"Oh, you don't have to explain to me about ruining clothes, half the time me and my brothers accidentally set them on fire!" Kai said remembering a fun memory when Damian and Victor had been bragging about there new shield they'd made entirely out of gold, and Pine and said that they probably wouldn't even be able to lift it, Victor had gotten so mad that he'd burst into flames right there, Damian had been standing to close and also caught on flames it had been hilarious.
"so what are you doing here?" Kai asked turning his mind back to the girl.
“No harm done, the error is on my end as well. I believe I saw someone a tad similar in the marketplace this morning and allowed my imagination to run.” He smiled apologetically. “Speaking of, Ive gotten a bracelet for each of you.as a welcoming gift.” He grabbed the four remaining bracelets colored light blue, green, purple, and black and offered them to Lotus.
"so what are you doing here?" Kai asked turning his mind back to the girl.
"Well, I'm supposed to be going with one of the princes, I believe."
Was her illusion fading away allowing herself to shine through? No, it couldn't be. Not yet. She carefully grabbed the light blue one, "Thank you kind sir. I do not recall going to the market place earlier today, so it can't have been me."
“No need for the titles, we are of equal status.” Damian cracked a small smile. “I’m certain, my brother has been talking you some wonderful stories about us, haven’t you, Pine? I imagine you enjoyed showing her your powers when you used them on me earlier. He’s quite the prankster, Lotus.” The smile on the prince’s face grew wider, but it was anything but sincere.
"oh, I hope I'm not too late, have you already decided," Kai asked running a hand through his hair.
"So that's what I saw when you went to hide behind the horse," Lotus said in a mused tone. She could sense the offness in his smile, "Care to explain his powers perchance? Or maybe what yours are as well?"
“It would be my pleasure. Who would you like to hear about first?” Damian couldn’t tell when exactly he’d like to tear apart his brother’s smooth talking with the nasty truth.
Lotus had a sly smile on her actual face. Her illusionary one remained pleasant, "Oh whomever you would like to spill first. I have no preference as to whom is spoken about."
((BUrnnn HEE HEE HEE, lotus's power would be great for those times when your freaking out but trying to remain calm, she could be like having an anxiety attack when all you see is an amused look on her fave or something.))
(Yep! Though in that case her illusion would started to fall apart. She has to have focus in order to maintain it, and a panic attack is not a time for that.)
Damian fed right into this. “Well, Pine here has a very special gift. You, see he can manipulate other people’s emotions, but I’m sure he would have told you that correct?”
"Oh really? He never bothered to tell me," Lotus had figured it would be something to that extent given the context clues that had been given. However she hadn't been quite expecting that. She glanced over to Pine before looking back to Damian, "what about yours?"
"oh, I hope I'm not too late, have you already decided," Kai asked running a hand through his hair.
"I…do have some idea, yes." She smiled a bit awkwardly.
"Well then," she hadn't given him a straight up no but he felt like it was more of a polite gesture of saying scram, but then again he could be wrong. Kai said slightly disappointed he had liked her she seemed very nice. " I guess I'll have to try my luck somewhere else, he was about to go when he suddenly had to ask. "Is that your bird?"
Damian smiled in response, this time actually more genuine. “I’ll demonstrate.” He walked over to a patch of grass, growing a rose. “If there were water I’d have done a lotus for you.” He murmured, plucking the rose from the ground and handing it to her. “I can also—“
”Be a showoff.” A squirrel chattered from a nearby tree. Damian rolled his eyes.
“That was uncalled for.” He grumbled, rolling his eyes and glaring at the small creature.
((it's official the squirrel is my favorite))
Lotus stifled a laugh as she took the rose. She heard the strange sounds a squirrel made and the Damian's response, "Talk to animals was the end of that sentence correct? That is quite an interesting ability," she took a breath and the both the bracelet and rose began to float just above her palm each glowing a faint blue color, "I only have one ability. Though it is extremely useful at times."
"Well then," she hadn't given him a straight up no but he felt like it was more of a polite gesture of saying scram, but then again he could be wrong. Kai said slightly disappointed he had liked her she seemed very nice. " I guess I'll have to try my luck somewhere else, he was about to go when he suddenly had to ask. "Is that your bird?"
"Her name is Copper!" Catori said happily. "She's more like a friend, though. It's kind of hard to call something your pet when it can cuss you out."
((what if there's a society of squirrels)) spys, my mind is blown this RP has changed reality for me😱😯))
Kai who had been going to try to pet the pretty bird stopped at the cussing part and wondered if he shouldn't try his luck a second time, he recoiled his hand as copper snapped at it. "nice bird."
“It is interesting, yes. Most creatures are… rather rude.” Damian shot another glare at the squirrel before drawing his attention back to Lotus. “May I ask what your ability is?”
(( I really want to change characters and be the squirrel and just start hurling nuts at Damian for the rest of the story, this thought is making me smile so MUCH.))
"Please excuse her, she's a bit of a…trouble maker." She said, shooting a very half-hearted glare at Copper.
