(Watermelon!)

⊱··𖤓─·𖥸·─𖤓··⊰ 𝑀𝒶𝓇𝒾𝑜𝓃𝑒𝓉𝓉𝑒 - 7𝓉𝒽 𝐹𝒶𝓉𝓊𝒾 𝐻𝒶𝓇𝒷𝒾𝓃𝑔𝑒𝓇 - 𝒮𝒶𝓃𝒹𝓇𝑜𝓃𝑒 "𝐼 𝓈𝒽𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹𝓃'𝓉 𝓃𝑒𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝓇𝑒𝓅𝑒𝒶𝓉 𝓂𝓎𝓈𝑒𝓁𝒻." "𝒜𝒹 𝒶𝓈𝓉𝓇𝒶 𝒶𝒷𝓎𝓈𝓈𝑜𝓈𝓆𝓊𝑒! 𝒲𝑒𝓁𝒸𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝒩𝑜𝒹-𝒦𝓇𝒶𝒾, 𝒹𝑜𝓂𝒾𝓃𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝐹𝒶𝓉𝓊𝒾."

(Gracefully, she took her seat. And though the mask she wore over her eyes should have blocked her vision, her head turned towards the cup left for Sandrone.) Is there anyone else here today? (Their tea parties were always fun with more members. However, she didn't mind if no one else came. +

ㅤ ꜱᴇʀᴇɴᴀᴅᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ɴɪɢʜᴛ ㅤ

// flins and bina... i actually really like this rare pairing...

(Nods, lips curling into a little smile.) Mhm. I would love some tea. Thank you, Arlecchino. (What a good day this was going to be.)

No.

Mhm. I wanted to see you, Arlecchino.

Hmm.

And yet? (Tilts her head - ignoring his first statement in its entirety. It's pointless to argue if he's not willing to see the truth for himself... but it is revealing of his stance on everything, at least.) I was not responsible for today's misfortune, Dottore.

Isn't that only because you started it? (She is... utterly confused by his accusations. Not offended. Just... lost.)

Oh. (Though she donned her mask and he was unable to see her eyes, Columbina appeared crestfallen all the same. Balloons were fun. Dottore was not. An accident, then...) What happened?

(She's reminded of the water balloon game they all played on Moon-Prayer Night. Hehe, what a good memory...) Were you playing balloons with someone?

Um...

Hmm... (Why does there have to be a price?)

Oh... Maybe somebody can. ...

Hehe. I love watching the world from way up here... (Swinging her feet from atop the Traveler's spaceship as she gazes at the world beneath.) I wonder... Can anyone tell that, when they gaze up at the moon at night, the moon gazes back?

ㅤㅤ ㅤㅤ𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘥𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 ㅤㅤㅤㅤ𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝒎𝒐𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝓫𝓮𝓵𝓸𝓷𝓰. ㅤㅤ

I miss... Sandrone's tea. Mm...

"Oh. I see." A pause, and then Columbina spins on her heels and walks off in the opposite direction, the gentle clinking of Kuuvahki accompanying her footsteps. "Then, I'll go find them. Farewell, Dottore. Please don't hurt anyone else in my absence."

"Where did they go?" She asks, continuing to sense around.

"I saw Arlecchino here before..." Columbina peers around as if she can see through her closed eyes and the mask she wears, sensing about with her Kuuvahki. "And Sandrone... Was I wrong?"

"Hehe."

"Sandrone? Hmm... Not really. She gets mad at me the same way you get mad at Flins."

"You remind me of Sandrone."

Does he hate her? But she had no choice. Everyone was in danger...

Curiosity got the better of her, in the end. "Why?"

"No."

@dawnbearer.bsky.social "You're... the one who escorted me out."

Hehe... Arlecchino thinks what he said is funny, too.

"No, but the affairs of my friends are."

Oh... was she not wanted here? Hm...

Tilts head. "Mm... Like what?"

Um...