<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/0/04/Tai.png)</div><strong>Character Name PC:</strong>Tai Stardel'est (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=193964.msg9427018#msg9427018)<br/><strong>Year/House:</strong>Ombrelune, 2nd year<br/><strong>Relationship Status:</strong>Single - though no one's really sure<br/><strong>Wearing:</strong>khaki trousers, tropical print shirt, robe worn open over both<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Carriage from Bordeaux/joined carriages<br/><strong>Date:</strong>September 1st<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Mina, Open<br/><hr/>Tai's normally inscrutable face lit up briefly when he saw Mina, one of the few people he would consider a friend. He'd been in Vietnam most of the summer and hadn't seen her so there was lots to catch up with...she would be doing most of the talking that is but that was all right, he liked listening to her.<br/><br/>"Anything worth finding is worth looking for," Tai teased her. "I'm fantastic as always. Seeing you is a pleasant surprise."<br/><br/>Not much of a hugger he still slipped an arm around her shoulders as she embraced him and gave her a light squeeze before letting her sit down and get situated. He just smiled at her for a long moment then made a sudden motion and produced a sprig of bright yellow flowers that were as sunny as she was. It was done in old-fashioned, muggle 'magician' sleight-of-hand but he carried it off smoothly as if it were wandless magic. He handed the blossoms to her gallantly.<br/><br/>"They're from our yard in Vietnam. They're called bird's eyes...and they're so bright and cheerful they remind me of you," he said, clearly in a good mood now, his grumpiness at finding himself heading back to school evaporating. The flowers were fresh and fragrant and were charmed with a preservation spell so they would remain so for as long as she kept them. "Consider it my apology for not writing more. Now tell me everything I missed!"<br/><br/>They chatted as the carriage launched, the time passing quickly, and in no time at all notice was given that they had met up with the other carriages and could now move about. He turned to her with a question. "So what do you think? Want to find Akiko?"<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">The Flowers</div><div class="spoiler_body">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/6/6e/Birdseyes.jpg)</div></div>