Afternoon on the Town

[aivea]

Raphael and Divria arrive near the center of Reave. Before letting go, he gives her hand a light squeeze, but quickly returns his hand to his side afterwards. "Ahaha... I've never been to Reave so there's really two main options: asking around or following our noses. Which one do you want to do? Personally, I think the second's more fun."

[Kender Bard]

"I adore exploring," Divria agreed enthusiastically, grabbing folds of her dress and hitching them up slightly so she wouldn't trip over the material while she walked. "I've never been to Reave before either! And that's saying quite a bit, since I have been many places. I don't believe I've been to Naurorod yet, but that was because Timble didn't want to go." She rambled on and on a bit as she wandered about, looking absolutely ecstatic about exploring a new town. And despite wanting to find the place on her own, she ran up to the nearest Clear she found and asked, breathlessly, "Are you a Clear?"

Charm blinked at the girl who'd run up in front of her suddenly. "Er, why, yes. Welcome to Reave, miss."

Divria gushed, "Wow a real Clear and I haven't been turned into a zombie yet! This is fun!"

[aivea]

Raphael chases Divria, and looks quite embarrassed at the girl's running up to a Clear like that. He gives Charm an apologetic look, then asks Divria, "Could you please not run up in front of someone and ask something like that again? It's embarrassing to say the least." Rude, too, but do I really have the right to scold someone for rudeness?

[Kender Bard]

Divria blinked at Raphael, then withered like a flower in high heat. Charm tried to salvage the situation; she wasn't offended by Divria, merely surprised and now amused.

"Don't worry about it," she assured Raphael. "She was just curious, and I like that reaction a lot more than some of the others I've received in my time."

[aivea]

"...sorry, Divria." Raphael rubs at his Water sign uncomfortably, and adds barely above a whisper, "Damnit all... why do I have a Water sign if I can't even keep from being a jerk when I'm trying to go on a date with someone? It's like the Forces put it there to either taunt me or tell me what to turn into."

[Kender Bard]

Charm, overhearing snippets of what Raphael said, coughed politely. "Were you both looking for anything?"

"Seafood," Divria piped up. Charm nodded, pointing to a small, wooden building with a comically painted fish on the sign. "Then you'll want to dine at the Long Line. They have exquisite cuisine."

Divria smiled and thanked Charm, hastening to get inside the building so she could delight her nose with the scents of dinner.

[aivea]

"Thanks..." Raphael followers Divria into the building, and grins. "Mm... If it tastes even half as good as it smells, this'll be one of the best places around. Pick any table ya like, this is for you more than for me."

He glances around to get a vague idea of how many people are also there, and hopes that it isn't too crowded. Too much noise isn't good for taking someone on a date.

[Kender Bard]

The place was relatively empty; there was a small family in one corner and an older gentleman eating by himself under a large window. Divria hummed as she wove around all the tables, speculating each until promptly plopping down before a two-seat table near a window. She gleefully poked the unlit candle on the table and fidgeted around in her seat. Her excitement made it hard for her to sit still, and it seemed she'd bounced back from her earlier shame of disappointing Raphael.

A waiter came by and stood by unobstrusively, waiting for the signal that they would like to order.

[aivea]

Raphael sits down across from Divria, and laughs quietly to himself at the girl's bouncing around before taking a look at the menu.

"Don't forget to order," he teases lightly. Mmm... lobster. Though I think I remember hearing it's bad manners to make the lady order second.

[Kender Bard]

Divria settles down and looks at what's to offer. The waitress takes this as her cue and steps forward. "Yes?"

The young Wind poses her order as a question, in case Raphael wishes not to pay the price. "Lobster?"

[aivea]

Raphael's eyes widen slightly from surprise that Divria went straight for the most expensive thing on the menu. However, he reminds himself that he was going to spend as much money as he needed to- despite his own greed- in order to try to buy the female Wind's love.

"Go ahead," he assures her, attempting to recover quickly. "In fact, I'll have the same."

My poor wallet... I hope this isn't a mistake.

[Kender Bard]

"Wow," Divria breathed in delight, handing the menu to the waitress as she went off to go place their orders.

Divria kicked her heels against the rung of her chair lightly as she regarded Raphael closely. "This was very sweet of you to take me out like this. Thank you very much. But... why did you? I mean, it's so abrupt."

[aivea]

"I... wanted to, and it didn't seem like either of us were too busy," Raphael says with a shrug. A few seconds later, he looks directly into Divria's eyes, and asks, "Why did you say yes so excitedly? I was expecting a maybe or a no, but I can't say I mind."

[Kender Bard]

Divria smiled, almost coyly. She'd been getting good at that. "Because I like to spend time with you, Raphael. You're my friend but lately I haven't seen much of you. I was beginning to think you didn't want anything to do with me now, especially since Timble split from me. I know he's the more entertaining of the two of us."

[aivea]

"No, nothing like that," Raphael insists, a bit more defensively then he hoped. "I've not told any of the others yet, but I've found a job. Don't tell the others that's why I've been sneaking off, all right? I'll tell them as soon as I find something a bit higher ranking."