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I wasn't thinking of doing it right now, anyway. If you have time after this, we can head to the park. Otherwise, I can show you another day.

[ Weiss, on the other hand, finishes her crepe. She enjoys the food here because they're light snacks. The coffee is good, too. She definitely prefers buying coffee from cafes than making her own. ]

[ He likes it, but he knows he probably shouldn't eat too many snacks. ]

I can go. [ Because Weiss obviously doesn't want to be alone anyway. ] Will Zwei be coming?

[ He doesn't know her life, he's only ever seen Weiss at the park with Zwei. ]

Zwei is... He's with Yang. She's Ruby's sister.

[ It's probably better that Zwei stick with Yang for a bit just so she's a little less lonely. The blonde took the news a bit harsher than Weiss thought she would. Weiss would want to be with Yang and make sure she doesn't do anything reckless, but she also needs some time for herself. ]

Why? Do you want to play with him?

I've only seen you at the park with him.

[ And she obviously needs comfort of some kind and Midorima is the worst at that? He has no idea how to help her besides sitting here and trying not to be as much of an ass as normal. ]

[ It's not like anybody can take Ruby's place. She's fine with just the company of some people. It's nice to know that she still has friends here. ]

Are you done? I can get the bill.

Don't bother. I can pull my own weight.

[ She doesn't have to pay for him!! ]

[ She's not going to ask him to pay for his food when she was the one who asked him to come here??

That's why instead of signalling a waiter to come by for the cheque, she gets up and heads to the counter so she can pay there. ]

[ !!

Don't just ignore him!! Now he has to buy hers next time. This is going to be come a full-blown competition.

Prepare yourself, Weiss Schnee. ]

I said I could pay for my own.

And I invited you here, so it only makes sense that I cover yours, too.

[ FINE!!! COMPETE WITH HER!!! She has more money than you, Midorima!!!!!!!!!! ]

[ He'll come in and pay her tab for like the next three meals and tell the guy not to tell her who did it. >B| She won't know who to combat!!! (Then realize he shouldn't have done that, he's not used to not having throw-around money..) ]

This once.

[ Midorima, don't go broke for one of the richer Otherworlders in Verens... ]

This once, though if I do invite you out somewhere, of course I'd pay for you, too. It'd be rude not to.

[ She thinks that it's only acceptable to split the bill if it's previously agreed upon or something... ]

[ If anything, it'll be for his pride more than for her.. ]

You don't have to pay for me every time we go somewhere.

[ He's not inviting her anywhere!! He'll just happen to be where he wants to go and mention it. ]

[ She just said it'd be rude not to... she's not going to treat him when they just happened to be in the same place at the same time lr anything though. Or any other circumstance beyond that. ]

Of course. That wasn't what I said.

[ With the receipt handed to her, she places it in her wallet and turns. ]

Sometimes I wish cars were more prominent in this place. [ While walking is good, the park's still a distance from here! ] I don't mind walking, but we can also take a carriage.

You don't have to pay for me any time we go somewhere.

[ He'll correct it then! ]

In Japan, our public transportation is so effective most people don't bother ever learning to drive or owning cars. Takao and I use a rear car and a bike. The carriages are fine.

[ He doesn't talk to a lot of people about Takao here. It brings up a strained feeling in the pit of his stomach, one he doesn't want to explain even if he's sure everyone here has it toward someone. Weiss obviously does, considering what happened with Ruby. It's duller now from time, but it hasn't gone away. He can't help but think it must be a lot worse fresh again. It's probably better they don't walk and get to the park so they can do something properly distracting for Weiss. ]

[ Drop the subject, Midorima!!! WEISS IS DONE WITH IT!!!

Weiss listens to Midorima, though, and as they leave the cafe and enter the streets, she looks around for a carriage to hail. Or maybe they can go to one of the waiting areas, either way, it seems that getting a carriage today is relatively easy. ]

We lived in dormitories in school, so all we had to do was walk to class. [ Or run, if they were late. Thanks, Ruby! ] But to travel to the city, we'd have to ride an airship.

[ He will, since he got the last word in!!

That's a new one though. ]

An air ship?

The ones we have in Remnant are a lot more advanced than the ones here, though. [ Unless Midorima's never ridden one before? Weiss looks at him briefly before she finally gets to hail a carriage.

Once in, she continues. ]

You can actually travel to Shaarnath and Theasthai on an airship, but the teleporters are definitely faster.

We have something called an airplane in my world that I assume is similar. I stay mostly in Verens here.

[ He's been on a plane, but not on an air ship. Seated, Midorima adjusts what is in his pocket since it took on a weird angle when he sat. It's his lucky item, of course, a folded pocket map. ]

There are planes in Remnant, too. Even jets. It's a lot easier to ride airships, though, since the number of people you can transport are a lot and there are also a lot of amenities and rooms.

[ At least, she assumes the airplanes in Midorima's world are the same as most planes for travel where she's from. They can keep talking about this or talk about something else until they reach the park, in which case Weiss hops down and pays the guy a few sylvs for bringing them there. ]

[ Idle chit-chat about planes and other parts of their world fades away as they exit the carriage. Midorima looks around the park for an area that seems to be mostly unoccupied and starts walking toward it. ]

How much room do you think you'll need?

[ Do they need to put up a perimeter? ]

[ There are people in the park, but there's still a lot of space for them—or rather, Weiss—to showcase what she's learned the past year and few months. She scans the area and walks over to a clearing where they shouldn't be bothered. it's not so big—perhaps about 50 square meters or so, then Weiss looks at him. ]

This should be fine, and it's not like we'll be harming anybody, anyway. [ She's about to start, then she remembers: ] It might get a little cold.

[ More like really cold... and it begins with the ground below them being covered in a layer of ice when she points two fingers on the ground before drawing a circle around them. The grass disappears and turns to white before it becomes encased in cold and sturdy ice. It doesn't end there, either. As Weiss concentrates on things that relaxes her, the ice travels upwards to create a wall around them. It all happens rather slowly, but the ice and glitter fall together and lift them from the ground to create a small tower. Should Weiss not get distracted by any reactions, the process speeds up. ]

[ They're harming the grass, that's for sure. Midorima keeps this comment to himself. Despite the weather outside, she's not wrong about it getting cold and Midorima suddenly wishes he'd brought a proper sweater. He will end up shivering for sure, but staying quiet for the most part. He does try to stick somewhat close to Weiss so he doesn't get in the way of anything she's trying to do, so she might notice him moving a little more directly behind her and trying to stay quiet.

If he'd seen this when he's first arrived, he might've been significantly more alarmed, but since it's Weiss so he knows for a fact she's not going to hurt him and he's a little more aware of dunamis than when he first arrived, he ends up looking mostly fascinated. Everything Weiss does is elegant and skillful it seems, he can't help but be impressed. Which means he'll pretty much keeps his mouth shut until she says she's done since Midorima doesn't know how to compliment like a normal human being. ]

[ Midorima should be impressed. Weiss won't demand it, but Weiss has learned a lot during her almost-two year stay here in Empatheias. She's dedicated herself to learning emotion magic since her first month here, and it's why she's very confident that she can teach people how to properly use Dunamis and such. She may not be a prodigy at home, but she's always been hardworking to the point of being a perfectionist when it comes to the things she does.

When the tower finally finishes building itself just from Weiss' emotions, she lets out a rather content huff. There's a window that they can see the view of the park through. There are some kids and some other people nearby who seem to be staring at them, rather astounded by the sight. ]

This world likes turning my emotions into ice. For over a year, I could only control ice and water, but since I went home and returned here a little while later, I was able to control more elements.

[ The attention doesn't bother Midorima. It's impressive and she deserves to get recognition for that. ]

How much work did it take to develop your skills this much?

[ He would take hard-working over a prodigy any day. Particularly given that he's seen her practically walks on little ice trails, he imagines this took a lot of control to learn to take care of this.He has other questions, of course, but that he asked that at all is his recognition that Weiss has done something that must have taken work to develop. It's his roundabout way of a compliment. ]

[ She'll take it as a compliment even though he isn't phrasing it as such. He acknowledges she has the skills, and it makes her proud that she's being noticed in such a manner. ]

It took about half a year, I suppose. I practised everyday, and if I was busy that day, I made sure to at least be able to spend some time on training even if it was just ten minutes.

[ She looks over to him now and she wonders if he's cold. Probably. She did say it would get cold, so she touches the sill of the window and concentrates on her calm until the tower they're standing on gradually lowers itself to the ground. What was once the base holding up the tower turns into glitter before evaporating in the air. ]

Too cold?

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