Amy had been expecting a more plain dress, one a commoner would wear each day. But this dress looked like it was made for a special event. She took it gratefully. "Thanks, I owe you one for this. Turn around, okay? I'll tap you when I've changed." She darted behind the nearby tree to put the dress on, folding up her clothes and packing them away.
She stepped carefully in the dress, looking over it. She had never owned a dress like this one before and she didn't want to ruin it after Galahad had recieved it for her. Making sure it was fitting correctly, she tapped Galahad on the shoulder. "Reckon I'll fit in now?"
Change? She was going to change. He forgot about that as well.
Galahad stiffly turned around and put both hands over his eyes to ensure that he saw nothing. He couldn't bear to compromise a young ladies dignity like that.
Even with the tap on the shoulder he didn't turn around or uncover his face. "Perhaps.. I am not the best person to be the judge of that?"
"What do you mean? You live here!" She wasn't asking if she was pretty, she was asking if she would blend in with everyone else! She walked around him and stood in front of him, raising an eyebrow. "Why are you still covering your eyes?"
She reached forward and took his hands, pulling them away from his face. She never knew a knight would be so bashful!
"Y-you're a lady. I can't risk looking." His eyes were still squeezed shut when he felt her hands pull his down, and only then did he hesitantly peek one of them open. He then looked at her and then at the dress before glancing off. "It looks.. acceptable." Like something he would see others wear in the city. Not that he ever looked.
"I told you I'd changed!" She just laughed. When he glanced off she shook her head, picking up her things. "Careful, I might start swooning with compliments like that."
Her quiver was slung over one shoulder, the sachel with her clothes and everything else that survived her initial ambush over the other and in her hand she carried her longbow. Perfect!
Swooning? He cleared his throat at the mere mention and resigned to walking ahead. If ever it was painfully obvious that comments like that made him clam up, evident from the refusal to look at her. Even if it was a joke, he couldn't help but take it seriously to some degree.
Perhaps the result of having an ever-too-serious father.
"..This way." He tried to quickly make his way towards the city.
Well, she hadn't expected him to completely clam up. Woops.
She caught up and walked alongside him, enjoying the quiet for a little while. "So, what is the name of this place? Have you lived here your whole life?" Maybe asking some general questions would help open him up again.
At least those were questions that didn't strike any awkward notes. He began to slowly open up again with some even-toned answers, even if he still kept his eyes down from the previous awkwardness. "As far as I remember, yes." Though he knew that wasn't always the case. "When I was very small, I lived with my mother. I don't remember that time. I only remember living with my Father here in the city."
Her home...it didn't seem wise to describe Mobius in any great detail, but she could still talk about her home. She smiled to herself as she remembered it fondly.
"It's a beautiful lake, surrounded by rocky canyons. On clear days it reflects the sky perfectly, like you could walk on air if you stepped into the water. My parents let me play by the lake everyday, so long as I didn't try to go to the-" She cut herself off. Should she mention Little Planet? Well, she was already halfway through mentioning it.
"To the place that appeared over the water once a month. Not many people lived there so it was always quiet and peaceful, until it was invaded. Shortly after I was kidnapped and taken away. I've been able to go back since and it's still just as beautiful. So at least that hasn't changed."
"And you've been journeying the world since?" If she went home only to leave it again after its invasion, the odds were that she was a traveling warrior of some kind.
Perhaps she was looking for the people who had invaded her home to begin with.
"Yeah. I was able to save it from the tyrant who conquered it but he seeks other kingdoms to crush and take for his own. Eventually my friends and I just agreed to keep moving so we could prevent injustice where-ever it arises, even when it isn't Robotnik's work."
She smiled to Silver brightly, clearly quite proud of her accomplishments. "I'd like to be able to return and stay at Never Lake. But I have a duty to upkeep. And while I'm here, I should repay the hedgehog who gave me clothes by helping him in his duty, right?"
That coaxed a light smile out of him, at the very least. "I won't refuse help if that's what you'd like to do. Anyone would be happy to have such an accomplished warrior helping in their duty. Though I am surprised to have not heard of you before given your accomplishments." And front the sounds of it, she had accomplished far more than many he'd known.
He held a palm up. "But please don't feel obligated. I am only doing what I must."
"As am I! And I'm not surprised. We've been travelling for years, and it'd take at least half of that time to get home now." Distance is a reasonable excuse to have not heard of thngs, right? Still, he didn't react to Robotnik's name, so at least he wasn't the problem here.
"Besides, it'd be an honour to help a knight-to-be." Although when she gets home and tells the story, you're getting promoted to Sir Galahad of the Royal Guard.
He couldn't help but glance down. Knight-to-be was an awfully big compliment, one that he wasn't entirely sure that he deserved given his current level of experience.
"Then we'll make sure that you have a stay as close to your home as possible." He motioned to the end of the pathway where a tall castle surrounded by a gate loomed. "This is Camelot Castle. Please feel free to make yourself at home. I'll make sure that the King, Queen, and staff know that you're a guest. They'll likely want to talk to you."
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Date: 2016-04-13 07:37 pm (UTC)She stepped carefully in the dress, looking over it. She had never owned a dress like this one before and she didn't want to ruin it after Galahad had recieved it for her. Making sure it was fitting correctly, she tapped Galahad on the shoulder. "Reckon I'll fit in now?"
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Date: 2016-04-14 02:58 am (UTC)Galahad stiffly turned around and put both hands over his eyes to ensure that he saw nothing. He couldn't bear to compromise a young ladies dignity like that.
Even with the tap on the shoulder he didn't turn around or uncover his face. "Perhaps.. I am not the best person to be the judge of that?"
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Date: 2016-04-14 03:24 pm (UTC)She reached forward and took his hands, pulling them away from his face. She never knew a knight would be so bashful!
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Date: 2016-04-14 08:36 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-04-14 11:12 pm (UTC)Her quiver was slung over one shoulder, the sachel with her clothes and everything else that survived her initial ambush over the other and in her hand she carried her longbow. Perfect!
"Okay, I'm ready to go. Lead the way, Galahad!"
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Date: 2016-04-16 11:42 pm (UTC)Perhaps the result of having an ever-too-serious father.
"..This way." He tried to quickly make his way towards the city.
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Date: 2016-05-04 10:41 pm (UTC)She caught up and walked alongside him, enjoying the quiet for a little while. "So, what is the name of this place? Have you lived here your whole life?" Maybe asking some general questions would help open him up again.
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Date: 2016-05-05 11:24 pm (UTC)A pause. "What about your home? What is it like?"
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Date: 2016-05-06 12:17 am (UTC)"It's a beautiful lake, surrounded by rocky canyons. On clear days it reflects the sky perfectly, like you could walk on air if you stepped into the water. My parents let me play by the lake everyday, so long as I didn't try to go to the-" She cut herself off. Should she mention Little Planet? Well, she was already halfway through mentioning it.
"To the place that appeared over the water once a month. Not many people lived there so it was always quiet and peaceful, until it was invaded. Shortly after I was kidnapped and taken away. I've been able to go back since and it's still just as beautiful. So at least that hasn't changed."
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Date: 2016-05-07 07:38 am (UTC)Perhaps she was looking for the people who had invaded her home to begin with.
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Date: 2016-05-07 09:31 pm (UTC)She smiled to Silver brightly, clearly quite proud of her accomplishments. "I'd like to be able to return and stay at Never Lake. But I have a duty to upkeep. And while I'm here, I should repay the hedgehog who gave me clothes by helping him in his duty, right?"
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Date: 2016-05-09 01:55 pm (UTC)He held a palm up. "But please don't feel obligated. I am only doing what I must."
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Date: 2016-05-11 09:25 pm (UTC)"Besides, it'd be an honour to help a knight-to-be." Although when she gets home and tells the story, you're getting promoted to Sir Galahad of the Royal Guard.
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Date: 2016-05-15 12:24 pm (UTC)"Then we'll make sure that you have a stay as close to your home as possible." He motioned to the end of the pathway where a tall castle surrounded by a gate loomed. "This is Camelot Castle. Please feel free to make yourself at home. I'll make sure that the King, Queen, and staff know that you're a guest. They'll likely want to talk to you."