[On the other hand, Maya's used to being left behind. It'd been happening all her life -- ever since she was an actual baby. People came, people went -- she wouldn't resent them for leaving even if they had a choice. Maybe some of them do.]
[It's awfully lonely, though. Especially with how long it's been since she's seen Phoenix. She knows time doesn't work quite right, in this case -- the second she goes back will be the same second she left, in her timeline (if she goes back), but-- it's hard not to feel isolated, sometimes. Missions go well and missions go badly, there's few things that are constant in her life now, and--]
[One of those things is Peter. The best constant, actually. No matter what goes wrong, no matter who leaves, no matter what happens, she knows she can stay strong if he's there with her. Which he is, in a literal sense, currently. They're back in Oska and though Maya can't quite bring herself to think of it as home, she's glad to be back. She's on her way to the kitchen with him when she gets wind of an odd sensation, and then, all of a sudden, he reaches out towards her to grab her arm.]
Peter? What's up?
[And it's about then that she notices she can't move. That neither of them can, actually. That there's something hanging above-- it's freaking mistletoe
Seriously?! Is someone pranking us?!
[She huffs in tandem with him, but there's just one little thing. When she thinks about the possibility of kissing Peter, it's not really an annoyance, but---]
[Actually, her heart starts to beat a little faster. What is up with that?]
Oh. Um, y-yeah.... I bet someone can burn it up with magic or something! Lemme grab my magitek, there's no way I'm going to let us get stuck here when there's a feast waiting for us in the kitchen!
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[It's awfully lonely, though. Especially with how long it's been since she's seen Phoenix. She knows time doesn't work quite right, in this case -- the second she goes back will be the same second she left, in her timeline (if she goes back), but-- it's hard not to feel isolated, sometimes. Missions go well and missions go badly, there's few things that are constant in her life now, and--]
[One of those things is Peter. The best constant, actually. No matter what goes wrong, no matter who leaves, no matter what happens, she knows she can stay strong if he's there with her. Which he is, in a literal sense, currently. They're back in Oska and though Maya can't quite bring herself to think of it as home, she's glad to be back. She's on her way to the kitchen with him when she gets wind of an odd sensation, and then, all of a sudden, he reaches out towards her to grab her arm.]
Peter? What's up?
[And it's about then that she notices she can't move. That neither of them can, actually. That there's something hanging above-- it's freaking mistletoe
Seriously?! Is someone pranking us?!
[She huffs in tandem with him, but there's just one little thing. When she thinks about the possibility of kissing Peter, it's not really an annoyance, but---]
[Actually, her heart starts to beat a little faster. What is up with that?]
Oh. Um, y-yeah.... I bet someone can burn it up with magic or something! Lemme grab my magitek, there's no way I'm going to let us get stuck here when there's a feast waiting for us in the kitchen!