They made it home after the day out. Yue and Orie were beset upon by Rainarch, who was more than happy to pounce them. Blithe and Zinnia were here too, of course. "Take me next time, I'm tired of being cooped up!" Rain cried, inciting a smile from Yue who ruffled her dark hair. "Yes, we'll take you next time." She nuzzled noses with her precious familiar who scampered away to allow Zinnia and Blithe a chance to welcome the sisters home. Was there something wrong with Zinnia? She didn't seem energetic as usual, and she had a book with strange but almost familiar letters. Could it be some human language?
"Claris is still missing, but Zolair is being compliant with the Elders' orders for now." Yue told Zinnia after giving her a hug. "He's just cleaning up the shop for when Claris comes back." Orie added, frowning distinctly. Perhaps Zolair did kill her, but it was Claris's hatre dof her that allowed it. Because of that, the prodigy wasn't exactly sure how she felt about the wandmaker other than that she was an unfortunate victim of many things. "let's hope Flammel finds some way to bring Claris back." Last time they saw the Orange Wizard, he seemed lonely that Wing wasn't adventuring with him this time. Still, they had no choice but to accept that the Rainbow Witch was gone.
Protea Zonenshine was once Zinnia's friend and lover. No doubt Zinnia would care about an update on her situation as well. "Protea seems well behaved in prison." Yue gave Zinnia a half smile. "I guess she doesn't care about being in prison as long as she's free from Zeal." Orie rubbed at the red marks on her arms as she sat down, which burned and throbbed on occasion for no reason. "I gave her the prototype for the Mana Battery." Orie explained, her newest device would hopefully be a success. "If all goes well, she'll be able to use magic again soon."
With the updates over, Yue took Zinnia by the hand, grinning up at her. Why did Zinnia look so off? So distracted? The Silver Witch did not know. "Hollow's Eve is coming soon." Maybe a distraction was in order from whatever was on her love's mind. "Let's do something different. How about I choose your costume, and you choose mine?" Maybe it would spice things up a little!