[She wakes up in the water, afraid but not as much as she should be, perhaps.
Ah. It's like this, huh.
Aerith manages to get to the shore, even with the weight of her dress tangling about her legs. If someone happens upon her soon enough, they'll find her catching her breath on the shore, eventually wringing water from her hem. But a little bit later and...]
Hey... [Her voice is quiet but carries, and she's talking... to the water?] You didn't leave yet, did you? Will you come back and try to tell me what you wanted to say before?
b. carving
[Even though she wants to get back to Cloud and see how he's doing, Aerith is not really discouraged by the storming, or the silent shopkeeper selling pumpkins. In fact, the latter puts her in a pretty festive mood, and she thanks them cheerfully as she buys one for herself.
Bounty in hand, she'll stop on her way if she happens to see someone else carving, and take a seat beside them with a grin.]
Hey hey, what are you gonna carve on yours? Let me help and I'll put something cute on it for you!
c. candle
[She isn't expecting the candle to light itslef the moment she places it down inside her carved pumpkin.
But she's expecting the pain on her skin and passing out afterwards even less.
When Aerith comes to, she picks up on something being wrong pretty fast. Her whole body feels wrong.
Seeing the scales on her arms, registering the sensation of something at the small of her back as a tail - all of it is enough to shake the calm that she wears like armor.]
O-oh... [The tremor in her voice and the shake in her fingers is still slight, though. Aerith is unnerved, but she's handling it better than someone else might've.] This is... a pretty new look, huh?
d. wildcard!
((Yama again, so same drill - feel free to toss something at me, but you're welcome to hit me up on Yamadori or via pm if you want to hash out any details!))
aerith gainsborough | final fantasy vii remake | tdm
[She wakes up in the water, afraid but not as much as she should be, perhaps.
Ah. It's like this, huh.
Aerith manages to get to the shore, even with the weight of her dress tangling about her legs. If someone happens upon her soon enough, they'll find her catching her breath on the shore, eventually wringing water from her hem. But a little bit later and...]
Hey... [Her voice is quiet but carries, and she's talking... to the water?] You didn't leave yet, did you? Will you come back and try to tell me what you wanted to say before?
b. carving
[Even though she wants to get back to Cloud and see how he's doing, Aerith is not really discouraged by the storming, or the silent shopkeeper selling pumpkins. In fact, the latter puts her in a pretty festive mood, and she thanks them cheerfully as she buys one for herself.
Bounty in hand, she'll stop on her way if she happens to see someone else carving, and take a seat beside them with a grin.]
Hey hey, what are you gonna carve on yours? Let me help and I'll put something cute on it for you!
c. candle
[She isn't expecting the candle to light itslef the moment she places it down inside her carved pumpkin.
But she's expecting the pain on her skin and passing out afterwards even less.
When Aerith comes to, she picks up on something being wrong pretty fast. Her whole body feels wrong.
Seeing the scales on her arms, registering the sensation of something at the small of her back as a tail - all of it is enough to shake the calm that she wears like armor.]
O-oh... [The tremor in her voice and the shake in her fingers is still slight, though. Aerith is unnerved, but she's handling it better than someone else might've.] This is... a pretty new look, huh?
d. wildcard!
((Yama again, so same drill - feel free to toss something at me, but you're welcome to hit me up on