yves catchall

[florescences]

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[florescences]

Don't you think I should get special treatment?

[ she spins automatically, so natural is the movement between the two of them now that it hardly takes a thought. ]

I'd joke about you fleecing me, but I don't think I could finish the sentence. Hmm... the only thing I have is my beauty, though?

[ this is not a proper offer. ]

[noirges]

[ ? ]

Have I failed you, Ellie? For you to think you only have that to offer me?

[ also like they are dancing, he will use their joined hands to encourage her closer to him as his other arm slides around her waist ]

You're the most gorgeous woman I've ever seen and ever will [ because he is soooo in love with her even now ] but you are so much more and you know it.

[florescences]

[ following along, she steps closer and places her other hand on his shoulder. ]

I do, I do~ I do think I've given you a fair bit of myself.

[ a beat. ]

But okay. A dance? [ they're already almost dancing. ] A meal? A kiss? My adoration?

[ unfortunately, she is also too in love to create space. ]

[noirges]

[ they are already almost dancing.

they will begin dancing as yves just leads her through the steps of a waltz even as they just chat and tease ]

Can I have it all?

[ oh no ]

[florescences]

[ she falls into step easily enough. at least one of the things she doesn't lack is grace.

she laughs. ]

Of course, for what I'm asking of you, you can charge for more.

[ she will encourage greed, teasing or not. ]

[noirges]

Hmm... I'll have to think about it... You make an extremely tempting offer.

[ but they're already dancing

so the next thing he does is claim a kiss, because

because why wouldn't he ]

[florescences]

[ why wouldn't he

and why wouldn't she smile against his lips before she pulls away enough to say: ]

I don't know how to give you my adoration when you already have it. I need another offer, don't I...

[noirges]

[ he just laughs at that, amused ]

I'll take whatever you care to offer me, Ellie. I hope you don't mind my greed either.

[florescences]

[ she shakes her head, still smiling. ]

No, never. I'd never mind with you. But you're really proving everyone right about how you don't charge properly.

[noirges]

Ah.

I was really trying this time.

[ also ara give mem ]

[florescences]

[ yves can see elysia giving herself a pep talk. even she has to talk herself up to accept the reality of her existence and the reality of how she has to say goodbye.

she is preparing for a banquet. it is the first and last time she will wear makeup in her life, and she will don a new outfit specifically created for her by a dear friend. she calls it her final banquet, but the reality is it was a mission given to her friends by the leadership of the organization she belonged to: a crusade for her death.

because if elysia must have an ending, it must be disguised as something beautiful and dazzling. ]