eswareinmal | 1st Orb - 4th of Rebirth's Decline

[A: Action – early to mid-afternoon around Schwanheim]

[Hiding in plain sight takes on a literal meaning when you’re a rogue. Ginia had read books seen movies, and played games with rogues and thieves in them. She knew the archetype and figured if this was a world of fantasy and fairy tales, it was worth a shot. It was also a good distraction for herself. After a night of dreams too dangerously real and tempting, Ginia needs something to focus all her attention on as a distraction. She spends all morning trying to pick up the finer points of stealthy arts and after a few hours, has managed a more sneaky and translucent state. She’s still tangible, still capable of making noise if she doesn’t watch where her feet step or if her clothes rustle too much, but translucent and almost invisible in the shadows. In the afternoon, she decides to test her newfound ability out against other people and heads into the village proper.

The test is easy enough; pick a target, tail them for as long as possible and as closely as possible, apologize or run when discovered. Restealth somewhere safe, find a new target, repeat until tired. Be a target, catch her as she’s following someone else, watch her as she’s watching other people, anything goes.]

[B: Orb – late afternoon]

[Later in the day, Ginia ventures forward with her first message on the orb. Unable to speak, and with the hunch most people wouldn’t know American Sign Language, Ginia improvises by writing out a message in her journal and slowly panning it over the words she's written.]

Can anyone tell me about the different areas in this region? I’m particularly interested in the thorns and the Two Faced Forest, but any information will be of great use. I want to explore some of the areas, but hardly want to go in unprepared.

Thank you in advance.

Please feel free to speak your response. I’m unable to talk so I have to write. I apologize for the inconvenience.

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[There was only one time, long ago when Ginia was half drowned in a bottle of whisky and shocked out of it in a cold shower, but that had been a bad day for her. It was a lingering soreness that had built on itself over the years and throwing Ginia into a numb state when the day rolled by.

This as raw, sudden grief and fear. The fear this was it, that they would never make it back to Luceti and at the end, they'd be throw back to wherever they'd come from. That their dreams of Tara were just that. And it hurts because even while she could hope and wish, she couldn't do it forever. There was a point where she had to let go, and letting go hurts just as much as holding on.

She dabs a bit more at her eyes and tries to calm herself down a little more.]

Please stay. It's... oddly comforting.

...if you want.

Give me a, a shove, though, if you change your m-mind.

[He'll stay. There's been months, apparently - a year - where he couldn't, where he couldn't be with her, drag her away from the bottle and shove her into the shower.

So Giles knows that he has to make up for lost time.

And so he will. Ginia will feel him, in the back of her mind, in her shadow, a quiet and familiar presence that's just content to wait and be present and send soothing thoughts when she feels as though she's ready to be done crying.

Only after that will he come out.]

[Ginia manages to smile and huff softly, touched by his love and his presence. Just as she can feel him, her feelings are also laid bare for him. Her sadness fading as she pulls herself together, the love she felt that barely wavered in his absence and only intensified with his presence, the calm she feels from his thoughts.

She rubs a little more at her face and absently runs her fingers through her hair, looking at him as he leaves her body and takes form in front of her.]

/Thank you. You are a wonderful boyfriend./

Y-Yes, um, well...

[Still a bit...more than a bit...overwhelmed, after everything he's seen, heard, felt, lost, Giles just stares down at his feet. But Ginia might just catch the shadow of a smile. Here is one compliment that he won't brush aside, for the simple fact that:]

I w-was, um, well taught.

...and I'm, I'm only as good as you deserve.

[Ginia waves a hand by his feet to get his attention. Teaching him to remember to look at her will have to be retaught to him, but they have time, and maybe her necklace will show up in one form or another. Or Helios will make a new one.]

/Better than I deserve, I think./

[Giles looks up at her with an apologetic smile, and a shake of his head once she's signed her reply. Better than he deserves, which...maybe all that means is that they're just perfect for one another.

A ghost can dream.]

I love you.

[Actions might speak louder than words - often did, for them - but while he's limited in his actions, in this state, Giles still has his words.]

/I love you too. Forever and always./

[Ginia pushes herself back to her feet and gently dusts herself off. She looks up at him and gently steps in to him. One hand comes to touch his cheek as lightly as she can, her smile warming for him.

Then leaning in, she brushes her lips against his as best as she can, ignoring the clamminess.

Forever and always.]

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