#me w my roster of npc ocs for the offscreen surviving nps (and then some):

[futurefind]

ritsuka has bags under her eyes, flecks of chocolate stuck to her hands and cheeks and even a little bit in her hair? how did that happen? either way, she was clearly up all night making chocolate for everyone. her eyes are bright, though, as she hands rea her gift. "happy valentine's day!" (for fate!rea!)

Holiday Asks / Always Accepting // @voidfragments

The older woman seems like she's in better shape— at first. Like she's low on sleep, perhaps, but not like she's similarly made everyone in Chaldea chocolate for another year in a row.

She brightens when she sees Ritsuka and—

Starts, stunned with surprise at the chocolates shoved under her nose.

"Fujimaru!" she cheers, a few beats later, when her brain finally decides to catch up with her senses. "Gosh! Thanks so much!"

She tucks it away (with a quick and dirty anti-melting preservation spell) before pulling out another package and handing it to Ritsuka in turn.

"Happy Valentine's Day!" she beams right back. "How about next year we make everyone chocolates together...!" A playful wink. "I know the staff's favorites...!"

(Citation needed.)

(And then, belatedly, with Rea going from a stunned bunny to a cat that got the canary:

"Have you given Mash her chocolate yet~?")