♢ 2 ♢ ninth pact ❖ {light and darkness}

[pactum]

[Marta is mid-pacing when she appears on the plane, hands clasped behind her back and head tilted upward as she loses herself in her own thoughts.]

Come on, Marta, think. There's got to be a way to show him...

[Emil appears on the Plane a moment later. He's also pacing, and looking at a small notebook in his palm, but when he notices Marta's

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[lamb_of_gold]

[Still a little bit under the weather wut]

Everything seems to be as it should for you two.

[formervanguard]

Huh? Oh! Hello, Mu. [She gives him a little smile.]

[lamb_of_gold]

Hello, Marta.

[formervanguard]

It's been a while. How are you?

[lamb_of_gold]

Not well, I'm afraid.

[formervanguard]

[That wasn't an answer she expected. She frowns, concerned.]

Not well? What's wrong?

[lamb_of_gold]

Several of my good friends...they can't come here anymore.

[formervanguard]

They... can't?

[She doesn't grasp the gravity of that statement at first, but then she thinks about what would happen if Emil were suddenly unable to come here. Sure, she'd see him in her own world, but things probably wouldn't be the same. Her frown deepens and she shakes her head.]

Oh, Mu... I'm so sorry.

[lamb_of_gold]

It's alright, Marta.

[It's not, but she doesn't need to worry. So he does what a Saint does best and bury it!]

Now. I sense an idea stirring, and I'm wondering if I should be afraid.

[formervanguard]

An... idea? [She blushes, laughing nervously.] Oh, ahah, it's nothing! Why should you be afraid? Don't be silly!

[lamb_of_gold]

Your blushing suggests mischief, young lady. [DISTRACTION FOUND! HURRAH!]

[formervanguard]

It's not mischief! It's... it's just something that I need to do!

[lamb_of_gold]

Do tell, then.

[formervanguard]

It--

[She wants to tell Mu that it's none of his business, that it's something she wants to do on her own... but she respects him too much to just write him off like that (even if she herself doesn't realize such). So, with a sigh, she makes sure Emil isn't paying attention before she quietly answers:]

I need to learn how to cook.

[lamb_of_gold]

[Makes an 'Oh I see!' face. Emil's implied Marta's an awful cook before, though never actually said anything]

What do you want to make?

[formervanguard]

I.... haven't thought that far into it yet. [Sheepish smile.] I need to find out what he really likes first, you know? And then I have to actually be able to cook it...