HOW TO MAKE FRIENDS ; open

And while you are sitting indoors
waiting for the storm to pass
I will be outside dancing in the rain

❧

The fragrance of a lily-scented candle filled the air around the comfortable reclining chair that the idol sat upon, fluttering around the pages of a beautiful and detailed book that was held loosely within her hands. It was said to be morning in the country of Fiore, which was the time where more and more individuals would leave their homes and start up their lives like they did the day before. As she was a Crystal, Desirée did not have to sleep like the majority of those that lived upon the ship of Crystalli (and those within the vast areas of Fiore in full), therefore she mostly was awake when those individuals would start and end their days; while it was still morning, she had been reading in this book for hours upon hours in the second story of the Guild Hall alone, retaining the knowledge of a region of secrecy that supposedly was located east of Fiore. The book described the area known as The Navilleran Cascades, a beautiful and large place with large waterfalls and mystical fauna that are unheard of in the country that is more frequented across its border. It would most likely be the place that Desirée would venture with her Aces for their first expedition in the future, though she had yet to even mention the idea to any of the five mages that she had appointed to those positions. Scanning the book quickly and reaching the final words on the last page, the Guild Master would close the book and slide it into the bookshelf it had originated from, allowing it to blend into the rows upon rows of books and files strung against the walls near her chair.

Allowing the soft chair to return into its previous state of not being reclined, the girl of white-pink hair picked up her thin, glowing sword and sheath and placed it across her back, proceeding to make sure everything around the area she was located was even more clean than it already was when she started her research. The only materialistic thing she had with her at the moment upstairs aside from her sword and purse was a large, styrofoam cup with a plastic straw to match, holding a large and bright mixture of the orange alcoholic drink known as mimosa; this would make the cleaning unnecessary to a certain extent, as she had not littered the place with papers and other things like she would have if she was doing intense research in regards to things that were not easily learned. By picking up her purse and drink, which was about half full, she would be able to make her way downstairs and be able to socialize with those that were in the same guild as her. Desirée was dressed to be social, as she was wearing a beautiful and fashionable outfit; it mainly consisted of a silk white bra and black crop-top, followed with high-waisted jean shorts and a pair of white sneakers. As for her hair, it was entirely down and freshly done to be white-pink instead of her typical blue, and was also tied into two small braids on each side with accents of silver. The idol hoped that her showing wouldn't be too much of a surprise, as the last time she looked over the balcony it was empty and dark in the lower parts of the Guild Hall, though she was prepared in case one did not expect her or would be potentially surprised.

Slowly walking down the staircase and allowing her hair to flow behind her with her movements, the scent of cherry perfume would become more and more vibrant to those that stood near the staircase, as she was an enthusiast of fruit-based fragrance. Desirée saw many familiar faces, as well as some that she had never seen before; perhaps they were some of the newer members that were said to have joined across the past couple weeks, those of which were most likely stamped by the aces or other members of the guild while she was out doing jobs and idol-work. They appeared to be in a bit of a circle of sorts, most likely socializing and speaking about what they would do with their day to come and what jobs they would be taking. That was just an assumption though; to be social, the Guild Master advanced over to the crowd and filled in an opening within the space of two individuals, taking a sip of her drink and smiling soon afterward. "Hi guys! It's nice to see all of you this-morning~!" she would exclaim with a joyous demeanor, her eyes twinkling a golden color with small, blue sparkles from within. As she was greeting those that she had known for quite some time, her eyes glanced toward one of the presumed newer members, one of which looked to have beautiful and long dark brown hair and shimmering red eyes. Holding her hand outward to the girl, she would smile and showcase a beautiful pink diamond-shaped object embedded into her hand, that of which would also sparkle like her eyes (or even more vibrantly, with pink glitters inside that looked to be a never-ending galaxy of pink colors). "Greetings, you must be one of the new members that I haven't had the chance to meet as of yet," she would state with a luminous beam, "My name is Desirée Blooms, I presume your name is Valeria? I think that is what I heard on my way down the stairs~!" If Valeria would have shaken her hand, or if she would have decided against that, the Guild Master would simply back up afterwards to stand in her position between those that she stood between a few moments earlier.

WC ;; 963 / 50 ● @Valeria ● Appearance ;; ✧

And while you are sitting indoors
waiting for the storm to pass
I will be outside dancing in the rain

❧

Upon shaking her hand and coming to the conclusion that her prediction was correct, the idol backed up to stand where she was located moments earlier in order to not be so close to / inside everyone's personal space. Desirée was curious as to what type of magic the girl of golden eyes held within her abilities; being a mage was the normal in the Guild of swans, though there were a few members (such as the dragon-men that worshiped her for being "the creator of big rocks" and a few humans here and there) that did not hold any magical properties. "Well, it is a pleasure meeting you as well! I will have to show you around the ship sometime~!" she spoke to the new guild-member with an enthusiastic smile, her eyes shimmering and holding golden waves within in a discreet manner. It was something that she did quite often with her friends and new members; as the members of Crystal Swan usually lived among the ship once they joined the guild, it was customary for her or one of her aces to make sure that they assisted those in getting used to their new area of prosperity. However, her thoughts of potentially fitting in another tour of the ship into her schedule was stopped whenever she heard another familiar voice from an individual which she was greatly close to, being one of the two new aces that she had recently pronounced; Rin Mayou. The girl of a darker shade of pink hair looked to be nearing the Crystal in order to greet her in a joyful manner, though Desirée was just as joyful if not more to see her mentee.

"Rin! It is so nice to see you~!" she would exclaim upon hugging her tightly within her arms. Desirée saw herself a lot of her younger self in the girl that she called her student; a girl of ambition and skill in the arts of magecraft, Desirée admired her greatly. "I have been doing great, actually! Just researching foreign lands and doing the usual." the Guild Master told her with a glistening demeanor, soon turning to face one another member of the guild that had been there for not too long but not too little; he, accompanied by his daughter, were seen by Desirée as some of the more social of the guild when it came to being present in the Guild Hall. Looking him in his eyes and listening to what he had to say, the Guild Master would nod in response and lower her positioning in standing to match the height of the neko. "Of course, I would love to have a play-day with you, Snowy! It would be so much fun~!" she would tell her while giving her a small and delicate pat on her forehead, her eyes shimmering a blue-green color, similar to the clear pools that stretched across the sides of the domain with cascading waterfalls and white lilies. These did not make much noise aside from the sound of the down-pouring water hitting the surface of the pools, though it was not that loud; the main noises came from the occasional tired-individual that would fall in and get woken up rather quickly, and it was apparent that Theo (and Rin!) were the individuals that would fall victim to sleepiness on this day.

"Oh goodness!" Desirée would exclaim followed with a soft laugh, adjusting her positioning to stand and watch as they appeared to haul themselves out of the pool onto the nearby floor and ledges of stone. "Are you guys alright? Let me go get you some towels to dry off." the Guild Master would state in their general direction before turning around and walking toward the bar in a rather quick jog, her hair bobbing back and forth as she tried to get there as quick as possible. Upon getting to the back of the bar, she would lean down and appear to be out-of-sight from the other location, aside from her white-pink hair slightly showing over the counter; she was in the process of grabbing two stored-away towels that were white and smelled like lilies, as they were freshly washed (and still warm!). Holding them in her arms and quickly jogging back to the location in which the aces had fallen into the pool, the idol would slightly giggle and attempt to toss them the towels so they could potentially use them to dry-off; if they would catch them (which would most likely not be that difficult as she was only a few feet away from both of them at this moment), they would most likely be able to dry off quite easily as they were very warm and smelled clean. "Here you go~! Two fresh towels right out the dryer~" she would say with a kind yet amused look to her face, seconds before walking over to another open-space in the group in order to stand and listen to what they would have to say. It was very funny that the two had fallen into the pool, though it was also worrying; Desirée did not want the two to get hurt, as she cared about them in great amounts. While she held a calm and amused outward nature at the moment, she would most likely talk to them later about how they should be more careful.

WC ;; 1,861 / 50 ● @Valeria ● Appearance ;; ✧