DIVA/WISP: Time Enough For Tea #3

[Drew Perron]

On 6/1/2017 2:45 PM, deucexm wrote:
> Continuing on, little by little.  I've already got some far-reaching ideas for the
> way this one could turn out, but who's to say where it will go?  I prefer to let
> the characters sort of decide things on their own.

That feels very right for this sort of situation.

> Laurel set out two teacups and poured the tea.  Steaming vapors rose from the tan
> liquid as they set the kettle down, nudging one of the teacups across the table
> without a word.

Cuuuuuute

> After a while, Critical Eye lowered her hands, eyes still closed, and took a deep
> breath.  "That smells really good," she murmured quietly, evasively.

awwwwww. :> She is TOO CUTE

> Critical Eye shook her head, eyes still closed.  The satellites let her see well
> enough, even if she was intentionally limiting them.  "I... I left it behind.  I
> promised to let it go and just be what this world needed, be who everyone needed
> me to be.  A guardian."

awwwwwww sweetie!!!

> Laurel rested their chin on one hand.  "What about what /you/ need?"
> 
> She lowered her teacup, and said nothing.  The silence was deafening this time.

Yessss, good, Laurel knows what they're doing <3

> "The staff - /your/ staff - isn't something you should just give up
> like that.  No matter what anyone promises or offers you, it isn't worth throwing
> away a part of yourself."

YES RELEVANT

> "I'm sorry if I've said a little much," Laurel offered.  "But the way you are now
> - honestly, I'm worried about you."
> 
> "You barely know me at all."
> 
> Laurel just smiled, a little sadly.  "As I said, you're... not the first."

saaaaaaaame

> "I want you to do something only you can do."  Laurel finished off their tea
> before continuing.  "Not as Critical Eye, but as Celia Pureheart."

Dun dun dunnnn...

Drew "so many emotions, SO GOOD" Perron