Adeline.

𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝖑𝖎𝖔𝖓 𝐨𝐮𝐭 -

[Adeline. @growninthunder]

𝘨𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘴,
𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙜𝙤

[Adeline. @growninthunder]

"no, no. I've got this one. consider it a welcome home treat."
a glance down to where the wound would be. she had to trust that he was okay. the last thing he needed was her pestering him.

[l. van het hoff @unloeky]

an overstatement, he was actually in a great deal of pain. the worry on her face had stopped him from saying so. but alcohol could be very beneficial as a pain killer.

"Oh, always. It's my turn to pay, isn't it?"

[Adeline. @growninthunder]

"well, at least you're looking after yourself after the fact." a soft smile.
"drink?"

[l. van het hoff @unloeky]

That was a shared sentiment. He missed her camaraderie when he was away with his own colleagues. If they could be called that, really, they were just a group of people who happened to take up the same jobs.

"barely, just a precaution. don't want it going bad because I didn't -

[Adeline. @growninthunder]

((i don't have a girshaverse bio yet nor a laptop to set things up sooo we go off vibes))

[Adeline. @growninthunder]

and now that concern is definitely etched across her features,
"funnily enough, your singing isn't the part I miss."

a glance down to the hand disappearing under his shirt. "you're hurt?"

[l. van het hoff @unloeky]

"wouldn't be any good at our jobs if that was the limit."

he's too busy sorting out this rag to notice. flattening it out, making sure it's not dripping everywhere, and then ever so carefully tucking his hand under the bottom hem of his shirt to place it on his waist.

"free of-

[Adeline. @growninthunder]

taking out her frustrations on a rather battered looking training dummy.

[Unhinged AO3 tags🪦🕊️ @unhingedA03]

I hate you but what if we held hands

[Adeline. @growninthunder]

head tilting away from the pointed tip, brow furrowing to a scowl.
"do you mind?"

[송소미 ( songbird ) .ᐟ @chainedsong]

Pokes the reader with the tip of her spear.

[Adeline. @growninthunder]

"I'll take the second shift. I'll be awake for dawn either way."

she was exhausted, but-- she still had a long journey ahead of her. once she's sorted through her kit, she sits down, eyes closing for a moment.

[OATH OF VENGEANCE. @dcvilsblade]

“ I’ll have one made in just a moment; focus on setting your things up. I will take first watch … or you. Whomever will make you more comfortable. ”

Truthfully, the paladin did not care either way. She wouldn’t get sleep anyways.

Crouching besides the little makeshift —

[Adeline. @growninthunder]

she has : a headache

[Adeline. @growninthunder]

blink blink
she bends down, gathering up the dropped pans

"apologies - my hands slipped."

[Adeline. @growninthunder]

@YesThatsBlood Adeline shrugs as she sets back to what she was doing.
"we all have our secrets. though-- should I expect someone else to appear back in a few minutes who has secrets to be kept?"

[Adeline. @growninthunder]

drops a stack of pots and pans with a clatter as she tries to clear the campfire

[Adeline. @growninthunder]

@YesThatsBlood she couldn't sleep, so, instead, she'd been tending to the dying fire. it was a cold night; a little extra warmth wouldn't go amiss.

a raised eyebrow is directed at the other as she returns. at her words, two hands rise and wave half heartedly,
"it's none of my business."

[Adeline. @growninthunder]

@NosferatuAdair "thanks,"
she sits, leaning back against the wood backing of the bench.

such busyness had its advantages; namely, people from all over seemed to have been drawn into the town, many of them now in this cramped inn. it made eavesdropping so much easier.

[Adeline. @growninthunder]

since when were taverns this busy? the only seat she can find is opposite @NosferatuAdair .

"mind if I--?"

[Adeline. @growninthunder]

sat with a mug of mead, carefully placed within the tavern so that she can overhear the conversations of travelling traders.

[Adeline. @growninthunder]

a moment's silence as she considers the other's words. a nod.
"very well." she places the pack down, rooting through it to gather some hunting supplies.

"is there a fire made?"

[OATH OF VENGEANCE. @dcvilsblade]

“ . . . ”

Agni sighs, then, sheathing her blade.

“ I .. apologize. I will not harm a random individual who poses no threat to me; make camp. I assure you, no threat will come to you. ”

[Adeline. @growninthunder]

she rattles the coins in the drawstring purse, assessing the weight of it. a nod.

"fine. my thanks to you, Tiburon."

[𝐓𝐈𝐁𝐔𝐑𝐎𝐍 ꧂ @SERRATEDHORNS]

“ tuna is a pricey fish.
some of them are this big.”

taking his hand and bringing it up a handful of inches above his already massive stature .

“ merchants pay a handsome amount for those things . come on Ser Adeline, the coins aren’t going to bite.”

[Adeline. @growninthunder]

"then, as I say,"
shifting her pack around her shoulders,

"I'm sure I can find somewhere else to camp."

[OATH OF VENGEANCE. @dcvilsblade]

“ I am not someone to feel safe around. ”

deadpan.

[Adeline. @growninthunder]

dryly,
"you're right, now I feel so much safer."

[OATH OF VENGEANCE. @dcvilsblade]

no need.

( uses a scroll of fireball on the body.

it is incinerated—— )

[Adeline. @growninthunder]

+ there's a building up there that has an alcove in the roof faces west."

[Adeline. @growninthunder]

now, this was an awkward question to answer. a hand rises to knead against the back of her neck as she stretches it out. an extra precious few seconds to gather her thoughts - and glance down the street for shadowed figures.

"did you see the sunset this evening? beautiful. +

[' 𝖚𝖘𝖊𝖑𝖊𝖘𝖘 ' 𝖒𝖆𝖌𝖎𝖈 .࿐ @SibyllineSong]

“oh! that’s a relief… if i’d fallen like that , i would have broken a limb for sure.”

or worse — the precious lute strapped to her back . she’d rather break all her limbs than that .

the petite blonde looks up at the roof of the building the stranger had just tumbled from .
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