Jackie blinked, and just like that, it seemed like time had briefly skipped for her. Not entirely atypical for her was the feeling of dissociation with time after a few days spent in an overcast world, and today was no exception. It had been happening steadily more often over the past few days, oftentimes progressing until she’d returned to her room, at which point she would shake off the lethargy and return to her cheerful self.

This time, though, it was prompted not by returning to her room, but by sudden, massive exposure to something similar to sunlight. She blinked rapidly and realized that the girl from before had emerged from the room, and somehow, she was glowing rather brightly. Jackie’s blank face jumped to an appreciative smile. While it wasn’t quite the sunlight and fire that she required to return to her full capacity, it was enough to snap her out of her malaise.

The girl seemed to know somehow that Jackie wasn’t all there. She didn’t know if there had been other exposures to other sun gods’ children, but as far as she knew, she was Sól’s only child. “[color=ffd700]Thanks,[/color]” she replied with as much feeling as she could muster, “[color=ffd700]should be enough to tide me over.[/color]” She belatedly realized that the world suddenly smelled like the outside. That might have even been better than the sunlight. The world had smelled uniformly like rain and grayness for the past week, and she’d almost forgotten the smell of trees. She inhaled deeply, and her smile grew more genuine, more natural. 

She rammed her hand out with more energy than she knew she possessed, then decided to go for it and embraced the girl in a full-bodied surprise ambush hug. “[color=ffd700]Jacqueline Brake, but call me Jackie. Daughter of Sól. Nice to meet you![/color]”

[@Hopeless Swan]