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[Loomi]

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Tags: Braze

Epo-1, Lushi​

"Aren't you afraid of getting lost?"

"I've been lost for my entire life," Loomi noted. Her good eye drifted towards the stars above. "I've been dragged across the galaxy and back more times than I can count... or even remember for that matter. Sometimes it's because of people. Sometimes it's because if random chance. Even so..."

A radiant smile spread across her face. Where others looked out at a cruel galaxy she looked out at a beautiful, chaotic symphony. Waves of harmonic irregularity crashing and mixing together into a tapestry vaster than the mind could fathom. After all she had been through, Loomi still couldn't look upon existence with hatred. Even with all the turmoil she had endured, because...

"I have faith that I'll be carried where I need to go. And that I'll never be lost for long."

 

[Braze]

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"That's a very commendable…and brave thing to believe," Braze offered softly. It was a perspective he struggled to understand. In truth, he feared a great many things; worry followed him into every waking moment, gnawing at the edges of his thoughts. His brave face had become a constant façade, one that grew heavier each time he forced it back into place.

He lowered his gaze and gently shook his head…

"I've been terrified for so long that I'm not sure I remember what it feels like to be secure anymore," he confessed, his voice scarcely rising above the space between them.

 

[Loomi]

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Epo-1, Lushi​

"I've been terrified for so long that I'm not sure I remember what it feels like to be secure anymore,"

"I can remind you..."

Loomi's hand drew away from Braze's as she pivoted, finding it's way to his cheek. It lingered there for a moment as her thumb pressed into the skin. Her hands were a bit softer than they had been when she was younger. Her callouses had been offered some time to heal and recede.

"If... you'll let me try, I mean..." she finally said after a moment of silence, her cheeks becoming slightly rosy as her good eye glanced to the side. A pout formed within her lips. "You've been working yourself too hard anyways... so I maybe might be a bit more insistent."

Her tone oozed with a blend of compassion and affection. It was clear that, above all else...

She wanted to help.

 

[Braze]

Tags: Loomi

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He blinked softly, his gaze leaving the greater galaxy scattered across the night sky to settle upon her eye.

A playful little mogwai grin crept across his features. "Insistent~?" he queried.

Braze shifted to stand, though one hand rose over hers, keeping her palm pressed against his cheek as he turned to face her properly. He seemed unwilling to surrender that contact even as he moved.

"Well…traditionally, Echani men are expected to recognize when a woman has thoroughly won the exchange," he offered, drawing the words out beneath a teasing lilt. "It would be terribly disrespectful of me to continue arguing after such a decisive victory…"

His grin spread just a little wider....

"Though I imagine the traditional approach would be rather more…forceful than merely insistent~"

 

[Loomi]

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Epo-1, Lushi​

"Though I imagine the traditional approach would be rather more…forceful than merely insistent~"

Loomi let out an exhale.

"You'd like that, wouldn't you..." she muttered.

For a moment her thumb pad brushed over the scar on his cheek. After a moment her gaze found it's way back to sea. Or... what appeared as the sea for this place. She knew that it was ancient and artificial. Planets didn't just appear in ring shapes after all.

Even so, it felt very real.

"I think I'm ready to go..." Loomi told Braze in a hushed tone.

 

[Braze]

Tags: Loomi

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"More than you know~" he answered, his voice carrying a playful, cheeky lilt.

Braze dipped beneath the surface, slipping closer before sweeping an arm beneath her and scooping her up into his arms. Lifting her was considerably easier with the water helping to bear her weight.

He surfaced again with a quick breath of the cool evening air, holding her securely against him.

"As you wish~ Up you go~" he chirped.

Braze carried her slowly toward shore, careful of his footing as the water grew shallower. Once they reached the blanket he had laid out earlier, he lowered her gently onto it before fetching the large, fluffy towel nearby. He unfolded it and wrapped it carefully around her shoulders, drawing the warm fabric close around her.

 

[Loomi]

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Tags: Braze

Epo-1, Lushi​

"As you wish~ Up you go~" he chirped.

Braze carried her slowly toward shore, careful of his footing as the water grew shallower. Once they reached the blanket he had laid out earlier, he lowered her gently onto it before fetching the large, fluffy towel nearby. He unfolded it and wrapped it carefully around her shoulders, drawing the warm fabric close around her.

Loomi was complaint the whole way, seemingly quite content to be carried. When she was set down her hands moved to the towel now on her shoulders to begin drying herself off.

"You spoil me too much..." she noted. "Carry me like that so regularly and I might become lazy~"

An airy laugh escaped her lips before she moved to dry her new prosthetics. They seemed to repel water very well. It felt so strange, having legs that seemed so organic. Of course, Loomi could tell that the synth skin wasn't real, but the idea was quite novel. She wouldn't wear them while she was performing her Jedi duties, just to keep them pristine, but she saw no reason to not wear them while she was resting...

They were quite comfortable.

 

[Braze]

Tags: Loomi

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"Well, all you have to do is ask nicely, and I'll do my best, as long as I'm capable," Braze offered softly.

He decided that telling her to use it or lose it would probably go over rather poorly, given the context of her unique predicament.

"Is there any reason you can think of that you don't deserve to be spoiled~?" Braze asked instead, a coy little smirk curling across his features.

He bent forward as he dried himself off, flopping a black towel over his white locks and tousling them beneath it. His hair was messy and a little crisp from the salt; after tugging out the hair tie, he let the length spill freely over his shoulders. It seemed to have been getting longer than usual lately… apparently, he hadn't been keeping up with trimming it nearly as often.

 

[Loomi]

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Epo-1, Lushi​

"Is there any reason you can think of that you don't deserve to be spoiled~?"

"Hmph," Loomi huffed, though it was playful. "For someone who has an interest in me being forceful, you seem quite intent on softening my form. I've my health to consider, you know."

Loomi sauntered over with a gentle ease and reached out to run her hand through his hair that had spilled over his back. Then she began to braid a little section of it, a bit mindlessly. It had grown quite long now, longer than she had ever seen it.

She quite liked how it was.

"I can't give you any edge," she stated. "If you must spoil me, I'd have to spoil you in turn."

 

[Braze]

Tags: Loomi

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Braze couldn't help the little chuckle that escaped him. He seemed to still as she began to toy with his pearly white locks, gathering them together into a braid.

"That's quite alright with me," he teased in reply, finding no harm at all in the reciprocal gestures of affection.

"I've just about finished building a home for us… I'm very excited to take a few weeks to simply rest and relax inside the pretty little escape I've built." His smile softened as he spoke, content to remain beneath the careful attention of her fingers. "Though my attentions been rather split lately… I would love for you to join me there."

Braze considered that for a moment before adding, almost hopefully, "Maybe help me pick out invitations for a housewarming party?"

As he spoke, he lifted his own towel and gently patted at her here and there, chasing away whatever stray droplets of water he could find.

 

[Loomi]

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Epo-1, Lushi​

"Though my attentions been rather split lately… I would love for you to join me there."

Braze considered that for a moment before adding, almost hopefully, "Maybe help me pick out invitations for a housewarming party?"

"You know..." Loomi responded with a warm tone, "I have gotten pretty good at weaving things. I'm certain I could make some appropriate decorations. But I would love to help pick out some guests to invite."

As she drew her hands away, Braze would now have a braid intertwined within his locks.

"It's kind of exciting, isn't it?" she asked with a light giggle. "We haven't lived together since I left the Mud Duck."

 

[Braze]

Tags: Loomi

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"I think some decorations would be nice. I've been learning all sorts of artistic pursuits, from woodworking and joinery to blacksmithing, goldsmithing, and stone masonry… I've learned how a lot of things are made over the last few years," Braze offered lightly. "It might be nice to have some artistic creations from you around that I can admire."

"It is exciting… I'm looking forward to some hard-earned rest and relaxation, for a little while at least," Braze offered gently as he dusted off his feet and tried to work his boots back into place, fussing with the various complex fastenings.

 

[Loomi]

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Epo-1, Lushi​

"It is exciting… I'm looking forward to some hard-earned rest and relaxation, for a little while at least,"

"And that means actually sleeping," Loomi noted, giving him a smirk. "The 'rest' part of R&R is just as important as the 'relaxation' part."

Her tone did soften though, and a darker color came to her cheeks.

"You know..." she continued quietly, "If you're so poor at sleeping... and you can't bring yourself to close your eyes at least for a bit... you could at least keep me company..."

Then her face became even darker.

"Not that... you have to or anything... I'd just like that."

 

[Braze]

Tags: Loomi

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"Is that an invitation to cuddle up and keep warm during the cold of the evenings~?" Braze asked playfully, as though getting confirmation itself were some delightful little thing to coax from her. He rose, brushing the sand from his clothes in little patting swats.

"I love sand… almost impossible to touch without taking some with you too…" He chuckled softly at that.

"What I really love is sprawling out on a warm sandy beach on a balmy day… feeling the sun soaked grains beneath your back, whilst listening to the gentle lap of waves roll in while the fresh sea breeze keeps you cool." His smile softened.

 

[Loomi]

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Epo-1, Lushi​

"That's weird," Loomi noted in regards to the sand. "But I like weird."

As she turned and began to make her way over to where the Mud Duck was positioned, she turned back and spoke again.

"That was an invitation," the Godoan confirmed, "But... you always had one before."

And from there she would slink away onto the ship.