i would like you to dance

[wendigoner]

Who: Hannah, Emily, and friends of Emily!
What: It's Em's Seijin no Hi, or Coming of Age Day, so there's a party! Obviously!!
Where: One of the abandoned shops
When: 1/9
Warnings: n/a



( ooc ; the party will be divided into pre- and post-arrival sections, below, with the arrival being emily's! everything is ota unless otherwise marked, so post around and enjoy! )

Comments

[unfollowing]

Same. [To all of that.] This place is kind of a shithole, but I'm glad all my friends can be here. I would've wanted you to come back home too.

[Nothing here can be perfect, but this is still nice.]

How do you like the dress?

[mismanagement]

[Maketh ducks her head before the blush can overwhelm her. In another world they likely wouldn't have known each other at all. Yet here they are. Despite everything awful about Hadriel, there is still this moment.]

I would have liked to see it, in your world.

[See it done with all the pomp and circumstance a ceremony like this demanded.

Maketh smiles, smoothing her hands over the fabric.]

It's lovely. You have a real talent for this sort of thing.

[unfollowing]

[Look, Emily thrives on praise and a job well done. She's not going to be humble here -- she'd humblebrag, if anything.

Today, though, she evades it altogether, except for howw she stands a little taller after Maketh compliments her and her work.]

It's really nice fabric. I still can't believe you just found it.

[mismanagement]

[Maketh huffs, almost a laugh.] Hadriel never fails to surprise me.

[For good or ill.

She pauses, standing up a bit straighter.]

I can't speak for your parents, but I imagine they are proud of you. I--I am very proud to see the woman you've become.

[unfollowing]

Right? [For all that the surprises are usually the bad kind, in this context, it is a little funny.

And then--

See, the thing is that most of the people Emily has met and befriended here are older than her, and stronger, and even magical in some way. They've taught her to sew or to do magic or to fight, and as time had gone by, they'd become as close to family as she'll have here. Maketh has been there from the very beginning, arriving in the colosseum the same day as Emily did, helping her escape those creepy ghosts, haunted by the voices the jabberjays mimicked. They fought, they hit each other, and in spite of it all, they became friends. Emily has more than once referred to her as 'soldier mom.'

And now she's saying that.

The smile fades from Emily's face, but not because she isn't happy. Instead, it's because she's touched by the words and what they mean, especially today.]

Thanks. I-- that really means a lot. [Now when she smiles, it's small, but no less sincere.] After everything that's happened... Thank you, Maketh.

[mismanagement]

[There ought to be something more, something meaningful to say. Maketh just nods, feeling her eyes water, and blinks it away as best she can. Do not cry, soldier. It's not the place for that.

Smile. Make it real.

Maketh clears her throat.]

W--well. I won't keep you from your guests.

[unfollowing]

[Yes good, Emily will absolutely take that subject change before she starts crying in front of Maketh.]

Right. [She nods.] Have fun, okay? It's mandatory.

[mismanagement]

[Maketh huffs, smiling.] Oh, I see. Then of course I will have fun.

[unfollowing]

Good. I'm counting on you.

[She almost tacks 'soldier mom' onto that, but she stops herself just in time. If she says it, she's liable to start crying.]

I'm gonna go around the room again. Drink up.

[She grins and heads off before the urge to cry comes back. Better to feel it like warmth and comfort over the fact that here, she has formed a family, and they are wonderful.]