[9:03 PM]Aj | Ryunoske+Titania:

It took maybe thirty minutes for Ryu to get ready. She didn't do much beyond change back into the fancier suit she had worn during the last fancy event, and put on a faint spray of cologne. She waited for Glass at the entrance of the grand hall, adjusting her watch on her wrist as she did so. @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

[9:17 PM]innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄):

Glass arrived in the grand hall about ten minutes after Ryu. She, too, had changed into her outfit from the gala- a little black dress that was in no way appropriate for the weather or church setting, and left nearly her entire back exposed. She'd brushed some of her unruly red curls away from her face, and changed out her normal gunmetal piercings with fancier silver ones. "Hey, Ryu!Didn't know you could look nicer but can't say I'm upset you've proved me wrong." @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

[9:22 PM]Aj | Ryunoske+Titania:

She perked her head up when she heard Glass' voice, a soft smile gracing her lips as she saw her outfit. "Thank you, and wow.. You look beautiful," Ryu complimented and gently took Glass' hand to place a faint kiss on the back of her palm.

"Shall we head inside then? I'd hate to keep the pretty lady waiting." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

[9:29 PM]innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄):

"Aw, you're sweet," Glass batted her eyes as Ryu kissed her hand, and wasted no time moving right to her side and wrapping an arm around hers. "Well, no use waiting around here, is there?" @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

[6:09 AM]Aj | Ryunoske+Titania:

Ryu let out a small chuckle and happily let Glass cling onto her. "Mhm. Let's head on in," Ryunoske nodded as she walked with Glass arm in arm. She walked towards the center of the grand hall, finding the perfect spot to dance under the chandeliers.

"Think you can keep up with me, babe?" Ryu asked with a teasing smile. @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

[8:12 AM]innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄):

The light of the chandelier sparkled through Glass's crystalline form, creating multicolored refractions that danced around her as she moved. "I don't know. We'll have to find out, hm?" @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

[1:23 PM]Aj | Ryunoske+Titania:

With a small chuckle, Ryu took a step back and bowed. "May I have this dance, madam?" She asked and offered her hand out to Glass. @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

[1:32 PM]innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄):

Glass placed her hand gently in Ryu's and smiled, "You may." @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

[4:43 PM]Aj | Ryunoske+Titania:

Ryunoske gently took Glass' hand and pulled her in, positioning them into a typical waltz. "You're quite dazzling, Glass. Literally," she joked with a small chuckle as she started their dance. "Do you dance often?" @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

[4:50 PM]innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄):

"Aw, thank you!" Glass smiled, following Ryu's lead in the waltz. She was a fairly good dancer- light on her feet, with a good sense of rhythm. "Oh, not much. Usually I'm the one making the music. Not at these types of functions, though." @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

[5:53 PM]Aj | Ryunoske+Titania:

Ryunoske was a gentle leader, despite her appearance. Graceful, as if she's had a lot of practice before this point, Ryunoske lead Glass with beautiful strides. "Mm, I see. Who taught you then? Unless you're just a natural, like your beauty?" She smiled. @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

[5:56 PM]innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄):

"Had to learn in church camp." Glass hummed. "Not the most exciting story, I'll admit. They wanted to teach us valuable life skills, which I guess includes waltzing. Though, if you want a more interesting story, we can always say it's natural." @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

[6:16 PM]Aj | Ryunoske+Titania:

She listened to Glass with faint smile, continuing to dance as she did so. "Church camp, huh? Fitting you're using those skills here," Ryu joked. "Anything else you learned there?" @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

[6:17 PM]innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄):

"Yeah, pretty funny how everything comes around." Glass laughed lightly. "Hmm... we learned canoeing- was never very good at that, glass sinks in water. We did sewing, I'm pretty sure. Much more useful than the canoes. And all the church stuff, of course." @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

[3:27 PM]Aj | Ryunoske+Titania:

"Canoeing is considered a valuable life skill?" Ryu asked with a small chuckle. "Well, at least you got something out of it. Do you enjoy any other hobbies besides your music making?" @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

[4:53 PM]innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄):

"No idea why. Maybe they thought cars would become defunct and we'd all need to canoe down canals to get places. Church people get weird." Glass laughed. "Yeah, I like to sew. Make my own DIY clothes and whatnot- it's way cheaper than buying shit myself, and it's cooler. It's not really a hobby, but I'm into piercings, too. Love some good body jewelry." @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

[5:56 PM]Aj | Ryunoske+Titania:

"Isn't that what some church people practice? The whole no modern day electronics or devices..? Maybe that's what they were intending on," Ryu suggested with a small hum as she brought Glass in closer. "Sewing? That's interesting. Did you make this outfit yourself?" She asked with a curious smile.

"And I have been wondering.. Are the pericings you wear easy to get? You're made of glass so.. I am curious to know how you possibly get pierced without cracking." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

[5:59 PM]innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄):

"Honestly, maybe. They were weird at that camp." Glass hummed, not protesting as Ryu brought her closer in. "Kinda. I got it at goodwill and tailored it to my measurements- which included taking off the hideous sleeves and shortening the skirt by a good foot. You like it?"

"Well, the earlobe piercings I got before that cartilage had fully transformed, so those were normal. Pretty much all the rest, I did myself. I've got a glass drill I use, real fancy. And anyways, if I do get cracked, I can usually fix myself up." @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

[6:12 PM]Aj | Ryunoske+Titania:

Ryu smirked as she dipped Glass, her hand gently cupping the small of Glass' back. "I do. I like it quite a lot," she said with a fun, yet low laugh. She brought Glass back up, continuing their dance.

"...Fully transformed? You turned into glass gradually?" Ryu asked as she looked over the fractured colors bouncing off Glass. "Does it hurt when you puncture yourself? Does.. anything hurt anymore?" @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

[6:16 PM]innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄):

Glass laughed alongside Ryu as she was dipped, a bright smile growing across her features.

The smile faded as she was reminded of her inevitable death. "Well, yeah. I was born a flesh human just like you- I presume you were born organic, at least. Started transforming around the time I was... twelveish? When I went through puberty." She sighed. "It still does hurt- when I crack, when I heal myself. Though most everything hurts nowadays so piercings don't really make a difference." @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

[6:51 PM]Aj | Ryunoske+Titania:

"Organic enough, yeah," Ryunoske shrugged before continuing to listen to Glass' tale. She glanced over the crystalline form of the other woman before giving her a slightly more serious look. "I see... So when does the transformation end?" @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

[6:52 PM]innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄):

"Sometime between now and two-and-a-half years from now." Glass shrugged. "Then I'll be dead." @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

[6:59 PM]Aj | Ryunoske+Titania:

Ryunoske blinked. "..Dead? Just.. Drop dead one day?" She repeated with a confused look. "What a strange power.. you must be cursed instead." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

[7:00 PM]innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄):

"Well, more like, slow to the point of non-functioning and then drop dead one day, but yeah. It's no fun." Glass hummed. "You're not the first to say that." @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

[7:24 PM]Aj | Ryunoske+Titania:

"Well, that is because it is indeed a power to be cursed with. What of the person who gave you your powers? I assume they're also gone, unless the transferring of powers spared them," Ryu continued to ask. @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

[7:31 PM]innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄):

"What, my mom? Yeah, she's super dead." Glass shrugged. "The powers transfer down the matrilineal bloodline. But I have no daughter will never have one, so this shitty curse is ending with me." @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

[7:44 PM]Aj | Ryunoske+Titania:

Hmm.. a matrilineal power. How interesting. "I see. How cruel it is we will have to part so soon," Ryunoske said as she gave Glass a small twirl. "Do you have any last wishes? Anything you want to do before you body gives out on you?" @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

[8:38 PM]innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄):

"Life's cruel. Everyone dies someday." Glass hummed, falling gracefully into the spin. At Ryu's question, she hummed in contemplation. "I don't know... there's a couple things I could think of." @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

[8:42 PM]Aj | Ryunoske+Titania:

"Why don't you list them off for me? Never know, maybe someone could help you complete them," Ryu offered with a faint smile. @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

[8:53 PM]innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄):

"Some of them will probably never happen. I wanna go to at least thirty more shows before I kick the bucket, I wanna go on tour- like actual, nationwide tour, not just 'all the clubs in our local area and one music festival'- with the band. I wanna see the rocky mountains, and those huge trees up in California, and the northern lights. Right before I die, I wanna shave off all my hair and make it into pendants and sell 'em all online. I wanna pierce my tongue, I wanna take a bath in some decadent wine I blew all my money on. I want to spend at least one night with some handsome stranger, no commitments or anything. I'd list more, but I think I'm already running out of time." @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

[8:57 PM]Aj | Ryunoske+Titania:

Ryunoske couldn't help but chuckle as Glass finished off her bucket list. "Well, I know for sure I could help with at least the last few things you listed, especially the last one, but if you're still kicking it after this event, I can see what I can do to get you to the Rocky Mountains and Califronia," Ryunoske offered with a wink and a smile, though it seemed more affectionate than sly. @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

[9:04 PM]innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄):

"Well, I'd certainly be up for that after our little dance." Glass returned the wink with a bright smile. "Aw, thanks! That's so sweet of you- especially considering you don't even know me that well." She laughed, a bit astounded, a bit grateful. @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

[9:08 PM]Aj | Ryunoske+Titania:

Ryunsoke playfully rolled her eyes and continued to smile. "Hey, there are some nice guys out there, after all. Besides, seeing a dying girl and not helping her out with her dreams would be kinda a dick move, don't you think? Money isn't much of a matter to me. It's not that big of a deal." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

[9:11 PM]innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄):

"Still, it's not every day you meet someone both rich and compassionate." Glass hummed, her smile still strong. "And I do wanna thank you, not every dying girl even gets the opportunities I do. Somehow, I'll make these last few years worth it." @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

[9:22 PM]Aj | Ryunoske+Titania:

"Well, I guess coming to this island was the struck of luck you needed," Ryu winked once more. "And no need to thank me. I'm just doing something I want," she smiled. Nothing Ryu did was ever truly a good thing, after all. @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

[9:29 PM]innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄):

"Probably the one good thing to come to anyone who comes here- outside of whoever takes home that prize, I guess." Glass smiled. "Something you want, hm? You do seem like the type to treat a girl." @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

[9:46 PM]Aj | Ryunoske+Titania:

Ryu smiled, gently leading Glass into a slow end to their dance. "I wouldn't want to do anything else. It makes me happy seeing my woman happy." @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

[9:48 PM]innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄):

Glass lifted an eyebrow, "I'm yours, now?" @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

[9:58 PM]Aj | Ryunoske+Titania:

"For a night, aren't I?" She returned with a small smirk. "Unless you want to change your wish for more than just that?" @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

[10:02 PM]innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄):

Glass's expression morphed into a playful smirk. "How about we leave it at 'we'll see how it goes'?" @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

[10:11 PM]Aj | Ryunoske+Titania:

Ryunoske let out a light chuckle and gently brushed some of Glass' red hair out her face now that their dance had come to an end. "Very well. Did the lady want to do anything else before we head back?" @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

[10:16 PM]innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄):

"Can't think of anything right now," Glass hummed as Ryu brushed away her hair. "I'm ready to ditch this place if you are." @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

[10:30 PM]Aj | Ryunoske+Titania:

"Heard loud and clear," she smiled. "So. My room or yours?" @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

[10:31 PM]innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄):

"We're in the same room." Glass pointed out. @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

[10:40 PM]Aj | Ryunoske+Titania:

Ryu chuckled. "Fair, but separate bedrooms, technically. Do you not care?" @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

[10:41 PM]innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄):

"It's the same to me, so whatever your preference is." Glass shrugged. @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania

[11:01 PM]Aj | Ryunoske+Titania:

"Very well. Let's head on over then," Ryu said as she took a small bow before offering Glass her arm again. @innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄)

[11:02 PM]innsjo (glass🎸+ darcy🖋+ npcs❄):

Glass wrapped her arm around Ryu's, and followed her out... @Aj | Ryunoske+Titania