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[welljustwatchme.livejournal.com]

[Chocolates were supposed to be harmless, weren't they? So it was something else making her feel like this, all warm and needy and stupidly French. Tabernac. Home, it would be easy enough to get rid of this feeling. There were always things to do -- sports or even just going for a long walk in the snow. Nothing like piles and piles or snow or a good shootout to get your mind off of dirty things.

And so that's why Maggie's in a stream. Not on the bank or floating down it or anything like that, just standing there with water up to her knees, the bottom of her skirt wet from every time she bends over to pet one of the colourful fish in the stream.

She's well aware it's not dignified in the slighest but honestly, the thoughts in her mind right now need to go.]

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[esoteric_rose.livejournal.com]

[Grell can't pinpoint the source of the happy little warmth in her chest, though she suspects that absolutely delicious chocolate she had earlier contributed to it. The world-and especially the people in it-seemed so beautiful, and she just couldn't help herself from sharing that feeling to all. She had decided to take a walk and see if she could meet anyone along the way-after all the more she met, the better~

And so she happened upon the girl in the stream, who looked so lovely that she wouldn't resist talking.]

Is the water a good temperature?

[welljustwatchme.livejournal.com]

A bit nippy, but not too bad.

[esoteric_rose.livejournal.com]

Hmm.

[Grell sits down, taking off her shoes and putting her feet in the water, laughing when the temperature hits her. It's cold, but that's not bad at all. She sits still, trying to tempt a fish to come close.]

They're so beautiful...

[welljustwatchme.livejournal.com]

T-they are, yes.

It's almost sad, how beautiful this whole place is.

[esoteric_rose.livejournal.com]

Sad? Who wouldn't be happy in the midst of beauty?

[Because you're adorable and Grell likes that. She ever so casually stretches and looks over at the girl.]

[welljustwatchme.livejournal.com]

Because no one wants to be here. There's nothing good about the place except its beauty. It would be better appreciated if we had free will...

[esoteric_rose.livejournal.com]

I am firmly in the minority on that point-certainly I think that the Queen should have asked, but I want to stay here, and I'm not upset at this surprise. [She idly stirs the water with a hand, letting it fall through her fingers.]

[sheroic.livejournal.com]

[ As soon as America sees her, she goes running into the stream as well, trying to tackle-hug her. ]

Hey!

[welljustwatchme.livejournal.com]

[sheroic.livejournal.com]

[ America also lets out a surprised gasp as she falls down along with Canada. ]

Why'd you fall?!

[welljustwatchme.livejournal.com]

Because you tackled me!

[sheroic.livejournal.com]

I was trying to hug you!

[welljustwatchme.livejournal.com]

It didn't work!

[heart0fsword.livejournal.com]

[Kenshin stopped abruptly as she approached the stream, surprised to find... someone already there. Perhaps they had the same idea...]

...

[Or perhaps not...]

...

Is... everything alright...?


[ooc; o/ she's got champagne and raspberry working on her she just still fails...]

[welljustwatchme.livejournal.com]

Hmm? Oh. Everything's fine, yeah.

[heart0fsword.livejournal.com]

Ah...

[Yes... right... of course everything's fine. See, Kenshin? You didn't need to say anything, now you've just called attention to yourself--and you really should stop looking down at the water and the way the water is pulling her skirt around her legs and--EYES UP, EYES UP.]

I see...

...

What are you doing out there...?

[welljustwatchme.livejournal.com]

Just... getting to know the fish.

[heart0fsword.livejournal.com]

I... see...

[And... she's just going to... start moving closer to the water's edge, moving to hide her arms casually inside her kimono sleeves. She... may or may not be blushing a little (while trying to look uninterested which is defeated by the fact that she... keeps talking...).]

Have they told you anything interesting?

[welljustwatchme.livejournal.com]

Not really, no. Then again, they're not mine, so maybe it's a translation error.

I hope you don't mind late tags? I completely missed this...

[sororite]

Canada, what are you doing? You're going to ruin your skirt!

No problem at all! ♥

[welljustwatchme.livejournal.com]

It's just a skirt, maman. It'll be fine.

[sororite]

The water is dirty... If you want to go swimming, just take your clothes off.

[welljustwatchme.livejournal.com]

No! No, that's a horrible idea. Clothes need to stay on.

[sororite]

You'll ruin them! [Slips her shoes off... And then takes her skirt off too and wades out to meet Canada.] Honestly, you're hopeless.

[Such is your mother, Canada. At least she kept her blouse on.]

[welljustwatchme.livejournal.com]

Maman!

What are you doing in the water? Honestly, they're fine. Look, my skirts even nearly dry from when America tackled me.