Ice Offerings!

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"All of this is a lot to take in, a little too much actually." If she wasn't so focused on her sculptures, she had a feeling that she would indeed have a massive headache. It was spinning around like a tornado, but the girl seemed to keep a level head somehow. "I'm processing, to say the least." With that, she took her strides a bit faster and headed over to a new block of ice.

"I think so?" She gave a shy retort at that. Was she really that cute? Was it even right to say such a thing about herself? "Oh? Well of course I want to give you a show then!" With another smile, she started on her project. At first, it kind of looked like a misshapen stem, before the inspiration of a dolphin hit her. "That sounds even better!" With that, a few strokes caused her to make a fin, then a mouth, before she had to rest and look back at everyone.
 

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"I definitely do! I'd love to see more of you, darling. Maybe even sit at our lunch table sometime?" Their lunch table, of course, had some of the most popular people in Starlight. He'd love to see Sherry there.

Dorian took a step back and admired Sherry's work. He wasn't the artsy type at all, and was always decently impressed when people were. He took a few pictures, uploaded them with impressed captions about Sherry and put them up in social media, showing his support. "A dolphin, huh? Let's see if it's worthy of the shrimp table!"
 

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"O-Oh." Her entire face lit up like a light, beckoning her to be a popular kid, even more a day. "That is so sweet of you, and I think you so much for offering that. I will happily join you one day." Her eyes lingered on him for a while, unsure of what to truly make of this man. Of course, her face lit up at him taking pictures, as she knew that it wasn't even close to being done. She wanted to stop him, but she only flushed. "I think this dolphin might just be worthy!" Sherry said, getting back her motivation to continue. In a few minutes, the dolphin was done and looked a lot better than her first attempts. "Thank you for the motivation!"
 

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Sage was very impressed, if he did say so himself. Dolphins - simple, yet beautiful. He was quite pleased with her work. He, too, took a quick snapshot, posting the image on his twitter, currently followed by several thousands. His praise was simple yet genuine, as was the smile he gave her in response. His words were now aimed at both Dorian and Sherry as he said, "I'm sure it will be. It'll be a fine centerpiece to any table presentation!"

With that said, he answered Sherry directly as well. "I know how you must feel with the activity, but it'll be alright. Stressful, yet, but worth it by all means."
 

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Dorian clapped in delight. "Well done, well done! A burst of inspiration, huh? I hear the creative process moves in mysterious ways." He smiled back at her, poking her on the nose. "And thank you for that show, Sherry."

He moved to the dolphin, tracing its smooth arches with a finger. He'd already given it a name in his head. "I gotta tell you, I'm already in love with this dolphin. Come on, let's take a picture — you, me and the dolphin." Dorian pulled Sherry close and raised his phone, taking a selfie of the three of them. "Are you selling it? How much? I'll pay you anything."
 

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When asked if she had a request, Vinanye's eyes widened and she thought with the frantic process of a young child, before finally settling on, "Oh! Oh! Sculpt a family of bunnies."

Vinanye took a second to wave enthusiastically at Dorian and Sage but kept most of her attention firmly on Sherry and this amazing ice process. This, she had never seen before.

Vinnie wanted to see how this was done, and she tossed her head from one side to the other as she watched, very likely mimicking some of Sherry's hand motions subconsciously.
 

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"Thank you, so much." Her eyes glistened in the sunlight as she took each compliment in stride. This was what she wanted to hear, the real, genuine praise that she knew that she didn't need but oh so wanted to have. "I don't know about a table piece..." Her voice almost cracked, as thinking of having a lot of people looking at her structure was weird, foreign.

When Dorian seemed all too pleased by the structure, she flushed and gave off a devilish like smile. This amount of complimenting couldn't be good for a little girl like her. "Of course, I wold love to do this anytime." It was true, as the most joyful thing in her life was to see others happy around her; that was indeed why she was running, of course. She was pulled into a half hug, as an awkward smile crossed her lips. "I wasn't-" Her hands shook, then nodded. "I wasn't thinking of that, to have it for sale." She stopped though, and gave a thinking huff. "I'll let you have it for free."

"Bunnies?" The idea of that was very cute, which only gave her more motivation to make it. "Well, I'll take a quick break before making another though." Her cheeks were flushed, which made her happier. "I am glad you suggested though, I hope that I can make it what you envisioned."


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Sage grinned at her. He seemed to be doing a lot of smiling that day, but who could blame him. "You may not be sure, but I definitely am, and this is beautiful! You'll make both a fine sculptor and a fine council member. I look forward to working with you~" he said. Sage could tell she was nervous, but he could also tell the compliments were helping. He just wanted to help Sherry relax, because there was no way she'd have fun with this if she didn't.
 

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Vinanye was in absolute joy at the look of the dolphin. She couldn't name a time she'd seen a real life ice sculpture, professional or otherwise. The Fae wondered if it was okay to touch? Dorian had felt it, so Vin saw no reason why she could not. Without a second thought, Vinnie moved in closer to look at the ice sculpture up close. It had so many small details!

"You are very good," she said when looking over her shoulder at Sherry.
 

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"I appreciate it, Sage." It was so odd that Sherry was getting compliments from people she really didn't know all that well. It seemed that there was only a mass of unknowns and trials that were waiting for her if she were to pursue this hobby more. Already though, she had been offered money and fame because of this; things were looking up. "I think I'm relaxing now that I have you all here! You guys are so sweet." It seemed that she really couldn't stress that enough.

"Ohh! I'm glad you like it!" She exclaimed, going to the dolphin and touching it for herself. The coldness of it soothed her for a second, before she felt that she could continue into the next. With a deep breath, she moved to the empty slate and started with the base, as usual. Then, it was a clump of feet like bumps, and the legs for the family of 4. "Hm." It was hard to remember what they looked like exactly, but she was trying her best to make it pretty. After a few minutes, she moved away with her finished, kind of lopsided bunny family. "Sorry about that, it doesn't look as good as it wanted it to."

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