[open] lookin' for the love getaway.

[babbylon]

Who: Gilgamesh and everyone visiting Heaven's Feel!
When: 5/1—5/8
Where: Caissa, Heaven's Feel storefront
What: The grand opening of Heaven's Feel, Caissa's premier matchmaking service, has arrived! Stop by for food, drinks, and some friendly fun with your fellow Heroes! ...or maybe even pick up a date, who knows.
Rating: General audiences, except for Gil's threads because he was pretty much making out with everyone. Tread carefully.

Heaven's Feel



[Maybe you've heard, or maybe you haven't, but there's a new business in town. It's plastered everywhere, posted on the side of every building and shouted from the end of every street corner in Caissa. Heaven's Feel, Heaven's Feel, come fly with the angels at Heaven's Feel! Really, who writes something so cheesy? The owner must be a real piece of work, you think, yet there's something enticing about the sound of it...

If you do decide to stop by within the first week of May, you'll find a massive celebration awaiting you: the celebration of opening day! Eager workers wave down anyone who gets close, with offers of wine tasting, sweet treats, and even speed dating. The store's interior bustles with activity as visitors fill out cute little survey cards in hopes of a hook-up. The owner in question can be found mingling in the crowd, bartending, and drawing charcoal caricatures of couples for a nominal fee.

Overall, the atmosphere is one of excitement. Hop right in! There's plenty of room for lounging on the cushy furniture, and plenty of time to find your own hottie.

...or perfectly platonic friend. Look, we're not judging or anything.]

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[babbylon]

[Just one kiss proves more than enough. There's a great deal of loyalty invested in it, and Gilgamesh prizes nothing higher. Companions could come and go, alliances were forged and then fell apart, but those who were really and truly loyal... those sorts of people were worth keeping around. Gilgamesh was nothing like shy, though there's a hint of it to his smile now, watching Setsuna bow his head and praise him with his lips. Gilgamesh so often played the pursuer that he's almost forgotten what it's like to be pursued in turn, if only in Setsuna's special way.

Gilgamesh scoots his chair closer and draws Setsuna's head to rest upon his shoulder comfortably. To anyone looking on, they just appeared a contented couple. And maybe there were, in a sense. A King and his knight. He remembers his conversation with Vietnam, asking her if this was the wrong path. If he should've committed himself to loneliness instead, he's always been and assumed he'd always be.

But having gotten a taste of this, a taste of what it was like to live life with others in it, he's not sure he can go back.]

Would you like to help tend the flowers here, Setsuna?

[It's a spur of the moment offering, something he'd just thought of. But it seem right up his alley.]

[quaria]

[ Oddly enough, Setsuna is also recalling Vietnam's words. As he is lead to rest against that shoulder he learned to trust in time, he recalls the moment where he was in a similar position with Vietnam only a day ago. Yesterday, he held another meaningful conversation with her as he continuously asks questions to people around him. She told him yesterday, "I think you can do to be a little more selfish. You want to learn about all kinds of emotions, no? That is why you want to read the terrible book? Then let's go do something stupid." Today, the King reminded him as well; it's fine to do what he really wants to, just as he's always done in the battlefield where he can so easily express himself.

Setsuna certainly feels blessed with everyone being so supportive of him and his personal quest. This is more than what he could ever ask for. When he first came to this world, he already quickly decided how to face the situation that he found himself in without lingering turmoil. Apart from being trained to adjust to extreme circumstances, it is also because he came to a realization; an important epiphany that he could use this chance to discover more about others — those beyond his own world. He could witness the lives here; to know Noir, to know Blanc, and to know his fellow Heroes. Alongside these and more, he intends to do everything he can without wasting a single second. Everyday is precious, as time won't always be kind.

That's why... Peaceful moments such as these, Setsuna will always regard with all of his respect and heart. He keeps his eyes closed for a while longer, until the unexpected question comes to him and they once again widen. How can he deny it? He wants to. ... He's been told that it's all right to be selfish, not just by one person, but many of those who he learned to care for. And so, he will. He nods against that shoulder, maybe sinking faintly more against it as well. Flowers hold so much meaning for him, because they've always been a source of strength of his ever since he could remember. He can never turn his back away from them. ]

King...

[ Eventually, Setsuna sits up again. Looking down their respective laps, he offers a more determined nod to signify that he'll take the role seriously. It'll help the shop too, so he's quite happy for that as well. Being selfish doesn't necessarily have to be a completely bad thing. Though, he still wants to be respectful as possible. That's how much he treasures his connections to people. ]

[babbylon]

[Gilgamesh was wild, at the best of times. Chaotic by nature, volatile in nearly all he said and did. Before coming here, before being humbled by loss of power and loss of control, he spared precious few from his wrath. He was violent, and vicious, and exactly the sort of person Setsuna would despise. The sort of person he never would've gotten along with, would have to put down in his quest for understanding.

But in Enprise, the fates had been altered. His fortunes had changed, and so brought the two together. Bit by bit, little by little, Gilgamesh learned a different way, while retaining the core of himself. To this day, he'd never quite know why saving just one flower in the snow was so important. Why just one life mattered so much. Even so, it would not be an exaggeration to claim he has fallen for this man beside him, and though his affections will not be returned, they don't have to be. This is enough.

It is enough that Setsuna calls him King, and he calls Setsuna knight, and that they are together. So he squeezes his hand, and says to him:]

You are a very strange companion, Setsuna, like none I would ever think to have. But whatever you are, and are not...

[You are mine.]

I would always be happy to share this space with you.

[quaria]

[ Although such strong feelings aren't returned, it doesn't make them any less important. No, it actually makes it more significant; those sentiments are what Setsuna carries with him — he remembers them, allowing further meaning to his existence. He will always unquestionably appreciate them. Even if he's no longer deserving to be accepted, people such as Gilgamesh continue to do so regardless. Through their ties and memories, he is shaped into existence. Even if one day they should part, his existence will always remain. He's made a difference, and that very concept is very human. It's why one life matters so much, because even as it should end, the accomplishments of that life will never be fade.

Setsuna is honored to serve a purpose. Although he's always regarded himself as an object, the people that love him always try to convince him otherwise. They all want him to be happy too, but he has always been satisfied with the role that he's received. Fighting for a better future, where children wouldn't have to live through what he did... A future where others can choose to create their own, where none will fall prey to the abomination of a bloody, senseless war. If he could bring humanity closer to it, then he knows that he's done something that matters — that his fights doesn't always simply end in trampling lives under his feet. Indeed, he would have done everything just to cut through the future. It didn't matter who or what was in his way. He will fight without hesitation, because it's the only thing that he can ever do.

"A strange companion." Setsuna couldn't deny it, he knows that well. He of all people would know that he's strange and out of place — incredibly so, that he still doesn't feel like he should be in here either. He truly doesn't suit this shop; but because of the feelings of one person, he became significant. He returns a squeeze to that warm hand, his distant eyes remaining with a familiar shine. Even if he's so far above the sky, it's such emotions which reach out for him, anchor him to the earth. But... ]

I am here to fulfill what I believe in. And, in doing so, I will also...

[ It goes unsaid, because he already told the King of it before. His words on a rainy day, right before that field of flowers... He will undoubtedly help this person continue finding happiness; and as he does, he hopes to realize its true definition.

"I hope that one day, you'll realize your own happiness."

This life that he's protected up to this point and on, doesn't want that life to wilt away like a forgotten flower. No, as much as his strength will allow it, he wants to secure a future for each and every life that he protects... ]