[thread; CLOSED] Some grown-up girl bonding time.

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Characters: Dagger and Eiko (with a Cameo by Auron)
Progress: ongoing
Summary: after many months of delays and re-scheduling, Eiko finally comes for her Monthly Visit
Location: Alexandria
Date: Mid-November
Warnings: None?

Being back in Alexandria was not what Garnet had expected; she had expected to return home quietly once the threat of Kefka had been lifted. After being kept in hiding for just over a week, and then finding herself spirited away to the outer continent, the world is unrest, she'd had no choice but to returned to her half-ruined home. The damage from the night of the Ball remained, and added on top of it, the dust that settled and the effects of time passing them all by. The fields were being harvested furiously, an attempt to salvage what of the produce had not rotted from neglect. The queen had her work cut out for her once more.

But on this particular afternoon, the repairs to the ballroom were well under-way. The palace had already been cleaned of dust and cobwebs, and the maids were busily making up two of the guest rooms. Eiko was due to arrive this afternoon, and as Garnet had heard it, she was to be accompanied by a personal guardian. Not that Garnet really blamed Cid... The world had somehow become an alien and dangerous place to all of them.

Dressed down for the afternoon, Garnet made her way out to the dock. Hair braided loosely, clad in one of her silk riding shirts, tan pants, and a decorative marigold bodice with front laces, The young queen paced the door, looking across the the water to the city skyline. The airship had to have arrived by now, right?

And that's when she saw them; the bouncing form of the nine-year-old summoner, and behind her a tall man with dark hair, peppered with streaks of grey. Must be her guardian, Garnet mused to herself, standing on tip-toe, and waving across the water as they boarded the small ferry boat to bring them over to the palace.

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"He better. I didn't give him up just so he could run off again. Men!" That last word was uttered in a tone of complete exasperation that Eiko could have only learned from overhearing it. She herself had no actual experience in the realms of romantic relationships, outside of her old crush on Zidane. She just thought she understood them. Then again, at the ripe old age of nine, the child had a rather keen grasp on people, product of her watching and absorbing everything around her.

Unfortunately, Garnet broached the wall surrounding the topic of the party, so Eiko decided to march boldly ahead with it. "So, tell me about the party! I want to know everything!"