#thats all thats just it rly SLKDJA

[rozyrne]

"well, not exactly..." but he skimps on the details. who cares anyway; both the jana and these elementals didn't like to be seen and each one of them had a bigger personality than the last, so really the differences just came down to the fine print. far as he knew, these guys weren't going and swapping around with humans though — but also, maybe they were. he's sure fódlan, just like elyos, had a bunch of weird stuff going on that he and everybody else didn't even know the first thing about!

kind of exciting when he thought about it that way.

falling easily into hortensia's smaller strides when she hooks his arm, rosado giggles, finding ease in the comfort of something so familiar. he already likes it better here if he gets to see hortensia like this again; in elusia, she'd always seemed so put-together after leaving the academy behind for the war. not that that was a bad look on her, really ( rosado's pretty sure there's no such thing! ), but it's easy to forget how long he'd gone without seeing this side of her,

this arm-hooking, bright-grinning, babbling-about-magic-systems-he-didn't-get-the-first-thing-about hortensia.

"flying classes? which ones are you signed up for? i'm peeking at your schedule when tonight's over. and do you already know which teachers are the duds? i really can't go through another professor begonia again; i'll fail for sure..."

but before he starts thinking about traumatic exam seasons and course listings, a survey back towards the confectionary table reminds him of a sight he'd passed by earlier, and he abruptly reroutes their ambling path with a gasp and a tug at hortensia's arm, pulling her further and further through the dense foot traffic. "oh, earlier i spotted this cream and dragonfruit layer cake — did you see it? it looked just like you. come on, i want to get a sketch of you with a slice. it's just the thing to start off our year..."

Grinning ear to ear Hortensia continues to take in more of Rosado's outfit, and of course most importantly just him and his Rosadoness - elemental illusions or not, there really was no magic that could truly capture her friend other than what he himself made.

(oooh but she'll have to ask about the cute lil accessories later. That watch chain, so delicate!)

"Hehe," she glances down at the orange-ish bloom as Rosado looks at the one Air has gifted him in return. Earth... and all of its expansive beauty, she thought if fit Rosado even if from what she'd seen his actual elemental was a bit of brute.

"Oh, so your home had elementals too?" Hortensia asks, nodding along, "I wonder how similar they are then. The principles of anima magic are the same here as in Elyos so it would make sense if they had a similar system, hmm..."

Oh, she was getting a little technical there; and at Rosado's insistence it would be the academy but different she laughs and tucks one arm under his.

"It'll be even better, for sure! Did you see they have flying classes her? Oh, but that's for later. Let's not miss tonight's events - you've gotta be out for everyone's flower, yeah? I'm still a little miffed those Morfisians shrunk me before the ball even got started but with you here and events swinging into gear, hard to stay mad!"