Board Thread:Roleplay/@comment-27226023-20151101060736/@comment-27235572-20151114043825

((ack, I forgot to post yet again ;-;))

Quinn was too absorbed in slowly consuming her precious slice of cake to notice the things going on around her. She missed the changing of symphonies as she nibbled daintily on slices of fruit. She was deaf to upbeat tempos, Sam's typical ranting and everything else that transpired.

At least, until she finished her meal, realizing that Calli had gone to get her gift from the table, something that Quinn had neglected to bring over when she made the grand exodus to her current seating position.

"Quinn... Wanna open my present next?" The question succeeded to rouse the rest of Quinn's attention, shaking her from her sugar-induced daze. "Y-Yes, of course!" Quinn exclaimed, cheeks flushing a bit from embarrassment as Sam casually brought up her little nickname. (While Quinn knew it was a term of endearment, she always felt as though she was being compared to a guinea pig.)

The gift had been wrapped in such a meticulous way that Quinn could not discern anything about the nature of the present. The possibilities of what it could be were only to be conjured up in her imagination and the anticipation was almost maddening. Therefore, Quinn undid the ribbon as quickly as her fingers could manage without messing up the wrapping paper.

With the ribbon undone, it was incredibly easy to get the rest of the obstructive material off of the gift. The moment the deed was done, Quinn gasped in surprise, pressing her hand to her mouth, eyes greedily taking in the wonderful sight before it.

It was a bag. Typically, Quinn would have seen that as a pretty, but pointless gift because she had no need for bags if she could store all the contents of the world inside of her pockets. But, this gift had obviously been picked to appeal to her. It had been chosen with the uttermost care and that made it more special than anything else she could have gotten.

Plus, the gift was ultimately one of the most beautiful she had received before. Quinn traced her fingers over the extremely detailed map adorning the bag's surface, hands moving over swirling rivers, bumpy mountains and the borders of unique regions from Wonderland to the United Fairy Kingdom. But, she wasn't truly looking at those. No, she was drinking in the sight of her home: Fools Town.

Yes, it was a speck compared to the vast landmasses that neighbored it. It hardly took up any room on the map. But, like every other region, it was depicted with the most intricate detail. And, therefore, Quinn fell in love with the gift instantly.

But, there was one more surprise for her. Shifting the bag, Quinn realized it had an unnatural weight to it, as though something had been stashed instead. Finding the zipper and implementing its intended purpose, the contents of her new satchel were revealed to her: an encyclopedia.

Quinn's eyes lighted up even brighter than before once she understood that it wasn't just a general encyclopedia. No, this one was a self-revising edition of the Encyclopedia Arcane, concerning magic, a subject she had developed a keen interest in.

"W-Wow... This... It's a w-wonderful gift." Quinn seemed to be at a loss for words, but her delight was still evident, regardless of how inadequate her thanks was. "I-I just have no i-idea what to say... B-Besides thank you s-so much."

It was a wonder that the flower managed to keep itself from belting out lyrics pertaining to glory and the wonder in the world around them.

((Took me forever and a day to write this *_*))