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A Housewarming Party for a Castle

Celestia's new home was a grand residence indeed: the citadel of Camelot, a place which featured heavily in the myths and legends of Earth. Not that Celestia was familiar with these myths, of course.

Guests were free to wonder around the castle at will, but Celestia had decided that today, the courtyard would be a lovely place for everypony to get together. There were a few tables set up, with the treats Hoshi and Applejack had so generously made, and Rarity's beautiful decorations. And later, Celestia planned to invite her guests to ride on the Ferris wheel that happened to be located just outside the castle.

The crewmembers had suffered a great loss recently, but she hoped that this would bring them some small amount of joy, and the comfort of friendship in this time.

[[ooc: Sorry this is a day late guys, uni ended up being much more hectic yesterday than I expected. Anyways, I've put up a subthread for Celestia greeting visitors and rides on the London Eye. Those that ICly helped out this party can also set up sub-threads for the food tables/games/whatever as well, if you guys want to. (Edit: The sub-thread for Hoshi & Applejack's nibbles is up here!)

But other than that, feel free to start your own threads and tag each other. People can also wonder around and explore the castle - it's the BBC Merlin version of Camelot, but only the citadel itself (as opposed to the whole city).]]

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For now he was content to simply hold her hand and marvel over the view as the ferris wheel completed its trip, even though being this high up in the air was something he was used to.

"This almost reminds me of the Lunar Festival. If only there were fireworks!"

When the contraption churned to a stop, Nokosi helped her out of the seat and hopped off the platform to the ride. "When we have the free time, we should do something like this again, Kaya!"

"Maybe one day, you can recreate the Lunar festival in the Sensoriums," Kaya said, holding his hand, beaming over at him. "I'd love to see what its like when you get the chance!"

She hopped off, into his arms. "This was great, really. Thank you, Nokosi."

His head tilted slightly to the left and he pursed his lips, as if in thought. "Ronnae and I were speaking of something like that when I saw her in Medbay. We were making paper lanterns together and I asked if she remembered how they hung on the trees during the Lunar Festival." He suddenly grinned from ear to ear.

"She did. We decided to hang them in the trees that make up our homes to represent our families, though there aren't any wisps here to light them up." And he wasn't really willing to put a candle in lanterns that small, either.

"So perhaps we will all celebrate when everyone has recovered from their injuries," he said, hugging the girl to him immediately after catching her. "And there is no need to thank me; it is not like I did it alone. You are responsible for your own happiness, too."

Kaya listened, entranced by what he was telling her. It wasn't actually a completely foreign concept: it sounded like something yu might see in the Erath Kingdom or even the Fire Nation. It was, in fact, one of the biggest surprises she had when traveling to the other nations: an envy in how different things were, that climate was less of a hindrance and all of these other philosophies and concepts could bloom.

It was one of the things that made her happy to be on the ship, in fact. The hug alone made her happy that she really never felt alone on the ship, that she was aa part of it as the others were of her.

"I know that," she said, linking his hand again. "But I have you to thank, for giving that responsibility embedded in me. One of the worst faukts I have is seeing the best in others, but not so much in me."

He actually looked quite surprised to hear that. "Really? You carry yourself as if you are confident about such things; I would not have guessed. Hm," he hummed, scratching his chin in thought.

"Perhaps I shall need to write a list, then."

Kaya giggled. "You don't need to make a list! I'm just saying that I care a lot about people, sometimes more than myself! It doesn't mean my confidence is suffering or anything. I'm actually a fairly confident person, to the point of nausea in some people!"

She took his hand. "Besides, you're the one that needs the list: you're the most unlike others I've ever met."

"Ah, I have you one upped! I can cause nausea in others without even having an apparent ego." Not to say he would ever sell himself short; the humble attitude was in place because he preferred hearing about what others could do. He already knew himself well enough so that he didn't need to question it.

"You think so? I admit I may be strange by conventional standards, but I do not mind."

"I doubt that!" Kaya said. "Sure, I think there might be some people who get put off by you, but I can't say that there would be too many people who would find you nauseating! Granted, people are still a bit of a mystery to me, and you are probably the biggest one."

Not that she minded him being strange: it actually attracted her more, not less.

"Oh, you would be surprised in Azeroth! Many people there have very low tolerance rates; not that I could blame them, I suppose." He could, he just wouldn't.

He glanced at Kaya, a smile on his face. Even just a simple walk like this with her was refreshing. "As far as being a mystery...I am very open. If you want to know something, just ask me. I am very honest, I just am not very forthcoming with information about myself without being prompted."

"Well you would have to explain all of that to me," Kaya said. "I know only a little about the people of Azeroth, and even less about how they would cope with someone like you. I only know that there is only one person that would not get frustrated, though possibly a little exasperated at your behavior, and only then it would be with a amusement too, isnce you have away of making someone laugh even when you're driving them crazy."

She wasn't driven crazy by him as of YET, but then she was a bit biased, wasn't she?

"Well, I'll keep that in mind," she said, more than glad she had chosen her breath of fresh air from the medical bay here. "I'm very likely going to be very interested about things concerning you. Don't forget: you still owe me a rendevous at the Drunken Dragon."

"Oh, everyone is different, really. There are many who have a shorter temper due to being on edge about the constant wars. Then there are the racial tensions to consider. But I would say there is more than one person who doesn't question my behavior." There were at least two.

"Ah, ask away. I have nothing to hide," he said with a laugh. "And I do remember. You are very interested in seeing me inebriated, right? It will be shameful, I will have you know." Not for him, but maybe for everyone else involved.

"I'm sure there is: there were plenty of different people in my world too. One of the reasons I left my home was because I wanted to know what more was out there beyond the people that I've known all my life. It's one of the things that honestly drew me to you: you are the least like anyone I have ever known. Everyday I'm learning something new about you."

She laughed. "You know, maybe I want to see it by accident. I coudl ask and get the answers I want, but I feel like it would be spoiling something if I did, you know? But as for drinking, with all I've seen you do, I can't imagine why drinking would make you so different!"

"Then I feel honored," he said, circling an arm around her neck. "That you would think so highly of me!"

Nokosi paused to consider her comment, his lips pushing up in thought. "Honestly, I prefer asking a question and receiving an answer. I think I am a bit impatient that way when it is concerning information. I think I may understand the thinking behind having such things be a 'surprise', but I wonder if that is such a good idea." After all, he'd seen plenty of things go horribly wrong in the city when one person found out some new information about another 'on accident'.

"But I am not so sure why I am different in those regards when it involves drinking. I suppose that the few things I am mindful around others about is brought out as well. Loss of inhibitions and all."

"You know I do," Kaya said, smiling. "I have since we've met, you know. Just because you act differently, doesn't mean you're not smart in your own way."

That did sounds just about how Nokosi would want things to be, so she figured she ought to ask him whatever she was she was thinking. "In that case, I should ask you something I've been thinking: how did you know how to romance someone, considering you only dated a few times? Or is that just your natural charm?"

She giggled. "So how do you think you are, minus inhibitions?"

It was clear that her question had caught him off guard, noted by the skeptical furrowed eyebrow and the scrunched up face of pure confusion. Natural charm? Romance? Well, those were two things he'd never been equated with before.

"Ah...could you be more specific in your definition of 'romance'?"

She was talking about the way other people gave gifts to their lovers and took them to certain places. Said certain cute words and phrases, all in the pursuits of 'being romantic'? He could only assume, and if that were the case it made him all the more perplexed.

She chuckled at his expression. In a way he looked like a boy who was just learning what it meant to really "like" a girl, but confused by those feelings. She understood, to a certain extent, why Nokosi would look that confused though: one would normally never equate him to those terms.

"Well, a lot of people have different versions of romance, don't get me wrong. They observe anniversaries and call each other names and all of that. I've seen it happen in my village. You have a way of surpassing it, like you take a direct route of being beyond convention. You just...you just feel your actions, and you just are amazing and sincere."

She smiled, showing him the note he had written to her: it was very worn, as if it had been unfolded and refolded many times.

"Oh, I see! I am very perceptive and Ronnae says that I am thoughtful as well. I suppose those two things coincide with being 'romantic' in nature." He shrugged a shoulder. "I do not think of doing it for such a thing as 'romance'," mainly because he was sure if he actually attempted to be what's considered romantic, he'd screw it up. "So I would say that I am being very sincere in my actions. I see no reason why I would be anything but."

Of course, being called 'amazing' brought a smile to his lips. Oh, how he loved praise, no matter what amount it came in.

Nokosi blinked in surprise when he glanced down at the note, then immediately laughed. "My strokes are very messy when I am attempting to write anything beyond symbols," he mentioned, as if that were the most important thing worth saying about the note. Suddenly he paused in mid-stride and leaned down to cover her mouth with his own.

It was a firm kiss with little of his earlier aggression. Instead, it was calm and focused, as if he were trying to convey something without using words. A gentle, barely-there kiss would have probably been far more appropriate for the situation, but practice made perfect.

"I was thinking about you," he said in reference to the note, closing her hand over the weathered paper as he spoke.

Kaya nodded. "Well, that's what I like about you. Since we've met, you've never been anything but yourself to me, even if that meant showing yourself in a way that other people might laugh at. We all come from different worlds, its true, and we all have to get used to some things abut each other that are different. But i always thought that you somehow had a way of surpassing that somehow."

She giggled. "Your notes! All I cared about was-" but her words were stopped short when his lips met hers, when her feelings hit a pitch being around him, her hands wrapping around him for the moment, indulging in this kiss.

When they were apart, she turned pin at his words.

"I'll admit, I was in a bad moment before your note. I thought that the lovely things in the world were somehow dying, being around all of the pain and troubles of others. Then I read your note and was brought back to my safe space again. You reminded me life is never in a set pattern we would want, and when trouble came, to fight it, head on. You make me...want to be stronger than I am."

Her words were almost enough to make him blush. Almost. Instead of a visible flush, it was subtly apparent in the way he paused when speaking with her.

"I...am very glad to hear such a thing. Life is unpredictable but that is one of the joys in living it! Personally I would say you already are a very strong person, Kaya. And...that is one the things I like about you."

Kaya exchanged a long look with him, one that did not need any words. She had definitely felt lost in the past few days: the things that made her feel joy normally had been lost for a little while. She wondered, for a little while, whether she would ever feel like caring about the simple things again.

And then letter had come, and renewed her strength. After the letter, nothing could make her feel haunted by her own feelings again.

"I guess if we need to remember strength and character, we don't need to look much farther than each other." She thought Nokosi still understood it anyway, but it felt good to know he found it in her too.

"Of course! It is why I consider my friendships such dear things. There is a lot that I can learn from others and much more than we can experience together." He could sit around and put in a half-heart effort to saving others in a burning building if his life was on the line. But throw a friend in that same danger and suddenly all regards for his own safety are thrown to the wind.

"I hope you keep that attitude. You still have much, much more work left to do." Unfortunately. "But perhaps your burden should be lessened during the times I am around to help," he said with a grin.

Kaya just stared, smiling. "I'm going to have to make sure that I at least get some decent breaks while I'm still in med bay. I can't imagine barely being able to hang out with you. There's still so much that we have to learn about each other."

She nodded, then took his hand in hers.

"Indeed! I think that you will probably be so busy that time will pass very quickly for you. And...if you forget to take breaks, then I will make sure that you do." He really wasn't above carrying her out of Medbay (possibly asleep, if he had to)if she decided to work herself to exhaustion.

He smoothed his fingers over her hand as they walked, attempting to map out the different textures on it before they reached their destination. "Besides that, I am sure Fontaine will want to see you as well. He complained about the lack of female nurses with free time, so I am sure he will enjoy your company."

"Well, if I'm actually that busy, I don't think I would mind time passing so quickly. But if you really want to go and remind me to take my breaks, I don't think I'd mind it too much." Granted, she had no idea how extreme he'd be, but maybe that was for the better.

She laughed. "Well in that case, I'll have to make it a mission to visit more, wouldn't want to upset Fontaine. Has he gotten along any better with Billy?"

The elf glanced to the side, knowing all too well just how Fontaine felt about it.

"I think 'reluctant acceptance' would be the best way to describe it. He does not actively dislike Billy, but he does not like him, either. He is neutral on the subject as of now, I would say. He does realize that if he wishes to see Ronnae while he is recovering, he may need to be in Billy's presence as well, so he will be on his best behavior, at least."

And if Billy didn't visit with Ronnae, well, then Fontaine was going to monopolize all the time with her.

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