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[color=00aeef][b]Time:[/b][/color] Evening
[color=00aeef][b]Location:[/b][/color] Grand Ballroom balcony
[color=00aeef][b]Interactions:[/b][/color] [@Remram] Magnus and [@Infinite Cosmos] Munir

[quote=@Remram]

Hesitantly, Magnus nodded and then said, [color=#35A8F0]"Yes, it's true. She admitted to being a witch and... Well, you know the rest."[/color] His brows knitted together. He had just pushed that thought way in the back of his mind. [color=#35A8F0]"I implore you not to think hard about it. It'll only leave a pit in your stomach like the rest of us."[/color] His piercing blue eyes looked over the view they had of Soralia. The lights almost seemed like the very stars in the sky.

He let the silence hang in the air for only a moment.

[/quote]

[color=00aeef]"A wi-" [/color] she started but quickly shut herself up. She indeed did not know the rest,  but she knew enough. Enough that her vision of Caesonia had been shattered and left her rose tinted view of the world starting to darken slightly. 

She was brough back to the balcony as she heard Magnus try to comfort her,[color=00aeef] "I - will try."[/color] 

[quote=@Remram]
He turned to face her again with a very earnest expression. [color=#35A8F0]"I truly do wish to apologize to you, Shehzadi Amira. I did not mean to embarrass you the way that I did, but I had to make myself abundantly clear that it wasn't me who sent those flowers. It would've been cruel to lead you on when I've only learned of your existence tonight."[/color]

She was beautiful, beautiful enough to make any man's heart race. That was an indisputable fact though there was something else to her. There was something, for lack of a better word, pure about her. Not pure as in someone inexperienced with the world, but pure in the fact that she hardly seemed to have a malicious bone in her body and saw the good in everyone and everything. Maybe to her own detriment. She should have been more wary of him, of any man for that matter instead of inching 
closer to him... And yet he made no attempt to move away.[/quote]

A small bittersweet but understanding smile decorated her face, [color=00aeef]"I know that you did not, and I am thankful you were honest. Even if all of this was one big mistake, I am glad that I have made some friends. I do not know what I would have done tonight if I had faced all this .. news alone."[/color] 

[quote=@Remram]
Magnus plucked a yellow marigold from one of the pots that decorated the balcony and gingerly tucked it behind her ear. [color=#35A8F0]"It may not be a bouquet, but maybe this will suffice."[/color] It stood out from the blues and golds that covered her though he could not deny that it looked pleasing on her. He smiled at his handiwork and said, [color=#35A8F0]"Yellow definitely suits you."[/color] [/quote]

His delicate and caring gesture left her stunned, mouth gaping with a blush growing on her face. This was nothing like the story she had daydreamed but somehow that made it all that much sweeter.

[quote=@Infinite Cosmos]
With an easy smile returning to his face, he finally stepped onto the balcony proper and approached the pair.

[color=ffce00]"There you are."[/color]

His tone carried the familiar blend of relief and amusement reserved for troublesome family 

[color=ffce00]"For a moment I feared I would have to explain to your father how I allowed his daughter to vanish into the night unsupervised."[/color]

His eyes shifted briefly toward the blond man before returning to Amira.

[color=ffce00]"I see, however, that you have already acquired company."[/color]

The prince offered a polite inclination of his head.

[color=ffce00]"Munir al-Kadir."[/color]

The introduction was simple, casual, and confident.
[/quote]

Spinning around at the voice that disturbed their little moment, Amira was shocked and almost thankful to see that it was Munir standing there. It had just occurred to her that had it been anyone else who had decided to take a walk on the balcony, this whole scene might have caused enough gossip to destroy her and possibly even Lord Magnus' reputation. 

In that moment as Munir was busy introducing himself, she quickly took a step away from Magnus to keep the space between them. 

[quote=@Infinite Cosmos]
Then his gaze flicked back toward Amira, a faint grin tugging at the corner of his mouth.

[color=ffce00]"Now then, should I be concerned, or was this merely a strategic retreat from the horrors of ballroom conversation?"[/color]
[/quote]

Amira nodded nervously.

[color=00aeef]"Yes. Yes. I needed a moment to breathe after all the,"[/color]  She took a moment as she tried to choose her next words carefully,[color=00aeef] "[i]commotion[/i] that had been caused."[/color] 

[color=00aeef]"Though,"[/color]  She looked over Lord Magnus for half a second, a small smile once again brightened up her face,[color=00aeef] "I am feeling much better now."[/color]