[center][img]https://txt.1001fonts.net/img/txt/dHRmLjg4LjAwMDAwMC5WR2hsSUVkaGRHaGxjbWx1WnlCVGRHOXliUSwsLjA,/pill-popper.regular.png[/img][/center] [indent][indent][indent][color=gray][sub][right][color=black][b]Location:[/b][/color] Wayfarer's Retreat -- The City of Thorinn, Aetheria[/right][/sub][/color] [hr] [color=378E75]“You should talk to Graves.”[/color] [color=D2D586]“He’ll cool off. No way he’ll ditch when there’s a blind dungeon involved.”[/color] She shrugged, [color=378E75]“Alright. What did you want to talk about?”[/color] The blonde-haired tank smiled as he put his satchel on his belt and tightened his gear. [color=D2D586]“There’s something I wanted to run past you. We can’t leave without it.”[/color] Luci raised a brow, [color=378E75]“Like what? Leaves and I already looked at the dungeon. Told you how weird it looks. No mobs outside. No defenses like the Wicked Tower of Blainosagar. Just waiting for us.”[/color] She turned around pointing over to Leaves, [color=378E75]“I can get Leaves to explain in more deta—”[/color] [color=D2D586]“Anna.”[/color] She paused. He [i]never[/i] called her by her real name unless it was important, like when his mother died and he had to take a break from the game. She turned, and took a step back at what she saw, [color=378E75]“Dorian?”[/color] The man before he fell to one knee as he reached to unbutton his satchel. [color=D2D586]“There’s been a feeling deep inside me since before we started dating. Before the stuff with Zain happened. I’ve felt it since I first saw you standing over a fallen ogre, smiling as you do when you’re in rhythm. The most spectacular woman I’ve ever seen. A warrior princess if I ever saw one. I’m… not good enough for you, but still you took me over Zain. I am absolutely… helpless when I am around you. I stand in awe. You’re beautiful, kind, and professional. The fact you want anything to do with me makes me feel powerful. I love you and want to be at your side until I’ve moved on to the next world.”[/color] [i]Oh. Oh no.[/i] This was [i][b]NOT[/b][/i] happening! [i]Not right now![/i] As he reached into his inventory she bit her lip, she knew what was coming. It was… so [i]clichéd![/i] His words still hit her like a wrench in the face. [color=D2D586]“I thought I’d wait after the dungeon… but I feel like I need to ask this now, [i]Annalise Ridley-Jones[/i], will you marry me? In and out of game?”[/color] [b][i]Thunk. Thunk. Thunk.[/i][/b] Is this what it felt like? She could feel herself gasp for air, but nothing happened. The world around her had begun to feel heavy since Aaginim had dropped to one knee and Luci was really embarrassed beyond belief. The fact he’d do this in the game, in clear view of the rest of everyone else was ridiculous. This would throw everyone off! But, the question made her feel dizzy and she had felt utterly infatuated with Aaginim since they met on their very first raid. He was her everything and he had been her rock when everything in-game and out-of-game seemed to get worse. [color=378E75]“Oh my god.”[/color] She started, shivering as he took her hand in his. [color=378E75]“Oh my god.”[/color] [color=D2D586]“Is that a no?”[/color] Her expression of shock straightened out, forming into a smile. The rarest thing people would see on her face. She found it so hard to gather joy. Of course it wasn’t a no! She was just… it was so [i]sudden[/i] and the timing and place was inappropriate! He didn’t take her to dinner! Was he as inept as she felt she was? [color=378E75]“No, of course you stupid idiot! Of course, I’ll marry you!”[/color] As he put the ring on her finger she screamed, out of character, with tears falling down her cheeks. She hated being seen as weak, but this was an exception. She just hoped it wouldn’t distract anyone when they got to the dungeon. Once she logged off at the end of tonight's session she was going to fly to the United States and never look back. She could take a sick day at work. She finally had found happiness. She could hear the rest of her group coming up to their corner of the Wayfarer’s Hall. She turned, smiled with her hand forward. Perhaps it was Leaves’ response that made her giggle the most. [color=green]“Heck yeah! This is gonna be the best raid ever!”[/color] [/indent][/indent][/indent]