20 Sep 2021, 19:51
This is a special day
Terrible Presence - Healing Sage
Aldor was way too early, just like every time he agreed to meet up with someone, he had been sitting there for quite a while now, deep in thought. Today was very important and he wanted to be ready. Of course, usually when this sort of situation happened, people usually had time to plan things and get ready but this was a little different.
He was wearing a black button shirt and black jeans, with a bracelet in his left wrist and the same necklace he always carried around his neck, the only objects breaking the black color scheme were his white shoes and the dark blue backpack he was carrying.
Today was Aldor's very first date, which was planned the day before, at first, he was really happy and felt like nothing could distract him, but as soon as he got in bed at night, he realized he didn't have a clue of what he was supposed to do.
And so, his quest to find a book to help him understand his situation a little better. Maybe he could've asked one of his actual siblings what to do, but it wouldn't have been a good idea. Connor, his oldest sibling, was still single, mostly because he is always busy with his job. And Shauna, his sister, had been dating someone for the past few months, so he wasn't entirely sure if she was the best person to receive advice from.
He took a deep breath, realizing he had not prepared the gift he was supposed to give to Vivian.
He opened his bag and began searching for the piece of wire and the small pair of wire cutters to begin working on the gift. He would make a flower crown, his friend Cosmo taught him how to do this and he was glad that he still remembered all the details on how to make it properly.
And so he began to make the frame for the crown, taking out the flowers he chose for the project, Pink Peppercorn flower, Lavender, Larkspur and white Carnations. He didn't take very long, he was pretty proud of what he had done once he finished, it was really pretty and elegant, surely Vivian would like it, or that's what he hoped.
When he placed the crown by him and the materials that were left into the bag, he heard a quiet squeak from one of the front pockets of the bag.
He looked over to the pocket and saw it was open, he had unwanted company, and so, he slid his hand in the pocket and gently took the sneaky intruder out. It was Freyja, nibling on a strawberry Aldor had given her earlier this morning.
''What are you doing here? I gave you that strawberry so you'd be good and stay in the dorms. How did you even sneak into my bag?''
He gently rubbed her ears, giving her a serious look, although, Freyja seemed to be a bit more interested in her snack than listening to Aldor.
''Listen, I don't know if she will be comfortable with having a rat around while we are in a date, so please be good- Stay in the bag for a bit ok? I will give you another snack if you do.
Aldor shook his head slowly as he placed his rodent back in the pocket where it was hiding before. He would keep waiting for Vivian, hoping that the gift he had would be good.
@Vivian Fletcher
"Hope Is The Only Thing Stronger Than Fear."
23 Sep 2021, 16:48
This is a special day
Interacting with @Aldor Humbleglow
Permission to godmod @ Samantha Salwis is granted
Late late late! She’s going to be too late. It isn’t something she came to know just now, she knew it when he agreed on the date. Maybe, she should have asked for more time or better, more days. Wait, no! Nothing could be done now. When the class got over, she usually have some snacks and this day was no exception. It was a regular habit for the blonde. Okay, not only because of that, her stomach started to make sounds indicating she’s hungry and she couldn’t avoid it when it warned her to eat, or otherwise it would play with her mind. Basically she would be more stressed without food and sleep and she’s scared that she would shout at people unnecessarily. And today, Aldor would be the last person she would want to shout at. On top of everything ‘dating’ sounds complicated to her, it would be nice if there’s anyone who could deliver a dating tips book to her.
There was no one who could help her in her love life. The previous day, she rushed to her friend to just hear her discouraging Vivian with her love life. Saying things like “Love makes blind, don’t go acting stupid, keep thinking with your brain” bla bla bla. And the great advice she got when asked was “Make homework together, ‘spend your time well’”. This was the amazing advice she received when she ran to her friends, literally gasping for breath. Maybe, who knows? Aldor might love doing homework but... this is not the day for that. And the advice no.3 sounded good to Vivian when Sam suggested them to sit in the grass and have something to eat, a candy especially and the blonde considered this one. And she also warned her to not have her heartbroken over some “stupid boys” with a hug, which she accepted happily but rolled her eyes when she called him stupid. She has never talked against Sam and she didn’t this time too. Maybe she should have reached a well experienced person who’s in love and... not her best friend, who has never fallen in love.
It was just after she reached her dorm, she was scratching her head trying to decide what she should get for Aldor. Not even 24 hours, she couldn’t even have her mom send anything and that too, it would be unrelated to ‘love”. Obviously she didn’t want her mom to find out that she’s dating someone. According to her mom, it’s too early. Maybe it is! But isn’t it something that someone’s brain has no control over? It was her mother’s mistake to not understand it, not hers. Coming to the point, she had nothing planned. A sudden thought arose, she had that book which she grabbed from his hand in diagon alley. Does someone gift a book on dates? Who cares, she would. Because she had nothing else prepared for him. With the book being wrapped in a plain blue wrapper, she looked at her image in the mirror for barely a minute. With that, she could notice how sweaty she was and obviously she had no time for makeup and she would just have to go with her natural look today. Grabbing the red rose from her bed which she got for Aldor, the book and her bucket bag, she hurried to the Great Lake.
Stopping before she could reach him, she wiped away the sweat in her forehead with the sleeve of her black and peach floral printed long shirt. Finally, she walked towards where he was seated, rather slowly but her heart was beating so fast. Not sure whether it was because of running or the date. Maybe both. “H-Hi” she smiled, taking deep breaths to relax herself and sat beside him trying to sit elegantly but no, it came out clumsily. That made her shoulder brush against his. Again. But this time, her heart pounded, a lot! She threw him a nervous glance and noticed clearly how good he looked. He came well dressed, neat unlike her. A smile spread on her face when she realised they both were dressed in black. Black may not be the colour of love but not in their case. “You look good” as her eyes scanned him thoroughly... A little, very little shamelessly.
Sta 8|Eva 5|Str 8|Wis 6|Arc 5|Acc 8
LOVELY CREATURE| OBNOXIOUSLY STRONG
24 Sep 2021, 15:09
This is a special day
Terrible Presence - Healing Sage
Aldor smiled as he heard her greeting him, at first, he remained calm, but when he looked at her, he felt himself losing control. Stay calmed, stay focused, breath. He tried to keep that in mind, but in reality, he had already gotten nervous. His face was red and his breath was already shaking, not even three seconds into a conversation.
''H-Hey, you look great too.''
Aldor found it a little funny that they both chose black as the main color for their outfit, although, most of Aldor's clothing were dark colors, and the only 'fancy' thing that was remotely colorful was a purple suit that he kept for special occasions, but he felt like that he would look like he was trying way too hard, or that's what he learned while reading. And in reality, it was hard to trust old books when they gave advice about dating, how could you be sure that someone who is in a relationship wrote it and it is not a simple theory from someone who is single?
The more he looked at her, the more he realised that Vivian might have been in a rush before coming to the Great Lake, maybe next time they do something like this, they should plan it better to avoid being confused or nervous, the last thing Aldor wanted was causing any sort of discomfort to Vivi. She was probably worried about how she looked, but Aldor wasn't exactly the sort of person to care about how someone dressed, after all, if it wasn't because this was important day, he would most likely be wearing the same old gray hoodie that didn't exactly help with his appearance.
Although, even if Aldor didn't look as tired as Vivi, he was definetely feeling like he was about to colapse, he was really nervous and he was worried about messing up, but at this point, all he could do was trying his best.
A few seconds of silence went by before he realised that staying silent for the rest of the date wasn't going to be exactly amazing or fun if neither of them say or do anything, so he gently took the gift he prepared for Vivian and handed it to her with a nervous smile.
''I uhm- made this for you, it isn't perfect and I wasn't sure what your favorite type of flower was so I just- took a bit of everything I thought that looked good together.''
He tilted his head to one side, still looking at Vivian, his thoughts were getting cloudy with how nervous he felt, but he couldn't give up this soon, determination, that was one of the things that made the Humbleglow special, right? Well, that's what his aunt always told him, so he simply supposed that it was most likely true.
''I-I didn't plan anything fun for us to do, I honestly thought that simply spending time together would be nice, maybe it's not a great use of the time but- you know, if you'd like to do anything else just tell me.''
Aldor smiled again, this time he looked a bit more under control, his breathing was softer and the blushing in his face was slowly fading, but not dissapearing completely. Even with all of the worries running through his mind, he was actually quite happy, he couldn't help but smile and feel a warm feeling in his heart. It was strange, it felt like ''THAT day'', but he wasn't worried, or sad. This was different and he wasn't going to waste such an important moment.
While they talked, out of the pocket where Aldor had placed her before, came Freyja, slowly crawling up from the floor to Aldor's leg, but the boy was too nervous to notice the gray rodent begging for his attention, or a bit more specifically, food.
@Vivian Fletcher
"Hope Is The Only Thing Stronger Than Fear."
4 Oct 2021, 12:23
This is a special day
interacting with @Aldor Humbleglow
“Uhm thanks” blinking rapidly, the blonde glanced away with a smile as she tucked her hair behind her ears. Did he really mean it? Her eyes scanned herself down with a scrunch. She wasn’t sure, to her, she looked hideous this day compared to any other day. Her hair looked tangled and dry. Her lip being chapped as she forgot to apply her lip balm, looking sweaty even in this cold weather. Oh no! All her imperfections suddenly became extremely visible to her eyes and she winced at herself and hoped he wouldn’t notice her expression. Why does she have to look this messy on this particular day? She just wanted to fix her look immediately and dug her bag to check if there’s something useful for this situation. As soon as her hands caught a claw hair clip and her tangerine lip balm, she sighed with relief. Without a pause, she tied her hair up and applied her lip balm. The blonde finally felt a little at ease but all this moment, she wasted her time. Being busy beautifying herself, she forgot she was with Aldor.
Her face flushed as she finally turned to look at him and her eyes widened at the flower crown and her face grew brighter with a smile. Vivian wasn’t into flowers and she doesn’t have a special attraction to them but still what he gave her made her jaw slack, “Wow, thanks” she chuckled, she was clearly surprised with his gift and her eyes shone brighter. “Aldor, you’re so talented and It looks adorable!” as she adjusted her tied up hair to wear the flower crown. “It’s nice and it would be even nicer if someone else place this on my head instead of myself ” with a teasing smile she reached for the flower crown. It was just a joke, she didn’t expect him to put it on her head knowing how shy he was.She didn’t plan anything fun as well but she somehow felt it was a little funny when he said that, it sounded a little formal and cute to her but she tried not to show how she felt, by making her laugh sound like cough and sniffed to make it believable. After all she didn’t want him to say you’re having ‘fun’. As soon as she stopped laughin- no stopped coughing “Maybe... for a walk? We’ll go for a walk, what do you-“ her voice faded away at the sight of a rat and her eyes squint at the site. “Hi?” she waved to the rat but still in confusion. Is it someone new or it’s Aldor’s pet? But she didn’t know he had a rat. With a confused smile “ is she- or he yours?” as she leaned in and stretched her hand to gently scratch the rat’s head.
Sta 8|Eva 5|Str 8|Wis 6|Arc 5|Acc 8
LOVELY CREATURE| OBNOXIOUSLY STRONG
13 Oct 2021, 02:30
This is a special day
Terrible Presence - Healing Sage
Aldor in a shy way as he heard Vivian say she would like someone to put the crown on her head, he knew she was joking, he knew that neither of them had the confidence to do that. He was glad that Vivian was happy with her gift, his biggest worry was already out of the way, but now he had to deal with a new one. He froze for a few seconds as he saw Vivan reach for something that was by them, it took him a few seconds to realize that Freyja was no longer in the pocket where she was supposed to be.
Freyja turned to look at Vivian as soon as she felt her touch, squeaking quietly and gently holding onto her fingers, almost as if she was begging to be picked up. Aldor sometimes suspected that Freyja would give herself in adoption to anyone who gave her attention or food, even when Aldor spent most of his time with her, she was a bit problematic but it was a sort of his fault. He asked his aunt for a pet and that's exactly what he got.
''Oh uhm, she's- Freyja, she's mine-''
Aldor smiled nervously, even though, he looked quite frustrated as well, maybe because he didn't want Freyja to interrupt them, but at the very least it was a relief to see that Vivian wasn't bothered by the gray rodent.
''I wasn't going to bring her today but- She sort of invited herself.''
He brushed some hair away from his eyes, looking nervously at Vivian.
''Also, Vivi uhm- you mentioned going for a walk, I think that would be very nice, if you're- still up to it I mean.''
He said this forgetting that she had just said this a few seconds ago, his brain was failing him again, unable to give quick responses or acting normally. He needed to focus again, but it was a little difficult to do so at this point, specially with how nervous he was.
@Vivian Fletcher I'm very sorry for the delay, I am now free and keep up with a constant rythym.
"Hope Is The Only Thing Stronger Than Fear."
20 Oct 2021, 12:05
This is a special day
@Aldor Humbleglow
Feeling amused by Aldor's look, she finally placed the crown on her head, "How do I look?" as she flickered her eyebrows. A mirror would've been helpful at this time but she didn't have it with her at this moment. That wasn't the only reason, she also wanted to know whether Aldor finds it good on her. A slight smile formed on her face when her eyes gazed at the cute little interloper. Vivian likes animals and playing with them is so fun. But still she owns no pet nor does she want to. Her face arced to look at Aldor as she heard him say the rat's name, "Freyja" she repeated with a bright smile. Attempting to pick the little one gently, she again turned to him, "What does it mean?- the name". The name was cute and it sounded adorable but she haven't heard of it before and is slightly curious to know the meaning.
"she invited herself?" she laughed glancing between her and Aldor. Rubbing Freyja's head with her thumb, "I didn't know you have a pet" she chuckled as she pulled a biscuit packet from her bag. Before she could feed the rodent, she would have to ask her owner which she did, "Does she likes biscuits... and do you like them as well?" she shook the packet a bit as she held them up. The date was obviously between Vivian and Aldor and she realised she has to get back her attention to Aldor. A walk, oh yeah! she totally forgot about it until Aldor reminded her. of course she was still interested, it was better than sitting in the same place for the whole time. Aldor even said that would be nice, and there was no change in her mind, "Yes, I am still interested, so let's go then" she rose to her feet as she finished saying and stretched her hand for him to join.
Sta 8|Eva 5|Str 8|Wis 6|Arc 5|Acc 8
LOVELY CREATURE| OBNOXIOUSLY STRONG
26 Oct 2021, 01:43
This is a special day
Terrible Presence - Healing Sage
Aldor looked at Vivian as he smiled softly. She looked good with it, perfect even, he had picked the types of flowers correctly, they combined with her hair and lovely eyes, he was lost in this thought for a second until he snapped out of it and answered her question. It was sort of hard for Aldor to focus, it was odd to express what he felt about how she looked outloud, but he supposed it was part of going out with her, right?
At least that's what he read that couples usually did.
''I-I uhm- You look amazing''
He couldn't help but smile every time he looked at her, it was hard to imagine that it all ended up on a possitive note, they were now happy, together, spending time without worries, it was odd, but Aldor liked this better than being nervous all the time without knowing what to tell Vivian and doing his best not to say something that showed her that he was falling for her.
Aldor then went onto answering her other questions, the ones regarding Freyja.
''Freyja is the name of the norse goddess of battle and love, also death, as far as I know the name literally means ''Lady'' so uh- Sort of popped in my head when I got her.''
He listened to Vivian as she kept asking a few questions.
''Well- sort of, she likes sneaking into my bag whenever I'm n0t looking. And she hasn't been with me for that long, she has been with me since uh- the last break.''
Aldor blushed as Vivian asked whether both his rat and himself liked biscuits, it was a strange thing to be shy about, but it was because Aldor forgot to bring anything for them to snack on, he read that he was supposed to bring something so that he could offer her a snack, of course, this came from a magazine for teens full of quizes and horoscopes, was that really the best advice he could get? He wasn't completely sure about it.
''We both do actually, but she just- has a bad habit of eating anything she can get her hands on.''
He looked at Freyja in silence, as the rodent nuzzled Vivian's hand, she had an almost devilish look as she glanced at Aldor, as if she was telling him: 'I have her attention and you do not.' He though about this for a few seconds, but focused back on Vivian agreed to go for a walk, he smiled again, he hesitated a little when she offered her hand to him, but it was time to stand up and being brave. Slowly but surely, he took her hand gently and joined her.
@Vivian Fletcher
"Hope Is The Only Thing Stronger Than Fear."