☾dreams the thirty-sixth

[wishyuumay]

Really, children, I'd appreciate if you engaged in less rowdy sport while in the shop. I don't want to deny you your fun, but the aftermath is significantly less enjoyable to deal with, ne~ But at least I know where to send the bills if anything needs to be replaced, ne, Kurosaki-kun~?As for everyone else, I hope the City has been somewhat more

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[i_themagician]

[Just before seven (because even though he hadn't given a precise time he would not give her an excuse to say that he was late), Clow approaches the gate wearing this or something similar. His usual smile grows a slight bit as he notices her waiting there even if, as is characteristically Yuuko, she is doing her best not to look as if she's waiting at all.]

Ah. Hello, Yuuko. [although he was doing his best not to annoy her, at least until the date had actually started, the "you didn't have to wait; we're not in any hurry, are we?" is somewhat implied. You'll have to excuse him - it's been centuries since the last time he courted a woman. Hopefully before she'd have a chance to make some kind of witty retort about his failure with words at the moment he produces from the folds of his cloak (or perhaps conjures from where he had left them at home, one almost can't tell) a bouquet of blue and white irises, which he offers to her. The colors have no particular significance, nor do the flowers other than the fact that Clow knows that

[wishyuumay]

[she sees him coming toward her shop, mildly amused (and surprised) that he hadn't simply magicked here. in a way, she supposed that was endearing and flattering. She gives a small nod as he arrived.]

Clow. [and before she can make any other remarks, she's presented with the bouquet, the wind bringing wafts of iris-scent toward her. Yuuko inhales, slightly longer than usual, and a small, sincerely pleased smile curls at her lips.]

Such a gentleman. [it's a soft murmur as she moves to accept the flowers, equal parts amused and pleased]

[i_themagician]

[his posture and slight change of facial expression betray how flattered he is that she thinks so, but it's very brief.]

Shall we, then, darling?

[wishyuumay]

Pet names already, Clow? [she shoots him an amused look, but step forward to stand beside him anyway. As she leaves the shop's gates, an slight shimmer may appear to his magical vision; those are some strong wards she's setting.]

[i_themagician]

[the glimmer catches his eye (OOH, A SHINY THING!) but he realizes what it is almost immediately. Wards above and beyond the usual ones to protect the children in her absence... he knows that something serious must be going on, but he can't be sure what it is.]

Couldn't find a babysitter?

[wishyuumay]

[She glances over at him, but does not acknowledge the wards by looking back.]

Good help is so hard to find these day. And mine seem to be more troublesome than most.

[i_themagician]

[continues walking, then, after the momentary distraction. For all anyone who might be observing would know, he had seen the reflection of the setting sun on some polished surface and was simply that easily-distracted.]

Anything in particular, or would you rather not discuss it?

[wishyuumay]

[strolls along with him, not holding his arm, but close enough that their robes brush every so often. Is more or less relaxed.]

Mmn~ you already know how that child attracts trouble. Just ... precautions.

[i_themagician]

[he nods, unable to help but muse to himself that he was exactly the same at that age.]

Probably a good idea.

[Clow let himself fall into a comfortable silence at this - it's amazing the perspective that a long life can give you, even after it's over. There were of course plenty of other things to say yet but no particular hurry to say them, and in moments like these he sometimes felt that the quiet of the evening could say most of those things for him.

In his short stay in the City so far he had already found a decent spot from which to watch the sun set, and it was that particular little ridge that they were heading for. It wasn't particularly on the way to his apartment, but not too far out of the way, either.]

[wishyuumay]

[she just hums quietly in acquiescence, more than satisfied to let the silence reign. It was comfortable and something about the world teetering on the brink of twilight, awash in soft pinks and golds and oranges, never changed no matter which world they were on; it was magical, for lack of a better word. So she followed Clow's lead, content to just stroll along for now.]

[i_themagician]

[the scenery was different, to be sure: from the high ridge where they stood now they could see the forest and the infinite ocean beyond it, reflecting the lush colors in its waters.

There was another difference, to be sure, as if that weren't enough: on any other world, there was a clear and sensible explanation for where the sun went when it set every evening and how it was able to rise again. Where does the City's sun go when it's not in the sky?]

I think it's a hypersphere. [he said this absently, lost in his own thought. He was referring to the City, in an effort to answer his own question.]

matching icon means loev

[wishyuumay]

[she paused in her admiration of the beautiful glow to throw him another amused looked, thinly veiled by exasperation. Very thinly veiled if the smirk dancing on her lips was any indication. Just for the record though, she rolled her eyes at him.]

Must you have an explanation for everything?

XD

[i_themagician]

What, are you not curious about how this City works? [he gave her a sidelong glance, admiring the way the fading sunlight played upon her skin]

[wishyuumay]

[she turns back to the sunset, not that she misses his glance, and gives a slightly shrug]

Not particularly the specifics. Certainly it's interesting from a professional perspective, but I don't need to know every detail.

[i_themagician]

[chuckles, turning his attention back to the sky as well.]

I don't think that the revelation that we're three-dimensional beings standing in a four-dimensional universe counts as a "detail", Yuuko.

[wishyuumay]

Pft, technicalities~ Just be quiet and enjoy the sunset.