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Post by Lord S-Sha (CTG) on Nov 4, 2018 2:16:24 GMT -5
Riley watched as the metals went around his body. He held up his hands and looked closely as they started to form and take shape. Once the magic hit him he felt something change in his heart. His pupils got a golden hint to them as the flash happened, and his aura changed. It became more animal like and faintly had hits of both more power and got even more chaotic. Even deeper down in the aura the line between the good and evil in it seemed almost nonexistent.
As the flash faded Riley could be seen again with his new armor, complete with both the symbol and a Mark of Mastery emblem on the front and even having the armor cover his tail. That wasn't all, he was covered in an aura that kept changing between elements. On top of that, there was a faint image of a female version of his true form overlapping him and the aura. Her tail was more like Alice's tail however. Somehow he didn't see the image, nor the gold in his pupils, but he did noticed the aura which caused him to look over himself. The image and aura slowly faded away and his aura returned to normal.
He had no idea what any of it meant, but he had a feeling it had something to do with what he'll eventually have to become. He looked over his armor before he made the helmet disappear, showing that some of the golden parts of his pupils were still there before it slowly faded away. He looked at Jennifer. "Do you like it?"
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Post by Ziya on Nov 4, 2018 19:48:45 GMT -5
The trio stared in awe at Riley's new armor, though each was focusing on different parts. Jason only saw the armor itself, dismissing the image as an illusion and paying attention to the circuitry and inner workings as they calibrated themselves. Lucia's sight was clouded by the odd aura, an amplified form of what had appeared within the Shard before and something she hadn't seen before. Jen focused more on the image of the female form, picking up immediately that it wasn't the same as either of his usual ones, and on the hints of gold within his eyes for that brief moment.
When he asked what she thought however, Jen pushed aside her misgivings and gave him a soft kiss, subtly waving her hand behind her to be handed the now woven charm. "You look amazing, Ri. And to compliment the new look," Lucia tossed the charm to her, which she brought up with a slight blush, "a new charm. I had Lucia make it out of materials I bought in the market, but the design is a Kumihimo hollow braid." The gold and silver wires spun in a gentle spiral, leading to a pure silver leaf with eight green opals bordered in gold. The opposite end held a clasp to easily attach it to anything he wished.
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Post by Lord S-Sha (CTG) on Nov 5, 2018 1:59:07 GMT -5
Riley smiled as Jennifer kissed him and approved of his armor. He then looked confused as she held a charm out and explained it. He looked into her eyes before he looked back at the charm, processing everything slowly. He blinked and shook his head, not believing what was happening right in front of him. Suddenly what happened while they were at the market together made more sense. "You got the idea to get it made... right after I mentioned wanting a new one...."
He suddenly remembered the day he got a charm, not the day his fourth wife gave him one, but the day a past girlfriend of his gave him one. He hadn't thought about that day or her in general, for a while besides when he explained his past failures in his love life to Jenny yesterday. Even so the events that happened that day came to his mind as if it happened a few hours ago. It was just a normal day in their relationship, but she had suddenly taken out a knitted clover made by her as a surprise gift. He kept it for a long time, even long after their relationship ended. He had only gotten rid of it once he decided throwing it away was the only way for him to start the healing process, and even then it took him a while to finally do it.
He suddenly came back to reality and looked back at Jennifer. He instantly hugged her tightly and buried his face into her shoulder. As hard as he fought o prevent them from coming out, tears of joy ran down his face. His tail moved to wrap around her waist, only to pull her closer to him, it was something Chaos Demons did in special moments like this with their lovers. After a bit he slowly pulled away from her to look up into her eyes. "This is the sweetest thing anyone has done for me." He slowly took the charm as he dismissed his armor before he put the charm around his waist. He looked at it for a while before he looked back up into her eyes. "I love it." He kissed her deeply as he took her hands.
After a while he slowly pulled away from the kiss, but still held her hands as he looked into her eyes. He debated revealing the necklace now or wait till he and Lucia came back. He quickly decided now was the time. "I have something to give you too." He slowly let go of her hands and unwrapped his tail. "I was going to wait until we got back from the exam and surprise you with it, but I can't keep it from you anymore." His bag appeared on his wait before he opened it and dug through it. He pulled out a small sliver and black box before he dismissed his bag. He looked back at Jennifer with a smile before he got on one knee and held out the box for her.
Once she opened the box she would find the a silver and gold Kumihimo wire choker with the large blue opal from the marketplace. It next to it was a paper folded up with a golden heart on the back of it. Unfolding it would reveal the letter Riley wrote as Derio was explained how he got the necklace to Jennifer. The letter read:
"Dear Jennifer,
I wanted to buy this for you the moment you showed interest in it, but something told me to wait for the right moment to get it. I can only imagine how much this necklace means to you, being one of the last things from your home world. I want you to have it and keep it, you would look better with it anyway. I'm not sure how to say how I feel, but I do know one thing; I don't want the love I feel when I'm with you to ever go away. I want to always be there for you, and to do my best to always make you feel better. I like to see you smile and giggle, there's just something about it that makes me so happy. Kind of like how just being around you makes me happy.
We've been through so much together; the fight against those two gods when we first met, the titans, everything that happened in Castle Oblivion, and what we had to go through for our paths to cross again. There's even more that we'll face and go through together, not just whoever the Seven are but whoever else is out there that threatens the worlds and universe. I have no idea what we'll be going through over the next few weeks, let alone the endless years to come. But I do know one thing; I want to be by your side every step of the way. I did say I want to make an honest woman out of you, and I really meant that. I want to marry you Jennifer Talec. I want our love and bond to last forever. Would you like that?
Your love, Riley. ♥♥♥♥♥"
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Post by Ziya on Nov 5, 2018 2:52:39 GMT -5
Lucia and Jason shared a glance as Jen and Riley spoke and hugged, only to be floored by what happened when he pulled out the choker. They remained silent throughout, though Lucia was outright crying from happiness while even Jason's eyes held tears.
Jennifer initially was just happy he loved the charm so much, happily hugging him back and kissing the top of his head. But when he pulled out the box and opened it her hands flew to her mouth, tears already starting to well up before she even looked at the paper. There in the box lay one of the last remnants of her home, one that she thought just hours before had been lost for good.
With trembling hands she carefully unfolded the paper and read the words, pausing to wipe her eyes near the beginning. That was ultimately worthless though, as fresh tears replaced the old almost instantly. By the time she reached the last lines they were flowing freely, forcing her to read the words twice to understand, and once more to believe.
When she finally did, she gently folded the paper again and placed it into the box, closing it carefully before she couldn't hold it in anymore and tackled her love. "Yes, yes, yes! A thousand times yes! I'll marry you, Riley O'Malley, and I'll be with you forever!"
As she ended with a passionate kiss, her sister took the last scraps of gold, silver, and the alloys their armors had been made of and used the last echoes of her spell to form them into two plain bands, thought the swirling patterns of the metals within were anything but plain themselves. Smiling through her own tears, she gently placed them on the table next to her as she waited for them to finish.
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Post by Lord S-Sha (CTG) on Nov 8, 2018 23:46:18 GMT -5
Riley had no idea how Jennifer was going to react, but it was a little too late to take back and redo what he just did. Just before he wished he had waited till later to do this he was tackled by his love, hearing her answer to his letter made tears of joy stream down his face before he happily returned her passionate kiss with one of his own.
He wrapped his arms around her as he pulled her as close as they could possibly be.His tail moved to wrap around her left arm, with the end of it resting in her palm. After a while he slowly broke from the kiss and gently held up up a bit, but still held her to him with his right arm. He dried his eyes before he looked into hers, giving her the biggest smile he's ever given her. He sensed their granddaughter nearby and remembered how she introduced herself and smiled a bit bigger. "Jennifer Talec-O’Malley," he said. "I like the sound of it~" He poked her nose before giving her a soft kiss.
Alice was in the doorway to the smithy, watching how her grandparents got engaged play out like how they told her back in her time. She remembered the last time they told her the story. "So it was as sweet as they said it was," she smiled a bit.
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Post by Ziya on Nov 10, 2018 0:23:52 GMT -5
Everyone stood in silence as the moment lingered sweetly, only spoiled by the fact that time was pressing. The entire process had taken nearly an hour, leaving them precious little to spend before the Mark would begin. Still, Jen ignored that knowledge as she held her now-fiancé just as tightly as he held her, smiling just as brightly as they parted from his soft kiss. "I love the sound of it~" She immediately gave him a much harder kiss, closing her eyes as she literally glowed from the happiness.
Coughing awkwardly, Jason tapped his wrist as he glanced over at Lucia, who nodded before picking up the rings and walking the few feet over to the couple. "Hey," her tone was gentle and caring, though with a touch of firmness, "we're gonna have to get going soon. Consider these my wedding gift." She held the rings up in her right hand, palm up.
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Post by Lord S-Sha (CTG) on Nov 10, 2018 2:12:44 GMT -5
Riley's smiled got bigger at his fiancée approved of the new name. He instantly returned her kiss with a matching one of his own slowly closing his eyes as the hearts made out of chaos appeared around him again. He heard Lucia's words, and as much as he wanted to ignore how pressed for time they were he enjoyed the last bit of the kiss before he slowly pulled away from it. He looked at the rings and smiled before turning back to his wife to be. He gently put a hand to her cheek. "As much as I want to stay here with you and just enjoy being with you she's right. Besides I still need to introduce you to my other kids."
He gave her one last kiss before he slowly got up while taking her hands. He went to Lucia and took the rings and smiled at her. "Thanks, for this and making the charm." He went back to Jennifer and put one ring on his finger and gently took her hand to put the other one on hers. "This makes five rings for me again," he said with a giggle. He got an excited look on his face as he looked up into her eyes and smiled. "I know my other kids will love you, you already gained Elizabeth's approval after all. I promise it won't take as long as my tour of the castle" He stuck his tongue out playfully before he took her hand again.
He gently pulled her to follow him as he would lead them back into the castle going past Alice, who happily followed them knowing where they were going. He would lead them to a door very close to the room he shared with his wives. "This is their room for obvious reasons, makes it easier to check on them, and for Elizabeth to ask for water or another story in the middle of the night." He turned to them before he looked at Jennifer again. "Are you ready to meet them?" His right blue eye glowed with happiness, and his left crimson eye glowed in it's rare non-evil way this time.
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Post by Ziya on Nov 11, 2018 0:43:46 GMT -5
Jason couldn't resist rolling his eyes at the hearts, but he truly was happy for them. Well, as happy as he could be knowing what he did. That thought made his smile slide for a moment before he froze it into a mask as he followed the others, stopping near his room as they passed. He just hoped that whoever it was wouldn't affect them badly enough to ruin everything that had just happened.
Meanwhile the sisters had followed Riley all the way to the room, drying their tears along the way. Lucia had noticed Jason's choice, but given how odd he had been acting earlier she chose to let him be. After all, they'd have a long, long time to get to know everyone.
Jennifer was quiet as they walked slightly anxious despite Riley's assurances that they'd love her. She had never told anyone but Lucia before, but the one thing she'd wanted more than anything else was to be a mother and have a big family, and for it to all be happening so quickly made her head spin and gave her an urge to pinch herself. One slight wince later she was sure she wasn't dreaming at least, though not her arm had a small sore spot.
Taking a deep breath, she looked at her fiancé's face, complete with the mismatched eyes glowing with happiness and hope, and felt her own glow brighter in response. "Alright," she managed with a slightly shy smile, "I'm ready, Ri."
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Post by Lord S-Sha (CTG) on Jan 4, 2019 19:23:27 GMT -5
Riley simply smiled at his wife to be before opening the door, revealing a very large room filled with many things. The ceiling was high and there were many beds of different colors. It was pretty similar to the room Riley and his wives had, only with a few other things like a toy chest and a red chair. Merlina was sitting in the chair reading a book to the kids as they were circled around her. That was until they sensed their father to which they all turned around before running to him.
Before Riley could even say anything to Jennifer or Lucia his kids tackled him while shouting "Daddy!" and licking him or rubbing against him.. Riley just laughed before he appeared a little away from then on all fours. He then ran laughing as he let them chase him all around the room. After a while Elizabeth caught up to him before Riley stopped to let the others get him. Elizabeth climbed onto his shoulder as he stood back up. He then spoke to them in some demonic tongue and they split into groups. Riley then went back over to Lucia and Jennifer. "Of course you both already know Elizabeth; the oldest out of all of them and the one that was created using DNA from every race in the universe. I almost always take her wherever I go even if she didn't already insist on it."
Merlina came over to them with three of the kids around her. One of them was a boy with hair just like Riley's with Merlina's eyes. The other two were girls one with Merlina's hair and eye's that matched Riley's blue eye and the other with Merlina's hair and eye's that matched Riley's crimson eye. "This is Robin, Jane, and Emily." She told them with a proud smile. "Robin is the oldest of my kids and Jane and Emily are twins."
Five others came to Riley, three girls and two boys, and he gave Jennifer and Lucia a half guilty smile. "This is Cream, Eclair, Waffle, Formage, and Sable." From their names and auras it was clear that their mother was Maple. Cream and Waffle had Maple's hair and eyes that matched Riley's blue eye. Eclair had Riley's hair and eyes that matched Maple's. Formage had Maple's hair with eyes that matched his father's blue eye and Sable had his father's hair with eyes that matched his crimson eye.
Next came the kids he had with Winda in which there were four of them, two boys and two girls. "Here we have Pilica, Wynn, Kamui, and Esper." Pilica and Esper had Winda's green hair and eyes that matched Riley's blue eyes. Wynn and Kamui had Riley's hair with Wynn having Winda's eyes and Kamui having eyes that matched Riley's crimson eye.
The last of them came over to Riley rubbing against him. "Finally we have my kids with Iris. This is Hannah, Caam, and Roy." Hannah had Iris' hair and eyes that matched Riley's blue eye while Caam and Roy had Riley's hair and eyes that matched Riley's crimson eye. All of his kids had pupils that matched his in his true form. "And that's all my kids, at least the ones that live with me and came from my wives."
Merlina gave everyone a small smile. "As you can see we've... gotten quite busy over the past few years."
"What can I say I can't keep them off of me."
Just then there was a little flash of plasma as a young woman appeared. She had golden blonde hair and bright eyes that matched Riley's crimson eye. She was wearing white shorts and a matching top along with a scarf made of pure plasma. She looked right at Riley. "Dad," she started before she noticed the others. She just looked at them before looking back at her father while floating over to see him. "Mom told me to ask you before I decided to crash here but we both know I'm going to do it anyway."
Riley just shook his head and laughed before looking at Jennifer and Lucia again. "This is Phora one of my other, other kids."
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Post by Ziya on Jan 9, 2019 0:20:47 GMT -5
The sisters looked on in awe and excitement at the multitude of kids in the room, all stopping what they were doing and chasing Riley. The scene was both hilarious and heartwarming, bringing smiles to the pair's faces and mist to Jen's eyes. Still smiling, Lucia tapped her sister on the shoulder before nodding at the groups before them. "Go on sis, I'll introduce them to Aunt Lucia later."
Jen hesitated at first, somehow afraid of rejection even then, but worked up the courage after a moment to approach Riley and the last of his kids, whom she assumed was from an affair. "It's so nice to meet all of you! I'm Jennifer, and pretty soon I'm gonna be married to your dad. I can't wait to get to know you." Her gaze swept over the room, looking at every one of the kids including Phora, and ending with a wink to Merlina. "All of you."
Between the proposal and the people in the room before her, this was the happiest day of her life. Turning back to Riley, she couldn't help but hug him tightly again as yet more tears of joy fell and she whispered to him. "My dearest dreams have always been to be a mom and to have a big family. Thanks to you, they're both coming true."
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Post by Lord S-Sha (CTG) on Mar 10, 2019 0:54:02 GMT -5
Riley just smiled and hugged Jennifer just a tightly. "I'm just happy that I can make you so happy," he whispered. "And as for being a mom whenever you are ready we can try to have a kid. I won't rush you or force you into anything you aren't ready for."
Merlina blushed a little at Jennifer's wink, but she gave her a small smile. She went to her and Riley and joined the hug. "I'm happy for you two," she said with a small smile. "And I know we'll all be great together."
"Oh another one?" Phora asked. "How did you convince Maple to let you marry another girl?" The look on Riley's face was all she needed to see. "Oh She doesn't know? Maple's totally going to kill ya this time. Say when you die can I have your bike?"
"How do you like that? I'm not even in the ground yet and the kids are already dividing up the estate."
Lana floated into the rooms and smiled at all of her grandchildren. She looked at Jennifer. "I expect a lot of grand kids from you."
"Mom!"
"What? Given your current track record it's going to happen anyway!"
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Post by Ziya on Mar 21, 2019 18:27:37 GMT -5
Jen and Lucia both laughed at Phora's comment, though Jen's assurance faded before it could form as Lana appeared and teased her and Riley. Blushing, she giggled nervously before her sister spoke up. "Actually, Master Lana, I'm nearly certain that there's already one on the way." She blushed before adding to her admission. "As is my first, in fact."
Jen's eyes widened as she looked at her sister, hope filling her voice. "You mean..." She trailed off, waiting with bated breath.
Lucia nodded, both blushing and smiling as she confirmed the truth. "Yeah sis. We're going to be moms."
Tears of joy traced their way down Jen's cheeks as she looked back at Lana, then at Merlina, and finally at Riley, all with the biggest smile she had ever had. "I'm gonna be a mom!" She hugged them all tightly, repeating herself once as even Lucia started to tear up a little.
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Post by Lord S-Sha (CTG) on Jul 27, 2019 5:50:22 GMT -5
Lana laughed as she returned Jennifer's hug, and Merlina and Riley both kissed her on the cheek. Merlina had a bit of concern regarding how everything would play out, but she didn't say anything.
Riley was really happy for her, but he didn't fully understand what she meant. "If that's what you want then we can try for a kid whenever you're ready." He gave her a small smile.
"Um Riley we mean on the way as in on the way!"
Riley looked at his mother. "Yeah I know it might not happen the first time, but eventually-" It then finally clicked in his mind what happened. He turned back to face Jennifer. "Wait you're pregnant?!"
"Wow Maple might actually kill you this time," Merlina said with a concerned look.
Riley felt a mix of different emotions. On one hand he was terrified of what will happen to him once Maple found out about everything. On the other he was very happy, so happy in fact what would happen to him later didn't matter right now. He had tears of his own flowing down his face as he hugged Jennifer again. After a few minutes he looked up at her and smiled again.
Elizabeth tugged on Riley's leg and held up a finger painting she did. Riley took it and gave it a glance. "You're getting better," he told her smiling. "Trying to copy my old style huh?" He took a better look at it before he smiled a bigger smile. He handed it to Jennifer with a big smile. It was a finger painting of Riley, Jennifer, and all the wives together with a bunch of hearts around them. Elizabeth climbed up on Riley's shoulder like she usually did and started purring.
Lana handed Riley a very long list. "That's everything you need to do today."
Before he even got halfway down the list Merlina handed him a shopping list that was almost just as long. "And don't forget milk this time." She kissed him on the cheek.
Riley glanced at both lists. "This is going to take all day!" He whined.
"Well in that case just think about how much fun we'll have together once you get home tonight and use that as motivation~"
Riley got a big smile on his face before he turned to Alice. "You ready Alice?!" "You bet let's go grandpa!"
Lana smiled. "Be careful and remember to-" Before she could finish she realized that Riley Elizabeth and Alice had already disappeared, probably with Riley's instantaneous movement. "I hate it when he does that."
"He does that to you too?"
Lana sighed and looked at Lucia. "You'll have to go after them, they should be in Country of the Musketeers first."
Merlina looked at Jennifer and gave her a half serious look. "You still have a lot of explaining to do to the others you know."
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Post by Ziya on Oct 5, 2019 1:15:29 GMT -5
Lucia just rolled her eyes at Riley's antics, even as she wiped away the slight tears in them. "That's Riley for you." Her voice was clear with a slight chuckle.
Letting go of Jen finally, she looked over at her Master and nodded. "Understood, Master Lana. I'll be heading out now."
An instant later she was covered in her armor, and with a wave of her hand a Corridor of Darkness opened. "Hey Jen," she turned her head to her sister, "you'll be fine. Don't do anything too crazy though."
With that, she walked through the Corridor, which quickly closed behind her.
Jen's laugh was equal parts mirth and nerves as her sister left. Merlina's words didn't help her mood either, instead making her head drop in shame for a moment. "I know. I'm really nervous about that too..."
As she trailed off her thoughts raced. Within her mind scenario after scenario unfolded, all of them ending with her being rejected and having to leave Riley, and as her breath sped up her heart pounded to match.
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Post by Lord S-Sha (CTG) on Mar 12, 2020 7:20:02 GMT -5
Merlina looked at Jennifer and smiled. She had decided to get her revenge for the cheating by making both of them squirm. She figured it would be the best way for her to get hers, considering how the others might react. "I'm sure you are," she said. "Let's just hope that Maple is in a good mood otherwise you're on your-" She then realized what was going on and panicked.
She took Jen's hand and tried her best to calm her down while Lana fanned her with a towel. "It's okay it's okay!" She put her hands together. "We'll get through this together I promise!" She looked her in the eyes. "I can't speak for the others, but I'm not mad at you. It will all work out somehow, it always does for us."
"We just have to take it one step at a time." Lana chimed in. "But we have to be careful about the approach. Maple won't be happy about it, but neither of us has any idea how Winda and Iris are going to react."
"Alice already knew about everything, so we shouldn't have too much to worry about." Merlina gave Jennifer a small smile.
Phora hovered over them. "I'm still getting that bike when Maple kills him right?" she asked.
Outside the castle Maple was just walking around the town, enjoying the fact that she hadn't bathe in days. She had taking a bath without Riley, so every time he was gone she refused to take one until they could take one together. It made the two years everyone was separated almost unbearable for Winda as they traveled together as they were looking for him. It had been long enough that the infamous 'Dirty Maple Aura' was around her; a light green aura of her stench that was around her body that was sometimes accompanied by flies as if she was a cartoon character. She never saw what the big deal was, her aura never bothered her and as far as she was concerned everyone always over reacted to it. The few people that passed by Maple suddenly dropped like rocks and some of the tress started to wilt in response to her aura. Some birds even fell out of the sky. Maple rolled her eyes.
Maple suddenly got a certain feeling, and it was the type of feeling she only got when Riley was feeling a certain way. "There goes my Riley sense again." She said scratching her head. It had been going off on and off over the past few days. Each feeling she got with it meant something different, like if he was in danger or was lost. But for some reason she couldn't make out what this feeling meant. "He's up to something." Usually when it was something she couldn't figure out right away it meant he was hiding something from her. She summoned her axe. "I better go give him a little wack." She then disappeared.
Meanwhile in the dining hall Iris was happily stuffing her face without a care in the world. Countless piles of plates that almost reached up to the high ceiling filled that table. Yet still she wanted more and more as more servants had to replace her seemingly endless chain of plates that had different types of cakes on them. It was her favorite breakfast lunch dinner and desert ever since she had her first piece as a kid. She wiped her mouth of any crumbs before she went back to her light breakfast.
Winda just took a sip of her orange juice as she sighed. "Iris we're supposed to be coming up with ways to get Maple to take a bath," She pointed out. She had a bunch of papers laid out on the few places on the table that weren't taken over by Iris' 'Light Breakfast'. They were filled with complex calculations on different ways to trick Maple into bathing. This was far from the first time this was happened, so they were running out of new ways of tricking her into one.
"I know I know," Iris said while still chewing on some red velvet cake. "But we can't come up with a good plan on an empty stomach now can we?"
Winda just gave Iris a blank stare as her face was covered in red velvet crumbs from Iris talking with her mouth full. It was something that always happened with both Iris and Maple.
"Sorry.." Iris leaned over and started to pick the crumbs off of Winda's face before putting them back in her mouth. She never let any piece of cake go to waste if she could help it.
Winda sighed. "Can we at least go outside or something?"
"Fine.. but I'm taking some to-go." Iris grabbed as maybe cakes as she could carry before she went to follow Winda.
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