Emmra's eyes open gracefully as she wakes from a long, deep sleep. She lets out a soft moan of pleasure from the feeling of being so well rested; it's a feeling that seems so distant now. Her hand steadily moves over to the other side of the bed, searching for her sister. "Crystice?" she coos. Turning her head, Emmra feels a sudden strike of disappointment as she sees that the bed is empty save for herself. Emmra starts to perk up, thinking that Crystice must have woken up first and wanted to let her sister rest peacefully. A blissful smile forms upon Emmra's face as she quickly starts getting up. Wherever her sister may be in the dungeon, Emmra will find her.
Emmra steadily makes her way over to the Library: the place where Crystice will most likely be. She has to be slow and careful as to not disturb anyone else sleeping in the Lair. With both her and Crystice's Lairs being on the far east, the latter which she slept in, Emmra must travel quite a distance to reach the Library. There are a lot of creatures sleeping, but the Lair is also very big. Although Emmra has only been to a few dungeons when she was originally trying to find Crystice, Tesonu's Lair is still the biggest she's ever seen. Most of the creatures are spread out, making it easy for Emmra to move past them. All Emmra has to do is watch her step to avoid any tripping.
Eventually, Emmra reaches the Library entrance. She enters without any hesitation, then starts moving towards the northwest corner of the room, where Crystice would always take her before when they researched together. There, sitting against the wall with her knees bent up against herself, Emmra finds Crystice. Feeling a spurt of happiness, Emmra smiles brightly as she waltzes over to Crystice. "Crystice~!" Emmra coos, causing Crystice to suddenly look up from her book. She replies quietly, appearing a bit startled, "Oh, H-Hello Emmra. Did you just wake up?" Emmra nods happily, "Mhm! I had a good sleep~!" "That's nice to hear." Crystice replies, a small, subtle smile forming around the edge of her lips.
Staring into each other's eyes for a moment, Emmra notices that Crystice appears a bit out of focus. Normally, she has a sharp look in her eyes, although they're much softer when Crystice looks at Emmra. Now, however, she appears tired somehow, which causes Emmra to ask, "Did you sleep well? You look tired, Crystice." Emmra takes the opportunity to sit down next to her sister as Crystice answers, "I'm fine... I just... have something on my mind." Emmra isn't sure what it is, but it seems obvious to her that something is bothering Crystice. Resting her head on Crystice's shoulder, Emmra asks innocently, "Like what?"
Crystice wraps a hand around Emmra to embrace her sweetly. Emmra closes her eyes, entering a much more restful state as she waits for Crystice's answer. Whatever is bothering Crystice seems to be something that she struggles to talk about, but it almost doesn't matter to Emmra. Right now, Emmra is simply enjoying the warm love of the moment in being with Crystice like this. It is enough to make her feel happy. Emmra would stay like this forever, enjoying this sweet moment eternally if she could. Engulfed in the moment of bliss, Emmra nuzzles against Crystice as she gives her a tight hug.
"Emmra," Crystice whispers softly at last. Emmra opens her eyes and, with a warm smile, looks up to Crystice's face, "Hmm~?" Taking a deep breath, Crystice finally answers hesitantly, "I am no longer Tesonu's Battle Commander." Upon hearing this, Emmra gets off Crystice's shoulder as she asks worryingly, "H-Huh? But... why?" Closing her eyes, Crystice tries to answer in a more neutral tone, "I... gave up that position after my... poor performance in the invasion on Hannibal." "But... I thought you did really well... everyone, well, mostly everyone got out safely and we saved Admortis..." Emmra looks down for a moment as she speaks before returning her eyes to meet Crystice's, "It was just those six that Tesonu mentioned, right? It's not your fault..."
Crystice's eyes look away, trying to figure out how to word herself. She speaks again, "It's more complicated than that... We cut it too close. I made some poor decisions that led us to that situation... Only with some luck did we manage to make it out alive." Crystice closes her eyes painfully. Emmra can tell that there is something deeply bothering her that she isn't saying, but she doesn't know what it is. Emmra makes a puzzled expression as she replies, "I still think you did really good... You're the smartest person I know." A small smile forms upon Crystice's lips, but she says nothing in response.
After a brief moment of silence, Emmra returns her head to Crystice's shoulder. She takes a deep breath as she hears and feels her sister do the same in return. Feeling Crystice do something so quiet and peaceful is enough to put Emmra to rest, despite how she felt moments ago. Emmra gently closes her eyes again and, without thinking, whispers softly, "I still love you, Crystice." Emmra can feel Crystice caress the side of her face as she hears her loving voice, "I know you do. I love you just as much." Emmra cannot describe the happiness she feels to hear Crystice say such words. Being with Crystice like this makes Emmra's heart sing endlessly; she is her everything.
~ ~ ~ Crystice ~ and ~ Emmra's ~ ~ ~
Summary
Crystice/Emmra
Health: 80%, 100%
Level: 7, 6
Experience: 72/110, 25/80
Gold in Hand: 0, 0
Gold in Lair: 1892, 1700
Equipment: None/Wizard Staff
Location: Library, Northwest Corner/Library, Northwest Corner
Status: Happy, Cuddling with Emmra/Happy, Cuddling with Crystice
Efficiency: 100%/100%
Summary:
Emmra woke up, then went to the Library and found Crystice. They talked briefly with Crystice mentioning to Emmra how she gave up her Battle Commander position, then the two cuddled.