[THREAD] these peaceful moments that breeze by ❀

[striginae]

Who: Selphie [ gamblerselphie ] & Nagi [ striginae ]
Where: Out on the streets, Terra
When: Early evening, sure
Summary: Just a friendly chance meeting, that's all.
Rating: Probably just PG
Other: c:

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[striginae]

He seemed to be doing this a lot, recently -- spacing out while walking down the streets and sometimes into people -- but this time, the other way around. The small collision jolted him out of his thoughts, and he stumbled for a moment. Regained his balance quickly enough and immediately looked over to where the young lady had fallen down -- oh dear. "Ah -- I'm terribly sorry about this." The bustle of the crowd in the streets drowned out the harsh edge of his artificial voice, somewhat, and he quickly stepped forward to help her back up. "Are you alright?"Though -- on second glance. She seemed vaguely familiar? It took a brief moment of thought, during which his eyes wandered over the fallen book, visible for a moment before it was quickly whipped out of sight. The title, "Dating for Dummies." He couldn't help but laugh a little inside at that -- not in a teasing way (he'd had his awkward moments too, so many years ago), but rather out of nostalgic fondness. This was the age, wasn't it? That sunny time of life when youth looked to

[striginae]

Ah, so it was her. It was always a somewhat odd experience, meeting graduated students, especially out of school -- but never in a bad way. "Please, just Nagi is fine -- especially given that I am not your teacher." It was a good-natured correction, and he returned her smile just as brightly. Though, of course -- he noticed the way that she continued to hide the book. It was almost refreshing, this innocence, amid the dark city, and he politely pretended he hadn't seen the object in question. No reason to fluster her further, after all.

To his side, the stoplight trilled softly, changing from red to green, heralding a slow line of people crossing the street in rhythmic footsteps, and he stepped aside to allow the flow of people to pass by without jostling either of them. Though, now that he thought about it -- this wasn't much of a place that young people tended to be -- the only buildings he knew around the area being the school and a few corporate buildings. Was she lost?

"Though -- what brings you to this area?" Withdrawing his