The World of the Stars

Mm, Odhran really was odd, wasn't he? That was why she called him Oddie! Er, well, the actual reason was because it was a shortened version of his name, but that was a lot less interesting. Anyway, he had just flat out dropped a random key on the floor! It was really shiny, though, and her eyes immediately zeroed in on the object. Did he... just like, not want that or something? But it had looked like an accident. The mage could remember that one time, er, maybe more than once, when she had dropped Gemi and Mini's keys. They weren't happy at all! But maybe these weren't those special sorta keys that he used to summon spirits.

Glancing towards Aphelia in case she had any answers, the flame bubble spirit stared blankly back at her. Well, it looked like her bond mate wasn't going to be of any help. But honestly, it didn't really matter! If Odhran was being a genius, then she might as well go along with it. After all, he knew what he was doing! Engineering a way for her to bump into him... wow, what amazing timing. Seika briefly wondered how long he had been standing in the hallway waiting for her to pass by, if this had all been planned out so much. Probably, he was running errands or something before hand and then came at the exact moment so as to not waste time. Wait, but someone as sparkly as him probably didn't run errands like the rest of them. He didn't have an Aphelia to run out and buy elk meat for.

Um... so the key to... well, she couldn't remember what he'd said, but he had said something, right? "Yes, I want it!" If she didn't know who it was for, then she didn't, but that was okay! It was more fun to find out later on! It was sure to be a big mystery, like something on a cruise ship. "That's great, Oddie! Let's do it! Off to the spirit world! And umm, about like, using them, I have the star and moon deer key, you know? But I dunno how different all of them are," despite being a summoner technically, she mostly worked that type of magic through her bond mate. Using keys was a more unique business and the only one she had truly dealt with before was for Gemi and Mini. And they had just basically rescued her from a giant crocodile looking thing, she hadn't put in any effort at all basically!

426 Words, 726 Total

Ah, Odhran needed tooth paste? Maybe he had forgotten to brush his teeth. Seika leaned closer, trying to surreptitiously smell his breath. It was okay? Frowning, the girl was about to say something when he raised his hand up, attracting her attention. She blinked in fascination as the air seemed to split in two, a mixture of glittering violet and gold tones filling the atmosphere around them. The mage tried to swipe away the leaking wisps of color without much success before she realized that he had disappeared. "Ahh! Oddie?" Unable to make much sense of what was going on, Seika stumbled around, waving her arms in panic. "Uhh, where'd you go?"

Suddenly, Aphelia nudged her forwards, having shifted into the much larger form of a pale furred snow leopard at some point. The girl was startled by the push, and she barely managed to avoid tripping over her own feet and tumbling towards the ground. Instead, she caught her balance but was shoved forwards until the front of her body contacted the rip in the universe. With a yelp of surprise, Seika was sucked into the mess of magic.

A few moments later, she dizzily opened her eyes only to be greeted by a bright flash of light that instantly had her closing them again. When Seika dared to look, she saw a rather elegant figure, who immediately began talking. Now... uh, wow, she sure did talk a lot. Blinking, the girl tried to keep up, but it was no use. Even though the mage was accustomed to trying to understand Odhran and other similar individuals, her brain wasn't capable of working at the speed of light. She gave up the attempt to process the onslaught of words and instead picked out a few key phrases that stood out to her. First of all, it seemed like this lady also was in need of tooth paste! So that made two people: her and Odhran. Next, um, something about the key was said. Seika held it up questioningly before letting out a short sound of surprise as it began to glow.

"Wow, so pretty- wooahh, so pretty," her jaw dropped when a woman with a gleaming, golden crown swirled into existence, fluffy white wings spread magnificently.

802 Seika, 1502 Total