The Heights of Londo [IC 4: Turnabout Trainers]

[tgva8889]

Alyssa looks up and shakes her head. "N-no, um, I would rather you stay in the bed. I mean, um, if you want to. I mean, um, I'm okay with it." She turns red and looks away from Leah. "If, um, you're not uncomfortable, I mean. I don't want you to sleep on the floor if there's space on the bed."

[Comissar]

Leah reaches over to give Alyssa's hand a squeeze, "I'm fine with trying sharing. I-If it doesn't work, we'll, uh, we'll figure something else out tomorrow."

[tgva8889]

Alyssa smiles, returning Leah's squeeze. "O-okay." Looking up, she smiles at Leah, then yawns. "Oh, um. I guess I should sleep?" She moves a bit closer to Leah to lean a bit into her, letting a bit of the tension out of her body but not resting all her weight on Leah.

[Comissar]

Leah grins, wrapping an arm around Alyssa's shoulder as she leans into her, giving her a one armed hug, "Yup."

Slowly, she gently maneuvers so that they were both lying on the bed rather than sitting at the edge, making sure to leave space for Maggie on the bed with them. "Umm, sleep, uh, sleep well."

[tgva8889]

Alyssa makes no attempts to resist, moving to lying down, though at first not especially close to Leah and facing the other way. She looks over her shoulder at Leah as she speaks and smiles. Still with her normal cheer, she says "You too," before turning back to go to sleep.

[Hazuki]

Maggie crawls up to sleep between the two and they drift off to sleep.

When they wake, it's to a particularly intense heat bearing down on their room.

[tgva8889]

Alyssa wakes up slowly, wiping sweat off her brow. She looks over at Leah to check if she's awake, then looks around. The heat bearing down on her, she pants a bit and tries to figure out what could be causing such heat.

[Hazuki]

Alyssa finds a frame she can slide open. Turns out, it's the sun.

[tgva8889]

Sticking her tongue out at her discovery, Alyssa checks the shadows and the light to try and guess what time it is before turning back to their room. Smiling at Leah and Maggie still asleep, she looks through her bag for her sketchpad, tossing out her belongings haphazardly to make space. Once she has her sketchpad in hand, she finds a good vantage point and starts sketching the bed.

[Hazuki]

The stretching of the shadows implies that it's still the early morning, before most people would be up for breakfast, though she can see a few individuals starting their days in the distance, Pokemon going about their business, and a few Knights on their patrols. Nobody seems particularly pleased by the heat, most apparently going for either lighter clothes or airy cloaks that shield them from it.

[Comissar]

Leah stirs gradually, a frown slowly forming on her face as she registers the steadily increasing light and temperature. She slowly pulls herself into a ball as she regains consciousness, letting out an undignified "Hrrnngghh..." in protest. As her senses return to her, she glances about the still unfamiliar room, blinking to clear the bleariness from her eyes.

As she notices Alyssa, she scoots into a sitting position, abruptly and uncomfortably aware of how the heat in the room was making her hair stick to her skin. She reddens further as she notices that she's the subject of a sketch. Feeling faintly embarrassed, Leah rubs behind her neck, "U-umm, good morning."

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Alyssa smiles as Leah sits up. "Morning. You looked so nice asleep so I wanted to get the moment on paper." Looking up, she notices Leah's red cheeks and turns a bit red herself. "D'you, um, know if it's supposed to be this hot?" She walks over to the bed and sits down, fanning herself with the now closed sketchbook. "Maybe we should get food?"

[Comissar]

Giving an embarrassed grin, Leah shakes her head, shifting the bed covers so that she was on top of them in an effort to stay a bit cooler. "U-umm, no idea. It, uh, it didn't feel this hot yesterday." She nods at the suggestion of breakfast, then leans into Alyssa a bit, resting her head on her shoulder. "That, uh, that sounds good."

A soft smile forms as she does, and she finds herself repeating herself, "... Morning..."

[tgva8889]

Alyssa smiles, almost unbidden, as Leah puts her head on her shoulder. She laughs a bit at Leah's turn of phrase. "Morning." Leaning her head on Leah's, she takes in the moment, letting things linger. After a bit of time, she weaves her hand into Leah's. "What d'you wanna eat?"

[Comissar]

Leah leans a little more into Alyssa as her hand is taken, giving a soft squeeze of her hand as she does. "Mmm... Not sure..." Her smile broadens a little as she answers, "I know it's really warm, but, uh, but hot breakfast's are, uh, are always nice."

[tgva8889]

Alyssa doesn't respond for a little bit, squeezing Leah's hand back but otherwise quiet as she lets Leah lean into her. For a little while she's quiet, moving her fingers ever so often and squeezing Leah's hand or moving her thumb on the back of Leah's hand every so often. She relaxes into Leah, a lot of the tension in her body going away. Then she says, "Yeah, um, I think I can think of something. Might have to look for it somewhere, though?" She leans into Leah.

[Comissar]

Leah gives a positive hum of acknowledgement, her eyes on their held hands and Alyssa's irregular movements, "Mhmm... What've you got in mind."

[tgva8889]

Alyssa tilts her head back and forth. "Not sure." She smiles, drawing circles with her thumb. "We, um, can stay like this if you'd like, though?"

[Comissar]

Leah gives another hum of contentment, "Mmm..." She gives a soft sigh and gently extricates herself from Alyssa, "That, uh, that sounds nice. But, umm... But it's really hot in here." She gives Alyssa an apologetic smile, "And, umm, and I'm kinda hungry, too." She gives Alyssa's hand a final squeeze before letting go and getting to her feet.

[tgva8889]

Alyssa doesn't resist as Leah pulls away, though she does pout a little. As soon as Leah notices, she smiles and laughs to show she's joking. Her stomach grumbles. "Yeah, um, you're probably right." She gets up and looks around the room. Blushing, she smiles awkwardly at Leah. "Um, can you look away while I change?"

[Comissar]

Leah gives a small nod and smile, rubbing behind her neck as she replies, "Yeah, of course." Turning away, she sits herself back down on the edge of the bed again, pulling one leg underneath her whilst the other dangles off of the side.

[tgva8889]

Alyssa waits for Leah to turn around, then gets to work finding what clothes she wants to wear today. After some time looking through things, she settles on a comfortable light shirt and skirt. She changes quickly, blushing as she does, and says ”Um, I’m done.” She stands smiling, her hair a complete mess from sleeping but her clothes at least presentable.

[Comissar]

Leah smiles as she turns, "You, uh, you look good." She unfolds her legs, getting to her feet again as she makes her way round to her own clothes. She takes a moment to look through, then looks to Alyssa with a questioning look, "I was thinking I could try, uh, try wearing one of the tops Nika gave me..?" She holds the yellow tunic she'd been traded up against herself, "What, uh, what do you think?"

[tgva8889]

Alyssa turns a bit red and stammers a "Th-thanks." She eyes Leah as she looks for her own clothes. When she pulls up Nika's tunic, Alyssa tilts her head. "I think I'd like to see you in it." She smiles. Then turning red, she points over her shoulder. "Should I, um, turn around?"

[Comissar]

Leah reddens along with Alyssa, giving an embarrassed nod, "Umm, yeah, if, uh, if you don't mind." She gathers up the rest of her clothing for the day, briefly considering the breeches before settling on her more familiar jeans. With a furtive glance toward Alyssa's back, she turns her back as well, doing her best to change as quickly as she can. Once fully dressed, she reaches for a hair tie and begins to pull her hair back into a pony tail. As she does, she speaks up, "Umm, you can, uh, you can turn back now."

[tgva8889]

Alyssa nods and promptly turns around, standing where she is. She takes the time to busy herself with trying to fix her hair, trying to tie things together so that it comes out in a ponytail. Her hair is still frizzy, unused to the heat. After a few attempts she settles for a sort of braided ponytail which she's still finishing up when Leah calls out. Turning back, she smiles. "Hi." She empties a few things from her bag, puts a few things back in, then picks it up. "Ready to go?"

[Comissar]

Leah picks up the Smeargle egg, hooking the straps over her shoulders as she moves over to Alyssa. A grin on her face, she leans in to give her a brief kiss. Moving back a step, she nods, "Ready."

Reaching out to take Alyssa's hand, she glances over to Maggie, "Are you coming..? Or, uh, or did you want to rest a bit longer..?"

[Hazuki]

Leah finds that Maggie is still sleeping.

[tgva8889]

Alyssa turns a bit red at Leah's kiss. Smiling at Maggie's sleeping form on the bed, she goes over and scoops Maggie into her arms. "I'm not sure I wanna leave her alone in my room." She carries her with them in one arm, holding Leah's hand with the other.

[Comissar]

Leah nods, lowering her voice to try not to disturb the sleeping pokémon, "That makes sense."

Opening the room door, she steps out into the corridor, allowing Alyssa past before locking the door behind them. "Any, uh, any thoughts on where to go for food..?"