#t: nights unknighted

[incursionparagon]

nights unknighted

The carnival is in town! Nothing like a little truancy and fried treats of your choice to spend away an entire afternoon… And giant, stuffed plushes and shiny prizes catch your eye. “Play a game?” The booth attendant holds out a rickety toy bow. How hard could it be? [Grants Bow +1]

Rare were the occasions where some plucky soul invited Cordelia to a place as merry as a carnival, but rarer still was it ever that the invitation was worth considering. With Matthew, at least, she did not have to worry about how much of the invitation hinged upon her face, nor if he would regret it when her company proved dull. Rather, it was him that she was worried about, returning as he had all shadowed of eye and tired of smile. Just what had exhausted him so, she’d no idea, but if he was inviting her to festivities in spite of his haggard aura, who was she to say no? 

She leaned against the wall in silence, the echo of laughter at once distant and near and the glow of celebration stretching far enough to lay faintly at her feet. How much time passed while she waited, she wasn’t sure, but it wasn’t long enough for her to mind by the time someone else came to a stop beside her. 

“Ah,” she said, and if her voice was just a note softer than usual, he needn’t mind. “Just Matthew. Ready for the festivities, are we?” 

@ostianshadow