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When; This afternoon
Rating; G
Characters; Lilith Sahl, Seth and Abel Nightroad.
Summary; While admiring the gardens, Seth and Lilith meet up with Abel again, and it’s more lovey reunions all over again.
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For being such an eerie city, it's gardens were surprisingly beautiful and enchanting, splashes of color everywhere around them, like paint mixing together. It was a treat for the eyes, especially for Lilith, who technically hadn’t seen a flower in nine hundred years.

Spending time with Seth only made it even better, and Lilith glanced down at the girl by her side, who was just as taken with the gardens as she was. “Beautiful, isn’t it?” she remarked, reaching down to playfully slip a daisy behind Seth’s ear.

“Abel should be along sometime soon,” she added, feeling her breath catch in her chest. She was a little nervous, and she hoped it didn’t show too much in her countenance. It had been a long time since she had seen Abel’s face, or heard his voice and watched him smile. She was excited.

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Returning to Lilith and Abel's side, arms full of flowers of all colors of the rainbow, Seth looked up at them and nodded. Listening in on their exchange sombered her up exponentially, but she did her best not to show it. She wondered truly if things between herself and Lilith would go back to normal as easily as they had for her and Abel, for her brother wasn't the only one at fault for things that happened centuries ago. And unlike Abel, Seth had chosen a very different path.

"Are you two finished?" She giggled, handing them each a candy-coated blossom, the sweet aroma filling the air. "If you are, I think I'd like to have some tea."

"We are, for now," Lilith smiled down at Seth and her bouquet of flowers, taking the flower that she handed her. "You did not have to leave though, Seth," she winked playfully at the girl, glancing over at Abel with a smile.

"Abel, have you tried Seth's tea?" she asked curiously, looking up at him. "I had some when we first met up. Perhaps I am biased, because it is Seth and it was the first tea I have had to drink in nine hundred years, but it was very good. Perhaps we should go sit and have some, hmm?" she offered, looking back and forth between the two of them.

Abel took the flower from Seth before smiling at the other. He whispered a silent thank you to her before turning to look at Lilith as she spoke. "Tea?" he repeated. "I... I don't think I have actually.

"So, I shall agree with the consensus." He laughed softly and looked between the other two. A spot of tea with two of the people he cared for most in the world sounded like an excellent idea, even if the other two hadn't suggested it in the first place. "Where should we go? Or should we just stay here?"

Winking at her brother, Seth twirled around on her heels and chirped, "You're missing out, Abel-nii!" A pause. "Why don't we have tea here in the garden? It's so beautiful here!"

Seth tossed her bouquet into the air, watching in delight as the flowers scattered through the air, carried by the warm wind. One, two, three cups poured from the container on her back, one for each of them. She nestled herself into the grass with a content sigh.

Almost content. Closing her eyes to savor the moment, she found her mind adrift, going places she didn't want it to go. The carousel, ticking, and the promise of destruction. Things she didn't want to think about just then, for it was supposed to be a happy moment. A reunion. The voice that whispered Armageddon was not welcome.

"Hey, hey!" She spoke up suddenly, full of enthusiasm she didn't feel. "I want to ride the carousel later..."

Lilith watched the rainbow shower of flowers rain down around Seth with a smile. Her hand was still in Abel's, and she stepped closer to him so that their arms brushed gently before sitting down gracefully in the grace, cross-legged.

There were many other things the three of them should have probably been worrying about, or at least discussing. Still, Lilith selfishly wanted to put all of that off for now and just enjoy the time with her loved ones.

In her first life, she had intentionally left them to fight for the "greater good" and it had hurt her, and them presumably, but it had been necessary. But here, in this strange city, nine hundred years later, that war wasn't an issue and was long past. Lilith took a sip of her tea and sighed softly.

"Wonderful, Seth," she smiled appreciatively at the younger girl. "And what do you think, Abel?" she looked over at him curiously.

Abel's head jerked slightly in Lilith's direction at the gentle brush against his arm before he followed suit and took a seat. He kept one hand loosely entwined with Lilith's while he gratefully the cup of tea from Seth with the other. "Thank you," he said, passing the cup under his nose. "It smells wonderful."

Lifting it to his lips, he took a sip and made a soft noise of appreciation. It was nothing short of perfect, even without the thirteen teaspoons of sugar that he usually took his tea with. "It's even better than Sister Kate's tea," he remarked, chuckling softly. "I didn't think it was possible, but this is wonderful."

Again, the unwanted feeling of breaking bonds came across Abel, but he kept a cheerful face, letting the feeling wash over and away for him. He would deal with those problems later and probably in private. For now, it was for the best to enjoy the company right before him. Seeing as more and more people seemed to be gathering in this city, he could only assume that others - unwanted others - would be arriving soon as well.

"Let's go to the carousel after we've finished our tea, hm?" he said in response to his sister's request. Abel chuckled softly. "And hopefully I won't get lost this time around."

"Haha!" Seth tried to smother her laughter behind her hand, but couldn't help it. "I'll make sure you don't, Abel-nii-san. And I'm sure Lilith won't either."

For an instant, her gaze traveled to their clasped hands. Whatever would come out of Lilith's return, whether Seth would be able to clear the skeletons out of her own closet or not, she was truly glad for Abel's sake. Glad that he had this new chance. After all, it hadn't been she who spent nine centuries watching over Lilith's grave. Her brother needed this.

It didn't mean, however, that she didn't want to cleanse her own conscience. Seth had no plans of deserting her empire, definitely not, but there was deeply-seeded regret for betraying Lilith that needed to be dug out and disposed of. This was Seth's chance, too.

Maybe later.

"There are buildings set in a circle around the carousel. I believe that is where people of this world stay. We should be able to make ourselves a nice home for the time being, until we figure out how to get back."

Smiling brightly and a bit mischievously, Lilith winked at Seth and nodded in agreement. Hopefully the two girls could keep Abel from getting himself lost, or tripping and landing on his face again.

"Oh yes," Lilith nodded. "That sounds like a lovely idea. We will certainly need somewhere to stay," she replied, glancing off in the direction of the carousel. Vaguely, Lilith wondered if she would ever be able to leave this place. Could those who had been brought to life again here ever leave? She truly hoped so, if not for her own sake, but for Abel's and Seth's. To be given back to them, and them to her, only to be ripped away from each other again would be cruel.

"Shall we go find a room of sorts, then?" she asked, rising to her feet and straightening out her sari with her free hand, glancing back and forth between her two loved ones. "And then, we can ride that carousel, Seth," she smiled.

"Ah, I agree. Let's go make ourselves a new home, yes?" Abel smiled at the other two before following Lilith and rising to his feet. A home together sounded like a wonderful idea, he thought. A home was made complete by a family, and in truth, Abel would have loved it if the three of them could be counted as one.

He turned his gaze toward the general direction of the carousel, wondering who was already living in the buildings there. Would there be any trouble getting a place for the three of them? Would they have lousy neighbors? How would the living quarters be?

And then his thought process came to a halt.

Abel laughed. Here he was, contemplating their temporary residence as if he were buying a home or something. Perhaps he was thinking a bit too wistfully about the matter. Putting the thought aside, he turned to face the other two. "Shall we both off then?"

Seth resolved to have a room to herself. It would be best if Abel and Lilith had more time for themselves, she thought. Her time with Lilith could come later, after she figured out what exactly it was she wanted to say to her surrogate mother-type. Those kinds of things didn't come as easily for her as they might have come to Abel. After all, her view on Terrans hadn't changed very much in nine hundred years.

Dusting herself off and putting their used cups away, the youngest bounced off ahead of them towards the square.

Watching Seth skip off in front of them with amusement, Lilith glanced back at Abel and smiled. "Seth seems to be attempting to give us a fair amount of alone time together," she laughed softly, shaking her head at the younger girl's antics. "She is as sweet as ever," she commented affectionately.

"She probably heard a lot of our earlier conversation, as well," she added, looking back towards the little head of dark hair, bouncing along through the crowd. Hard to believe that the small girl was an empress.

"It may factor in a bit as to why she's letting us have so much time alone together. Not that I mind, of course," Abel murmured, his gaze also following Seth as she skipped off. A nostalgic smile spread across his features, and he turned to look at Lilith. The priest offered her his arm, tilting his head ever so slightly to the side. "Shall we be off as well?"

(yes plz xD Not just 'cause I'm having a hard time coming up with tags for this scene, but because I think this is a good place to end it! Yee-haw~)

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