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... Left for Lyse Hext wherever she may be, with a loving little card, is a set [ of presents - A dress & matching gloves, and a little note reading "You will be fed enough to fit into this!!" How ominous... ]

- "I'm so happy to share my meat with someone who can take it so well. Happy Starlight!!" -

Left under Megumi's Starlight tree is a small package for Lyse in red with a unnecessarily large golden bow. Inside the box though is a sparkling white hair piece. And a note, of course.

Lady Lyse
I hope this present finds you well on this wonderful Starlight evening. You are wondrous and brave, bold and bright, and deserving of all the happiness in the world. This gift can only enhance what you already have in spades.

May you always be well, dearest Lyse.

Sincerely yours

Haurchefant Greystone

[ Due to being able to stop by PECs, Aspen very quietly slips a gift in with Lyse's things, and he leaves before Lyse has to go home too - so there's no chance of her shaking him down if she's the type to not take gifts well. The gift itself is wrapped in bright red paper with a snowflake-printed ribbon, the bow having small shooting stars coming off of it.

Merry Solstice! Aspen's messy cursive greets her. I hope you won't find these weird - I'm quite good at figuring things out, so please don't be concerned.

Inside of the box is a pair of ornate shoes - they're a beautiful rose-gold, and best of all, they're flexible. They have the slightest heel, but once Lyse puts them on, she'll find that they're not just pretty but comfortable, flexible, and supportive - perfect for the kind of discipline she'd subscribed to, by using her bare hands and feet. This at least lets her be a little flashy and have choices aside from her usual attire, and not have something snagged. There's a pair of matching gloves, fingerless, just to complete the ensemble if she so wishes.

There's also a pack of no-bake cookies - peanut butter balls rolled in white powdered sugar to make it look like snow, chocolate-hazelnut truffles, and dipped pretzels studded with peppermint candy. They're not the neatest... Aspen clearly had some trouble making them, but they're quite tasty. ]

[On this wonderful day Ryuji has gone out and acquired gifts, just as promised! Lyse will find some items delivered to her door at Megumi's, all of which were clearly thought out just for her. He wasn't really good at this kind of stuff, so he somewhat panicked and went with things he knew she would like.

There was a card attached to the items, and it read:

Yo! Happy White Day!

We missed celebrating Valentine's Day together before, but at least we got White Day! So I went out and got a lot of different gifts for you because you defs deserve it.

-Best Boyfriend, Ryuji

And Lyse will find: a new flower hair clip, a box of assorted chocolates and a new toy for her.]

You have a delivery!!

[ A little set of star cakes of Lyse's favourite flavor will be delivered to her on the 19th of March, together with a note! ]

- "If there's someone I know I'm glad to finally have with me, it's you, Lyse Hext. I'm glad to have found you at all, and I hope every little star cake here will remind you of our good times." - Megumi♥"

Lyse?
It's Makoto.

Do you have a little time this afternoon to meet? I am cooking a new recipe and want a taste tester.

I'll be there in ten minutes, just say where.

16-B. Door's open, just come on in.

[It's not long before she's there, knocking on the door with an energetic vigor that only someone who has been promised food can have. But she does just let herself in after the warning knock.]

Hello?

[Makoto peeks her head out from the kitchen and waves.]

Hey, come on in. Just shut the door behind you. It's pretty much done, I'm just about to cut it.

How do you feel about peaches, by the way?

[After she takes a moment to shut the door behind her, she heads into the kitchen and takes a big old sniff at the smell, god.]

I'm not sure, we didn't have any peaches on Hydaelyn.

Well...

[Makoto gestures to an enormous peach cobbler sitting on the table.]

It's a fruit pie, a peach cobbler. A friend taught me how to make them, and I thought I'd share. Just pick a piece and tell me what you think.

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[She's already drooling, she can feel it, she just wants to shove the food in her face right now.

So she honestly doesn't have to be told twice before she's shoving it in her mouth.]

It's delicious.

You think? I'm glad. It's the first time I made this, but I wanted to offer it at my bakery if I can get it right.

[Makoto breathes out a sigh of relief and sits down across from Lyse, picking some up herself.]

Also...there's something I wanted to ask you about. That may be a little sensitive. I'm not sure.

[She puts her fork down at that, eyeing Makoto for a moment, even if she really just wants to take another bite.

Hmm.]

What is it?

Well. It's...someone accidentally told me you have another name. And a mask. And since I know...it didn't really feel right keeping you in the dark about that and pretending I don't.

[She doesn't want to say much more about who.]

I haven't, and won't, tell anyone. I know more about that than I might seem.

[She reaches up and touches her chest, drawing out a pulse of green light from her heart. And a faint crackle of electricity runs along her fingertip, likely making it quite obvious who she is.]

I wanted to tell you that I'll keep your secret, if you keep mine.

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[She freezes for a moment, locking eyes with Makoto as she considers what's being said. There are only two people who know who Riot is, and while she loves both of them, it makes her uneasy that someone else knows who she is.

That is, until Makoto continues, her eyes following the movement of her hand and the crackle of electricity as she tries to put her words together.]

So... that was you that night, then? I wouldn't have believed it if you hadn't told me. [A pause. She wonders which one of them had said something, but she'll ask them about that later.] I appreciate it. Not keeping me in the dark.

[There's another pause, thoughtful.]

I'll keep your secret if you keep mine. I need it to stay secret. I'm a Submissive, it makes it easier to stay under their radar if I've got a secret identity.

I have no intention of saying a word. I wouldn't have brought it up, if I didn't think it'd be better you knew. My situation's different, but being a goddess, it's better to hide Jupiter and keep being Makoto.

[She puffs out a laugh.]

Sounds way more pompous than I intended, but there you have it. That said...it wasn't anyone's fault. I was talking to Megumi, about her home. And she mentioned your world. Hydaelyn, and it...well, you told me that on the rooftop. Wasn't hard to put it together.

[She holds up her hands, an attempt to just say "don't worry about it", before she continues.]

I suppose not, when everything's just laid out like that. [She still hums a bit thoughtfully.] I wouldn't have thought of you being the Goddess sort of person. I don't mean that in a bad way, either, so please don't take offense.

I mean. I am not? Not really? It's a job I'm going to need to grow into. And a bit of a long story. You want the cliff notes? While you eat.

[She doesn't mind telling it, but the offer of food was for real, and not just predicated on wanting to talk to Lyse.]

[She's already starting to shovel the peach cobbler into her mouth again, honestly.]

Of course, I'd love them if you've got them. And if you really don't mind telling me.

I don't.

[She shrugs, picking at her own cobbler.]

Basically, I'm the reincarnation of the soul of the planet Jupiter. I...in a past life...was the Princess of Jupiter, and I had power, like what you saw. She died, during a catastrophe. A war, and she along with each planet's princess, was reborn on Earth, with the help of the Queen of the Moon.

The enemy of that war awoke again, and so did we. I'm able to become my past self, Jupiter. And I've remembered her life, more or less. It's a bit spotty at times, because she lived for a thousand years...maybe more...but it's really helpful at others.

[Very little of this actually means much to her, aside from what she's seen, if only because she's from a fantasy planet. She hums thoughtfully, though. It doesn't sound that ridiculous, honestly. Kind of.]

... Most of that doesn't mean much to me, honestly. I hate to admit that. But it is interesting. Why were you born on Earth if you're from Jupiter, technically, though? Was it just easier? Were there others on the other planets? If you know, that is.

Well, right...okay. So in the aftermath of the war, Earth was the only habitable planet. It was devastating, to say the least. [She's not entirely sure she can easily explain Saturn and the Silence Glaive, so she'll leave it at that.]

All of us were reborn on Earth because of that, and I believe because the Queen wanted us there to await the return of the evil being that caused the war.

But, you know, every planet has one of us. I've met others from other places, planets that orbit distant stars. [The Starlights, Galaxia...]

That's, kind of the basics, anyway.

[She leans forward, taking in all of this information eagerly enough—because it is interesting and unique.]

It still sounds so complicated, even if those are the basics. Much different than what we've got happening on Hydaelyn, but certainly no less interesting.

I'm glad you think so? It's. A lot to take in for people from Earth, but magic and stuff seems more normal for you guys.

[IT's so not at home...]

We use magic to run our world, with the exception of the Garleans. [Her expression sours just a little.] Even so, the gritty details elude most of the populace. I know more of what's going on because of my association with the Scions of the Seventh Dawn, an organization that seeks to better the world.

The Garleans are your enemies, then?

[She just takes a guess...]

They're an immediate problem.

[She answers, shaking her head.]

There are other problems too. We have the ascians, and they're constantly trying to intervene and make things worse. They want to cause calamities and flood the world with darkness.

I'm sorry to hear that. I wish there was something I could do...

[Makoto shook her head, sighing.]

Rather not bum you out, though. I'm sorry.

It's fine. You're fine. [She waves it off.] There's not much that can be done while I'm here, and there are many capable people that are likely handling everything while I'm gone.

Fair, fair...yes. No sense in worrying too much, for sure.

[No sense at all.]

Hopefully we have a breakthrough soon, here, though. Till then, we still have to deal with all their rules.

At least it's easy enough to get around them. For now. For a time it wasn't, but they seem to have relaxed things.

[She sighs, shaking her head.]

Yeah. And I guess it's not too bad. At least...sex is nice?

[That's a weird thing to say but she feels it's accurate.]

[She laughs at that.]

The sex is nice. Not that I would've said it before getting here.

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