// it literally is. you'll make a move, kris? really? when, in the next century maybe?

[ * One of these days you suspect you'll finally find a way to make your move. Assuming he accepts it, at the very least. There's a prophecy to tend to, he has his issues, and you're not sure how much of them you can even help with. ]

[ * You are his knight, though. So you'll do whatever you can. ]

[ * A charming prince, dependable in and out of battle to assist the party, a sharp mind, a pretty face... you can go on, and on. You care for him deeply, and have been treating him as an unfortunate part of your favorite pranks which involve toeing the line of flirting to, effectively, no end. ]

( @darkprince.is.fluff.iest.fyi )

[ RALSEI - Wreathed in emerald and tourmaline, this gem of a companion has had your back through every last adventure (when you got to keep him to yourself). ]

[ * It's a secret to nobody that Ralsei is, perhaps, one of the brightest lights in your night sky. ]

[ * NOOOOOOOO ]

[ * NO IT ISN'T? DON'T DO THAT? ]

[ * This was a moral quandary he debated BEFORE this. ]

[ * ...except the death loop thing, that part is just weird. ]

[ * THAT'S NOT HELPING? ]

[ * Someday he'll find out you're back, but that's difficult if you're hiding under Noelle's bed. ]

... I-Into the Castle? I... I suppose, but...

[ * He's worried. With the current state of affairs, it doesn't seem like it'd be a good idea for a Lightner to be so close to the Dark Fountain... ]

[ * He takes an anxious glance back. ]

[ * Warmth blooms in your chest and begins to spread. Each pulse of your SOUL is heat coiling around you in tendrils, giving you feeling, gives you the reminder that your existence demands you live in present tense. ]

[ * It is a wickedly miserable feeling, but you are here, and you are now. ]

... Cass...?

[ * The sensing is a lot more important, anyway. So immediately catching his attention, because... it's not a feeling he's had in a long while, now. ]

[ * He hurries over to the beam of light, expecting a certain someone— ]

Is that—

[ * But... then. He sees someone else. Familiar, but... ]

[ * Definitely familiar... and yet, off, at the same time. ]

[ * Still, he manages to sense it. He returned here, to the Dark World, to check up on the state of affairs. The Fountain... Still worries him, but there's no immediate ability to fix it. It'll have to wait, he supposes. ]

// im just cackling at the increasing amount of that soul secretly like "kris and ralsei won't lock the fuck in dude what am i even supposed to do"

// i am sorry to say to that soul that you will unfortunately be witness to kris and ralsei dancing around each other until chapter 5 comes out