I 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 , and yet it felt like 𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 . I wanted to let you know that I miss you so much ... [ and columbina's about to give sandrone a hug— ]

✱ ㅤ 𝕸𝗔͟𝗥͟𝗜͟𝗢͟𝗡͟𝗘͟𝗧͟𝗧͟𝗘͟ .@fatuiseventh.bsky.social · 2w ago

" Oh, quit being so mushy. I wasn't gone for that long. " she grumbled. Of course she'd missed her friend. But was Sandrone going to admit that ? Not a chance.

ᅠ ᅠ ᅠᅠᅠ𝗔𝗡ᅠ𝗘𝗫𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧ᅠ𝗜𝗡ᅠ𝗕𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗣𝗛𝗘𝗠𝗬———𝐓RULYᅠ𝐀ᅠ𝐆REATᅠ𝐀MBITIONᅠ𝐈ᅠ𝐒IMPLYᅠ𝐒UCCEEDᅠ𝐔PONᅠ𝐓RUSTINGᅠ𝐓HEᅠ𝐏ROCESSᅠ. ᅠ ᅠ

𝒉𝒆𝒉𝒆𝒉 , I hope you know that no matter how 𝘧𝘢𝘳 , I would come over and enjoy our tea parties . besides ... [ columbina simply presses a hand over her chest , eyebrows furrowing . ] I just wonder if you have 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 me as much as I do .

✱ ㅤ 𝕸𝗔͟𝗥͟𝗜͟𝗢͟𝗡͟𝗘͟𝗧͟𝗧͟𝗘͟ .@fatuiseventh.bsky.social · 2w ago

" Yes, yes. But that doesn't mean I didn't expect you to bounce. " she stated simply, even huffing a little.

𝘩𝘮 ? but aren't we 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 , sandrone ~? [ headwings flapping , willing to risk that fact——columbina scoots closer then , enough to 𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 invade sandrone's personal space . ] even when I'm no longer in the fatui , I still wish to keep us connected ~.

✱ ㅤ 𝕸𝗔͟𝗥͟𝗜͟𝗢͟𝗡͟𝗘͟𝗧͟𝗧͟𝗘͟ .@fatuiseventh.bsky.social · 2w ago

" There you are. I was worried you wouldn't show up, now that you're no longer loyal to the Fatui. " she crossed her arms, feigning annoyance.

[ immediately comes over without even a sound . 𝘵𝘦𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘺 hosting by sandrone does make columbina zoomed faster than light . ] 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 ~! 🌸

✱ ㅤ 𝕸𝗔͟𝗥͟𝗜͟𝗢͟𝗡͟𝗘͟𝗧͟𝗧͟𝗘͟ .@fatuiseventh.bsky.social · 2w ago

Tea party at seven. Invited individuals only.

ᅠ ᅠ ᅠᅠᅠ𝐀ᅠ𝐍IGHTINGALE'Sᅠ𝐅LIGHTᅠ𝐂ANᅠ𝐁Eᅠ𝐎VERCOMEᅠ𝐁Yᅠ𝐎BSTACLES——𝐘ETᅠ𝐄VERYᅠ𝐒INGLEᅠ𝐓HINGᅠ𝐁ECOMESᅠ𝐀LLᅠ𝐓HEᅠ𝐖ORTHWHILEᅠ𝐖ITHᅠ𝐎Rᅠ𝐖ITHOUTᅠ𝐒ACRIFICEᅠ. ᅠ ᅠ

𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧

𝕆𝕙 ℂ𝕒𝕡𝕥𝕒𝕚𝕟@honoredindeath.bsky.social · 2y ago

𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝, 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐬 𝐈 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐲 𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠

ᅠ ᅠ ᅠᅠᅠ𝐋ETᅠ𝐁YGONESᅠ𝐁Eᅠ𝐁YGONESᅠ, ᅠ𝐋ETᅠ𝐀ᅠ𝐒INFULᅠ𝐌ANᅠ𝐆ETᅠ𝐇ISᅠ𝐂HANCEᅠ𝐖ITHᅠ𝐋IFEᅠ, ᅠ𝐓EEMINGᅠ𝐖ITHᅠ𝐏EACEᅠ𝐀NDᅠ𝐇ARMONYᅠ. ᅠ ᅠ

𝘰𝘬𝘢𝘺 ~♪ [ the goddess responded like a chirping dove , gladly taking the new companion under her wing . columbina watches the cups being prepared , headwings flapping from the whiff of something 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘣𝘢𝘭 ? she can't quite tell , she's no tea

☽• 月光龙 •☾@lunarinvitation.bsky.social · last mo.

ㅤㅤ ㅤㅤ•° she found herself surprised once again, though delight bloomed alongside it. ㅤㅤ“Of course. Henceforth, we are friends.” ㅤㅤ•° it wouldn't be the first time she became friends with a deity. She thought about the heir of space, and then to the protector of time, among others. ↓

𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦 , it was marvelous ... but also 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤 . it took me the courage to return and I am happy about the outcome as well . [ and having to defeat dottore is an 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 , they don't need to worry about that man anymore but their future

Dr. Baizhu@dendrosnek.bsky.social · 3w ago

@moonlit-maiden.bsky.social "Miss Columbina, I'm glad to see you are well," Baizhu smiled softly, "The Traveler was telling me about your revival, it sounds like quite a harrowing experience."

...? [ columbina only mimicked the stranger's expression , wondering if there's something the person needs ...? ]

ᅠ𓏵ᅠ ✶ ͜𐝥𝐈ꛘ ‍͡ᴱ͙Y@luckns.bsky.social · 3w ago

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[ looks around ] it's quiet , but I like it . maybe I'll wait until I get to jump on someone ~.

𝒐𝒉 , it seems that pantalone is in high spirits today ... i wonder what got him so ... 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘶𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘥𝘴 ~? ♪

ᅠ‍ ᅠᅠᅠᅠ𓏵 ། ㅤTempㅤ 📌ㅤ .ᐟ ᅠ

ᅠ ᅠ ᅠᅠᅠ𝐋ETᅠ𝐌Eᅠ𝐁Eᅠ𝐘OURᅠ𝐃AWNᅠ𝐖HOᅠ𝐒HINESᅠ𝐀HEADᅠ𝐅ORᅠ𝐘OU; ᅠ𝐈ᅠ𝐖ILLᅠ𝐁Eᅠ𝐀ᅠ𝐖ARRIORᅠ𝐖ORTHᅠ𝐎Fᅠ𝐘OURᅠ𝐀CKNOWLEDGEMENT. ᅠ ᅠ

ㅤㅤㅤ ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ〈ᴘᴀᴛʜ ᴏꜰ ᴇᴍᴘᴛʏ ꜱᴋʏ〉ㅤㅤ ㅤㅤ ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ“𝙏𝙔𝙍𝘼𝙉𝙏𝙎 𝘽𝙀𝙏𝙏𝙀𝙍 𝙍𝙐𝙉” ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ

ᅠ ᅠ ᅠᅠᅠ𝐁ETWEEN ᅠ𝐅EELINGᅠ 𝐀NDᅠ 𝐋OGICᅠ, ᅠ𝐈ᅠ𝐎NLYᅠ 𝐃EMANDᅠ 𝐌Yᅠ𝐓HOUGHTSᅠ𝐓Oᅠ 𝐑EASONᅠ. ᅠ ᅠ

| for interest check . ♪

/ posting this here for my own reference as well.

𝘰𝘩 , I— [ columbina didn't mean to be 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘢𝘵𝘺 again ... maybe it's because there wasn't anyone around that she's a little ... 𝘢𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 , albeit the 𝒌𝒖𝒖𝒉𝒆𝒏𝒌𝒊𝒔 are there to help her . she 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴 the people she met , that is all . ] do I look like

flins.⋆༺☾༻⛧🕯@phosphylax.bsky.social · last mo.

(Flins folds one arm behind his back in a show of respect and gives a slight bow.) I am greatly appreciative of your offer, Miss Columbina. However, there is nothing I am in need of assistance with today. (He tilts his head, eyes creasing along with the serene smile he gives her.) +

| for interest check . ♪

flins ? [ suddenly , her wings flapped with delight . finally , a familiar one . ] ... or wait , do you need something ? I would love to help ! ♪

flins.⋆༺☾༻⛧🕯@phosphylax.bsky.social · last mo.

Good evening, Miss Columbina.

[ softly sighs; no one familiar around here ... wings drooping ... ]

are you ... illuga ? [ columbina never met @dawnbearer.bsky.social in person; she knew because flins talked with 𝘴𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 about this certain gentleman , actually picked that name up during her disappearance with the others helping her patched up again

I can tell that you're no 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 . [ or maybe columbina is reading into it 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 ? cranium tilts to face @thus-spoke.bsky.social , senses upgraded to their usual sensitivity because her eyes aren't 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 ... she could only tell from feeling alone ,

hello . [ columbina waved at @endearingfarmhand.bsky.social ——another outlander , the subconscious tells her . although , she's not particular with greeting strangers yet , she can't help but become 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 . encounters like this are like one in a dime ,