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Rin sighed heavily as the magic dissipated under her hands. The flawless gem that Gil had provided to her was a stain on the floor now. Small sparkles flickered in the air. The scent of magic heavily layering the air before very slowly fading as Rin's hopes went along with it. Her shoulders slumped dramatically. What a failure. And even worse a unbelievably beautiful jewel had been wasted. Even though technically she hadn't needed to pay for the once quite large jewel; it still weighed heavy on her heart. She mentally mourned the loss even.
Suppressing the urge to sigh again, Rin reached for the heavy tome that was off to her side which she had been using as basis groundwork with one hand. Rin was already making thinking about what adjustments she needed to make for her spell work. With her other hand, she reached for her notebook which was filled with her own personal notes. Rin's eyes scanned over her work- just wondering where she went wrong.
Had she missed something?
Was her conversion rates off?
Did she use the wrong gem?
Was her math wrong?
Blowing her bangs from her face, Rin frowned.
Think.
Think.
Think.
THINK.
"ARGH" Rin practically shouted in frustration- shaking her head back and forth. Hands tugging at her hair. She wanted to throw a fit. She had spent so much time on this spell an its preparations. Just ...for nothing. Well she supposed the sparkles in the air was pretty but obviously way off with what she had wanted to do. Her father would surely be ashamed.
She needed to concentrate. She needed to think it out. She needed to….
'Here, Master!" Gil's voice interrupted her mental scolding of herself as her pen entered her view. Slowly blinking. Rin felt herself blush as she had forgotten that he was with her. Which she really shouldn't have since she had purposely tracked him down with specific dimensions of a gem she wanted to use in a spell. Which he in turn- happily supplied. Eager to help her. And of course she had been super confident that her spell would work- so she hadn't really objected when he gave the condition to stay with her to perform it.
Still upset, Rin took the pen from his hand as her shoulders slumped down even further. Gil in turn smiled brightly at her. At the sight, Rin gave him a weak smile. It wasn't like it was his fault it hadn't worked. And he really was being helpful with supplying her all the things she asked for. Even though he kept telling people she was girlfriend and she kept having explaining she was a girl that was also a friend. There was a difference. Rin was half certain that the young hero was just wearing her down.
"Master! That was quite fun!" Gil said as took the books from her. Rin opened her mouth to protest. She needed to focus. To pore over her notes and read obsessively until she could figure it out. He slowly stood up and then he held out a hand. Rin took more than a moment before grasping it. She looked back at the dying lights fading into nothingness.
His hand was warm.
...she supposed it couldn't get hurt to take a small break.
aww...and...I'm toying with an idea of an story arc(s)/adventure time.
If I do..hope you guys enjoy! stay tuned :)