Isolated Black Swan Base

[Emily ~Autumn, Winter~, First-in-Command]

Harmony nodded again. "If you're up to the challenge. It takes a long time. It took me about a week to learn how to do it right."

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Second-in-Command]

"Sounds fine with me." Noil smiled.

[Emily ~Autumn, Winter~, First-in-Command]

Harmony smiled back. "How about we start tomorrow? I think you should rest and get settled in first."

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Second-in-Command]

"Very well, madame," Noil bowed. "I shall eagerly wait for your instruction."

[Emily ~Autumn, Winter~, First-in-Command]

Harmony laughed softly and patted his cheek. "Come on. Anek and Laurel are probably already irritated enough at me for stealing their charge and taking him out of their range of protection without me keeping you down here for long."

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Second-in-Command]

"Nah. I don't mind." Noil laughed. "Though I think the goblins would argue."

[Emily ~Autumn, Winter~, First-in-Command]

"I know they will." Harmony smiled and shook her head a little, then took his hand. "You still need to rest as well."

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Second-in-Command]

"Very well, lovely hostess. I think I will." Noil gave her a warm smile.

[Emily ~Autumn, Winter~, First-in-Command]

Harmony blushed lightly. "Alright, come along then." She started pulling him with her towards the cave exit.

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Second-in-Command]

"This is truly an amazing place Harmony." Noil commented as he allowed himself to be lead with her hand.

[Emily ~Autumn, Winter~, First-in-Command]

"Only the best for you!" Harmony chimed with a grin.

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Second-in-Command]

Noil laughed. "That's the funniest joke I've ever heard. Okay, maybe not the funniest but close."

[Emily ~Autumn, Winter~, First-in-Command]

"Oh it wasn't a joke dear," Harmony said lightly. "We really did give you our best available house."

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Second-in-Command]

"Well, thank you very much." Noil quickly gave her a peck on the cheek.

[Emily ~Autumn, Winter~, First-in-Command]

Harmony blushed deep red and let her hair fall in front of her face to hide. "Anytime!" She said, trying to sound casual.

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Second-in-Command]

Noil brushed her hair away. "You look a lot better when you're not hiding behind all that hair."

[Emily ~Autumn, Winter~, First-in-Command]

Harmony looked down at the floor and smiled the slightest bit. She didn't entirely know how to respond to that, and even if she did, she was too busy telling her flaming cheeks to stop it.

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Second-in-Command]

Noil laughed. "You know, you're cute when you do that. Don't think I haven't noticed."

[Emily ~Autumn, Winter~, First-in-Command]

"Do what?" Harmony asked innocently.

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Second-in-Command]

"When you blush. It makes you look even cuter. There you go again!" Noil laughed as he winked.

[Emily ~Autumn, Winter~, First-in-Command]

Harmony tried to hide behind her hair again. "Heyyy you can't make me blush! I'm supposed to be a strong Black Swan warrior!" She complained lightly.

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Second-in-Command]

"You did it again!" Noil titled her chin to look up at him. "You really shouldn't hide behind that hair. It hides all your best features."

[Emily ~Autumn, Winter~, First-in-Command]

Harmony was pretty much not alive at that moment, as her face was on fire, and her heart was beating so loud that she was afraid he could hear it.

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Second-in-Command]

Noil cleared his throat. "We should probably get a move on."
He really hoped he wasn't making Harmony uncomfortable. That would be the last thing he would ever want to have happen.

[Emily ~Autumn, Winter~, First-in-Command]

Harmony nodded slightly. "Probably," she agreed in barely more than a whisper. She took his hand again and lead him back up to the surface, arching the water over them as they went.

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Second-in-Command]

"If you do that every we time we come down to the cave, I may just hug you." Noil winked at her and smiled.

[Emily ~Autumn, Winter~, First-in-Command]

"Well it's underwater silly! I have to make a bubble around us or we'd all wet!" Harmony said, still blushing, and trying to figure out how she was going to explain to the very pushy Laurel why she was.

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Second-in-Command]

"Still, if you do it one more time . . . " Noil opened his arms wide at her and smiled.

[Emily ~Autumn, Winter~, First-in-Command]

Harmony sighed in mock exasperation. "I'll have to do it every time we come down here," she warned with a grin.

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Second-in-Command]

"Fine with me. Now! Are we heading back to my official new home." Noil asked, slightly hoping she would say no.

[Emily ~Autumn, Winter~, First-in-Command]

Harmony opened her mouth to say yes, but then she remembered another neat thing about the island. "Weeellllll, we have to go to the surface still, but there's something else I want to show you."

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Second-in-Command]

"Ooo. Another secret. I love it!" Noil exclaimed.
He felt relieved that Harmony wanted to take him to a different place. It would certainly make things a bit more exciting.

[Emily ~Autumn, Winter~, First-in-Command]

Harmony chuckled and linked her arm through his. She set the water back flat once they were on dry ground. Sure enough, Laurel and Anek were standing with their arms crossed and a scowl on their faces. "What took you so long?" Laurel asked with an irritated tone.

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Second-in-Command]

"Hey, it's alright," Noil gestured to Harmony. "My lovely friend here just wanted to show me the interesting rock walls that produced color."

[Emily ~Autumn, Winter~, First-in-Command]

Laurel pressed her lips together in a tight line. "And it takes a half an hour to looks at the pretty lights?"

"I showed him other parts of the cave too," Harmony said.

"I assume you sung at all of them and that's why your face is so red," Anek commented.

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Second-in-Command]

"Of course! The pretty lights need time to look at," Noil smiled at Harmony. "As for why Harmony's face is a bit red, I may know the answer."

[Emily ~Autumn, Winter~, First-in-Command]

Harmony didn't say anything because she was pretty sure she'd actually just make it worse for herself.

Anek smirked. "And what do you suppose the answer is, Mister Forster?"

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Second-in-Command]

"Either, my incredibly good looks or she just loves the color red so much that she turns into it herself." Noil said plainly.

[Emily ~Autumn, Winter~, First-in-Command]

Harmony lowered her head and facepalmed. "Let's go with the second theory."

Laurel cracked a grin. "Oohhhhh! Alright I'll let it pass this time." She snickered.

"This is what I get for letting Noil answer for me," Harmony muttered.

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Second-in-Command]

"It's not my fault you love the color red," Noil nudge her arm. "Am I right about the first or second?"

[Emily ~Autumn, Winter~, First-in-Command]

"No comment," Harmony said with a sort-of-firm nod.

"Translation," Laurel chimed in, "You were right about the first one."

Harmony blushed brighter and wrinkled her nose. "How did we get on this topic?"

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Second-in-Command]

"I believe the goblins were talking about your face turning a delightful red, my dear." Noil smiled.
Was the goblin right? Did Harmony actually think he had some good looks?

[Emily ~Autumn, Winter~, First-in-Command]

Harmony covered her face with her hands. Get it together Harmony! You're a mess! "I thought we were going to go see the other thing!" She said through her fingers.

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Second-in-Command]

"Oh yes! That's right we were going to see a beautiful place before you two decided to interrupt us. Good day!" Noil said as he walked straight forward and held his grip on Harmony's delicate hand.

[Emily ~Autumn, Winter~, First-in-Command]

Anek snorted in amusement and Laurel sniggered as they past.

Harmony leaned her head against Noil when they were out of the goblins' sights and let out a sigh. "Sometimes goblins make me crazy. Laurel and Anek in particular. They're like some sort of secretly devil duo set on causing me as much embarrassment as possible."

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Second-in-Command]

"Just ignore them." Noil waved her off, noticing she was leaning on him. "Everything okay?"

[Emily ~Autumn, Winter~, First-in-Command]

Harmony nodded. "Just tired." She chuckled. "But it's was I get for staying up all night."

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Second-in-Command]

"Are you up because of midterms?" Noil asked.

[Emily ~Autumn, Winter~, First-in-Command]

Harmony froze and gasped loudly. "OH SHOOT!!! I COMPLETELY FORGOT ABOUT THAT!"

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Second-in-Command]

"Uh oh. Sounds like someone forgot." Noil teased. "Have no fear because I shall help you!"