Dream Of The Dolphin Song [private/Kaisto/Lucius]

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The entire ride had been exhausting so far. At least for Astrid. She couldn't speak for Lucius's well being. It really had been a total mistake to stay up the entire night before. But she couldn't help it.
The nerves of moving, the excitement of her dreams coming true, it had all been too much for her to sleep last night. Count the lack of sleep and the amount of traveling they had already done, it was no wonder the young girl's head bobbed up and down sleepily as the train's wheels skidded across and tracks, thundering down the line.

Opening her mouth wide Astrid yawned, blinking away the small amount of moisture that had formed in the corner of her blue eyes from the yawn.
Small hands patted her red hued cheeks as she let out an audible whine from the top of her throat, an action meant to try and keep herself awake by making her face feel slight pain, tingling with the small slaps.
But it wasn't working. As soon as she brought her hands down to her lap her head rocked to the side, almost hitting her violin case placed next to the window, only managing to pull away at the last second before she slammed into it.
Deep blue eyes glazed over with exhaustion she managed to straighten her posture, staring at the wall in front of her, focused on nothing.
The small chart they had sat in was empty. Good for Lucius, as she knew he didn't like other people too much. But... It was too quiet in here. To the point where the only noise was the clatter of the train's wheels on the tracks.
The way the sun's light seeped into the chart made it warm also, making Astrid feel even more drowsy than she was.
It was the perfect place for a nap.
But she didn't want to fall asleep. Not now. It has been a day she had been waiting for many years to happen. She was going to join her dream guild. She wanted to remember every second of this day.
But every second was a fight against sleep.
Her eyelids felt heavy. Her skin was warm. The seat behind her was soft. All of it lulled her to sleep.

Letting a quiet moan out her head settled on her friend’s shoulder, leaning into him for support as her body slumped.
It was all too comfortable.

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Though she might have complained about it any other time, Astrid didn't say a thing as she now found herself laying down, head resting on the green-haired boy's lap. The jacket warmed the majority of her body beside the head and feet. Was she really that tiny compared to him? Many times she would realize just how tall Lucius was, such as when she needed to reach something high and he would get it for her, or when they would enter a door frame and he sometimes had to duck down. But feeling his jacket covering most of her body, it hit her hard. Why couldn't she be that tall? Why was she stuck with this children's height?
Beginning to fall asleep as her brain continued to contemplate height differences her body tensed as the door opened, causing a clattering sound to pierce the fragile silence in the room.
Blinking open deep blue optics they landed upon the person who had caused the noise.
Well, at least the shock of the sudden noise sent a surge through her system. She was slightly more awake now.
Letting out a sleepy moan at the base of her throat the girl pushed herself up, using her hands to hold her half-down position.
Making sure her shaky arms would hold her body for a second she brought up an arm to rub away the sleep in her eyes before looking back up to the older man.

"Ah, no it's fine." Astrid smiled, one cheek slightly red from where it had been pushed on Lucius's lap.
They could use the company. If anything, it would keep her from falling asleep easily again.
"We're only going to be on here for another hour or so anyway, so take a seat."
As she finished her sentence she glanced up to her childhood friend, searching for any discomfort in his face. He didn't like other people. She knew that. But they were going to be in a guild now. She wanted him to at least accept other people and not constantly glare at them.
She clenched his black jacket that was now loosely around her shoulders.
Maybe this would be a good way to start.

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Seeing her adoptive brother take kindly to the newcomer Astrid let out a sigh of relief, her small smile coming back to her lips. He was either forcing himself, or becoming better at meeting new people, though she hoped for the latter more than anything. Forcing himself wouldn't be right, though she supposed it was better than him not trying at all and hurting people without a second thought like he use to. Those were hard days...

Hearing the man talk about their destination Astrid nodded, tucking her legs beside her on the seat. Ah, so he knew of the guild. Fantastic! Perhaps he knew the town and could help them find it when they got off, since the town was sure to be big and confusing to fresh faces.
"Why, actually we are." The girl clapped her hands together and hummed, expression brightening, the question having made her regain the energy she ever so needed.
"There's a popular wizard there who i'm hoping will mentor me, actually." Her eyes glanced over to the pink violin case placed next to her, placing her hands back down neatly in her lap.
Ever since she was little she had dreamed of that wizard training her in music. Though she was unsure if he would. He was probably busy, and it's not like he was oblige to do so... However, she just hoped he would at least give her a chance if anything.

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This guy was actually a member??
Astrid's eyes widened, shimmering with amazement as her lips parted slightly.
"Y-You're a member??" She gasped, clasping her hands over her mouth. She had just thought he was maybe a civilian. Though now that she looked closer the bloody bandages were a dead giveaway. He must have just returned from a job... A dangerous one at that.
"Oh, that's so cool!" She squealed, hands clapping together once more out of happiness, her body bouncing up and down.
This was great! Though Black Rose was her dream guild she had never actually met a member...
Oh, that is unless you count the time during her childhood...
Watching as he healed his wounds her eyes would linger on his body. It was strange to see such a spell. Ice being used as healing... It was nothing like her magic beside the healing part.
Yet she figured magic was just strange in general. There was no use in trying to figure it out.

Calming down Astrid shook her head at his question, expression turning soft, eye turning from his arm to his face.
"No... It's... Elyx Reiaki..." She said softly, cheeks turning a tinted pink as she reminisced about her choice in mentors.
She didn't know why she was embarrassed to say it. Maybe it was because she had never really told many people about it. But after she was little... When she first saw him preform on the street corner of their little town, playing his heart out on that violin, she knew she had to get him to teach her.
To play like he did would be a dream.

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Shaking her head at Kaisto's guess Astrid placed a slim hand upon the pink case, blue eyes soft as she gazed over the various dents and scratches place on it over the years.
"Actually i've been doing my magic for about twelve years now."
It was about when she was five or so. After witnessing Elyx's playing she had wanted to play herself. She wanted people to feel the way she felt on that day, after five years if not being able to hear, the first thing she was finally able to listen and understand was his music. It was fantastic, the way music expressed things that words could not. You don't have to speak any language at all to understand it. It was an expression of it's own that anyone could hear.
After expressing her want to play, it was only then that her grandfather passed down her grandmother's violin to her. Apparently the violin had always been in the family, at least that's what he said. It was strange to know it wasn't just her who wanted to play, but her entire family did. It was almost like her destiny.

Having her thoughts interrupted by more of Kai's talking she flinched her hand away from the case, head popping back to look at the man.
The way him and Lulu looked at each other was slightly strange, it was almost like there were something more to their stares than met the eyes...
But taking nothing more than her tired imagination the girl decided to not linger upon it, and instead be happy about his explanation.
More jobs? Expansion? This really was a good time to join.
"That's great! What kind of expansion?" She asked, head tilting to the side curiously. Guild could expand? That was news to her...
Maybe she should have studied them a bit harder. What else could they do?

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Looking towards Lucius and seeing the discomfort in his face from the light she slid off the cushioned seat, plopping her feet down on the floor. Shuffling around to face the direction of the window Astrid placed her hands upon the blue, velvet curtains, beginning to close them with a pull of her arm. However, the scene outside had caught her attention, her deep blue optics shinning as she stared. The sky was a pretty mixture of orange and pink with a big glowing, yellow circle in the middle, hiding behind one of the hills in the distance, casting a dark shadow out across the fields.
It was breathtaking, as if it were a painted oil picture, each color fading into each other like water had been spilled upon it.

Her mouth gaped open her expression became like she was hypnotized, being fully absorbed by the scenery.
Her arms still held the curtain, though by now she had completely forgotten what she had been doing in the first place. Even Kaisto's explanation had failed to reach her.
She had never scene anything like it before.
She had no clue this land could be so beautiful.

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Once again, it was up to someone else to snap her out of her thoughts.
Feeling a tap on her shoulder the girl flinched, shooting up slightly, and as a reflex, closed the curtain like she was doing in the first place and made the room a bit dimmer, though still held the cloth in a tight grip.
Blinking wild eyes at her brother she shook her head vigorously, a light tint spreading across her cheeks.
"I-It's nothing!" She squeaked out, not wanting them to know she had spaced out... Again...
If was something she did so often it was almost like a defining characteristic of her's. The slightly thing could make her space out in the most important of situations. Usually a place with lots of movement did this to her, as she didn't know where to look most of them time, so she would end up looking everywhere at once and get lost in what she was supposed to be doing in the first place.

Hearing Kaisto's request she finally let her tight grip fall from the fabric, turning her head to him, blinking curiously. He wanted to hear her music? Oh, well of course! She was always happy to give people a demonstration of her skills. Though of course she couldn't call herself a master, she liked to think she could give a normal violinist a run for their money. She tried to practice every day after all. She had to be at least decent with the twelve years she's done this.
Giving nothing more than a sheepish nod with a small smile gracing her lips Astrid turned to her case, bending over slightly to unhook the two silver locks on the side.
After doing so she reached in and grabbed the wooden violin by the neck with one hand as she took the bow with the other.
Turning back to face Kaisto she took a deep breath in, trying to calm her sudden nerves. This wasn't a big crowd or anything, but it was still a new person, so the pressure was on.
Giving a small smile she placed her chin upon the black rest piece, lifting the bow up, and then stringing it across the thin strings softly.

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After finishing the girl would let out a deep breath from within her chest, as if she had held the air there for the entire song. Though with the way her chest felt tight during it, she might have actually done so. Or perhaps it was the nerves. She wasn't entirely sure.
Lifting her head up to her two-man audience she squeezed the violin tight, holding both it and the bow close to her chest.
At Kaisto's compliment her pale cheeks pinked, giving a dip of her head and a small, timid smile.
"T-Thank you" she breathed, giving a bow of her head.
It always made her feel nice, getting comments like that. It made her feel like she was actually getting somewhere with her music.

"Though violin is not everything i do. I can play pretty much anything you can think of. Violin is just my main act."
Piano, harp, flute, saxophone, drums, guitar, and anything else that played music was something Astrid could play. Violin hadn't been enough. With so many instruments in existence how could she not play them? They all made such beautiful sounds of their own.
It had been hard, yes, spending many hours on such a thing, playing and playing until she dropped. But to Astrid, there was nothing she would rather be doing. If she wasn't writing her own music, she was off playing an instrument. Music was her life.

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