[Day 1 - Mid Evening] That Happened

[Aurilie Alde]

"Riss..." Aurilie couldn't help but frown a touch by her confession, there was a slight drag in her tone that said that she was ready to admonish her. She wasn't her older sister nor her mother but there was the temptation to step into that role. "You don't have a plan at all when it comes to courting Prince Joran, really now? There's a lot of things that you can't take a chance on just maybe."

This time she gave her a nudge with her shoulder. "Maybe, you'll be able to get his attention. Maybe, he'll want to marry you? Maybe, you won't fancy him anymore in a few days. That would put you in a precarious situation without much support to fall back on, right? I believe that's the situation that got House Panteer in trouble in the first place, actually."

[Riss]

Riss laughs to herself, a touch incredulous in her tone, "Okay well," she leans off her shoulder so she can look more at Aurilie, meeting her eyes to give that sense of sincerity. Hands falling down into her lap one starts fiddling with the other as she works through the thought, "I only met him.. an hour ago? Two?" she shrugs, forgetting how long that silly event even lasted for. "We hit it off, it was nice, and now I like him," she chuckles, shaking her head.

"Not.. a whole lotta time for a plan, let alone one like that. If I even.. can have a plan like that," she says, the emphasis giving her a slightly delayed pause. Shaking her head, she resumes, "Anyway.. not like I could have anymore of a precarious situation, mm? I'm a vagabond living out of my ship working for the Republic to figure out a living who just so happened to decide to check out home at a pretty tumultuous," there's an Alderaanie accent on this word specifically, one that betrays the fact she hasn't used it since her time on Alderaan, "time where things are getting real wild, and real interesting and not in the good way necessarily. I'm.. curious about home, come back, have my brother and my life threatened am just.. kriff, trying to figure out how to deal with the dagger first," she rambles it all out, head shifting and gaze drifting as she spoke as to emphasize her points. Finally at the end she looks back to Aurilie, a brief smile, "My life's a whole lot of maybe's.. all the time," she laughs, shaking her head.

[Aurilie Alde]

Aurilie couldn't help but frown a little at herself. "Well, I suppose I might be the one who's getting ahead of herself a bit. There's a clear difference between aspirations and hitting the finish line. Knowing that you at least like him is something, not quite enough to build a future but enough to know that there can be one."

She sighed softly as her hands placed themselves atop of hers, perhaps feeling that she might have been fidgeting and pats her gently in a reassuring gesture. "You're not kidding when it comes to maybes all the time. I'd like to think that you didn't just come back on a whim but it does seem like Alderaan has given your a purpose again at the very least. It just almost seems like the shoe fits, right? That shouldn't be surprising. There's still very much a home here."

Her head tilted curiously as she leaned in on Riss, trying to get a closer look at her, almost wanting to draw the answers out of her by gaze alone. "That goes with the trouble you've found. Are these open threats we're talking about here and more than just the proverbial dagger?"

[Riss]

"A little," she gives a brief comment and smile on the first bit. A smile that returns and grows when Aurilie places her hands atop her own. A brief nod, a chuckle, and then a shrug, all leading to the eventual sigh. "More.. than just the proverbial dagger," she near mimics Aurilie's tone on that, it doesn't appear mocking. Inhaling, exhaling, "I- don't want you to worry, cause like I said I'm gonna figure it out, mmm? But.. when I came to the planet I was asked to meet with Bo only it wasn't Bo who sent the message but a.. Uros," she glances down, mutters, "dick," shaking her head.

"Anyway, Uros guy gave me my timeline. Five days from the day I landed. That's the timeline I got to figure out a way to remove the mark on my head or come up with the money for the blood price and.. I don't exactly have the kind of credits you need for a blood price," she chuckles awkward, remembering herself though she settles quick and adds, "but I've got some plans. I'll figure it out, okay? So, no worrying."

[Aurilie Alde]

Aurilie still managed to maintain her stoic demeanour at the reveal but admittedly it was hard to remain objective on the matter. Her gloved hands did take Riss's hands into her own, giving them a squeeze as her eyes seem to show concern. She would loosely take her hands by the fingers afterward.

"Well...I trust that you'll have figured out," she sighed, sounding a bit unsure on the matter. "Just another fringe adventure for Riss, maybe? But, just know that I am your friend and your return is not a small occasion by any stretch of the imagination. So, there's more than a few reasons that I should find your troubles distressing..."

She closed her eyes and let out a deep sigh. "It's going to take a bit much to not worry in the slightest but as your friend, I'm doing to do my best."

[Riss]

"It's me, it'll work out," she says, with a warmth to her smile as she leans in and breaking the contact of their hands to give Aurilie a hug. Pulling her into it and squeezing her a bit she rests her head by her ear, "I.. don't usually tell people, for that reason," she says with a light laugh and then releases her. Putting her hands onto her shoulders instead, "But enough of all that, mmm?" she gives a nod back over her shoulder. "Let's get outta here.. plenty more catching up we can do on the way to.. wherever you're headed next, mm?"

[Aurilie Alde]

Aurilie couldn't help but shoot an unsure look at Riss. A decade had been a lot of time and she wasn't sure if the reassurance was enough but she didn't it wouldn't work. There were certainly a lot of 'maybes' true to Riss's character. She put her arms around her and gave her an earnest hug with some extra heart into it. It was indeed good to have her back and hopefully, it stayed that way.

She chuckled and glanced in the direction of one of the paths leading out of the shrine. "Right then, some company on the way back to the Hall of Sunshine would be splendid."

With that, she stood from the bench and offered a hand to Riss out of habit.

[Riss]

A hand she readily accepted, as if it were just the natural next step. Standing with her, the flash of a warm smile. "Sometime I'll have to show you my shi-" she furrows her brow, shaking her head. "Second thought, maybe not. Things.. you might just judge me wayyy more than you might already," she chuckles, somewhat awkwardly.

[Aurilie Alde]

Aurilie looked unsure with a slight tilt of her head at the mention of her ship and she gave a shake of her head. "I feel that you might be overthinking on that front. I'm sure it'll be just fine. After what you've been through...however, perhaps all good things in due time. At the very least, if you're planning on leaving anytime soon, you should get a proper send-off. "

[Riss]

"No.. no.. it's a real mess," she says with a smile, bright as it was she bumps into Aurilie's shoulder. "I'll be around a while longer at least. If it does come to that though? You're first on my list for the send-off," she speaks with promises, it wasn't one she often kept regardless of whether her heart was in the promise or not. Though for this promise, her heart surely was.

[Aurilie Alde]

"Right then, I'll hold you to that." She gave a few nods to make it all proper and official-like before cracking a smile and bumping Riss back with a shoulder of her own. While it was a polite formality, she would like to know that Riss was safe and sound after her antics here. Given what she had told her, Riss disappearing again could unfortunately mean a number of ill things. However, she did tell her that she wasn't going to worry about that further and filed it away until it came to that time.

"It's right over here," she said as she gestured toward the path they should be taking. After a morning in the maze, the multiple pathways of the garden did seem simpler in comparison at least.

[Riss]

"Lead the way, Prince of Mount Joral" she says with a slight tease and a bright smile. Leaning into her arm a bit more as they walk. Enough so that, should she wish to make it more awkward to do, she could have rested her head by Aurilie's shoulder had she wished. However, for this time at least she was more concerned on not taking too leisurely of a stroll.

They'd have a bit longer to be together, and that time spent with a dear old friend even amid everything else going on was cherished. Maybe even more so because of it.

/scene! Thank you!