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[demonicbeauty]

[Ariadne's gotten good enough with her Omni that the feed only wobbles a little bit when she turns it on.  That's progress!  No one's getting sea sick.  Hopefully.

She's standing on the threshold, between her building and her garden, moonlight lighting up her silhouette.  She's wearing her gold gown, clearly eager to make a good impression.  Her long hair is unbound, falling nearly to her calves in rolling waves.  It gives her the look of some kind of forest spirit (but she's not one, Maul, shut up).

Arrayed behind her is Serenity Garden.  Which would look a bit more impressive in sunlight, but Ariadne's done her best to arrange lanterns to illuminate everything.  She does, however, continually cast a concerned glance over her shoulder.  You can't trust fire, you can't turn your back on it.]

Well, it's April.  So I was planning to announce the opening of Serenity Garden to the public.  It's just meant to be a nice place where you can sit, meditate, talk with a friend, court your lover.  Just be in nature.  All are welcome, but no violence against the other guests or the trees.

...hopefully the sun will be back soon so you can enjoy seeing it in the daylight.

[But it's Trench, so that may not be a sure thing.  She can only hope.

Although, on the subject of hope:]

Also, the anniversary of my birth is at the end of the month.  Does that mean I should expect some kind of mysterious gift?  Any thoughts on what that might be?  Just so I can...prepare myself.

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[demonicbeauty]

Well, some people are just too busy.

[She can't really let it get to her.

Too many other things on her mind, anyway.]

Anyway, sunlight or not, I hope you and Fern will come for a visit.

[droptheious]

Too busy and also wrong.

[Sorry Airy, friendship with Varian means he's ready to fight for you at a moment's notice.]

Oh sure! We'll be around, Fern can come outside with his parasol. We can drop by!

[demonicbeauty]

Good! Because...

[She hesitates.]

I'm kind of hoping you two can give me some advice.

[droptheious]

Oh? Dooooo I get to know what kind of advice beforehand?

[He and Fern don't have a lot of crossover interests, aside from depressing self-worth issues. He's intrigued what she'd need both of them for. ]

[demonicbeauty]

Well, I don't want to get into it too much.

But I'd like to learn about...courtship rituals. Here, I mean. In Trench.

1/? I'll tell you when he's done

[droptheious]

Oh well that's-

2/?

[droptheious]

[Wait what.

Did she say courtship rituals?]

3/?

[droptheious]

[Oh no. Oh no. Oh no why is she asking HIM about this? HIM AND FERN? Does she think they have any earthly clue what they're doing?]

4/?

[droptheious]

[Oh god, she probably thinks they have an earthly clue what they're doing.]

5/6

[droptheious]

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

6/7 I lied

[droptheious]

I mean. Sure? But uh. Mostly we just...wing it? And hope we don't make a mess-

done

[droptheious]

[WAIT.]

Wait. Waitwaitwait, why do you need to know? Do you...have someone you...want to...court?

[demonicbeauty]

[The number of facial expressions he cycles through is a bit baffling, to say the least.

Ariadne's almost afraid to reply.]

Maybe?

[droptheious]

[Sorry, Airy, he wasn't expecting this to happen to him today. Still, this is much easier to deal with than trying to give her romance advice so:]

Only maybe huh? Do I know this maybe person? Do they have a name?

[demonicbeauty]

I'm not sure we should really get into this over the network, Varian...

[Voice | UN: JustLuke]

[faithfulson]

[ Interrupting, slightly trolling boyfriend? Who, him? Never! ]

That might be wise.

[ And then faintly, under his breath: ]

...only 'maybe'?

[demonicbeauty]

[Still on video, this is the face of true humiliation:

Note the flush of lavender in her cheeks.

Observe the wide eyes.

And's not forget the little squeak that manages to emerge from her throat.

Yes, this is a truly mortified look.]

[faithfulson]

[ Hear that little chuckle? Can you almost imagine the big grin on his face? This is someone that regrets absolutely nothing. ]

Remind me to show you how to set a username when I come over next.

Oh, and uh... maybe talk about the 'courting' advice from your friend.

[demonicbeauty]

Well, I--

[Wait, he's laughing. He's laughing!]

Are you laughing at me, Luke?

[The corners of her lips twitch slightly. No, she's not smiling. Not at all.]

[faithfulson]

Maybe.

[ He couldn't help it, okay? ]

[demonicbeauty]

Rude!

[But now she's laughing.]

I was trying to do something nice for you and you laugh at me?

[faithfulson]

[ Luke full out laughs then -- slightly muffled, as he ducked his head away from the omni slightly, but he isn't trying to hide it. ]

Making fun of the innocent is not the Jedi way.

[ He says, with a smile clearly heard in his voice. ]

But seriously, Airy, don't worry; we'll... take this slow, and figure it out as we go along. I feel that may be the best for both of us.

[ Not him admitting he has the same trepidations about being in a new relationship, nope. ]

As for mysterious gifts... I'm sure I'll think of something.

[demonicbeauty]

You'll think of something?

[Her eyebrows loft slightly.]

I hope you're not planning on pranking me, like the city.

[droptheious]

[OH YES THIS IS-

...Someone he's never heard before. He might be kinda...squinting at the screen. He won't talk because he'll be nice and respect his friend's wishes, but oh boy is he making note of that username, Good Sir!!!]

[droptheious]

OH! [Oh snap he just realised this was public.] Okay, no problem. We'll uh- drop by sometime.