my_belfry_of_fun | For Yuna! (Whereishe). Continued Cuteness

Title:Continued Cuteness
Who:Yuna and Alex Mercer
What:Cuteness in an evolving friendship
Open/Closed:Closed
Additional Details:Originally based on a meme, set in the Explorers setting.

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lessandmorethanhuman

Alex blinked, pondering that and what she might mean by summoning water. Seriously, magic still was something he was wary and fascinated by. He was a being of science, down to his core--and magic usually didn't go well with that. "So, you mean there's a way to protect the building when we're outside getting water, or only once we come back?"

Trying to make sure he understood her correctly. Moving over to their packs as he dug the sleeping gear out of his. Then pulling out collapsible plastic 5 gallon bucket-canteens. They'd been folded small and tightly, for when they did make camp. Yuna had one in her pack too.

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whereishe

"When we are outside. Stay here and give me a second."

Yuna didn't move for her pack assuming that Alex would grab her canteen for them to take. She stayed in her thief garb placing her palms together and kneeling on the dirt floor. Feathers began to fall around her, white and pure dropping from thin air as Yuna gathered her magic around her.

White magic was always second nature to Yuna, hence she didn't have to change but she wanted this to be stronger and so she took the time to focus. Her eyes closed for a moment and the air around Yuna hummed softly as shimmering blocks began to build around the building that would be their home for a few days. Once the deed was done Yuna opened her eyes glancing over at Alex with a smile.

"Done. We should be good."

From:

lessandmorethanhuman

Alex did move quickly, getting the collapsed and folded bucket from her pack as well, his own in his other hand. Then moving outside, and watching her closely. Observing, silver-blue eyes narrowed as she studied her actions.

He wasn't even blinking, not until it all was over.

Several thoughts ran through his brain. Where had the feather's come from? Where had they gone? Why take 'that' form, when they'd just vanished into light?

The shimmering blocks made structural sense, and he could reasonably posit that they were 'solid' even if he wasn't sure how they were made. Were they air-proof? Permeable against some objects but not others? His brain was still trying to wrap around magical concepts.

Other thoughts ran through his mind too, that he couldn't form as easily or make sense of. Couldn't clarify to himself, so he stored them for analysis for later. Chiefly, that even with how capable he 'knew' Yuna was, it was still new to see some of her other skills. He'd seen her do magic before, but not like this. She'd looked otherworldly, beautiful, as if it was what she was meant to do...

"I thought you had to change spheres, to use magic?" Maybe all her spheres had magic? He still wasn't entirely clear on how they worked, even though she'd tried to explain it to him.

From:

whereishe

Yuna looked up at the protective shell reaching out and dragging her fingers along the clear surface. It shifts yielding to her fingertips before it reforms into the solid wall. She turned back towards Alex with a wide smile and a little skip in her step. She liked being useful on missions like these and it gave her more of a chance to test her skills.

She stepped up next to Alex looking up at him as she tried to explain. "I don't need the spheres to do a lot of my magic. They help and make it easier without tiring me out as much but I don't need them. Magic is a part of me, like I'm made up of it." Her head tilted to the side and she took a step forward thinking that water was somewhere in that direction.

"My spheres are very special. There are only three of us who use them in my world and in some cases they can be dangerous as well. I'm more in tune with them because I was a summoner first."

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lessandmorethanhuman

"Dangerous how?" Alex responded, pointing absently so she'd go in the direction that was correct. Not that she'd been that far off, as he fell into stride next to her.

"You said before, magic comes from living things right?" That, he supposed, he could rationalize as making sense if you viewed magic as energy. Living things did generate energy.

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whereishe

"Yes. That's what can make the sphere's dangerous." Her eyes glanced up towards him before looking at her vague destination. Her fingers laced in front of her as she spoke. "There are souls or memories of people in my spheres. So when I use them I can feel them. They are usually masters of a style or magic form and they help me, leaning me their energy."

Yuna wondered what he would think knowing that she played and used the souls of the dead. It was so common on her world killing, using and guiding the dead.

"Sometimes they aren't but I'm used to feeling them when I'm connected to there spheres. That's also why my clothing changes. The souls create that physical show that they are connected to me while stirring within my conciseness." It sounded dangerous when she said it like that.

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lessandmorethanhuman

It did sound dangerous, but it also made him remember something. Quiet as they walked, while he puzzled this over. If the spheres really did contain memories, and they were able to manifest themselves in her consciousness...

A long time he was quiet, before he spoke again. "It would explain the nightmares, and why you felt like they belonged to someone else. Because they did actually belong to someone else." His tone was hesitant, but Alex wouldn't have voiced it, if he wasn't fairly sure he was right.

"I...know how that feels. You felt...all of them. In me." And then he was quieter, not really interested in expanding unless she pried.

From:

whereishe

“Mm?” Yuna looked over at him, her mismatch eyes curious. It made sense. Granted she had always had some form of nightmare but her will and determination stifled them. Since using the sphere grid they came back in full force and now she wasn’t sure if she could be parted with the small orb of magic without feeling their loss. Her head canted to the side inspecting Alex for a moment before looking back at where she was walking. She didn’t need to trip and fall now.

“Yeah. I think, I always sort of knew that.” Not that she had wanted to admit to hearing ghosts. In a way she was thankful that she told Alex and that Alex told her. It was a small comfort but she wasn’t alone. Someone else understood what it meant to hear the voices of the dead, those pained and scared cries.

Yuna understood what he meant. They were both connected to the dead, in Alex’s case it was his victims and in Yuna’s it was her world. They couldn’t be separated from it. “I guess the noise never quiets.”

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lessandmorethanhuman

Alex kept pace, noting the hint of melancholy mood that hung over them both.

He was used to it, brooding, being alone with his thoughts. It didn't really bother him. But he found himself noting that it seemed unusual. For Yuna.

He had yet to see her actually let herself brood, or be lost in the sadness he know she had been through. Even when he'd comforted her from her nightmare, she hadn't been like this. It bothered him.

Moving slightly closer, shifting the collapsed buckets into one hand so he could reach out with his other. Touching her shoulder gently, carefully to not startle her either. "I've learned to tune it out, most of the time. It's a form of quiet, anyways. But I still hear them when I close my eyes."

I understand. I won't judge. You can lean on me, for that. All of which he was trying to communicate silently with eyes and the touch of his hand on her shoulder.

From:

whereishe

She looked up at him with a slight hum leaving her lips. She hadn't thought she'd be so lost in her thoughts until Alex pulled her attention away from the crying souls. She smiled then, her face brightening up.

"You know, I should be able to sooth them. So if you ever want quiet, I can help." Yuna knew he didn't need to sleep but if she could let him have his thoughts and feelings without those souls pushing at his senses, well she can at least help. "I used to do that. Whenever I performed the sending. Not everyone does but I thought it was something nice to do." It was something she felt like she had to do.

Even with these sad topics Yuna kept her smile, her demeanor confident and strong as they made their way towards the water. She wasn't the type to let anything keep her down.

From:

lessandmorethanhuman

"But who quiets them for you?" Alex asked, as that was the logical next question. He'd...think about it. He wasn't sure he wanted anyone else messing with his already messed-up head. Even if he trusted Yuna.

Including trusting her enough to bare a few of his secrets. He kept the hand on her shoulder, staring at her with eyes that demanded she answer. Even as he kept his other senses alert in case they were in danger.

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whereishe

Yuna faltered slightly looking up at Alex with a nervous grin. "I don't usually do it for myself." If she did it to much she got tired and more than a few times she passed out. Soothing the souls of the dead took energy and like Yuna's energy it came from within.

"Though I if I helped you. Well... it'd help me too."

She felt as if his hand kept her grounded. She wasn't sure if he really wanted her answer but she gave it to him anyway. After a few more steps she paused looking back up at Alex. "I hear water."

From:

lessandmorethanhuman

Alex nodded, as he focused and realized he'd been hearing it too. A sniff, and he could smell moisture in the air, hints of it. Odd that 'wet' was a categorical smell, but it was what it was.

He hadn't moved his hand as they walked, collapsed buckets still in one held carefully. Looking around, Alex noticed far more 'light' showing up, especially as they got closer to what was clearly some kind of underground lake or lagoon. The hard shale-type surface they'd been walking on gave way to sand. Alex was amused to look down, and find the sand a bright purple-maroon color. Easily large enough, and the roof of the cave over the lake revealed more of that glowing fungi or moss.

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whereishe

It felt strange feeling the warmth of his hand against her skin and she knew that she liked it. She listened to the beats of her heart trying to steady the flutter that Alex caused. It wasn’t the sort of thing that Yuna could explain but she felt comfortable, safe.

Yuna looked down at the sand as well feeling a smile pull at her lips. It was beautiful. She slowly reached down letting her fingers run through the fine mineral. “What do you think is in this?” She assumed that Alex might know or be able to tell. She looked up at him before standing again. She held a small pool of purple sand in her hands. It was dark in a way, the colors mixing together like the night sky melding with dried blood.

“It’s beautiful.”

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lessandmorethanhuman

Alex had moved himself, and his hand from her shoulder, over to the shore. Pulling off his omniband from around his wrist, and using it to test and scan the water. Concerned first that it was safe for drinking, and safe for them to be near.

A minute or two for analysis, before he stood up and brushed his uniform off from where he'd crouched. "I'd have to check, but if it's anything like Earth, then something in the chemicals. Most likely the ph-balance between organisms in the sand, causing the color. Probably something acidic." Murmuring in response to her question, as he pulled the buckets out and assembled them. Dipping and filling them up before placing them back on the shore, where they sank into the sand.

Coming over to where Yuna was, he looked at the pool of sand she held. "It's definitely unique." And pretty--it was a good color for Yuna, from the contrast of her skin and the sand. Crouching once more, he poked and dug a smaller hole, and smiled when he noticed the sand was darker purple, the deeper in the whole. It was lighter, the closer to the air. "Interesting." He'd have to muse on that.

First though, a thought had occurred to him. He looked up at Yuna, and smirked.

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whereishe

“Interesting?” Yuna moved next to him leaning on his shoulder slightly as she looked forward into the hole. She noticed the color variation looking between the sand in her palms and the sand he found deeper in the earth. Her eyes then glanced over at him watching him curiously.

She wasn’t too concerned with the water. She knew that if monsters lived here then they would need water and while some could survive off different things they could always purify it somehow.

Yuna was more concerned about Alex. “What is it?” That smirk… she didn’t know what it meant but for some reason she thought it spelled trouble for them.

From:

lessandmorethanhuman

Interesting in the reactions he was sure were causing the chemical changes of the pH most likely, to produce the purple color. Admittedly, less interesting than as he tilted his head and listened. His Omniband had confirmed the water safe enough to drink, but he was for the moment more concerned about potential other threats.

None that he could detect, so his attention shifted to Yuna once more. Still smirking, before moving quickly. Shifting his weight, pulling her up into his arms and heading for the edge of the water. Getting in up to his ankles, before tossing her gently further out.

His smirk had heralded mischief, more than anything. She'd been mopey. He didn't like her mopey, Alex had decided.

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whereishe

Yuna tensed feeling trouble in Alex’s smirk. She tried to scrabble away expect that he was faster than her and was easily able to lift her up. Her hands held the loose fabric of the thief garb in place though with how she fought they weren’t going anywhere.

“Alex!” All she had time to do was shout his name in surprise as he tossed her into the water. She didn’t mind water but it was cold. She yelped as she lifted herself from the lake. Beads of liquid rolled down her skin and her hair matted to her cheeks. She flicked her wrist splashing him with a wave of water in retaliation. “You’re going to have to help me dry my hair now.”

Yuna was smiling even though she was trying so hard to pout. She slowly made her way back towards the shore until the water brushed against her ankles. Her outfit wasn’t meant to go swimming in and a few parts of it were becoming see-through. She wrapped her arms around her chest and shivered.

“That wasn’t very nice.” She was smiling; she couldn’t stop smiling though she wasn’t sure why being tossed into water made her smile.

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lessandmorethanhuman

He took the splashing with a chuckle, then took off his uniform jacket and handed it to her. "I never said I was nice, Yuna." But he was still smirking smugly himself, hoodie over his black uniform shirt and blue BDU pants.

Really, he...tried to ignore that she was smiling. That her outfit had gone almost sheer; no wonder she was cold. He couldn't actually carry her, and the buckets, back to camp so his jacket it was for now. "How involved will drying your hair be?" His head tilted as he moved to make his way to the shore, picking up the buckets and ready to head back to their safe-house.

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whereishe

She took the over sided uniform jacket and quickly pulled it over her slight frame before it got too see-through. She slowly walked closer eyes Alex before shaking her head with a smile. "True but that's okay." If he was too night he'd be boring.

Yuna stopped when she reached the sandy shore line looking down at the funny colored sand before looking over at Alex with a smirk that matched his own. "My hair takes a lot of work." Which was why she tied it up when she showered. She usually had to wash her hair separately.

"Can we take some of the sand back with us too?"

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lessandmorethanhuman

"Not this time. I'd rather have a proper container to store it, and I don't have that with me." Alex responded, hanging back a bit and looking at the long tail of hair. He'd noticed before, but now he was noticing with an idea of just how long it was. That...

How did she HAVE that much hair not get in the way?

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whereishe

Yuna nodded bringing her fingers to her lips. She noticed that the jacket's sleeves were too big and it smelled like him. Bright mismatched eyes glanced over at him as she tilted her head back the way they came.

"You coming?" She had payback in mind but for now she would wait until they were back behind the shield she had created.

She slowly walked away letting her hair trail behind her as she moved. She assumed he'd catch up but she wanted to get her hair undone before it dried and then stayed all curled up.

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lessandmorethanhuman

"Just assessing how bad the problem is going to be." Alex responded with a smirk. Easy enough to grab the buckets and catch up as they walked back to the safe house.

He was glad Yuna wasn't really mad with him. Nor was he buying that she might not still try retaliation. Just because she hadn't pushed him in the water there... Not that Alex had ideas on what she might do, but he was going to be watchful all the same.

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whereishe

Yuna pouted but again her lips quickly curled into a smile. “I didn’t think hair of all things would intimidate you.” To Yuna he was fearless. She knew that was silly, everyone was afraid of something but he was always something solid that she looked too. She sighed softly pulling the jacket a little tighter around her shoulders. Her fingers reached out to the long braid and as she walked she slowly began to untie the ribbon. Beneath it was a tight braid of brown hair that Yuna usually kept hidden.

As she worked she looked over towards Alex feeling her cheeks flush red. She wasn’t used to having others see her hair unbound but she supposed if it was Alex it wouldn’t be so uncomfortable.

Yuna worked her nibble fingers as they walked though she hadn’t gotten her hair completely unwrapped by the time they got back. It felt like a shorter walk back though she assumed that was her imagination.

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lessandmorethanhuman

"You have a lot of hair, Yuna." Alex remarked, amused by her comment more than anything. Especially as part of him had noticed her starting to unbraid it while they walked. Granted he also was keeping his eyes open for potential enemies or trouble, but that didn't mean he didn't notice.

It definitely seemed a shorter walk back, and Alex stopped outside of where he'd seen her set her barrier up. "So...magic barrier. Anything I should know? Do you take it down? Cut a door?"

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