TEST DRIVE MEME

[fairyfoes]

TEST DRIVE MEME

Considering apping to EACHDRAIDH? Why not give the setting a test run here! OPTIONAL SCENARIOS 01. ARRIVING IN THE DRABWURLD. The grand feast is held in the Eaglais clearing. The food is good, the music is sweet, and the evening is lit by gentle fairy lights. All Shardbearers of all courts are summoned here under a universal truce for the evening. Nature itself has shaped itself into tables, chairs, and long couches so that the new guests can rest. When they’re ready to call it a night, Shardbearers are brought to their court strongholds in a one-way trip by fairies and imps. 02. NETWORK Take advantage of your Locket! The network can be accessed by any Shardbearer with a locket or shardless characters with enchanted devices, and is a quick way to meet new people and discuss the state of the world. 03. WILDCARD. Your own scenario! Explore the Drabwurld! There are lots of places to go, and plenty of trouble to get into in them!

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[fortruelove]

"Later, when we're alone." When they could talk in private and all his questions would be for her ears alone. A strange land meant unseen forces and that meant he had to be careful. He has the three most important people in his life here and one wrong step could cost him either one of them. That he will not let let come to pass. Especially not before he has been allowed to set eyes upon his daughter or grandson yet.

Charming's arm pulls from around her, fingers finding hers they fit together like a pair of gloves, perfectly. He flashes her a smile, eyes catching those near him as he keeps the air of absolute calm around him. Snow would not the wariness in his gaze, only Snow because she knows him.

"Show me around, can't have me getting lost my first day."

[cinnamoned]

"Right. I'll show you around as best I can."

Because. Well, a lot of things have changed, more recently. She herself is still adjusting to all that, but she does have easy access to traveling with her own mount. That isn't an issue. But for starters, she simply heads to take him around the more immediate area, the food, the dancing, occasionally introducing him to some friends or others. Of course she notes the wariness in him, in his gaze and posture a little, though most might not be so observant in this where she just knows him that well.

"I missed you."

[fortruelove]

As best she can, he takes those words exactly as they sound and realizes there must be places she has yet to discover "We'll find the rest together." His heart aches when he looks at her, the knowledge the she spent two years here waiting for him to arrive. No matter that this was out of his power he could feel the pain of it deep in his bones. Because she felt it and they were of one heart, he knew her pain and she his.

When he sees the dancing he pulls her up short, watching for a moment. That ache rising when she tells him she missed him, he leans toward her kissing her temple with deep affection. Charming releases her hand, he unclasps his cloak, draping it on a nearby chair. When done he flashes her that smile that has always been for her alone, the special nature of it lost on no one who sees it. The man bows to her as he offers her his palm up.

"Shall we?"

[cinnamoned]

There's an almost knowing smile as he removes his cloak, she herself still in clothing a little more modern, but somehow that works and simply perhaps serves as a reminder of their two distinctly different lives they've lead, under the Curse, before and after it.

"Like you really need to ask."

Because oh, she had missed him. Had wanted nothing more than to enjoy last year's Samhain dancing with him. But now she can. And she does, taking the offered hand with a light laugh and a grin at her lips.

[fortruelove]

There are always going to be troubles, trials, things they have to accomplish. He would never miss a moment to simply make her smile, to light her eyes in that way which brings him to life. She brings the colors of the world to life. Being near her is indescribable for Charming, especially in the moments where he can see her truly happy. It is one of his deepest desire, in either cursed, before, after, in between, he always loves her.

"It would be rude of me not to."

No matter his more regal dress and her more modern dress, they look elegant as they move. A perfect fit, she is royalty and he is the man who earned his place at her side. It is simple to slip into the more traditional steps as he takes her to the floor, arm bending behind his back, palm coming up to meet her own. Never do his eyes leave his wife's as he lets the music and the moment take away the confusion, worry, stress of arriving in another strange land.

[cinnamoned]

It really doesn't take much to make her smile. And all she wants is the same in return. For him to be happy. For him and her family to be happy and safe. And for now, they are. Together again. Which is why she can't help but give a light laugh at his response, letting him lead her to the dance floor and take charge as she moves with him.

Even if just for this moment, they could dance to the music and let the explanations come in a little while. To take the time to enjoy this and lose themselves in the sound and movement. Savor it.

[fortruelove]

As they move across the dance floor he can forget for a moment that it is happening again. Someone has taken his family from their home, in the same breath, they have brought them together. Sooner than he would have been able to he has to admit. At least from his point as he only left Emma and Henry a few days ago. Their is a fleeting hint of confusion in his eyes as he mentally reminds himself that for her, for them it has been much longer.

As the music reaches the midway point he places his hands to her waist, lightly lifting her into the air. Turning, before placing her on the ground. Eyes taking back the look of love as he turns his thoughts to the dance, not the questions and answers that await him.

[cinnamoned]

There's a bubble of laughter and a grin she just can't hide or contain as he lifts her, as she holds to him. Forgetting even for a brief moment of the nearly two years without him. How desperately the last dance and celebrations that she wanted him to be here. Which he is, now.

And that has her the happiest she's ever been since the moment she arrived here in the Drabwurld. Anyone with eyes can tell that, in her expression, the look in her eyes as she trusts him in the spin, as he places her back to the ground again.

"I can tell you haven't gotten too rusty."

That or dancing is like riding a bike. Something one just instinctively remembers once they've learned.

[fortruelove]

It is so easy when they are together, puzzle pieces fitting together seamlessly. No matter what surrounds them, they can always find happiness in each other. Even in the tough times, even in a strange land, away from home. She knows him and he knows her, it shows in how perfectly in step they are. Her feet are brought to the ground after another spin which brings her closer. Firm fingers flatten against the small of her back, the other set curling around her hand.

He takes in her a slow step around the floor, a feat he learned years ago for her. Never could another partner compliment him the way she does. They remember because they are dancing with their hearts.

"You look beautiful, I missed dancing with you." The curse, returning to the Enchanted Forest, finding the Castle taken over, all these things had left little time for dancing.