The sweetest of adventures

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Charlotte Whiterose

~Outfit appearance

It seemed that Charlotte managed to find herself somewhere rather interesting again. This time, it was the Wakusei portals that would lead her to different worlds entirely. So how exactly did she end up here? The girl once again felt like she was falling behind her peers in the guild of Black Rose, which was something she would rather not happen. And so, she would explore the board with various fliers and contracts from people all across fiore and sometimes even beyond. People that were in the need of aid. Aid that could only come from skilled wizards and magicians of legal guilds, or perhaps sometimes the wandering kind that knew no real home. But as the young white witch looked through the various missions available, she grew increasingly worried. After all, she not exactly suited for one-person jobs that would involve combat. She was a healer and supported, someone who required a party if she wanted to get anywhere at all.

Unfortunately, she did not exactly have one. She tried looking for her friend, Desirée, or maybe even Jiyu Kazehime. But neither was exactly around at this time it seemed. The idol was probably off doing her own thing while the canine who wanted to take the young girl under her wing probably left for another mission herself. Feeling little dejected, she had almost given up. But alas, she managed to find something that would capture her interest. An adventure to the land of Meshi. Of course, Charlotte had already heard about the place. After all, she had the ability to traverse dimensions. So she was quite interested in these otherworldly places. And as far as she recalled, this was a land of sweets and gluttonous dreams coming true. Surely a place where no dangers would reside, yes?

And so she would go meet her new employer who was a witch much like herself but deprived of the ability to walk properly anymore. The young white witch felt quite bad for this individual, but unfortunately, there was nothing she could do to help. Despite her powerful healing magic, some conditions were simply beyond the powers she had right now. It was quite ironic really, as she was capable of bringing those who had actually died back into the mortal realm but was unable to return one's body to a perfect condition after they would become paralyzed in any way. Shaking her head, she tried to chase away these negative thoughts as she approached the portal. The one leading to Meshi was quite colorful, reflecting the nature of sweets and desserts that would always catch one's eye and force their feelings to invoke a sense of desire and hunger. The portal itself, as to say the blanket of magical energy was also pink colored.

Quite a sweet portal this one was. This was actually the girl's first time traveling to other worlds via this method. She would gently try to stroke the veil of magic, creating a number of ripples in the portal itself, as if it was a vertically standing surface of a lake. Such constructs, it made the girl wonder how exactly were they built. Trying to swallow her insecurity and anxiety, she would clutch the staff she always carried with herself and closed her eyes. She really didn't want to go into the unknown land alone, even if she was promised it to be one of the more beautiful places she could visit and one with little actual danger. But that was only what she was told. The truth could have always been much different. With a sigh, she would start looking one more time in the faint hope that maybe there would be someone else willing to accompany her on this quest.

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Charlotte Whiterose

No matter how hard she looked around, there was no one to be seen. Or at least not anyone who looked like they were alone and willing to accompany the healer on her rather delicious question. Well, that was just her luck it seemed. With a rather heavy sigh for someone of her image, she would try putting one of her hands through the portal. It went in easy enough, her tissue just vanishing as if it melted into the magical veil of ripples. And yet, she did not feel a thing happening to that part of her body and she was able to move her hand beyond the portal as well. It was all so strange to her, this mechanism and it's workings. That said, there was even bigger surprise waiting for her very close. Little too busy trying to examine the portal and how exactly it operated, she managed to tune out just about everything that was happening around her, no matter how obvious that something might have been. Such as a giant sky ship casting shadow over her without fail. That said, she finally reacted when there was a voice extremely close to her side, one that called out her name. Very much surprised by this sudden presence next to her, the girl's body would automatically jump to the side, forcing a good half of the witch's body into the portal next to her, making it look as if some butcher had cleaved her vertically right in half for a second. Though she managed to pull herself back easy enough, placing her hands on her knees and looking down to the ground as she breathed out heavily from the shock inflicted to her body and heart. The girl was rather shy, timid and jumpy. And while Des probably did not mean in like this, she managed to create quite the jumpscare for her.

"D..Des?"

Simply trying to confirm if it really was her friend standing in front of her, the young white witch would look up at this girl. And sure enough, it was Desirée Blooms. With reflective eyes that had small hints of tears to them, Charlotte would stare at her friend for few seconds before dashing forward and hugging her tightly. Much more tightly than ever before in fact. Though she didn't have enough strength for that to mean that Des would be in any actual discomfort. It was more about her just being very pleased to see the other girl right now. Be it because of the task she thought she had to do alone, or just the fact that she was scared half to death a moment ago and wanted a little bit of comfort. Whatever the case was, she didn't want to let go until she absolutely had to.

"What are you doing here?"

Asking in a curious and soft voice, she just had to know. A meeting like this seemed almost too convenient for the two of them. Especially when the young white witch rose her head to look into the skies, as she finally noticed the suspiciously large shadow cast on the ground. Spotting the mechanical marvel, her eyes would widen, allowing a single forming tear from before to slide down her right cheek. Was this how the other girl arrived here? Charlotte had never even seen a ship like that. In fact, she had never been on board of even a normal one. After all, the girl mostly spent all her time in Rose Garden and never left the safety of that city and her guild. But thinking about it, such things made sense for someone like Desirée. After all, she was an idol who was quite famous in the world, or at least that was how the girl saw it. Having something like this up her sleeve, it was only fueling the somewhat unrealistic fantasies of this world that Charlotte had in her head. Until she joined Black Rose, her entire world consisted of a single white room and the stories she read in her books. Even now, she believed unicorns to be real and fairly common creatures outside of cities, despite never seeing one herself. But perhaps it was this naive and childish view of the world that made the white witch who she really was? That could have certainly been the case. Finally letting go of her friend and instead stood right in front of her at a distance where their foreheads could easily touch if one of them was to bend forward a little, she would speak up again.

"I came here because of a job. To retrieve The Twin Ice Cream Cones of Meishi. So, um... aaah... w..would you maybe... be willing to come along?"

With her meekly and uncertain voice, she would ask. She wasn't even really hoping for a positive answer, as Des was surely here for her own business and did not have time, which was why her voice almost waded out at the end of her selfish request.

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Charlotte Whiterose

There was something special about the hug the two girls were locked in. Yes, the two of them seemed to do this pretty much every single time they would meet. But right now, it was not just a part of their greetings. From the temporary terror that was running through Charlotte’s body to the sadness that slowly filled Desirée, there were much deeper feelings involved this time around. And above all the desire to give and need for comfort. Humans were creatures that were naturally looking for companionship. They lived in groups and would quickly crumble if separated and alone for too long. And there was no doubt that these two had lived through such unfortunate and uncomfortable situations in the past. Thankfully, they now had each other. And as far as the White Witch was concerned, she never wanted to leave her best friend’s side, even if someone were to try and force her to. And though she was lost in the moment, she actually realized what her friend asked before the girl so rudely interrupted her with the forceful hug. “O..oh, no need for band-aids! I’m a healer myself after all!” It would probably some sort of failure if she required help in healing a minor injury of her own, right? In any case, she wasn’t even really injured when Des jumped at her out of nowhere. It was all more about the shock and even that quickly disappeared into the warmth of her friend’s body in her embrace.

The whole thing would grow a little bit more interesting when a mission was mentioned. Well, that was Desirée for you. The girl was very diligent and famous among many people in this land. Surely she was always receiving tons of job requests to go on from all kinds of employers with all kinds of rewards. Charlotte, on the other hand, never received any and always had to take ones from the job board in their guild. But that really was the best for her. Still far too shy and weak to go anywhere by herself, this contract in itself was beginning to be a nightmare before the witch even entered the other world to start searching for what she was meant to find. But for now, she was at least distracted by the giant ship in the skies. Just as Des figured, the white-haired maiden was indeed interested in it. And when a tour was mentioned, her eyes would begin to sparkle. “W..would you really give me a tour? It would be an honor!” But it seemed the time of pleasantries had come to a pass. Her friend would let go and break the hug as she suddenly started jumping up and down. It was soon revealed why as well, for they had the same goal and destination. Not caring how convenient this was, Charlotte was just glad that she wouldn’t have to go to the other dimension by her lonesome. Having someone like Des by her side was the best that could have happened.

But the tacker was still something she did not prepare for in the slightest. The sudden swirl of transportation magic disoriented the young White Witch completely and before she even knew what was going on, they were bouncing on some sort of jelly surface. But for some reason, there was also a very soft sensation. One very similar to the one present when the two girls were hugging. Slowly opening her eyes, Charlotte would quickly notice Des who managed to land on top of her body and was not getting up to apologize. It left the White Witch speechless and motionless for a moment, but she was blushing just as much as her friend, if not more. In fact, she had this strange need to look aside as her lips opened on their own, words escaping her before she could even think about them. “No… it felt really good, so don’t apologize, please…” Shaking her head and her entire body, she tried to follow her companion’s example and gain some footing. But the jelly surface of the gummy bear was not exactly made for a situation like this and all the more for someone as clumsy as Charlotte. The girl started flailing her arms in the air as she desperately tried to find some sense of balance. But it was all to no avail. Hoping to at least catch Des’ hand and stabilize, she would stumble forward.

But lo and behold, it didn’t go according to plan at all. The surface below her feet was like waves on the raging seas, one moment having the girl be high in the air and the other low. And just as she gained elevation above Desirée, her body would just fall forward and crash into her best friends'. Though, as the universe would have it, the fall didn’t come without something extra. First hitting their foreheads, Char managed to fall in such a way where her lips were planted right onto Desirée’s. The sweet kiss only lasted a fraction of a second before she slipped further down and then to the side, but that single moment somehow felt like an eternity to the White Witch. At least until she found herself free-falling into a bed of whipped cream. Something that saved her from breaking anything, but now her entire body was covered in the white substance as she crawled her way out of there with heavy breaths. “T..this world is dangerous! It is… Des?! Are you alright, Des?!” Frantically looking around, she searched for her friend, not sure if she fell as well or if she somehow managed to stay up on the gummy bear. In any case, she really hoped that nothing happened to the girl even as they crashed into one another. The situation was not improving even with a company it seemed. Was this something that Seth planned all along as well?!