-( Shanoa- Villa)
-Back within the group’s inn, Samora and Circe are posted up in beds.
Jubei- “Me and Donna are gonna go sell the equipment we nabbed from the goblins! You guys keep resting up.”
Dara- ” I’m mostly fine, my shoulder is a bit sore though. I’ll make sure nothing disturbs these two.”
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-Dara meditates for a time in a chair, sitting passively as Circe, with eyes still closed, suddenly utters a word
Circe— ” ..Dara”
Dara- !!!
“Yes?”
Circe— “…
“How’s your shoulder?”
Dara–
” I thought he was asleep earlier when I said that “
“Uh yes, it’s healing.”
-Opening his eyes, Circe looks over to Dara
Circe- “I’m glad.”
-A rising heat wells in Dara’s cheeks briefly
Dara-
“Jubei and Donna went to sell all the equipment we gathered from the battle.”
Circe-
” Do they know the going rate for the gear?”
Dara-
!!!
“I didn’t think to go over that with them, maybe I should go-“
Circe—
“I’m joking.”
-A wry smile appears on his face.
Dara-
“His eyes always seem to be in a dream..”
Circe-
” How do you feel about our group composition?”
Dara—
“What do you mean? Like, our effectiveness?”
Circe-
” We risked losing people against the troll.”
“I think it’d be in our best interest to seek larger numbers.”
Dara-
” I suppose we could try to shop around for some hired help for now, but.. what’s with the sudden concern?”
—Circe’s eyes go from Dara, to the window seal, as the remaining light of the afternoon bleeds through
Circe-
” …Besides effectiveness, it would keep everyone safer.”
” Seeing you go down spurred the thought.”
Dara-
“I -..I’m sorry.”
Circe-
” I should be apologizing.”
” I’m not strong enough to be relied on. But..”
“In time, I’ll get there.”
” Are you okay?”
-Thinking that she’d have time to recover from the initial spike of heat in her face, the more that Circe talked, seemed to only make it worse for Dara. Her face had a darkened hue upon the cheeks, almost obtaining the pallor of night.
Dara—
” Well uh, I guess I should go freshen up. I’ll be back.”
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-Submerged within the water, the elf’s unbound hair floated along the the surface, her face wrapped in thought
Dara-
” Acquiring more people does make sense, the only issue is a matter of who, how much they’ll charge, and for how long they’ll even want to work with us”
” Thinking about it now, my elder sisters would always stress the important of numbers, so far as to organize our team the way it was.”
” We typically operated in a group of no less than 5, and sometimes 6 when Voss felt like joining us.”
Dara—
” I wonder how they’re all faring..”
” Even if we don’t see eye-to-eye, I wouldn’–
….huh, is someone…???”
-The distinct feel of hands on her chest from behind alerts Dara as she feels someone behind her, causing her to raise her head fully out of the water
Dara-
” Who is th-“
Samora-
” Damn, ya really got some mosquito bites huh?”
Dara- ” You’re up-?? Why are you in here!?”
Samora- “??? I’m a woman”
Dara—
” That’s not the poi-!!!”
“You can’t just jump in and start groping people!!”
Samora—
“Nah its cool, we’ll be doing this alot from now on”
Dara— ” what???”
Samora— ” I’m joining you guys from now on!”
Dara— 
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Celestial Saga 
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