They're sprawled together on the beach, legs tangled with arms tangled with legs. The sand is cozy and warm, and the safety and comfort have Chry lulled into a half-asleep contentment. Barriers down, not thinking, just feeling good ( Read more... )

( Icecrown is cold but Mister Rien doesn't care. He has his pipe and he has his needles and everything's just fine in the little world that is his tent. The wind screams like dying men and hurls itself against the oiled frostweave but it doesn't matter to him, no, not one bit. )

Front and center, Keenblaze. Every day front and center, stand and deliver, face your fears and in so doing overcome. Or so the master said, and the boy wasn't able to tell if that was all there was to it or if he was being deliberately cruel. It was deliberately something at any rate ( Read more... )

( They're spooning on top of the blankets when Chry peeks in, Netha's arms settled around Ash's chest. His shirt and vest are on the floor nearby, but their clothing is otherwise in place enough to make an overprotective father happy. Chryseth isn't an overprotective father, just a lonely friend, and he takes the lack of apparent goings-on as an indication that it's okay to walk in and stare longingly at the two of them. )

( Breakfast. The Talk. And Ash has nothing to hide, nothing at all. )

( Chry and Dori have FEEEEEELINGS. )

( Quel'thalas is not magical happy land. )

Sometimes all I need is the reminder that not all elves are fit to be in the Magistry any more than I am. That not everything is done to manipulate me for my own good. That maybe nobody else really knows what the hell they're doing either, but they'll do their best to muddle through.

( Feelings. Opium. Bad ideas. General whining combined with overall happiness. )

( Chryseth sits with the hatchling in his hair, a sketchbook on his lap. He's talking quietly, words too soft to make out, and Soot peeps back in response now and again. )

( Chry has issues. Greyfall has issues. Should we just call this when issues collide and be done with it? )