[closed] 🔥 under your scars, I pray

[phoenixdominant]

Who: Joshua Rosfield & Dion Lesage
Status: Closed.
Where: The Roost.
What: Dion finally agrees to move onto The Roost and Joshua and him have a few things they need to talk about. Maybe other stuff later.
Warnings: Tba.

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[phoenixdominant]

[It took a little bit of time but Dion has finally agreed to move back onto The Roost and to take a room in The Hideaway. Joshua didn't push him with the idea, of course, knowing that Dion's return has been quite the upheaval for him. Although, when Dion mentioned that it might be better that he did, Joshua was honestly relieved.

Joshua has to wonder what stars he prayed to to have both Dion and Clive return in the same month. It's quite... a feeling.

The two of them are walking up the mountain path towards the main area now with Torgal walking leisurely behind them.]

It must be quite the day if even Torgal is tagging along. I thought he would be glued to Clive's side as usual.

[Joshua gives the wolf a pat.]

Thank you for the escort today, Torgal. [Then he glances at Dion.] There are... no shortage of rooms. You do not need to stay in the same one, unless you would prefer to.

[haveaflare]

[Strange as it is to be ascending this path, Joshua to one side and a fine hound to the other, it also feels strangely, almost hauntingly, like a homecoming, and it was. He'd lived here before, he understands, but has no memory of it. These people had built a ramshackle home for themselves in the mountains of a secluded island and it is not unlike the downed airship they called home on Valisthea. That place, too, had felt both like a refuge and a visitation. He'd felt something there akin to belonging, though he hadn't been in a place then to properly appreciate it.

Here, the air feels free, it smells of honeysuckle and fertile earth.

It feels like he could belong here, one day.]

Mayhap he intends to assure I don't change my mind. [He has no intention of doing so, this does feel that right.]

I... [He hasn't thought of that, not until this very moment. He scoffs after a pause.] It's odd, thinking of taking a stranger's room when that stranger was yourself.

[phoenixdominant]

Then I'll have to thank Torgal if he does have to chase you down by your britches.

[He laughs softly and nods.]

And please... Do not dwell on it too deeply. This journey is uniquely yours, whether it is newly begun or not.

[The Hideaway was Dion's home once before, that so much is true. But it will be Dion's home again through a new perspective. The mountains, the earth, the grass. It's all new for Dion to call his, just like the rest of them did all those months ago.

And home it is. The Hideaway is made out of a carved mountain filled with thick old roots that hold the walls and the structures they've built into them. Kaveh has done a spectacular job using his skill as an architect alongside Cid and Midadol's engineering genius to build glass windows, libraries, kitchens, and study rooms. There are hidden step ways and paths up to the top of the mountain plateau where the chocobo stables and gardens are. And so much more. It's a whole community.]

[haveaflare]

[A raised eyebrow and he looks over his shoulder to the hound.] I can assure you that will be unnecessary.

[As strange as this homecoming was, it felt as though it should be, and so he walked with confidence as they continued. As parts of the Hideaway come into view, he pauses, though, reaching into the small back in which he carries all his meager belongings, including the Kamera he received from Kaveh, and pulls out the device.]

To new beginnings.

[phoenixdominant]

[Torgal woofs to agree!

And Joshua smiles...]

To new beginnings.

[He'll lead Dion into the main area, which is a lot like the old main area in The Hideaway back home. A collection of tables, a homey fire place, open air and sunlight.]

Would you care to take up some reading? I will have to show you the libraries after we settle you in a room. Between all of us we've amassed quite the collection...

[There are so many book nerds on this crew.]

[haveaflare]

[He glances down at the small pack he's carrying.]

I've actually acquired a few tomes of my own, but I would be honored to see the libraries here. And the stables. Everything, really. It is to be my home, after all.

[phoenixdominant]

Then I believe a tour is in order.

[He nods, opening his arms as if he's going to be a tour guide...!]

This is our main mess hall. Although, we do tend to have our main celebrations on the ship.

[Joshua and Benedikta like to sit on top of the mast like birds.]

[haveaflare]

Is there a reason for the preference? There seems to be much more room to be had here.

[His gaze is quietly amused, though. This almost whimsical side of Joshua is not one he's had occasion to see before, and he likes it.]