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[vanhossen]

[Everything has gone downhill since things returned to normal. Charlotte is gone, and Sylvia has yet to resolve what she deems "problems" with the people she'd interacted with during that odd time. All of that combined leaves her a tad disheartened, in a word. Thus, she's been cooped up in House #44 for a couple days, having taken her training

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[vulcanblazer]

[By the evening, Adell's back in the house and prepping dinner. He looks over to the door when he hears it open and pokes his head out of the kitchen.]

Welcome back, Sylvia. You finished training for now?

[vanhossen]

[Adell. Sylvia's still not quite sure what to do with him -- at least, what to say to him. Pushing that concern out of her mind, she heads to the kitchen.]

. . . Ah. For today.

[vulcanblazer]

[Adell goes back to monitoring what he's cooking, but he glances back to Sylvia.]

You've really been going at it today. I don't think I've seen you train that hard before. [Well, he's seen her train very hard before. But today, she was non-stop.] ...Everything okay?

[vanhossen]

[She leans to the side and watches from the entrance of the kitchen with her arms crossed.]

Do you think that everything's okay, Adell?

[Not scathing or accusatory at all. Just a genuine question, to understand how he perceives the situation.]

[hotheadedidiot]

[Stahn was on his daily run through and around the village, when he passed by the House #44. He kept his eye on it as he approached and eventually passed it, not noticing Sylvia outside.

...Until one of her thrusts narrowly skewers him. He stops just short of Sylvia and the blade's side.]

Urk--!

[vanhossen]

[The blade lingers there by him for a second, before Sylvia regards him with a straight face and lowers it.]

. . . Stahn.

[At her side, her grip on the hilt tightens.]

[hotheadedidiot]

H-hey there, Sylvia! [What a close call...]

Training outside today, huh?

[vanhossen]

[Just silence.

Then she backs up a few steps, before charging straight at him with her sword aimed to cut him down.

Act fast.]

[isntyourfriend]

[It's a little out of his way, and Elliot isn't normally in this part of the village, but when he does happen by and see Sylvia practicing with her sword, it's safe to say he's very interested in this.

For a moment, he'll just watch her, but if she doesn't say anything, he probably will. Like Elliot Nightray can stay quiet for long anyway.]

[vanhossen]

[Well, then, Sylvia's going to end up trying his patience, because if she's noticed his presence, she doesn't acknowledge it. Her entire focus is on the blade in her grasp, to keep her mind from wandering to unwanted thoughts.

So Elliot may be here for a while.]