it?

[She gives them a wiggle for him.]

[flamekthunder]

Ears, small eyes, relative shape. Even the way you wiggle your face.

[starshower]

[She goes to reach up to cover her face, and forgets that she has no hands, and instead slips further into the shell.]

I'm not trying to do any of that!

[A pause, and little strained noises as she tries to climb further up to where she was.]

I didn't even know a creature like this existed.

[flamekthunder]

[He just chuckles at her and lowers her so she'll feel less embarrassed. Against his chest.]

It really suits you. But I prefer your normal form better.

[starshower]

I think I do, too.

[Even her mermaid form was preferable to this!!! How is she supposed to do anything!?

But she does feel much better tucked close to him, and she relaxes inside the shell, closing her eyes.]

Thanks for coming to get me by the way... From that... whatever he was.

[flamekthunder]

Of course.

[Now that she's secure, he gets onto the seahorse and they start the slow ride back, but he will have a sour expression.]

Like I'd leave you with a crazy idiot.

[starshower]

I'm... still not really sure what happened there.

[She stares up at him, at that sour look on his face.]

One second I was spinning and the next...? He thought I was his wife?

[flamekthunder]

I still don't know how that would work... No I don't want to know.

[A small sigh.]

We should be careful if there are any more of his...kind.

[starshower]

[She does kind of enjoy seeing Eustace all huffy about her... It makes her feel special, and protected, and cared for.]

I doubt we'll run into any more problematic ones. As long as none of the others have been given weird "prophecies" by sirens about a bunny slug being carried around in a seashell by a wolf...eel.

[flamekthunder]

[There's a somewhat bitter laugh at that.]

Then their prophecy better include that the "wolf eel" is not someone they can handle.

[starshower]

That guy seemed to think that he could handle you...

[flamekthunder]

And he thought wrong.

[Given how easy he fell.]

[starshower]

[Her ears and nose twitch up at him.]

My brave wolf eel. If I were big enough, I'd give you a kiss right about now.