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Sol City Modern Slice of life - Chapter 3 - (all welcome new and old)

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"I suppose it's not that bad."

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Location: Food festival

Interaction: @Pyxis

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Hoon took a deep breath after practically being told to calm down since there was no problem with her sudden wave of confidence. Her eyes showed both relief and distress after Lilith's reaction to her having the biggest balls in all of SOL city. She couldn't help but awkwardly smile after seeing Lilith blush like she did because, well, Hoon was usually the one who gets embarrassed. She cleared her throat and instinctively bowed at her asking for the non-requirement of an apology, so in classic Hoon fashion, she apologised for her apology with a very distinct but awkward, "I'm sorry."

When Lilith kissed her back she didn't know what to do, but what felt natural was leaning into it since she did like it, she held onto Lilith's hands like she never wanted to let go. She had that look in her eye, that look of not wanting to lose something no matter what the cost, in this case, that something was Lilith. "It's just I haven't had anyone in like six- no... Seven? Yeah, seven years. The uh... My uh... Last girlfriend kinda, got uhm...-" It was clear that Aria didn't want to get into that, since it still hurt her, "It's not important." she shook away the thought in her head that was going to lead her to think about her last girlfriend who had quite the cruel fate.

As the Lilith's lighter called Aria name, she took it without hesitation and pulled out another of her reds. With three clicks of the lighter, it lit her nicotine stick's tip and with a huff followed by puff (away from Lilith's face of course) she let out a sigh of relief. "Okay, that's a good idea." She said in reply to Lilith's question about going to the studio, the mix and matching of foods definitely smelled weird, and with the overwhelming smell of cheese from multiple booths she needed to get out of there before her nose just starts deteriorating from how bad some of it smelled.

In her brain, she was all giddy and happy, all she could think about was that it couldn't get any better than that (This was her only thought in her head). And of course she thought it couldn't get any better than that, unless Lilith could bring back her dead from the dead and undo her breakdown at the junkyard years ago. Though there was no reason to be picky, she sat there, smoking her cigarette, waiting for it to burn out before she would take Lilith back to her place.

Before the Dark - A Star Guardian Tale

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"Who could they be?"

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Location: Song Residential Home

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As they made their way back to the house, Sarah couldn't help but think who this mystery guardian was, no one came into mind who could be chosen by the guardian, at least from Valoran Academy. She looked back to see the group of people following her, Rakan had left but that was no surprise, she supposed she didn't want to be part of a girl's sleepover. Sarah could feel something heavy in her chest, whatever it was it was eating her up inside, what was this feeling? Guilt. It was Guilt, the guilt of not being there fast enough to have prevented Ahri from getting caught in the first place. She landed on the roof of the house and opened the window, everything was still there, the popcorn was cold and the drinks were close to room temperature. "Do you think this person will be in our class?" Sarah asked, as she waited for everyone to get in. As soon as everyone entered she sat down at the foot of the bed and pressed continue on the film that was playing earlier. "Maybe they're someone we know? I... I have to- I mean, We have to find her." Sarah felt like she owed this to Ahri, just for not being fast enough.

Sol City Modern Slice of life - Chapter 3 - (all welcome new and old)

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"Oh... So that’s the case."

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Location: Food festival

Interaction: @Pyxis @Almalthia

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Hoon looked at the girl who had asked them about the fried Oreos, girl looked nice and Hoon loved her hair, it was so vibrant and relatively distracting. After staring at her hair for a solid twenty seconds she had heard Lilith answer her and she immediately snapped back to reality. "Uh... Yeah, I think the ones covered in peanut butter or cookie butter taste great, we didn’t try that when we bought ours but you can’t go wrong with peanut butter." Said Hoon as she raised her shoulders in a quick shrug.

After that, she took another huff of her smoke, she moved forward in her seat before letting the smoke out in the other direction. "I still like my reds though." she said as she fished one of her reds, ready to smoke that soon as the gold was finished. When they were quiet, Hoon enjoyed that, a lot of people didn’t like silence when they were with someone but Hoon did. Her gold was practically done and she lit the red with the remaining flame of her gold. She threw her gold in the bin to her side and started smoking the red.

As Hoon took a huff of her red, it happened, Lilith had told her she liked her and it hit her like a truck. Her eyes widened and she let out a "What!?" but saying that with lungs full of smoke made her cough. She was coughing for a good ten seconds and once she stopped Lilith continued. She told her how she really liked being with her, Hoon’s face was confused but Hoon’s brain was happier than a puppy in a meat store. Lilith talked about her work, she remembered that she avoided that question the last time it was asked. "Hun- I mean... Hey, you don’t have to worry, I’m already a mess, you don’t have to tell me if you don’t want to." She was calmer and a less awkward Hoon but she didn’t care if Lilith ended up being something like a serial murderer, as long as she’s true with her she wouldn’t mind.

Lilith then continued on, telling her that she was a stripper. She had noticed the long huff from her cigarette before she said that but again, Hoon didn’t care, she tilted her head to the side and forward a little bit, her hair fell forward and covered her brow and a portion of her eye, a soft spoken smile painted its way on Hoon’s face but Lilith had turned her head away out of what appeared to be embarrassment. She then went on to say something really fast and she couldn’t quite catch all of it, but it was something about her ex and window breaking. And again, for the last time, Hoon didn’t mind, her life was already a mess so having something perfect and goody-goody in her life would be out of the ordinary. "Before a second date..." She quietly let out, hoping she didn’t hard that because it definitely sounded like she was plotting something.

She moved closer to her and placed her hand on hers before saying. "I’m the last person who’d mind, if anything the only thing I’m upset about is the fact that I can’t have you all to myself." with that phrase her courage started building up inside her, "I mean I’ll break shit but not because you work as a stripper, I’ve got my own problems you know’? I only ever smash shit at the junkyard." she continued, she was doing great, her courage meter continued to build up. "Dude I have dad issues because I thought I was the one who caused his death, and uh... Still working on that, but yeah, I wouldn’t really mind." She then inched even closer, she squeezed the girl’s hand lightly and moved her face closer, her other hand reached for the opposite side of her cheek. "We’re gonna have a second date alright, and I’ll prove it." She then pulled Lilith’s head closer and placed her lips on hers. She was being bold and she didn’t know why, she sealed the future date with a kiss that lasted for a good fifteen seconds.

When she pulled away, she gave her the patented Hoon smile, "I guess you can say, I like you too-" Her eyes then widened, it then hit her, what did she just do? Did she actually just do that? Oh my god oh my god oh my god! No way! She stood up with no warning and was suddenly the stuttering mess she was earlier today. She looked at Lilith up and down and turned her back for a moment, she mouthed "Oh my god!" as she looked at the ground before turning back to Lilith. "I uh... D-Didn’t mean to... Uhm... I just... It was just... Uhm... I... I-I... I didn’t know what I was thinking- I-I’m s-sorry I just... You were so... Uhhhh..." she was visibly trembling and sweating and you could see the blush on her face, Did Hoon actually just had courage for a moment there?

Sol City Modern Slice of life - Chapter 3 - (all welcome new and old)

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"Ever tried gold?"

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Location: Food festival

Interaction: @Pyxis

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Hoon thanked the stars that Lilith wasn’t the jealous type, she let out a sigh of relief from that and continued on walking. Hoon also was pretty happy that Lilith agreed on her stand on extroverts, though Hoon wasn’t going to admit to the fact that she was also scared the night they met it just didn’t happen right away, she had only realised she was scared when she got home and she was pretty glad she didn’t end up as a stuttering mess. This girl did have something special about her and she didn’t know yet if it was bad or good, but so far it seemed to be leaning in the positives.

Lilith handed her the lighter and she immediately zipped or bag open, Hoon had only shown her Marlboro Red earlier which was her favourite but since this was the first time anyone has agreed with her smoking, she asked, "Ever tried Marlboro Gold? And before you say anything, no these aren’t lights, I understand that the Gold one is usually mistaken as lights but I assure you its not. " She pulled out the gold from under the pack of reds and placed it between her lips. "You want one?" She asked, her voice was a bit muffled because the cigarette was between her lips, she held out the pack of golds for her and in exchange she took the lighter from her hands. She covered the end of the cigarette with her palm and lit it with the other. She had a quick huff before pulling it out and letting out a puff of smoke. "That’s the stuff..." She let out.

She had then realised that she heard Lilith earlier mumble under her breath that she was cold or something she didn’t really understand well enough since it was pretty loud in the lot and the noise of the festival behind them. "You’re cold? Hold on-" Hoon then made the motion of removing a jacket only to realise that she didn’t have one on, she was so used to wearing them and offering them to people that she didn’t even think twice about doing it "Oh... Oops... I uh, don’t have one on... Sorry." Hoon said, she shrugged this time instead of getting embarrassed, she’s had her smoke, she can handle being with people now.

Before the Dark - A Star Guardian Tale

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"A star hunt."

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Location: Valoran City International Hospital

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Ahri couldn't help but smile as she was sat back down on the hospital bed, "I don't know, I suggest we find out who that is first, and with our luck, maybe this person will end up in the academy." Said Ahri, though with her being incredibly weak she was still pretty optimistic. Her eyes filled with determination but her body can't aid her yet. Ahri looked at the clock on the wall, it read 2AM so it was pretty late. Time goes fast when you're in deep space, last she checked the time it was only 9PM. She laid back down on her bed and said "I might be out of school for a few days, so Sarah-" Sarah then stepped forward "Yeah cap'?" Ahri then announced "She'll be your temporary leader till I'm back on my feet, I suggest you this time to find out who that is, how hard can finding purple first star energy be? I mean, we found Syndra, and look at her, she's... Urrr... Purple." Said Ahri, Sarah just let out a quick chuckled at that and stood up straight, taking on the role of leader. "You lot can sleep at my place since it's the closest. My window should still be open and no one should see you fly in, so please, get some rest, and I'll see you all here after school, alright? Oh, Rakan you can stay too, just please don't do anything anything inappropriate in my house, I'd rather not see... Juices... When I black light clean the house." Sarah nodded in response and opened the door to the hall, it was time for them to go. "Come on, we'll watch Wind Samurai to help us go to sleep, and don't worry about Ahri missing it, she's seen it a million times." Said Sarah as she looked back at Ahri, Ahri tilted her head and smiled, she shook her head in response and replied, "Twenty six actually, and yet it's still not your favourite movie." Sarah then shrugged and gave her the I dunno gesture "I'll figure it out one day!" Ahri exclaimed raising her free arm. Sarah then left the room with the crew and everyone gave their goodbyes.

Sol City Modern Slice of life - Chapter 3 - (all welcome new and old)

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"I’m adventurous! Yeah, this and that, yadda yadda."

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Location: Food Festival

Interaction: @Tyler Night

Mentions: @Pyxis

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Elise continued to walk around the festival like a lost puppy, she didn’t know what to try first. Should she start with something daring and eat something real weird, or something really nice and save the terrible ones by the end? She had no idea how to start of food festivals, this was the one time she went to the festival alone; she would have asked Aria but it looked like she was with someone and she didn’t want to get between that date, that girl she was with was real pretty and knowing how much of a panic gay Hoon Hoon was, she thought it would be best if she didn’t interfere.

While walking, Ela was suddenly hit by a smell of something really good, it was like the food that she was smelling was for a competit- Oh... It was. Elise has a pretty good nose so when the smell hit her, she was in a state of euphoria. The smell of lobster and Tempura just made her mouth water and she wanted that for herself, was it available for purchase? Or was it for the competition only? Whatever it was she had to ask, she scoured the area to see where it came from, and she saw a booth and immediately jogged towards that.

She stood by the booth and looked at the chefs do their work from behind, oh dear god it made her mouth water and she wanted to eat since she had eaten anything in awhile. "Uhm, excuse me?" She called out waving her hand above her head, "Do you have that lobster? It smelled really good, uh... and it uh... Is it-... Cooked in alcohol!?" she asked, just the thought of it made her mouth water. She didn’t care if Lobster made her throat itchy because of a minor allergy, she wanted it so bad that she would die for it... She won’t die, she has her meds on her. She pulled out her wallet and pulled out a fifty, " Here’s fifty dollaridoos!- I mean, dollars, fifty dollars... " Her goofy online personality had changed her and she didn’t know if it was for the best or for the worst.

She was then thinking, after eating at this booth where would she go next? Would she go after something more dessert like? Or something that would scar her tastebuds forever? And after a battle in her head, the tastebud scarring won since it would be better for the long run. On the way here she had gone by something rattlesnake related, and Elise’s impulsive mind made her want to eat it, she would probably regret it later today but at least she tried it and her friends won’t call her a coward for not being adventurous. Elise is already adventurous in nature, she’s just not able to leave the apartment because of work, but today is different.

Sol City Modern Slice of life - Chapter 3 - (all welcome new and old)

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"Nah, I’m good."

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Location: Food festival

Interaction: @Pyxis

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Hoon shook her head lightly at the question about getting one of those cereal things, she needed a smoke to clear her head and nervousness just so she doesn’t embarrass herself any longer. And as an added bonus, she had noticed that Lilith was walking a bit off so she just assumed she was tired. "I’d rather you and I have a smoke at the lot yeah? We can sit down and bitch about life or whatever." Said Hoon, that was probably one of her more chill responses and she was pretty happy that.

As Aria ate into that oreo, it was finished in seconds and she enjoyed every second of it, that food will now be an immediate good vibes trigger because of her being with Lilith. Aria didn’t know what it was about Lilith but she’s getting that warm, safe feeling. Aria was starved from any romantic feeling for awhile, other than the time she tried to go for Elise but she only wanted to stay friends. Aria knew they were better as friends, so she knew courting the artist was a mistake but she still tried. When Lilith suggested the smoking area, Elise walked by and waved at Aria, Hoon squinted trying to figure out who it was, but after noticing those glasses and that long black hair, she knew who it was. She waved back with a smile before turning back to Lilith "Let’s get something after the smoke okay? The festival still has time... Also that was my neighbour, she’s uh... The biggest extrovert... She scares me." Hoon joked, Elise didn’t scare her, in fact it was the opposite, she hoped that Lilith wasn’t the jealous type.

Hoon then took a step forward towards the smoking area and took Lilith who was still wrapped around her arm. All she could think from that moment is that if Lilith found her nice or annoying, was she ruining it? Will she lose her after today? And all those thoughts continued. Hoon was self destructive in that way, always bringing herself down, she had ruined so many things that she didn’t see herself a good. Her smile had disappeared for a few moments during those thoughts but after looking at how nice Lilith was, and how pretty she was, her smile immediately made its way back on her face.

She arrived at the benches and sat down with Lilith, pulling out her pack of smokes. She ruffled around her bag and realised that she forgot her lighter, she never brought bags before. She was always a put-shit-in-pockets type of person. This was the day she cursed every skirt in the world, at least she looked nice. "Do you have a lighter? I left mine in my pants... Man, skirts are the bane of me." Said Hoon as she held onto one of her ciggies with her index and middle finger.

Before the Dark - A Star Guardian Tale

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"Let's not be irrational."

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Location: Valoran City International Hospital

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After being comforted by Sarah, Ahri immediately turned to Xayah who was visibly getting angry from her point of view. Her eyes arched down and her body posture had stiffed, this was an emotion Ahri was very much aware of. She knew what she had to do, but Ahri thought for a moment before acting, since it was her thought that put her on that roof and put herself in danger. She then turned to Sarah and asked her quietly to help her up and to get her over to Xayah. Xayah was- is Ahri's responsibility, all of them are, if anything happens, she would never forgive herself. Since Ahri had lost a lot of blood and energy from her encounter with the dark star flay king himself, she was a bit weak on the knees; her legs were crossed as she stood up, using her packed blood stand as her support. Sarah then spotted Ahri and helped her get to Xayah, she was like an old woman, it was rare to see Ahri in this state. As Sarah walked her to Xayah, Ahri couldn't help but thank Sarah, and that's when it hit her. Sarah had always been there for her and it was all the little things she did that piled up and made the Kumiho fall in love with the pirate queen. Odd pairing aside, Ahri made it to Xayah, she tapped her on the shoulder and said, "H-Hey now... L-Let's not be too hasty now," her voice was blatantly weak and dry, "We have time, we'll get them... We'll...-" Ahri fell to her knees, Sarah immediately started helping her up, "Come on, you're in no condition cap'." Sarah interjected, "Y-Yeah... Which is why... Let's not be too crazy... We need to be a full team to take them down." Ahri then looked at the window, were her eyes deceiving her? No, that was a purple shooting star, falling down on the planet, "Speak of the devil... Looks like we got some help." Said Ahri, deep inside she thanked the first star with all her strength.

Sol City Modern Slice of life - Chapter 3 - (all welcome new and old)

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"I understand, I'll get right on it."

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Location: Her Apartment, Food Festival

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"Mom... Yeah I-... I get that-... Yeah, yeah I'll be-... Mom, let me finish what I'm tryna' say." Said Ela as she sat behind her desk, her cintiq sat neatly on the desk, with a half coloured in commission that was due tomorrow. Her pen nestled in her hands as she stayed on the phone, her mother talking on the other line about chores that she's already done. "Mom, I've already done everything, I'm stocked up on groceries, I took out the trash, I've done all of it, you don't have to worry about me..." Said Elise as she let out a small smile, she pushed her glasses forward and slowly ended the conversation with her mother. "Mom, I'm really busy right now, I'll call you back okay?" There was a long pause between that and her mother's reaction, the obvious distraught tone from her mother's voice had really hit her hard. After her mother's response, she let out an "I love you too mom," and they both hung up. Elise let out a sigh and put her phone down before getting back to work, she let out a sigh as she coloured in what appeared to be background work for a scene.

Her phone then buzzed on the table, it was her friend telling her about the food festival that was happening in downtown. And Elise being Elise, she pressed pause on her commission and immediately made her way to the bathroom to get dressed. Since it was just a food festival, she didn't need to look that fashionable. After her shower, she put on a white and pink striped shirt, black skinny jeans, low cut white converse, and a dark green windbreaker. With that, she grabbed her phone and her wallet and made her way to the festival. She wanted to socialise, wanted to meet new people, maybe make some friends, who knows what happens. All she knows is that she'll get something from this festival, may it be a new friend, a romantic partner, or food poisoning, who knows what it could be?

As Elise got in her car (Hyundai Sonata) she loaded up her playlist and started thinking what she'd like to eat, she didn't have any cravings as of the moment but maybe when she gets there she'll figure something out. She found herself a parking spot (with only a little bit of trouble) and made her way in the festival. While walking around the festival she saw Aria with someone and just gave her a wave, she waved back which was nice but that was pretty much the only thing in terms of interacting with her, she walked around hoping she'd have someone to eat some food with.

Before the Dark - A Star Guardian Tale

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"It... The darkness... It hurts..."

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Location: Valoran City International Hospital

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Ahri’s smile immediately disappeared, she knew they were going to ask about it eventually. She shivered when she remembered what that hook did to her but it wasn’t going to stop her from telling her team about those two. "The Dark Stars, I don’t know who they are or what they are, but they have been in the depths of the universe for a long time, slowly converting the world into darkness" Her ears drooped down, her head slowly hung itself as if she was showing her defeat "They never have a pattern of attack, but my last encounter with them, they promised to destroy me, and they would enjoy it... There were some new faces, that one behind the one with the hook, he was new... ." She looked at each of them individually, looking at Sarah last, but the longest "I was trying to protect you all by not telling you about them, because once you know about them, you try to figure out as much as you can, and in the middle of your research, that’s when they appear... It’s like... They want to be found..." Said Ahri, her face told everyone she was scared, as she looked at her arm, she had only now realised that her body and guardian power is defending against a spreading corruption in her shoulder, it was probably from that hook. But no matter, Ahri knew a way to cure it, but it’s a long travel. The corruption in her arm wasn’t obvious, but looking really really closely at it would show that it was there.