<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=287685.msg15213720#msg15213720">Quote from: Avalon29 on 24-12-2019, 09:28:18</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">Shokyou frowned when Suzi refused to allow her to help. She was the visitor. It only made sense for her to help out her friend. As her friend agreed to let her help put the groceries away she nodded her head. “Of course! I shall assist  in your organization of the purchased goods.” She replied with a nod as she stepped inside of the house with her friend after getting the door open. After that it was a short trip to the kitchen and the pantry where Shokyou was eager to work putting everything up and talk about her latest adventure even if it was weird. Even by her standards!<br/><br/>“It was very exciting today.” She explained as she moved about the kitchen. “There was a woman in a kimono tied to a tree outside. Probably bound there by some evil villain! She might have been a priestess or maybe even a princess of some kind!” She threw her hands up in the air excitedly at this.  “She knew me for some reason. Said I had tied her up! But of course a noble knight like me,” Which was what she had felt like being today. “Would never capture and tie up an innocent maiden!” She blushed a bit as she remembered how the woman had been tied. “She had been tied up in a way to torture her in the worse of ways with knots everywhere. It was…” She paused for a second, actually rather embarrassed at this part. <br/><br/>“It was kind of hard to remove. But I did it anyway. There was someone who needed my help so I rescued her despite the horrifying way that the ropes held her prisoner.” She gestured vaguely to where the ropes had held the woman prisoner, namely by waving her hands over her chest and one going a bit lower. She blushed but quickly moved her hands away as she kept going with her story.  “Even as she blamed me for tying her up with innocence and pure heart or something, I assisted her in her search for freedom! I think she was just confused or lonely.” She explained getting more into her story telling and waving her arms everywhere and sounding indignant when explaining she was the one blamed. “And just when I had finally managed to free her, she was gone. She poofed and broke into like a bunch of pieces like stained glass! Then I came here to regale you with my stories.” She finished with a nod of her head. “It was very strange today but if there’s someone in need of help I will always arrive to save them!” She cheered with a nod of her head.<br/><br/> Leaning forward to rest her head on the counter she stared up at Suzi for a moment before asking, “How were your adventures today?” Excited to hear about her friend as well. She much preferred adventures she could share with her friends and hearing all about what they had done. After all what was a hero without their noble party to assist her?</div></div></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Like the dutiful daughter and erstwhile sidekick she was, Suzi quietly stepped into her home, and quickly got to work. She did so as Shokyou retold her story, without commentary; it was rude to interrupt, especially when she really got into the telling of it. Plus...she liked Shokyou's stories. It made her happy to hear she could still have interesting adventures even if they were apart.<br/><br/>She tilted her head back on thought when Shokyou called herself a noble knight (today), a nostalgic smile spread on her face. She remembered when they were younger, and she'd play the distressed princess the brave Sir Shokyou would rescue. ...And then she frowned. Did they actually do that, or was that Shokyou's boundless imagination affecting the wish spirit's memory? Was Suzi herself misremembering, projecting, given her chat this afternoon with Natassya?<br/><br/>The detail of just<em>how</em>the captured priestess was tied up made Suzi blush and go rigid. And how she shattered and faded away...it was all too confusing. Suzi actually jumped in surprise when Shokyou pulled her back to reality by asking about<em>her</em>day.<br/><br/>"O-Oh! N-nothing so as exciting as rescuing a damsel in distress. I actually saw Natassya again. Rinley's friend, the girl with the pointy ears. She... She said she's leaving the village, actually. It was kind of sad..."<br/><br/>Shokyou could see the way Suzi drooped at that; the wish spirit had only just started to connect with the elf before she had to go away. She could also see the way Suzi bit her lip; Suzi was now worried about what she and Natassya talked about, the elf encouraging her to...to confess feelings for Shokyou. And now with this tied up priestess accusing Shokyou of defiling her innocence... Was Natassya just playing at matchmaker for their happiness, or was there something else at play in Shokyou's dream world?