A Dangerous Den

Nightstripe · Jan 3, 2017

Again, Emily stared at Ildefons for several moments before turning her eyes ahead of her again. "... I c-can be satisfied w-with that... S-So long as it's the t-truth... I still th-think you should s-s-stop..."

"... B-But satisfaction b-b-brought it back again..." She finished his quote. Though that part was admittedly just a rejoinder, it seemed somewhat fitting to the situation. "So s-some say... I-I suppose that m-m-makes the q-q-question..."

She allowed that thought to trail off, her face still flush. Was she flirting? Why was she flirting? Just calm down... Let your heart settle...

Emily blinked a couple times as he stopped in front of her, halting her steps. His words hurt just a little, and it showed on her expression. Emily was never very good at hiding how she felt.

"..... F... Fine..!" Her words came out a little choked, but her tone had turned more angry then sad. "I-If you d-d-don't want a-anything to d-do with me... Th-Th-Th-Then I supp-pose I-I'm not re... Really your p-p-problem anym-more..! I can f-find my w-w-way home f-from h-here..!" Some tears began to well up in her eyes. Em looked away and did her best to blink them back. She didn't mean to snap back so harshly, but her emotions were beginning to just carry her along. A lot of things had happened very quickly.

Hyper · Jan 3, 2017

Ildefons smirked as her reply came, "Rather bold, aren't we?" He expected people often came back with that when it was spoken. He didn't fully expect Emily would have done it with a vengeance. He was pretty sure it was going well with how the conversation was going but he didn't really expect she'd react intensely after he tried to dismiss her.

For one thing, it wasn't his full intention to drive her away. Second, these were one of the few things he couldn't handle outside of formal audiences and there only a few things that could be bought in formal audiences. Damn him and his upbringing. Alright, just try to be cool. "I wasn't implying that," he began. Best to tread carefully. Ildefons breathed a sigh, weighing his next words. "It's just-- it think it would be better for you if you didn't get too involved, it's--" not easy for me to explain. Ildefons willed smile that looked rather unsure. "If we meet again, I can't do anything about it. I'm a bit of a troublemaker here and I think someone like you should be around different people."

Ildefons reached out his hand, brushing away a lock of her hair, "I could still walk you home if you feel like you still need an escort," he said, followed with a weak chuckle.

Nightstripe · Jan 4, 2017

Emily sniffled just a little, and wiped away the tears from one of her eyes. "..... I-I'm sorry... I-I... Know y-you didn't really m-mean it that way... I-I guess everything j-j-just... C-Caught up with me....."

"... I-I've had a c-couple friends... J-Just leave... F-For periods... I g-guess that s-set me off a little... I-I-I just want to h-help... But it n-never feels like I-I can..." She continued to avert her eyes, but let him brush her hair away from her face. "I... D-Don't really want to be a-a-alone right now... P-Please...?"

Hyper · Jan 5, 2017

Ildefons' defensive form seemed to deflate as Emily calmed. Another sigh escaped past his lips then, this time more out of relief than anything at the moment. So, right, it wasn't entirely his fault why she got angry — though he still had to be the one to be the cause to bring it up for her. He couldn't really offer anything to help. How could he even fix this...

"Listen, I understand it's difficult, trying to help and all. And it's not any easier finding where you're feels really needed, or is really useful. It takes a little more patience, some levels of understanding the people around you before eventually finding your own pace." Ildefons breathed — this felt like he was talking about personal things but he'd tried to make it sound as vague and relevant as he could. "I'm sure you'll find it at some point but rushing it would only really make you more frustrated, okay?" He offered a small smile.

"In any case," he huffed. Evidently not wanting to linger further into the subject, he turn to take a step forward. "Shall we go ahead? Where to?"

Nightstripe · Jan 5, 2017

Emily sniffled again, here eyes glancing up at Ildefons at intervals as he spoke to her. "... Th-Thanks... I... I do a-appreciate the advice..."

A single tear escaped her eyelashes and trailed down her cheek and her hand quickly raised up to her face to remove it. She didn't really have anything else to say, so she just returned the smile as best she could at the moment.

She licked her lips and let her eyes fall to the ground again. "Th-The... The d-dorms..."

Hyper · Jan 5, 2017

Emily might have missed the way Ildefons seemed to shuffle a bit, when she rubbed off the tear from her cheeks. Admittedly, he wasn't really used to be the one offering advice for anything at all.

Ildefons simply smiled it off, one that was more familiar to his current persona, stepping aside to let her walk next to him, in a slight bowing gesture. "Alright then, let's be on our way, princess."

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