018 - Anniversary. [Action/Voice]

[tionysus]

[Spring has sprung, and that means flowers are in bloom. Myuria is at the lake, and she's taken the time to carefully weave a bouquet out of blue roses and dendrobium, tied neatly together with velvet ribbon. It's a funereal bouquet, which the Morphus use to bind themselves to loved ones in the next stage of life. She's taken it with her to the

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[13th_captain]

[Arumat has taken to extending his regular patrols due to the recent murders, and today said patrols have happened to take him out to the lake when he spots a very familiar form there. Not the sort to interrupt things, he'll just stand some distance away to watch what she's doing. He catches sight of just what flowers are in that bouquet and understands the symbolism immediately-- after all, he'd left one of the same bouquets near a fragment of the destroyed Eldarian refugee ship on Aeos. A part of him finds himself wondering if that is for her husband, Crowe, or both.]

[tionysus]

[Oh, that silly Morphus tradition! She's going to be at the lake for a while, watching it float away. Not that it's going much of anywhere, but she doesn't want to miss if something actually happens. Above everything, it's a last ditch effort to get her husband to Luceti.]

[13th_captain]

[Then he'll just stand there quietly, not wanting to bother her. Given that he's not making any effort to conceal himself, it's likely she'll spot him after a little while.]

[tionysus]

[Once she's had enough time, she'll finally say something.] Were you planning on standing there all day?

[13th_captain]

I could ask you the same thing.

[tionysus]

What if I was?

[13th_captain]

I'm not bringing you a meal out here, if that's what you were expecting.

[tionysus]

No? But you just offered.

[13th_captain]

... that wasn't an offer.

[Dammit Myuria, how do you know exactly how to push his buttons?]

[tionysus]

It's quite considerate of you, you know. Worrying about a girl because she's out in the sun all day. I didn't realize you cared.

[Because all she does is push buttons!]

[13th_captain]

Only because I'm the one who would have to carry you back home if you got heatstroke as a result.

[And Arumat tries to act likes she doesn't!]

[tionysus]

And how would you know that had happened if you hadn't been waiting for me the whole time?

[Dream on, giant Eldarian man. Dream on.]

[13th_captain]

I was just passing by.

[Sort of true, sort of not. He WAS passing by, but he also stopped to wait. But, since he's here, he'll bend down to pick a bunch of the small woodland flowers that are blooming now, gathering them into a crude bouquet and tying it together with a blade of grass. Then, without looking at her, he'll walk to the edge of the lake and toss the flowers onto the water as well. It's no Morphus funereal bouquet, but the intent is the same.]

[tionysus]

I'm not due for heatstroke for a long time yet.

[She watches him thoughtfully. Arumat's probably the last person she expects to latch onto an idea like this, so seeing him do the same thing is a surprise. She can't really bring herself to tease him about that.] Do you want to make a real one?

[13th_captain]

[Now he'll turn back to look at her.]

Do you have the materials?

[It's an answer without actually being an answer.]

[tionysus]

I have some extra just in case.

[She thought about making two, but decided it was silly enough anyway.]