You and I were Fireworks// July Catch-All ~ [Open]

[phoenixstrut]

Characters: Dove and YOU (Open)
Date: All of July!
Location: Anyplace!
Situation: Anything!
Warnings/Rating: In headers


A. Pretty much anywhere/BEFORE the turtle terror vision, 5th of July
She was having a good day. She was having a very, very good day. Nevermind the distant look on her face-- she was softly smiling more often than not. She definitely looked distracted--maybe more than distracted-- but there was a certain glow around her as she alighted in each sector throughout the day. Anyone passing by might also notice that she's absently playing with the soul gem around her neck more often than not...

B. Midnight Hotel/CLOSED/July 6-9
((During these days, Dove will be entirely indisposed, in her room, away from everyone...unless they come find her.))
Unable to block the surge of terrible emotion washing over the turtle from wracking her mind and cursed with the inability to stop the vision from constantly plaguing her, Dove was more than crippled. The thought of leaving her room didn't even pass through her head as she laid where she was, having crumpled to her knees the moment the vision had started.

Five children... children...

Helpless children.

Never mind that they were turtles.... they were young souls, just like the ones she had guarded all her life. That, coupled with the overwhelming horror of the darkness and the intensity of the vision direct into her mind...

For the second time in her life, the angel was cold, and the storms outside did nothing to help.

C. HEALERS GUILD/After the Toddler Turtle Terror/July 10 onward
She had to return to her job, regardless of the consequences. If they no longer wanted to pay her... so be it. She'd volunteer her help. Anything to help, after... after that.

Those at the Healing Guild would notice a definite difference in the angel, even if they had only ever seen her once. The smiles she offered were tired and weak, despite her valiant attempt to stay light. She was slowly regaining her footing, but she was quiet... much quieter than the happy-go-lucky, bright and bubbly healer she had been over the past few weeks. Kind, yes, and diligent in her work... but quiet.

D. Large Grassy Area outside the city/Slightly happier times
She liked being inside the hustle and bustle of the city most days, but could rarely resist the pull of nature, especially when she was so very overwhelmed.

She wouldn't be alone this time though. As she flew out of the city, a radiant bird the size of a large eagle flew with her, his red and golden plumes shining in the sunlight as they soared.

E. Anything else! :)

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[wolfstrike]

"Better, huh?"

Now she's got him a bit curious.

But all joking aside, he was now gradually starting to feel better as the gem went back to normal. A few moments more, and Yuri then tried to sit up. Still feeling a bit woozy but the world was starting to slow down again to where he could actually focus once more.

[phoenixstrut]

"Yes, better--see?" she smiled at his curiosity, sliding a hand behind him to help him sit up. She wouldn't give him any details, though. "Better already."

Her palm was warm as she gently pressed at his back, hoping to ground him a little better. "focus on me again," she instructed, lifting an amused brow as she looked him over and settled on his eyes to be sure he could focus.

[wolfstrike]

He wasn't used to being coddled like this, and it made him a little uncomfortable. But he said nothing of it, and instead looked up at her again when Dove prompted him to. ... Only to make eye contact with the angel. He paused and stared for a moment, blinking only once.

[phoenixstrut]

Her eyes were warm and the color of honey-- easy to draw people in-- as she looked back, holding his gaze as long as she could. Ah, it made her mental reach all the stronger when he was looking back at her, and after deciding his focus was strong enough she looked away and sat back, softening. Sometimes it was handy being someone nice to look at-- just another angel tool to help-- but she could tell he wasn't used to this sort of attention, and she didn't want to make him any more uncomfortable.

"Are you going to be okay?" He didn't seem nauseated... But she couldn't feel him physically.

[wolfstrike]

Yuri blinked once more when the eye contact was interrupted, and he rubbed at his head a bit sheepishly.

"Uh, yeah. I'll be fine. ... Thanks."

With that he pushed himself back up onto his feet and looked around, the nausea having faded. He was just glad he hadn't gotten sick all over the place again. Sometimes he did and sometimes he didn't. ... But there was still a mess to clean up. Thus he started picking up the pieces of the broken plates.

[phoenixstrut]

She smiled and rose to her own feet, straightening her tunic and dusting off her knees before she reached down to help him clean up. "You're the one taking care of people back home, aren't you?" she asked, breaking the silence as gently as she could.

[wolfstrike]

The sudden question was a surprise and he blinked at her before continuing to pick up the pieces.

"Huh? Why would you think that?"

[phoenixstrut]

"You just seem like you're not used to it being the other way around," she shrugged, setting a few pieces of broken plate into a bowl before reaching for another. "And you're too good with people not to be someone who interacts often." He had said he was a knight, and: "I mean, you literally swept me off my feet when those kids stole my gem, and you didn't even blink."

[wolfstrike]

Yuri just shrugged, though internally he was a bit flustered, but that didn't show at all.

"I'm just used to taking care of myself, that's all. I'm more of a loner than you think."

But really she was quite spot on, he just wasn't admitting that she had figured him out. After all, she doesn't know how he adamantly went after Estelle when she had been captured. And how his friends had beat him up when he tried to do it alone. Or how he had taken it upon himself to be Karol's mentor, or any of that. His friends would be calling him a big fat liar right about now.

[phoenixstrut]

His emotions betrayed him around the angel, and she grinned as he played it off. It was very impressive... If she hadn't been an angel, she actualy might have believed him. "I see," she acquiesced, shaking her head knowingly. "Though I also think you're not quite as good a liar as you think you re."

She swept up another piece, but gasped as a smaller one caught on the side of her pinky finger, cutting the skin the slightest bit. Blinking, she stood again, and watched as her hand warmed, whisking the golden blood away before it could turn red.

[wolfstrike]

"Yeah? You a mind reader or something?" he said with a smirk. It was just a tease, but he did have to wonder if there was something to her that he didn't know about. Or if she was really just that insightful.

Though he paused when she cut her finger. Watching as she bled and then quickly healed herself.

"That's different." Her blood was a golden color, which is definitely not something he saw every day. He could have sworn her blood was red that one time though.

[phoenixstrut]

She paused, hesitating just a little. It felt wrong not to tell him something. "Not exactly," she shrugged, twisting her wrist as the glow faded.

His comment, thankfully, and confusion drew the conversation elsewhere. "It's gold if it can be used to heal," she explained, her cheeks pink. "Apparently animals like the smell of it, too,," she added, her face contorting briefly in a skeptical eyeroll. "Its weird."

[wolfstrike]

He caught the not exactly, but went with the flow as the subject changed.

"Huh, yeah, weird."

Once the pieces were picked up and thrown away, Yuri dusted off his hands.

"I think I'm gonna call it a night."

[phoenixstrut]

"That's... Probably not a bad idea..." she admitted, though inwardly, she was a little disappointed. "I was headed that way before I came in here, myself."

[wolfstrike]

"Yeah? I can walk you to your room."

Call it a hunch, but he had a feeling she didn't want to part ways just yet. So he'll be a gentleman for once. Besides, he did owe her for her help and kindness.

[phoenixstrut]

His offer honestly surprised her, and she smiled before she realized it. "How chivalrous of you," she praised.

[wolfstrike]

"What, you think an orphan from the lower quarter doesn't know what manners are?" He smirked and then playfully offered his arm to her.

He knew what manners were, he just chose not to use them a lot of the time.

[phoenixstrut]

She smirked back, her cheeks turning the slightest bit pink. "Oh, I can think of many situations in which I might question your manners," she teased back, taking his arm with practiced grace and playfully setting her head against his shoulder. "Your being an orphan from the lower quarter, however, has nothing to do with it."

[wolfstrike]

She put her head on his shoulder. It surprised him a little but not enough for him to miss a beat. He didn't mind. In fact he just started walking, taking them out of the kitchen and into the halls.

"Oh yeah? Name one."

He knew he was asking for trouble with that, but maybe he wanted a little bit of trouble.

[phoenixstrut]

She blinked, and her face slowly turned a deeper red as they walked. Quickly regaining her composure, she narrowed her eyes up at him playfully. "Well, you did throw an entire squid back into the face of one of the precious crests during landfall," she reminded him. "And you did refuse to carry me properly when my leg was gashed open...though I do suppose you helped quite a lot that day, so..."

[wolfstrike]

"Hey, he was asking for it," Yuri said with a huff, clearly having no regrets for throwing squids in the face of entitled Erol'a brats.

At the second part though, he might have to concede a little cause she did have a point. Didn't stop him from being a smartass though. "It was easier to carry you that way," he retorted.

[phoenixstrut]

She laughed, easily conceding. "That's true. They all deserved it."

At his quip, she elbowed his side, surprised at how thin he seemed to be under that tunic. For a second, she just looked at him, her gaze a challenge, then shifted her hold and delicately kicked her heels up as she jumped up into his arms. "See? How hard is this?"

1/2

[wolfstrike]

And suddenly she was throwing herself at him. Quite literally.

Fortunately, Yuri had fast swordsman reflexes and easily caught her. ... In the very style that she had wanted him to hold her in.

2/2

[wolfstrike]

Yuri then heaved a dramatic sigh as he held her.

"Alright, alright, you got me there."

Dove you have done a bad thing

[phoenixstrut]

She giggled as he scrambled to catch her, but stilled quickly, her face turning even more pink as she settled into his hold.

One of his hands was splayed across her back, and it was beyond impossible to ignore the touch. The skin in place of her hidden wings was sensitive, the very reason she refused shirts with backs. It was a point of weakness for all angels... And she had forgotten how his hold would affect her in her playfulness.

Though she fought back the shudder relatively well, the heat in her cheeks refused to fade as she continued their banter. "Quick reflexes