The Return Of Time

Chapter Nine: Dredging Up The Past

    Gaia wakes up early the next morning, despite going to bed at such a late time. Feeling surprisingly well-rested, she sits up in bed and gives a once over of her room. Somehow, she had managed to clean her room up while being in such a dazed state. Yawning, Gaia shakes her head and stands up, cleaning up her bed behind her.
    While brushing her teeth, Gaia thinks back to the party from yesterday. It was about Dex being on a magazine, wasn't it? After finishing, it comes back to her- Dex was rated the "cutest bachelor" help but smirk as she brushes her hair. Biana definitely agreed, the blonde thinks to herself. She then recalls back to the moment when she found Biana and Dex hugging each other for a prolonged period of time. She smirks, I'm so going to bring that up today.
    Coincidentally, after Gaia's finished dressing and actually pinning a dark blue cloak around her grey tunic, Biana's voice rings out, "Gaia! Breakfast- we don't have too much time to waste..!" her voice muffled by the door acting as a sound barrier.
    "Coming!" Her cloak billowing out from behind her, the thirteen-year-old rushes downstairs to see a humongous array of sweets- her favourite.
    "I have mallowmelt, ripplepuffs, and some human treats like cupcakes," Biana lists off happily. "But you have to finish some starkflower stew..!" She then holds out a blow with the most amazing scented stew Gaia's ever smelled. Gaia can't help but smile more when there's a small, plump starkflower on the top of her bowl, brilliantly unique compared to the actual stew.
    Without saying another word, Gaia quickly finishes her starkflower stew and looks over at the array of desserts. Smiling, Gaia glances up at Biana and asks, "Can we eat these desserts as a snack in Mysterium? I'm full from the starkflower stew..!"      
    Biana giggles, packing a bit of each dessert- the exception being mallowmelt since she packed the entire thing- into a large picnic basket. "Of course!" she exclaims before snapping her fingers and send all the messy dishes inside the dishwasher. "Those should be done and out of the way by the time I get home," she says, smiling. Looking over at the younger elf, she asks, "Are you all ready?"
    Gaia glances up from fiddling with her Vacker crest yet again. "Yep!" she confirms, smiling widely. "Let's go!"

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    "And that's Slurps and Burps!" Biana exclaims cheerfully. The two of them have just passed a store with some... unique decorations. As if she was reading Gaia's mind, Biana giggles. "Dex's father, Kesler, built it like that so he can make the snobbier elves we have here very uncomfortable..! I think it's hilarious!"
    Gaia smiles- it is pretty hilarious. "How's their shop doing now?" she asks curiously as they turn the corner. "I think there was a pretty big crowd in there."
    Biana smiles. "Since Dex became famous for this Technopathy skills, their business has been booming! They definitely deserve the attention!" the brunette adds, smiling a softer, yet happier, grin. "I love going there to see Dex-" She suddenly cuts herself off when she finally notices Gaia's knowing smirk. "What?"
    "Nothing..!" Gaia says happily, beginning to skip around. Biana joins in on the skipping, and in a matter of seconds, two elves are skipping and giggling within a massive crowd, which is something that Gaia would never have done on Earth.
    Biana stop skipping after another few minutes, but there's no doubt that she's wearing a smile on her face. "We're here..!" she exclaims, grabbing Gaia's hand. The teal-eyed woman drags a slightly confused Gaia into a warehouse full of fabrics of any size, colour, and design. Taking in a deep breath, Biana exclaims, "It's so good to be back in my warehouse..!"
    Shocked, Gaia quickly turns on her heel to face Biana. "This is yours?!" Gaia exclaims, her mind not creating enough sentences for her to speak. "...Whoa!"
        Biana giggles more. She then grabs a periwinkle string and ties it around Gaia's finger before she can say anything else. "It's a gadget that Dex and I created together," the brunette explains, smirking when Gaia's open jaw closes again. "Basically, the thread takes a person to the colour of fabric that would look the best on someone. It takes the person's favourite colour and whatever colour fits them the best into consideration before leading them."
       Gaia nods, confused- yet being able to comprehend it at the same time. "So how does it-" the thirteen-year-old begins to ask.
        "Close your eyes," Biana says smoothly. "And let the thread take you to your destined colour." Despite the giggling hidden in her sentence, the teal-eyed woman manages to sound mystical, as if Gaia's in a dream and Biana's the voice in her head.
        Huffing slightly, Gaia does what Biana says. Even though she knows that the thread is actually a gadget, the blonde can't help but shriek when the thread suddenly pulls her forward. Before long, the thirteen-year-old finds herself following a thread in hopes of finding a colour that'd go with her perfectly.
        After a few minutes of walking in silence, Gaia stops in her tracks. Trying to ignore the persistent tugging of the thread-gadget, Gaia asks, "Biana? Are you still here? Bi-"
        Suddenly, the thread pulls her in so quickly and harshly that she crashes into what feels like a shelf. Groaning, Gaia slowly opens her eyes to see a plethora of fabrics- except they're all one general colour: blue.
        "A royal blue would be nice," Biana's voice sounds behind Gaia, causing the younger elf to turn around. "And a light teal!" Her eyes then fall in the turquoise fabrics. "And we could never forget the turquoise..!" Just as Biana mentions the different shades of blue, one roll of that fabric suddenly disappears, which may be Biana's doing as well.
         Gaia furrows her eyebrows at the teal-eyed woman. "Turquoise?" Gaia asks. Her eyes then widen considerably when she remembers that the thread took her favourite colour into consideration, which was of course, turquoise. "Huh," Gaia says, throughly impressed with Biana's fabric warehouse as a whole. "They were spot on with my favourite colour."
        Biana smiles. Giggling, she says, "And there's more where that came from..!"