First Flare

[eternalfrolicbond]

[A lanky redheaded man in a long black coat waves at the screen, apparently already comfortable with how it works. A komory bat is fluttering around above his head.]

Didn’t think I’d see this place again. Hey, everyone, my name is Lea. [He grins.] Don’t forget it, now.

I don’t know how I ended up here again, but does anyone know what’s going on? The moogle said you guys had been trying to work out what was up but that it didn’t seem like anyone had figured out how to get home. Since this isn’t the exam, I don’t think anyone’s going to try to wake me up any time soon.

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[eternalfrolicbond]

Yeah, definitely. Well, I'm glad you're getting along with 'em.

[colorbymemory]

I don't think we've ever had that much difficulty. Zexion taught me to read, and Ienzo's teaching me magic now.

[eternalfrolicbond]

[Lea makes a face.]

I'll see what I can do to make things work out there. Don't want you to get caught in the middle.

[colorbymemory]

Thank you. I know not everyone can get along--I'm sorry if I'm complicating things.

[Knowing what she does, she doesn't expect everything to go smoothly.]

[eternalfrolicbond]

I'm pretty sure the complicating part is on the rest of us. Don't worry about it.

[He gives her a reassuring smile. Any weirdness isn't her fault.]

[colorbymemory]

I'll try not to.

[She offers a smile in return. Much as she understands that their issues are between them, she still worries.]

[eternalfrolicbond]

Good girl. We'll have to have a dinner with all our friends soon. All our friends who are on speaking terms.

[colorbymemory]

That'd be Sora, Roxas, maybe Xion...It's too bad Riku isn't here, or Kairi.

[He'd meet some of their new friends soon, but for now, just that group was nice.]

[eternalfrolicbond]

Yeah. I'm not much for cooking - sandwiches, you know, and stuff - but I'm sure we could come up with something. I'm sure Roxas doesn't cook. Maybe Sora does?

[Oh, yeah, dinner involves food. Cooking was never high on his list of things to learn, but he can feed himself, anyway.]

[colorbymemory]

I don't know, we can ask. I could bring some cookies.

[She's getting pretty good at those. Even simple things are nice, but she hasn't forgotten the time Axel tried to get her to eat something spicy from The Land of Dragons...]

[eternalfrolicbond]

Picking up baking as a hobby?

[He was pretty sure that Ienzo and company knew how to cook, but he wasn't going to ask them for food.]

[colorbymemory]

It's part of how I help at the tea shop--making the snacks. Sora taught me a little.

[Ienzo is often the one in charge of meals. Maybe someday the situation will smooth over so Lea can taste test for himself.]

[eternalfrolicbond]

[Maybe they would be able to work out food on their own, then.]

It sounds like it's a good job.

[colorbymemory]

[Sora seemed to know his way around a kitchen.]

I like it.

[eternalfrolicbond]

[Lea would learn that sooner or later. Sooner, if they ended up having dinner together, probably.]

It seems like it suits you. Not as much as art, but doing art for a living's kind of hard. Especially here with so few people around.

[colorbymemory]

[They will need to plan that dinner sometime.]

I still do some art in my free time, and paint Spirits if their owners want.

[eternalfrolicbond]

[They will.]

Maybe I'll be one of your customers.

[colorbymemory]

If you'd like. They seem to like being painted.

[eternalfrolicbond]

You'll have to show off for me, then.

[colorbymemory]

I don't know if I'd call it showing off, but I can show you.

...Maybe not at the shop, though.

[eternalfrolicbond]

Yeah, I'm working on finding a place to stay. I'll give you a heads up when I do.

[colorbymemory]

Good luck.