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Nat had forgotten what all the fuss was about during this day. It was supposed to be a day of expressing one’s love and affection to others, it was a day for love. He had not forgotten because he has no love. Quite the contrary, he has been loving his new home, Dies Irae and the people he has been with while he is staying in their palace. But above all, there is a woman he has grown very fondly of and one might think that because of this fact alone, he would have remembered this day. But alas, he decided not to dwell too much into the thought for indeed it has been a while since he last saw the beautiful woman with two toned eyes and hair whose name was Trinity. He had been trying to learn Sign Language during the little down time his current lifestyle has afforded him but was slowly beginning to think that it would all be for naught since he hasn’t heard from her for a very long time yet the passage of time cannot deteriorate the memories he had of their time together, from going through a maze and carving pumpkin together even during his slow limping towards his room. He had come from a job, and before that, grueling training that would see him develop his magical and physical prowess all at the low low cost of him being low on magic power.

Fortunately, this has been a normal occurrence for quite some time that he had been prepared. In his room with only a bed and end table now had a fine addition, a lacrima that floats on top of it which stores some of Nat’s healing magic and all he had to do was to simply place his hand on it. Once he placed it, he was suddenly enveloped in warmth, comforting warmth as if someone who likes him hugged him and his wounds were healed. However, with the method being a mere alternative, it was not as effective and left scars all across his body on places where his armor and uniform got torn off.

At this moment of relief, he conjured up a normal cake for him to eat and checked his iLac. There was but one humble message, quite unusual for the Crusader because he normally has none for there was only ever one person who knew his number at this point, and with that in mind he hurriedly and excitedly opened the message. Even his chewing got faster in anticipation and what he saw made him panic. The girl he can’t stop thinking about, Trinity is inviting him to Cedar for an event. The news was glorious and it made him nervous and anxious because numerous thoughts which were mostly questions. Is this a date? What should I do? What should I wear? Should I bring a gift? He was so flustered as he tried his best to organize his thoughts while he was now up and pacing back and forth while he kept the cake suspended on his mouth. There was really nothing he could do now but to go there, try to be a gentleman by not making her wait too long.

Nat didn’t have a nice dress to wear, he simply took out the one clean shirt he had sewn back together from when he first arrived in Dies Irae, along with the denim pants from the same day. Hurriedly, he approached a portal mage from the guild and pleaded, begged, and paid him to take him to Cedar. Annoyed, the mage relented and snapped his fingers, opening a portal to Cedar.

In the horizon, he can see Trinity already and slowly approached her, excited to spend time with her once again. But a thought had stopped him from moving… he had forgotten to assess his smell. He took the time to smell himself for a bit, but it was too late. Trin had already locked him in a hug. A rather interesting hug for it was warmer, better, and more comfortable than the kind of warmth the lacrima from earlier gave him. So warm in fact that Nat’s temperature might have gone up as evident by his face slowly obtaining red coloration starting from his throat. Nat hugged Trin back as intently as she did for a few seconds, before trying to sign out “Hi there, how have you been? I missed you.”

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'Monster Dice' :

Nat was still not used to being unaware of what to do or what needs to be done and it always seems that way whenever he was with Trinity. Everything just seems to go away and things are seemingly alright, that there was no evil in the world to purge, he even forgot about the fact the he hadn't bathed yet today. Yes, everything was alright, Trinity who had given Nat a thumbs up as an indication. Though he honestly thought she would be surprised and impressed that he knew how to sign already and it was actually not brought up. He came to think that he hadn't seen her sign for all the times they were together and was starting to think that she didn't know how. If that were to be the case, then Nat would be more than happy to teach her, in fact, he thinks he's going to love it.

Not soon after two consecutive hugs, Nat was beginning to think it was Christmas because it is being a very, very delightful day for he was being served with a huge helping of warm hugs all topped off with a very delightful, eye catching smile.

He was completely stunned and was just in the moment, not concerned with anything going on, so he was completely surprised when Trinity took his hand and dragged him somewhere, while he tried his best to follow her pace and make sure his arm won't come off.

He was taken to a beautiful church nearby, adorned with all the decorations of love, mostly colored in white, clearly a wedding was to take place. It was a wondrous sight to behold for Nat who hasn’t been out a lot, nor been invited to a wedding. Still, he believes that love is something to be celebrated and an important one at that. So when it seemed to him that one of Trinity’s friends was getting married, that she was invited, and she chose him to be her plus one… It was such an honor for him, and why would Trinity invite him to a wedding anyway? Does this mean… It was at this moment that his face got even more red. What does this mean? His eyes kept wandering, scanning the room while he continued to overthink.

Finally he decided to just focus on Trinity just focusing on the fact that she is just smiling and excited. Which apparently was contagious because Nat smiled too and was just standing there, admiring her, thinking to himself that it doesn’t matter what this is, that he was just happy to be in the same room with her and spend time with her, because in the end that’s all that’s important right?

The trance-like state he was in did not change even when she tugged on his arm to go check the line of people who were seeing this “tailor”. Though it was unlinke Nat, he was happy about it too and told her through sign which he thinks she can understand anyway that it does look fun and would want to try it out all the while admiring and giggling as he looked upon Trinity while waiting for their turn.

In the end, it was worth the wait, Nat got to see how pretty the dress was on Trinity. She looked so stunning to his eyes so much that his jaw dropped while holding up the smile it had. “You’re so beutiful, Trin.” after he had inspected every side of the dress from her turn.
Then, the tailor gestured to Nat that it was his turn and found it weird that he was excited for such a thing. The magic tailor simply took a quick look at him and snapped his fingers. Knowing instantly what would look good to the blonde.

In a matter of moments, Nat stepped out and walked regally towards Trinity. He stood tall and proud like a young prince in the Outfit bestowed upon that bore the color scheme of blue, white and gold. Complete with seemingly royal accessories like a lion brooch, sash and shoulder pads. He too took a quick spin for Trinity to get a quick look and then asked how she thought of it. But personally though, Nat thinks like he’s a big deal now.

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It didn't take long for Nathaniel to somewhat figure out that Trinity might not be well versed in sign language. At all. She had a face she would make whenever he signed, as if she didn’t get what he was doing with his hands. Making it fortunate that while Nat was signing he was also saying what he meant out loud allowing Nat to see a shy smile he had never seen from her and he wondered why. Why would she suddenly be shy about a simple compliment he had made? He thought it was sure that she had been called that before, just looking at her lovely face, especially those eyes and of course topped off with a charming personality…

He had stopped there because he didn’t want to wander too much into the subject and hope that maybe. Just maybe, Trinity feels something. But alas, the thought was becoming more and more possible after Nat came out and Trinity saw his clothes. There he witnessed that unusual shyness about her that was almost uncharacteristic. But being as humble as it was, Nat did not attribute it to himself but rather to the clothing he has on now. He had to admit it really does look good on him while he was staring at himself at the full body mirror, even nodding in approval, wondering if this permanent and he can take it home. How badly did he want that to happen.

But what was more transfixing than his own image was how Trinity was acting all the while. He can notice her being… unusual once more, she couldn’t even look at him at the eye and yet, he felt… different as well, as if despite the unease or weirdness, she was cute.

And even though she was rummaging through her stuff to find her phone, which was her only way to talk to Nat for now, it was even a cute sight to behold and he just stood there waiting, witnessing the marvel before him. “Thank you, Trinity!” he replied to her sweetly and gently as it was just comforting to have her as these “feelings” kept surfacing with the way she was acting.

Not long after, they were ushered onto their seats, where Nat was just having a blast, laughing and smiling as Trinity kept asking a multitude of questions. He didn’t understand why it’s so cute and lovely when she does it when everyone else is annoying about it. But that moment didn’t last long as the ceremony seemingly finally started. Nat didn’t know what goes on in a wedding. Only that it is a celebration, a union of two lovers to be finally intertwined for eternity. Something that sounded very nice to Nat now, what with Trinity being beside her looking so gorgeous. A thought that made him blush hard, but had to keep it to himself because he thinks it’s too soon and would be rude.

While she was texting him her questions, Nat offered her to teach her how to sign, so that at least she wouldn’t have to keep texting him her questions as he smiled at her. It was then that she showed him her message, asking what this was all about. A question that made his jaw drop in surprise. “Wait, you don’t know any of these people?”he asked in confusion, as he tried to think of an answer to her question. However, as that attempt failed, he simply scratched the back of his head and giggled nervously. “I’m sorry Trinity. But I don’t either, I may be as clueless as you since this is the first wedding I’ve been to.” he replied.

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Rolling for CAKE!

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'Normal Dice' :

Nat’s face lit up when Trinity accepted the invitation to be taught how to sign with such excitement. It never failed to bring Nat joy whenever he got to see Trinity like this and already, he had plans in his head on how it would be done that it almost felt overboard that he was already planning a next date when it seems they are in one right now… or at least to him, this was a date… Right? He continued to question it within his own mind, not showing any physical reactions to these thoughts, clearly trying to avoid anything that would raise curiosity and eventually several lines of questioning that could make the entire situation awkward.

Then Trinity’s reply to Nat’s question was brief and informative. By pulling out the same letter she had shown to the coordinator a few moments ago that placed everything in perspective. Although to be honest, Nat was simply just so excited for the sweets at the end of the whole ceremony. However, he was not ignoring the fact that he had been honored with being Trinity’s plus one for this specific event. As such, a blushing Nathaniel was having a hard time placing words on his smiling mouth. “T-t-this is an honor, Trinity… Uh… T-t-thanks.” he stuttered, smiling at the end, trying to stifle giggling because it was bad enough that he was blushing, almost losing his manners and giving in to the weird feelings he felt, and thoughts his brain kept pushing into him. But he had to maintain his composure, and appreciate the ceremony they have been invited to.

As soon as the ceremony proper started, Nathaniel watched and listened intently. The man who looks to be facilitating it, would tell a story of how they met, courted and fell in love. Weirdly enough, Nat’s memories would go back to every moment he shared with Trinity during every initial phase of these people's own memories. He absorbed every detail that went into it, for it seemed to be causing the woman in the ceremony to be happy beyond description. He was absolutely transfixed by all of it, even the parts past the memories and vows. Clearly, love was in the air and Nat was… inexplicably happy and content to have witnessed such an event, with a person he is so fond of. It didn’t come as a surprise to him though it seems for he was able to rationalize that in his line of work where only suffering and sadness is all he can see, as a result of the misdeeds of a few “bad apples”, it was refreshing to surrounded with peace and happiness, even for only a little bit he thought, especially since he was spending it with Trinity. A thought that made him chuckle a bit because he can’t seem to do anything else besides think of Trinity at this point, which he didn’t know if it was a good or bad thing, and he was just hoping that the delicious food at the end of it all would set his mind straight once more.

But it wasn’t going to be as easy as Nathaniel thought. For as soon as they were ushered into a beautifully decorated area for eating, with an ambiance of romance to compliment such set up. He had walked in alongside Trinity and they were guided to their seats. He took his slowly, trying not to ruin his very cool outfit, sitting in royal elegance, trying to make himself a little bit presentable, and make people see past the fact that he hasn’t showered yet. In fact, he almost forgot it himself and got curious as to how he smelled now that he subtly sniffed himself a bit. To his surprise, he smelled really great. Such a shock caused his eyes to widen and he wondered how it came to be and he could only conclude that the “magical makeover” came with a magical bath or odor remover or something. Nevertheless, it was one less to worry about, and he could just happily enjoy cake!

But apparently, in gathering like these, there seems to be a ritual or ceremony for every little thing that was happening. And there was more ceremony to get through. And while it was getting honestly tiresome at this point, when all you really wanted was to enjoy food, Nat wasn’t a little bit disrespectful about it and simply tried his best to be patient and pick up points and words from the ceremony. Though there wasn’t much, Nat’s take away from the entire thing was the sweet symbolic feeding of the two lovers to each other and found simple beauty in it and smiled, remembering the happiness it gave the newlyweds.

So at last, after all that ceremonious formalities, it was time for the guests’ cakes to be served. Nathaniel was excited for this part, but had to admit was a little disappointed when all they got was a single piece. Nat tilted his head and stared at the slice, playing with it, deconstructing it, and trying to piece together the different ingredients that made up this undoubtedly delicious dessert, whose only downside is they are being served only one. After a while, he took a bite off of it and was really impressed at the taste. It was sweet and soft, not so chewy that it became annoying, the creamy feeling it left in the mouth was just right and had a delectable taste that was exquisite.

As he was enjoying the nice dessert, he took a look at Trinity whose uneasy gaze he could feel on him. It appeared that Trinity wanted to feed Nat a piece of her cake. It was a curious gesture to be sure but then he remembered that the newlyweds did the exact same thing earlier and once again his thoughts were filled with hopes… That perhaps… he had a chance with her and was overjoyed. Feeling that this act might’ve needed Trinity to summon up much needed courage, he happily leaned in close slowly, eyes locked into Trinity’s own, reminding Nat that that was one of the things that captivated him. He opened his mouth and ate the piece of the slice that was on her utensil and thanked her happily afterwards and remarked to her “Thanks Trinity. Wow it’s a delicious cake, isn’t it? Want some more?”

He waved a finger pointing upwards in a circular motion leaving a fading trail of magic behind it “Here, watch this.” he commented as he closed his eyes and pictured every ingredient the cake had and the feelings it gave him as he ate it, with a little added extra, the happiness of being with Trinity. With the mental picture complete the finger he had up he pointed down to the table, pressing it against it, a small light shined underneath it, and as he slowly lifted his hand, and a cake seemingly a little bit identical to the one being served formed, he took a slice and offered it to Trinity, similar to the what the man who just got married did for his woman.

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Nat’s Total: 3,273
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In the moment that Nat was taking the slice Trinity presented to him, he had this unusual feeling in his chest. Yes, it was his idea all along, thinking that it would make him look cool or something in front of a girl he’s trying to impress. But did he go overboard with it? All he can think of now is try to stick the landing all the while constantly thinking how stupid it was. His heart beats faster all the while and it didn’t help how she’s keeping her eyes on him too and her cheeks becoming more prominent. Rosy coloration started forming on hers, and he might not be able to see the same on his, he can definitely feel heat rising up towards his head. He began to contemplate his actions even further. Asking why he needed to impress the lovely lady in front of him in the first place when it seems she feels the same way with her acting shyly all of a sudden because she might not be able to see it, he’s starting to feel shy towards her already as well.

Fortunately, everything was fine and he was able to mentally calm down, proceeding with the cake that from the look on Trinity’s face was as delicious as he expected it to be, perhaps even more. As a baker, who has his own bakery, this was really delectable on its own but now with the added feelings he had towards Trinity, it was a different cake entirely. Physically however, it was completely astonishing the sight alone was able to get Trinity excited which too Nathaniel appreciated, hearing one of the few sounds to come out of her was also a sign of how appreciated the gesture was. The glimmer in her eyes was reminiscent of when they first met, when they were both at the fair, she was holding two desserts and cheering her on, a sight that gives Nat inspiration and determination, even up to this day, which was something very delightful to think about as they were both eating the cake Nat had just conjured, with them apparently being completely oblivious to the stares of other people on their table looking somewhat envious that a simple mage can make cake, while the company all the while looked interested in interviewing, or even investigating into the mage from Dies Irae named Nathaniel Stratford.

Which is why when she asked her to dance, an act she can tell she wanted to do for a long time since she immediately pulled him up when the opportunity arose. And on a whim, he was delighted to comply, happily getting off of his seat in a heartbeat, throwing reason or rationale out the brain, because when they got there, Nat didn’t know what to do.

At first, he was content on simply watching Trinity move to the beat just looking awe struck at the woman before him. Eventually tho, he tried to move to the beat with her. He knew this is what they call dancing, however he didn’t know how to dance and simply followed Trinity’s lead, throwing his arms up and swaying his hips to every bump and beat of the music.

With everything going well, he just continued to dance with her, slowly getting the feel of how “dancing” works that despite his wacky moves, he thinks he’s doing it “right”. Until the music shifted to something slow and mellow. A soft and gentle tune, the kind of which reminds him of simpler times, the times when he was young and back with his family in Magnolia. Wherein during the holidays, his parents would dance around in the living room slowly holding each other in their arms and staring intently into each other’s eyes as if seeing into each other’s soul.

And with a quick look around at the other people who were also on the dance floor, he could see that they were doing exactly what his parents would do. And upon looking at his partner, who seemed to not know what to do in this kind of music, giggled with joy and excitement he called out to her and simply reached out his hand and smiled, gesturing that this time, he’ll take the lead and take care of her.

Once she had taken her hand, Nat led the dance, going back and forth then side to side, slowly swaying them both through the melody of the music. Noticing that his partner was still looking at the other people, he giggled softly once more and simply whispered to her “Just look at me, and follow my lead, you’re doing really, really great.” cheerfully. Once she had stopped looking at other people and focused all her attention at him, with her mismatched eyes beautifully gazing into his, his heart once more beat unusually. The heat he had felt earlier returned which was now aided by their hands held together; nothing was separating them, not a slice of cake, not a gap between chairs, no. He could go closer if he wanted, but still held respect for the young lady and thought that he should give her her space. In his mind he was thinking if this was too close for comfort or if it was just right. Somehow thinking of what Trinity needs causes him to act shyly as she did earlier. This feeling, though uncomfortable felt right, felt right to let it all go and be drawn. But No! He thought to himself. Respect must be maintained, he didn’t want---

The storm of thoughts were suddenly silenced in one move. A move people would call a kiss. Nat’s first one, in fact. He was filled with surprise which was evident on his eyes as they grew wider. But over time, it felt nice and right that he just let himself go and closed his eyes, savouring it. He met Trinity’s action and they shared a moment. A moment that felt uncomfortable at first, but was inevitably right. And after a few short seconds, which felt like hours for Nat, he slowly pulled away, opened his eyes and stared at her only to utter 4 words that was entirely awkward and stupid at this point in time. “I love you, Trinity.”

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Nat’s Total: 4,321
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