Flustered Masquerade, Round 3 Mibya!gO4r86/FCw 2020/05/14 (Thu) 21:23 No. 42837 [Reply] ▼
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>>41628 [x] A stroll somewhere exotic. We could compare our philosophies and spells.
“Perhaps a trip to some dark, mysterious forest?”
“A dark forest, really?”
I pulled away from her. Clasping my hands behind my back, I strolled toward the gate. “Why? Are you afraid I’ll do anything…
inappropriate?” “What? Why would I even think that?”
Still clasping my hands, I shrugged. “Why, indeed?”
And yet, after a few steps, she fell in line beside me. “Surely, there’s somewhere better we can go.”
“Hm.” I chuckled. “Why yes, I think I know just the place.”
“Oh? Where is that?”
“Let’s allow it to be my little surprise, darling.”
She pouted. “Very well.”
Waiting barely until we left the gate, I unhooked my hands, grabbed one of hers, and dragged her toward the lightning-singed tree I’d come from. With a hop and skip, we’d returned to the infinite void and, from there, come out from another damaged tree, this time by a coarse dirt pathway, winding in switchbacks up a mountain face.
She frowned. “A dark forest on a mountain. Your wisdom impresses me, dear.”
“Oh, hush. You’ll see its beauty soon enough.” I offered her my elbow. She glanced at it, a mask of uncertainty flickering across her face before she shook her head and linked her arm with mine. Together, we began a trek up the mountainside.
I breathed in the thin but crisp, mountain air, feeling its chill touch on my skin. “So, how was your temple today.”
She sighed. “For some
mysterious reason, your presence has them rattled. Perhaps we should spend our nights at
your place, instead.”
I gasped in mock shock. “Why, you’re not trying to kick me out, are you?”
“Oh dear, no. Why, I believe you had to
lose to accept sleepi
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