forum Broken Dreams and Haunting Memories// Closed!// 16+

Started September 19, 2020 by @ElderGodSwimwithGamers group

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Lily hummed some, looking back down at her drawing. It had her and Emile, and what looked like them on Earth. She just wanted to go away from here.

Emile would love to bring her there some time. But first that meant just getting them out of the palace. “Your drawing’s very pretty.”

"Thank you! Yours is really cool," Lily said, looking down at Emile's image they had been working on.

“Thank you!” He’d just about finished, but he was sure there were some details he hadn’t gotten right.

Lily nodded, humming some with a smile. She stood, moving over to sit next to Emile as he finished the drawing.
"It's really pretty…"

“Thank you! It’s of one of my friends from home.” He explained. “I think it’d make them really happy.”

"Woah…" Lily was impressed, to say the least. "I'm sure it'll make them really happy too!"

“I hope you’re right.” He said, a soft smile staying on his face as he looked over the work again. He’d done pretty good for the time he had.

Lily hummed some, nodding.
"I'm sure of it!" She said, a confident look in her eyes as she moved to sit by Emile's arm.

Emile laughed softly. “You’re probably right then!” He said, using one finger to gently pat the top of her head.

Lily giggled as Emile patted her head, humming some with a smile.
"Mhm!"

Emile let out a content sigh, mentally trying to determine what time it was. He didn’t have a watch or anything like that to check, and he didn’t want to accidentally get caught off guard by Astral.

It was hard- even with the windows, it was bright all the time. They were on the sun, after all. There weren't any clocks in the library, either. Lily wasn't concerned, her legs swinging back and forth.

After about a minute, Emile figured it was about midday, at least it felt that way. He hated that he wouldn’t know for sure unless Astral showed up suddenly.

Lily looked up at Emile again, head tilted.
"Whacha thinking bout?" She asked.

Emile smiled down at her. “Just wondering what time it is, that’s all.” He explained. There was no reason to lie about it, maybe she could help.

"Oh! That's easy! Here, go over to the window, I'll show you!" Lily offered an innocent smile, legs still swinging.

“Isn’t it just sunny outside all day?” He asked, a bit confused. If she really had a way to tell though, it would be incredibly helpful.

"Mhm, but there's another way to tell the time!" Lily was still smiling, pushing Emile's hand so that she could step up onto it.

Emile turned his hand so she could step on before getting up and going over to the window. “Okay..can you tell me how it works?” He asked.

"Mhm! Here, we've gotta close the curtains and open them again first." Right now, all that was outside was light- a white wall that was dull enough that it didn't hurt to look directly at it.

“Okay then.” Emile said, just going to trust that the girl actually knew what she was doing. He’d found that when kids said they knew something, they usually did. Emile grabbed the curtains, pulling them closed before opening them again.

What was outside the window now wasn't a… pretty, sight. It was the actual sun, now, and what made it up- the souls, burning and writhing in pain as far as the eye could see. Lily did her best to not look, instead pointing up above this landscape.
"See! There are three souls up there, so it's three o'clock!"

Thankfully Emile was relatively used to gory sights but this…this was a bit much even for him. But he couldn’t let it bother him. He nodded. “I see, thank you, that’ll be very helpful.”

Lily wasn't so used to gory sights like this, careful to turn without looking out too much to look up at Emile instead.
"You're welcome!"

Emile closed the curtains over so the poor girl wouldn’t have to see it anymore. “Well then seems like we’ll hopefully still have plenty of time to ourselves today!”

"Mhm!" Lily relaxed some as the curtain was closed, sitting down in Emile's hand. She let her legs dangle over the side of his palm, kicking them back and forth as she looked up at him.

“Is there anything else you want to go do? Maybe go get a bit of lunch?” He asked, smiling down at her.

"Ah, lunch sounds really good!" Lily spoke just as her stomach rumbled, blushing some with a giggle.

“Okay then that’s what we’ll do! I’m gonna clean up some of our stuff just a bit and then we can go, does that sound good to you?” He offered.